Let 'em Fly! V1.02                         (c) 7/1991 by Oliver Scheel
                                  ... this software goes Freaky Deaky!

This is a small text that describes the Let 'em Fly! programm by
Oliver Scheel.  English Docs by Peter Hellinger.

Let 'em Fly! is Freeware, it can freely copied and used, except for
commercial use. This software is copyright by Oliver Scheel. 

Let 'em Fly! comes with the following files:

     - LETEMFLY.PRG           The Programm
     - LET_LGHT.PRG           'Light'-Version of Let 'em Fly!
     - LET_CONF.PRG/ACC       Configuration programm / ACC
     - LET_CONF.CPX           Configuration CPX

     - DI_FLY.C               Binding for C
     - DI_FLY.H

     - LETEMFLY.TXT           German Docs
     - READ_ME                German Infofile
     - READ_ME.1ST            English Docs

Let 'em Fly!  may only copied with this files, complete and unchanged.

Address of the author:

Oliver Scheel
Rothehausstr. 28
W-5000 Koeln 30
Federal Republic of Germany




                             Let 'em Fly!
                             ------------

                     (Flying Dials and more ...)

                            Version V1.02
                              Juli 1991

                     (c) 7/1991 by Oliver Scheel
                        Freaky Deaky Software

                           (it's Freeware)

Features
--------

 - Move any dials around the screen, by simply pressing the mousekey!
   Move also alertboxes.

 - Select Buttons with a keystroke, press HELP for Helpbuttons, or
   UNDO for Cancelbuttons.

 - Extended Edit-Functions

 - Grow-/Shrinkboxes configurable

The programm should run on all ST/STE/TT computer in all resolutoins
and all TOS-Versions.


Installation
------------
To install LETEMFLY.PRG simply put the program-file in the AUTO-Folder
on your boot device.  Put the LET_CONF.ACC in the root directory of
your boot device or - if you use the XCONTROL panel - put the 
LET_CONF.CPX in the folder with your CPXs.  Please reboot the computer.
You can also start LET_CONF.ACC as a normal desktop program.


Using Let 'em Fly!
------------------
In a dial, you got normally selectable and non-selectable objects.
If you select a non-selectable object with the mouse and press the
left mousebutton, the mousepointer turned into a flat hand.

If you move the mouse now (dont forget to press the left mousebutton!)
the dial follows you movement - with 'instant redraw' of the area
'under' the dial!  With LET_CONF you can select the way, LETEMFLY will
work: If you choose 'solid movement' (it's default) the whole dial
is moved, it 'flyes' over the screen! With 'hollow movement' only a
frame in size of the dial is moved.

Release the mousebutton and the dial is on its new place...

Attention: Not all dials can be moved. You need a lot of memory
           for storing the background of the dial!


Key Dials
---------
Like FORMDOIT, LETEMFLY let you select buttons with a keystroke.
Press the Alternat-Key and the key, that correspondents to the
UNDERLINED character in the buttontext, and the button will be selected.
That is like a single mouseclick on the object.

LETEMFLY supports the [UNDO] and [HELP] keys:

[HELP] searches after                   'Help'

[UNDO] searches after                   'abbruch',
                                        'abbrechen',
                                        'nein',
                                        'quit',
                                        'cancel',
                                        'abort',
                                        'no',
                                        'exit'

[SHIFT]+[HELP] shows a Copyright Info about Let 'em Fly.


Extended Editor
---------------
In editfields you got the following options:

The TOS supports

[Cursor Up]         One editfield back
[Cursor Down]       Next editfield
[Cursor Left]       One character left
[Cursor Right]      One character right
[TAB]               Next editfield
[RETURN]            Select default object

... and Let 'em Fly! adds:

[RETURN]            If there is no default object in the dial, RETURN
                    brings you to the next editfield.
[SHIFT]+[RETURN]    Next editfield
[SHIFT]+[TAB]       One editfield back
[SHIFT]+[Csr Left]  Jumps to the first char in the editfield
[SHIFT]+[Csr Right] Jumps to the last char in the editfield
[CTRL]+[Csr Left]   Jumps a word left
[CTRL]+[Csr Right]  Jumps a word right
[Home]              Jumps to the first editfield in the dial
[SHIFT]+[Home]      Jumps to the last editdfield in the dial
[CTRL]+[Delete]     Deletes all chars right from the cursor position.

To this, you can place the cursor in an editfield with the mouse, 
simply by clicking into the editfield...


The  Configuration program
--------------------------
After you start LET_CONF.PRG/ACC/CPX you got the following options:

Global Settings:
----------------
 - Let 'em Fly! ON/OFF      Turns ON or OFF the Features of Let 'em Fly!
 - Alert-/Error-Boxes       Use Let 'em Fly by alert or error boxes
 - Extended Editor          Enables/disables the extended edit-functions
 - Key Dials                Enables/disables the 
 - Form Dial Grow/Shrink    enables/disables the Grow-/Shrinkboxes
                            drawn by form_dial ()
 - Graf Grow/Shrink         enables/disables the Grow-/Shrinkboxes
                            drawn by the graf_ functions of the AES

Flying Dials:
-------------
 - Flying ON/OFF            Enables/disables the 'flying' option for dials
 - Solid/Hollow Flights     Select the way of flying:
                            Solid:  Realtime-moving and instant-redraw
                            Hollow: Only a frame of the dial can moved
 - Send Redraw              Some programs have problems with the 
                            redraw after a flying dial. With this option
                            on, Let 'em Fly! sends a redraw message to
                            the main application - and redraw is no
                            problem.

- Info                      Copyright-Information

- Save                      Save the selected options to the LETEMFLY.PRG

- Cancel                    Leave the program unchanged

- OK                        The options are valid until next reboot



The light-Version
-----------------
The Light-Version of Let 'em Fly uses less memory, but some features
are not available:

   - the Alertboxes are not moveable
   - the Flydials are only in Hollow-Version availaible. 


LETEMFLY.PRG needs 35K of memory, LETLIGTH.PRG needs only 17K.


For more details see the german documentation.
