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WBFlash v2.1
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Copyright © 1993-94 Thomas Pettersson
Freely distributable
Introduction
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WBFlash is a small program that lets you edit nice colourcycles which you
use on the Workbench screen. These colourcycles can be displayed on
either the Workbench backdrop or on windows borders.
This version of WBFlash was mainly programmed for use on machines with the
AGA-chipset, but it is backward compatible with non-AGA machines,
though it won`t run on machines with OS1.3 or lower.
The performance of WBFlash is of course much better on AGA machines.
Copyright notice
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WBFlash is FreeWare which means it`s freely distributeable as long as no
profit is made of it and all files are included and kept intact.
I do not take responsiblity for any damage this program may cause, but don`t
worry, it`s been carefully tested. ¦·)
Usage
~~~~~
It`s very easy to edit the colourcycles, the editor-window will open
automaticly when you start the program if you don`t have a saved colourcycle.
Here`s a description of the window appearing:
___________________________________________________________
|·| WBFlash v2.1 HotKey=Ctrl Alt L |¬|
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|
||¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯||
+------>|| |@|StartColour| | | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| Delay:1 ||<|
| || ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ || |----+
| |>|| |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|R:255| | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| Step: 1 ||<| |
| | || ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ || |
| +--| || |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|G:0 | | +-------------------------+|| |
| | | || ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | |o Loop * Active |||<| |
| | |>|| |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|B:0 | | |* PingPong o Backdrop |||<|¯| |
| | || ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | +-------------------------+|| | |
| | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| | |
| | ||¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|| | |
| | || |____Use____| |____Save____| || | |
| | ||_______________________________________________________|| | |
| | `---------------------------------------------------------' | |
| | ^ ^ | |
| | | | | |
| | +---------------------------+----------------+ | |
| | | | |
| +--* The R, G and B sliders are used for editing the start- and | | |
| endcolour of the flash. | | |
| | | |
+-----* Which colour you edit (start or end) depends on the Start- | | |
and EndColour cyclegadget. | | |
| | |
If you press the `Use`-button WBFlash will start the *--+ | |
colourcycling and with the `Save`-button the cycling will | |
be saved and next time WBFlash is started the colour- | |
cycling starts immediatly. | |
| |
These radiobuttons control where the cycle will be *-----+ |
displayed and how. If the button `Active` is pressed |
the colourcycle will be displayed on active windows |
borders (colour 3), else, if the button `Backdrop` is |
in use, it will be displayed on the Workbench backdrop |
(colour 0). |
With the two other buttons, `Loop` and `PingPong`, one |
can choose if the colourcycle should be displayed once |
and then start all over again (Loop), or if it shall |
cycle back and forth (PingPong). |
|
With these two sliders you can change the speed of the *--------+
cycle. With the `Delay`-slider you choose for how long
every single colour in the cycle should be displayed.
A Delay with the value 1 is equal to one vertical blank.
The other slider, `Step`, is used for adjusting how big a
step there will be between every single colour in the
cycle. So, a higher `Step` will make the cycle go faster,
but less smooth since the diffrences between every
colour is greater.
When WBFlash is in action and you want to change the colourcycle or quit
the program, use the hotkey `Ctrl+Alt+L` to open the editor-window.
Since WBFlash is a commodity it can also be controlled from
Commodites Exchange.
Some people that have seen WBFlash think it`s quite annoying, and it is, if
you use very fast cycles. Therefore I think it`s important to say that it`s
advisable to use slow colourcycles, the result can be quite nice! Anyway,
WBFlash is just a hack that shouldn`t be taken too seriously!
Thanks!
~~~~~~~
I would like to thank the following peapole for helping me in the
development of this piece of software:
Thanks to Ulf Pettersson for the nice icons, ASCII, ideas and testing.
Also thanks to Anders Sällstedt and Joakim Möller for more testing, and
ideas!
Contacts
~~~~~~~~
If you have ideas or suggestions or if you want to contact me for any
other reason, here`s where to reach me:
Snail-mail: Thomas Pettersson
Gubbkärrsvägen 29
16151 Bromma
SWEDEN
FidoNet: 2:201/417