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Avaluablecollectionofsoftware
toolsandprogramming hints
A Data Becker
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AmigaTricks&Tips
Bleek Maelger Weltner
Abacusit
A Data Becker Book
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First Printing, May 1988
Printed in U.S.A.
Copyright © 1987, 1988
DataBecker, GmbH
Merowingerstrafie30
4000Diisseldorf, WestGermany
Copyright © 1988
Abacus
5370 52ndStreetSE
GrandRapids,MI49508
This book is copyrighted. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any formorby any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Abacus Software or Data
Becker, GmbH.
Every effort has been made to ensure complete and accurate information concerning the
material presented in this book. However, Abacus Software can neither guarantee nor be
held legallyresponsible for any mistakes in printing or faulty instructions contained in this
book. The authors always appreciatereceivingnoticeofanyerrors ormisprints.
AmigaBASIC and MS-DOS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. Amiga 500, Amiga 1000, Amiga 2000 Amiga, Graphicraft, Musicraft,
Sidecarand Textcraftare trademarks orregisteredtrademarksofCommodore-AmigaInc.
ISBN 0-916349-88-7
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Table of Contents
1
Introduction
1
2
The CLI
5
2.1 CLI questions and answers
8
2.2 New CLI commands
22
2.3 Newstartupsequences
25
2.3.1 Printerspooler
26
2.3.2 CLI programming (batchfiles)
28
2.3.3 ResidentCLI
28
2.3.4 Resi(partialresident)
29
2.3.5 ToDisk
29
2.3.6 CLlCopy
30
2.3.7 Datamanagement
31
3
AmigaBASIC
35
3.1 Kernelcommands
38
3.2 AmigaBASICgraphics
40
3.2.1 Changingdrawingmodes
40
3.2.2 Changing typestyles
43
3.2.3 Move-cursorcontrol
45
3.2.4 FasterIFF transfer
46
3.2.5 IFF brushes as objects
56
3.2.6 Anotherfloodfill
62
3.2.7 Windowmanipulation
63
3.2.7.1 BorderlessBASICwindows
63
3.2.7.2 Gadgets on, gadgets off
64
3.2.7.3 DrawBorier
65
3.2.7.4 ChangeBorderColor
67
3.2.7.5 MonocolOTWorkbench
68
3.2.7.6 PlaneCreatorandHAM-Halfbrite
68
3.2.7.7 Thecoordinateproblem
71
3.3 Fade-inandfade-out
72
3.3.1 Basic fading
72
3.3.2 Fade-over
74
3.3.3 Fading RGB color scales
76
3.4 Fastvectorgraphics
79
3.4.1 Modelgrids
79
3.4.2 Moving grid models
84
3.4.3 Moving with operating system routines
84
3.4.4 3-D graphics for 3-D glasses
88
3.5 The Amigafonts
97
3.6 Fast andeasyPRINT
100
3.7 Multitasking INPUT
105
4
User-Friendliness
Ill
4.1 Otherinput
114
4.1.1 Sliders
114
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