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- BMPTOICO - version 2.01
- Sept. 1996 - My Cat Software
-
- Very versatile utility to convert BMPs into ICOs (with
- transparency) and vice-versa. 256 color images supported.
-
- PLUS: picture Viewer, Touch Up Icon Editor with Add Text
- function, Crop icon-size pictures from big BMPs or Screen
- Capture, Extract icons from EXE or DLL/ICL/NIL files, and more!
-
- Written in Windows 3.1, but works very well with Windows 95 and
- True or High color video cards. Needs VBRUN300.DLL to run.
-
-
- To Install:
- ----------
- Since I hate those Windows program that use SETUP to copy their
- DLLs over your beloved ones, I refrained from using it or any
- exotic DLL or VBX, except for the ubiquitous VBRUN300.DLL. This
- program is a must for any program written is Visual Basic, and is
- available on the majority of BBSs and commercial online services.
- On CompuServe, look for VBRUN3.ZIP in Library 1 of the WinShare
- Forum, or go PCFF and search for file VBRUN3.ZIP.
-
- So, to use BMPTOICO, just copy the files BMPTOICO.EXE and
- BMPTOICO.HLP in any directory; the only constraint is that they
- both must be in the same directory, so you can use Help. If you
- don't already have VBRUN300.DLL and download it now, it should go
- in your Windows\System directory.
-
- I leave to you the joy of adding the program to one of your
- Program Manager's Groups or TaskBar Start menu. In Windows 3.1:
- select a group, click on File Menu, then New, select "Program
- Item", add the proper description (your own words) and command
- line (path of directory you placed the program in, plus filename,
- as in "C:\DIR\SUBDIR\BMPTOICO.EXE"), then press the OK button.
- The icon will appear in your Group. In Windows 95: well I will
- leave that to you, as I don't have it yet...
-
-
- What's new in version 2.0:
- -------------------------
- . Works with some Windows 95 Icons (see Help)
- . Now works well with Windows 95 and/or True and HighColors
- . Icon Touch Up Editor
- . Grab from Screen (Capture)
- . Extract Icons from EXE or DLL/NIL/ICL files
- . Decrease 256 colors BMPs to 16 colors before Converting
- . Shrink part of a BMP, or all, to Icon Size
- . View All function totally redesigned, much improved
- . Options menu, including AutoLoad of Conversion Result
- . Last directory used kept over for next time
-
- New in version 2.01:
- . Corrected some minor bugs; TouchUp Editor's Fill routine now works
- for any color in 16 color video mode
- . Added more information for users with True or High colors
- video modes in the Crop-Shrink form (the resulting icon will not
- Load properly in the main form because its colors will be decreased
- to 256 during the operation)
-
-
- Registration:
- ------------
- BMPTOICO will run for 30 days, with two more weeks of grace. After that,
- you need to reinstall it, or... Register!
-
- Registration is only $20 US (or $20 Cdn if you live in Canada and pay by
- snail-mail). On CompuServe, GO SWREG, and follow the menus; the
- registration number is #11559. Or use the file ORDER.TXT to register via
- snail-mail.
-
- American users can send a cheque. 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.
-
- The shareware version is not crippled in any way, I am the
- optimist type... (Well, I added a trial period this time).
- And, being mostly homebound (and not working) due to illness,
- I avoid trips to the Post Office. But: if you want a 32-bit
- version, help my buy the super computer that will run Windows
- 95...
-
- Please send any mail to:
- Lucie Dorais
- 603 - 222 Guigues
- Ottawa, Ont.
- K1N 5J2
- Canada
-
- CompuServe: 76440,623
- e-mail: l.dorais@genie.com
- 76440.623@compuserve.com
-
- What you will get: a nice thank you letter, a free conscience,
- my eternal gratitude, and maybe a 32-bit version later. And that
- nagging screen will disappear forever!
-
-
- License:
- -------
- BMPTOICO 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, you will have two more weeks to evaluate it,
- then BMPTOICO will stop running (but will still allow you to enter
- the registration number if you got one).
-
- Feel free to 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! 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 find that you are using BMPTOICO and continue
- to use it after a reasonable trial period, you should look deep
- into your pocketbook and make an effort to register it (see
- above). This will entitle you to the right of running one copy of
- the program on one computer at a time.
-
-
- Other MyCat Software products:
- -----------------------------
- All programs are available on CompuServe, GEnie, and other
- Shareware sources, and require VBRUN300.DLL.
-
- Also available on the Web: http://www.cyberus.ca/ldorais/index.htm
-
- ICOEDIT: The full version of BMPTOICO's Icon Touch Up Editor.
- Full Icon Editor, but it also edits any Bitmap which
- measures between 16x16 and 32x32, even rectangular ones.
- Make Buttons automatically (Bitmaps only).
- Written in Windows 3.1 but works equally well with
- Windows 95 and/or video modes higher than 256 colors.
- Search ICOEDIT.ZIP
-
- HTML COLORS: Designed to help Web authors quickly select
- background, text and link colors, or edit the HR
- line. Includes 600 predifined colors to chose
- from, and you can add more! Background patterns
- can also be loaded. Test your choices immediately
- in a Web look-alike page, then copy the tags to
- the Clipboard (or keep them in a tag list for
- future use). Search HTMCOLOR.ZIP
-
-
- PALEDIT: A PaintBrush palette editor, with many additional
- features. Load and Save palettes. Use Hue, Saturation
- Luminosity as well as RBG. See the detail of a
- dithered color. View the colors in 16 or 256 color
- mode. Mix two colors to create a new one. Insert a Clip
- from a drawing program picture to try to match a color.
- Edit Color or Black and White palettes. Build palettes
- from PAL files other than PaintBrush. Search PALEDIT.ZIP
-
-
- XMAS GIFTS: Very colourful, non-violent Christmas game for
- children. Find gifts hidden in a Christmas tree.
- Two levels: easy (like naval battle) for
- preschoolers, harder (like Minesweeper) for older
- children. Let the computer hide the gifts, or ask
- your best friend. Requires SVGA. Search XMASGIFT.ZIP
-