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- IconAlbum Deluxe V1.0 For VB4/32 Standard Edition
- Created October 1999 by Stephan Swertvaegher.
- Coded with VB4-Standard edition.
-
- Mail to: stephan.swertvaegher@planetinternet.be
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- IMPORTANT !
- Every folder can contain up to 240 icons. If you have more icons
- of the same subject, you should create another folder.
-
-
- THE TOOLBAR
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- 1) Create new map
- If you have icons of a new category, you can create
- another map. An inputbox pops up where you can fill in
- the name of the new map. If that name already exists,
- an error occurs.
- With the menufile 'Move', you can place these icons in
- that new map you just created.
-
- 2) Rename map
- If for some reason you have to rename a certain map,
- here you can do it. An inputbox pops up, telling you what
- map you will rename. Just type in the new name and hit the
- button. A messagebox appears, asking you if you are sure.
-
- 3) Delete map
- If you want to remove a certain map, hit this button.
- A messagebox asks you if you are sure.
- If the map contains files, it cannot be removed. Thats
- another safety. If you want to remove a map, it must be
- empty.
-
- 4) Delete all icons
- This will remove all icons in the folder you're working with.
- Once deleted, they will be gone forever, so think twice
- before you hit this button !
-
- 5) Copy whole map
- This button moves the whole map to a map of your choice.
- The original map remains empty. If you don't want it anymore,
- use the 'Delete map'-button.
-
- 6) Search for icons
- Here you get another screen, where you can find icons on
- your harddisk, diskette or CD-rom. You can copy these icons
- to the map '_tempicons' in your IconAlbumDeluxe-directory.
- If this map doesn't exists, it will be created.
- Note: the icons you found WILL NOT BE REMOVED, only
- copied to the '_tempicons'-map. That way important icons will
- remain on their original place.
- Returning to the main form, you can see the map '_tempicons'.
- Here you can move the new icons to their destination-map.
-
- 7) Helpfile
- Another form, containing the file you are now reading.
-
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- THE DIRLISTBOX
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- The dirlistbox always has the same path, namely the path
- where you put the IconAlbumDeluxe in. Here you have also
- the maps with the different icons. You don't have to click
- a folder twice, just once to see the icons it contains.
- The folder you clicked will be highlighted, and that's the
- folder to rename, delete, ...
- A label tells you the exact number of icons that folder
- contains.
- Another label tells you the exact path you just clicked.
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- THE ICON-PAGE
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- Here all icons of the folder you clicked will be displayed.
- Only 240 icons can be displayed, so if that folder contains
- more, they will no be shown. That's why you should not
- store more than 240 icons in the same folder. If you do have
- more, just create another folder.
- When you click (once) an icon, it will be shown in the frame
- 'Selected Icon'. Left, the original size, right the double size.
- That's the icon you selected, and to work with.
- Holding the mouse over an icon shows the tooltiptext with
- the name of that icon. This will also be shown in the frame
- 'Selected Icon'.
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- THE POPUP-MENU
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- All commands from the popup-menu are related to the selected
- icon.
- Clicking an icon in the icon-page triggers a popup-menu, with
- the following features:
-
- 1) Save Icon as
- You can save the icon to a map where you need icons.
- Example: where you make a program, and need icons for
- a toolbar.
-
- 2) Move Icon
- Move the icon to another map. This other map must be one
- of the maps in the IconAlbumDeluxe-folder. If it doesn't exist,
- it will be created. This feature has been coded to make this
- program as flexible as possible.
-
- 3) Delete Icon
- When you don't want an icon anymore, just delete it.
- It will NOT BE FOUND IN THE TRASHCAN !!!.
- So when you delete an icon, it will be gone forever !
-
- 4) Rename Icon
- With this feature you can rename the selected icon.
- If the new name already exists, an error occurs.
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