STIX Version 1.0   BILL BUCKELS           REGISTRATION $10.00
GRAP SEP90 STIX DRAWING BUCKELS EDUCATIONAL CHILDRENS
FILES: stix100.sdn

New to SDN

Children's  Sticker   Art   System  and  Cursor  Key  Drawing
Program.  Uses the ZSOFT  .PCX  Image  Format  which  can  be
exported  to  other  applications  accepting  the  PCX format
including Desktop Publishing and Paint Programs.

There is almost total absense  of  written  instructions  and
clutter and the surprisingly few intructions required for our
graphics   engine   are   primarily   handled  by  ICONS  and
easy-to-remember program sequencing.

The  Opening menu has 6 ICONS activated by  keys  F1  through
F6.   The  ESCAPE  key is always used as a "DON'T GO FURTHER"
function.  The ENTER key  is  always  used  to  INITIALIZE  a
function  and  at  the SHEET LEVEL pressing enter will update
the SHEET in MEMORY.  The sheet is not saved to disk until F5
is chosen and ENTER pressed at the main MENU.
     At the MAIN menu:
F1 selects a sticker to add to the Current Background.
F2 selects lettering to add to the current background.
F3 selects a new background from the libraries.
F4 clears the background from memory
F5 saves the current masterpiece. No typing is required.
F6 exits the program, and starts the kaleidescope.
ESCAPE  returns to SHEET LEVEL. At The SHEET  LEVEL,  ESCAPE 
returns to the MAIN MENU and LEAVES the SHEET ALONE.
To  Produce  HARDCOPY on a Dot Matrix Printer  ,  Print  the 
Screen with  GRAPHICS.COM (MS-DOS) in Memory.
     F1:  The Sticker Library is provided with 148-  example 
stickers  and  offers  6 Stickers per  Menu  Page.  Keys  F1 
through F6 toggle sticker choices and the Escape key toggles 
to the next page of stickers. Pressing the Enter key imports
stickers to SHEET LEVEL and the arrow keys move. The STICKER
LIBRARY index  file is called "STICKERS" and can be added to
with a text editor. Blanks provided in PCX, BSAVED,and TIFF.
     F2:  At The SHEET LEVEL The letter size can be adjusted 
with the page up and page down keys and the keys F1  through 
F4 toggle letter color and shadow, and arrowkeys to move.
     F3:  The  BACKGROUND  library index is  an  ascii  list 
called  PCXLIB which can be added to. STIX is  shipped  with 
afew   backgrounds which can be augmented  by your own work.
     When the program exits a kaleidescope is offered  which 
changes colors at a keypress. Escape will return to DOS.
     UTILITY  GBAS.EXE- A memory  resident "CAMERA"   called  
GBAS.EXE  which  allows  the  GRABBING  of  GRAPHICS screens 
in  other programs.Saves a "slide file" in the BASIC  BSAVED  
IMAGE format. Easy to  displayin  a  GWBASIC  program.
     UTILITY   BASTOPCX.EXE-   Provides   BACK   and   FORTH 
conversion between the BASIC BSAVED CGA GRAPHICS MODE  IMAGE 
FORMAT and EQUIVALENT PCX FORMATS.
     UTILTY CGA2PCX.EXE -  BACK AND FORTH CONVERSION between 
2-color and 4-color PCX. This is necessary to export .PCX to 
programs that don't support the CGA level of the .PCX format 
in 4-color mode. The Output Format is ZSOFT .PCX format  per 
the VERSION 2.8 STANDARD without Color Map. 
     UTILITY  VUX.EXE-  A Commandline File  Viewer  For  CGA 
SCREEN DUMP images in BSAVED or PCX Graphics Formats.

Hardware  Requirements :  IBM  PC or compatible
Display Types: CGA and Compat (HERCULES with an EMULATOR)


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