Create ANSI-screen codes for FoxPro DOS startup screens: fill in that long pause while FoxPro/DOS starts up and loads its runtime with a colorful animated splash screen. Build the screen using FPDs @... SAY, @... BOX and other drawing commands, including color and blink, save the screen to a memory variable and then a MEM file, and then use MakeANSI.PRG to convert it into a colorful animated splash screen for use during startup.
Complete documentation at https://www.tedroche.com/Present/1992/Snappy.pdf. Originally published as "Snappy ANSI Startup Screens" in the October 1992 edition of "FoxTalk" published by Pinnacle Publishing. Reproduced with permission.
Files:
- MAKEANSI.PRG: the main program, run from within FPD
- MAKEANSI.BAT: sample batch file demonstrating the feature, run from DOS
- MKANSISC.PRG: the one-shot program that drew the splash screen
- MAKEANSI.MEM: the memory file containing the mScreen screen variable
- MAKEANSI.SCR: the ANSI text file generated by the PRG from the .MEM file