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- "Popup": The popup menu handler
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-
- "Popup" is a popup menu system for all Atari 'C' programmers to use.
- Popup menus can be called up on demand, or used as a replacement for
- the standard GEM top menu bar, or both. Why use this popup menu system
- instead of another ? Well here are a few advantages:
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- * A help string may be displayed with each menu item
- * Sub-menus to any depth are supported, (such as those found on the
- Amiga that only extend to one sub-level).
- * No resource file, all menus are compiled along with your main code
- * Related options may be grouped together within sub-menus
- * Powerful editor supplied with this package allows easy modification
- of menu definitions
- * Works in all three screen resolutions
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-
- Interested ? Good, now I'll outline the contents of this package and
- how you should use the supplied files.
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-
- The Demonstration
- -----------------
- In order for you to get a feel of the facilities offered by the
- popup menus, have a look in the DEMO folder and run DEMO.PRG. Pay
- particular attention to the sub-menus and the greyed lines (not just
- rows of grey minus signs !). Note that you must keep the left mouse
- button pressed to use the 'Hold down' menu option.
- There are several keyboard shortcuts used in the demo, they are:
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- ALT-A "About...."
- ALT-C "Check me"
- ALT-Q "Quit"
- ALT-D "Drop down"
- ALT-H "Hold down"
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- The source code to the demonstration program is provided, and is
- discussed in another document. You should really print out this source
- code and try to understand it before you attempt to set out on your
- own.
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-
- Limitations
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- This unregistered version of Popup comes supplied with the
- necessary object code to allow anyone that uses Lattice 'C' V5 to
- create and use popup menus. Users of other 'C' compilers should
- register, they will then receive the source code to the popup menu
- system which they may modify and recompile as per their needs. Users
- of Lattice 'C' V5 should register anyway, as that's what shareware is
- all about ! See programmers documentation for details of how to use
- the object code and header file.
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- Copyright
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- "Popup" is shareware. That means that all and sundry may copy and
- distribute the package, unedited. If you find that you use the Popup
- system in any of your programs, then you must register your support to
- the author by sending £15 (single user), or £85 (site licence) to...
-
- Andrew Brown
- 2 Ullswater Drive
- Wetherby
- West Yorkshire
- LS22 4YF
- ENGLAND
-
- Registered users will receive a laser printed manual, the latest
- version of the software (including "Popup" source code), and
- entitlement to postal support (I'll try to get you working).
- Registration fees are in pounds sterling.
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