Copyright©1999, ProVUE Development Corporation
This page exists for the benefit of all Panorama™ users and developers to exchange utilities and tips for programming in our favorite environment. Included here are items I have written that I feel may be of interest to others as well as an area for any other Panorama™ user to share their work as well. If you have a file that you think would be of interest or enlightenment to other users, be sure to send it to me for posting at this site. I have also included links to other Panorama™ intensive locations.
PanoMAGIC NEW!
PanoMAGIC is my new expanded procedure editor and utility suite for use with Panorama. This link will transport you to the PanoMAGIC web page were you can get all the information on this great new program and were you can download your own 30 day free trial copy. Check it out today and see what others are raving about...
"This
thing is awesome! I am seriously impressed."
.......Jimi Dunham
"Ok,
I said it would be a week, but I couldn't resist. This thing is
great!"
.......Glenn Kowalski
"This
is the Swiss Army Knife of Panorama utility files.
The most versatile
that I've seen."
.......Dave Thompson
"Your
software PanoMAGIC is fantastic! what an eye opener!
Congratulations
on some excellent software!"
.......David Boruff
All the things Panorama forgot to add and more!
Wild Icons FREE SLOT MACHINE GAME
Check out my Wild
Icons page for your free download and information on this Panorama
based slot machine game. Fully customizable for your enjoyment.
Have fun! If you download Wild Icons, be sure to download the
version for current Panorama users. This version has my special
Panoram Engine removed since it is known to cause problems with
the standard Panorama and generally screws up other Panorama icons.
Grabber 84k binhex
Grabber is a inspection tool that
will "grab" all the available information pertinent
to your file at the moment it is run. By installing this add on
into your file, you can get a window showing all your variable,
their type and their current values. You will also be given a
list of all the fields, their type and their values in the active
record. Full information is also give regarding other aspects
of your file as would be returned with the various info() and
dbinfo() functions. Currently this is designed to be installed
within your file, but a future update will allow it to run as
an independent file and "grab" info from any other open
Panorama™ file.
ProgBars 46k binhex
A small file that demonstrates
how to construct progress bars in Panorama™. There are several
variations shown together with one using animation and another
taking advantage or a pie chart to work it's magic. This file
was shown in the ad for the "provue98conference" cd-rom
edition under "Cool Panorama Programming Tricks"
TransparencyDemo 110k binhex
Small demo to show how transparency works with FlasArt objects. There is an underlying text object that contains instructions on how to create PICT images with transparency and transparent backgrounds in either Photoshop or Canvas. Overlying this are four dragable FlashArt objects that show how the various layers affect display and how the transparency affects objects on lower layers.
ForceOpen 17k binhex
.A small utility that will force
open any Panorama file without running the .Initialize procedure.
A great aid in an emergency to gain access to files that normally
crash on openning!
EmailerPirate
32k binhex
This is a utility to import your
Claris Emailer files (pre version 2) into a Panorama database
environment. You can delete the files that are imported from the
Emailer folder or leave them there. Once imported you can sort
and view them as needed and arrange them by subject with the original
subject grouped with all the replies. Other utilities allow for
the removal of Claris error messages and the removal of duplicate
items. There is also a built-in correction for the normal "Sent"
date error that shows up when the originating email program uses
a four digit year format (Emailer would show this as 9/2/19 instead
of 9/2/99). Email viewing can be done directly in the data sheet
or in the :"Viewing Plank" form that includes all the
utility buttons.
PanOpener 67k binhex
This is a simple data fork viewer/editor
for use within Panorama. You can load the data fork of any file
up to 4 Megs (or whatever your memory allocation will allow) and
view/edit it in 50K segments in a scrolling Word Processing Super
Object. You also have the ability to save the text to a SimpleText
file or enter a custom Type/Creator of your own and save it that
way. Basic filtering is provided to display control characters
and mark tabs and returns for identification. as well as converting
PC line feeds to returns. Full file information is also shown
in the view window. A Converter window is also available that
converts any selected text up to 2400 characters long into hexadecimal
and ASCII values for side by side display and comparison. A supplemental
window will also show the selected text along side its binary
equivalent. Full print out is provided from the main window and
a 1500+ selected character conversion print out is provided on
the Conversion page for the selected text and hex/ASCII conversions.
Ellipse 162k binhex
More of a novelty than anything
else, this file shows a distinctive oval or round window seldom
seen on the Mac before. This version incorporates an updated WDEF
resource which should eliminate the crashing problems experienced
earlier on some machines/systems. Be aware that this resource
will not be convertible for use on the future release of the PC
version of Panorama.
Mud 16k binhex
This is the basic text encryption algorithm submitted to the Panorama qna list by Dave Boruff and expanded upon by yours truly. I have configured it here to highlight the difference between procedures that depend primarily on loops to manipulate data and much speedier non-looping alternatives. Buttons are provided to allow you to encrypt and decrypt the text with either method and compare the differences in speed.
Scrambler 16k binhex
This may only be encryption 101
but it is a simple way to send and receive private messages. When
you double click this mini-application, it will encrypt whatever
text is currently on the clipboard. If there is text on the clipboard
that has already been encrypted with Scrambler it will decrypt
it to plain text again. The algorithm is not as complex as that
used in Mud above, but certainly good enough to discourage the
average prying eye.
PasswordDemo 16k binhex
This is another small demonstration file that shows a method of password entry without displaying the text being entered. As someone enters their password, bullets are displayed in the entry box instead of the actual text they are typing. The correct password in this demo is "Panorama" and entering it will allow you to check out the various procedures and the entry form.
Of course we must start with the holy grail and that is the ProVUE site at:
The UNoffical Panorama Message Board run by Leo Cerruti :
Chris Watts' Panorama™ site with many of his excellent Panorama™ utilities for down loading:
Danny Grizzle's great resource page for those thinking of using Panorama on the web. Danny supplies all the how to info as well as his own sample projects including links to other programs that can be incorporated into your Panorama web package. Complete with configuration instructions to help get you up and running:
Glenn Kowalski's Text Cleaner™ site with his Panorama™ based text cleaning/filtering program. There is a light version for downloading which is free and worth having even if you can't justify the full commercial version:
James Cook also releases commercial programs based in Panorama™ and like Glenn above and myself, he uses the Panorama Engine™ to make them stand alone applications. Check out his InView and StockView programs at:
Of course, you should also download my own freeware slot machine...Wild Icons™ at:
And lastly is the link to the Panorama™ qna list archive which carries a searchable db of all the discussions over the years on both the present qna list as well as the AOL board that preceded it:
