Notes

Introduction

Program Notes, a text editor with mouse input, is an exceptional contribution from such a young student. This screenshot shows it in action.

Notes in action

The mouse pointer indicates where your typed text will appear and you will see the flashing cursor once you have typed a character. Take care not to move the mouse when typing! You can select an existing block of text with a mouse click. A flashing cursor at the end of the selected text will confirm the selection.

The application has an animated control bar, shown here just prior to clicking on the save icon. The bar slides down when the mouse pointer is near the top of the window or when you press CTRL+T.

Control Bar

After saving, the animated confirmation is displayed briefly and the control bar slides away:

Confirmation of save

You receive the same confirmation if you save using CTRL+S. Key combination CTRL+F gives you the font menu and CTRL+B is the short cut to obtain the dialogue for saving as a bitmap. See the menus and dialogue below.

Font menu

Font size menu

Save as bitmap dialogue

Technical Features

Remarkably, young James learned advanced techniques by himself (using mainly PPS material and the WinGraph documentation) and overcame difficult problems unaided. Scan through the thorough comments in the code below to see great attention to detail resulting from the considerable amount of thought that he has invested in this application. James intends to develop Notes further so we look forward to publishing any enhancements.

Download

You can download notes.zip containing Notes.exe, Notes.pas, the starting Notes.txt (and our NotesPPS.txt which you could rename to Notes.txt) that must be in the same directory as the executable. If you want to develop the code or experiment with it, you also need wingraph.pas, wincrt.pas and winmouse.pas which you download in a zip file from this documentation page.

The Code

program Notes;

{
    Copyright (c) 2014 James Farnsworth

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
    use this file except in compliance with the License, as described at
    http://www.apache.org/licenses/ and http://www.pp4s.co.uk/licenses/ 

}


{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
{$APPTYPE GUI} //So the console window doesn't show
uses
  Windows, Wingraph in 'wingraph.pas;', WinCrt in 'wincrt.pas', Winmouse in 'winmouse.pas',
  Classes, SysUtils, StrUtils, Math;

type
  tText = record
    X, Y: longint;
    Text: string;
    Font: word;
    FontSize: integer;
    LinkedBack: boolean;
  end;

var
  Gd, Gm, FontPanelTab, LastPanelCalled: smallint;
  MouseX, MouseY, MouseXAsOfLastTextEntry, MouseYAsOfLastTextEntry: integer;
  numoftexts, CurrentStringPos, NoOfTextsLinkedTogether, CharsToDisplay: integer;
  WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts, CursorCountdown, Count, UserSizeOfFont, DefaultFontSize: integer;
  inputkey, keyfound: char;
  User_Font, DefaultFont: word;
  FoundText, SpecialKeyPressed,BackspacingEnabled: boolean;
  NotesFile: TextFile;
  Str, Str2, FileAddress: string;
  Texts: array of tText;

const
  MAX_X = 420;
  MAX_Y = 594;
  FontSizeTab = 1;
  FontTab = 0;
  ControlBar = 0;
  FontPanel = 1;
  BMP_Panel = 2;
  None = 3;
  //Settings
  SHOW_INFO = False; //Set to true to show general info about record items.

  procedure Save;
  begin
    assignfile(NotesFile, 'Notes.txt');
    rewrite(NotesFile);
    case DefaultFont of                          //DefaultFont is not implemented yet,
      ArialFont: Str := 'ArialFont';             //but it is loaded and saved inside the program
      CourierNewFont: Str := 'CourierNewFont';   //so changes to it during runtime will be saved.
      MSSansSerifFont: Str := 'MSSansSerifFont';
      TimesNewRomanFont: Str := 'TimesNewRomanFont';
    end;
    writeln(NotesFile, Str);
    writeln(NotesFile, IntToStr(DefaultFontSize));
    for Count := 0 to numoftexts - 1 do
    begin
      case Texts[Count].Font of
        ArialFont: Str := 'ArialFont';
        CourierNewFont: Str := 'CourierNewFont';
        MSSansSerifFont: Str := 'MSSansSerifFont';
        TimesNewRomanFont: Str := 'TimesNewRomanFont';
      end;
      //Write necessary info to the file in a way that is readable by the program.
      writeln(NotesFile, IntToStr(Texts[Count].X) + ',' + IntToStr(Texts[Count].Y) +
              ',' + IntToStr(Texts[Count].FontSize) +  ',' + Str + ',' + Texts[Count].Text);
    end;
    settextstyle(ArialFont, Horizdir, 10);
    for Count := -10 to 0 do
    begin  //Draw 'Saved Notes.txt' that drops down from the top.
      bar(0, 0, textwidth('Saved Notes.txt'), Count + 10);
      outtextxy(0, Count, 'Saved Notes.txt');
      updategraph(updatenow);
      sleep(5);
    end;
    sleep(1000);
    for Count := 0 downto -10 do
    begin
      bar(0, 0, textwidth('Saved Notes.txt'), Count + 10);
      outtextxy(0, Count, 'Saved Notes.txt');
      updategraph(updatenow);
      sleep(5);
    end;
  end;

  procedure Load;
  begin
    assignfile(NotesFile, 'Notes.txt');
    reset(NotesFile);
    readln(NotesFile, Str);
    case str of
      'ArialFont': DefaultFont := ArialFont;
      'CourierNewFont': DefaultFont := CourierNewFont;
      'MSSansSerifFont': DefaultFont := MSSansSerifFont;    //for conversion between word and string. Wingraph needs a word variable for fonts,
      'TimesNewRomanFont': DefaultFont := TimesNewRomanFont;//but the default font information is stored in a text file in string form
    end;
    readln(NotesFile, Str);
    DefaultFontSize := StrToInt(Str); //Read and set the default font size.
    while not EOF(NotesFile) do
    begin
      CurrentStringPos := 1;
      Inc(numoftexts);
      setlength(Texts, numoftexts);
      readln(NotesFile, Str);
      with Texts[numoftexts - 1] do
      begin
        repeat
          Inc(CurrentStringPos);
        until (str[CurrentStringPos] = ',');
        X := StrToInt(leftstr(Str, CurrentStringPos - 1)); //going through the file, using commas to find
        Inc(CurrentStringPos);                             //where a specific piece of information starts or ends
        Str := midstr(Str, CurrentStringPos, length(Str) - CurrentStringPos + 1);
        CurrentStringPos := 1;
        repeat
          Inc(CurrentStringPos);
        until (str[CurrentStringPos] = ',');
        Y := StrToInt(leftstr(Str, CurrentStringPos - 1));
        Inc(CurrentStringPos);
        Str := midstr(Str, CurrentStringPos, length(Str) - CurrentStringPos + 1);
        CurrentStringPos := 1;
        repeat
          Inc(CurrentStringPos);
        until str[CurrentStringPos] = ',';
        FontSize := StrToInt(leftstr(Str, CurrentStringPos - 1));
        Inc(CurrentStringPos);
        Str := midstr(Str, CurrentStringPos, length(Str) - CurrentStringPos + 1);
        CurrentStringPos := 1;
        repeat
          Inc(CurrentStringPos);
        until (str[CurrentStringPos] = ',');
        str2 := leftstr(Str, CurrentStringPos - 1);
        case str2 of
          'ArialFont': Font := ArialFont;
          'CourierNewFont': Font := CourierNewFont;
          'MSSansSerifFont': Font := MSSansSerifFont;
          'TimesNewRomanFont': Font := TimesNewRomanFont;
        end;
        Text := rightstr(str, length(str) - CurrentStringPos);
      end;
    end;
    closefile(NotesFile);
  end;

  procedure InitGraphAndProgram;
  begin
    //Initiate graph
    setwindowsize(420, 594);
    gd := 9;
    gm := 13;
    InitGraph(Gd, Gm, 'Notes');
    setcolor(Black);
    updategraph(updateoff);
    User_Font := DefaultFont;
    UserSizeOfFont := DefaultFontSize;
    FontPanelTab := FontTab;
    LastPanelCalled := None;
    CursorCountdown := 9;
    Inputkey := #1;
    FileAddress := '';
    CharsToDisplay := 0;
  end;

  procedure ReportStatus;
  begin
    settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 10);
    outtextxy(0, 40, 'NumOfTexts=' + IntToStr(NumOfTexts));
    outtextxy(0, 60, 'Text items in ascending order, from 0 to numoftexts-1:');
    for Count := 0 to numoftexts - 1 do  //Draw information about text items.
      outtextxy(0, 70 + (Count * 10), Texts[Count].Text + ', X=' +
                IntToStr(Texts[Count].X) + ', Y=' + IntToStr(Texts[Count].Y) +
                ', Font Size=' + IntToStr(Texts[Count].FontSize));

    outtextxy(0, (numoftexts * 10) + 70, 'Current mouse position: X=' +
              IntToStr(mousex) + ' Y=' + IntToStr(mousey));
  end;

  procedure DrawTexts;
  begin
    if numoftexts >= 1 then
    begin
      for Count := 0 to numoftexts - 1 do
      begin
        settextstyle(Texts[Count].Font, HorizDir, Texts[Count].FontSize);
        outtextxy(Texts[Count].x, Texts[Count].y, Texts[Count].Text); //going through and drawing the text
        if (CursorCountdown < 20) and (Count = NumOfTexts - 1) and    //and then, if the cursor countdown is
          (MouseX = MouseXAsOfLastTextEntry) then                     //within a certain range, drawing a cursor
          outtextxy(Texts[Count].x + textwidth(Texts[Count].Text) - 1, Texts[Count].y, '|');
        if CursorCountdown = 0 then
          CursorCountdown := 40;
        Dec(CursorCountdown);
      end;
    end;
  end;

  procedure DrawFontPanel;
  begin
    if (FontPanelTab = FontTab) then  //This is the code for the font section of the font panel.
    begin
      setfillstyle(solidfill, Gray);
      bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 100, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 250); //drawing the background of the font panel
      setfillstyle(solidfill, LightGray);
      case User_Font of   //Draw the bar to show the selected font.
        ArialFont: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 130, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 160);
        CourierNewFont: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 161, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 190);
        MSSansSerifFont: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 191, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 220);
        TimesNewRomanFont: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 221, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 250);
      end;
      setfillstyle(solidfill, Black);
      if (MouseX > (MAX_X div 2) - 50) and (MouseX < (MAX_X div 2) + 50) then
      begin
        case MouseY of  //Draw the bar to show what the mouse is hovering over.
          130..160: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 130, (MAX_X div 2) - 47, 160);
          161..190: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 161, (MAX_X div 2) - 47, 190);
          191..220: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 191, (MAX_X div 2) - 47, 220);
          221..250: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 221, (MAX_X div 2) - 47, 250);
        end;
      end;
      settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 10);
      setfillstyle(solidfill, LightGray);
      bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 100, MAX_X div 2, 116);
      setfillstyle(solidfill, LightSlateGray); //drawing the labels to switch between font and font size
      bar((MAX_X div 2) + 1, 100, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 115);
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 48, 103, 'Font');
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) + 3, 103, 'Font Size');
      setfillstyle(solidfill, White);

      settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 15);
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 45, 140, 'Arial');
      settextstyle(CourierNewFont, HorizDir, 15);
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 45, 170, 'Courier New');
      settextstyle(MSSansSerifFont, HorizDir, 15);
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 45, 200, 'MS Sans Serif');
      settextstyle(TimesNewRomanFont, HorizDir, 15);
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 45, 230, 'Times New Roman');
      updategraph(updatenow);

      if GetMouseButtons = MouseLeftButton then
      begin
        LastPanelCalled := None; //makes sure the program will not leave the font panel running
        if (MouseX > (MAX_X div 2) - 50) and (MouseX < (MAX_X div 2) + 50) then
        begin
          case MouseY of
            100..115: begin
                        if MouseX > MAX_X div 2 then
                          FontPanelTab := FontSizeTab;
                         LastPanelCalled := FontPanel;
                      end;
            130..160: User_Font := ArialFont;
            161..190: User_Font := CourierNewFont;  //If the user has clicked on a font,
            191..220: User_Font := MSSansSerifFont; //set the font to that font.
            221..250: User_Font := TimesNewRomanFont;
          end;
        end;
      end;
    end
    else
    begin      //This is the code for the font size section of the font panel.
      setfillstyle(solidfill, Gray);
      bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 100, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 250);
      setfillstyle(solidfill, LightGray);
      case UserSizeOfFont of
        7: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 130, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 160);
        10: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 161, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 190);
        15: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 191, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 220); //drawing the background
        20: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 221, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 250);
      end;
      setfillstyle(solidfill, Black);
      if (MouseX > (MAX_X div 2) - 50) and (MouseX < (MAX_X div 2) + 50) then
      begin
        case MouseY of //Draw bars to show what the mouse is hovering over.
          130..160: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 130, (MAX_X div 2) - 47, 160);
          161..190: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 161, (MAX_X div 2) - 47, 190);
          191..220: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 191, (MAX_X div 2) - 47, 220);
          221..250: bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 221, (MAX_X div 2) - 47, 250);
        end;
      end;
      settextstyle(Arialfont, HorizDir, 15);
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 45, 140, '7');
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 45, 170, '10'); //drawing the labels for the different font sizes
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 45, 200, '15');
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 45, 230, '20');
      settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 10);
      setfillstyle(solidfill, LightSlateGray);
      bar((MAX_X div 2) - 50, 100, (MAX_X div 2) - 1, 115);
      setfillstyle(solidfill, LightGray);
      bar(MAX_X div 2, 100, (MAX_X div 2) + 50, 116);
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) - 48, 103, 'Font');
      outtextxy((MAX_X div 2) + 3, 103, 'Font Size');
      setfillstyle(solidfill, white);
      if (GetMouseButtons = MouseLeftButton) then
      begin
        LastPanelCalled := None; //Make sure the program will exit the panel.
        if (MouseX > (MAX_X div 2) - 50) and (MouseX < (MAX_X div 2) + 50) then
        begin
          case MouseY of
            100..115:
            begin
              if MouseX < MAX_X div 2 then
                FontPanelTab := FontTab;    //If the user clicks on the button to change the
              LastPanelCalled := FontPanel; //section of the font panel, change the section and
            end;                            //keep the panel running after all.
            130..160: UserSizeOfFont := 7;
            161..190: UserSizeOfFont := 10;
            191..220: UserSizeOfFont := 15;
            221..250: UserSizeOfFont := 20;
          end;
        end;
      end;
      updategraph(updatenow);
    end;
  end;

  procedure DrawControlBarAnimation;
  begin
    for Count := 1 to 50 do
    begin
      setfillstyle(solidfill, White);
      bar((MAX_X div 2) - 200, 0, (MAX_X div 2) + 200, Count);
      setfillstyle(solidfill, Gray);        //Draw the control bar coming down.
      bar((MAX_X div 2) - 200, 0, (MAX_X div 2) + 200, Count);
      sleep(5);
      updategraph(updatenow);
    end;
    setfillstyle(solidfill, white);
    //so the bar that makes the background in the main loop doesn't turn grey
    LastPanelCalled := ControlBar;
  end;

  procedure DrawControlBarHideAnimation;
  begin
    for Count := 50 downto 0 do
    begin  //Draw the control bar going up by drawing a growing white bar below it.
      bar((MAX_X div 2) - 200, Count, (MAX_X div 2) + 200, 50);
      updategraph(updatenow);
      sleep(5);
    end;
    if LastPanelCalled = ControlBar then
      LastPanelCalled := None;
  end;

  procedure DrawSaveIcon(x: longint); //All the Draw[...]Icon procedures take an x
  begin                               //coordinate that will form the centre of the icon
    line(x - 15, 10, x + 15, 10);
    line(x - 15, 40, x + 15, 40);
    line(x - 15, 10, x - 15, 40);
    line(x + 15, 10, x + 15, 40);
    line(x - 10, 10, x - 10, 20);
    line(x + 10, 10, x + 10, 20);
    line(x - 10, 20, x + 10, 20);
    bar(x - 6, 10, x - 4, 20);
  end;

  procedure DrawBMPIcon(x: longint);
  begin
    settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 16);
    outtextxy(x - 14, 17, '.bmp');
  end;

  procedure DrawFontSizeIcon(x: longint);
  begin
    settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 20);
    outtextxy(x - 9, 15, 'A');
    settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 15);
    outtextxy(x + 2, 18, 'A');
  end;

  procedure DrawDeleteAllIcon(x: longint);
  begin
    line(x - 8, 40, x + 8, 40);
    line(x - 8, 40, x - 10, 20);
    line(x + 8, 40, x + 10, 20);
    line(x - 15, 19, x + 15, 19);
    line(x - 15, 16, x - 15, 19);
    line(x + 15, 16, x + 15, 19);
    line(x + 15, 16, x - 15, 16);
    line(x - 8, 16, x - 8, 10);
    line(x + 8, 16, x + 8, 10);
    line(x - 8, 10, x + 8, 10);
    line(x, 20, x, 40);
    line(x - 5, 19, x - 4, 40);
    line(x + 5, 19, x + 4, 40);
  end;

  procedure DrawControls;
  begin
    setfillstyle(solidfill, Gray);
    bar((MAX_X div 2) - 200, 0, (MAX_X div 2) + 200, 50);//draw background
    setfillstyle(solidfill, white);
    //icon=30px X 30px with a 20 px margin between each
    setcolor(White);
    //procedures to draw icons
    DrawSaveIcon((MAX_X div 2) - 150);
    DrawBMPicon((MAX_X div 2) + 150);
    DrawDeleteAllIcon((MAX_X div 2) - 50);
    DrawFontSizeIcon((MAX_X div 2) + 50);
    setcolor(Black);
    setfillstyle(solidfill, Black);
    if (MouseY <= 50) and (MouseY >= 0) then
    begin
      case MouseX of //Draw bars to show what the mouse is hovering over.
        35..85: bar(35, 47, 85, 50);
        136..185: bar(136, 47, 185, 50);
        236..285: bar(236, 47, 285, 50);
        336..385: bar(336, 47, 385, 50);
      end;
    end;
    setfillstyle(solidfill, white);
    LastPanelCalled := ControlBar;
    if GetMouseButtons = MouseLeftButton then
    begin
      sleep(100);
      DrawControlBarHideAnimation;
      if (MouseY <= 50) and (MouseY >= 0) then
      begin
        case MouseX of
          35..85:
          begin
            Save;
            CloseFile(NotesFile);
          end;
          136..185:
          begin               //Do actions according to which icon is clicked on.
            numoftexts := 0;
            setlength(texts, numoftexts);
          end;
          236..285:
          begin
            FontPanelTab := FontTab;
            LastPanelCalled := FontPanel;
          end;
          336..385:
          begin
            LastPanelCalled := BMP_Panel;
          end;
        end;
      end;
    end;
  end;

  procedure SaveBMP(BMP_File_Address: string);
  var
    BMP_File: file;
    BMP_Memory_Location: pointer;
    BMP_Size: longint;
  begin
    if not (uppercase(rightstr(BMP_File_Address, 4)) = '.BMP') then
      BMP_File_Address := BMP_File_Address + '.bmp'; //add .bmp extension if not included
    if FileExists(BMP_File_Address) then
    begin
      SetTextStyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 15);
      repeat
        if not CloseGraphRequest then //Turn the dialog red if the user tries to close the window.
          SetFillStyle(SolidFill, Gray)
        else
          SetfillStyle(SolidFill, DarkRed);
        MouseX := GetMouseX;              //Check if the user wants to overwrite.
        MouseY := GetMouseY;
        Bar((Max_X div 2) - 100, 250, (Max_X div 2) + 100, 300);
        OutTextXY((Max_X div 2) - 98, 252, 'File already exists. Overwrite?');
        SetFillStyle(SolidFill, LightGray);
        Bar((Max_X div 2) - 60, 280, (Max_X div 2) - 10, 295);
        Bar((Max_X div 2) + 10, 280, (Max_X div 2) + 60, 295);
        OutTextXY((Max_X div 2) - 55, 280, 'Yes');
        OutTextXY((Max_X div 2) + 15, 280, 'No');
        UpdateGraph(UpdateNow);
        sleep(20);
      until (GetMouseButtons = MouseLeftButton) and
        ((((MouseX >= (Max_X div 2) - 60) and (MouseX <= (Max_X div 2) - 10) or
          ((MouseX >= (Max_X div 2) + 10) and (MouseX <= (Max_X div 2) + 60)))) and
          (MouseY <= 295) and (MouseY >= 280));
      sleep(100);//to stop the mouse click being detected by later parts of the code
      SetFillStyle(SolidFill, White);
      if (MouseX >= (Max_X div 2) + 10) and (MouseX <= (Max_X div 2) + 60) then
        Exit;
    end;
    bar(0, 0, Max_X, Max_Y);
    DrawTexts;
    {$I-}
    AssignFile(BMP_File, BMP_File_Address); //Error checking is disabled here because
    Rewrite(BMP_File, 1);                   //it is dealt with later on in the code.
    {$I+}
    if IOResult <> 0 then //If IOResult isn't equal to 0 then it means an error has occurred.
    begin
      SetTextStyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 15);
      repeat
        if not CloseGraphRequest then
          SetFillStyle(SolidFill, Gray)
        else
          SetfillStyle(SolidFill, DarkRed);
        MouseX := GetMouseX;
        MouseY := GetMouseY;
        Bar((Max_X div 2) - 100, 250, (Max_X div 2) + 100, 325);
        OutTextXY((Max_X div 2) - 98, 252, 'An unknown error occurred. Maybe');
        OutTextXY((Max_X div 2) - 98, 267, 'you have typed an invalid file');
        OutTextXY((Max_X div 2) - 98, 282, 'address.');
        SetFillStyle(SolidFill, LightGray);
        Bar((Max_X div 2) - 25, 305, (Max_X div 2) + 25, 320);
        OutTextXY((Max_X div 2) - 23, 305, 'OK');
        UpdateGraph(UpdateNow);
        sleep(20);
      until (GetMouseButtons = MouseLeftButton) and
        ((MouseX >= (Max_X div 2) - 25) and (MouseX <= (Max_X div 2) + 25) and
          (MouseY <= 320) and (MouseY >= 305));
      Exit;    //Exit the procedure after the user clicks ok.
    end;
    BMP_Size := ImageSize(0, 0, Max_X, Max_Y); //Because the procedure is still running, all is ok so
    GetMem(BMP_Memory_Location, BMP_Size);     //the program saves the bitmap.
    GetImage(0, 0, Max_X, Max_Y, BMP_Memory_Location^);
    BlockWrite(BMP_File, BMP_Memory_Location^, BMP_Size);
    CloseFile(BMP_File);
    FreeMem(BMP_Memory_Location);
  end;

  procedure Draw_BMP_Panel;
  begin
    case inputkey of
      #32..#255: //#32 to #255 are the acceptable keyboard input characters (ie. excluding arrow keys and key combinations)
      begin
        FileAddress := FileAddress + inputkey;
        if not (textwidth(rightstr(FileAddress, CharsToDisplay)) > 345) then //If the text entered for the file address is not longer
          Inc(CharsToDisplay);                                               //than the input box and a valid key has been pressed then
      end;                                                                   //increment the number of characters to be displayed.
    end;
    if textwidth(rightstr(FileAddress, CharsToDisplay)) > 345 then //If the file address outgrows the input box then
      Dec(CharsToDisplay);                                         //decrement the number of characters to display.

    if inputkey = #8 then                                          //If backspace is pressed, delete one
      FileAddress := leftstr(FileAddress, length(FileAddress) - 1);//character off the end of the file address.

    if inputkey = #13 then      //#13 is the enter key
    begin
      SaveBMP(FileAddress);
      FileAddress := '';
      LastPanelCalled := None;
    end;
    setfillstyle(SolidFill, Gray);
    bar((Max_X div 2) - 200, 200, (Max_X div 2) + 200, 350);
    settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 15);
    outtextxy((Max_X div 2) - 195, 200,
      'Type in a file address for the BMP image. The ''.bmp'' extension will be');
    outtextxy((Max_X div 2) - 195, 215,
      'added if you do not include it. If no file address is specified, but there');
    outtextxy((Max_X div 2) - 195, 230,
      'is a file name, the file will be saved in the same directory as the program');
    outtextxy((Max_X div 2) - 195, 245, 'is installed in.');
    setfillstyle(SolidFill, DarkGray);
    bar((Max_X div 2) - 195, 275, (Max_X div 2) + 150, 292);
    outtextxy(((Max_X div 2) + 150) - textwidth(rightstr(FileAddress, CharsToDisplay)), //Draw the relevant amount of characters
      276, rightstr(FileAddress, CharsToDisplay));
    setfillstyle(SolidFill, LightGray);
    bar((Max_X div 2) - 195, 310, (Max_X div 2) - 135, 330);
    outtextxy((Max_X div 2) - 193, 312, 'Save BMP');
    setfillstyle(SolidFill, White);
    updategraph(updatenow);
    if getmousebuttons = MouseLeftButton then
    begin         //The sleep is so that when the program next checks for if the
      sleep(100); //mouse button is pressed, the mouse button will have been released.
      if (MouseX < (Max_X div 2) - 200) or (MouseX > (Max_X div 2) + 200) or
        (MouseY < 200) or (MouseY > 350) then
        LastPanelCalled := None;
      if (MouseX < (Max_X div 2) - 135) and (MouseX > (Max_X div 2) - 195) and
        (MouseY < 330) and (MouseY > 310) then
      begin
        SaveBMP(FileAddress);
        FileAddress := '';
        LastPanelCalled := None;
      end;
    end;
  end;

  //------------MAIN PROGRAM BEGINS HERE------------\\
begin
  Load;
  InitGraphAndProgram;
  repeat //main program loop
    bar(0, 0, MAX_X, MAX_Y);
    mousex := GetMouseX;
    mousey := GetMouseY;
    if SHOW_INFO then
      ReportStatus;
    DrawTexts;
    if keypressed then
    begin
      inputkey := readkey;
    end
    else
    begin
      inputkey := #1;  //an unused value
    end;

    if LastPanelCalled = None then
    begin
      case inputkey of                                 //If there are no panels running and a valid key is
        #32..#255:                                     //pressed, add a text if one is not being edited
        begin                                          //or add the character to the text being edited,
          if ((MouseXAsOfLastTextEntry <> mousex) or   //breaking it onto a new line if necessary.
            (MouseYAsOfLastTextEntry <> mousey) or (numoftexts = 0)) then
          begin
            Inc(numoftexts);                     //Create a new text item if one is not being edited.
            setlength(Texts, numoftexts);
            Texts[numoftexts - 1].X := MouseX;
            Texts[numoftexts - 1].Y := MouseY;
            Texts[numoftexts - 1].LinkedBack := False;
          end;

          with Texts[numoftexts - 1] do
          begin
            Text := Text + inputkey; //Add the character to the text item being edited.
            Font := User_Font;
            FontSize := UserSizeOfFont;
            if textwidth(Text) + x > MAX_X then
            begin                                //If the text goes off the window, find the last space
              CurrentStringPos := length(Text);  //in the text, and break what is after it on to a new line.
              repeat
                keyfound := Text[CurrentStringPos];
                Dec(CurrentStringPos);
              until (keyfound = ' ');
              Inc(numoftexts);
              setlength(Texts, numoftexts);
              with Texts[numoftexts - 1] do
              begin
                x := Texts[numoftexts - 2].x;
                y := Texts[numoftexts - 2].Y + Texts[numoftexts - 2].FontSize;
                //The font size is the height of the text in pixels.
                Text := rightstr(Texts[numoftexts - 2].Text,
                  (length(Texts[numoftexts - 2].Text) - CurrentStringPos) - 1);
                font := Texts[numoftexts - 2].Font;
                fontsize := Texts[numoftexts - 2].FontSize;
                LinkedBack := True;
              end;
              Texts[numoftexts - 2].Text := leftstr(Text, CurrentStringPos);
            end;
          end;
          MouseXAsOfLastTextEntry := MouseX;
          MouseYAsOfLastTextEntry := MouseY;
        end;
      end;
    end;

    if (inputkey = #8) and (numoftexts > 0) and (LastPanelCalled = None) and BackspacingEnabled then
      //code for backspacing. #8 is backspace or Ctrl+H
    begin
      //If length is 1 before the character is deleted then delete character and text item and then
      //only backspace if mousexasoflasttextentry= mouse x and same for y.
      Texts[numoftexts - 1].Text := leftstr(Texts[numoftexts - 1].Text, length(Texts[numoftexts - 1].Text) - 1);
      if length(texts[numoftexts - 1].Text) = 0 then
      begin
        if Texts[numoftexts-1].linkedback then
          BackspacingEnabled:=true
        else
          BackspacingEnabled:=false;
        Dec(numoftexts);
        setlength(Texts, numoftexts);
        MouseXAsOfLastTextEntry := MouseX + 1; //to stop editing
      end;
    end;

    if inputkey = #19 then //#19 is Ctrl+S. This is the code for saving.
    begin
      Save;
      CloseFile(NotesFile);
    end;

    //Reorder items to make the text clicked on the latest one, so that the rest of the program will edit it.
    //A linked text is one that is created as the result of the program breaking text on to a new line.
    if (getmousebuttons = MouseLeftButton) and (LastPanelCalled = None) then
    begin
      WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts := 0;
      NoOfTextsLinkedTogether := 0;
      foundtext := False;

      if numoftexts <> 0 then
      begin
        while (not ((foundtext) or (WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts = numoftexts - 1))) do
        begin
          settextstyle(Texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].Font,
                       Horizdir, Texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].FontSize);
          if ((texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].X <= MouseX) and
              (texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].x +
               textwidth(texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].Text) >= MouseX)) and //searching for text that
             ((texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].Y <= MouseY) and              //matches the mouse position
             ((Texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].Y +
               Texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].Fontsize) >= MouseY)) then
          begin
            foundtext := True;
          end;
          Inc(WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts);
        end;

        if ((texts[numoftexts - 1].X <= MouseX) and
            (texts[numoftexts - 1].x + textwidth(texts[numoftexts - 1].Text) >= MouseX)) and
           ((texts[numoftexts - 1].Y <= MouseY) and                                      //If the last text item is the one found then
           ((Texts[numoftexts - 1].Y + Texts[numoftexts - 1].Fontsize) >= MouseY)) then //it cannot be linked to any, so make the program edit it.
        begin
          MouseXasoflasttextentry := MouseX;
          MouseYasoflasttextentry := MouseY;
          BackspacingEnabled:=True;
        end;
        Dec(WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts);
        if foundtext = True then
        begin
          if SHOW_INFO then
          begin
            settextstyle(ArialFont, HorizDir, 15);
            outtextxy(Max_X - textwidth('Moved on to reordering items'), //giving debugging info
              185, 'Moved on to reordering items');
            UpdateGraph(UpdateNow);
          end;
          while Texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts].LinkedBack do //set wherecollectionoftextitemsstarts to the beginning text
            Dec(WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts);                    //of collection of linked texts

          NoOfTextsLinkedTogether := 1;
          //Keep incrementing NoOfTextsLinkedTogether until it represents the
          //number of texts that are in the 'chain' of related texts.
          while Texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts + NoOfTextsLinkedTogether].LinkedBack do
            Inc(NoOfTextsLinkedTogether);

          for Count := WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts to
            WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts + NoOfTextsLinkedTogether - 1 do
          begin
            Inc(numoftexts);                          //Increment the number of texts
            setlength(Texts, numoftexts);             //then move the related texts
            Texts[NumOfTexts - 1] := Texts[Count];    //to the new free space.
            if SHOW_INFO then
            begin
              bar(Max_X - textwidth('Moving text item: ' + IntToStr(Count)), 200, Max_X, 315);
              outtextxy(Max_X - textwidth('Moving text item: ' + IntToStr(Count)),
                200, 'Moving text item: ' + IntToStr(Count)); //giving debugging info
              updategraph(updatenow);
              sleep(1000);
            end;
          end;

          Count := 0;
          repeat  //Move all the texts numbered higher than the original position of the texts backwards into the available spaces.
            Texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts + Count] := Texts[WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts + Count + NoOfTextsLinkedTogether];
            Inc(Count);
          until WhereCollectionOfTextItemsStarts + Count + NoOfTextsLinkedTogether = numoftexts;
          NumOfTexts := NumOfTexts - NoOfTextsLinkedTogether;
          setlength(Texts, NumOfTexts);
          MouseXAsOfLastTextEntry := MouseX;
          MouseYAsOfLastTextEntry := MouseY;//Delete the available spaces at the end that were created by the previous step.
          if SHOW_INFO then
          begin
            outtextxy(Max_X - textwidth('Done reordering'), 215, 'Done reordering');
            UpdateGraph(UpdateNow);    //Give debugging info.
            sleep(1000);
          end;
        end;
      end;
    end;

    //Decide what menu to show.  #20 is Ctrl+T
    if ((inputkey = #20) and (not (LastPanelCalled = ControlBar))) or
      (((mousey < 5) and (mouseX <> 0)) and (not (LastPanelCalled = ControlBar))) then
    begin
      DrawControlBarAnimation;
    end;

    if inputkey = #6 then  //#6 is Ctrl+F
    begin
      if LastPanelCalled = ControlBar then
        DrawControlBarHideAnimation;
      LastPanelCalled := FontPanel;
    end;

    if inputkey = #2 then   //#2 is Ctrl+B
    begin
      if LastPanelCalled = ControlBar then
        DrawControlBarHideAnimation;
      LastPanelCalled := BMP_Panel;
    end;

    //Draw menus.
    if LastPanelCalled = ControlBar then
      DrawControls;
    if LastPanelCalled = FontPanel then
      DrawFontPanel;
    if LastPanelCalled = BMP_Panel then
      Draw_BMP_Panel;

    updategraph(updatenow);
    sleep(25);
    if inputkey = #0 then  //If inputkey is #0 then a special key must have been pressed
    begin                  //because no key pressed is #1 in this program.
      inputkey := ReadKey;
      SpecialKeyPressed := True;
    end;
  until (CloseGraphRequest) or ((inputkey = #107) and SpecialKeyPressed); //#0 then #107 is Alt+F4

  CloseGraph;
  Save;
  closeFile(NotesFile);
end.