home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- IconEase Version 1.24
-
-
- FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR - 2/13/93
-
- Before I even say anything about this utility, I would like to take a moment
- to thank everyone for the support and acceptance that I received for my last
- adventure into shareware, the Workplace Shell Backup Utility. I've just been
- absolutely thrilled to death! I wish that I could afford to do this full time.
-
- That being said, I would like to thank you for trying the IconEase utility. I
- would also like to extend a very special thanks to Ron Beauchemin for taking
- the time and effort required to place unformatted copies of over 3300 icons
- into the public domain by way of Compuserve. Finally, thanks to my willing
- testers and long time associates Joe Lynagh and Don Swam.
-
- IconEase is an attempt to take some of the pain out of changing default
- icons that appear when you install programs and other objects on your desktop.
- I won't go into a lot of discussion here about how IconEase works. First of
- all, I tried my best to make it so easy to use that explaining it would be
- less than necessary. Secondly, I did spend a fair amount of time putting
- together the help file for IconEase. Please, take a couple of moments and
- check it out.
-
- I will set aside a little space now to describe installation considerations.
- It's a good bet that since you're reading this, there is no need to tell you
- to unzip the file into a directory. Here's how you finish up:
-
- - Make sure that your config.sys file has SET statements for the environmental
- variables TEMP and TMP. If not, select a drive that has a little bit of
- space available and create a directory in its root. For the purpose of this
- discussion, let's say that you chose drive D: and created directory \TEMP.
- Then, you should add the following two statements to your config.sys file
- and reboot your PC:
- SET TEMP=D:\TEMP
- SET TMP=D:\TEMP
- - Open the templates folder, drag a Program Template object and drop it in
- a folder of your choice.
- - The new program object will automatically open to the settings page.
- - Complete the "Path and file name:" entry field by typing in the full path
- name of the IconEase program. For example, if you unzip'ed IconEase into
- the directory, D:\MYPGMS, then enter D:\MYPGMS\ICONEASE.EXE into the "Path
- and file name:" entry field.
- - Enter that same directory path into the "Working directory:" entry field.
- In keeping with the above example, that would be D:\MYPGMS.
- - Mouse click the General tab and enter a title for IconEase that will display
- below its icon in the folder you selected. I use IconEase for the title.
- - Close the settings notebook and "LET'S GET READY TO RUMMMMMMBLLLLLE!"
-
- Advanced Installation Topic
-
- I've recently learned a little trick that I find convenient for the IconEase
- utility. You can add IconEase to the Workplace Shell's popup menu. (That's
- the menu that appears when you point the mouse at the desktop and press the
- right mouse button.) So, IconEase is always just a couple of mouse clicks
- away! Follow this procedure if you would like to update the WPS menu:
-
- - Before you start, follow the above procedure to create a normal program
- object for IconEase. Make sure that the folder in which you have placed
- the IconEase program object is open.
- - Point to the desktop and press the right mouse button.
- - Point at the arrow that appears on the right of the Open menu item and
- press the left mouse button.
- - Point at the Settings submenu item and press the left mouse button.
- - Point at the Menu notebook tab and press the left mouse button.
- - Press the "Create another..." button located in the CENTER of the page.
- It is CRITICAL to press the button in the center of the page. If you
- press the top button, you're going on a different mission entirely.
- - You've finally arrived at the Menu Item Settings panel. Type IconEase
- in the "Menu item name:" entry field.
- - Press the "Find program..." button.
- - Now, press the "Locate..." button on the Find panel.
- - Underneath the words "Select a folder:" you should see the open folder in
- which you have already installed the IconEase program object. Make sure
- that folder is selected by clicking it with the left mouse button.
- - Press the "OK" button.
- - Left button click the "Search just this folder" radio button on the Find
- panel.
- - Left button click the "Find" button.
- - Point at the IconEase icon in the "Find Results" window and select it by
- clicking the left mouse button.
- - Press the "OK" button in the "Find Results" window.
- - Press the "OK" button in the "Menu Item Settings" window.
- - Close the "Desktop - Settings" notebook.
-
- You're done! Wasn't that fun! At any rate, now when you point at the desktop
- and click the right mouse button, you can select IconEase. It should appear
- as the last menu item.
-
-
- ================== Revision History ======================================
-
- Rel 1.24 -
- - Included a workaround for WinSetWindowPos to avoid a problem in
- an upcoming operating system release.
-
- Rel 1.22 -
- - Fixed the initial logo dialog to honor user system logo time setting.
- - Added Help button (due to popular demand.)
- - Made misc. and sundry changes in the help file.
-
- Rel 1.21 -
- - Discovered that Ron Beauchemin was the original source of the over
- 3300 icons that I downloaded from CIS. Thanks again, Ron.
- - Remembered to give credit to my two willing testers and friends.
- - Gosh, sometimes programming is such a pain in the but! I've been
- looking for a problem in the program that appeared only on my
- associate Joe's PCs. Thought it was rare, but it turned out to be
- fairly common in distribution. I've been creating non 8.3 names to
- use in the reconstitution of the icon file! The problem showed up
- only on FAT systems or systems that had the TEMP and TMP variables
- pointed at FAT drives. Nuts! (but it's fixed.)
-
- Rel 1.20 -
- - Removed references to Iconic Paste from help file
- - Added "how to" instructions to help for icon editor launch
- - Added TEMP and TMP environmental variable instructions to read.me
- - Added check to IconDB open to avoid opening non-db files
-
- Rel 1.15 - 1st general distribution
-
- ================== SUPPORT SHAREWARE =====================================
-
- I hope you find this utility helpful, but (here comes the disclaimer) I am
- in no way responsible for any damages the use of this utility may cause.
- You are free to use this utility at your own risk with no obligation to me,
- the author, for only a short period of time. Please see the Registration
- topic in the Help file for IconEase. You can get help for IconEase by
- pressing the F1 key anytime that the IconEase application is running.
-
-
-
- Thanks, once again, for trying IconEase,
-
- Dave Lester
- PO Box 461
- New Freedom, PA. 17349 USA
-
- Comments, suggestions and bug reports may be submitted through CIS Mail
- ID 75600,237. These will be answered on a "best effort" basis.
-
-
-