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Mdraw V0.4f (mdraw.exe - 180736 bytes)
Copyright 1992,1993 by S. Mike Dierken
Mdraw - An object-oriented drawing package for MS-Windows.
This program (Mdraw v0.4f) is freely redistributable under the following
conditions:
This text file is distributed (without modifications) with the program.
The executable file and the resources contained therein are not modified.
Send comments, bug reports, suggestions to:
S. Mike Dierken
CompuServe ID: 73670,364
(should you wish to help pay for continued development, contact me for
an address.)
CONTENTS
1 Introduction
1.1 Features
1.2 Current Limitations
1.3 Future Features
1.4 Changes in v0.2f
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
1.2 Current Limitations (which I'm working on fixing...):
Major:
Can't edit polygons after creation (can only resize)
Resize of 'joined' objects doesn't work the way it should yet.
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
Text background is always transparent
Partial True Type font support
Fixed size snap grid
Doesn't draw snap gridlines
Not enough 'grab' points when resizing object
No horizontal scroll bar
Zoom in/out not quite perfected.
1.3 Future Features
OLE 1.0 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.
1.4 Changes in v0.2f
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