Mdraw V0.4d (mdraw.exe - 134656 bytes) Copyright 1992, by S. Mike Dierken Mdraw - An object-oriented drawing package for MS-Windows. This program (Mdraw v0.4d) is freely redistributable under the following conditions: This text file is distributed (without modifications) with the program. The executable file and the resources contained therein are not modified. Send comments, bug reports, suggestions to: S. Mike Dierken CompuServe ID: 73670,364 (should you wish to help pay for continued development, contact me for an address.) CONTENTS 1 Introduction 1.1 Features 1.2 Current Limitations 1.3 Future Features 1 Introduction Welcome to Mdraw, an object-oriented drawing package for MS-Windows. This program is object-oriented in the sense that the objects you draw may be moved or modified after you draw them. This is not a painting program, but rather a drawing program. You do not 'erase' parts of your drawing, but you can select and then delete the parts you have drawn. This is also object-oriented in the sense that each object has attributes that you may modify. For example, each object you draw has a color, and you may change that color after you have drawn it. You may also 'join' multiple objects together. 1.1 Features: Toolbar/Pallete Drawing Tools - box, ellipse, polygon, text Linestyles, Fill colors, Text colors, Text formats, Fonts, Font sizes Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete Join, Unjoin Move, Resize Snap Grid Link an object to another Mdraw file. (aka Hyperlinks) Attach a note to an object & edit it with NOTEPAD.EXE Picture Export - CGM, WMF (placeable & fixed) Printing 1.2 Current Limitations (which I'm working on fixing...): Major: Can't edit polygons after creation (can only resize) Resize of 'joined' objects doesn't work the way it should yet. No bitmaps. Doesn't use the 'clipboard' to import text or bitmaps. CGM export not quite right. Minor: No import of other file formats 16 colors Text background is always transparent Partial True Type font support Fixed size snap grid Doesn't draw snap gridlines Not enough 'grab' points when resizing object No scroll bars Zoom in/out not quite perfected. 1.3 Future Features OLE 1 support (as a server) MS-Windows 3.1 support (drag/drop, better TrueType, common dialogs, etc.) Clipboard import/export (text, WMF, bitmap, etc) File Import (text, WMF, bitmap, etc) Layers More object types - splines, bitmaps Read only/browse mode.