BMPTOICO - version 4.0 February 2000 - MyCat Software Copyright (c) 1995-2000, Lucie Dorais All Rights Reserved. www.mycatsoft.com - ldorais@mycatsoft.com Contents 1 Description 2 System Requirements 3 To Install 4 To Uninstall 5 To Register 6 Support, Bug Report 7 Licence 8 Revision history _______________________ 1 Description =========== BMPTOICO 4.0 is a Converter/Editor, allowing you to quickly create Small Images: Icons or Cursors (with Transparency), Bitmaps, Buttons, etc. New in version 4.0: . Create a New Image or Use an Existing one . Convert from BMP, WMF, GIF or JPG . Multi-Format Icons fully supported . Cursors (CUR) fully supported . Change Color Depth or Size . Add a Special Effect (including a Buttonizer) . Much improved Editor with Palette editing . Icon Extractor, Cursor Test, etc. 2 System Requirements =================== Minimum Recommended Chip: 386 PC Pentium Memory: 8 megs The more the better Platform: Win 3.1/NT3.5 Win 95/98/NT4/2000 Display: VGA/SVGA High or True Color Disk Space: Around 1.3 Megs of Drive space VB Library: Requires VBRUN300.DLL to run BMPTOICO is written in 16-bit, but... a special DLL gives it many features that work only on 32-bit systems! And you need a Display Video Mode higher than 256 Colors to have access to many features. 3 To Install ========== Run the INSTALL.EXE program included in the Zip; it will copy all the files to a directory of your choice, and create an Icon in the Program Manager (Win 3.1) or a Shortcut in your Start Menu (Win 95/98/NT). Since the files are not compressed, you can also do the copying yourself. If you already have installed a previous version and you install the new one in the same Folder, the old files will be copied to a BAK Folder created under it. If you have Registered a previous version of either BMPTOICO or ICOEDIT, you will be able to "Auto-Register" this version. If you have problems, please contact the Author. Note on VBRUN300.DLL: this is the Library file needed to run all applications written with Visual Basic 3, and most people already have a copy in the Windows\System Folder. If you badly need VBRUN300.DLL, there are copies on many CD-ROMS, including the Windows95 installation one (on mine, I found a copy in the demos\MSB folder), or you can download it from ZDNet by following the link on my web site, or look at any other Internet Shareware Site, or Online services like CompuServe, etc...) 4 To Uninstall ============ Run UNINSTAL.EXE [Win 3.1 cannot delete a running program, so Uninstalling cannot Remove the BMPTOICO folder]. You can also Uninstall manually: Delete all the files in your BMPTOICO folder, and/or the Folder itself. 5 To Register =========== BMPTOICO will run for 30 days. After that, you need to Register. Registration is only $25 US (or $25 Cdn if you live in Canada and pay by snail-mail). 1) Online, via REGNET: . From BMPTOICO: Click Help > About, then Click the "Register Online" link: this will take you directly to RegNet's BMPTOICO 4 page (you need to have a Default Browser set up; might not work with Win 3.1, and definitely not if you are not connected yet!) RegNet's page for BMPTOICO is at: http://www.reg.net/product.asp?ID=6206 . From my Web site: http://www.mycatsoft.com/regis.htm (link to RegNet's page) . By phone: 1 800 WWW2REG (1 800 999-2734) or (805) 288-1827 (mention BMPTOICO's ID, #6206) Cards accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Am. Express, Discover, Eurocard 2) By snail-mail: please use the ORDER.TXT file if you can. American or Canadian users can send a cheque (made to the order of "Lucie Dorais", not MyCat Software, please). If you live outside Canada or the US, and if the charges for a bank draft or money order are out of this world, you can send the equivalent in your country's money (bank notes only); although it might not be safe, I have had no problem so far. Please send all mail to: Lucie Dorais 603 - 222 Guigues Ottawa, Ont. K1N 5J2 Canada e-mail: l.dorais@cyberus.ca (preferred) l.dorais@mycatsoft.com 76440.623@compuserve.com CompuServe: 76440,623 What you will get: a nice thank you letter, with your Unique Registration code, and free upgrades. 6 Support, Bug Report =================== Don't hesitate to write to me about any problem you encounter in BMPTOICO 4.0, even if you are not a Registered user yet: see contact information above. 7 License ======= BMPTOICO 4 is a Shareware program and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. You may evaluate it for 30 days; after that trial period, BMPTOICO will stop running (but will still allow you to enter the Registration code if you got one). You may run it on one computer at a time. If you need more than one copy, please Contact the author for a group license. You may share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. And please don't give them your registration number! You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce this software to a human perceivable form. You may not modify, rent or resell for profit this software, or create derivative works based upon this software. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and wish to continue to use it after the 30-day trial period, you should look deep into your pocketbook and make an effort to register it (see above). 8 Revision History ================ Version 1.0 (July 1995) . A small two-ways Converter . View All and Crop Modules Version 2.0 (June 1996) . Touch Up Editor is added . View All is improved. . Icon Extraction [ICOEDIT 1.0, a spin-off from BMPTOICO's Touch Up Editor, is launched in April 1997] Version 3.0 (April 1998) . Long filenames supported for 32-bit systems . 256- and True Color support added . Multi-icon .ICO resource files . Conversion Wizards . More Sizes supported, between 8 x 8 and 72 x 72 pixel . Edit both Icons and Bitmaps, any color depth . Grab the Screen now also works on High and True Colors systems . but... no more Icon Extraction Versions 3.0.x (May, June, December 1998) 0.1: Can adapt itself to Large Font Displays 0.2: 32-bit users can now access more than 64 directories 0.3: Web links added to the About form Version 3.1 (March 1999) . EDIT: circle tools; Flip, Nudge; Windows palette now part of EDIT form for 24-bit images (instead of being separate) . CONVERT > ICO Wizard: if BMP is 24-bit, the 256 colors version is created automatically and much faster; no more Optimize button! . 24-bit Icons are now saved correctly and are valid outsite BMPTOICO; and they show correctly in the View All module... . Monochrome Icons can now have White! . add many small improvements . ... and corrects many little bugs Version 3.1.1 (July 9, 1999) . Found and fixed a very rare "Illegal Function Call" caused by the date settings of some users. . Also corrected some buglets in Install.exe [ICOEDIT 1.5 is released in December 1999. this update adds Long Filename support for 32-bit systems, and behaves properly when used in High or True Color Video modes.]