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#include "ptoc.h"
#include "graph.h"
/*#include "Rodent.h"*/
/*#include "Crt.h"*/
typedef graphcursmasktype cursor;
const char vernum[] = "v1�00";
const char copyright[] = "1992";
const cursor questionmark =
{
((511,1023,2047,31,15,8199,32647,65415,63503,61471,61503,61695,63999,63999,61695,61695),
(65024,33792,34816,34784,40976,57224,32840,72,1936,2080,2496,2304,1536,1536,2304,3840)),
0,
0};
const array<1,7,varying_string<12> > topics =
{{"Front page","Background","Toolbar","Menus",
"Keyboard","Shareware","Exit Help"}};
const array<1,6,char> keys = "FBTMKS";
byte page_;
palettetype dp,dark;
char r;
boolean lmo;
void hilight(integer x,integer y, byte c1,byte c2, string z)
{
string w;
;
w=z; w[1]='\40'; setcolor(c1); outtextxy(x,y,w);
w=z; fillchar(w[2],length(z)-1,'\40'); setcolor(c2);
outtextxy(x,y,w); outtextxy(x-1,y,w);
}
void showpage(byte x)
{;
if (x==page_) return; /* twit */
if (x==7) {; lmo=true; return; }
setallpalette(dark); hidemousecursor; settextjustify(1,1);
if (page_!=177)
{;
setfillstyle(1,1); bar(507,page_*25+2,607,page_*25+22);
setfillstyle(1,9); bar(500,page_*25,600,page_*25+20);
/* setcolor(11); outtextxy(550,page*25+10,topics[page]);*/
hilight(550,page_*25+10,11,14,topics[page_]);
}
page_=x;
setfillstyle(1,4); bar(507,page_*25+2,607,page_*25+22);
setfillstyle(1,12); bar(500,page_*25,600,page_*25+20);
/* setcolor(14); outtextxy(550,page*25+10,topics[page]); */
hilight(550,page_*25+10,14,15,topics[page_]);
setfillstyle(1,7); bar(0,27,470,189); settextjustify(0,2); setcolor(1);
switch (page_) {
case 1: {; /* Front page */
setcolor(black);
outtextxy( 10, 40,"Thorsoft of Letchworth presents");
outtextxy(300, 80,vernum);
outtextxy( 10, 90,string("(c) ")+copyright+", Mike, Mark and Thomas Thurman.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy(100,129,"Finding your way around it...");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 10,120,"You are now using the Help System.");
outtextxy( 10,138,"Press the first letter of the topic that you want to");
outtextxy( 10,147,"read (eg T for (T)oolbar), or click on its button (on");
outtextxy( 10,156,"the right) using the mouse. Use \"Exit Help\" to quit.");
outtextxy( 10,174,"(Fastest exit- just hit Esc!)");
}
break;
case 2: {; /* Background */
setcolor(red);
outtextxy(300, 30,"Remember this chap?");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 10, 55,"Back in good old A.D. 79, there lived a Roman");
outtextxy( 10, 64,"whose name was Denarius Avaricius Sextus, known");
outtextxy( 10, 73,"to his friends as Avvy. His wife was called Arkata,");
outtextxy( 10, 82,"and he had a slave named Crapulus. His grandson");
outtextxy( 10, 91,"joined the army, was posted to Gaul, and liked it");
outtextxy( 10,100,"so much that he stayed there, telling everyone the");
outtextxy( 10,109,"one about the centurion and the Turkish bath. His");
outtextxy( 10,118,"thirty-sixth male-line descendant accidentally");
outtextxy( 10,127,"poisoned an old enemy of William of Normandy, and");
outtextxy( 10,136,"to his great surprise came so much into Bill's favour");
outtextxy( 10,145,"that, after the Battle of Hastings a few years");
outtextxy( 10,154,"later, he was made the lord of a small town in");
outtextxy( 10,163,"Hertfordshire called Argent. It is his great-grandson");
outtextxy( 10,172,"who stars in this game, back in good old A.D. 1189.");
}
break;
case 3: {; /* ? */
outtextxy( 15, 30,"The Toolbar is there so that (along with the menus)");
outtextxy( 15, 39,"you can perform a lot of the functions contained in");
outtextxy( 15, 48,"the game, using the mouse.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy( 15, 66,"COMPASS:");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 90, 66,"Used to point Avvy in the right direction.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy( 15, 75,"THINKS:");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 90, 75,"Shows the person/object you're thinking of.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy( 15, 84,"SCORE:");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 90, 84,"Shows how many points you've got.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy( 15, 93,"SPEED:");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 90, 93,"Adjusts the speed of the game.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy( 15,102,"L.E.D.s:");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 90,102,"Shows whether sound is on (toggle with <F2>),");
outtextxy( 90,111,"the computer is ready, or there is an error.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy( 15,120,"CLOCK:");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 90,120,"Shows the time.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy( 15,129,"'OK' box:");
setcolor(blue);
outtextxy( 90,129,"Works the same as pressing <ENTER>.");
setcolor(0);
outtextxy( 15,147,"N.B. The game action is suspended while you are");
outtextxy( 15,156,"using the toolbar.");
}
break;
case 4: {; /* menus */
outtextxy( 15, 60,"To use the drop-down menus, either click on the bar");
outtextxy( 15, 69,"at the top with the mouse, or press Alt and the first");
outtextxy( 15, 78,string("letter of the menu's name (eg alt-A = (A)ction.) The ")+'\3');
outtextxy( 15, 87,"menu is alt-H, for (H)eart.");
outtextxy( 15,105,"When you have a menu, either click on the option you");
outtextxy( 15,114,"want, or press its initial letter (eg O for \"OS Shell\").");
outtextxy( 15,132,"To do something to, or with, an object or person, first");
outtextxy( 15,141,"select them (or it) from the People or Things menu. Then");
outtextxy( 15,150,"select whatever you wanted to do from the Use menu.");
setcolor(red);
outtextxy(15,177,"(OK, so it sounds complicated, but then it's intuitive!)");
}
break;
case 5: {; /* Keyboard */
outtextxy(15, 60,"The keyboard interface is even simpler than the mouse");
outtextxy(15, 70,"interface! Just type what you want Avvy to do.");
outtextxy(15, 80,"For example, to open a door, type in:");
setcolor(red); outtextxy(100,95,"open door"); setcolor(blue);
outtextxy(15,110,"And to look at Crapulus, type:");
setcolor(red); outtextxy(100,125,"look at Crapulus");
setcolor(blue); outtextxy(15,140,"(Don't forget to press Enter after each command!)");
outtextxy(15,160,"This is a traditional command-line parser interface,");
outtextxy(15,170,"similar to the one in \"Avaricius\", only more advanced.");
}
break;
case 6: {; /* ? */
outtextxy(15, 30,"This game is Shareware. Most programs are sold through");
outtextxy(15, 40,"shops, and the authors prevent you from copying them.");
outtextxy(15, 50,"Shareware is different. You may copy it and give it to");
outtextxy(15, 60,"ANYBODY at all. You may post it on any BBS, give it to");
outtextxy(15, 70,"friends, etc. If you like it, we ask you to pay us for");
outtextxy(15, 80,"the software directly through the post. We're relying");
outtextxy(15, 90,"on you to register!");
outtextxy(99,177,"{ ETC }");
}
break;
}
setallpalette(dp); showmousecursor;
}
void helpsetup()
{
integer gd,gm;
;
gd=3; gm=0; initgraph(gd,gm,"c:\\bp\\bgi"); settextstyle(1,0,0); setcolor(11);
getpalette(dp); dark.size=dp.size; fillchar(dark.colors,dark.size,'\0');
setallpalette(dark); setusercharsize(3,1,8,10);
for( gm=1; gm <= 3; gm ++) outtextxy(gm,0,"Avalot- HELP!");
resetmouse; setgraphicscursor(questionmark); showmousecursor;
settextstyle(0,0,1); settextjustify(1,1);
for( gd=2; gd <= 7; gd ++)
{;
setfillstyle(1,1); bar(507,gd*25+2,607,gd*25+22);
setfillstyle(1,9); bar(500,gd*25,600,gd*25+20);
/* setcolor(11); outtextxy(550,gd*25+10,topics[gd]); */
hilight(550,gd*25+10,11,14,topics[gd]);
}
showmousecursor;
page_=177; showpage(1); lmo=false; setfillstyle(1,7);
for( gd=1; gd <= 3; gd ++)
{;
bar( 10-gd*3,200-gd*3,490-gd*6,200-gd*3);
bar(490-gd*6, 37-gd*3,491-gd*6,200-gd*3);
}
}
int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{pio_initialize(argc, argv);
;
helpsetup();
do {
do { getbuttonstatus; } while (!((mkey==left) || keypressed()));
if (keypressed())
{; /* keyboard choice */
r=upcase(readkey());
if (pos(r,keys)>0) showpage(pos(r,keys)); else
if (r=='\0')
switch (readkey()) { /* grab extd keystroke */
case 'H': if (page_>1) showpage(page_-1); break;
case 'P': if (page_<6) showpage(page_+1); break;
case 'G':case 'I': showpage(1); break;
case 'O':case 'Q': showpage(6); break;
} else
if (set::of('\33','Q','X','E','H', eos).has(r)) lmo=true; /* quit */
}
else
{; /* mouse choice */
if ((mousex>400) && (mousey>25))
{;
showpage(mousey / 25);
}
}
} while (!lmo);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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