ZX Screens 2.03

Author of the Program:
Pavel Plíva, Pavero Software, Czech Republic

Date of Creation:
February 2002 - July 2004

Form of Licence:
Freeware

Operating System:
Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP

Contact:
pavero@post.cz

http://zx-spectrum.wz.cz
(games for ZX-Spectrum, Czech only)

http://pavero.wz.cz
(freeware for PC)

Dutch translation:
Jeroen Adolfse

Swedish translation:
Christian Hedberg

Spanish translation:
Alberto Otero Mato


ZX Screens presents program, which can be used for viewing title screens of ZX-Spectrum
games. There are files with SCR extension. You can also open any BMP, PNG or GIF picture in that.
Viewing screenshots you can zoom, when you will change windows size of application. The last
version contains quicker algorithm for opening screenshots, copying screenshots to clipboard,
their saving to SCR, BMP, PNG and GIF format, viewing all screenshots in current directory,
 slide show mode and mass conversion of pictures from one format to other
(SCR2GIF,
SCR2PNG
, SCR2BMP, GIF2SCR, GIF2PNG, GIF2BMP, PNG2SCR, PNG2GIF,
PNG2BMP, BMP2SCR, BMP2GIF and BMP2PNG).


Menu File

Open (F2) - opening of picture in SCR, GIF, PNG or BMP format.

Save As (F3) - saving of picture in SCR, GIF, PNG or BMP format.

Mass Conversion - you can convert picture formats with the aid of this item.
It's very easy - choose files, which you want to convert, enter the destination
folder and then select source and destination format.

Previous (F6 or '-' or left arrow) - display previous picture in current directory.

Next (F7 or '+' or right arrow) - display next picture in current directory.

Slide Show (F8) - pictures (in current directory) will display automatically.

Time Interval - time in seconds, when you will see the next picture,
if the Slide Show item is checked.

Clear (F5) - erasure of display picture.

Copy to Clipboard (Ctrl + C)- copying of picture to clipboard.

Associate SCR Files - when this option is checked and you click right mouse 
button on any SCR file, you will see pop-up menu, from which you can select
Open by ZX Screens item. Because SCR extension is registered in 
Windows for screensavers, I choose this way of association.

Language - current language of application.

Exit (Alt + F4) - exit of application.


Menu Picture

Transparent - transparent display of picture.

Black and White - SCR files will have only two colors (white and black).

Only 8 Colors - dark colors will be bright - SCR files will have only 8 colors.

Invert Colors - overturn of colors.

Palette of Colors - you can define own palette of colors.

Resolution - resolution of picture.


Menu Help

Description of application (F1) - display this help.

About ZX Screens (Alt + F1) - short information about application.


How to add a new language?

All texts of application you will find in Language.ini file. When you want to add a new language, copy English section in the end of this file and change her name (e.g. Deutch). Then translate right part of particular lines (behind equals). Finally you must add the name of new language (e.g. Deutch) to Languages section and assign number of language to variable Current in Language section. The result should be following:

[Language]
Current=3

[Languages]
1=English
2=Česky
3=Deutch

....

[Deutch]
Variable1=Text to translate
....
VariableX=Text to translate


The date of updating of this file: 29. 7. 2004