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- WinCode v. 2.00 14th April, 1993 (C) J.Taylor
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- I retain the copyright of this application, however, it is placed in the
- publc domain for anyone to use, as long as it is not altered in any way and
- no files are removed. It is freely copiable and may be passed on to anyone,
- as long as no charge is made for the software itself.
-
- If you only use FormEd to create your windows, then this application may not
- be much use to you. However, if you prefer all of your code to be within the
- one !RunImage file, including your window definitions, then WinCode allows
- you to shape your window, set its features, then tells you coordinates,
- widths, heights, scroll offsets, flags and colour numbers. Changing the title
- is for cosmetic use only and you'll have to program that into your
- application yourself.
-
- I stress that to use the information provided by this application, you need
- to be able to program in the wimp environment.
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- Updates in Version 2 of WinCode
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-
- Version 2 includes production and manipulation of icons in a similar manner
- to FormEd. The purpose of WinCode, though, is to provide the programmer with
- the information to write window definitions and icon definitions into a
- program, eg for security reasons, but still have the flexibility of using a
- window editor.
-
- INFORMATION
- After you have composed your window in the required manner, moving the
- pointer over an icon will give information on its position, size and flags,
- written into the icon information window. Window information is available in
- the window information window. Click on update and the information is
- updated.
-
- SAVING
- You cannot at present save your definitions and return to them. I may address
- this in a future version. However, from the icon menu, you can save a text
- file with window and icon information for reference.
-
- OTHER FEATURES
- If you are familiar with FormED, many of the features in WinCode will be self
- explanatory. With WinCode you are limited to 61 icons. This is usually enough
- for most purposes. I started out with 100 icons, but this slowed things down
- too much. I feel that this is a happy medium. When I am creating an icon, I
- find it useful to have the icon information window open. Not all of the
- button settings have been included as options, but the main ones are all
- there. There is a full range of 31 exclusive selection groups available, if
- you should need that many! Indirection needs a bit of explanation.
-
- INDIRECTION
- When the icon is indirected there are four possible configurations:
-
- 1. Text only. Enter text into the text window. Up to 50 characters are
- available. When non-indirected only 12 characters are available.
-
- 2. Sprite only. Enter the sprite name in the sprite window.
-
- 3. Text plus sprite. The text must be typed into the text window. The sprite
- name must go into the validation window, NOT the sprite window. This is
- because the sprite name must be part of the validation string. Eg, the
- validation string to display the floppydisc icon would be Sfloppydisc. The
- capital S shows that the following string is a sprite command.
-
- 4.Neither. Not very useful!
-
- Sprites are also available when the icon is not indirected. Set the sprite
- flag and type the sprite name into the sprite window.
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