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Advertisment Maker
Ver.1.00
(C) Eldar Software
Leningrad 1989
Advertisment Maker helps you to create advertisment and
presentation rolls for IBM-compatible computers. This version
consists of two main utilities and two additional ones:
1) Rolls interpreter: Advertisment Maker Roller
( AMR.EXE );
2) Text screen editor: Advertisment Maker Screen Sculptor
( AMSS.EXE );
3) Russian font loader for EGA or VGA ( AMLD.COM ), useful
if you need to use cyrillic fonts;
4) Graphics screens saving utility ( GIM.COM ).
The Russian font loader allows you to supply text in Russian and
should be called before the screen or series of screens.
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Rolls interpreter
Advertisment Maker Roller
This shows the prepared screens in defined sequence for defined time
and allows some extra actions. The AMR reads line by line the program in the
simple interpretation language described below. First line is taken from the
command line, others from the CON device, if there were no redirections. To
execute the program in file you may either redirect input to the AMR program
(example #1), use the "." command on the command line (example #2), or enter
the file name once the AME has been loaded (example #3).
1) A\>AMR <MYFILE.ROL <Enter>
2) A\>AMR . MYFILE <Enter>
3) A\>AMR <Enter>
. MYFILE <Enter>
All three variants lead to the interpretation of file MYFILE.ROL.
Below is a description of all AMR commands. The format of commands is
COMMAND [parameters]
Parameters are separated one from another and from commands by
spaces. All commands can be either a keyword or special symbol; the
command to run an external program may be written either as RUN or as the
symbol '!', for instance.
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Advertisment Maker Roller Commands
!/RUN string Execute external program. If file name extension
was not specified, then .EXE is assumed.
./DO file-name Load/Interpret another AMR command file. Default
extention is .ROL.
'/COPYRIGHT string Show this line in all screens in the middle
of the bottom line. Useful for display of copyright
information.
@/GOTOXY x y [string] Set cursor position and, ?maybe,? type the string.
^/WINDOW [x1 y1 x2 y2] Set [restore] window. x1,y1 - left upper corner,
x2,y2 - right bottom corner.
#/FRAME x1 y1 x2 y2 [/DOUBLE/BOLD/FANTOM]
Make a frame [single/double/bold/light]
</CLEAR Clear the current window
%/TEXT [file] Clear file in text mode and load text file (prepared
by AMSS). The default extension is .SCR.
&/GRAPH [file] Clear screen in graphics mode and load the graphics
file (prepared by GIM). Default extension is .PIC.
=/WRITE string Write the string to the screen
//WRITELN [line] Write the string and go to the next line
:/ATTR foreground background
Set colors for WRITE/WRITELN/TEXT
-/DELAY integer Delay display in 1/10th seconds
+/WAIT Wait (pause) until any key is pressed
*/REM string Comments
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Advertisment Maker Screen Sculptor
AMSS allows you to easily prepare text screens for AMR. It allows you to
easily manipulate colors, clear a rectangular area with a choosen color, draw
different frames, etc. AMSS is controlled through the main menu:
Area - clear rectangular area by choosen color. You'll be
asked for upper left and lower right corners. The
colors can be changed at anytime using the F9 key.
Frame - draw a frame. Choose the type of frame and proceed
as with Area. Types of frames are:
Single - single line;
Double - double line;
Bold - bold frame;
Fantom - light bold frame;
User - user defined symbol.
Clear - clear screen with the current color.
Text - enter text. You can enter text containing any symbols
with an exception of some escape control codes (7,8,9,10,13).
Control Keys:
Arrows - move cursor;
Home - to the beginning of line;
End - to the end of line;
PgUp - to the top line;
PgDn - to the bottom line.
Load - Load a file from disk. The default extension is .SCR.
Save - Save the file on disk.
Quit - Quit and return to DOS.
You can easily change the color values of Area, Frame and Text by
pressing F9 and choosing the desired colors from the table. In the Text mode
you can specify the symbol, which should be used as a cursor "trace marker."
This allows you to draw lines with different symbols by using the cursor, as
in:
*************************
* *********************
* * *
******************************* *
* * * * *
* * * * *
************ ************ _
To use this mode press F7 and enter a symbol. To cancel,
use F8. F10 will return you to the main menu.
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Graphics Screen Capture
Get IMage
GIM is a resident program which allows you to capture a text or
graphics screen at any time and save it on the disk. Execute GIM, create a
picture using your favorite graphics editor, and save this picture in AM
format for later use. Once GIM is loaded, you may capture a screen by
pressing Alt-PrtSc. You may preview these screens using GIMD utility.
Note that screen saving is not always possible; Some programs may
interfere with this capability.
So if you are using Dr. Halo editor save the pictures by Dr.Halo, and run
Dr.Halo presentation, when you can save the screens. The matter is that in
the editing mode Dr.Halo keeps DOS in unstable state, so file operations are
impossible.