Title:			WIMPEXTENSION
Author:			Jon Ribbens
Version:		2.18
Title From:		Documentation
Author From:		Documentation
Version From:		Documentation
Supplier:		Jon Ribbens
Date:			16/08/93
Keywords:		
Shareware:		No
Machine:		Archimedes
Operating system:	RISCOS
Memory requirements:	
Peripherals needed:	
Other s/ware needed:	
Directory:		micros/arch/riscos/b/b121
Date mounted/updated:	24/11/93
File names:		b121.arc
Unarchived files:	18
Unarchived size:	267 Kbytes
Omissions:		
See also:		

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Acquiring the package:

Download the uuencoded file and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help"
file in arch/riscos/tools for further info).


Description:

WimpExtension is designed to make the task of programming the Wimp easier. It
also enables you to use 3D icons (like Impression). It is designed to enable
you, when you are writing your programs, to think less 'It's a Desktop
program' and more 'It's a program to do ...'.

You use WimpExtension by a set of SWI (BASIC's SYS) commands. There are calls
to put icons on the iconbar, to change the pointer shape, to pop icons in and
out, link windows so they move about together (for toolboxes and
windows-in-windows), there are facilities for options window handling, for
dialogue boxes, for controlling indirected icons, for loading templates, for
colour menus, for RAM templates, for dragging icons, for menu handling, for
draw-files and sprites, for immediate windows, for memory management, etc.,
etc.