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- ICONS CONTROL
- The indispensable tool to process Windows icons
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Icons Control is designed to display as many Windows icons as
- possible in a 10x10 grid. Icons can be copied, renamed, moved, and
- erased with a click of the mouse. Hardcopy of icons can be printed
- on any printer supported by Windows. Icons Control can even display
- icons embedded inside DLL or EXE files. Displayed icons can be
- edited, converted to bitmaps, or extracted to ICO format (in the DLL
- or EXE viewing mode). In addition, 32x32-pixel bitmaps can also be
- converted to ICO format. Conversion and extraction can be done in
- batch mode, thus saving a considerable amount of time for those of
- you with large number of icons to process. Furthermore, any portion
- of the screen can be captured into an icon or bitmap. For a complete
- description of Icons Control, please refer to the help file
- accessible by clicking on the Help icon from outside as well as
- inside the program.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Run SETUP from the Windows File Manager. You will be asked to enter
- a directory to install Icons Control (default is Icnctrl). For users
- who download the Icons Control package from the internet, you may
- need to download a copy of VBRUN300.DLL from the same site. Since
- VBRUN300.DLL is about 300K and almost everyone running a Visual
- Basic application have it, I am not including it in the zip file to
- save disk space and download time. Users who wish to receive the
- software on a 3.5" floppy disk will have every files needed
- (including the VBRUN300.DLL) to run the software.
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- HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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- * Any computer running Windows 3.1/Windows 95/Windows NT 3.51.
- * A standard VGA (a Windows-accelerated graphic board
- is recommended).
- * A mouse or trackball.
- * Any printer supported by Windows (optional).
-
- Icons Control has been developed and tested on a 486DX66 with 8MB of
- RAM, a 1 MB Diamond Stealth 24 Windows accelerator board (at screen
- resolutions 640x480x16, 640x480x256, 640x480x65536, 800x600x256,
- 800x600x65536, 1024x768x16, and 1024x768x256), a trackball, and
- mouse. It has also been tested on a 100 MHz Pentium-based machine
- with 16 MB of RAM, a 1 MB Diamond Stealth 64 SE (PCI) and a 150 MHz
- Pentium-based machine with 32 MB of RAM, a 2 MB VRAM Diamond Stealth
- Video 3200 with the same above settings.
-
- Icons Control was also tested on the following computers:
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- 1) 100 MHz PCI Pentium-based computer with 16 MB of RAM and
- a 1 MB PCI Diamond Stealth SE.
- 2) 150 Mhz PCI Pentium-based computer with 32 MB of RAM and
- a 2 MB VRAM Diamond Stealth Video 3200 (S3-968) under the
- above resolutions and color depth modes.
- 3) IBM P5-133 with 32 MB or RAM and a 1MB PCI Diamond Stealth
- DRAM (S3-764).
- 4) AST Bravo LC 4/33s with 8MB of RAM and a 512K ATI video card.
- 5) Sharp PC-9050 notebook computer with 32 MB RAM and
- a 2 MB VRAM PCI Trident (9660/9680/938X) linear accelerator.
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- The following printers were successfully tested:
- 1) HP LaserJet 4L.
- 2) HP LaserJet 5L.
- 3) Brother HL-720.
- 4) NEC SuperScrip 660plus.
- 5) Canon BJC-610.
- 6) Epson Stylus Color.
- 7) Epson Stylus Color Pro.
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- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHAREWARE AND REGISTERED VERSION
- ----------------------------------------------------
- SHAREWARE:
- * Copy.
- * Rename.
- * Move.
- * Delete.
- * Edit.
- * ICO to BMP conversion.
- * Printing hardcopy of icons.
- * No "nag" screen (I don't believe in "nag" screen" ;-)
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- REGISTERED:
- Above functions plus:
- * BMP to ICO conversion.
- * Icons extraction from DLLs and EXEs.
- * Captures any portion of the screen into an icon.
- * Access to image flip, shift, and rotate tools.
- * Printing of icons using color optimization.
- * Your name (or your company name) is displayed on
- the opening screen and in the About window.
- No more shamefully displaying that you are merely
- evaluating this program--you will be a full-fledged
- Icons Control power user :-)
- * You will know in your heart that you have done the
- right thing (both legally and morally).
- * You will be notified via E-Mail of new major releases
- and will be qualified for substantial discount for
- the upgrade.
- * Although technical support has not been a drastic
- necessity, registered users are naturally given
- more priority and attention regarding technical support.
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- REGISTRATION
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- Icons Control is both freeware and shareware. Freeware users are
- free to use it to view, copy, mode, delete, and rename icons. Icons
- Control even displays icons embedded inside DLL and EXE files. The
- displayed icons cannot be extracted, edited, or converted. The
- extraction, editing, and conversion functions are only available in
- the registered versions (shareware). There is no evaluation period
- to use Icons Control. You may use it as long as you want. But in
- order to use the above-mentioned functions, you must register to
- obtain the registered version.
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- PAYMENT TERMS
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- Registration is $25. Registered users will receive the latest
- version through internet email (UUencoded or MIME-encoded). If you
- prefer to receive the software on a 3.5" floppy disk, the fee is
- $29. As of this writing, I only accept money orders, cashier checks,
- bank checks, or personal checks (MUST be drawn from a U.S. bank).
- International users can transfer the $25 fee to my Bank of America
- account directly. This type of payment requires an additional $10
- because BoA charges my account $10 for the transfer fee. Send me
- e-mail for my account number and confirmation. Compuserve users can
- register on-line and obtain the registered version within 24 hours,
- Icons Control Registration ID is 7437. A collection of over 2,800
- icons sorted in 34 different categories is also available for an
- additional $14, Please fill in the information sheet in the
- REGISTER.TXT form and mail it along with your payment to:
-
- Chris Doan
- 4891 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #401
- San Diego, CA 92117
-
- A single user license permits a user to use Icons Control only on a
- single computer. Licensed users may use the program on different
- computers as long as there is no possibility of it being used at one
- location while it is being used at another, or on a network by more
- than one user at a time.
-
- A site license is required by a corporation, company, educational
- institution, or governmental agency for use of Icons Control
- software on the total number of computers that will use the
- software.
-
- Thank you for supporting the shareware software concept and
- encouraging the future development of Windows shareware.
-
- Chris Doan
- San Diego, California
- April 1997
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- doanc@san.rr.com
- chris_doan@compuserve.com
-