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Icon Editor Help Contents
 Contents for Icon Editor Help

For information about using Help, press F1 or choose How to Use Help from the Help menu.

How To...

Use the Icon Editor Tools

Use the Toolbox to Draw and Color

Work with Colors

Assign Colors to Mouse Buttons

Create Icon Libraries

Import Icons

Change Icons Used by Applications

Use Drag-and-Drop

Use Pop-Up Menus

Menus

File

Edit

Icon

Tools

Brushes

Options

Help


Icon Editor
About Icon Editor

Icon Editor provides the tools you need to create new icons and modify existing ones. You can also establish your own icon libraries for storing and organizing multiple icons.

You can edit 32x32 pixel icons in monochrome, VGA, and EGA format, as well as 64x64 pixel icons in Windows 2.x and 3.1 Hi Resolution format.

With Icon Editor, you can:

Create icon libraries

Import icons into libraries from existing .ICL, .ICO, .EXE, or .GRP files

Export icons from icon libraries to new .ICO files

Rearrange and organize icons within icon libraries

Save icons in executable or .GRP files

Create and color individual icons using the editor's painting tools and 16-color palette


The File menu
File Menu

Use commands on this menu to create, open, save, import, and export icons.

New	Creates an icon library (.ICL) file.

Open	Opens an existing icon, executable, group, or icon library file.

Save	Saves changes from the current file to disk.

Save As	Saves an icon library file.

Import Icon	Imports an icon from an existing icon, executable, group, or icon library file.

Export Icon	Exports an icon from the workspace and creates a new icon (.ICO) file.

Exit	Exits from the Icon Editor application.


File Menu

New 	Import Icon

Open	Export Icon

Save	Exit

Save As


New command
  New

Creates a new icon library.

The workspace and Icon Selector are cleared.

If you have not saved changes to your work in progress, an alert dialog box asks if you want to save the changes.

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Creating Icon Libraries


Open Dialog Box
  Open

Opens an existing icon or icon library file.

If you have not saved changes to your work in progress, an alert dialog box asks if you want to save the changes.

Dialog Box Options

File Name	The name of the file you want to open.

Directories	The name of the current directory. To change directories, double-click the directory where the file you want to open is located.

Drives	The current drive. To display a different drive, select a new entry from the list.

List Files of Type	The type of file you want displayed in the scrolling file list. You can then select the file you want from this list.

Viewer button	Choose Viewer>> to view an file before you open it in Icon Editor. Choose <<Viewer to close the view pane.

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Modifying Existing Icons

Modifying Icon Libraries


Save As Dialog Box
  Save As

Saves an icon library file or an individual icon file.

Dialog Box Options

File Name	The name of the icon library file you want to save. If you provide the .ICO extension, you can use Save As to save an individual icon file.

Directories	The name of the current directory. To change directories, double-click the directory where the file you want to open is located.

Drives	The current drive. To display a different drive, select a new entry from the list.

List Files of Type	The type of file you want displayed in the scrolling file list. You can then select the file you want from this list. To display all existing .ICL files in the selected directory, select Icon Libraries from the drop-down list.

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Creating Icon Libraries


Import Icon Dialog Box
  Import Icon

Imports icons.

Importing allows you to convert icons to different icon types for VGA, EGA, Monochrome, High Resolution, and Windows 2 displays. You can import single icons, icons from libraries, group files, and icons from executable files such as .EXE, .DLL, .RSL, .BIN, .DRV, and .SCR.

Dialog Box Options

File Name	The name of the file from which you want to import icons.

Directories	The name of the current directory. To change directories, double-click the directory where the file you want to open is located.

Drives	The current drive. To display a different drive, select a new entry from the list.

List Files of Type	The type of file you want displayed in the scrolling file list. You can then select the file you want from this list. To display all existing .ICL files in the selected directory, select "Icon Libraries" from the drop-down list.

Icons 	Displays the icon or icons in the file you selected to import. If there are more than 12 icons in the file (8 for EGA displays), you need to use the scroll bar to see the remaining icons.

Icon Type	The display type of the selected icon in the selector.

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Importing Icons


Export Dialog Box
  Export Icon Dialog Box

Creates an individual icon (.ICO) file.

Dialog Box Options

File Name	The name of the file you want to export the icon to.

Directories	The name of the current directory. To change directories, double-click the directory where the file you want to open is located.

Drives	The current drive. To display a different drive, select a new entry from the list.

List Files of Type	The type of file you want displayed in the scrolling file list. You can then select the file you want from this list. To display all existing .ICO files in the selected directory, select Icons from the drop-down list.

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Change Icons Used by Applications


Exit command
  Exit

Closes the Icon Editor application.

If you have not saved your work, a dialog box asks if you want to save changes you have made.


The Edit menu
Edit Menu

Commands on this menu cut, copy, and paste selected regions, undo recent changes, and clear the workspace.

Undo	Reverses the most recent editing action.

Cut	Removes the selection and places it on the Clipboard.

Copy	Copies the selection to the Clipboard.

Paste	Copies the selection on the Clipboard to a new location.

Delete	Removes the selection without copying it to the Clipboard.

Clear	Clears the workspace area.


Edit Menu

Undo	Paste

Cut	Delete

Copy	Clear


Undo command
  Undo

Reverses the most recent cut, copy, or paste command.

You cannot undo the Clear command.


Cut command
  Cut

Removes the selection and places it on the Clipboard.

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Pasting


Copy command
  Copy

Copies the selection to the Clipboard.

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Pasting


Paste command
  Paste

Copies the selection on the Clipboard to the upper-left corner of the workspace.

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Cutting


Delete command
  Delete

Removes the selection without copying it to the Clipboard.

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Cutting


Clear command
  Clear

Clears the workspace.

If you have not saved changes, you are prompted to specify whether to save them, ignore all changes, or cancel the Clear command and return to the workspace.


The Icon menu
Icon Menu

Edit	Copies the selected icon from the Icon Selector to the workspace.

Replace	Replaces the selected icon in the Icon Selector with the icon from the workspace.

Append	Adds the icon in the workspace to the bottom of the Icon Selector panel.

Insert	Inserts the icon from the workspace at the current position in the Icon Selector.

Remove	Removes the selected icon in the Icon Selector.


Icon Menu

Edit

Replace

Append

Insert

Remove


Edit command
  Edit

Replaces the icon in the workspace with the selected icon in the Icon Selector.

If you have not saved changes, you are prompted to specify whether to save them, ignore all changes, or cancel the Clear command and return to the workspace.


Replace command
  Replace

Replaces the selected icon in the Icon Selector with the icon from the workspace.


Append command
  Append

Adds the icon in the workspace to the first available position in the Icon Selector.


Insert command
  Insert

Inserts the icon from the workspace to the current position in the Icon Selector.


Remove command
  Remove

Removes the selected icon in the Icon Selector.


The Tools menu
Tools Menu

Corresponds to the Toolbox.

Use commands on this menu to select the icon editing tools.

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Using the Toolbox


Tools Menu

Brush

Replacer

Square

Filled Square

Circle

Filled Circle

Line

Filler

Selector

Move


The Brushes menu
Brushes Menu

 Corresponds to the Brush Selector.

Sets the size of the brush in use.

1x1	A brush that colors only one pixel when you click the mouse in the workspace.

2X2	A brush that colors a square of 4 pixels when you click the mouse.

3x3	A brush that colors a square of 9 pixels when you click the mouse.

4x4	A brush that colors a square of 16 pixels when you click the mouse.


Brushes Menu

1. 1x1

2. 2x2

3. 3x3

4. 4x4


Options Menu

Use commands on this menu to customize various aspects of Icon Editor.

Customize	Displays the Customize Icon Editor dialog boxes that you use to change the Toolbar, shortcut keys, and menus, and create custom commands that start other programs. If you run PC Tools for Windows from a network, this dialog box series might be password-protected.

When checked, the following options are on:

Long Menu	The long version of the pull-down menus, which contain all of the available commands. This is the default menu scheme.

Short Menu	The short version of the pull-down menus, which do not contain commands for the tools in the main application window.

Toolbar	The Toolbar appears in the application window.

Status Bar	A description of the selected command appears on a status line at the bottom of the application window. If you are using the workspace, the status bar shows the grid position of the mouse cursor, including the upper left and lower right position if the selected brush size is larger than one pixel, and the brush size.

VGA	VGA icons appear in the Icon Selector.

EGA	EGA icons appear in the Icon Selector.

Monochrome	Monochrome icons appear in the Icon Selector.

HiRes	High Resolution icons appear in the Icon Selector.

Windows 2	Windows 2 icons appear in the Icon Selector.


Options Menu

Customize

Toggle Commands

Long Menu	EGA

Short Menu	Monochrome

Toolbar	HiRes

Status Bar	Windows 2

VGA


  Help Menu

Use commands on this menu to get help on Icon Editor and access help for the Microsoft Windows help system.

Contents	Opens the table of contents for this help file.

Search for Help on	Displays a list of index terms for this help file. Follow the instructions in the dialog box to search for a help topic.

How to Use Help	Provides information about using the Microsoft Windows help system.

About Icon Editor	Displays the version number of this application, a copyright notice, and user and Windows environment information, including the amount of free memory and resources in Windows.


Icon Editor Main Screen
Using the Tools

The Icon Editor main window contains a palette, a drawing and coloring toolbox, image manipulation tools, and a panel that displays selected icons or an icon library.

Workspace

 A 32x32 grid, or 64x64 for HiRes icons. Each square represents a single pixel or pel. The icon appears in its actual size in the icon viewer and is updated as you work.

Toolbox

Ten coloring and drawing tools. Choose
Brush 	Replacer
Square	Filled Square
Circle	Filled Circle
Line	Filler
Selector	Move

Brush Size Selector

Four buttons for selecting the current brush size, from one to four pixels square. The brush size applies to the Brush, Replacer, Line, Square, and Circle tools. Only one brush size can be selected at a time.

Shift and Flip Selector

Six buttons for shifting the selected block of pixels in the workspace one pixel in the indicated direction, or rotating it on its horizontal or vertical axis. If no block is selected, the entire workspace is shifted or rotated.

Color Palette

20 buttons, 16 for selecting fast colors, two for selecting the screen and inverse colors, and two for cycling through screen and inverse colors.

Eyedropper

Assigns colors to the right and left mouse buttons. Used especially for editing 256-color icons that contain colors not in the palette. Select the Eyedropper and click a color in the workspace with either the right or left mouse button to assign the color to that button

Icon Selector Panel

Displays the icons in the open library. If there are more than 12 icons in the file (8 for EGA displays), use the scroll bar to see the remaining icons. Double-click an icon to edit it in the workspace.

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Using the Toolbox


Assigning Colors to the Mouse Buttons

The mouse icon in the lower -left corner of the application window shows the colors that are currently assigned to the mouse buttons. If one of the assigned colors is a screen or inverse color, a small s or i appears next to the mouse button in the icon.

You assign colors to mouse buttons in two ways:

To assign a color from the color palette, click the color with the mouse button. If you click the s or i squares, the assigned color in the created icon will change if the monitor screen color changes.

To assign a color directly from the icon, use the Eyedropper.

1.	Click the Eyedropper tool. The mouse cursor changes to an eyedropper.

2.	Position the tip of the eyedropper cursor on the pixel that contains the color you want to use, and click the mouse button.

The Eyedropper lets you use colors that are not shown in the color palette when you are editing 256-color icons.


Using the Toolbox
Using the Toolbox to Draw and Color

The Toolbox contains 10 basic tools for drawing and coloring in the icon workspace.

  Brush	Colors individual pixels. The number of pixels colored with each mouse click depends on the brush size you have selected.

  Replacer	Replaces pixels of only one color with pixels of a second color, preventing you from changing other pixels in case your hand slips or you are using a large brush size. When the Replacer tool is in effect, pixels of the color on the mouse button you click replace only pixels of the color on the other mouse button.

  Square	Draws rectangular outlines. The cursor changes to two cross hairs. Position the cross hairs in one corner of the rectangle and drag them to the diagonally opposite corner. The release the mouse button. The width of the outline depends on the selected brush size.

  Filled Square	Draws filled rectangles. Draw filled squares as you draw outlined squares.

  Circle	Draws circular and oval outlines. The cursor changes to two cross hairs. Draw circles and ovals as you draw squares.

  Filled Circle	Draws filled circles and ovals. The cursor changes to two cross hairs. Draw filled circles and ovals as you draw filled squares.

  Line	Draws a straight line in any direction. The cursor changes to two cross hairs. Position the cross hairs where you want the line to begin and drag it to where you want it to end. The width of the line is determined by the selected brush size.

  Filler	Fills a region of the workspace with a selected color. Click one pixel in the region you want to fill. All adjacent pixels of the same original color are filled with the new color. The entire area is filled with the new color, regardless of the selected brush size.

  Selector	Selects an area of the workspace to edit. The cursor changes to two cross hairs. Position the cross hairs where you want one corner of your selection to start. Drag the cursor to the diagonally opposite corner and release the mouse button.

  Move 	Moves the selected region of the icon in the workspace. If no region is selected, the entire workspace is moved. Note that the space originally occupied by a moved region is filled with the default background color, which is the color assigned to the right mouse button.

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Editing Workspace Regions


Mouse Shortcuts

You can import icons by dragging a file containing icons from File Manager to the workspace, or to the Icon Viewer in the upper-right corner of the application window. Dragging an icon file to the Icon Selector or minimized Icon Editor opens the file. In addition, you can drag desktop items to the workspace or Icon Selector.

Drag-and-Drop

Pop-Up Menus

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Using Drag-and-Drop

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To	Drag and Drop

Open an icon file	The file from File Manager, or the item from the desktop, to the Icon Selector or minimized Icon Editor icon.

Import icons	The file from File Manager to the workspace or Icon Viewer.


Using Pop-Up Menus
Using the Pop-Up Menu

Click the right mouse button over the Toolbar to pop up a menu containing commands that you can use to change the style or placement of buttons, select a different configuration scheme, or display the Customize dialog box.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

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Key	Action

Tab	Moves to the next command button, list box, text box, or group of option buttons.

Shift+Tab	Moves to the previous command button, list box, text box, or group of option buttons.

Arrow keys	Moves down the file list or within a group of option or command buttons.

Spacebar	Selects a color for the left mouse button.

Shift+Spacebar	Selects a color for the right mouse button.

F1	Displays context-sensitive help.

F10 or Alt	Activates the menu bar.

Alt + underlined letter	Activates the menu or command.

Alt+F4	Closes Icon Editor.

Enter	Chooses the active command button.

Esc	Cancels the command and closes the dialog box.


Modifying Existing Icons

Follow these steps to change an existing icon:

1.	Choose Open from the File menu or Toolbar.

2.	Double-click a file in the file list to open it for editing.

3.	Choose Replace from the Icon menu when you finish modifying the icon.

4.	Choose Save from the File menu.

5.	Choose OK.

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Modifying Icon Libraries


Creating Icon Libraries

An icon library is a single file that contains many icons.

Use Icon Editor to create new icon libraries, and import icons to and export icons from existing libraries. You can select icons from the libraries that you create and associate them with items in Desktop.

Follow these steps to create an icon library:

1.	Choose New from the File menu. The workspace and Icon Selector are cleared.

2.	Create an icon in the workspace with the editing tools or import an existing icon.

3.	Choose Insert from the Icon menu or Toolbar.

The icon in the workspace is added to the Icon Selector panel at the right of the workspace. Choose Replace to replace the selected icon in the Icon Selector with the icon in the workspace, or choose Append to insert the icon in the workspace in the next available position.

Continue to create or import icons and add them to the Icon Selector panel.

4.	Choose Save As from the File menu when you finish creating the icons that you want in the new library.

5.	Type the file name of the new icon library you want to create in the File Name text box and choose OK to save the library.

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See Also

PC Tools for Windows Icon Libraries

Modifying Icon Libraries

Save As Dialog Box


Modifying Icon Libraries

You can edit icons in an existing icon library or add icons to it.

Follow these steps to change an existing icon library:

1.	Choose Open from the File menu or Toolbar and select the icon library from the file list. Icon libraries have the extension .ICL.

The Icon Selector panel displays the icons in the library file. If there are more than 12 icons in the library, or 8 for EGA displays, use the scroll bar to see the remaining icons.

2.	In the Icon Selector, double-click the icon you want change. The icon is displayed in the workspace for you to edit.

3.	After you have made your changes, choose Insert from the Icon menu or Toolbar. The icon in the workspace is inserted in the Icon Selector.

Choose Replace to switch the selected icon in the Icon Selector with the icon in the workspace, or choose Append to insert the icon in the workspace in the next available position.

Choose Remove from the Icon menu to remove a selected icon in the Icon Selector.

4.	Continue to edit, create, or import icons and add them to the Icon Selector panel.

5.	Choose Save from the File menu when you have finished modifying the icons in the library.

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Modifying Existing Icons

Open Dialog Box


Importing Icons

Import icons to convert them to different icon types for VGA, EGA, Monochrome, Hi Resolution, and Windows 2 displays. You can import single icon files, icons from libraries, group files, and icons from executable files with extensions such as .EXE, .DLL, .RSL, .BIN, .DRV, and .SCR.

1.	Choose Import Icon from the File menu or Import from the Toolbar. The Import Icon dialog box appears.

2.	Select a file type to display in the list from the List Files of Type drop-down list box.

3.	Double-click a file in the file list to import the icon. The Icon Type drop-down list box indicates the display format of the selected icon. The icons appear in the Icons panel.

4.	In the Icons panel, double-click the icon you want to select.

The Icon Editor main window reappears with the selected icon in the workspace. This icon is displayed according to the current display format setting on the Options menu.

5.	Choose a new display format from the Options menu. You might have to edit the icon to make it appear correctly in the new format.

6.	Choose Export from the File menu to save the imported icon in the new display format.

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Import Icon Dialog Box


Midifying Icons in Executable Files
Changing Icons in Executable Files

Most programs have two similar icons, one for monochrome and one for VGA displays. If you modify and replace these icons, you see the changes when you run the program and minimize it.

To change the icons that mark a minimized executable file, such as NOTEPAD.EXE, follow these steps:

1.	Choose the File menu Open command to open the executable file in the Icon Editor.

Its icons appear in the Icon Selector panel.

2.	Double-click an icon in the selector panel to edit it. You can also use the File menu Import command to put a completely different icon in the workspace, and substitute it for one of the icons in the executable file.

3.	When you have made changes or imported a different icon, use the Replace command to substitute the new icon for the old one.

4. Choose the File menu Save command to save the executable file with the modified icons. The changed icon appears when you minimize the application.

Note

You cannot add icons to an executable file or delete icons from it. Even if icons could be added to the file, the application would not be able to use them. If any icons were deleted from the file, the application would fail when it tried to display a missing icon.

Always make a backup copy of any executable file whose icons you want to edit. When you finish editing, copy the modified file to the original file name. If the results are not what you expect, copy the backup to the original file.

Warning

Do not change an executable file that Windows is using. For example, if you replace an icon in WNDTL.RSL (a file used by Desktop) and then save the .RSL, your system will crash the next time you start Desktop. If Desktop is your shell, you will not be able to run Windows. You can avoid this problem by making changes to a backup copy, then renaming the file to the original name when the original file is not in use.


Editing Workspace Regions
Editing a Selected Workspace Region

The following information about the Move tool and Shift and Flip indicators applies to a region you have created with the Selector tool. If no region is selected, the entire workspace is affected.

To select a region, click the Selector tool. The workspace cursor changes to a crosshair. Click the crosshair on one corner of the region you want to select, drag the cursor to the diagonally opposite corner, and then release the mouse button.

The selected region is outlined with a dotted line. You can select only a rectangular area. A selected region remains selected until you click the Selector tool again.

 Move

Choose the Move tool to move a selected region in the workspace. When Move is active, click in the selected region and drag it to a new position.

The pixels that originally occupied the moved region are colored automatically with the default background color, which is the color assigned to the right mouse button.

Shift and Flip

Use the Shift and Flip indicators to reverse the orientation of a region or move it one pixel at a time in the indicated direction.

 To move a selected region one pixel in any direction, choose one of the direction arrows.

 To flip a selected region so that its right/left orientation is reversed, select this indicator.

 To flip a selected region so that its up/down orientation is reversed, select this indicator.

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Working with Colors


PC Tools for Windows Icon Libraries

PC Tools for Windows provides the following icon libraries:

Icon Library Name	Contains

APPLCTNS.ICL	PC Tools for Windows application icons.

DRIVES.ICL	A variety of drive icons.

FILEITMS.ICL	An assortment of file icons.

FOLDERS.ICL	Desktop folder icons.

HARDWARE.ICL	A variety of hardware icons.


Fast, Screen, and Inverse Colors
Working with Colors

Icons are created with two different kinds of colors:

Screen and Inverse Colors
These colors do not have a constant value. They are related to each other and change when the monitor screen background color changes.

Fast Colors	These colors never change on the screen. When you draw with a fast color, it remains the same in the icon, even when the color of the monitor screen changes.

To assign any kind of color to a mouse button, click the button on the color or the s or i symbol in the color palette.

When the icon appears on the monitor screen, pixels colored with the screen color change to match the background screen color. The inverse colored pixels contrast with the screen color, and change when it does.

Pixels colored with the screen color will appear to show the background through the icon when it is displayed on the screen. Pixels colored with the inverse color will always contrast with the monitor screen.

When it is marked by the s or i symbols, the mouse icon in the lower-left corner of the window shows that a mouse button is being used for screen and inverse colors. The color palette displays the current screen and inverse colors marked by s and i symbols.

Screen and inverse colors are black and white by default.

To display different combinations of screen and inverse colors, click the up and down arrows beside the s and i symbols at the right end of the color palette to see how the icon looks against different backgrounds. The actual colors used for the screen and inverse colors are not important in any other way, since they change when the icon appears on the monitor screen.

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See Also

Using the Toolbox

Assigning Colors to Mouse Buttons


Fast Colors

These colors never change on the screen. When you draw with a fast color, it remains the same, even when the color of the background screen changes.


Screen and Inverse Colors

These colors do not have a constant value. They are related to each other and change when the monitor screen background color changes. When the icon appears on the monitor screen, pixels colored with the screen color change to match the background screen color. The inverse colored pixels contrast with the screen color, and change when it does.


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  Customize

Customizes the toolbar, menus, or keyboard shortcuts in your Central Point application. If you choose All from the Customize submenu, all available tabs appear in the Customize dialog box. If the application does not have a toolbar or menus, those tabs are not available.

Select a tab from the top of the Customize dialog box to customize the following:

Toolbar	Commands on the toolbar.

Menu	Commands on the menus.

Keyboard	Shortcut keys for commands.

Commands	Custom commands that start other applications.

The dialog box may contain any of the following buttons:

Buttons	Save	Default	Copy


Toolbar Tab
Toolbar

Creates a new series of toolbar commands or changes an existing one.

To change the appearance of the buttons on the bar, choose the Style button and select a style from the choices that appear.

To add a command to the toolbar, select the command from the Commands drop-down list box and choose Insert.

Dialog Box Options

Toolbar	Click the arrow to the right of the list box to see the toolbar schemes you have saved. The name of the current scheme appears by default. Scheme names are case-sensitive. For example, you can have a scheme named Projects and another named PROJECTS.

(Toolbar Display)	A representation of the current toolbar.

Commands 	This drop-down list box displays the names of commands you can add to the toolbar. The list includes any custom commands you have set up.

Buttons	Copy	Remove
Insert	Delete

Default 	Style

Note

Use the toolbar only for commands that perform tasks. Some commands shown in the list box do not perform actions, but display information. These commands are not appropriate for the toolbar.


Tool Bar Styles
Toolbar Style

Displays tool buttons in different styles and locations in the window.

Dialog Box Options

Button Style	Select a style. You can display large or small icons, with or without text, or text only. When you select a style, the sample command button shows you what it looks like.

Placement	You can display the toolbar at the top of the window (the default position), the bottom, or the left or right side. In applications where you want a long screen window rather than a wide one, you might prefer to display the buttons on the side.

Show Toolbar Balloons	Displays on-screen balloons that identify a toolbar button when the mouse pointer pauses over it. Toolbar balloons appear only if the button style does not include text.

Note

In some Central Point applications, the Placement options are not available.


Button Style

Select one of five tool button styles.

Large Icon and Text	Shows both the large command icon and the name.

Large Icon Only	Shows only the large command icon.

Small Icon and Text	Shows both the small command icon and the name.

Small Icon Only	Shows only the small command icon.

Text Only	Shows only the command name.

ShowToolbar Balloons	Displays on-screen descriptions of a toolbar button when the mouse pointer pauses over it. Toolbar Balloons only display if the button style does not include text.


Toolbar Position

In many Central Point applications, you can display the toolbar in one of four locations in the window.

Top	Horizontally, across the top of the window, under the menu bar.

Bottom	Horizontally, across the bottom of the window, above the status line.

Left	Vertically, at the extreme left of the window.

Right	Vertically, at the extreme right of the window.


Keyboard Tab
Keyboard

Adds or removes keyboard shortcut keys for commands.

To change the shortcut key associated with a command, select the command, type a new shortcut key, and choose Insert or Replace. (Replace appears if the shortcut key is already assigned to another command.)

Dialog Box Options

Shortcut Keys	Click the arrow to the right of the drop-down list box to see the keyboard schemes you have set up. Scheme names are case-sensitive. For example, you can have a a scheme named Lisa and another named LISA.

(Command List)	A list of commands and associated shortcut keys.

Shortcut Key	Key names are entered automatically in the box when you press the keys. If you enter a shortcut key already in use, you replace the command currently assigned to the key.

Commands 	This list box displays the names of commands you can assign shortcut keys to. The list includes any custom commands you have set up.

Buttons	Replace or Insert	Delete
Default


Shortcut Key Schemes

You can create named keyboard schemes (that is, sets of shortcut keys) for special purposes.

If you choose Default, you reset the named scheme to the default keyboard settings.


Menu Tab
Menu

Lets you add, delete, rename, or reorder pull-down menu commands.

To add a command to the menu at the level of the selected menu item:

1.	Scroll through the Commands list box.

2.	Select the command you want to add.

3.	Choose Insert.

Dialog Box Options

Menu	Click the arrow to the right of the list box to see the menu schemes that are set up. Scheme names are case-sensitive. For example, you can have a scheme named Maria and another named MARIA.

(Menu Display)	The Menu window shows the selected menu scheme. You can delete existing commands and add new commands at any level. Choose the Separator command to insert a separator bar.

Commands	This drop-down list box displays the names of commands you can add to the menu. The list includes any custom commands you have set up.

Buttons	Copy	Remove 	Insert
Delete	Default

Note

Choose the Default button only if you want to change the selected menus to match the default menu scheme.

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See Also

Editing Command Names

About Editing Menus


About Editing Menu Schemes

In several Central Point applications, you can select a Long Menu scheme or a Short Menu scheme.

You can modify a menu scheme in the following ways:

Delete commands you do not use.

Add a new menu category.

Add custom commands you have created.

Change the order of commands on a menu.

Move commands from one menu to another.

Add separator bars.


Edit Menu Items
Editing Menu Command Names

You are most likely to edit the names of commands that you have created yourself. For example, you might edit a menu level header you have added, and give it a unique name.

To change the name of any command on the menu, select the command, then press F2 to edit the name. Type the name you want to assign to the command, and press Enter.

To create an underline character for use as a keyboard shortcut, insert an ampersand (&) before the letter you want to use. Make sure that the shortcut key you create does not conflict with another shortcut key. If you want to include a literal ampersand character in the command name, insert two ampersands.

For example,
My&Command produces MyCommand.
My&&Command produces My&Command.


Default Menu Schemes

Each Central Point application with menus has a default menu scheme. When you choose the Default button in the Menus tab of the Customize dialog box, the selected menu is reset to match the default.


Menu Scheme Names
Menu Schemes

Available menu schemes (sets of menus and commands) appear on the Options menu. Several Central Point applications offer default long and short menus.

If you have created custom menu schemes, they are available from the Options menu in the application.

To switch to another menu scheme, choose a scheme from the Options menu.


Separator

To add a line that divides one group of commands in a menu or toolbar from another group, select the Separator command from the commands shown in the list box, or click the Separator icon.

The line appears above the selected command (in a menu) or before the selected button (in a toolbar) when you choose Insert.


Toolbar Schemes

The list of toolbar schemes (sets of toolbar buttons) appears on the pop-up menu for the toolbar.

If you have created custom toolbar schemes, the names of these schemes appear in the list.

To change to another toolbar scheme, choose it from the pop-up menu.


Custom Commands

You can add your own custom commands to Central Point applications.

Custom commands do not have online help at the menu level. If the command is a Windows program, you can use the Microsoft Windows help after you choose the command to start the program.

If the command is a DOS application or a macro from another application, help is probably not available.


Custom Commands
Creating Custom Commands

Adds commands to the list available for the menu and toolbar. A custom command may be any of the following programs or documents:

Another Windows application, such as Word for Windows or Central Point Backup.

A macro, such as a Central Point ScriptTools .RUN program.

A DOS application you run in a DOS window.

A document associated with an application.

To use a custom command after you create it, you need to assign it to a menu, the toolbar, or a keyboard shortcut.

Dialog Box Options

Commands	The Commands box shows a list of custom commands that you have added.

Command Name	The name you assign to the command.

Command Line	The full path of the command document or application program. Use the Browse button to look for the file and insert its name.

Working Directory	The directory where the command looks for data files and other documents. This information is optional. If you leave the working directory box blank when you first create a new command, the default is the program directory. If you delete the working directory information, the default is the Windows directory.

Description	A descriptive comment that appears on the status bar.

Show Style	The size of the window where the command runs: normal, minimized, or maximized.

Button Text	A very short title to appear on a button for this command.

Menu Text	A short title to appear in a menu listing for this command.

Buttons	New 	Copy
Browse	Icon
Password	Delete


Select Icon Dialog Box

Selects an icon for a command or item.

You can select an icon from any file that contains icons in the standard format, such as MORICONS.DLL. You can also select an icon that you have created yourself in an application such as Central Point Icon Editor (in PC Tools for Windows).

To use a different icon file, choose Browse and use the directory tree and file list to select an icon file. Then choose OK to apply it to the custom command.

To select a new icon, select the icon in the selection box and choose OK.

Dialog Box Options

Current File	The name of the file containing the current icon. A file can contain multiple icons.

Total Icons	The number of icons in the current icon file. Icons are shown in the selection box. Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the selection box to see all available icons.

Available if you choose the Browse button:

File Name	The names of files in the current directory that might contain icons.

Directories	The directory tree on the current drive.

List Files of Type	The file types displayed in the file list. Select from the drop-down list a file type that contain icons.

Drives	The list of drives available to your computer. The current drive is displayed.


Icon Files

Files that contain icons have the following file types: DLL, EXE, ICO, RSL, and ICL.


Save

Saves all new or changed configurations for this part of the Customize dialog box.


Copy

Makes a copy of the named scheme so that you can modify it and create a new scheme.


Copy

Makes a copy of the selected custom command.

You can modify the copy by editing the command line or other options in the text boxes to create a different version of the command.


Default

Returns the named scheme to the default, even if it has been saved. All changes are lost.

If more than one menu scheme is shipped with the application, the scheme used to reset menus to the default is the menu scheme in use when you first installed the application.


Password

Enter a password for this command. After you assign a password to a command, you are prompted to enter it when you choose the command. You must also enter the password to change any of the command attributes in the Commands tab of the Customize dialog box.


Insert

Inserts the command that appears in the Commands box into the toolbar, menu, or keyboard shortcut key list into the named scheme. The command is positioned either to the left of the selected item or above it.

In the Keyboard tab, the Insert button is inactive until you specify the shortcut key.


Delete

Deletes the selected item on the toolbar, menu, or keyboard shortcut key list.


Delete

Deletes the selected custom command.


New

Adds a new named configuration scheme.

When you select New, a default name appears selected in the Scheme box. To enter a different name, type over the default.


New

Displays the generic command template.

You can enter all necessary information yourself, or choose Browse to select a .PIF, .RUN, .EXE, or other executable file. When you select the file, the Command Name, Command Line, Description, Button Text, and Menu Text boxes are automatically filled in with defaults for the executable file. You can edit these defaults to make them more descriptive.


Replace or Insert

This button is labeled Insert if the shortcut key you have typed is not assigned to another command.

The button is labeled Replace if the shortcut key you have typed is already assigned to another command. No confirmation message appears.


Remove

Deletes the entire named configuration shown in the Scheme text box.


New Menu

Adds a new menu at the level of the selected box.

The default name for the new menu is Custom Menu.

Immediately after you create the new menu item, you can enter a descriptive name to replace Custom Menu. If you want to change the name later, select the menu name, then press F2 to edit the name.

If a menu name is selected, a new menu is inserted above it. If a menu command is selected, a cascading submenu, accessed through the command, is inserted.


Arrows

Click the arrow keys to move the selected item to the right or left in the toolbar, and up or down in the menu list hierarchy.


Icon

The icon appears on the button if you put the command on your toolbar.

You can select any icon file available on your drive. Choose Browse in the Icon dialog box to find icon files and apply them to the new command.


 Password for Customizing

If you are using a Central Point application from a network, the network administrator might have password-protected the Customize command to prevent individual users from changing the toolbar, menus, shortcut keys, or custom command list.

If you find that you cannot use the Customize dialog box because it is password-protected, see your network administrator.


Browse

Selects a drive, directory, and file from the Browse dialog box.


Browse Dialog Box

Selects a custom command program file from the directory tree and file list.

To select a file, highlight the file name in the file list box. Then choose OK.

Dialog Box Options

File Name	Enter the file-name pattern you are looking for. If you enter the full path of the files you want to select from, the drive and directory name change automatically.

For example, if the current directory is C:\WINDOWS, you can enter D:\LETTERS in the box. Files in D:\LETTERS appear when you press Enter. The drive and directory names shown in the Drive and Directory lists also change.

File List 	Files that match the file-name pattern appear here. Select a file name and choose OK to select it.

Directory	Change the selected directory by clicking the directory folders.

Drive	Change the selected drive by clicking the arrow at the right of the box and selecting another drive from the list that appears.

List Files of Type	Click the arrow at the right of the box to select a different file category. You can override the category that appears here by typing another category specification in the File Name text box.


File Companions

File Companions can manage files (for example, copy a file or create a directory) from the Browse, Open, or Save dialog box in any application--even non-Central Point applications--without switching to File Manager. For example, suppose you're about to save a newly-created file but need a new directory for it. From the Save dialog box you can create the directory and save the file--without leaving the dialog box.

File Companions are available when Desktop, rather than Program Manager, is your shell application. (To use Desktop as the Windows shell, open the Configure icon in the PC Tools for Windows group.)

To use File Companions from any Browse, Open, or Save dialog box:

1.	Click the [image] icon (next to the Control-menu icon) to open the File Companions menu and choose a file management command.

2.	Use the Copy, Rename, or other dialog box to perform the chosen function.

You can choose the Help button for information about the active file management dialog box.

You can also display the File Companions menu by clicking the right mouse button on the background of the Browse, Open, or Save dialog box.