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- AutoSave 1.00b (10-Feb-98)
-
- Name: ArtWorks AutoSave module
- Purpose: Auto save feature for ArtWorks
- Author: Martin Würthner
- Requires: RISC OS 3.1 or higher, ArtWorks 1.138 or higher
- Status: ShareWare see [4] below
-
- This ArtWorks module provides an auto save feature similar to that of
- Impression. Its main features are:
-
- * auto save with or without prompt at arbitrary auto save intervals
- * auto save is only activated once you have actually modified the document
- * the auto save status is saved with the document
-
-
- 1) Installation
- ---------------
- Copy the !AutoSave application inside the !ArtWorks.Auto directory. (Shift
- double-click on !ArtWorks to open it, then double-click on the 'Auto' folder.
- Then drag the !AutoSave application to the Filer window showing
- <something>.!ArtWorks.Auto in its title bar). This will cause ArtWorks to
- load the module automatically next time it is started.
-
- If you are not using the 'Quick start' feature of ArtWorks, then this is it
- already. Otherwise (this is recognized by the fact the ArtWorks only displays
- one icon 'Quick start' when starting up) you have to go on:
-
- If the 'Quick start' option is selected in the ArtWorks choices window you
- have to perform the following steps in order for ArtWorks to recognize the
- new version of the module:
-
- * Load ArtWorks
- * Open the ArtWorks choices window (icon bar menu 'Choices...', then click on
- the ArtWorks icon in the ArtWorks global choices window)
- * Deselect 'Quick start' and click on 'Save'
- * Quit ArtWorks
- * Reload ArtWorks - while loading ArtWorks shows every module it loads, this
- should include the AutoSave module. If ArtWorks displays an error message
- like "Due to lack of memory one or more modules could not be loaded ..."
- something has gone wrong and you should check whether you have correctly
- installed the module.
- * Open the ArtWorks choices window again
- * Select 'Quick start' and click on 'Save'
-
- If you ever should want to deinstall the module, remove the !AutoSave directory
- from the !ArtWorks.Auto directory. Then, if you are using the 'Quick start'
- option, you must repeat the same steps above.
-
-
- 2) The AutoSave module
- ----------------------
- 2.1) How to use it
- ------------------
- The AutoSave module does not provide a tool in the Tool Box. Instead, it
- provides a new icon in the document choices window. This is obtained by
- choosing "File => Choices..." from the ArtWorks main menu. The reason for its
- being there is that the Auto save status is a property of each document. This
- has the benefit that you can specify the auto save behaviour for each document
- individually. So, you can have documents that do not auto save and others that
- do, each after its own specific time interval. The auto save status is saved
- with the document and is even retained if the document is edited using a copy
- of ArtWorks without the AutoSave module and loaded back into a copy of ArtWorks
- with the AutoSave module later.
-
- Clicking on the Auto save icon in the document choices window opens the Auto
- save choices window. This window is only available if the document has a
- valid save path, i.e. if the document has already been saved at least once or
- if it has been loaded from disc.
-
- The Auto save choices window contains two option icons and an input field.
-
- Selecting the "Enable" icon switches auto save on for the document. Once this
- option is selected, the second option icon and the input field are accessible:
-
- You can enter the auto save interval in the input field, i.e. the number of
- minutes after which auto save is to take place. Please note that auto save only
- takes place after you have actually modified the document and the time is
- always counted from the first modification after the last time the document was
- saved. So, if your auto save interval is 10 minutes, then auto save will take
- place 10 minutes after the document has first been modified. If you save it
- manually inbetween, the auto save interval starts again as soon as you modify
- the document. Starting from this moment, so it will then take another 10
- minutes before auto save takes place.
-
- The "With prompt" option works similar to Impression. If this is switched off,
- ArtWorks saves the document after the specified amount of time without asking
- you. This is potentially dangerous as this might mean that the auto save
- function kicks in at an inconvenient moment (e.g. after you have just
- accidentially deleted most of the document and you not have managed to paste it
- back). Therefore, the "With prompt" option should normally be switched on. In
- this case, ArtWorks displays a window showing the file name of the document
- that is about to be saved and you have to confirm this by clicking on OK. After
- the document has been saved, the time for the next auto save interval starts
- as soon as the document is modified again. If you click on Cancel instead, the
- file is not be saved. In this case, you will be asked again after the auto save
- interval has elapsed one more time.
-
- 2.2) Bugs and deficiencies
- --------------------------
- Unfortunately, the document choices dialogue box does not extend correctly if
- more than 4 icons are displayed. So, the icons that end up in the second
- row are not accessible because you cannot scroll down. If you have Arranger and
- Precision installed in addition to AutoSave, then the Precision document
- choices will not be accessible. Unfortunately, this seems to be a bug in CC's
- code so it cannot be fixed.
-
- 3) Contacting me:
- -----------------
- I have just completed my studies and I am now working for a Software
- Engineering research institute in Kaiserslautern. My new address is:
-
- Martin Wuerthner
- Mannheimer Str. 18
- 67655 Kaiserslautern
- Germany
-
- Phone: +49-(0)631-3608205
-
- However, letters to my previous (my parents') address will also be forwarded
- to me. So, if the above address fails, the following address is guaranteed to
- work:
-
- Martin Wuerthner
- Jahnstrasse 18
- 71116 Gaertringen
- Germany
-
- Fax: +49-(0)7034-928915 (faxes sent to this address will have to be forwarded
- to me by my parents, so do not expect a quick reply)
-
- e-mail: wuerthne@trick.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
- (valid through the whole of 1998)
-
-
- 4) Copyright:
- -------------
- The AutoSave ArtWorks module including all related files is Copyright 1998,
- by Martin Würthner and is ShareWare.
-
- This means that you may copy it freely provided that
- (a) all files of this ArtWorks module are distributed together without
- modification
- (b) this application is not sold for profit without my explicit written
- permission - you also have to apply for permission to distribute this
- program on a CD if it is sold for profit or to distribute it together
- with other commercial software.
- I retain the copyright on all files.
-
- 5) ShareWare registration
- -------------------------
- You may use this software free of charge for a trial period of two weeks.
- If you find it useful and decide to go on using the module, you have to
- register.
-
- Registration of AutoSave includes registration for QuickCopy and ZoomPlus.
-
- 5.1) How do I register?
-
- Registration costs only 10 Pounds inc VAT for private users (15 Pounds ex VAT
- for commercial or educational users; 30 Pounds ex VAT for an educational/
- commercial site licence).
-
- This price applies irrespective of whether you find only one of QuickCopy,
- AutoSave or ZoomPlus useful or all of them. You have to register if you would
- like to go on using at least one of the modules after the two week trial period.
-
- In order to register, send 10 Pounds (or 15 or 30, see above) to me. I accept
- bank notes in any currency, cheques drawn from British or German banks,
- Eurocheques (in Pounds if drawn from a British bank, else in DM) and
- international postal orders.
-
- Commercial/Educational users only: Please quote your EU VAT ID or add 15% VAT
- (16% VAT if you are ordering on or after
- April 1st 1998).
-
- If you have got an e-mail address, please quote it when registering. I will
- then put you on my e-mail list for automatic upgrades.
-
- Orders from outside the EU can be ex VAT (divide inc VAT prices by 1.15, or by
- 1.16 when ordering on or after April 1st 1998), but add 2 Pounds for postage
- if you want snail-mail delivery.
-
- And finally: Before registering, have a look at the ArtWorks tools WWW site at
- http://www.flipside.co.uk/awtools because you might want to order some other
- modules at the same time.
-
- 5.2) What do I get?
-
- Do not be surprised if you do not get a reply from me.
-
- QuickCopy, AutoSave and ZoomPlus are my second attempt at real ShareWare, i.e.
- if you find the modules useful, then you have to register. There is nothing
- extra you will get when registering apart from the permission to actually use
- the modules.
-
- Having started with my job I do not have too much time any more, so I would
- rather concentrate on writing software instead of posting discs. Therefore,
- any future ArtWorks modules I write will probably be ShareWare. However, this
- is only likely to happen if the ShareWare concept works, so if you find
- QuickCopy, AutoSave and ZoomPlus useful, please register.
-
- Later, registered users can request updates of these three modules (and any
- others you might have bought from me) by sending me a blank, Acorn formatted
- disc, a self-addressed envelope (235mm by 125mm max.) and 1 Pound for postage
- (cash or in stamps; German users: send 2,20 in stamps).
-