********************* Thanks for trying Dr. Doodle v1.2! *********************** Whats new in v1.1 and v1.2? Thanks for asking, these updates introduce a compression algorythm that reduces the size of the drawing files to around 10k, quite a drop from the original 120k! It automatically converts v1.0 drawings to v1.2, and its all done "on-the-fly" so theres nothing you have to do! Be sure to make a back up of your favorite drawings before conversion, just in case. We be jammin' now! Dr. Doodle will now play music while you're drawing! Command line driven, the first parameter should be one of these: SB or sb = SoundBlaster on 220h int 7 DIS or dis = Disney sound source on LPT1 DAC or dac = DA converter on LPT1 PC or pc = PC speaker (ugh, yuk!) ex. "DRDOODLE SB" will play the Teddy bear boogie on your SoundBlaster. the second parameter can be an alternate .MOD file to play. ex. "DRDOODLE PC SONG.MOD" will play "SONG.MOD" on your PC speaker. "the Teddy bear boogie" (ALF.MOD) was ripped by u4ia... nice job! Specifications Program name: Dr. Doodle VGA Version number: 1.2 (8/11/94) Description: Hi-Res, mouse oriented, baby-proof drawing program with 16 drawing objects, for ages 2 and up. Programmer: Tim L Winkfein, McKinney, Texas. Requirements: VGA monitor capable of displaying 640x480 resolution. MicroSoft compatible mouse. At least one finger. (for mouse operation) Registration: ONLY $7.00!!! Welcome I wrote this program with 2 to 7 year olds in mind, however, just about all ages will enjoy it. My 3 and 4 year old girls love it, because they can draw, save, and load the drawings all by themselves! I made this program's save and load features completely controlled by button clicks, so that even a 2 year old can use it! Which is why I limited the number of drawings to 10, a youngster has little concept of disk space, and you may have ended up with millions of drawing files on your drive! Why the low registration fee? Because there are too many over-priced Shareware programs out there, you can go bankrupt registering half the ones that you like! However, I don't want to just give this program away because of all the time I have spent developing it. Besides, $7 is about 2 days allowance now anyway, right? How do I do it? Registration is simple, pull $7 out of your pocket, print out the order form, and send them to me! In return, I will send you a new copy of Dr. Doodle personalized with your childs name or message, also, the Shareware demo at the beginning will be removed. (if you don't have a printer, just write all info on a sheet of paper.) What are the features of Dr. Doodle? Features are many, least of which is a button sensitive help line, when the mouse cursor passes over a button, a description of the function of that button is shown in the bottom "info" box. There are 16 object buttons: Freehand Line Empty Box Filled Box Empty Circle Filled Circle Empty Ellipse Filled Ellipse Empty Triangle Filled Triangle Star Diamond Text (3 kinds) Flood Fill CrossHair 1 CrossHair 2 There are 16 color buttons: The standard VGA color palette. There are 3 line thickness buttons: Thin Medium Thick (These also control the size of text) There is a reverse drawing button: This button will mirror image your drawing in the horizontal direction. There is a clear screen button: Figure this one out. There is a save and a load button: Saves or loads up to 10 drawings by clicking on one of the 10 buttons. There is an exit button: Another toughie. There is also an About Program button: Its the title bar at the top of the screen. This displays info about me and the program. How does it work? Operation is simple, click, release, click, release, click, drag, release. Most objects are drawn using this method... click on the object button you want to draw. release. click on the color you want the object to be. release. click on the line thickness. release. click on the screen. drag to the size you want. release. The triangle is probably the toughest one to figure out. first, click on one of the triangle icons. next, click on the screen for the first point, drag the baseline to the width you want, release. next, move the mouse to complete the triangle, click, release. You will notice that while dragging your mouse, the selected object is "rubber-banded" in place to show you the progress, like the square in the opening demo of the Shareware version. Text is another one that deserves instruction, but really is easy. click on the Text button, then click on the screen where you want the lower-left corner of the text to appear, then type your text. The line will wrap when you reach the right side of the drawing area, but keep in mind that this is not a word processor, so we don't have word-wrap, backspace, etc. The line thickness buttons control text appearance. Flood Fill is simple to use, but deserves an explanation. when filling a box, circle, etc. it works as normal. but to encourage bright young minds to use their imagination, I made it so that it acts unpredictably when trying to fill around corners, text, etc. My main reason for doing this is to help bring out the hidden artistic talent of your kids! (ok, I admit it, I couldn't figure out how to make it work properly around corners, but it sounded good anyway! so sue me :) CrossHair 1 & 2 are kinda neat, try holding down the mouse button while dragging the mouse around the screen. These are my kid's favorites! How about your work? Send me some of your artwork on a floppy disk and I may include them as samples in the next release! Be sure to add your name to the picture. Direct inquiries to: TiJaSoft P.O. Box 313 McKinney, Tx 75070-0313 enjoy, Tim.