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BMPTOICO - version 3.00
March 1998 - MyCat Software
Very versatile utility to convert BMPs into ICOs (with
transparency) and vice-versa. Multi-icon resource icons,
256 color and 24-bit images fully supported.
PLUS: picture Viewer, Touch Up Icon Editor with Add Text
function, Crop icon-size pictures from big BMPs or Screen
Capture, and more!
16-bit application, but uses Long Filenames on 32-bit systems.
Needs VBRUN300.DLL to run.
To Install:
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Run the INSTALL.EXE program included in the Zip; it will copy all
the files to a directory of your choice, and create an Icon in
the Program Manager (Win 3.1) or a Shortcut in your
Start Menu (Win 95). You can also do the copying manually.
In addition, BMPTOICO creates two new files when you first run it:
BMPTOICO.INI in your Windows directory
$$$PAL.DIB in BMPTOICO's directory; created if you
run the application while your system
is set to 256-color Video Mode (it saves
the icons' palette to disk and retrieves it)
Two files can be moved to your Windows\System directory
later if you think they can be used by other programs
(for example, MyCat Software's ICOEDIT, ver 2.0, will
use them both):
CALL32.DLL: needed to get access to Long Filenames
(you don't need it if your are running Win 3.x)
BMPLIST2.VBX: needed to run BMPTOICO (it adds nice
little graphics to the Directory list;
Win 3.x systems don't see them, but BMPTOICO
will not run without this VBX file)
If you don't have VBRUN300.DLL yet, it is available on the
majority of BBSs and commercial online services, as well as on
the Internet (start at www.microsoft.com). On CompuServe, look
for VBRUN3.ZIP in Library 1 of the WinShare Forum, or go PCFF and
search for file VBRUN3.ZIP. It should go in your Windows\System
directory.
To Uninstall:
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Delete all the files in your BMPTOICO directory.
Delete BMPTOICO.INI in your Windows directory.
What's new in version 3.0:
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. Long filenames supported for Win 95 or Win NT users
. 256-color and 24-bit Icons and Bitmaps
. Multi-icon .ICO resource files
. Conversion Wizards
. Sizes: Icons can be anything between 8 x 8 and 72 x 72;
Bitmaps can be any size
. Edit both Icons and Bitmaps, any colors (you need to be
in High or True Colors to edit images with 256 or more colors)
. Grab the Screen now also works on High and True Colors systems
. but... EXE/DLL/NIL/ICL files cannot be used anymore (see the FAQ)
Registration:
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BMPTOICO will run for 30 days. After that, you need to Register.
Registration is only $20 US (or $20 Cdn if you live in Canada and
pay by snail-mail).
On CompuServe, GO SWREG, and follow the menus;
the registration number is #16971.
By snail-mail: American or Canadian users can send a cheque (made to the
order of "Lucie Dorais", not MyCat Software, please). If you live
outside Canada or the US, and if the charges for a bank draft or money
order are out of this world, you can send the equivalent in your country's
money (bank notes only); although it might not be safe, I have had no
problem so far.
Please send all mail to:
Lucie Dorais
603 - 222 Guigues
Ottawa, Ont.
K1N 5J2
Canada
CompuServe: 76440,623
e-mail: l.dorais@genie.com
76440.623@compuserve.com
What you will get: a nice thank you letter, a free conscience,
free upgrades, my eternal gratitude. And that nagging screen will
disappear forever!
License:
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BMPTOICO is a Shareware program and is provided at no charge to
the user for evaluation. You may evaluate it for 30 days; after
that trial period, BMPTOICO will stop running (but will still allow
you to enter the registration number if you got one).
Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give
it away altered or as part of another system. And please don't
give them your registration number! The essence of
"user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with
quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for
programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this
program useful and wish to continue to use it after the 30-day trial
period, you should look deep into your pocketbook and make an effort
to register it (see above). This will entitle you to the right of
running one copy of the program on one computer at a time.
Other MyCat Software products:
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All programs are available on CompuServe, some on GEnie, and other
Shareware sources. All require VBRUN300.DLL and have a low cost if
they are marked as "freeware" below.
Also available on the Web:
http://www.cyberus.ca/~ldorais/mycat.htm
ICOS256: A trimmed-down version of BMPTOICO ver. 3.0, which only
opens Icons (no conversion, editor, etc). Freeware.
Search ICOS256.ZIP
ICOEDIT: The full version of BMPTOICO's Icon Touch Up Editor.
Full Icon Editor, but it also edits any Bitmap which
measures between 16x16 and 32x32, even rectangular ones.
Make Buttons automatically (Bitmaps only).
Search ICOEDIT.ZIP
Coming Summer 1998: version 2.0, with all improvements
added to version 3.0 of BMPTOICO, and more.
CHAINLINK: A brand new card Solitaire game for the PC, was a smash
hit with TI-99/4A Home Computer users for many years.
Move all cards to the Top by building Chains of cards
of the same Suit. Use the mouse or the keyboard. Big card
design option, Collection of winnable games!
Win 3.1, Win 95 compliant. Minimum requirements (386, VGA)
Search CHAINLNK.ZIP
HTML COLORS: Designed to help Web authors quickly select
background, text and link colors, or edit the HR
line. Includes 600 predifined colors to chose
from, and you can add more! Background patterns
can also be loaded. Test your choices immediately
in a Web look-alike page, then copy the tags to
the Clipboard (or keep them in a tag list for
future use). Search HTMCOLOR.ZIP
PALEDIT: A PaintBrush palette editor, with many additional
features. Load and Save palettes. Use Hue, Saturation
Luminosity as well as RBG. See the detail of a
dithered color. View the colors in 16 or 256 color
mode. Mix two colors to create a new one. Insert a Clip
from a drawing program picture to try to match a color.
Edit Color or Black and White palettes. Build palettes
from PAL files other than PaintBrush. Search PALEDIT.ZIP
XMAS GIFTS: Very colourful, non-violent Christmas game for
children. Find gifts hidden in a Christmas tree.
Two levels: easy (like naval battle) for
preschoolers, harder (like Minesweeper) for older
children. Let the computer hide the gifts, or ask
your best friend. Requires SVGA. Search XMASGIFT.ZIP