Thankyou for trying SLIDE 2.4 for the Psion Series 3a ------------------------------------------------------ New for v2.4 (over v2.2) ------------------------ New Rolling demo mode in the slide player; a small bug-fix which prevented registration code from working!; a mod to allow correct playing of WVE files on the B drive; new code to allow you to move PIC and WVE files from drive to drive and SLIDE and SLIDEDIT will both track the changes and still find the files; New for v2.2 ------------- The main change from the prototype v1.1 is the addition of a proper hand-holding slide editor, which lays things out like 'real' slide presentation programs, and which allows slide sorting, editing, deleting etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are many other detailed improvements, which you'll find out by reading through all the on-line help and by trying out the three 'example' slide-shows. Please note that I have deliberately restricted the file format and effects/features etc to allow complete compatibility with v1.1 slide shows. There may well be a place for a v3.x, with a whole new format and way of doing things, including many more fonts and special effects etc, but this isn't it! Synopsis -------- SLIDE 2.4 is a slide-show/demo/tutorial system for the 3a, with graphics, WVE sound files and special effects. Registration etc (please read) ------------------------------ SLIDE 2.4 is (C) UK 1995 Steve Litchfield and is released as shareware. The program is NOT free, and anyone making serious use of it should register with the author (address at end) by sending the appropiate amount in Sterling, US dollars, German Marks or French Francs, cash is most welcome if other methods of payment don't appear suitable. This program is NOT heavily nagged, and the only indication of having an unregistered version is the welcome screen displayed at the start of each SLIDEDIT session and the inability to *delete* slides from the main SLIDEDIT screen. Upon payment of the registration fee, a code will be supplied to disable the welcome screen, enable the delete function, and emblazon your name in large 'friendly' letters on the slide editor backdrop. The registration fee is 10.00 UK pounds of equivalent in $, DM or ff. Installation of the SLIDE program --------------------------------- The Easy way: modify INSTALL.SCR to suit your disks (.DBF files on RAM or internal disk, everything else on a Flash??) and execute from MC-LINK and then install the two OPAs ... The long way: (i) Copy SLIDE.OPA and SLIDEDIT.OPA into an \APP\ directory of your choice on any drive and use Psion-I to install each of them, as usual. You'll see two icons, one showing the RECORD video buttons and one showing PLAY/PAUSE buttons. It should be obvious to you that the RECORD icon is for SLIDEDIT etc .... (ii) Make a \SLIDES\ directory on your working (not Flash) disk and copy the SDEMO, 3LIBDEMO & CORPORAT.DBF files across into it. These are example slide-show files. (iii) Put the .PIC files into \PIC\ on any drive and the .WVE files into \WVE\ on any drive. Editing ------- Use SLIDEDIT to modify existing slide-shows or create your own, in the usual Psion way ... The system screen will show up any slide-show DBF files it finds inside any \SLIDES\ directory ... Playing ------- Just press ENTER on the correct filename under the SLIDE PLAY/PAUSE icon and your chosen slide-show will kick off. Use the Menu button whilst playing a slide show to alter the way the show is presented .... Note: PIC files wider than 80 pixels will be centred on the screen and displayed for 'background' effect in the grey plane unless the 'Gallery' option is used, as shown in the example slide shows. PIC files less than 80 pixels wide will remain in the black plane and will appear on the left of the slide text. Note: The pause is the wait time in seconds at the end of each slide before the screen is cleared and the next slide shown. The user can press any key to go directly to the next slide without waiting for the time delay to expire. If no pause is specified, the default is 5 seconds. If the user wishes to pause for longer on a particular slide, pressing 'Psion-P' will pause the slide-show until another key is pressed. For 'infinite' pause, you can specify 0 seconds. Slide-show distribution ----------------------- If you want to upload your slide-shows to bulletin boards etc for others to try, please keep them separate from the SLID24.ZIP file that you obtained this program in. If you wish, send me a copy as well (with your registration fee !! 8-] ) Summary ------- That's about it. I do hope you find SLIDE useful and that you will want to support development of this and other 3a products by registering. I can be contacted as follows: Steve Litchfield 8 Grove Farm Mytchett Surrey GU16 6AQ ENGLAND email: slitchfield@cix.compulink.co.uk Tel: 0(1252) 515431 NB: Reverse engineering of SLIDE is strictly forbidden. If you really want a say in what the code of SLIDE does, then please contact me and discuss your requirements. If the suggestion is helpful to the product I may consider registering you free of charge anyway! If you suspect the copy of SLIDE that you received has been hacked or altered in some way, please contact the author at once, stating where you received the program. For more information about how this program is protected against reverse engineering, please contact Marco Aircardi, Via G Acerbi 6/3, 16148 Genova, Italy. NB2: Please note also that I run *the* public domain/shareware library for Series 3 and 3a users, called 3-Lib and established since January 1993, please send me a stamped self-addressed envelope for a free catalogue. 3-Lib distributes on SSD and/or floppy disk.