Impview NFO File by Coluche
Impview NFO File by Coluche
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IMPERIAL Viewer Coding Design - COLUCHE
Version 1.09 May 1994 Top-Menu Logo - The Night Prowler
Documentation - Coluche Zorlak
I n t r o d u c t i o n !
Welcome in the second version of the Imperial Viewer. As you see,
the look had changed a bit! The viewer itself had nothing more, it still
can only read ANSi, ANSiMation and ASCii files in text modes. Also, the
SAUCE standard has been implemented...
L A S T N O T E S ! ***
Damn, its saturday 14, 20h, the pack must be out tomorrow but the
viewer is full of debug screens, etc. I tried to remove all that shit
and finish the Sauce Editor. Nothing got a real beta-testing,
especialy the Sauce Editor, I did it in 1 hour before shipping it!
NOTE: THE SAUCE EDITOR CANT SAVE YET... USE SPOON.EXE OF ACID INSTEAD.
I hope it will not have major bugs! Reason: End-of-session BIG rush +
new job... Cya dudes!
F e a t u r e s !
Easy to use and read menu in VGA-text-mode
Description of every file in the pack with sufficient
informations: filename, title and author
Adjustable speed rate to display ANSIs
2 selectable screen formats for ANSIs: 80x25 and 80x50
Fully controlable menu bar
Always present roll back ANSI feature
Support the SAUCE version 00
Simple but cool screen saver! enabled after 3 minutes
S u p p o r t T y p e s
Only ANSI, ANSiMation and ASCii files can be displayed for now, in
the 80x25 and 80x50 modes.
K e y s !
When you are in the menu, you can press:
F1: This help window... ESC to return.
F3: Decreases the speed of the ANSIs being diplayed.
When the slowest speed is reached, the meter returns
to the fastest speed.
+: Increase the speed of ANSi display, stop at 0.
-: Decrease the speed of ANSi display, stop at 28.
F4: Switch between the following screen formats:
Text 80x25 Forced display of 80x25
Text 80x50 Forced display of 80x50
F5: Change the file mask.
Up/Down: Move the menu bar UP or DOWN one line.
PgUp/PgDn: Move the menu bar DOWN or UP one page.
Home/End: Move the menu bar to the top/bottom of its limits.
Enter/Space: Show an ANSI file.
ESCape/ALT-Q/X: Quit to DOS.
When an ANSI is displayed:
Up/Down / PgUp/PgDn / Home/End / Right/Left: Scroll the ANSI...
Any other key: Return to the viewer menu.
D i s t r i b u t i o n . . .
The first public release of this viewer was in the Imperials pack
of April 1994 IMP0494.ZIP. If your group wants to use this viewer, we
will be glad to help! The only conditions to use this viewer in your
packs are the two following:
Every files of the viewer must be present.
The files needed are: IMPVIEW.EXE and IMPVIEW.NFO.
Those files *MUST* BE 100 INTACT.
What? You dont like the Imperial Logos? :
Hint: If you dont have a title for your pack, you can draw a
double-line font for the group name, even a three-line font!
If you can reach Never Land 514-963-9965, Imperials CHQ or Rash
Reflection 514-635-4043: call us to upload your pack! Thanks for
supporting the Imperial Viewer!
H i s t o r y . . .
1.09 New design of the interface colors, fonts, etc.
May94 Removed the .CATalog system to implement the SAUCE system
Bug fix: ASCii files was drawn in black on black!
Bug fix: ANSi trick causing a funny run-time error... :
1.00 Initial release in the first Imperial pack
Apr94
F u t u r e !
What do you think? This viewer isnt really complete... Then I
cant garanty a precise future yet! :
Hopefully VGA-Graphic support will be added...
C o n c l u s i o n !
Thanks for choosing Imperial
Coluche is the SysOp of Rash Reflection 514-635-4043
Greetz to:
Every members of Imperial and everyone who commented and helped
for a better viewer especially The Night Prowler, Fern and Zorlak.