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Mdraw - An object-oriented drawing package for MS-Windows.
Copyright 1992,1993 by WindowWorks (tm)
"Serving you since 1993!"
Mdraw V0.5 (mdraw.exe - 184320 bytes)
This program is distributed as shareware.
You may give it away, but you may not sell it for profit.
If you use it, you need to pay for it.
Registration costs $15.00 (U.S.).
By registering, you help support further development of some great software.
You will also be put on our mailing lists to receive update notices and
new product announcements. And if you register before June 4, 1993, you
get a 50% discount on all of our product upgrades for the rest of the century!
We plan on releasing an update in a few months that uses MDI, OLE, and much more!
Send comments, bug reports, suggestions and $15.00 to:
WindowWorks
PO 602
Redmond, WA 98073-0602
CompuServe ID: 73670,364
CONTENTS
1 Introduction
1.1 Features
1.2 Current Limitations
1.3 Future Features
1.4 Changes in v0.4f
1.5 Changes in v0.4g
1.6 Changes in v0.5
1 Introduction
Welcome to Mdraw, an object-oriented drawing package for MS-Windows.
This program is object-oriented in the sense that the objects you draw
may be moved or modified after you draw them. This is not a painting
program, but rather a drawing program. You do not 'erase' parts of your
drawing, but you can select and then delete the parts you have drawn.
This is also object-oriented in the sense that each object has attributes
that you may modify. For example, each object you draw has a color, and you
may change that color after you have drawn it. You may also 'join' multiple
objects together to create a new object (which can be unjoined later).
1.1 Features:
Toolbar/Pallete
Drawing Tools - box, ellipse, polygon, text
Linestyles, Fill colors, Text colors, Text formats, Fonts, Font sizes
Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete
Join, Unjoin
Move, Resize
Snap Grid
Link an object to another Mdraw file. (aka Hyperlinks)
Attach a note to an object & edit it with NOTEPAD.EXE
Picture Export - CGM, WMF (placeable & fixed)
Picture Import - CGM (somewhat)
Printing (also from command line via parameter '/p')
1.2 Current Limitations (which I'm working on fixing...):
Major:
Can't edit polygons after creation (can only resize)
No bitmaps.
Doesn't use the 'clipboard' to import text or bitmaps.
CGM import/export not as truly portable as it should be.
Minor:
No import of other file formats (v0.2f has CGM import)
Only 16 colors
No fill patterns
Text background is always transparent
Partial True Type font support (doesn't identify bold & italic fontnames)
Fixed size snap grid
No horizontal scroll bar
Zoom in/out not quite perfected.
1.3 Future Features
Multiple document interface
Fill patterns
OLE 2.0 support (as a server)
MS-Windows 3.1 support (drag/drop, better TrueType, common dialogs, etc.)
Clipboard import/export (text, WMF, bitmap, etc)
File Import (text, WMF, bitmap, etc)
Layers
More object types - splines, bitmaps
Read only/browse mode.
Print preview
1.4 Changes in v0.4f
1. Added CGM import
2. Improved CGM export (it is still not perfectly transportable yet)
3. Added vertical scroll bar
4. Increased maximum number of fonts in selection dialog to 256
1.5 Changes in v0.4g
1. Added more drag points.
2. Fixed resizing to work on multiple objects.
1.6 Changes in v0.5
1. Changed copyright to WindowWorks(tm). Now you can start paying too!
2. Added grid dots
3. Added HELP