Theme Logo Changer version 1.01 Author: Bruce Hawker Copyright (c) 1996, Audio Visual Concepts Freeware Features: Works in all Display Modes (VGA, Super VGA) Backs up original Logo Screens Preview window to display Logo Screens Easy point and click interface 32 bit Visual Basic Application Works with Drivespaced Boot Drives Context-sensitive Help Installation: Extract all of the files into a folder of your choice. Create a shortcut to Tlc.exe and you're done! TLC creates an ini file and saves your original Logo backups in its own folder, but it does not write configuration files to any other folder, or alter the Registry in any way. The VB4.0 runtime files must be installed on your computer in order for TLC to run. Most computers have them installed anyhow, but if you find you need them, they can be found on the 'Net very easily. The file to search for is vb40032.zip. Manual: OVERVIEW Double click on Tlc.exe to launch the program. The main window presents several menu entries and six text boxes that are utilized to select the desired Logos. From this window you select the original Logos (logo.sys, logow.sys and logos.sys) to be backed up. You can select different Logos, located anywhere on your hard drive(s) to use for Boot and Shutdown, and you can restore your original Logos at any time. Theme Logo Changer uses a handy Graphical Display to view your Logo selections while making your choices. The Graphical Display window is sized to the exact proportions of the Logo file and can display graphics in BMP or SYS format. STEP BY STEP 1. ***Very Important*** Select Configure from the Menu Bar. In the top drive and directory selection boxes, navigate to your Boot Drive's ROOT directory (folder). In most cases, this will be C:\. If you have Drivespaced your Boot Drive, you must point Theme Logo Changer to the Host drive of Boot (e.g. H:\). If you do not identify the Host drive to Theme Logo Changer, you will not be able to change your Boot Logo!! In the lower selection boxes, navigate to your Windows directory. Usually, this will be C:\Windows, but it can be anywhere, as long as it is your Windows95 directory. Once these two directories have been identified, select the OK button, and Theme Logo Changer will write an "ini" file to its' own directory. 2. The Main Window: The main window is divided into two sections left and right. The left section is for making backups of your original Logos. You only need to do this once, but be forewarned: DO IT FIRST! If you don't, you will loose the original Logos. 3. Making Backups: Check the boxes for the files you wish to back up. The text boxes for the three Logo Screens are preset, but you can change the presets by simply clicking on the Folder Icon to open the Preview Window. In the Preview Window, you can navigate to the file of your choice. Alternatively, you can type the file's path into the text box manually. Once the Logo files have been located, click the Backup button, and the files will be backed up to the TLC folder. By using the check boxes, you can easily backup one or all of the Logo files. 4. Restoring: If you have previously backed up the original Logo files, restoring the Logos is as easy as clicking the Restore button. 5. Changing Logo Screens: On the right hand section, similar check/text box combinations are used for identifying replacement Logo Screens. Once again, check the boxes for the files you wish to change. Any or all of the three is fine. Click the Folder Icon for each file to invoke the Preview Window, or type the text into the box manually. When you are satisfied as to your choices, click the Change Now button. As a safety precaution, a prompt will ask if you wish to make backups first. If you have already made backups (recommended), then click the No button, and the Logos will be changed. Otherwise, choose the Yes button, and no changes will be made. You will be dumped into the Main window again to allow backups to be made. (Clicking Yes here is essentially the same as a Cancel button.) BUG FIX IN THIS RELEASE, VERSION 1.01: 1. If your Windows 95 folder path is not "C:\Windows", then the Configure Dialog will not open correctly. You will see an error message instead. This release removes a reference to "C:\Windows" in the code that caused the error message. The configure Dialog should work properly no matter what the Win95 folder is labeled. ************************************************************************ Grant: Audio Visual Concepts grants you a non-exclusive license to use the Software and accompanying documentation free of charge. Disclaimer of Warranty: Free of charge Software is provided on an "AS IS" basis, without warranty of any kind, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Software is borne by you. Should the Software prove defective, you and not Audio Visual Concepts assume the entire cost of any service and repair. Audio Visual Concepts will not be liable for any bug, error, omission, defect, deficiency, or nonconformity in any software. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an essential part of the agreement. Title: Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in the Software shall remain in Audio Visual Concepts and/or its suppliers. The Software is protected by the copyright laws and treaties. Title and related rights in the content accessed through the Software is the property of the applicable content owner and may be protected by applicable law. This License gives you no rights to such content. Contacting the Author: Mail: Bruce Hawker Audio Visual Concepts 2384 Rosstown Rd. Nanaimo, BC, Canada V9T 3R7 Email: bhawker@islandnet.com Home Pages: http://www.islandnet.com/~bhawker