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┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ RIM (Robo-Board Icon Manager) 3.0 │ │ │ │ │ │ User Manual │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ (c) Copyright 1992 Chris J. Duke │ │ All Rights Reserved Worldwide │ │ │ │ December 03, 1992 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Chris J. Duke │ │ 4130 La Jolla Village Drive │ │ Suite 107-169 │ │ La Jolla, CA 92037 │ │ USA │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 What is RIM ............................................ 1 How it Came To Be ...................................... 1 Acknowledgments ........................................ 1 Cautions ............................................... 2 Naming Conventions ..................................... 2 How to Contact the Author ............................... 2 Other Products by the Author ........................... 2 Programming Language ................................... 2 REGISTRATION 3 Evaluation Version ..................................... 3 License ............................................... 4 Disclaimer ............................................. 4 Trademarks ............................................. 4 USING RIM 5 System Requirements ................................... 5 Starting RIM ........................................... 5 Configuring RIM ........................................ 5 RIM Options ............................................ 5 Combining Icon Libraries ............................... 6 Extracting Icon(s) From An Icon Library ................ 7 Viewing Icons .......................................... 8 * Icon Colors ............................................ 8 Fitting Four Icons On The Screen At Once ............... 8 Changing Focus ......................................... 8 Keys Available in View Mode ............................ 9 Keys Available in Edit Mode ............................ 12 PRODUCT PLUGS 14 OBJECTive Software ..................................... 14 BBS++ ................................................... 14 REVISION HISTORY 15 INCLUDED ICONS 16 Distributing Your Icons ................................ 16 Icons from BBS++ ....................................... 17 Icons from Other Artists ............................... 18 ORDER FORM 19 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ WHAT IS RIM RIM works only with Robo-Board 30x30 icons. It is not compatible with Microsoft Windows icons. RIM is the FIRST 3rd-Party utility for the Robo-Board software as programmed by Seth Hamilton. RIM 3.0 offers the following: ■ Ability to view and edit up to four icons at a time ■ Ability to copy, delete, rotate, combine, swap, and flip icons ■ Ability to combine multiple icon library files (.ICO) ■ Ability to extract 1 or more icons from one icon library and create a new icon library, or add the extracted icons to an existing icon library. The ability to combine icon libraries is a big plus to both you and your callers of your Robo-Board. This is discussed below. The ability to extract icons, is an excellent capability. For example, let's say you get an icon library from a friend that contains 50 icons, but you only want icons #12, #35 and #44! With RIM's extraction capabilities, you can easily select which icons you want from that library, put them in a new icon library, or append those icons to your existing library! HOW IT CAME TO BE RIM was no more than the cause of a brain fart I had when I was dealing with multiple Robo-Board icon files. With version 1 of Robo-Board's icon editor, there is no means in which to manage icons. That is, take the icons in one icon file and place them in another, or better yet - to combine multiple icon files. In comes RIM, a simple to-use program with a friendly interface. You simply give it a destination icon file, then specify which icons you want in it. Hit a few keys and begin designing your .RBO screens. The benefit of having all of your icons in one single file is that it speeds up the displaying of your screens to the caller and the caller will like the fact that his/her Robo-Term directory is not filled with hundreds of small .ICO files. With version 3.0 of RIM, I implemented some of my own wishes in an icon editor, specifically, the ability to view and edit four icons on the screen at one time so larger images could be created. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the following people: My beautiful wife, Kristine, for her patience, love, and putting up with my all-night programming marathons. Seth Hamilton for the best bulletin-board system ever created. INTRODUCTION 2 INTRODUCTION ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ CAUTIONS As with any new software, especially with software that modifies existing files on your hard disk, remember to back up your icon libraries prior to using RIM. I have never had a problem with RIM corrupting icon libraries, but there's always a first for everything so I thought I'd put a notice here so I could say "I told you so!". NAMING CONVENTIONS I recommend that you maintain consistency in your icon file naming. For example, at BBS++, the icon file is named BBSPP.ICO. A good suggestion is to use the name of your system in the file name, such as OURHOUSE.ICO for the Our House BBS. Using this file naming convention, the caller can easily determine which icons belong to which Robo-Board. This way, when the user stops calling a particular Robo-Board, they can delete the approp- riate icons from their hard disk thus saving hard disk space. HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR If you have any questions, you can write to, or leave email to "Chris Duke" at BBS++ or at CompuServe. Ideas and suggestions are appreciated. BBS++ in San Diego, CA ....... (619)278-0870 2400-14.4K v.32bis CompuServe ................... 71045,3346 FidoNet ...................... 1:202/349 WorldNet ..................... 62:1900/14 VNet ......................... 45:513/207 Address ...................... Chris Duke 4130 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 107-169 La Jolla, CA 92037 USA OTHER PRODUCTS BY THE AUTHOR Clipper ClassMates............ OOP Library for Clipper Region (Barren Realms Elite).. Utility for BREMIL utility Robo Icon Manager (RIM)....... Utility for Robo-Board Viewit........................ OOP Library for Clipper PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE RIM was written entirely in CA-Clipper 5.01a using two object- oriented third-party libraries, Viewit & ClassMates from Objective Software. Clipper .EXE's are typically much larger than normal "C" executables, so please excuse the oversized .EXE file. Thanks for using RIM - Chris Duke, System Operator of BBS++ REGISTRATION 3 REGISTRATION ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ RIM is not free. You must register after the 30-day evaluation time period. RIM is a Shareware product. It is distributed through public access channels so that perspective buyers can have the opportunity to evaluate the product before making a decision to buy. If you decide to use this software, then you are under both legal and moral obligation to register it with the author. But if you decide not to use it after evaluating the software, you are under no obligation. It is fully protected by State, Federal and International copyright laws. If you continue to use RIM after the 30-day evaluation time period you must register it. Registration Fee: $15 US or $20 CANADA To register your copy of RIM, fill in the order form and mail along with your check or money order in US or CANADA to the address indicated in the form. When you register, you will be sent via postal mail your registration code which you enter on line 2 of RIM.INI. You will also need to enter your name on line 3 of RIM.INI as it appears on the registration form you mail to Chris Duke. Registration entitles you continue using the current version and all future versions as well as the following features: REGISTERED FEATURES View & Edit 4 Icon Windows at the same time View & Edit 1, 2 or 4 Icon Windows on one screen! The unregistered version will only allow you to edit up to 2. Swap Icons with ALT-A Swap one icon with another Combine Icons with ALT-C Combine two icons into one Design icon layout with ALT-D Design which icons should appear in which windows Replace Icons with ALT-K Copy/replace on icon with another Extract Icons with ALT-X Visually extract icons to another .ICO file Toggle "shorty" windows with ALT-T Switch between the top two and the bottom two windows being shortened when viewing/editing icons. REGISTRATION 4 LICENSE AND DISCLAIMER INFORMATION ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ THE RIM300_1.ICO ICON LIBRARY MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED ON BULLETIN-BOARD SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYING RIM FILES AND THIS DOCUMENTATION. Robo Icon Manager, hereinafter called "RIM" 1. RIM's creator does not assume any liability for the use or misuse of this software beyond the original price paid by the party at stake. In no event will RIM's creator be liable to you for any additional damages, including any lost profits, lost savings, lost programming, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of, or inability to use, this software and its accompanying documentation, even if RIM's creator has been advised of the possibility of such damages. 2. RIM is the property of Chris J. Duke. Chris J. Duke retains the right to stop supporting RIM at any time he sees fit to do so. 3. You may not reverse engineer or modify in any way RIM in memory or on disk, or distribute it for such purposes. 4. RIM may be used on more than one node or machine if you are physically networked to then other machines, or multitasking the nodes on the same machine. 5. Chris J. Duke, author of RIM reserves the right to change its registration and distribution philosophy as he sees fit. Chris J. Duke also reserves the right to change the registration method and price of RIM. 6. You may not run any version of RIM registered to another Sysop or Company without special permission from Chris J. Duke. 7. You may not charge a fee for the distribution of RIM over and above the cost of the distribution medium, and packaging. 8. RIM's creator should be notified for permission by any commercial distributor wanting to circulate RIM. 9. RIM should not be used or distributed for any unlawful or illegal purposes. TRADEMARKS RIM (Robo Icon Manager) is a trademark of Chris J. Duke. Robo-Board is a trademark of Seth Hamilton. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Objective Software, Viewit, & ClassMates are trademarks of Objective Software. USING RIM 5 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS RIM requires an IBM PC/AT/fully compatible computer, DOS 3.0 or greater, a minimum of 400K bytes of memory. STARTING RIM To load the RIM software, type "RIM" at your DOS prompt while in the directory containing the RIM.EXE file. CONFIGURING RIM RIM's configuration information is kept in a RIM.INI file. If it does not exist you will need to create one. RIM.INI is a simple text file with the following format: Line 1: The path to your Robo-Board icon files Line 2: Registration Code (or blank if unregistered) Line 3: Name product is registered to (blank if unregistered) Example RIM.INI: C:\ROBOBBS\GRAPHIC 1234567890 Chris Duke Note, the last two lines should only be used after you have received your personal registration code via mail. As an unregistered user, only the first line needs to exist. RIM OPTIONS After RIM has been loaded into memory, you have passed the opening "About" screen and entered in the path to your RIM icon files, RIM will prompt you for three choices: VIEW/EDIT ICON(S) View and Edit up to 4 icons on the screen at once with many advanced icon handling features such as rotate, flip, etc. COMBINE LIBRARIES Combine multiple .ICOn libraries into one single .ICO file. EXTRACT ICON(S) Extract 1 or more .ICOns from one library and put them in a new icon library or append to an existing icon library. USING RIM 6 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ COMBINING LIBRARIES RIM allows you to combine multiple (2 or more) icon library files into one single library. RIM prompts you for a destination icon library name, with a default of "NEW.ICO". You can change this to any other name at this time, or leave the default. If the destination icon library name already exists, RIM will ask you if you want to Overwrite the file, Append the new libraries to it, or Choose a new file name. If Overwrite is selected, the destination file name specified will be removed from your hard disk prior to creating the new icon library. Next, RIM will display a list of icon libraries found in your RIM icon path. Select as many icon libraries you want to combine using the "ENTER" key to select each one. If you want to clear your selections, press CTRL-U. This will deselect all icon libraries. Note, the order in which you select the libraries is the order in which the icon libraries will be placed in the new library. Once all icon libraries have been selected, press the F10 key to combine the libraries. RIM will ask you if you to confirm your selections, then process the libraries. The new icon library will be located in the destination path specified above. To view this new icon file, use the RIM icon editor utility. USING RIM 7 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ EXTRACTING ICON(S) RIM allows you to extract one or more icons from a single icon library file. RIM prompts you for a destination icon library name, with a default of "NEW.ICO". You can change this to any other name at this time, or leave the default. If the destination icon library name already exists, RIM will ask you if you want to Overwrite the file, Append the new libraries to it, or Choose a new file name. If Overwrite is selected, the destination file name specified will be removed from your hard disk prior to creating the new icon library. Next, RIM will display a list of icon libraries found in your RIM icon path. Select the icon library which contains the icon you wish to extract by highlighting that library and pressing the ENTER key. Once you have selected the icon library, RIM will display a list of icons contained in that library, in numerical order. Select the icons IN THE ORDER YOU WANT THEM PLACED IN YOUR NEW ICON LIBRARY by highlighting the icon number, then pressing the ENTER key. If you want to clear your selections, press CTRL-U. This will deselect all icons. Once all icons have been selected, press the F10 key to generate the new icon library, or add the selected icons to the specified destination icon library. The new icon library will be located in the destination path specified above. To view this new icon file, use the RIM icon editor utility. USING RIM 8 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ VIEWING ICONS OVERVIEW RIM's icon viewer is a powerful full-featured icon viewer which allows you to view up to four icons at a time with the registered version! (up to two icons with the unregistered version) The viewing and editing of the icons is done in text mode (not graphics) mode, using the 50x80 VGA screen resolution. ICON COLORS - IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Due to the fact that RIM operates in TEXT MODE and not GRAPHICS MODE, RIM is unable to achieve two colors available only in graphics mode. These two colors are 1) Dark Green and 2) Light Brown. The first color is an extremely dark green (darker than normal green). The second color is a light brown color, almost like a "skin" color. RIM compensates for this by using the two text mode colors not used in graphics mode. The two lines below notes these changes to be aware of while viewing/editing icons: ┌──────┐ │PLEASE│ Pixels colored MAGENTA signify an actual pixel color of DARK GREEN │ READ │ Pixels colored CYAN signify an actual pixel color of LIGHT BROWN └──────┘ Please be aware of the above color conversions. The icons will only appear in this color when viewed in RIM. Once transferred to your .RBO screen or viewed in the Robo-Board icon viewer, the colors will not be "re-defined". FITTING FOUR ICONS ON THE SCREEN AT ONCE Since each icon is 30 pixels high, and the highest VGA screen resolution is possible is 50 rows high, there is no way possible to fit 4 icons on the screen without some drawback. RIM has overcome this drawback by implementing a "shorty window" feature. This is done by making two of the four icons appear with 18 of their 30 rows. Which two icons are "shortened" is completely based on your preference. You can, at any time, use the ALT-T key to toggle between having the top or bottom icon windows shortened. With this ability to overcome the screen size limits, it could then be possible to view up to 6 icons on the screen at any one time with two more "shorty" windows! Maybe in the next version! CHANGING FOCUS "Focus" means the currently selected icon. When an icon is "in focus", it means that you can begin changing the attributes of that icon ONLY, such as editing, rotating, flipping, etc. When an icon window is in focus, the window's number (above or below the window) is in the color of White-On-Red, otherwise the color will be Black-On-White. USING RIM 9 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ VIEW KEYS The following keys are available while in view mode: Up/Right Arrow Keys.... Scroll forward through library Dn/Left Arrow Keys..... Scroll backwards through library TAB.................... Change focus to next icon Shift-TAB.............. Change focus to previous icon INS.................... Insert or Append a new icon DEL.................... Delete currently selected icon ALT-A................$* Swap an icon with another ALT-C................$* Combine two icons together ALT-D................$. Design: Choose icons to show in windows ALT-E.................. Edit currently selected icon ALT-J.................. Jump to an icon by number ALT-K................$* Copy/Replace one icon with another ALT-L.................. Load a different Icon Library ALT-P.................. Process changes (edits, deletes) and save ALT-S.................. Change Skip number ALT-T................$. Toggle which windows are shortened ALT-W.................. Change number of active windows (1,2,4) ALT-X................$* Tag icon to be extracted ESC/ENTER.............. Exits icon viewer * - Not shown on the normal small vertical help screen $ - Features only available in the registered version Now each option will be discussed in detail: UP and RIGHT Arrow Keys Using these keys, you can scroll the viewed icons forward through the library incrementing by the number defined by ALT-S (Skip). For example, if two icon windows are visible on the screen, hitting one of these keys will skip ahead 5 icons, if ALT-S (Skip) is set to 5. See ALT-S below for more. DOWN and LEFT Arrow Keys Using these keys, you can scroll the viewed icons backwards through the library decrementing by the number defined by ALT-S (Skip). For example, if two icon windows are visible on the screen, hitting one of these keys will skip back 5 icons, if ALT-S (Skip) is set to 5. See ALT-S below for more. TAB and Shift-TAB Arrow Keys These two keys allow you to change the focus to the next (TAB) or previous (SHIFT-TAB) icon. For example, if there are 4 icon windows visible, hitting the TAB key would change focus to the second icon window, then the third, fourth and finally, back to the first icon. USING RIM 10 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ VIEW KEYS INS Hitting the INS (Insert) key will allow you to insert or Append a new icon into the current icon library. Once the INS key has been pressed, you will be presented with two menu choices: 1. Insert an Icon Will prompt you for the NEW icon number. All icons after this number will be "pushed" down one place, and the icon library will grow by one icon. 2. Append an Icon Will automatically add a new icon to the end of the icon library. The icon library will grow by one icon. DEL Hitting the DEL (Delete) key will mark the current icon in focus as deleted. All "X"'s will change color to a dark gray on black and a "DELETED" notice will appear on top of the icon to remind you that it is deleted. All icons marked for deletion are not actually removed until the library is processed via ALT-P (see below) or when exiting the library (it will prompt you to save changes). ALT-A (REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY) This feature allows you to swap one icon with another. For example, let's say you want to swap icon #10 with icon #15. Using this feature, it's a snap! ALT-C (REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY) This feature allows you to combine two icons together. The first icon chosen will be the "bottom" icon with the second icon chosen being laid on top. ALT-D (REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY) This feature allows you to choose which icons (by number) you want to appear in the four icon windows. This feature is only available when four icon windows are present. You will be presented with a pop-up window with four numbers, 2 on top of 2, displayed similarly like the icon windows are displayed. Enter the numbers of the icons in the four small black boxes, moving from box to box by either the ENTER key or the TAB key. Shift-TAB will take you back to the previous box. ALT-E This key will put you into the icon editor, see next section entitled "EDITING ICONS" for more information. ALT-J This feature allows you to jump to a specific icon number. A pop-up will appear, enter the icon number to jump to, then press ENTER. That icon will be displayed in the first icon window with the other icon windows displaying the icons after the "jumped to" icon. USING RIM 11 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ VIEW KEYS ALT-K (REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY) This feature allows you to copy one icon to another (or replace one icon with another). RIM will prompt you for the two icons by number (source and destination icons) then proceed to copy. ALT-L This feature allows you to load a new or different icon library. If changes have been made to the current icon library, you will be prompted as to whether or not you want to save those changes before loading a new icon library. Select an icon library by using the up and down arrow keys to highlight, then press ENTER to select the desired library. Speed-keys are accepted, just type the first letter of the library you want to highlight. ALT-P This feature will process all changes made to the current icon library. These changes include all pixel changes, icon deletes, inserts, rotates, flips, etc. This is automatically processed upon exiting the icon viewer, if you answer Yes to the question, "Save your changes?". ALT-S This feature pops up a box which allows you to change the number of icons to skip when using the Right/Left/Up/Down arrow keys. The default is: 1 ALT-T (REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY) This feature is only available when 4 icon windows are shown on the screen. ALT-T toggles between having the top two windows shortened and the bottom two being shortened. The reason why two windows have to be shorted is because the screen layout is only 50 characters high, and two icons take up 60 characters. ALT-W This feature changes the number of active icon windows on the screen. Available options are 1 window, 2 windows, or 4 windows. The default is: 2 ALT-X (REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY) This feature tags the currently selected icon for extraction. This feature provides the same ability to extract icons as the "Extract Icons" feature from the main startup menu but allows you to mark the icons visually. Icons are not extracted until you exit the current icon library, or use ALT-P. ALT-X will place the word "EXTRACT" in the upper-left hand corner of the icon to alert you that the icon is marked for extraction. You cannot edit icons marked for extraction. USING RIM 12 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ EDITING KEYS Each of these options will be discussed in detail below: Delete Pixel..........* "X" key, or DELete key ALT-A.................. Toggle Auto Draw ON/OFF ALT-I.................. Invert (Flip) icon ALT-C.................. Clears icon ALT-F.................. Floodfill icon in current color ALT-L.................* Select color by number ALT-X.................. eXchange color in icon with another ALT-T.................. Turn icon counter-clockwise 90° ALT-U.................* Use color of current pixel under cursor SPACE.................* Change pixel to current color +...................... Skip to next color in palette -...................... Skip to previous color in palette ESC/ENTER.............. Exits icon and asks to save changes Cursor Movement Left/Right............. Horizontal movement Up/Down................ Vertical movement Home................... Diagonal movement NW End.................... Diagonal movement SW PgUp................... Diagonal movement NE PgDn................... Diagonal movement SE 5 (Center of Keypad)... Center cursor within icon CTRL-Left.............* Moves cursor flush left CTRL-Right............* Moves cursor flush right CTRL-Up...............* Moves cursor flush top CTRL-Down.............* Moves cursor flush down CTRL-Home.............* Moves cursor to upper-left hand corner CTRL-End..............* Moves cursor to lower-left hand corner CTRL-PgUp.............* Moves cursor to upper-right hand corner CTRL-PgDn.............* Moves cursor to lower-right hand corner * - Not shown on the normal small vertical help screen $ - Features only available in the registered version USING RIM 13 USING RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ EDITING KEYS DEL / "X" Key This feature colors the current pixel in color 16, the "see-through" color. ALT-A Toggles the Auto Draw feature ON/OFF. When Auto Draw is on, all the pixels will be painted as the cursor is moved (the SPACE key is not required). ALT-I This will flip an icon right to left or back again. ALT-C This will clear an icon with color 16 (all X's) ALT-F This will clear an icon with the currently selected color. ALT-L This will allow you to select the current color by a visual color selector. You can also, while in this window, type the number of the color you want as opposed to using the arrow keys to select a particular color. ALT-X This will allow you to exchange one color with another color. ALT-T This will turn an icon counter-clockwise at a 90° angle. ALT-U This will use the color of the current pixel under the cursor as the selected color. SPACE This will color a pixel with the current color. +/- These will skip to the next/previous color in the palette. ESC/ENTER These will exit the current icon and ask to keep changes. PRODUCT PLUGS 14 PRODUCT PLUGS ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ OBJECTive Software The entire look-and-feel (interface) of RIM was created through the use of two object-oriented class libraries from OBJECTive Software in Solana Beach, CA. Both products are authored by Chris Duke, author of RIM, and System Operator of BBS++ (619)278-0870 14.4K Robo-Board. OBJECTive Software is a 3rd-party development company for Computer Associate's Clipper 5.01. Its focus is on object-oriented class libraries for Clipper. It currently markets two class libraries: Viewit Power Browser - A class for browsing data files, text files, and arrays. Features multiple parent/child relationships, real-time scroll bars, movable and sizable windows, incremental searching, and 100+ other customizable features! Clipper ClassMates - A class library for creating professional looking applications (such as this one!). Several pop-up classes, a scroll bar class, a complete (detailed) pull-down menu system, edit screens and more! Contact OBJECTive Software Sales at 1-800-OOP-88 or call 619-792-9754 for technical information, or 619-792-9954 for OBJECTive Software On-line bulletin-board system (RemoteAccess USR 14.4). ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ∙ Running ∙ │ (619)278-0870 B ▄ B ▄ S (619)278-0870 │ ∙ You ∙ ∙ Robo-Board ∙ │ ▀█▀ ▀█▀ │ ∙ Won't ∙ ∙ the ∙ │ │ ∙ Believe ∙ ∙ - first - ∙ │ The Object-Oriented Bulletin Board System │ ∙ Your ∙ ∙ real-time ∙ │ Boca 14.4K bps V.32bis V.42bis MNP2-5 8N1 │ ∙ Eyes! ∙ ∙ graphics ∙ │ (c)1992 Chris J. Duke San Diego, CA USA │ ∙ __ __ ∙ ∙ BBS! ∙ │ WorldNet (62:1900/14) FidoNet (1:202/349) │ ∙ («») («») ∙ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ + Featuring + ■ Microsoft Windows Look-and-Feel ■ Lightening-Fast Graphics! ■ Colorful Original Icons and Graphics ■ Mouse/keyboard Interface ■ Faster than ANSI or AVATAR Boards! ■ Loads of OOP Information ■ FidoNet (1:202/349) WorldNet (62:1900/14) ■ Full Access on First Call ■ VNET (45:513/207) Game Network Access! ■ 12 Door Games ■ Running on a FAST 486 - 200 Megs ■ Tons of Quality Downloads + Home Of + ■ RIM (Robo-Board Icon Mover) - The 1st 3rd-party Utility for Robo-Board ■ Region for Barren Realms Elite utility, BREMIL ■ The San Diego Robo-Board STF (Support Text Files) ■ Robo-Board Registration, Support, Distribution and Beta Test Site Call TODAY! (619) 278-0870 14.4Kbps - Chris Duke, BBS++ System Operator REVISION HISTORY 15 REVISION HISTORY ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ CHANGES FROM 2.0 TO 3.0 Now includes a full-featured icon viewer and editor. CHANGES FROM 1.0 TO 2.0 RIM is now ShareWare, and is no longer FreeWare. Icon libraries are now listed in alphabetical order when shown in selection window. Combined icon libraries now do not have the one blank icon inserted between each icon library. Added ability to extract 1 or more single icons from an icon library and create a new library or add to an existing library. Added "Append" option to existing "Overwrite" and "Choose Another" when a destination icon library is found under the same name as specified in RIM. Included RIM300.ICO complimentary icon library with 11 new icons. INCLUDED ICONS 16 INCLUDED ICONS IN RIM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Included with version 3.0 of RIM are Robo-Board icon libraries with 100 new icons for Robo-Board. If you would like to put this icon file in with your other icon files, just use the combine icon library features of RIM! DISTRIBUTING YOUR ICONS If you create any quality icons and would like them to be distributed with the next version of RIM, please upload them to BBS++ with a release statement stating that Chris J. Duke is free to distribute them with proper credit given to you. INCLUDED ICONS 17 ICONS FROM BBS++ (RIM300_1.ICO) ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ THE RIM300_1.ICO ICON LIBRARY MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED ON BULLETIN-BOARD SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYING RIM FILES AND THIS DOCUMENTATION. Icons tagged with a "OC" are original icons from Chris J. Duke. If you use these icons, I would appreciate some form of credit on your BBS somewhere where your users can read it, or at least be so kind as to put BBS++'s number on your BBS so your callers know about BBS++! Icons tagged with "C" were converted from Windows icons by Chris J. Duke. ┌────┬───────────────────────────┬────┬───────────────────────────┐ │ICON│DESCRIPTION │ICON│DESCRIPTION │ ├────┼───────────────────────────┼────┼───────────────────────────┤ │OC01│BBS++ RIM Ad │ C31│Magnifying Man │ │OC02│BBS++ Icon Ad │OC32│Star Trek Insignia │ │ C03│Exclamation Mark │ C33│Clock │ │ C04│Question Mark │ C34│Closed Door │ │ C05│Camera │OC35│"NO" Circle │ │ C06│Planet Earth │OC36│Blue Raindrop │ │OC07│WorldNet Member Icon │ C37│Fred Flinstone │ │ C08│Checkmark "X" │ C38│Blood-shot Eye Ball │ │ C09│Checkmark "√" │OC39│VNet Member Icon │ │ C10│Lady in Red Bikini │OC40│FidoNet Member Icon │ │ C11│Lady in Green Bikini │ 41│ │ │ C12│Lady in Green Bikini │ 42│ │ │OC13│Head for Lady Icon #10 │ 43│ │ │OC14│Geometry/OOP │ 44│ │ │ C15│Woman's face │ 45│ │ │ C16│Homer Simpson │ 46│ │ │ C17│Marge Simpson │ 47│ │ │ C18│Bart Simpson │ 48│ │ │ C19│Maggie Simpson │ 49│ │ │ C20│Hatchet/Disconnect │ 50│ │ │ C21│Toilet Bowl │ 51│ │ │ C22│Envelope │ 52│ │ │ C23│Mailbox │ 53│ │ │ C24│Newspaper │ 54│ │ │ C25│Safe (Vault) │ 55│ │ │ C26│File Drawer │ 56│ │ │ C27│Rolodex │ 57│ │ │ C28│Notepad │ 58│ │ │ C29│Waving Hand │ 59│ │ │ C30│Telephone │ 60│ │ └────┴───────────────────────────┴────┴───────────────────────────┘ INCLUDED ICONS 18 ICONS FROM OTHER AUTHORS (RIM300_2.ICO) ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ AUTHOR CODES SHOWN NEXT TO THE ICON NUMBER SC - Steve Castle (Fullerton, CA) DC - Dominic Cotignola (San Diego, CA) VB - Visual Basic Icons, Unknown Author, from Robo-Board HQ files area ┌────┬───────────────────────────┬────┬───────────────────────────┐ │ICON│DESCRIPTION │ICON│DESCRIPTION │ ├────┼───────────────────────────┼────┼───────────────────────────┤ │SC01│Happy Face │VB31│3-D Right Arrow Button │ │SC02│Bomb │VB32│3-D Left Arrow Button │ │SC03│Apple │VB33│Down Arrow │ │SC04│Orange │VB34│Up Arrow │ │SC05│Sailboat │VB35│Right Arrow │ │SC06│Porsche │VB36│Left Arrow │ │SC07│Gift │VB37│3-D Down Arrow │ │SC08│TNT │VB38│3-D Up Arrow │ │SC09│Lamp │VB39│3-D Left Arrow │ │SC10│Watch │VB40│3-D Right Arrow │ │SC11│Pot of Gold │ 41│ │ │SC12│Book │ 42│ │ │SC13│Alarm Clock │ 43│ │ │SC14│Shark in Water │ 44│ │ │SC15│Ocean Waver │ 45│ │ │SC16│Desk │ 46│ │ │SC17│Heart with Arrow │ 47│ │ │SC18│Music Notes │ 48│ │ │SC19│Calandar │ 49│ │ │SC20│Sun │ 50│ │ │SC21│Fruit Bowl │ 51│ │ │DC22│Notepad │ 52│ │ │DC23│Downtown Scene │ 53│ │ │DC24│Parallel Cable │ 54│ │ │DC25│Kitten │ 55│ │ │DC26│Cash Register │ 56│ │ │DC27│Smiley Face │ 57│ │ │DC28│Glasses │ 58│ │ │VB29│3-D Down Arrow Button │ 59│ │ │VB30│3-D Up Arrow Button │ 60│ │ └────┴───────────────────────────┴────┴───────────────────────────┘ 19 ROBO ICON MANAGER (RIM) 3.0 REGISTRATION FORM ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Your Name [NO ALIAS] : __________________________________ BBS or system name : __________________________________ Hours BBS is open : __________________________________ Voice telephone : (___)___-____ BBS number(s) : (___)___-____, (___)___-____ Baud rate : _______ [ ] HST, [ ] MNP [ ] v32b, [ ] v42b [NAME] [NUMBER] NetWork address(es) ___________ ___:____/____ ___________ ___:____/____ ___________ ___:____/____ Mail address: ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Computer: [ ] 286 [ ] 386/SX [ ] 386/DX [ ] 486 [ ] EGA [ ] VGA [ ] SVGA [ ] XGA [ ] SOUND BLASTER [ ] ADLIB [ ] DAC Registration Fees: USA - $15 CANADA - $20 I have enclosed for Registration: $___.__ Do you run a bbs now : [ ] Yes [ ] No If yes, what package : ______________________________ What is it you like about RIM? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ What features, changes or suggestions do you have? Where did you hear about/get RIM?________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Questions? (These will be answered on BBS++) ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Please mail to: Chris Duke 4130 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 107-169 La Jolla, CA 92037 USA