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The BOSSKEY Package
Version 1.3 (November, 1989)
R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L
Stephen Meredith
Data del Mar
10423 Byrne Ave
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 865-0706
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Copyright 1989 by Stephen Meredith
The BOSSKEY Package Page 2
Table of Contents
Preface............................................3
Chapter 1: Legal Information
License............................................4
Warranty...........................................4
TesSeRact..........................................4
Chapter 2: General Inforamtion
Shareware..........................................6
Association of Shareware Professionals.............6
Technical Support..................................7
E-Mail Addresses...................................7
Ordering Information...............................7
Order Form.........................................8
Chapter 3: SCRSAVE
What it does.......................................9
How to use it......................................9
Known Incompatibilities............................
Chapter 4: BOSSKEY and NEW-IMG
What it does......................................11
How to use it.....................................11
Changing the screen...............................12
Known Incompatibilities............................
Chapter 5: SHOW-IMG
What it does......................................13
How to use it.....................................13
Chapter 6: CONV-IMG
What is is........................................14
How to use it.....................................14
Copyright by Stephen Meredith, 1989
The BOSSKEY Package Page 3
Preface
The Bosskey Package consists of five programs. These
programs include a text screen saver, a saved screen viewer,
a 'bosskey' program, a bosskey utility program, and file
conversion utility for programmers. The programs are named
as follows:
BOSSKEY.EXE
SCRSAVE.EXE
SHOW-IMG.EXE
NEW-IMG.EXE
CONV-IMG.COM
The BOSSKEY program is a program which allows you to pop-up
a previously saved screen of your choice when you hear the
boss coming. When he is gone, you can get rid of the screen
and get back to whatever you where doing before he came in.
The SCRSAVE program is a program for saving text screens to
disk. First you run SCRSAVE, which loads into memory and
returns you to the DOS prompt. Then you run whatever
program you wish. When you want to save a screen, you hit a
special key combination, and a snapshot of whatever is on
your screen is saved to a file. You can use these files
with BOSSKEY, SHOW-IMG, NEW-IMG, and CONV-IMG.
SHOW-IMG shows you one or more saved screen snapshots. You
can use it as a simple demo program.
NEW-IMG is used to change the snapshot in use by the BOSSKEY
program.
The CONV-IMG program (CONVert IMaGe) is a utility for
programmers who write in C. It takes a screen image file
and converts it to an array. It writes the array out to a
file which you can include in your C program for easy
manipulation.
Copyright by Stephen Meredith, 1989
Chapter 1 Page 4
Chapter 1 Legal Information
License:
The BOSSKEY Package, consisting of the included programs and
all supporting documentation, is copyrighted by Stephen
Meredith, 1989. The copyright owner hereby licenses you to
use the software for evaluation purposes, make as many
copies of the software and documentation as you wish, give
exact copies of the original to anyone, and to distribute
the software and documentation in its original unmodified
form via electronic means.
This software is shareware: it is not free software. This
license allows you to use this software without charge for a
period of 30 days. At the end of this trial period, you are
trusted to either register your copy of the BOSSKEY package,
or discontinue using it.
You are specifically prohibited from charging or requesting
donations for any copies of this package. Exceptions may be
granted to organizations which charge a small fee for
materials, postage and handling. No organization is
authorized to charge any amount for distribution of the
software or documentation under any other conditions.
In addition, no part of this package may be include with
another package. You may not use any screen image file
created with the SCRSAVE program in any other program, or in
demonstration of some other product, whether commercial,
public domain, shareware or other, until you have paid the
registration fee.
Warranty:
There is no warranty of any kind associated with this
software. By using it, you agree to this. Every effort has
been made to make this product error free. However, it is
impossible to guarantee bug-free software.