Prism Paint File Viewer Copyright ½ 1990 Robert M. Birmingham Produced exclusively for: Lexicor Software, Inc. 58 Redwood Road Fairfax, CA 94930 (415) 453-0271 The Prism Paint File Viewer is a public domain program that displays both the compressed and uncompressed ".PNT" picture files saved by Lexicor Software's Prism Paint ST/TT drawing program. To use the viewer, double click on the file PNTVIEW.PRG. After the program has loaded, you will see the viewer's main dialog box. The following options are available. The View Option: ================ When the "View" button is clicked, a file selector will be displayed so that you can choose the file, or files, you wish to view. To look at a single PNT file, locate its name in the file selector list or type its name into the selector's text input line. Then click the OK button or press the return key. If you want to look at several files in a 'slide-show' like fashion, enter a filename in the file selector that contains the '*' or '?' wildcards. For example; typing "*.PNT" would display all the PNT files in the directory indicated by the pathname of the file selector. A complete explanation of wildcards is beyond the intent of this document, but you should be able to find all the information you need in the user's manual that came with your computer. After a picture has been displayed, the viewer will wait either until you press a key, or for a prespecified time delay to occur (About 5 seconds). This is controlled by the "Wait for Keypress" and "Wait for Timeout" options in the main dialog. If you entered a file specification that contained wildcards, and selected the "Wait for Keypress" option, the viewer will stop after each picture is displayed. It will not display the next picture until you press a key. If you want to return to the main dialog before all the PNT files have been displayed, press the UNDO key. If you entered a file specification that contained wildcards, and selected the "Wait for Timeout" option, the viewer will wait a short amount of time before showing the next picture. If you want to stop the viewer from advancing, and look at the current picture, press the SPACE BAR. The program will now wait for you to press another key before it continues. To return to the main dialog immediately, press the UNDO key. The Info Option: ================ Because Prism Paint uses the PNT file extension for its pictures, regardless of the resolution, it is possible to attempt to view a PNT file that was created in a different resolution from the one you are currently in. When this happens, the VIEW option will simply ignore the picture. If you would like to know more about a PNT picture that was ignored by the viewer, or about any PNT picture in general, click on the INFO option in the main dialog. Next, select the name of the PNT file you want to know more about from the file selector and click on OK. The program will then display information about the PNT file in a dialog box. This information includes; the name of the file, the number of bytes the file takes up on disk, the width and height of the picture, and whether or not the PNT file is compressed. To return to the main dialog from the INFO dialog, click on the OK button. The QUIT Option: ================ To quit the program and return to the desktop, select the Quit button in the main dialog box. That's all you need to know in order to get The Prism Paint Viewer up and running. If you would like more information about Prism Paint or any of Lexicor Software's other products, please write or phone: Lexicor Software, Inc. 58 Redwood Road Fairfax, CA 94930 (415) 453-0271 You may also contact us through CompuServe or GEnie at: CompuServe: 75300,763 GEnie: LEXICOR ******************************************************************** * The Prism Paint Viewer, Copyright ½ 1990, Robert M. Birmingham * * ================================================================ * * The Prism Paint Viewer is in the public domain and may be freely * * distributed so long as the program and documentation are kept * * together and are not modified in any way. * ********************************************************************