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- ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
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- Name : RestoreBD
- Version : 1.00 (25 Jun 1996)
- Purpose : Restore default backdrop
- Author : © Andrew Berry, 1996
- Licence : Freeware. Please see conditions at the end of this file.
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- RestoreBD supports Interactive Help.
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- BRIEF DESCRIPTION
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- • Remove your backdrop or replace it with another.
- • Click on the RestoreBD icon on the icon bar and your original backdrop
- (as configured with NewLook or Configure) will be instantly reloaded.
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- PURPOSE
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- There are now many programs available which aim to provide alternative
- backdrops to those provided by Acorn. This is no bad thing, and there are
- some very impressive examples in the public domain. However, there are also
- a number of programs which load the most garish, colourful and totally-out-
- of-place-on-your-nice-smart-desktop backdrops which you want to remove
- immediately.
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- Using this program, you can load the backdrop which you configured using
- NewLook (RISC OS 3.1) or the configure application (RISC OS 3.5 and 3.6)
- just by clicking on the icon bar. This avoids the need to search through
- the NewLook application or (even worse) the !Boot application in order to
- find the configured backdrop sprite file.
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- USING
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- If you have RISC OS 3.5 or 3.6 then no setting up is necessary in order
- to use this program. The program loads in the normal way, and clicking
- on the icon bar will cause the default backdrop (as selected with the
- Configure application) to be reloaded. Please note that this program has
- not been tested on RISC OS 3.5 (only 3.6) and so is not guaranteed to work.
- If there are any problems, please let me know.
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- Under RISC OS 3.1, the pathname of your NewLook application must be set
- before the program can be used. The first time you load the program, an
- error will be given stating that the options could not be read. If you
- have already loaded NewLook beforehand then an option will be given to
- set the pathname for you. Just select OK and then click on the Save icon
- of the window which opens (the NewLook pathname is displayed for you to
- confirm or change it). If NewLook hasn't already been loaded then RestoreBD
- will load but you will then have to set the NewLook pathname yourself.
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- To do this, click Menu on the RestoreBD icon on the icon bar, and select
- the option ‘NewLook...’. A window will open which shows the current
- NewLook pathname (probably unset at this stage). To set the NewLook
- pathname drag your NewLook application from its usual place (hard disc,
- boot disc, etc) into the window, and the pathname will be entered for you.
- Clicking on ‘Read <NewLook$Dir>’ will enter the pathname for you, providing
- the NewLook application has been run. Note that if you subsequently move
- NewLook into a different directory on your hard/boot disc then the
- information in this window will need to be updated in order for the program
- to work.
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- Once the pathname has been set, click on Save and you won't need to use
- that window again unless you move NewLook. You can now use the program in
- the same way as under RISC OS 3.5 and 3.6. Clicking on the icon bar will
- cause the default backdrop (as selected by NewLook) to be reloaded.
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- HISTORY
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- 1.00 (25 Jun 1996) : • The first version. Restore backdrop as configured by
- NewLook and Configure.
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- FOR A FUTURE VERSION
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- • Restore any backdrop by providing the pathname of the sprite.
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- DISTRIBUTION NOTES
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- This program is Freeware, NOT public domain. This means that I retain the
- copyright but give everyone the right to distribute it by any means, as
- long as all files are supplied and I am fully credited.
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- If you would like to include this program on a magazine cover disc then
- please contact me first to obtain the latest version. If you run a PD
- library and did not obtain this program from me, then you may like to write
- and I'll send you the latest versions of all my programs followed by
- regular updates as they become available.
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- PLEASE NOTE
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- Although this program has been fully tested, I (the author) cannot be held
- responsible for any loss or damage caused by the use or misuse of this
- program. It is used entirely at your own risk.
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- CONTACT
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- Please write to me at the address below. I would be interested to hear if
- you have ideas for improving the program or have found any bugs.
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- New versions of all my programs are always sent first to APDL and
- The Datafile or can be obtained by writing to the below address, enclosing
- either a cheque for £1.00 or a disc and return postage.
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- The file RestoreBD.Docs.Others contains details of my other programs.
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- Please write to:
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- Andrew Berry
- 39 Lancaster Avenue
- Sandiacre
- Nottingham
- NG10 5GW
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