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- Advertisment Maker
- Ver.1.00
- (C) Eldar Software
- Leningrad 1989
-
- Advertisment Maker helps you to create advertisment and
- presentation rolls for IBM-compatible computers. This version
- consists of two main utilities and two additional ones:
-
- 1) Rolls interpreter: Advertisment Maker Roller
- ( AMR.EXE );
- 2) Text screen editor: Advertisment Maker Screen Sculptor
- ( AMSS.EXE );
- 3) Russian font loader for EGA or VGA ( AMLD.COM ), useful
- if you need to use cyrillic fonts;
- 4) Graphics screens saving utility ( GIM.COM ).
-
- The Russian font loader allows you to supply text in Russian and
- should be called before the screen or series of screens.
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- Rolls interpreter
- Advertisment Maker Roller
-
- This shows the prepared screens in defined sequence for defined time
- and allows some extra actions. The AMR reads line by line the program in the
- simple interpretation language described below. First line is taken from the
- command line, others from the CON device, if there were no redirections. To
- execute the program in file you may either redirect input to the AMR program
- (example #1), use the "." command on the command line (example #2), or enter
- the file name once the AME has been loaded (example #3).
-
- 1) A\>AMR <MYFILE.ROL <Enter>
-
- 2) A\>AMR . MYFILE <Enter>
-
- 3) A\>AMR <Enter>
- . MYFILE <Enter>
-
-
- All three variants lead to the interpretation of file MYFILE.ROL.
- Below is a description of all AMR commands. The format of commands is
-
- COMMAND [parameters]
-
- Parameters are separated one from another and from commands by
- spaces. All commands can be either a keyword or special symbol; the
- command to run an external program may be written either as RUN or as the
- symbol '!', for instance.
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- Advertisment Maker Roller Commands
-
-
- !/RUN string Execute external program. If file name extension
- was not specified, then .EXE is assumed.
-
- ./DO file-name Load/Interpret another AMR command file. Default
- extention is .ROL.
-
- '/COPYRIGHT string Show this line in all screens in the middle
- of the bottom line. Useful for display of copyright
- information.
-
- @/GOTOXY x y [string] Set cursor position and, ?maybe,? type the string.
-
- ^/WINDOW [x1 y1 x2 y2] Set [restore] window. x1,y1 - left upper corner,
- x2,y2 - right bottom corner.
-
- #/FRAME x1 y1 x2 y2 [/DOUBLE/BOLD/FANTOM]
-
- Make a frame [single/double/bold/light]
-
- </CLEAR Clear the current window
-
- %/TEXT [file] Clear file in text mode and load text file (prepared
- by AMSS). The default extension is .SCR.
-
- &/GRAPH [file] Clear screen in graphics mode and load the graphics
- file (prepared by GIM). Default extension is .PIC.
-
- =/WRITE string Write the string to the screen
-
- //WRITELN [line] Write the string and go to the next line
-
- :/ATTR foreground background
-
- Set colors for WRITE/WRITELN/TEXT
-
-
- -/DELAY integer Delay display in 1/10th seconds
-
- +/WAIT Wait (pause) until any key is pressed
-
- */REM string Comments
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- Advertisment Maker Screen Sculptor
-
- AMSS allows you to easily prepare text screens for AMR. It allows you to
- easily manipulate colors, clear a rectangular area with a choosen color, draw
- different frames, etc. AMSS is controlled through the main menu:
-
- Area - clear rectangular area by choosen color. You'll be
- asked for upper left and lower right corners. The
- colors can be changed at anytime using the F9 key.
-
- Frame - draw a frame. Choose the type of frame and proceed
- as with Area. Types of frames are:
-
- Single - single line;
- Double - double line;
- Bold - bold frame;
- Fantom - light bold frame;
- User - user defined symbol.
-
- Clear - clear screen with the current color.
-
- Text - enter text. You can enter text containing any symbols
- with an exception of some escape control codes (7,8,9,10,13).
-
- Control Keys:
-
- Arrows - move cursor;
- Home - to the beginning of line;
- End - to the end of line;
- PgUp - to the top line;
- PgDn - to the bottom line.
-
- Load - Load a file from disk. The default extension is .SCR.
-
- Save - Save the file on disk.
-
- Quit - Quit and return to DOS.
-
- You can easily change the color values of Area, Frame and Text by
- pressing F9 and choosing the desired colors from the table. In the Text mode
- you can specify the symbol, which should be used as a cursor "trace marker."
- This allows you to draw lines with different symbols by using the cursor, as
- in:
-
- *************************
- * *********************
- * * *
- ******************************* *
- * * * * *
- * * * * *
- ************ ************ _
-
-
-
- To use this mode press F7 and enter a symbol. To cancel,
- use F8. F10 will return you to the main menu.
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- Graphics Screen Capture
-
- Get IMage
-
- GIM is a resident program which allows you to capture a text or
- graphics screen at any time and save it on the disk. Execute GIM, create a
- picture using your favorite graphics editor, and save this picture in AM
- format for later use. Once GIM is loaded, you may capture a screen by
- pressing Alt-PrtSc. You may preview these screens using GIMD utility.
-
- Note that screen saving is not always possible; Some programs may
- interfere with this capability.
-
- So if you are using Dr. Halo editor save the pictures by Dr.Halo, and run
- Dr.Halo presentation, when you can save the screens. The matter is that in
- the editing mode Dr.Halo keeps DOS in unstable state, so file operations are
- impossible.
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