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AMOS Pro RAINBOW EDITOR ACCESSORY V1.01 (Oct/1993)
written by Markus Steinlein
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This program is designed to easily create AMOS Rainbow Effects via the
mouse for the direct use in your own programs.
It is dedicated to the "desperate" Mel Croucher, maybe it will bring
some colour into his life!
Thanks to François Lionet for designing AMOS & AMOS Professional
and for simply being a genius!
A big hello to Howard Wilsher, who gave me the idea to develop this
program. He wrote 'Rainbow Generator Professional', which is a good
piece of code, but not suitable to AMOS Professional, so I decided
to write a true AMOS Pro version which is vastly enhanced according
to its original.
It features: - fully mouse driven user interface
- nice graphics
- up to 30 pattern definitions for every colour
- some useful tools to design a rainbow
- rainbow cycle ability
- program feedback to every action the user takes
- online help mode
- support of the AMOS Pro Editor Accessory feature
- save/load functions
- keyboard shortcuts for most of the functions
- all gadgets on one carefully designed operation panel
directly available to the user
- full integration into the AMOS Professional Environment
There are two versions of this program, one for AMOS V1.34 user and the
other for AMOS Professional user.
AMOS V1.34: If you use the normal AMOS you have to run the file called
'RainbowED'. This is the compiled version, which should
run on every Amiga with at least 1Meg of RAM.
You are able to design nice Rainbows, save them as ASCII
and merge them directly into your AMOS program.
AMOS Pro : If you are an AMOS Pro user you have the facility to fully
exploit the program. For all you happy people I supplied
the true AMOS Pro Source Code,called 'RainbowEditor.AMOS'.
It would be perfect to copy this file directly into your
Accessories: folder and give it an entry in the AMOS Pro
User menu. If started as an Accessory,this program reveals
its true power: It is possible to copy the source code
you need to define the rainbow directly into the currently
edited program by using the amazing 'Call Editor' function
provided by AMOS Pro.
DISCLAIMER: The author takes no warranty for this program and could
not be held responsible for the damage of hard- or
software which may result from using 'RainbowEditor'.
At any rate, this program was tested very carefully and
should work well.
This program is freely distributable, and you may include
it to every public domain library you like, providing you
send me a postcard which tells me where you would include
my program and which version you have (I will send you the
actual version, if it's necessary).
You are not allowed to take money for this program
except of a nominal copy fee which may not exceed DM 5.-
(or the appropriate amount in any other currency) per disk
Only the whole package may be distributed, including all
files in the 'RainbowEditor' directory as there are:
'RainbowED' - the compiled version for AMOS user
'RainbowEditor.AMOS' - the source code for use with APro
'ReadME' - This file
'RainbowEditor.doc' - the manual file
You are not allowed to change any of the above files in
any kind. If you have suggestions to improve 'RainbowEd',
write to me!
Well, this program is distributed as CardWare, because I
like to receive some mail. If you use it regularly, you
should send me a postcard, telling me where you live and
how you rate my program. Feel free to criticize my program
If I get enough feedback, you will soon hear about new
versions which may be improved according to your
suggestions.
O.k. That's all for this file now, if you are interested in my program
take a look at it,read the manual called 'RainbowEditor.doc' and remind
sending me a postcard to the given address.
Feel free to send everything you like (except used yellow squirrels) to:
Markus Steinlein and for all the girls among you
Burghof 5 here is my phone number:
90556 Cadolzburg
Germany 09103/2684
Have a nice day and don't forget your towel if you go hitchhiking!
Bye,
Markus