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*** Welcome to IconDOS v1.2 ***
(c) 1993, EFD Systems
All Rights Reserved
DESCRIPTION !!! Be sure to read WHATS NEW below !!!
IconDOS is a graphical application launcher for DOS that is similiar to
Window's Program Manager, complete with icons and wallpaper. IconDOS is
practical and efficient. Zero (0) resident memory is required so
launched applications are guaranteed to work the same as if run directly
from DOS. Multi-page icon menus and sub-menus provide virtually
unlimited menu size. Other features include a built-in clock, calendar,
screen saver, over 450 (registered version) pre-drawn icons, 36
different wallpapers and a graphical editor for producing custom icons
and wallpaper. VGA graphics is required. A mouse is required for menu
setup and editing. After setup, IconDOS operates equally well using
either keyboard or mouse.
DEMO
You really should read the documentation first you know. If human
nature gets the better of you, type "ICONDOS DEMO". Try selecting an
icon or two, type ALT-W to change the wallpaper, type ALT-S for a
wallpaper slide show (any key stops the show).
DOCUMENTATION
The included documentation, ICONDOS.DOC and ICONEDIT.DOC, are ASCII file
"books" designed to be read using the included hypertext style file
browser, BOOK.EXE. To read the documentation type:
BOOK ICONDOS.DOC ...and... BOOK ICONEDIT.DOC
When reading a documentation book:
- Use Pg-Up and Pg-Dn keys to move through the document.
- Type a page number and press ENTER to jump to a specific page. Press
ENTER alone to return to the previous page.
- Use Home and End keys to move to the start/end of the document.
- Press "A" to align the page boundaries with the screen after scrolling
with the arrow keys or after searching.
VIEWING ICON LIBRARIES
To view the icon library, simply start IconDOS and specify the library
as the menu file like this:
ICONDOS ICON.LBR
The icons will be displayed for easy viewing on successive pages.
FILE LIST
ICONDOS.* - Main menu program and documentation
ICONEDIT.* - Icon editor and documentation.
PCX2ICN.* - Icon screen capture utility and documentation
ICONNUM.EXE - Utility which sequentially numbers the icons in a file by
overwriting icon titles with numbers. Useful for icon
library maintenance.
BOOK.EXE - Hypertext style file browser for reading ICONDOS.DOC and
ICONEDIT.DOC.
INSTALL.BAT - Simple batch file to setup a directory on your hard disk
and copy the necessary IconDOS files to it.
*.MNU - Example menu files.
RUN.BAT - Batch file which works with the example menus. Use this
file as an example for setting up menus to run your
applications.
ICON.LBR - Icon library. See ICONEDIT.DOC for instructions on
copying icons from this library to a menu file.
PAPER.ICN - Wallpaper file. Contain 36 wallpapers. IconDOS selects a
wallpaper at random from those available in this file at
startup unless wallpaper has been fixed (see below).
NOTES and WHATS NEW!!!
Version 1.2 now provides more wallpaper and improved user control over the
wallpaper selection. The new wallpaper features include:
- ALT-W: Changes the current wallpaper display at any time.
- ALT-S: Wallpaper slide show, any key stops the show.
- ALT-F: Fixes the current wallpaper until further notice.
- ALT-R: Changes wallpaper selection to RANDOM mode.
Once a wallpaper is fixed, it remains fixed (even between sessions)
until wallpaper is re-fixed or until random mode is selected.
Microsoft's expanded memory manager provided with DOS 5, EMM386.EXE,
will significantly degrade video display performance with IconDOS and
any other video intensive applications. When added to your CONFIG.SYS
setup, this driver runs your Intel 386 processor in a 'virtual' mode
which results in the loss of display speed.
We hope you enjoy using IconDOS!