The following Windows software utilities are available from Sloop Software. Most are shareware, but CEO and IconDLG are retail products. All of these products require Windows 3.1. CEO:DESKTOP MANAGER Windows shell which completely replaces Program Manager. FOLDERS Adds the ability to create subfolders (subgroups) from within Program Manager. MORE CONTROL Adds more functions to the Control Panel. ICL BUILDER Builds icon libraries for use by CEO, Folders and Program Manager. FILE NOTES Add descriptive notes to files from within File Manager. ICONDLG LIBRARY Dynamic link library for use by developers. Provides various icon manipulation functions. Full descriptions of the above products follow. *************************************************************************** ******** CEO:DESKTOP MANAGER ******** *************************************************************************** Sloop Software is pleased to announce the release of the Windows 3.1 replacement shell, CEO:Desktop Manager. CEO:Desktop Manager is the complete graphical replacement for MS Windows 3.1 Program Manager. It offers all the major features of Program Manager plus a host of new features. If you're looking for an easy to use replacement with all the features Program Manager should have had, give CEO:Desktop Manager a try. CEO is available as a retail package with a list price of $79.95. (On special for $50 until 12/31/93) CEO is based on our popular shareware program Sloop Manager. It can be used to replace either Folders or Sloop Manager. CEO's major features include: *Consistent interface throughout. No need to make use of two different programs (ie. Folders and ProgMan) for one job. *Create subfolders (subgroups) within folders, allowing you to create a tree structure of folders and subfolders. *Display items in folders as icons, text (as in File Manager) or as buttons (as in a toolbar). *Password protection provided for individual folders or can be used to lock people out of Windows completely. *History menu which tracks the last twelve applications launched from any folder. This allows you to quickly re-launch an application you wish to use again after closing it. *Background color used by a folder can be set on a per folder basis. This allows for color-coding of folders. *Link to directory capability which allows you to link a folder to a directory. Once linked, the folder will automatically add and delete items from the folder as files are created or deleted in the directory. This eliminates the need to manually add new items or delete old items. *Add items to folders by dragging files from the File Manager. Launch programs by dropping data files onto program icons where these icons may either be icons in a folder or icons on the desktop. Print files by dropping them on Print Manager. *Use any folder as a startup folder when starting Windows. This allows you to start Windows with different startup configurations by just using a command line parameter when starting Windows. *Launch multiple applications with a single action. All items in a folder may be launched at once or only selected items may be launched by just hitting the enter key. *Customizable popup run menu provided for quick access to programs accessible from any folder or from the desktop. Easy to use menu editor included for building and maintaining run menu. Menu items may be set to run minimized or maximized. Also, hotkeys may be assigned to menu items. *Includes associate command similar to File Manager's, but CEO's allows multiple programs to be assigned to a single extension. Executing a folder item with multiple programs assigned to it will cause a listbox to appear from which the desired program to be run may be selected. *************************************************************************** ******** F O L D E R S ******** *************************************************************************** Folders adds depth to the Program Manager groups for MS Windows. It gives the ability equivalent to having groups within groups. $29 - Create folders within folders with the ability to cross-link folders, allowing a single folder to be opened by multiple folders. - Extremely easy to use icon selection capability making use of an icon browser box. Change item icons in one single, easy step. Use icons in ICO files, EXE's, DLL's or ICL files. - Drag/drop capability between folders including the ability to drag multiple items at one time. Move or copy items between folders using drag/drop. Launch programs with data files by dragging folder items to the program. - Password protection. Capable of locking individual folders using a password entry scheme. - Improved associate command. When running items from a folder, multiple programs may be associated with the item's filename extension allowing you to choose the program you wish to run. - Items in folders may be assigned hotkeys for quick access. They may also be set to run minimized or maximized and to inquire for a file parameter when launched. - Display items in a folder as icons, text or push buttons. In icon mode, background color of folder may be set to different colors. - Customizable popup run menu with menu editor dialog to maintain it. Menu items may be set run minimized or maximized and hotkeys may be assigned to them. *************************************************************************** ******** MORE CONTROL ******** *************************************************************************** More Control allows you to quickly and easily access many of those settings in WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI that Microsoft did not see fit to include in the Control Panel dialogs. Easily change the colors used by the Windows help engine in displaying hypertext, the alignment of drop down menus, the vertical spacing between icons, the font used to display icon titles plus many other settings. Also, an easy to use ini file editor is included as part of More Control. $12.50 Now includes CP Add-In. This CP module allows you to add any program you want to the Control Panel dialog. *************************************************************************** ******** ICL BUILDER ******** *************************************************************************** Icon Library (ICL) Builder allows you to quickly and easily consolidate all your icons into icon libraries of up to a thousand icons each. You can also export icons to bitmap files which can then be edited by PaintBrush or similar program. After editing, the bitmap may be imported into ICL Builder as an icon. $12.50 Features include: - Able to extract icons from ico, exe, dll or icl files - Build and maintain as many icon libraries as desired with up to one-thousand icons in each library - Export individual icons in libraries as ico or bmp files - Import bmp files to be used as icons - Extremely easy to use editor for building and maintaining icon libraries *************************************************************************** ******** FILE NOTES ******** *************************************************************************** File Notes allows you to create and attach descriptive notes to files within File Manager. These notes are created and viewed from File Manager using a new menu automatically added to File Manager. You may include an author, subject and a lengthy comment in the note. In addition, multiple files may be attached to a single note giving the entire a group of files a description. Include powerful search function. $18 *************************************************************************** ******** ICONDLG LIBRAY ******** *************************************************************************** IconDLG library provides a number of functions highly useful for manipulating icons. Functions are provided to allow the user to choose icons from an icon browser dialog; to extract icons from ico, exe or dll files; to create icon handles from extracted icons; to create a cursor from an icon; to resize icons and to write icons to ico or bmp files plus others. $150 Functions include: ChooseIcon(); ExtractIconData(); MakeIcon(); CreateAllIcons(); IconCount(); IconInfo(); CreateCursorFromIcon(); WriteIconToICO(); WriteIconToBMP(); ResizeObject(); DrawBitmap(); ViewBitmap(); IconDLGErrorCode(); CenterDialog(); GetMouse(); and FreeMouse(). ***************************************************************************** Any questions? 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