PGFLIXRT 1.1
by Don Messerli
Copyright (c)1992 Software Vineyard
All Rights Reserved

What is it?
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PGFLIXRT is composed of a pair of
programs (MAKERT.EXE and PGFLIXRT.HDR)
that allow you to make stand-alone
PGX animations.  The animations are
output as COM files and will only
run on the Portfolio.

How do I use MAKERT?
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First, create a PGX animation with
MKPGX 1.2.  All frame control
commands are supported.

Then run MAKERT and give it the
name of the PGX file you just created.
I will use DOMINO as an example.

MAKERT DOMINO.PGX

The .PGX extension is assumed and can
be omitted.  The resulting stand-alone
animation file would be called
DOMINO.COM

Running the animation
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To run the animation (on the Portfolio),
just type in the name of the COM file.

A> DOMINO  and press enter

The /r command line switch will repeat
the animation indefinitely until a key
is pressed.  It you follow the /r with
a number, the animation will repeat
that many times.

A> DOMINO /r10 (no space allowed)

To find out the version of the PGfliX
runtime header included in the
animation, use a /v command line
switch.

A> DOMINO /v

Compressing stand-alone animations
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Animations can be made smaller by
compressing the resulting COM file.
This can be done with LZEXE or PKLITE.

PKLITE will compress a COM file
directly. The result will be a smaller
COM file.

LZEXE will only compress EXE files, so
the COM file has to be converted to an
EXE file first.

A> COMTOEXE DOMINO.COM
A> LZEXE DOMINO.EXE

The result will be an EXE file,
usually smaller than the original COM
file.

Revision History
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(Version numbers are meant to
mimic those of PGfliX)

Version 1.1 - 1/12/92
     Initial Release

The Author
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