PANMAKE Version 2.5.3 BY MICHEL POLSKI - JUNE 1998 WARNING : SHAREWARE SOFTWARE Email : michelp.club-internet.fr Wsite : www.michelp.icom-Web.com panmk253.zip : optimized for x86 and Penitum1 This version 2.5.3 is a revision of version 2.5.2 and 2.5 Version 2.5.2 have several fixes and improvements : 1) Safer management of missing gauges and missing bitmaps now even when creating a NEW panel (v2.5.2 fixed bugs only when OPENING panels) 2) Color customization of template grid and panel display. 3) Variour minor bug corrections in the "Add Gauge", "Remove gauge", "New, "Save" procedures, in the zoom window, and coordinates in pixels were corrected. 4) Revision of help file and FAQs -----------DESCRIPTION : This small utility enables you to create/modify panels with a WYSIWYG method. Gauges and pictures are drawn on your screen, click on them to modify position and size (earlier, this work was painstaking boring and time-consuming) If you are not familiar with the parameters shown on the panel template screen, please report to Microsoft Panel Software Development Kit available on their site. Email me if problem, but my intention is NOT to provide a professional design tool, but to share a simple tool (which I made first only for me) with others. -----------INSTALLATION : 1) CREATE A /PANMAKE/ directory wherever you want 2) EXTRACT ALL FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY... That's all !! 3) IF IT FAILS TO WORK, YOU MAY HAVE TO GET SOME SYSTEM FILES. (download them from my site please) 4) BE SURE TO CORRECTLY CONFIGURE YOUR DIRECTORIES IN PANMAKE (SPECIFY PATHES OF YOUR FS98/GAUGE/ AND .../PANMAKE/ DIRECTORIES) 5) PLEASE READ THE HELP FILE BEFORE USING PANMAKE. ---------INSTALL INTRO-MOVIE : To save download time, I don't enclose the intro-movie (815Ko) with this file. You can find it in my web site (page : Utils / PanMake / System files) or at simflight.com The ZIP file is named : PANMKAVI.ZIP Extract the "panmake.avi" file in your \PANMAKE directory. Double-click on the screen to view it in the "About..." box. ---------WARNING : Like PanMake v.2.4 and later, PanMake v2.5.3 creates : - a new PANMAKE.INI file in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory (if not already existing). - BMP and PALETTE subdirectories in \GAUGES\ directory (if not already exisitng) !!!!DO NOT MOVE OR RENAME THEM (it will mess up everything)!!! BUT You can STILL : - overwrite/erase ANY file you want from the BMP and PALETTE subdirectories - overwrite/erase ANY former files of a previous version of PanMake. -----------REGISTERING : You have 100 work sessions to test this utility, if it is your first use of PanMake v.2.x I will send a key to registered users. IF YOU LIKE THIS SOFTWARE, BE KIND ENOUGH TO SUPPORT AUTHOR BY SENDING A SMALL CONTRIBUTION : > $10 (or 50FF or 20 DM or £5) Please DO NOT send Eurochecks, US checks or foreign postal orders. They are not negotiable here in France for such small amounts. Thanks to send a bill hidden in an envelope. Sorry for this "rustic" way. Please send this to my postal adress: Michel Polski 21 rue des Freres Stoeffler 67000 Strasbourg - France (Email : michelp@club-internet.fr) It will give you : - free upgrades of version 2.5.3 - a increased chance to see version 3 released one day - my friendship and a warm feeling inside - immediate customer support -----------CREDITS : 1) THANKS TO THE FEW REGISTERED USERS THAT HELPED ME TO DEVOTE SOOOO MUCH TIME TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM. 2) A special thanks to Johann Ludwig, who designed the PANMAKE ICON. 2) Also thanks to Karl Regel (who detected V.2.5 bugs), Frans Nobel, Harald Geier, Alex Yanes, Terry Mack, David Cox for providing help and suggestions. 3) Sorry to my University Supervisor for the time lost in my doctoral thesis because of Panmake :) 4) Sorry to Valerie for all the evenings spent in front of my computer... ----------- COMING FEATURES (in PANMAKE V.3.O ?) : 1) Gauge and panel bitmaps draggable/resizable with mouse 2) Transparency effects 3) Possibility to work on several overlapped panels on the same screen 4) Choice between several bitmaps for one gauge (needles...) 5) An integrated text editor to freely manipulate panel.cfg 6) and all other suggestions... Bug report, feed-back and suggestions are welcome. Email : michelp.club-internet.fr Wsite : www.michelp.icom-Web.com Have fun !