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AmiAdd v1.0
by Lee Gaiteri
DOCUMENTATION FILE
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AmiAdd is a DOS utility designed to add ready-made smarticons to Ami Pro.
Now you can share your homemade smarticons with friends and the general public
by using this program. Ami Pro allows you to edit a bitmap for a smarticon,
make a macro to go with it, and give it a description, but its support for
using existing bitmaps is minimal. To add a smarticon to Ami Pro which has
already been made, you have to:
1. Copy the bitmap and macro files to their respective directories.
2. Load the bitmap into Windows Paintbrush, cut out its entire 21x21 area and
paste it to the clipboard. (Some programs can paste the entire bitmap
without requiring you to select an area to cut/copy from it.
3. Open Ami Pro, and select Tools/Smarticons.
4. Press the Edit Icon button.
5. Press the New Icon button and make a new name for the bitmap.
6. Type SHIFT-Ins or Ctrl-V to paste the bitmap into the editor.
7. Type in the macro name and instructions
8. Give the icon a description.
Not very simple, is it?
Well, with AmiAdd, you need to follow fewer steps and do less precision
mouse work than before.
1. Same as step 1 above.
2. Make a list file for AmiAdd telling it how many icons to add, the bitmap
files they will use, the macros they will use, and their descriptions.
3. Go to the Ami Pro directory (on my system, this is c:\amipro)
4. On the DOS command line, type AMIADD followed by the name of the list file.
List files are easy to make and allow you much greater control over the
way you add smarticons than Ami Pro does.
A list file looks something like this:
2 <- number of icons to add
c:\amipro\icons\test.bmp <- bitmap 1
c:\amipro\macros\test.smm <- macro 1
Test icon <- description 1
c:\amipro\icons\myicon.bmp <- bitmap 2
c:\amipro\macros\myicon.smm!do(1) <- macro 2
My icon <- description 2
Path and file names can be up to 80 characters long. Descriptions can be
up to 120. Do not use blank lines in between icon information, such as:
.....
Test icon
c:\amipro\icons\myicon.bmp
.....
Blank lines are simply interpreted as a lack of data, so in the case above
no bitmap file would be provided for icon 2 and it would use the bitmap as a
macro, and the macro name as a description.
AmiAdd makes it possible to share the smarticons you make by simply
distributing the bitmaps and macros necessary, as well as a text file with a
little information about what each icon is.
The files included in this upload are:
AMIADD.EXE - AmiAdd program
AMIADD.DOC - this file
NEWICONS.DAT - list file for the smarticons included
OPEN1.BMP - icon bitmaps
OPEN2.BMP
OPEN3.BMP
OPEN4.BMP
OPEN5.BMP
FACING.BMP
SMALLCAP.BMP
OPENPREV.SMM - icon macros
FACING.SMM
SMALLCAP.SMM
To install the new icons:
1. Copy the bitmaps (.BMP) to the Ami Pro icons directory (c:\amipro\icons on
my system) and the macros (.SMM) to the macros directory
(c:\amipro\macros).
2. Copy AMIADD.EXE, AMIADD.DOC, and NEWICONS.DAT to the Ami Pro directory.
3. Edit NEWICONS.DAT if necessary, in case you don't have Ami Pro installed in
the c:\amipro directory, and change path names to reflect where Ami Pro
is installed (i.e., if you installed Ami Pro on the D: drive, change
c:\amipro to d:\amipro, etc.).
4. Go to the Ami Pro directory (cd\amipro).
5. Type AMIADD NEWICONS.DAT
6. Delete NEWICONS.DAT (which is now useless) or keep it to look at later as
a guide to writing your own list files.
DISCLAIMER:
Just to be on the safe side... Don't worry, it's just a precaution.
I assume no responsibility, nor can be held liable for any errors
resulting from the use or misuse of this program, nor any loss of files, data,
or any monetary losses due to the interruption of business.
SHAREWARE AND DISTRIBUTION INFO:
This program is shareware and may be distributed freely.
If you use this program a lot, please consider making a donation for my
efforts in programming this and hacking the Ami Pro files on my system. Any
amount would be appreciated- just send what you feel is appropriate.
My address is:
Lee Gaiteri
P.O. Box 68
Elbridge, NY 13060
If you have any questions or comments, you may write me at the same
address (but don't expect a response if you do- stamps are getting expensive),
or you can write to Lummox JR on America Online. I am also available through
the Internet as Lummox JR@aol.com.