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============================================================== BABYDRAW Ver 1.01 Drawing Program Copyright (C) 1990,1991 by Kenneth R. Casey, Jr. All Rights Reserved. ============================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS REGISTRATION PRICES SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED! ............. 0.0 BABYDRAW REQUIREMENTS AND LICENSING INFORMATION ........ 1.0 REQUIREMENTS ........................................... 1.1 LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SHAREWARE VERSION ................ 1.2 THE BABYDRAW LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR CUSTOMIZED VERSION .. 1.3 DISCLAIMER ............................................. 1.4 SHAREWARE .............................................. 1.5 ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN THE REGISTERED VERSION .......... 1.5.1 HOW TO ORDER THE REGISTERED/CUSTOMIZED VERSION ......... 1.5.2 BABYDRAW ORDER FORM .................................... 1.5.3 BABYDRAW ............................................... 2.0 USAGE .................................................. 2.1 DRAWING / THE HELP SCREEN .............................. 2.2 DRAWING LINES .......................................... 2.2.1 DRAWING INCREMENTALLY .................................. 2.2.2 DRAWING CIRCLES ........................................ 2.2.3 FILLING SHAPES ......................................... 2.2.4 PRINTING YOUR DRAWING .................................. 2.2.5 USING THE BABYDRAW PRINTER ROUTINE ..................... 2.2.5.1 USING DOS' GRAPHICS.COM TO PRINT ....................... 2.2.5.2 QUITTING FROM BABYDRAW ................................. 2.2.5 FUN FOR BABIES (TODDLERS) .............................. 2.3 CREATE YOUR OWN OPENING SCREEN! ........................ 2.4 LOADING/SAVING RECORDING/PLAYING DRAWINGS .............. 2.5 SAVING DRAWINGS ........................................ 2.5.1 LOADING/DELETING DRAWINGS .............................. 2.5.2 RECORDING DRAWINGS (Registered Version Only) ........... 2.5.3 CLEARING THE SCREEN BEFORE RECORDING ................... 2.5.3.1 TRICKS AND MACROS ...................................... 2.5.3.2 SAVING THE RECORDING ................................... 2.5.3.3 APPENDING TO RECORDINGS ................................ 2.5.3.4 CORRECTING ERRORS AND EDITING RECORDINGS ............... 2.5.3.5 PLAYING BACK/DELETING RECORDINGS ....................... 2.5.4 BDRAW THE PLAYBACK UTILITY! ............................ 3.0 USAGE .................................................. 3.1 PART 0.0 REGISTRATION PRICES SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED! There has been a substantial reduction in the price of registration. You can purchase personalized copies for up to 4 persons now for only $19.95! If you require additional copies, these are only $5.00 each when included with the purchase of the first 4! This would make a great gift for any child (no matter his age). You can now use your MasterCard or Visa card to order BabyDraw. You can use the convenient order forms or call us at (517) 828-6520. To quickly print an order form, print ORDER.FRM, or run BDRAW.EXE without arguments. PART 1.0 BABYDRAW REQUIREMENTS AND LICENSING INFORMATION PART 1.1 REQUIREMENTS BabyDraw requires an IBM PC compatible computer with a CGA, EGA, or VGA color card and monitor. It will run on Hercules cards providing a CGA emulation utility such as SIMCGA (also shareware) has been loaded prior to running. At least 256k of FREE memory must be available. Since it operates in graphics mode, it will not run on monochrome systems without a hercules card and CGA emulation utility. PART 1.2 LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SHAREWARE VERSION The shareware (non-customized version) of "BabyDraw" may be freely copied and distributed so long as no more than $6.00 is charged and it is clearly represented that the charge is for the service of copying only. The files included in the BabyDraw package remain the exclusive property of Kenneth R. Casey, Jr. the copyright holder. If you have paid a fee to a distribution service to receive the shareware version, no part of this fee was used to compensate the author. You paid only for the service of copying and conveying to you a copy of this program for evaluation only! You MUST pay for your copy if you continue to use the program. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY YOU CONTINUE TO USE BABYDRAW WITHOUT REGISTERING! If you do not wish to purchase a copy of up to 4 individually customized copies for $19.95, you may purchase a license to use the shareware version for $10.00. If after trying BabyDraw for a few days you decide not to register, you MUST remove the program completely from your system. You may continue to give copies to friends and etcetera if you wish, but YOU MAY NOT CONTINUE TO USE THE SOFTWARE UNLESS YOU ARE REGISTERED! PART 1.3 THE BABYDRAW LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR CUSTOMIZED VERSION Hereinafter, "THE SOFTWARE" shall refer to the customized or registered version of "BabyDraw", and "THE AUTHOR" shall refer to Kenneth R. Casey, Jr. This is a legal agreement between you, the END USER, and THE AUTHOR. By continuing to use the THE SOFTWARE, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this agreement. If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, promptly destroy all copies of THE SOFTWARE and any accompanying documentation. THE AUTHOR grants to you the END USER, the right to use one copy of THE SOFTWARE on a single terminal connected to a single computer (i.e. with a single CPU), Purchase of a single copy entitles you to telephone support and the use of a single copy of the program. THE SOFTWARE is owned by THE AUTHOR, and is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble THE SOFTWARE. You may make a single copy of THE SOFTWARE as a backup in case of failure of the original. Copying the software for reasons other than backup is a violation of United States Copyright Law and is expressly forbidden! Duplication of "THE SOFTWARE" for any other reason including for sale, loan, rental, or gift is a federal crime. Penalties include fines of as much as $50,000 and jail terms of up to five years. PART 1.4 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY This program is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitfulness for a particular purpose, with respect to the software, the documentation, and the media upon which it is conveyed. In no event shall SPELLBOUND! Software, Kenneth R. Casey, Jr. or their suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use "BabyDraw", even if SPELLBOUND! Software or Kenneth R. Casey, Jr. have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. PART 1.5 SHAREWARE BabyDraw is distributed in two forms: The shareware version, and the registered version. The shareware version is complete in every way. It is not disabled in any way. It will give youngsters many hours of drawing enjoyment. It contains the ability to do random drawing so that very young children can use it. As an inducement to get you to register the program, we offer these additional features: PART 1.5.1 ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN THE REGISTERED VERSION 1) The registered version gives you the ability to record your drawings as you draw them and play back the recording to see the drawing being redrawn just as you did it! The shareware version can play back drawings so that you may play the example drawings included in the shareware package. 2) The program's EXE file will be named after your child and will be invoked by typing the child's name. For example, if your child's name were Susan, the program would be called SUSAN.EXE and you would start it by typing "SUSAN" and pressing ENTER. 3) All occurrences of "Caitlin" in the present version of the program will be replaced by your child's name. All of the screens which now display "Caitlin" will now say "Susan" instead and the program will be called, "Susan's Drawing Game". 4) The program will also have a 49 character message you specify on the opening screen replacing "Caitlin is the Apple of Daddy's Eye", and will exit with the words, "Have you hugged Susan (assuming your child's name is Susan) today?" 5) The registered version starts by displaying a drawing named "INTRO.DRW" as its opening screen (if it exists). You may edit or replace "INTRO.DRW" as you wish, perhaps drawing the words, "Susan's Drawing Program" with other graphics. The default version of "INTRO.DRW" is included with the shareware version, but it will not display when the program starts. PART 1.5.2 HOW TO ORDER THE REGISTERED/CUSTOMIZED VERSION You must register a copy of BabyDraw for each machine upon which it is installed. If you wish to use one copy on multiple machines, you must remove copies from all machines except for the one currently being used so that no two copies can be used simultaneously. You may receive up to four individually customized copies of BabyDraw for your children (or anyone) for only $19.95. Each copy will come up with a different child's name. If you wish additional copies, they are $5.00 per copy and must appear on the original order form. What a great gift this would make for anyone! You can specify a 49 character personal message to the person which will be displayed each time the program starts. If you would just like to license your use of the shareware copy of the program, send $10.00 with the order form. You will not receive anything by return mail, but we make this offer for those who are happy with the shareware version and do not wish customization. You may not continue to use the shareware version beyond the evaluation period unless you have paid at least this minimum license fee of $10.00! To receive your customized copy(ies) of BabyDraw, just fill out the form on the following page and send it to us with the proper amount and we will get it/them to you right away! This form is also contained in the file, ORDER.FRM. To print it, just type "COPY ORDER.FRM PRN" while at the DOS prompt and press ENTER, or run BDRAW.EXE without arguments. An order form will be displayed after several informative screens which you can print by pressing PRTSC. If you are using a SPELLBOUND! product which you have not registered, please register. It would help to alleviate some difficulties right now. Please see the file, SPELLBND.CAT for a catalog of some of our other products such as "The SPELLBOUND! Spelling Tutor Ver. 2.00" and "BothSides" which prints documentation to both sides of the page. PART 1.5.3 BABYDRAW ORDER FORM +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | BABYDRAW 1.01 Order Form | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Name: _________________________________________________ | | | | Street: _________________________________________________ | | | | City: _________________________ St: ______ Zip: ______ | | | | Phone: (___) ___-____ (for questions about your order) | | | +----------+-----------------------------+------------+---------+ | QUANTITY | DESCRIPTION | PRICE EACH | TOTAL | +----------+-----------------------------+------------+---------+ | | Register Shareware Version | 10.00 | | +----------+-----------------------------+------------+---------+ | | First 4 Copies of BabyDraw | 19.95 | 19.95 | +----------+-----------------------------+------------+---------+ | | BabyDraw Additional Copies | 5.00 | | +----------+-----------------------------+------------+---------+ | Michigan Residents add 4% sales tax:| | + +---------+ | Total:| | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------+ | CHECK ONE: | | | | Check/Money Order: [ ] MasterCard: [ ] Visa: [ ] | | | | Card No: ___________ Expiration: __/__ Ph: (___) ___-____ | | | | Cardholder Signature: _____________________________________ | | | | Send U.S. Funds only to: | | SPELLBOUND! Software | | P.O. Box 158 | | Shepherd, MI 48883 | | | | Or if you have MasterCard or Visa, call: | | (517) 828-6520 | | | | Specify name and message for each child for which a | | customized copy is desired. Limit name to nine characters | | and message to 49 characters. Messages longer than 49 | | characters will be modified or truncated! | | | | Name: ___________________________ | | | | Message: ___________________________________________________ | | | | Name: ___________________________ | | | | Message: ___________________________________________________ | | | | (Print additional names on reverse side) | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ PART 2.0 BABYDRAW Just type "CAITLIN" and the program will run. You really shouldn't have to read the documentation. The documentation is provided so that some of its more powerful features may be used. For most users and especially for children, just running "CAITLIN" without parameters will be sufficient. (NOTE: For the Registered/Customized version, substitute the first (up to) eight letters of your child's name for "CAITLIN" in the examples below.) SYNTAX: CAITLIN [NOSOUND] [NOAUTO] [NOSHAPE]_ [PLAYFILE][.REC] [SPEED Milliseconds] [CLEAR Seconds] [/B] NOTE: It is necessary only to specify the first four letters of any of: NOSOUND, NOAUTO, NOSHAPE, SPEED, CLEAR. NOSO, NOAU, NOSH, SPEE, and CLEA are sufficient. where: NOSOUND turns off all sound effects NOAUTO disables AUTODRAW feature so that when an illegal key is accidentally pressed, the program will not randomly draw. NOSHAPE disables drawing of shapes when AUTODRAWing PLAYFILE[.REC] is the name of a recording you wish to be played back. The extension ".REC" is assumed even if a different extension is specified! Only files with the extension ".REC" may be played back. It will be played back and then displayed indefinitely unless the CLEAR parameter is used to specify the number of seconds to display the drawing, or a key is pressed. The program will then exit directly to DOS. This operates just like the BDRAW.EXE run time program. SPEED Milliseconds is the number of thousandths of a second you wish to pause between each drawing function while playing back a recording. CLEAR Seconds has two uses in BabyDraw. When CLEAR appears on the command line without a playback file, the program immediately goes into AUTODRAW, drawing randomly and clearing the screen after the specified number of seconds, and then drawing again repeatedly. The second use is to specify the length of time a playback file will be displayed after the playback is complete. If CLEAR is not specified on the command line with a recorded file to be played back, the drawing will be displayed indefinitely or until a key is pressed. /B Forces BabyDraw to use monochrome attributes when running with a CGA simulation program on Hercules (R) monochrome graphics cards. CGA simulations cause BabyDraw to believe it is running on a CGA card. For that reason, it is necessary to force the use of monochrome attributes using the "/B" (black and white) switch. COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES: CAITLIN Run BabyDraw with all defaults. CAITLIN /B SPEED 5 NOAUTO NOSOUND Run BabyDraw with AUTODRAW and sound effects disabled. Pause for 5 milliseconds between each draw instruction while playing back recorded drawings. Use Black and white in all text displays. CAITLIN NOSHAPE NOSOUND Run Babydraw with drawing of shapes disabled while AUTODRAWing and sound turned off. CAITLIN PICTURE SPEE 5 NOSO CLEA 5 Play recording: PICTURE.REC with 5 milliseconds pause inserted between each drawing instruction, and sound turned off. When playback is finished, display for 5 seconds, and then exit program. (Note only first four letters of command line arguments used.) Although the examples above are given in upper case, the program is not sensitive to case, neither on the command line nor in response files. The order in which command line arguments appear is unimportant. PART 2.1 USAGE BABYDRAW is a simple drawing program for children aged 2 to 102. It may be used by older children who can use the number pad keys, CTRL and ALT keys to draw pictures of their own. In addition, toddlers can also use it just by randomly pressing keys. No harm can be done by any of the keys. The function keys change color, the number pad keys serve as direction keys, the number keys across the top return sound effect 0 through 9, and any other key press causes random drawing and sound effects. For continuous random drawing (called AUTODRAW), just press the shift key and any letter. (CAPSLOCK is turned off and kept off while in BabyDraw to avoid confusion.) PART 2.2 DRAWING / THE HELP SCREEN Help for all of the drawing functions and their related keys as well as this documentation are accessible by pressing the F1 key. The following is the help screen which is displayed when you press the F1 key once. +===========================================================================+ | PRESS F1 TO READ DOCUMENTATION, ANY OTHER KEY TO QUIT HELP | +=====================================+=====================================+ | DRAWING FUNCTIONS | MISCELLANEOUS | | Draw Upward = Up Arrow | Print Drawing = CTL-P | | Draw Downward = Dn Arrow | Change Background = Even Fkeys | | Draw to Right = Rt Arrow | Change Palette = Odd Fkeys | | Draw to Left = Lt Arrow | Increment Stroke = + | | Draw to Upper Left = HOME | Decrement Stroke = - | | Draw to Upper Right = PGUP | Clear Screen = ESC | | Draw to Lower Left = END | DOS Shell = ALT-D | | Draw to Lower Right = PGDN | Quit to DOS = ALT-Q | | Drawing On/Off = SPACEBAR | RECORD/PLAYBACK | | Cycle Drawing Color = ENTER | Begin/End Recording = ALT-R | | Draw Circle = ALT-C | Play/Del/Ren Recording = ALT-P | | Fill Shape = ALT-F | Speed Up Playback = + | | Display Grid = ALT-G | Slow Down Playback = - | | Load/Del/Ren Drawing = ALT-L | Pause Playback = SPACEBAR | | Save Drawing = ALT-S | Interrupt Playback = Any Other | | Sound Effects = 0 to 9 | Add Sound Effects = 0 to 9 | +=====================================+=====================================+ | AUTOMATIC DRAWING is invoked by pressing any non-legal key. This allows | | small children to use the program without the need to learn the keys. | | For CONTINUOUS AUTOMATIC DRAWING, press the shift key and any letter key. | +===========================================================================+ You may view this documentation while in the help screen by pressing the F1 key a second time. The file, BABYDRAW.DOC must be located in the same directory as the program. If BABYDRAW.DOC is not found, you will be given a message to that effect. To scroll through the documentation, just use the arrow keys and the PgUp and PgDn keys. Press any other key to exit the documentation. PART 2.2.1 DRAWING LINES To draw, the number pad arrow keys should be used. NUMLOCK must be set to off. The arrow keys are used to draw horizontally and vertically. The Home, PgUp, End, and PgDn keys are all used to draw diagonally. The drawing color is changed by pressing the ENTER key to cycle through the four available colors. To turn off the drawing cursor, just press the SPACEBAR. Press it again to start drawing again once you have moved the cursor to the new place. You can think of this as "lifting the pen". To erase, press ALT-F, set the fill color and the border color to the same color as the background and press ENTER to "fill" the shape you wish to erase with the background color. PART 2.2.2 DRAWING INCREMENTALLY The Plus (+), and Minus (-) signs are used to determine the length of the line drawn each time the keys are pressed. This value is presented on the drawing screen in the upper left hand corner of the screen after the letters "INC=" and is referred to from here on as the drawing "increment". A value of "1" represents one screen pixel or element, a value of "10" represents 10 and so on. If you do not wish to draw in increments, just set it to one. Drawing with it set to 10 for example will assure that your drawing is neatly spaced. Letters may be easily created using this method as the width and height are easily controlled. Drawing in increments also speeds up playback as a single keystroke with the increment set to "10" takes 1/10th the time of drawing 10 strokes with increment set to "1" to accomplish the same task. The drawing increment may be set in the range 1 to 40. If you wish to change increments temporarily and then change back to pick up where you left off, change the increment and draw as desired and then change the increment to 1 and move to a corner which was drawn using the previous increment. Press the plus key until you arrive at the previous setting and then continue to draw. PART 2.2.3 DRAWING CIRCLES You may create circles by pressing ALT-C and then entering a radius in pixels. The location of the drawing cursor will determine the center of the circle and the radius will be the distance in pixels from the cursor to the circumference of the circle. PART 2.2.4 FILLING SHAPES Shapes may be filled in by making sure that the shape is entirely closed and then pressing ALT-F. You will then be prompted to specify a fill color and a border color. The program needs to know the color of the border of the shape you wish to fill. It uses this color to determine where to stop painting. BE CAREFUL! If you have a shape of a different color within the shape of the specified color, it will be filled over! To cycle through the four possible fill colors, press the SPACEBAR. To cycle the four border colors, press the TAB key. When you are satisfied with the combination, press ENTER to execute the fill. If you decide to abort, press ESC. PART 2.2.5 PRINTING YOUR DRAWING PART 2.2.5.1 USING THE BABYDRAW PRINTER ROUTINE Your completed drawing may be sent to any Epson compatible or Laser Printer using BabyDraw's own internal print routine, or sent to any printer capable of printing graphics by loading DOS' GRAPHICS.COM prior to running BabyDraw. Just press CTRL-P and answer the several questions. The first question asks which method you would like to use to print your picture. We'll print with BabyDraw's own method first. To use the BabyDraw routine, just press "N" here and then press ENTER. The next question requires that you type in the number of your printer port. This MUST be parallel port LPT1 1-3. Just type the number only. NOTE: If you have a printer connected to your COM port, see your DOS manual about redirecting output from the LPT port to your COM port or see the alternative method below. The next question applies to laser printers. If you do not have a laser printer, just leave it blank and press ENTER. If you do have a laser printer, enter the dots per inch to print. The next question asks how you wish colors to be displayed. [P]atterns looks better with colored pictures than [S]olid black. If you get a message that your printer is offline, just turn the printer on or set it back online and the picture will be printed normally. If nothing at all happens, your printer must not be truly Epson Compatible or is not a supported Laser printer. PART 2.2.5.2 USING DOS' GRAPHICS.COM TO PRINT If you cannot print using the method above, you may still be able to print the picture. To use the following method, you must load the DOS utility, "GRAPHICS.COM (or possibliy GRAPHICS.EXE) from your DOS diskette or directory. Just type "GRAPHICS" and press ENTER while GRAPHICS.COM is in your PATH or in the current directory. Now start up BabyDraw and load the picture you wish to print. Press CTRL-P as above, but this time answer "Y" to the "Use PRTSC?" prompt. Answer the questions as above, and then a screen will prompt you to press a key. When you press a key, the picture will be displayed without the program title and settings at the top. At this time, press SHIFT-PRTSC (or PRTSC on enhanced keyboards). This should send the picture to your printer. When your printer has finished, press another key to restore the entire drawing screen. PART 2.2.6 QUITTING FROM BABYDRAW To quit from the program, just press ALT-Q. PART 2.3 FUN FOR BABIES (TODDLERS) When an illegal key is pressed, drawing is done at random, making it a perfect choice for baby's first computer experience. It's a joy to watch the small child's face light up when they see the drawing they have "created". The random drawing is accompanied by random sound effects as well, making the experience even more entertaining for toddlers. By pressing any of the number keys across the top of the keyboard (not the number pad keys) you may invoke any of 10 sound effects. You may also record (registered / customized version only) your own drawings and play them back at any speed for the youngster. They are fascinated by watching the pictures being drawn before their eyes by an "invisible hand". Because the "dangerous" functions are controlled by a combination of the CTRL or ALT key and another key, the toddler is prevented from doing any damage while the program is running. PART 2.4 CREATE YOUR OWN OPENING PROGRAM SCREEN! (Registered Version) There are several drawings (these have the extension, ".DRW") and recordings (extension ".REC") supplied with BabyDraw. If BabyDraw finds a drawing called "INTRO.DRW" upon startup, it will display this screen in lieu of the opening screen. (If you have the unregistered version, you can view this drawing by loading the drawing "INTRO".) You may edit this drawing or replace it with a drawing entirely of your own creation if you wish. Just load it (ALT-L from drawing screen) make the desired changes, and save it as "INTRO". PART 2.5 LOADING/SAVING RECORDING/PLAYING DRAWINGS PART 2.5.1 SAVING DRAWINGS Drawings may be saved to disk in one of two ways: SAVING or RECORDING. Recording may only be used in the Registered version of BabyDraw. To save a drawing, press ALT-S. You will be asked to supply a name for the drawing. Limit your name to 8 characters in length and do not supply an extension. All "SAVED" drawings will be given the extension, ".DRW" when they are stored on the disk. This is to simplify the reloading of saved drawings as all files having this extension will be displayed to you so that you may make a selection. PART 2.5.2 LOADING/DELETING DRAWINGS To "LOAD" a drawing, simply press ALT-L. All of the files in the current directory having the extension ".DRW" will be displayed to you. They will appear without the extension so that more drawings may be displayed on the screen. If you have more drawings than there is room on the screen, simply use the arrow keys to scroll the screen to the left. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the drawing you wish to load and press ENTER. If you change your mind and wish not to load a drawing, simply press ESC. If you would like to delete a drawing, just place the highlight bar over the drawing you wish to delete, and press F2. After confirming the deletion, the drawing will be immediately deleted. PART 2.5.3 RECORDING DRAWINGS (Registered Version Only) To "RECORD" a drawing, press ALT-R. You will be asked to supply a name for the recording. If the name is the name of a recording which already exists on the disk, you will be asked whether you wish to Overwrite the recording or Append to the end of the recorded drawing. (See "APPENDING TO RECORDINGS" below.) Limit your name to 8 characters in length and do not supply an extension. All recordings will be given the extension, ".REC" when they are stored on the disk. This is to simplify the playback of recorded drawings as all files having this extension will be displayed to you so that you may make a selection. Press ENTER to confirm the name you have selected. After the name has been chosen, you will be returned to the drawing screen. All drawing functions will now be recorded. You may add sound effects to your recordings by pressing any of the number keys across the top of the keyboard. PART 2.5.3.1 CLEARING THE SCREEN BEFORE RECORDING We recommend that the first key you press when recording, should be the ESC key. This will cause the screen to clear and the colors and cursor position to be reset. When a recording is played back, the cursor position must be the same as when it was recorded or there may be unpredictable results. If you do not wish to have the recording clear the screen, then it must be done before playing the recording back. If you wish to change your mind later, the recording is saved as an ASCII text file and may be edited with a standard text editor. The keystrokes are saved as the key codes separated by a linefeed and carriage return or one key function on a line. You may use a text editor capable of inserting an escape character (ASCII 27 or the small arrow pointing to left) at the top of your drawings. We recommend PC Magazine's TED.COM (available from just about any BBS system or shareware distributor), for this task. We could have caused the program to insert the ESC command at the beginning of every recording, but it would have made the program less versatile and the following features would have been impossible. PART 2.5.3.2 TRICKS AND MACROS There are a number of tricks you may discover that you can do, such as creating "macros" which can be played back to insert small drawings into later drawings. For example, you might record the drawing of a small house and save it to disk. Later, when you are drawing another picture (not recording) you could place the cursor in the position at which you wish to draw the house and then play back your recording of the house. You must always be certain that no part of the recording will bump into the edge of the drawing screen as all keystrokes following will be inaccurate. You must also confine yourself to a single increment for this to work correctly. Try recording the drawing of your name with increment set to 10, save it, press ESC to clear the screen, press "-" to set the increment to 5 and then play back your name. It will print back at half size! We created the grid screen by creating a small macro which drew one line of dots with the increment set to 10 and then dropped down to the beginning of the next line. By starting at the top of the screen and continuously playing back this macro, we were able to create the entire screen. If you would prefer a different grid size, you can use this method to create your own version of "GRID.DRW". (This is the file which is loaded when you press ALT-G.) Now when you press ALT-G, YOUR grid will be loaded! Use the ALT-G Grid feature when you need to make measurements (for example, while drawing letters) while recording. If used when drawing, the grid will be saved with the rest of the drawing unless you press ALT-G again to remove it before continuing your drawing. Use the grid to properly space letters or to center drawings and etc. You may use the grid temporarily on a picture already drawn by pressing ALT-G, making the measurements and then pressing ALT-G again to remove the grid. Do not draw with the grid in place unless you are recording, or some dots will remain when the grid is removed with a subsequent pressing of ALT- G. When a picture is recorded, only the keystrokes are saved. Any picture which is already on the screen is ignored. The best recordings can be made by first drawing the picture to be recorded turning the record feature on and then tracing over it in a different color. This method can help you to avoid many errors. This is the method we used in creating the several recordings you find in this package. The drawing "MAZE" which might well be impossible to draw successively, was drawn first and then traced over with recording on. The entire maze is composed of a single line! PART 2.5.3.2 SAVING THE RECORDING Draw the picture as you wish, using the even and odd Fkeys to change the background and palette and the number keys "0" to "9" for sound effects, filling in shapes, creating circles, and changing the increment setting as necessary. When you have finished, press ALT-R again to save the recording to disk. PART 2.5.3.3 APPENDING TO RECORDINGS You may save a recording before it is finished and then finish it at a later time, or you may just wish to add to a previously saved recording. In either case, you must first play back the recording so that the settings are the same as when the recording was terminated. Let it play back until it finishes. The cursor and colors are then where they were before. After it has finished, and BEFORE PRESSING ANY OTHER KEY, press ALT-R and specify the recording's name. The program will warn that the recording of that name exists and prompt you as to whether to Replace it or Append to it. In this case you will choose to Append to it. Continue the drawing from where you last left off and then press ALT-R when you are finished and the recording will be saved with its changes. PART 2.5.3.4 CORRECTING ERRORS AND EDITING RECORDINGS Frequently, you will make a mistake while recording a drawing. Even if it is not a serious mistake such as filling in the entire screen by specifying the wrong border color, the mistake and any remedial action will still be there when the recording is played back. BabyDraw offers a feature called "Trimming" for such circumstances. Trimming removes all keystrokes following the specified keystroke number. To make use of this feature, save the recording in its current state - mistake and all - by pressing ALT-R. Press ESC to clear the screen now so that we may replay the recording later. Now press ALT-P to enter the Play/Del/Ren screen. Move the highlight bar to the recording you just made and press F6 to Trim. You will be asked first to confirm that you want to trim the recording and once you have entered "Y", you will be asked for the number of the last instruction or keystroke you wish to remain in the recording. Just above the edit window, a box will appear containing the total number of keystrokes contained in the recording. If the error was on the last one or two instructions, specify 1 or 2 less than this number. Once it has been trimmed, press ENTER to play back the recording. Let it play to its new conclusion. We want to continue at this point, so leaving the screen in its present state so that we can pick up where it left off, press ALT-R to append to this recording. The program will display the last name accessed, in this case, the current recording. Press ENTER to use the displayed name. The program now finds that the recording already exists and now asks whether you wish to [A]ppend, [R]eplace, or [T]ype the name. Select "A" for append. Now just continue the drawing and press ALT-R to save it when you are finished. If you wish to edit a recording, just play the recording back with the keystroke counter turned on. You turn it on by pressing F3 to toggle its setting while in the Play/Del/Ren screen. The keystroke counter appears during playback when toggled on, in the upper right corner of the drawing screen. Use the +, - and SPACEBAR keys to speed up, slow down and pause playback. When the recording reaches the place at which you wish to begin editing, make note of the keystroke counter number which appears at that point. Having determined the keystroke at which to trim the recording, press ESC to reset the screen and then ALT-P to enter the Play/Del/Ren screen. Highlight the desired recording and press F6 to trim. Confirm that you wish to trim the recording by answering "Y" when prompted. Now enter the keystroke number into the edit window and press ENTER. Once it is finished, press ENTER to playback the recording in its new state. If all went well, the recording should now play up to the point at which you trimmed, and terminate. If you wish to continue the recording from this point, leave the screen in its present state and press ALT- R. Press ENTER to confirm the name in the edit window (it should be the same recording) and then press "A" to indicate that you wish to Append to the recording and not Replace it. Now just continue to draw and then press ALT-R when you are finished! PART 2.5.4 PLAYING BACK/DELETING RECORDINGS Playing back a recorded drawing is very simple. Press ALT-P to display all of the available files having a ".REC" extension in the current directory. If you wish to view the keystroke counter as it plays to calculate trimming for editing, press F3 to toggle the keystroke display off and on. Move the highlight bar to the recording you wish to load and press ENTER to confirm your selection. Press ESC if you wish to abort. If you would like to delete a recording, just place the highlight bar over the recording you wish to delete, and press F2. You will be asked to confirm the deletion and then recording will be immediately deleted. While the recording is being played back, the following keys are effective: "+" -- Speeds up playback "-" -- Slows down playback SPACEBAR -- Suspend playback temporarily ALT-Q or CTRL-C -- Exit Any other Key -- Terminate playback PART 3.0 BDRAW THE PLAYBACK UTILITY! SYNTAX: BDRAW PLAYFILE.EXT [NOSOUND] [SPEED Milliseconds] [CLEAR Seconds] or: BDRAW @RESPONSE.FIL where: NOSOUND turns off all sound effects PLAYFILE.REC is the name of a recording you wish to be played back. It will be played back and then displayed indefinitely unless the CLEAR parameter is used to specify the number of seconds to display the drawing, or a key is pressed. The program will then exit directly to DOS. This operates just like the BABYDRAW program. The ".REC" extension is optional. Only files with the extension ".REC" can be played, however, so do not rename to an extension other than ".REC". SPEED Milliseconds is the number of thousandths of a second you wish to pause between each drawing function while playing back recording. CLEAR Seconds causes the recording to be displayed for the specified number of seconds after drawing is completed. If this argument is not given, the drawing will be displayed indefinitely or until a key is pressed. @RESPONSE.FIL is an alternate way to specify multiple recordings to be displayed by BDRAW. It may not be combined with any other of the optional command line parameters given. RESPONSE.FIL (or any valid DOS file name) is a text file containing multiple command lines to be processed one at a time, just as if each were specified individually. The file name MUST be prefaced by the "@" character so that BDRAW knows that it is not a recording, which would cause BDRAW to generate an error message. BDRAW will read and process each command line, and when it has processed the last command line, it will return to DOS. If you wish the display to be repeated, just be sure that the last line in the file says, REPEAT. Consequently none of your drawings may be named "REPEAT.REC" since this command sends BDRAW back to the beginning of the file. An example response file follows: Example of RESPONSE.LST: FILE1.REC NOSOUND SPEED 50 CLEAR 5 FILE2.REC SPEED 10 CLEAR 7 FILE3.REC CLEAR 5 FILE4.REC CLEAR 6 FILE5.REC CLEAR 5 NOSOUND REPEAT (Again, the ".REC" extension is optional.) COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES: BDRAW Display syntax screen for running BDRAW. BDRAW PICTURE SPEE 5 NOSOUND CLEA 5 Play recording: PICTURE.REC with 5 milliseconds pause inserted between each drawing instruction, and sound turned off. When playback is finished, display for 5 seconds, and then exit program. BDRAW @C:\DISPLAY.LST Process command lines in the response file: C:\DISPLAY.LST Although the above is given in upper case, the program is not sensitive to case, neither on the command line nor in response files. Order of command line arguments is unimportant. While the recording is being played back, the following keys are effective: "+" -- Speeds up playback "-" -- Slows down playback SPACEBAR -- Suspend playback temporarily ALT-Q or CTRL-C -- Exit Any other Key -- Terminate playback PART 3.1 USAGE BDRAW.EXE is a run time version of BABYDRAW. It cannot be used to draw or record pictures. It can only play back the specified recording or recording listed in a properly formatted response file. It is supplied in the shareware package to demonstrate the Recording/Playback features available to you when you register your copy. BDRAW.EXE may be distributed freely ONLY by registered users of BABYDRAW. This will enable registered users to distribute recorded drawings, video greeting cards, etc. to friends and relatives. IMPORTANT NOTE!!! THE UNREGISTERED COPY OF BDRAW.EXE MAY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE DISTRIBUTED APART FROM THE REST OF THE BABYDRAW PACKAGE!