SHOW 2.1 BMP PRESENTATION SOFTWARE (C) COPYRIGHT 1992, TED OTT Table of contents of SHOW.TXT (This and more information is available under the "HELP" menu item of SHOW) 1) Enhancements since 1.1 2) Overview 3) Registration 4) Definition of Shareware 5) Disclaimer 6) System Requirements ENHANCEMENTS SINCE 1.1 SHOW 2.1 has a number of significant enhancements since 1.1. Here are a few of them: 1. The images are now centered on the screen. 2. It is no longer required to load SHOW in every sub directory that had BMP files you wanted to show. 3. You are able to edit your scripts from SHOW. 4. You may specify the background colors. 5. There are wipe effects. 6. you may now pause the show and go to any image in the script. 7. List boxes are wider for longer path names. 8. Images are now easier to select. 9. The right mouse button now advances show to the next image (use to quit the show). 10. Misc bug fixes. OVERVIEW: The following is a general overview of using SHOW. SHOW is a BMP presentation program. It can be used to display presentations of information to others or can be used as a screen saver, displaying your favorite pictures. The following are the steps necessary to get SHOW up and running. The following files are required for SHOW 2.1: SHOW20.ZIP containing: SHOW.EXE -the main program required for running SHOW. SHOW2.EXE -child program required for displaying the BMPs. SHOW.HLP -SHOW help. SHOW.TXT -text file introducing SHOW. BWCC.DLL -DLL required for dialog boxes. 1. Register your copy of SHOW -The evaluation copy only allows you to display no more than five BMP images. By registering your copy you will be able to display up to fifty BMPs, and receive free upgrades. To register, see the Registration of SHOWregistration_of_show topic. 2. Create a sub directory called SHOW on your hard disk and copy SHOW.EXE, SHOW.EXE, SHOW.HLP, and BWCC.DLL to the sub directory. Open File Manager and size the window so you can see the Program Manager and the Program Manager Group you want to put SHOW in. Use the File Manager to display the SHOW directory and it's files. Click once on SHOW.EXE and hold down the mouse button. While the mouse button is down, "drag" the file to the Program Manager Group you want SHOW to be in. The SHOW icon should be displayed in your Program Manager Group. Close the File Manager. If this does not work, see your Window documentation about placing programs in your Program Manager Groups. 3. Double click the SHOW icon in the Program Manager Group. Choose the Directors Chair Button (the second button) on the button bar or "Build Script..." from the "Scripts" menu to display the Build Script dialog box in which you build the display script. A. Enter a name (8 characters or less) for the script in the Script Filename box. B. Click the Loop check box if you want the show to be run over and over. C. Click the first bitmap you want displayed using the Image list boxes. D. Click the Bkground down arrow to choose the background color. E. Click the Effect down arrow to choose the "wiping" effect. F. Select the time (x five seconds) the bitmap is displayed from clicking the Time scrollbar. G. Press the ADD button to add the information to the script. H. Do C through H above for each bitmap you want in your show. I. Press the DONE button to save the script and exit the Build Script dialog box. See Help for more information. 4. Choose the Assign button (the first button) on the button bar or "Assign Script..." from the "Scripts" menu to assign the script to a SHOW button or menu item. The Assign Script dialog box will be displayed. Click on the SHOW you just created from the Available Shows list box so that it is highlighted, and then press the Show 1 button to assign that show to that button/menu item. Press OK to save the information and exit. That button/menu item will be assigned that show until you change it. See Help for more information. 5. Choose the Show 1 button (the third button) on the button bar or "Show 1" from the "Scripts" menu. This will run your show. To pause the show from advancing, continue advancing, advance to any image, or quit the show, press the left mouse button once and the Display dialog box will be displayed, giving you those options. The right mouse button will advance the show to the next image. See the online help for more information. This is all there is to it. Enjoy and please register. REGISTRATION: This evaluation copy of SHOW allows the user to display no more than five BMP images. A registration fee of $20 U.S. Dollars sent to me will do several things. It will get you the full program, enabling you to display up to fifty images, and free upgrades. It will also encourage me and others to keep producing affordable, quality software. Please register and keep shareware alive! You can register by sending $20 U.S. Dollars by check or money order payable and addressed to: Ted Ott 2305 South Lincoln Denver, CO 80210 Please include your name and address and the version of SHOW you own. I can be contacted on Compuserve: 70132,3310 DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. DISCLAIMER Users of SHOW must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "SHOW is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of SHOW." SHOW is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. The registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. You are encouraged to pass a copy of SHOW to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: The following are conditions which should be followed for getting the best performance from SHOW: The three files SHOW.EXE, SHOW2.EXE, SHOW.HLP, and BWCC.DLL have to be in the same directory or in your path statement. A mouse is required. Any information to problems you have encountered and enhancements you would like to see can be sent to: Ted Ott 2305 S. Lincoln Denver, CO 80210 Compuserve: 70132,3310