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/16-Central The Journal for Apple II Programmers. March 1991 ¢ Vers. 1.0 /ES.CENTRAL.9 103 In the root directory you'll find ABOUT.THIS.DISK, which is an editorial, It also includes a complete catalog listing of the disk. DLT8 and DLT16 also live in the root. If you're a Ilgs user, launch DLT16 (with GS/OS active) and then you can read all the articles this month simply by clicking the mouse. 8-bit users should launch the program DLT8 from BASIC.SYSTEM (which is also on the disk). DLTS8 was created by Karl Bunker. DLT16 was created by Jay Jennings using HyperStudio. /ES,CENTRAL,9 103/Advertising For sale, for hire, etc., can be found in CLASSIFIEDS. If you’d like information on running an ad, read ADVERTINFO for details. 3.CENTRAL.9 103/Apple.lI/Windows Albert Chin-A-Young shows us how to implement a windowing system in 8-bit assembly language (Merlin source). Next month Albert will show how to use the menus (from the February issue) and windows in your own Micol Advanced BASIC programs. /ES,CENTRAL.9 103/Apple.lI/SFGet Stop requiring Mr. User to type in pathnames, Instead, use this Standard File Dialog clone in your Applesoft programs. The routine is written in assembly language and can be used from Applesoft with an ampersand command. /ES.CENTRAL.9 103/Apple.ligs/Controls Tom Hoke presents a “filling thermometer” control and shows just how easy custom controls can be to create. The source code is written in MPW/IIGS. /ES.CENTRAL.9 103/Apple.ligs/CopyPixels DF Thompson shows us how to use the CopyPixels tool in order to resize pictures, or just copy them from one grafport to another. The source code is in Pascal. /ES.CENTRAL.9103/Columns In WHATSNEW you'll read about the latest tools and utilities available for programmers, Murphy Sewall brings us up to date on “(the latest bits of news and gossip from around the computer dustry in the file titled VAPORWARE. /ES,CENTRAL.9 103/Columns/HyperLab A regular column devoted to the technical aspects of HyperStudio, HyperCardligs, and any other hypermedia programs that pop up. This month Eric Mueller, one of the HyperStudio authors, tells all about parent/child card, and Jay Jennings presents anew XCMD. /ES.CENTRAL.9103/Goodies/Solitaire Source code (and the executable) for a solitaire NDA. /ES.CENTRAL,9 103/Goodies/StrLib A library of string routines for Orca/C from Chameleon Software. /ES.CENTRAL.9103/Miscinfo If you'd like to write for 8/16-Central, read the AUTHORGUIDE and ARTICLESWANTED files for special tips. We've also included a listing of previous 8/16 articles in BACK.ISSUES (and info on ordering back issues on disk), Read the CREATEDBY listing to see who helped put this issue together. /ES.CENTRAL,9103/Q,And.A Letters to us, answers from us. Write in with a suggestion, comment, or question and become famous, Online Tech-Talk is a collection of questions, answers, tips, and hints, from the online services. -30- If you know of any good Bulletin Board Systems that cater to programmers and developers, let me know. !'ll include the info in future Issues of 8/16-Central. The best place for tech info (in my humble (YTA) opinion) is A2PRO on GEnie - with the ADV forum on America Online Coming in a close second. I'm too dense to figure out Compuserve, so it doesn’t place in the ratings. Well, I'll give it third place. For those people who don’t have an account on the major online services, call Mickey's BBS at 913-642-5397 (which is, 915-MICKEYS). It’s sitting in my living room just waiting for your Call. | also take submissions for the magazine via Mickey's, but | don’t really do any other business on it, KansasFest ¢ July 16-21, 1991 Check this issue for all the details on the premiere Apple II programming conference!