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Abreviated HOUSE HELP FILE
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How to "Get Around"
It can be a little tricky at first...here's what to do.
The FASTEST way to move your HOUSE around is by CLICKING
the MOVING SQUARES--to the right of the main buttons.
The moving squares represent NINE screen positions...
the four corners, and center positions of your screen.
A single click on any square places your HOUSE in a
similar position to the square in the box.
You can also press the button "P". (PLACEMENT)
This is a more traditional way of moving Windows
...using A MENU bar to drag HOUSE to some
point on your screen.
You will soon notice that HOUSE does NOT let you move
to a position off--screen. HOUSE corrects for
'overshoots' of the edges.
In other words, HOUSE will always pick an
address that's on your screen!"
MORE INFO on MOVING AROUND And SIZING HOUSE
The S M L < > and ^^^ buttons size the HOUSE.
After pressing these buttons, look at the MENUBOX
in the center of the screen for a list of more
positions/modes. Clicking MENU BOX items
activates them. Other modes include Roof only,
Basement Only, and Left Menu Bar. Try them out!
CLICKING the HOUSE.FORM to SIZE it!
It takes some getting used to!
Clicking around the form, especially BETWEEN the JUMP
buttons at the BOTTOM of your screen will change
the size of your House...you'll see how things work
with a little practice. All modes, except CITY mode,
will size HOUSE when a FORM.CLICK occurs.
If you just want a FEW MORE LINES OF YOUR LISTS,
click the VERY BOTTOM of the HOUSE, usually
BETWEEN the DIR.JUMP and FILE.JUMP buttons.
The amount of EXTRA HEIGHT you get is related to the
CURRENT FONTSIZE.
MEMORIZED POSITIONS:
Once your HOUSE is the way you want it...
CLICK the SET button and then click DEC & MEM to STORE
your layout. (MENUBOX)
HOUSE can store/recall up to four layouts.
Your screen position, HOUSE size, Window colors
and Font sizes are all stored for recall.
To recall..the sequence is SET-DEC-DO-(1-4).
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**UNDERSTANDING THE MAIN BUTTONS********
[ICON, S,M,L,P ^^^ < > ]
These buttons can help you size & place your HOUSE.
Icon = Make House as small as possible.
S = Make HOUSE very small, but not an ICON.
M = Make House Medium sized.
L = Make House LARGE.
P = PLACE/MOVE House manually.
NOTE: Clicking the CPU Window (Blinking Squares)
will place/move HOUSE very rapidly..try it!
^^^ Toggles between THIN and NORMAL HOUSE Height.
Think of this as the door to the ROOF if
you like!
< Makes HOUSE Narrower
> Makes HOUSE WIDER
RUN: In SMALL-Menu-Mode this button runs the current HOUSE MENU item.
In ALL other modes (bigger sizes) this button allows
you to set the WINDOW STATE for the next launch of programs.
You can also RUN the menu program or currently selected
file by clicking !M or !F in the MENU BOX. (Center)
SET:
Decorate:
DO - Recalls one of FOUR Sets of Colors, Fonts,
& Screen Positions from Memory.
(Redecorates your HOUSE from memory!)
MEM - Memorizes your current HOUSE colors,
Font Size, and Screen Location.
Color: (TOP RM INF MNU DIR EXT HSE ?)
Allows you to change the colors of the various
display lists, info Windows & more, within HOUSE itself.
? = Help (Explains how to change colors)
Font: SML SM MED ML L VL XL BLD Chg
HOUSE lets you set new Font Sizes or CHANGE Font Types.
(Does not affect system fonts. You would use the
Control Panel to do that.)
SYS: Shows free system resources.
TIM: Toggles the CLOCK in the upper right, on or off.
(The clock can be DRAGGED to new locations.)
CPU: Toggles the 'thinking lights' on or off! Those dizzy
little blinking squares!
(Quick Placement Window still works, regardless.)
GRB: GRAB...Makes HOUSE 'come out on top' if MOUSE passes over it.
On/Off toggle.
When GRAB is ON, (Default) HOUSE will grab
the FOCUS anytime your mouse passes over the form.
**!!!** END: END HOUSE Session..quit the program....board up the HOUSE!
REMEMBER TO QUIT....the command is
SET-END
CITY: Draw colorful cities automatically! Just move your MOUSE AROUND!
MOD: Sets the PEN color-logic for drawing. AND NOT OR XOR INVERT & More
OBJECTS: Choose from
TRE Trees
BLD Buildings
RF Roof or hills
CLd Clouds
Sqr Little Squares
CLR: Clears (ERASES) your picture!
Lnd: Creates a landscape background effect..erases current drawing!
(Best with SVGA and 32K-colors mode.)
N: Normal..temporary drawing mode. No cut & paste.
P: Permanent drawing - paste mode. Allows cut & paste.
Clp: Copies House drawing to the clipboard.
DRAWING ACTION is activated (ON/OFF) by your MOUSE CLICKS.!!!
SORT: DIR Shows the curent file directory sorted alphabetically.
You can DOUBLE CLICK these, or any other FILENAMES to
RUN or SEE THEM.
MNU Sorts the MENU (MNU) alphabetically.
AGAIN:
SAV: Save a list to--disk of the programs & files you have
been using...up to 100. Logs the time you used them too.
DEL: Removes a single item from your on-board launch-log.
DM: Remove ALL launch-log items BEFORE the
currently selected item...(Erases your tracks...)
MENU: GET: Load a new HOUSE menu.
SAV: Save the current menu to disk.
RM: Remove an ITEM (Room) from your HOUSE menu.
SRT: A fast way to sort the menu.
ADD: Add ON additional Rooms by merging-in a new House menu.
NEW: Start a new menu from the ground up......
DUP: Duplicate a menu item...clone a room.
CLR: Clears the menu item Commandline (furniture!)
info passed to the program at run-time.
Of COURSE..you CAN edit your MOUSE menu directly
by clicking your mouse inside any of the TEXT boxes!
FND: Where is HOME? Hansel, Gretel, and HOUSE all know!
But only HOUSE will take you there.
DIR: MAK: Make a directory on disk. Otherwise known as a hallway!
REM: Remove a directory from disk.
CPY: Copy the FILENAMES, DATES & SIZES to a record-file
on disk. Only INFO is recorded, not the files themselves.
Think of it as a PHOTOCOPY of the current directory listing
but with more info.
FILES: ADD: Adds the currently selected FILE or program to your HOUSE menu.
HOUSE chooses HOSTS when needed, but you can change them if
you like...just click on the menu text & 'edit away'.
PUT: Puts the currently selected file in the COMMANDLINE
of the CURRENT menu item. Like furniture in a room,
this info compliments' the room. You could PUT a file
called pic.bmp into a room with PAINTBRUSH...then
it would run with PIC.BMP already loaded.
SIZ: Shows file date & size for the currently selected file.
CPY: Allows you to copy files. TAKE your time here!
HOUSE is rather 'unusual' in the way it copies!
Once you 'get the hang of it' you may find it VERY useful!
'I' Like it!
The file names are 'cached' so you can easily copy a big list
of programs to several places, without re-loading
the file names. Just remember to CLEAR them when you should.
DEL: Delete 1 file at a time, or ALL in the current listing!
Both have 'ARE YOU SURE?'..of course!
REN: Rename a file.
REF: REFRESH the current file listing. This is done by HOUSE
most of the time..but when you need to...it's a quick way
to get an updated files listing.
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DOUBLE CLICK ANY FILE LIST TO LAUNCH a program, file, picture, macro
or any other program/sourcefile.
HOST programs are determined by HOUSE. Double click the HOST-LIST
for more info on editing HOST files.
DOUBLE CLICKING an EXTENSION LIST will allow you to ENTER A CUSTOM
file pattern. Such as *.* or more elaborately... House.*; H*.hse;Names*.??
In other words..compound filters can be entered...separated by SEMI-COLONS.
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THAT'S ALL FOLKS!
HOPE YOU ENJOY HOUSE!
Be sure and check out CITY mode for some drawing FUN!
P.S. More and Better help is available in the registered version.