IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!
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 Quick Colour Picker v2.0

 By:Stephen A. G. Bissell
  Copyright(C)2003-2005
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Quick Colour Picker is
currently under
development.  Any coments,
bug finds, or suggestions,
would be appreciated.

Donations are welcome!

All features origionally available
in the Freeware only release
are still available for free use.

Current web address:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~quick_web/

Notes on Adobe PhotoShop use
can be found in the Help file.

-Interface colour note:
 The interface will take
the colour of your
currently selected Windows
colour scheme.  For example
Win 98's default is Grey,
WinXP default is cream or beige.

Legend:
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$ <- Only available in Registered
     (Pro) Version


Program Changes
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Notes for v2.0.2.1
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*NEW* Minor Interface Changes
 to colour sliders.
*NEW* Cursor Improvements
*Fixed* WinXP Graphic
 Transparency issue With Col.
 Wheel.
*Fixed Error when dragging
 colours in the text colourizer
 past the end of the list.

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Program History
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v2.0.2.0
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$*NEW* Default Directory can
 be changed. Right click load
 icon.
$*NEW* Save settings as default.
$*NEW* Colour Wheel
$*NEW* Built in Websafe Palette
$*NEW* Screen Portion Zoom for
 active pixel capture (Right
 click Colour Selector Preview
 Panel).
$*NEW* Adjust multiple colours
 simultaneously.
$*NEW* Copy colour list to the
 clip board as a bitmap from
 the colour adjustment window.
$*NEW* Text Colourizer Preview in
 larger window option.
$*NEW* 8 bit Unicode Chart (Right
 click Text Colourizer Preview
 window)
$*NEW* Auto Load the last loaded file
 on program start
$*NEW* Colour list import from
 Adobe Colour Swatch (.aco) file.
 V1 - RGB Supported only.
$*NEW* Colour list export to
 Adobe Colour Swatch (.aco) file.
$*NEW* Colour list export to
 Adobe Colour Table (.act) file.
$*NEW* Colour list to HTML
 comment conversion. (Right
 Click colour list)
$*NEW* Integrated Internet
 Explorer and Netscape Colour
 Names.
*NEW* Progress bar while loading
lists.

v2.0.1.1
-Custom Hotkey for active
 pixel capture (default is now
 Alt+F8 or F8 For Future Pro version)
-Drag .CDT file to program
 icon to load file on Quick
 Colour Picker startup.
 (CDT files can now be
 associated with Quick Colour
 Picker - see your Windows doc.)
-Drag and drop CDT and LST
 files to program.
-Internet Explorer and
 Netscape Colour CDT file.
 (143 Colours including HTML 3.2
 Standard Names)
-Changes made to Preset
 slider adjustments.

v2.0.1.0
-Complimentary colour
 display and picker added.
 (right click the Colour Viewer
 title)
-Colour intensity percent
 display (hold mouse over RGB and
 CMY decimal value entry)
-Active pixel capture
 added. (right click the camera)
 Alt+F12 to grab colour.
 See the documentation for details.
-Save list to HTML table.
-Better support for unicode
characters. (Single Byte
Characters Only [0-255])

v2.0.0.3
-Right click menus no longer
disable "Stay on Top"

v2.0.0.2
-HSI Removed from HS
menu.
-Added Windows notification
sound effects.

BUG FIXES
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v2.0.1.1
-Colour palette colour order (now clockwise)
-Colour List Insert Function
-HTML Colourizer minor
 Focusing problem
-HTML Table code
-HTML Unicode & function
 missing ";" fixed
-File extension auto
 change
-Colour Selection double
 click while auto copy selected
 (would not copy same colour as
 curent to clipboard - only
 became problem when using copy
 commands elsewhere then wanting
 to re-copy the current colour)
-Active Pixel Capture
 issue.
-Potential Crash when
 pressing certain keyboard
 keys on an empty list.
-Potential Crash when
 trying to load a file that
 doesn't exist.

v2.0.1.0
-CMY slidebar hints properly
named.

v2.0.0.4
-Other Stay On Top Issues
resolved:
 Drop down Font box
 No image on Clipboard Dialogue
 Hint Dialogues

v2.0.0.2
-Reduced flicker to stay
on top when opening
some dialogues.
-Disabled more potentially
hazardous tools while
change name dialogue is
open.
-Fixed potential program
crash from Windows common
pallette.

v2.0.0.1
-Fixed Stay on top issue
-Fixed Colour list addition
issue involving naming and
adding at the same time.
(no longer allowed).
-Fixed Stay On Top
issue with right click
menus (now auto disables
Stay on top to keep menus
visible)
-Fixed Debug button
from appearing on file
load.

KNOWN ISSUES:
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-Exit dialogue purposly
plays no sound.

Questions?...

Why doesn't quick colour
picker allow lower case HEX
values?

Answer:  It is mathematically
incorrect to represent a HEX
value using lower case letters.
A lower case "e" for example is
used in many math situations to
indicate an "exponential" value.
It is also possible by using
lower case values that you may be
indicating a number system which
has exceeded the length of both
our numeric and uppercase
alphabetic character sets.
The uppercase letters from A-F are
an indication of a base 16 number
set...
Base 16:
0123456789ABCDEF
Base 17:
0123456789ABCDEFG
Base 42:
0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdef