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The Documents for Coloursetter *** About This Program *** ColourSetter is a handy little program which is intended to compliment the Workbench palette requester program, which while it is good, even in the multicolour setting it can only set the first eight colours of the palette. I often found that the colours above this limit clashed with each other, and the only way that I could fix it was to select one of the preset colour selections, which is hardly user friendly to the user who wishes to have a totally customised workbench! So I wrote this little program. ColourSetter is intended to compliment the Workbench palette requester, not necessarily to replace it, so please do not delete your workbench palette requester. *** Installation *** An installation script is provided and everything is placed in it's correct place automatically. The installation script will automatically add a command to you user-startup script telling Workbench to check for your colour preferences and if they exist to alter the colours to your preferences. If you have not registered Coloursetter then your colours will not be set on startup. If you lose your colours at any point (for instance if another program has been run which altered the workbench colours, then provided the file entitled CRd (or CRd_AGA) is present in your Prefs drawer (it will be if you have saved from ColourSetter at least once) then just press the right Amiga and E keys together to bring up the command window, then type in the command `CR' (or `CR_AGA' for AGA users) and press Return. Your colour prefernces will appear as if by magic! *** How The Program Works *** When Coloursetter loads the program superimposes itself over the Workbench screen, so that you can see whats going on with the Workbench while you are setting your colours. No exiting the program to see if it works, and then having to reload when you find it doesn't! The main window looks rather like DPaint's palette requester (this is a colour changing program after all!) with gadgets showing every colour that your workbench is set up for, as well as three sliding gadgets which let you set each colour. All you simply need to do is select the colour you wish to edit by clicking on it once with the left mouse button and then select the `RGB' (RedGreenBlue) value you desire. For instance to alter the amount of red in your chosen colour just position the mouse pointer over the indicator on the `R' sliding gadget, press and hold the left mouse button, move the mouse left or right as desired, and release the mousebutton. You will see the value to the left of the slider change to its new value and everything on the screen in that colour change to the new colour. Try this with the screen colour (the first one) for the most dramatic effects! Once you have set your personal colours, you can select an option from the gadgets in the selection window. *** The Menu and Gadgets *** To get the selection window, press the right mouse button. As of version 3.0 there is no menu any more, just the selection window. Here are the gadgets and their meanings: Save: This option is disabled if you have not registered. You will need to register to obtain a keyfile in order to use this option. Please see the section entitled `How to Register' further on in this document for more info on this. The save option allows you to save the colours that you have set up. When this is selected a file in the prefs drawer of your workbench entitled CRd (or CRd_AGA for AGA users) is altered (or created if it doesn't already exist). This file tells your workbench what your colour preferences are and sets them accordingly. The ColourSetter program now no longer exits after saving. Use: This option sets your workbench to the colours that you have chosen, but does not save them, meaning that when you reset your computer your colour selections will be lost, and your workbench will be set to the colours you last saved, or if you didn't save any at all, then your Workbench will be set to its default colours. On selecting this option the ColourSetter program will exit. Cancel: This option will reset the workbench colours to those when ColourSetter was first loaded, or if you have saved at all, the colours are reset to those you last saved. The program then exits. Reset: This option will reset your workbench palette to the way it was when ColourSetter was loaded, or the way it was when you last saved. All your editing to date will be lost, and you will need to start again from scratch. About: This option will bring up a third window which will display the Programs name, version and author. When you have finished reading this information, just push the left mouse button to exit this window. The mouse pointer doesn't necessarily need to be in the About window to exit, but be aware that if the mouse pointer is positioned over a gadget then that gadget will be activated. For instance: if you only intend to come out of the `About' window but the mousepointer is positioned over the `Cancel' gadget then the program will exit. Owner: This option is intended as a copyright protection. When you select this option a window appears showing who the rightful owner of the particular copy being used is. The name and address which appears here cannot be altered by the user. It is set by Samsof before sending the keyfile to the person who ordered it. Each copy of the keyfile is sold on condition that it is used only by the purchaser, who is given permission to make one back-up copy for his / her own use. If you are offered a keyfile for this or any other Samsof program, which does not contain your name and address, then please let me know as this is PIRACY and THEFT and is HIGHLY ILLEGAL. This program may be freely distributed without its keyfile, provided that the program and the documents remain intact and unaltered, however a keyfile for this or any other Samsof program may NOT be distributed without the prior permission of Samsof. Snapshot Windows: This is gadget was introduced with version 3.0. Pressing this gadget will automatically snapshot the positions of the main window and the selection window, so that when you load ColourSetter next time, windows will be in your desired position. Reset to last saved: This gadget was also introduced with version 3.0. The normal reset gadget will reset the colours to those when the program was originally loaded, whereas this gadget will reset the colours to those that were last saved. this means that even after saving the colours, you can still go back to the original colours and re-save them if you want. *** Using the Demo Version *** If you have not registered ColourSetter then you may have noticed a little limitation as to what you can do. With the unregistered version you can only edit the first eight colours of your workbench palette and you can't save your editing for future use. You also can't snapshot your windows. In order to overcome these limitations you will need to register the program. *** How To Register *** Just having the unregistered version could get a little frustrating after a while because you cannot save your preferences or edit the full palette. However there is a solution to this. In exchange for £5.00 you can get a keyfile E-mailed to you, which will unlock all the functions of the program. Just send a cheque or postal order to me at the address below. I have received several queries from people who prefer to send cash through the post, rather than sending a cheque or postal order. I actually prefer to be paid in cash, but anyone doing this, does so on the understanding that should the cash `get lost in the post' I cannot be held responsible. Don't forget to tell me your full name and address, even if you want a keyfile sent by E-Mail, as I need this information for the keyfile. Without it the keyfile just wouldn't work. Please do remember that The program hasn't been tested on a floppy only system and I really don't know if it would work properly. If you use it on a floppy only system and it works fine, please let me know! The price of £5.00 is for a keyfile to be sent by E-Mail, however if you do not have E-Mail, or you would prefer the key file to be sent on a disk by post, then please send £7.50. The extra is the cost of postage, packing and the price of a disk, or if you prefer you could send me a blank DoubleSidedDoubleDensity Diskette along with a stamped addressed envelope (preferably a Jiffy bag in order to protect the disk), then you need only pay the normal £5.00 for the keyfile. I have received enquiries from interested users who do not live in the UK as to how they can register my software, so here goes: just send either £5.00 sterling, US$12, or DM 15,- in cash to the address below. Unfortunately, due to the nature of computer software, once your keyfile has been dispatched I will be unable to give you a refund should you change your mind later and decide you want to return it. If on receiving a disk from Samsof you find it is faulty then you should return the faulty disk to me and I will replace it with a good one, but I cannot give a refund. For the address to send your registration to, please see the section entitled `How to contact the Author' *** Known Bugs *** I am not aware of any bugs in this program, however if you should find one, then please do let me know. *** Program History *** May '96 - Original ColourSetter program written just to see if I could wotk out my brand new programming language, but wasn't very good, in fact it was absolute rubbish. Never released. 14th August '96 - Cleaned ColourSetter up, did a major rework and released it as version 2.0. Later, I updated the program so as to be able to send keyfiles by E-Mail it and released this as version 2.1 22nd September '96 - After receiving several requests from registered users (it's amazing how my comprehension of requests improves if the user is registered!) I put their suggestions into practice and wrote version 3.0. this was completed on the 26th September and releaased. *** Improvements in version 3.0 *** Version 3.0 now uses only one main window, rather than the previous three. The selection window can now be toggled on and off by pressing the right mouse button. The main window and the selection window can now be moved to anywhere you like. They can also both be moved in front of or behind other windows. A quit gadget has also been added to the main window. The main window can be resized to any size you like, except that it can't go smaller than 300,120. An attempt to size it smaller than that will only result in the window automatically resizing itself to its smallest. Two new gadgets have been added. 1) A gadget to snapshot the windows and 2) a gadget to rest the colours to those at the point of last saving. A major bug has been fixed. When I originaly wrote ColourSetter it was really only intended to make the Workbench look good, but it appears that some users were attempting to use the program to alter the colours in MUI based programs, and finding that version 2.1 wasn't doing a very good job. ColourSetter has now been enhanced so that it now works perfectly for this as well as the Workbench. **** Copyright Notice **** This program, along with all the others that I have written, and will write in the future are copyrighted to Samsof, which is my trade name. This copyright includes all ideas, graphics, layout, music, source code and the programs themselves. All versions of programs which are released as `freely distributable' may be copied and distributed freely, providing that they have not been altered in any way, and that all programs, files and documentation that came with them remains with them, and is not altered in any way. The copyright for all freely distributable software still remains with Samsof, therefore such software may not be used for any comercial purpose whatsoever, without the written permission of Samsof. ON NO ACCOUNT MAY A KEYFILE FOR ANY SAMSOF PROGRAM BE SOLD, HIRED, GIVEN AS A GIFT OR LENT (WHETHER FOR PROFIT OR NOT) TO ANYONE. Should a magazine publisher decide to include a Samsof program on a coverdisk then the program MUST have been released as freely distributable and no part of the program or its related files may be altered or removed. I also ask all magazine publishers to let me know before putting any Samsof program on a coverdisk. PD suppliers should not charge any more than a VERY SMALL fee for PD released software. This fee should be for postage, packing and diskettes only, and should not include hefty profits for PD libraries. If you can only get PD software for what seems like an exhorbatant price, then remember that Samsof PD only charges 75p per disk. Just about any PD released software can be obtained, so just let me know what you want! If you are using one of my programs with a keyfile, then please remember that the keyfile was supplied to you on condition that you do not make copies of it (apart from a single back-up copy for your own use only, which I recommend you do), and that you certainly don't spread the keyfile around. Every keyfile issued by Samsof will include the original purchasers name and address. I regret that due to the activities of pirates, I cannot release a keyfile without this information. The name and address may not always be seen by the user, but believe me it's there), so if you spread the program around, everyone will know who did it, and believe me, software pirates are NOT WELCOMED by the honest Amiga community, not to mention what I will think of you. If it comes to my attention that someone has been spreading illegal keyfiles of any of my programs, I will not supply any further keyfiles to that individual, and if I consider the situation warrants it, I may well take further action. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. *** Disclaimer *** Although I do my utmost best to ensure that programs written by me work properly and will not cause any damage to your files or equipment, all software is supplied at the users own risk. I cannot be held responsible for any damage resulting from the use or misuse of my programs. All disks are checked for viruses before being sent out, but I cannot be held responsible should a computer virus enter your system, which was not detected by my virus checkers. I do my utmost to ensure no viruses enter my computer, because believe me, I hate the things more than you do. *** How to Contact the Author *** I always appreciate correspondence from interested users of the software that I write. I would like to hear from you whether you have praise or constructive critscisms about my programs. Do you like them or do you think that they are trash? Whatever you think please let me know. The address is at the end of this section. I am also always on the lookout for new ideas of what software to write. What sort of software would you like to buy? If you send me an idea and I decide to use it, I will send you a free copy of the full working version of the resulting program. If you send me pictures you have drawn or music you have written on the computer and I use them in a future program, then not only will you receive a free copy of the full program, but I will also send you 20% of all profit made on the program.The same applies if you have written small programming routines, which on their own cannot be used, but which I could use in order to write good programs. You will of course be credited either in the program or in the documents (probably both) with the part you played, but the final copyright of the whole program will rest with Samsof, however you will retain the copyright of the particular portion that you wrote. If you have written a complete program and would like me to improve on it and then sell it for you, you will receive 50% of all profits made by the program, and if you have written a complete program (using Blitz Basic) which you just want me to sell for you then please send me the source code along with a covering letter and I will take care of the rest and you will receive 80% of all profits made by the program. The source code may be E-mailed to me in ASCII format. In order to contact me for any of the above as well as for general correspondence, praise, critiscism, payments, donations, gifts or anything else (all of which is greatfully received) please write to: Samuel Bowers Samsof Software PO Box 11 Beccles Suffolk NR34 9JS England My E-Mail address is: sambowers@thenet.co.uk I would also be very interested to hear from users overseas. In fact, there's a free keyfile of the latest program that I have written, for the person who lives furthest away from me (outside of the UK), and has written to me, (that includes E-MAil) for whatever reason, by 31st December 1996. *** Credits *** I would like to thank Johnathan Potter, who lives in Australia for writing the Fullview program used to display these documents, and particularly for allowing anyone to use his program. Nice one Johnathan. If you would like to thank Johnathan yourself, then just press the A key on your keyboard to get his address. Many thanks go to all those at Acid Software for writing the Blitz Basic program, without which my program would never have existed. I would also like to thank all of you out there who buy my programs. It is much appreciated. **************************************************************************** *********************** The Documents have now ended *********************** ****************************************************************************