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“READ ME” for DeIcon, version 1.0
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Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
January 26, 1992
Font: Geneva 12
This document must go wherever DeIcon goes. Please do not distribute
DeIcon without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE YOU READ THE INFORMATION REGARDING ALIASES
---------- FURTHER IN THIS DOCUMENT.
REGISTERING DEICON AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES
============================================
DeIcon is not free. Sites using this software in business MUST
register it. Contact the author for site licensing information. If it is for
personal use only, please send a few dollars. Or you can consider the
following.
7.0 PLUS Utilities is a package of all (more than 25) System 7.0 utilities
I have written. You can get the disk with all of them NOW (not wait until
I decide to upload the next program) by sending $29.95 to me. This will
register you for all the software, will get you a disk of the software, and
an update to the PLUS Utilities when it rolls around. It’s a pretty good
deal. You should register your software, anyway, so why not do it
like this? And it’s a lot cheaper this way.
See the documentation which should accompany this file for more information
on the 7.0 PLUS Utilities. A registration form should also accompany this file.
Please use it to register the software.
USING DEICON
=============
• If you use DeIcon, please please please send me a note. My addresses
(post and e-mail) are given below in “About the Author”. Also, read the
information in the above section on registration.
What Does DeIcon Do?
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• DeIcon, a drag-and-drop utility (Drop Box), hides the icons of selected
files, folders or disks in the Finder, so that only the name is visible. That way,
you can stack your files, drag-and-drop utilities, etc. without taking up a lot
of room. It is especially useful for making a launchpad that consumes very
little space on your desktop. It even works with aliases (with a bit of help).
• Read further if you plan to use DeIcon with aliases.
Using DeIcon
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• Drag sets of files, folders, or disks into the application, “Drop Box-
style”. DeIcon will scan folders and disks provided, and will
modify (if preferences allow, of course), all files, directories, and disks,
no matter what their depth. Drop Boxes require Apple Events, and thus
System 7.0 or higher.
• To get your icon back, just Get Info on a “DeIcon’ed” file and click
on the spot where the icon should be. A black square will indicate that
you have selected it. Press backspace, and your old icon should reappear.
Or you can use another Drop Rob-Box, Custom Killer. And you can use it
on multiple items, just like this utility.
• NOTE: DeIcon modifies the custom icons of files. If you drop
in a file with a custom icon, the custom icon will be DELETED.
• You will notice that icons are often not updated unless you have selected
the Relaunch Finder preference. This is because of the way the Finder handles
certain bits when updating its windows. The sure method of updating your
icons is by selecting the Relaunch Finder preference. This simply quits and
relaunches your Finder remotely.
• Double-click on DeIcon to modify the preferences and see the about
box information.
• Alerts are very annoying, especially in Drop Boxes. So there aren’t any. As
a rule of thumb: if it doesn't work, there must have been an error.
• To cancel processing, just type a command-period. Files already processed
will remain modified.
DeIcon and Aliases
-----------------
• Since the Finder resolves all aliases when you drop them into a Drop Box,
DeIcon can only think that you dropped the target (not the alias)
in to be modified. The way to overcome this problem is to put the aliases
you wish to modify into their own directory and drag that folder into the
Drop Box. If you don't want the folder to be modified, hold down the option
key so you can modify the appropriate preferences. The rule with Drop Boxes
is that if you drop in an alias, the target is modified. If an alias is inside
a directory that is dropped in, the alias is modified.
Preferences
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• The first time you try to modify a file using the program, the preferences
dialog will come up, just to make sure the correct parameters have been
set up. You can modify these if you wish. If you don't want to see that
window again, just say OK. You will have to explicitly ask for for the
Preferences window the next time you wish to change anything.
• The preferences are fairly self-explanatory. You can choose to show an
alert before modifying anything.The Relaunch Finder button lets you select
whether the Finder should be quit and relaunched remotely to update icons
which may not otherwise be fixed. By choosing to modify directories, you
have decided that folders themselves can be modified. You can modify files
and folders inside those folders which you have dropped in by checking the
Modify contents box. For example, if you drop in a folder containing three files
and another folder, and have Modify contents on but Modify directories off, the
folders’ icons will remain visible, but the icons of all contained files
(including those inside the second folder) will be hidden.
• To show the Preferences dialog on-the-fly in Drop Box mode, hold down the
option key while the program is launching.
USING DROP BOXES
=================
Drop Boxes are applications (drag-and-drop utilities) which can take advantage
of System 7.0’s Apple Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application
icon just as you would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory.
The Drop Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits.
You can also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in
just one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any
combination of the three, and dump them in. The Drop Box will scan for
files of the required type and modify them accordingly. All files in all
directories within those dropped in will be modified. Any aliases dropped
directly into a Drop Box (not inside a directory) are resolved by the Finder
and thus their target (parent) is modified.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
==================
If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
Robert Gibson E-Mail:
RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
KØK 1LØ
This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
BBSs and on-line services (e.g. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
include this document, unmodified.
DeIcon copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.