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WinRIP Lite - Version 1.0.
Demonstration Software.
Copyright (c) 1993 K. Waddon
All rights reserved.
This version of WinRIP Lite is for DEMONSTRATION purposes only.
WinRIP Lite is commercial software NOT shareware. The author does
not guarentee that the demostration version of WinRIP Lite is
complete nor that it is bug free.
This software may be reproduced and distributed at will as long
as no charge is made for providing copies of the software apart
from the cost of materials, i.e. diskettes.
This software may be made available for download from any
bulletin board system as long as it is available in a directory
for which no charge is made for access.
For details on how to order WinRIP Lite, see the file
"ORDER.FRM".
There are no warranties with respect to this documentation. The
information contained within this document is subject to change
without notice. WinRIP Lite can be used and/or copied only in
accordance with the terms specified. The Author and authorised
dealers assumes no responsibilities for errors within the
documentation. No part of this guide may be reproduced or
transferred in any form or by any means with the written consent
of The Author.
Trademarks.
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IBM PC, IBM XT and IBM AT are registered trademarks of
International Business Machines Corporation.
INTRODUCTION
What Do You Need to Use WinRIP Lite?
In order to use WinRIP Lite, there are certain hardware and
software requirements.
Hardware Requirements
The following system requirements are applicable when using
WinRIP Lite:
IBM PC/XT/AT or comatible computer.
Colour Graphic Display (VGA), with appropriate video card.
Software Requirements
Microsoft Windows 3.1
About This Manual
This manual is meant to be a guide to using WinRIP Lite. It will
not explain all the features of Microsoft Windows. For
information concerning Windows you may need to refer to the
documentation supplied by Microsoft with your copy of Windows
3.1.
Windows Annomalies.
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The is one feature of provided by the RIPscrip Specification that
is not available in WinRIP. This is user defined line styles.
Windows does not provide a method of defining line styles apart
from those provided as standard within Windows. The 'standard'
line styles available with RIPaint ARE available with WinRIP.
Flood Fill Problems.
Some RIP images create with editors other than WinRIP can cause
problems with flood fill. This is caused by the line termination
method used by windows.
Windows 'rounds' the end of a line, whereas RIPaint and other
editors tend to 'chop' the line. Therefore some images may not
flood fill correctly if they were not created using WinRIP.
THIS IS ONLY A PROBLEM WITH LINES THAT ARE 3 PIXELS THICK.
INSTALLATION.
Before you make use of the WinRIP Lite Demonstration Software,
you must first install it on your system.
Fistrly, you should create a directory on your hard disk into
which the contents of WRIPDEMO.ZIP should be unpacked. We suggest
for simplicities sake that you call this directory WINRIP.
You must now create several sub-directories in the WINRIP
directory, these are:
WINRIP\RIP
WINRIP\ICONS
WINRIP\BUTTONS
WINRIP\PATTERNS
These are the default directories where WinRIP will expect to
find RIP Image, RIP Icons, Button Styles and Fill Patterns
respectively.
Present in the WINRIP directory you will find three Windows
TrueType Font Files, these are:
SANS.TTF
GOTHIC.TTF
TRIPLEX.TTF
You will need to install these fonts into Windows. To do this you
will need to use the 'Control Panel' utility (Normally found in
the 'Main' window of the Windows Desktop. Select Fonts from the
Control Panel and use the 'ADD' option to select and install the
three fonts.
Thats all that is necessary to install the Demonstration Version
of WinRIP Lite.
The commercial version of WinRIP Lite has an installation utility
that will install WinRIP for you.
The Editing Window.
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Before you can perform any drawing with WinRIP Lite, you need to
have an editing window open. This can be accomplished in two
ways, either create a new picture, in which case a blank editing
window is opened , or load an existing picture for editing. To
create a new RIP image select the "New Picture" option from the
pop-up File menu. To load an existing picture, select the "Load
Picture" option from the pop-up File menu.
When loading an existing RIP picture, a dialog box will be opened
containing directory list and file list boxes. This will enable
you to select the picture file that is to be loaded.
In both cases an editing window is created which will measure 640
x 350 pixels and will be given a black background. Once the
editing window has been created the Toolbox Window will become
active, as will the greyed items on the pull down menus. You will
notice however that the "Load Picture" and "New Picture" options
on the File menu are now greyed. This is because you can only
have one RIP image open at any one time.
The Main Menu Bar.
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The Main Menu Bar along the top of the main window, contains
several options, each of which will be explained in this section.
The Edit Menu.
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There are two entries on this menu, the UNDO facility erases the
last drawing action. Once an action is "undone" it cannot be
reinstated. The "Redraw Image" option simply clears the edit
window and redraws the stored picture. This is useful if you want
to see how the picture will be drawn at the remote terminal.
The Icon Menu.
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This menu, like the Edit Menu, only has two entries. The "Icon
Editor" option loads the Icon Editor Utility so that you can
create new icons and edit existing ones.
The "Load Icon" option allows you to load an icon for pasting
onto your picture. When this option is selected a File Open
dialog Box will be displayed containing Files List, Directory
List and File Type boxes. The file type box displayed beneath the
file list box has two files types specified, *.ICN and *.ICO. The
.ICN file type is an icon stored in RIP format, the .ICO file
type refers to Windows Icon format. WinRIP Lite is capable of
importing and converting Windows Icons.
If you decide to load a Windows Icon, a message box will be
displayed asking you if you wish to save the Icon in RIP format.
If you respond by clicking the "Yes" button you will be presented
with a File Dialog Box so you can specify which directory and
file n