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- ICONS CONTROL
- The indispensable tool to process Windows icons
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Icons Control is designed to display as many Windows icons as possible in a
- 10x10 grid. Icons can be copied, renamed, moved, and erased with a click of
- the mouse. Hardcopy of icons can be printed on any printer supported by
- Windows. Icons Control can even display icons embedded inside DLL or EXE
- files. Displayed icons can be edited, converted to bitmaps, or extracted to
- ICO format (in the DLL or EXE viewing mode). In addition, 32x32-pixel bitmaps
- can also be converted to ICO format. Conversion and extraction can be done in
- batch mode, thus saving a considerable amount of time for those of you with
- large number of icons to process. Furthermore, any portion of the screen can
- be captured into an icon or bitmap. For a complete description of Icons
- Control, please refer to the help file accessible by clicking on the Help
- icon from outside as well as inside the program.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Run SETUP from the Windows File Manager. You will be asked to enter a
- directory to install Icons Control (default is Icnctrl). For users who
- download the Icons Control package from the internet, you may need to
- download a copy of VBRUN300.DLL from the same site. Since VBRUN300.DLL is
- about 300K and almost everyone running a Visual Basic application have it,
- I am not including it in the zip file to save disk space and download time.
- Users who wish to receive the software on a 3.5" floppy disk will have every
- files needed (including the VBRUN300.DLL) to run the software.
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- HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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- * Any computer running Windows 3.1/Windows 95/Windows NT 3.51.
- * A standard VGA (a Windows-accelerated graphic board is recommended).
- * A mouse or trackball.
- * Any printer supported by Windows (optional).
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- Icons Control has been developed and tested on a 486DX66 with 8MB of RAM, a
- 1 MB Diamond Stealth 24 Windows accelerator board (at screen resolutions
- 640x480x16, 640x480x256, 640x480x65536, 800x600x256, 800x600x65536,
- 1024x768x16, and 1024x768x256), a trackball, and mouse. It has also
- been tested on a 100 MHz Pentium-based machine with 16 MB of RAM, a 1 MB
- Diamond Stealth 64 SE (PCI) and a 150 MHz Pentium-based machine with 32 MB
- of RAM, a 2 MB VRAM Diamond Stealth Video 3200 with the same above settings.
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- Icons Control was also tested on the following computers:
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- 1) 100 MHz PCI Pentium-based computer with 16 MB RAM and a 1 MB DRAM PCI
- Diamond Stealth SE.
- 2) 150 Mhz PCI Pentium-based computer with 32 MB RAM and a 2 MB VRAM
- Diamond Stealth Video 3200 (S3-968) under the above resolutions and
- color depth modes.
- 3) IBM P5-133 with 32 MB RAM and a 1MB DRAM PCI Diamond Stealth (S3-764).
- 4) AST Bravo LC 4/33s with 8MB of RAM and a 512K ATI video card.
- 5) Sharp PC-9050 notebook computer with 32 MB RAM and a 2 MB VRAM PCI
- Trident (9660/9680/938X) linear accelerator.
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- The following printers were successfully tested:
- 1) HP LaserJet 4L.
- 2) HP LaserJet 5L.
- 3) Brother HL-720.
- 4) Canon BJC-610.
- 5) Epson Stylus Color.
- 6) Epson Stylus Color Pro.
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- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHAREWARE AND REGISTERED VERSION
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- SHAREWARE:
- * Copy.
- * Rename.
- * Move.
- * Delete.
- * Edit.
- * ICO to BMP conversion.
- * Printing hardcopy of icons.
- * No "nag" screen (I don't believe in "nag" screen" ;-)
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- REGISTERED:
- Above functions plus:
- * BMP to ICO conversion.
- * Icons extraction from DLLs and EXEs.
- * Captures any portion of the screen into an icon.
- * Access to image flip, shift, and rotate tools.
- * Printing of icons using color optimization.
- * Your name (or your company name) is displayed on
- the opening screen and in the About window.
- No more shamefully displaying that you are merely
- evaluating this program--you will be a full-fledged
- Icons Control power user :-)
- * You will know in your heart that you have done the
- right thing (both legally and morally).
- * You will be notified via E-Mail of new major releases
- and will be qualified for substantial discount for
- the upgrade.
- * Although technical support has not been a drastic
- necessity, registered users are naturally given
- more priority and attention regarding technical support.
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- REGISTRATION
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- Icons Control is both freeware and shareware. Freeware users are free to use
- it to view, copy, mode, delete, and rename icons. Icons Control even displays
- icons embedded inside DLL and EXE files. The displayed icons cannot be
- extracted, edited, or converted. The extraction, editing, and conversion
- functions are only available in the registered versions (shareware). There
- is no evaluation period to use Icons Control. You may use it as long as you
- want. But in order to use the above-mentioned functions, you must register
- to obtain the registered version.
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- PAYMENT TERMS
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- Registration is $25. Registered users will receive the latest version through
- internet email (UUencoded or MIME-encoded). If you prefer to receive the
- software on a 3.5" floppy disk, the fee is $29. As of this writing, I only
- accept money orders, cashier checks, bank checks, or personal checks (MUST be
- drawn from a U.S. bank). International users can transfer the $25 fee to my
- Bank of America account directly. This type of payment requires an additional
- $10 because BoA charges my account $10 for the transfer fee. Send me e-mail for
- my account number and confirmation. Compuserve users can register on-line and
- obtain the registered version within 24 hours, Icons Control Registration ID is
- 7437. A collection of over 2,800 icons sorted in 34 different categories is also
- available for an additional $14, Please fill in the information sheet in the
- REGISTER.TXT form and mail it along with your payment to:
-
- Chris Doan
- 4891 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #401
- San Diego, CA 92117
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- A single user license permits a user to use Icons Control only on a single
- computer. Licensed users may use the program on different computers as long
- as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it is being
- used at another, or on a network by more than one user at a time.
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- A site license is required by a corporation, company, educational institution,
- or governmental agency for use of Icons Control software on the total number
- of computers that will use the software.
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- Thank you for supporting the shareware software concept and encouraging the
- future development of Windows shareware.
-
- Chris Doan
- San Diego, California
- February 1997
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- doanc@worldnet.att.net
- chris_doan@compuserve.com
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