This is Showboat's
Main Menu.
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A Variety of Functions
can be Selected by
moving the Highlight
Bar with your Arrow Keys.
When Selection is made
simply press ENTER Key.
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Create A New Frame   _
Play Back Demo       _
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After selecting 'Create A New Frame'
from the Main Menu you'll be presented
with the choices shown below.
Choice # 2 will allow you to Rename a
series of Image files to names that
are more meaningful. (ie. MAINMENU)
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2. Rename Original Screen
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After Renaming a series of Images to names that make sense
to you, you'll be able to Restore those Images and make
them available to your Demo, Tutorial or Exam.
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The above is a Sample of the files
that may be used in your program.
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To the left are a series of
Image Files that were saved
using SNAPPER.
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You may View these Images
before Renaming them to some-
thing more meaningful.
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View Image Before Renaming
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Once you have Viewed
the Image you may
proceed to Rename
it. Note: You cannot
choose a name that
already exists.
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Rename Selected File
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You could also type the
first letter of your
choice and the desired
action would take place
immediately.
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The Four Surrounding
Boxes contain infor-
mation that will prove
useful during your
Demo Making Sessions.
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[# 1]
[# 2]
[# 3]
[# 4]
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This Box Displays
the approx. amount
<----  of Disk Space that
the currently
Selected Database
will require when
you are ready to
save to a floppy.
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The Current Database in Use is Always Present
<---- in this box.  Modifications can only be made
to the file that is shown here.
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DEMO
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As your Demo building process proceeds.  You
are kept informed as to how long your demo   ------>
would take to run from begining to end.
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The Actual Number of Defined
'Frames' is shown here       ----->
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The first step in making a demo is
to load a program called SNAPPER
at the DOS prompt.
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Example:
C:>SNAPPER
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and then press [ENTER]
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SNAPPER will seat itself in memory
allowing you to save the Image of
any Text Based screen from another
program.
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Whenever you want to save the Image
to the disk, simply press ALT-S.
The file it creates will be stored
in the directory that you are currently
logged onto.
If you select to do so. You may also get a
Rapid Display of all of your screens.
This will prove to be useful if you forget the
name of a certain Image that you want to use.
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If the desired file is found, it
will immediately pop-up on your
screen.  Pressing any key will
return you to the Main Menu so
that you may add your own message
to it.
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SHOWBOAT will guide you
through the process by
suggesting what to do next.
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A Box like this one will
appear on the screen.  You'll
type your own message inside
of the box.
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The Edit Sub-Menu will auto-
matically pop up allowing
you total control of the Size,
Location, Color etc. of the
Box and it's contents.
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You can Produce Sound Effects
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See
What
We
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You can even make Boxes
Explode onto Screen.
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Explode
If you are creating an Exam
you'll make use of the User
Response feature.
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User/Response
Exam
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Showboat will grade
the Exam for you.
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Printing Test Scores
will even show which
questions were incorrect.
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You could sell
your finished
Exams to schools
and organizations.
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There are no
Royalty Fees.
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In fact, we may
help you !
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E X P L O D I N G   B O X
You control:
*  Fill Pattern
*  # of Explosions
*  Size of Explosion
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This User Response Set-Up Screen is where you
type in answers to your questions.  You may
determine if an Exact response is needed for
each question and if Upper & Lower Case Letters
should be treated the same.
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The Teacher or person giving the Exam will have access to
all of the test scores.  Send report to screen or printer.
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***  SCIENCE EXAM 101  ***
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SCIENCE EXAM  Page 2
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The first step in
creating your own
screen is to choose
the below option from
the Main Menu.
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Design Your Own Screen
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A new screen will appear with Pull
Down Menus.
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The Background will initially be
blank.
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You may Load and Existing Screen or
create one from scratch.
The Current Active Screen is displayed
in this menu.
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MAINMENU
Load Screen From Disk
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The Cut & Paste Pull Down Menu allows
easy access to screen modifications.
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The next few screens will show an
example.
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Copy and Paste Block
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Let's say we want to copy the block
to the left to another area.
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We first enclose the area inside a box
and use our arrow keys to move to
desired location.
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This selection is similar
to the preceeding but it
Removes the original Area
when you paste it somewhere
else.
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Cut and Paste Block
Draging Image refers to
copying an area and
making multiple copies
of that area on the screen.
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This technique is done by
enclosing an area within a
box and holding SHIFT KEY
down along with Arrow Keys.
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Drag Image & Paste
The Edit options perform
functions that are for the
most part self-explanatory.
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Any Screens created using
the Screen Designer can be
included in your Demo,Tutorial
or Exam.
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END OF DEMO..
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