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²±° Welcome to the B-Login v2.0 Bitmap Editor ²±°

Welcome to the B-Login v2.0 Bitmap Editor.  The bitmap editor
is a mouse driven utility that allows the user to edit textmode
bitmaps for use in the B-Login v2.0 Novell(R) Network login utility.

Choose a topic from the following menu by pressing the <Tab> key
to move between the yellow topics and pressing <Enter> to select
a topic, or double-click on a yellow topic with the mouse.

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.topic HMenuLineOptions 
²±° Menu Line Options ²±°

Select one of the following for information on the menu line options.

  þ {F1 About:HAbout}
  þ {F2 Set Brush:HSetBrush}
  þ {F3 Load:HLoad}
  þ {F4 Save:HSave}
  þ {F5 Tool Box:HToolBox}
  þ {Alt-H Help:HHelp}
  þ {Alt-X Exit:HExit}

>>{Welcome/Main Menu:Nocontext}<<

.topic HAbout
²±° About ²±°

The 'About' menu line option displays copyright and
serial number (if this copy has been purchased) information about
this copy of the B-Login v2.0 Bitmap Editor.

>>{Menu Line Options:HMenuLineOptions}<<

.topic HSetBrush
²±° Set Brush ²±°

The 'Set Brush' menu line option allows the user to change the 
character and color properties of both the left and right mouse buttons.

After 'Set Brush' has been selected, a dialog box appears asking for
the mouse button that the user desires to change the properties of.

Clicking on either the Ý Left Ý or Ý Right Ý dialog button brings up the
character and color selection dialog box.

Click on the desired color and/or character that is going to be used to
draw with.

>>{Menu Line Options:HMenuLineOptions}<<

.topic HLoad
²±° Load ²±°                     

When the 'Load' menu line option is chosen, a file dialog box appears
requesting the user for the desired background bitmap.  Any sized bitmap
can be loaded, but it will always be placed on the background.  '@.BM' is
the default file extension used for loading a bitmap.  

NOTE:  B-Login v1.2b and below bitmaps should load properly with this
       bitmap editor.  B-Login v2.0 saved bitmaps will not work with  
       B-Login versions 1.2b and below.

>>{Menu Line Options:HMenuLineOptions}<<

.topic HSave
²±° Save ²±°                     

Choosing 'Save' will bring up a file dialog box requesting the user for
the desired path to save the background bitmap to.  Regardless of the video
mode, the background bitmap will be saved as if the higher resolution mode
were being used.  This will work fine for the lower resolution also.  The
background bitmap will be saved with the default '.@BM' extension unless
the user chooses otherwise.

>>{Menu Line Options:HMenuLineOptions}<<

.topic HToolBox
²±° Tool Box ²±°

Selecting 'Tool Box' from the main menu line with put a tool box menu on
the screen.  This tool box has all the commands necessary for creating
bitmaps for use in B-Login v2.0.

Select one of the following for information on the tool box options.

  þ {Single Character:HSingleCharacter}
  þ {Draw Text:HDrawText}
  þ {Filled Box:HFilledBox}
  þ {Change Character:HChangeCharacter}
  þ {Change Color:HChangeColor}
  þ {Copy Bitmap:HCopyBitmap}
  þ {Paste Bitmap:HPasteBitmap}
  þ {Save Bitmap:HSaveBitmap}
  þ {Load Bitmap:HLoadBitmap}

>>{Menu Line Options:HMenuLineOptions}<<

.topic HExit
²±° Exit ²±°

Exit the B-Login v2.0 Bitmap Editor.

>>{Menu Line Options:HMenuLineOptions}<< | >>{Welcome/Main Menu:Nocontext}<<

.topic HHelp
²±° Help ²±°

If you got this far, chances are you know what 'Help' does.    8-)

>>{Menu Line Options:HMenuLineOptions}<< | >>{Welcome/Main Menu:Nocontext}<<


.topic HSingleCharacter
²±° Tool Box | Single Character ²±°

The 'Single Character' tool box option allows the user to draw on the
background with the mouse.

Holding down the left mouse button and moving the mouse will draw with 
the brush style defined for the left mouse button. In the same fashion, 
using the right mouse button to draw with will place characters on the 
background using the right mouse button color and character attributes.

>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<<

.topic HDrawText
²±° Tool Box | Draw Text ²±°

The 'Draw Text' tool box option allows the user to type text on
background in the color of the color attribute of the left mouse button.

To position the text cursor on the background, either click at some
location with the mouse or use the arrow keys.  The following is a list
of keys used to help in editing.


Arrow Keys  - Reposition text cursor.

<Home>      - Places cursor at start of current line.

<End>       - Places cursor at end of current line.

<Page Up>   - Places cursor at top of background.

<Page Down> - Places cursor at bottom of background.

<Insert>    - Toggles insert and overwrite editing modes.


NOTE:  ÝAlt-TÞ can also be used to start text drawing.


>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<<


.topic HFilledBox
²±° Tool Box | Filled Box ²±°

The 'Filled Box' tool box option allows the user to draw filled boxes using
the color and character attributes of the respective mouse button.

Hold down the desired mouse button and drag the mouse to draw a filled
box on the background.

>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<<

.topic HChangeCharacter
²±° Tool Box | Change Character ²±°

The 'Change Character' tool box options allows the user to change only the
character of a region on the background.

By holding down either the left or right mouse buttons and dragging the mouse,
the user can change the characters of a region on the background to the
character of the character attribute of the mouse button being held down.
The colors of the region will remain unchanged.

>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<<

.topic HChangeColor
²±° Tool Box | Change Color ²±°

The 'Change Color' tool box options allows the user to change only the
color of a region on the background.

By holding down either the left or right mouse buttons and dragging the mouse,
the user can change the color of a region on the background to the
color of the color attribute of the mouse button being held down.  The
characters of the region will remain unchanged.

>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<<

.topic HCopyBitmap
²±° Tool Box | Copy Bitmap ²±°

Choosing 'Copy Bitmap' from the tool box options allows the user to
copy a square region of the background into a buffer for either saving
to disk or pasting to a different location on the background.

Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to outline a region of
the background to copy.  Releasing the mouse button will place the selected
region into a buffer in memory.  See the information on {saving a bitmap:HSaveBitmap}
to save a copied region of the background to disk.

>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<<

.topic HPasteBitmap
²±° Tool Box | Paste Bitmap ²±°

The 'Paste Bitmap' tool box option allows the user to paste a bitmap to
some location on the background.

To paste a bitmap somewhere on the background, hold down the left mouse
button and move the bitmap with the mouse to the desired location.  Releasing
the left mouse button will then paste the bitmap in the desired location.

Type {ÝAlt-UÞ:HUndo} to undo a paste.

NOTE:  If {'Load Bitmap':HLoadBitmap} has been used to load a bitmap from
       disk into memory, and {'Copy Bitmap':HCopyBitmap} has not been used 
       since loading from disk, the loaded bitmap will be pasted.

>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<<

.topic HSaveBitmap
²±° Tool Box | Save Bitmap ²±°

The 'Save Bitmap' tool box option allows the user to save the bitmap that
is in memory from either a {'Copy Bitmap':HCopyBitmap} or {'Load Bitmap':HLoadBitmap}
operation.

After selecting 'Save Bitmap', a file dialog box will appear to allow the
user to save the bitmap in memory to disk.

>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<<

.topic HLoadBitmap
²±° Tool Box | Load Bitmap ²±°

The 'Load Bitmap' tool box option allows the user to load a bitmap into
memory from disk for use in a {'Paste Bitmap':HPasteBitmap} operation.

After selecting 'Load Bitmap', a file dialog box will appear to allow the
user to select the bitmap to be loaded into memory.

>>{Tool Box Options:HToolBox}<< | >>{Welcome/Main Menu:Nocontext}<<

.topic HChangeVM

²±° Change Video Mode ²±°

Type ÝAlt-VÞ to toggle between the 80x25 and small font text mode
video resolutions.

>>{Welcome/Main Menu:Nocontext}<<

.topic HUndo

²±° Undo ²±°

Type ÝAlt-UÞ to undo a drawing operation.

>>{Welcome/Main Menu:Nocontext}<<

.topic HSpecialNotes

²±° Special Notes ²±°

NOTE 1:  Double-clicking on a bitmap file in a file dialog box
         will NOT load or save a bitmap. First select the bitmap and 
         then select the Ý  OK  Þ button to perform the operation.

NOTE 2:  Type ÝAlt-DÞ to shell out to a DOS prompt.

NOTE 3:  B-Login v2.0 saved bitmaps will not work with
         B-Login versions 1.2b and below.

NOTE 4:  Thanks for using B-Login!   8-)

>>{Welcome/Main Menu:Nocontext}<<