
                              GHOST 2.0

                            by Brian Myers
                           of Access Softek

                     copyright 1992 by Brian Myers


DESCRIPTION
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Ghost is a simple animation program; it doesn't do anything more than
move images across its client area.  A few people may possibly recall
the first version of the program which I wrote for version 2.0; I know
copies of it went far afield.

PURPOSE
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Ghost is simply for amusement, but I did add to the About box a plug
for my Windows programming book:

    Programmer's Introduction to Windows 3.1
    by Brian Myers & Chris Doner
    Sybex, August 1992
    ISBN: 0-7821-1034-7

The book does not contain the code for Ghost, but it does include a
chapter on animation techniques, including code for smooth motion over
a background.

The book also covers DIBs, palettes, multimedia, memory management,
animation, drag-and-drop interface, reading and writing bitmap files,
TrueType fonts, printing, the clipboard, allocating arrays
dynamically, Win32 compatibility, transparent bitmaps, metafiles, the
basics of OLE, and loads of other stuff.

You can reach me through Access Softek, either on CompuServe in
the WINAPA forum, section 2, or by phone at (510) 848-0606.

HISTORY
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Version 2.0a fixed a small bug that made the About box stick to
the cursor whenever the box was dragged.

Version 2.0 was upgraded from version 1, which I wrote in 1988 for
Windows 2.0.  Most of the changes are internal; the program uses
memory better; its bitmap resources are now stored as DIBs; and the
code uses STRICT types and message crackers.

The moving icon on the About box developed a clipping problem under
3.0; that's been fixed.  The colors are now all shades of gray,
the tombstones look more 3-dimensional, the moon should appear round
on any display, and the ghosts now react to the witch cursor.

DISTRIBUTION
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The program is copyrighted but free.  Pass it on.
