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S C R E E N B U I L D E R
a companion program for
the QBSCR Screen Routines
V e r s i o n 1 . 0
Conceived and Created by
Tony Martin
of
the BAD SOFTWARE Company
1611 Harvest Green Ct.
Reston, VA 22094
Software and Documentation are (C) Copyright 1989 by
Tony Martin
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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Welcome to Screen Builder . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A Few Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Files Included with Screen Builder . . . . . . . 3
Screen Builder's Qualifications . . . . . . . . 4
Starting Screen Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Basic Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Saving Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reloading Your Saved Work . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Entering Extended ASCII Characters . . . . . . . 11
Changing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Block Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ASCII Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Disk Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Jump To DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Techniques and Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using Your Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Closing Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
page ii
Welcome to Screen Builder
-------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for looking at the QBSCR Screen Routines and
Screen Builder! The BAD SOFTWARE Company, though
fictitious, takes its business very seriously and
tries to provide useful and interesting software.
As an active or potential QuickBASIC programmer,
you may have tried at some time to write BASIC code
to print a complicated multi-color screen. Only
then did you find that not only was it too much
work and far too tedious, but it required a lot of
code as well. Two or three of those and you've
eaten up a large portion of the string and symbol
space provided by QuickBASIC. This was a dilema I
was faced with many times. There had to be an
easier way to create fancy, eye-catching screens
without a lot of hassle and wasted code space. And
without spending a large sum of money.
Naturally, there wasn't an easy answer. After a
little thinking, the solution became clear. Screen
Builder.
Screen Builder is an interactive screen editor. It
will let you build screens with as many colors and
ASCII graphics characters as you like. They can
complex or simple, eye-catching or subtle. Its
entirely up to your imagination. The part Screen
Builder does for you is make it easy. You can edit
your screen just like a word processor does, with a
couple of added capabilities, including the entry
of extended ASCII characters, entry of text in any
color, including blinking colors, and block
operations designed specifically for building
screens.
Then, once your screens are designed and saved, you
can use them in your own QuickBASIC programs by way
of the QBSCR PutScreen and BuildScreen routines.
Both routines can handle the Screen Builder's file
format, and will place your screens on the display
either very quickly, or in an interesting animated
fashion. To get more information about PutScreen
and BuildScreen, refer to the QBSCR Screen Routines
documentation, included with this package.
Ready to begin? Screen Builder is very easy to use
and lots of fun. Most of the screen in the QBSCR
DEMO program were generated with Screen Builder.
Screen Builder even generated the ASCII table that
is displayed when you call up it's ASCII Table
function. Right after the nasty warnings, we'll
begin...
page 1
A Few Notices (and Nasty Warnings)
-------------------------------------------------------------
You've probably already read the pitch in the QBSCR
documentation about shareware. If you haven't, and
are new to the concept, you should read it.
The QBSCR Screen Routines and Screen Builder are
being sold together as a package. The cost for the
whole deal is $15.00. See the QBSCR documentation,
the last page in particular, if you would like to
register. If you do, you'll get a snazzy official
disk set, as well as a copy of the LASER program.
LASER is a graphics entertainment and stress
management program written by BAD SOFTWARE
exclusively for its registered customers. Its not
shareware, and the only way to get it is to
register a BAD SOFTWARE product.
And of course, we have the traditional "You can't
touch the author if you foul up your computer or
your company with this software" and "This software
will always be MINE" clauses...
The QBSCR Screen Routines and the Screen
Builder are (C) Copyright 1989 by Tony
Martin. I retain all rights to the
software and documentation. Both
software packages are provided "as is"
without warranty of any kind, express or
implied. I cannot be held responsible
for any consequences arising from the
ability or inability to use this
software. You may not charge any money
or accept any remuneration of any kind
for this software without prior written
permission from myself. I do not expect
royalties or credits if this software is