Documentation for:

     Image Viewer v.0.50mcprda
     for Monochrome and Color systems.

     Copyright 1988-1990
     by Michael Bergman
     3368 Governor Dr. Ste. F-223
     San Diego, CA 92122
     (619) 558-7866


     Is it a desk accessory or a program?  It's both!  Simply change
     the extension to .PRG to run it as a program or .ACC to run as an
     accessory or simply load it into MultiDesk by Charles F. Johnson
     of CodeHead Software.

     This is an updated version of a desk accessory I wrote back in
     1988.  It will load .IMG, MacPaint, Degas Elite P?3 files as well
     as the .CL? files that DTPaint uses for its Lasso, Jack Knife, and
     Block tools.

     AS A PROGRAM
     You can load pictures by selecting from the menu under "File" or
     using their respective key-codes: [alt] i, m, p, c.  You do not
     have to worry about memory allocation since Image Viewer handles
     all of that.

     AS A DESK ACCESSORY
     You do not have to use a menu to select a file, since no menu is
     available, and you can't use the key-codes except when the Image
     Viewer window is active so [alt] i, m, p, c are pretty useless.
     When the DA first comes up, you will have to allocate some memory
     for it.  The bottom line is 32K bytes (enough for a .P?3 picture),
     but the default is set to 60K which will hold a MacPaint picture.
     Memory will be taken from the pool that you have allocated for the
     the picture.  If you want to release the memory that you have
     allocated then press [alt] d (remember to have the Image Viewer
     window active).

     OTHER FEATURES
     The cursor arrow keys at the left of the main keyboard will let
     you scroll pictures at a rate of 25 pixels per press.  The info
     bar will show you the picture's dimensions and resolution (only
     meaningful for the .IMG pictures).

     What more could you want???

     Limitations:

     Only one window at a time.  Sorry about that.  As soon as I
     finish my window handling routine, I will improve this.

     "What about other picture formats?"  What about 'em?  Perhaps, in
     the future, I will add other formats.


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     THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
     The author or anyone else remotely connected with Image Viewer
     cannot be responsible for any damage to your hardware, software,
     physical state, piece of mind, or anything else caused directly or
     indirectly by the use of this program.

     Com'on, it's only a viewer!

     Image Viewer is FREEWARE as all "viewers" should be so go ahead
     and spread it around!  However, it is copyrighted 1988-1990 by
     Michael Bergman.


     Bug reports, compliments, ranting and raving should be directed
     towards me at the address at the top of the document.


     MacPaint is a trademark of Apple Corp.
     Degas Elite is a trademark of Batteries Included which is owned by
     Electronic Arts.
     MultiDesk is a trademark of CodeHead Software.
     Charles F. Johnson is a trademark of Little Green Footballs but is
     currently on loan to CodeHead Software.



































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