OS/2 Shareware BBS: 11 Util/11-Util.zip/ICON.ZIP/ICON.TXT

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This distribution contains two executable files, the first is EXTRACT.EXE
which will extract from EXE/DLL type files any valid ICON, CURSOR, or
BITMAP resources.  The resulting output file(s) are valid WINDOWS file(s)
which can be processed by the available WINDOWS utilities or may
be processed by the ICON.EXE to convert them into OS/2 2.0 format files.
The second executable file is ICON.exe Version 1.10 which improves upon the
initial Version 1.00 release of the program.  There were a couple of little
bug fixes, however the most significant change is that ICON.EXE now supports
ICONS, CUROSRS, and BITMAPS.  ICON.EXE may be used on the files generated
by the EXTRACT.EXE utility or directly on any WINDOWS ICON, CUROSR, BITMAP
or EXE/DLL files.

Note the ICON.EXE will convert all valid images found within these files
in the order that they are encountered.  While I have not had any problem
with OS/2 selecting the correct image several people have stated that they
get Black and White Images rather than Color Images.  This condition should
only exist with ICONS since WINDOWS does not support multiple BITMAPS
within a resource, and CURSORS (POINTERS in OS/2 talk) cannot exist
as color images in WINDOWS.  This problem exists due to the fact the OS/2
expects the first image to be the device independent image and subsequent
images are assumed to be device dependent.  You can remedy this situation
by using the OS/2 Icon Editor to delete all images from the icons which are
not used for your particular system configuration.  This will result in the
proper image bubbling up to the device independent position.


EXTRACT.EXE

The Extract program expects a command line as follows:

EXTRACT <input filename> [output template]

The program will prompt for the output filename template if it is not
specified on the command line.  It is recommended that the output
template be supplied to the program prompt rather than specified on the
command line since many EXE/DLL files contain multiple resources.  The
specification of output template on the command is supported primarily
for batch programs.  The input file must utilized the "NEW EXE" format
of Windows (ie: Windows executable or DLL).  This routine has little
use since it takes a WINDOWS input file and generates independent
resource files in WINDOWS format, but if you run WINDOWS and use the
Microsoft SDK you cannot get at the individual resources so this may
help in that area.



ICON.EXE

This version of the Icon Conversion program will convert Windows Icons,
Cursors (Pointers), and Bitmaps into the cooresponding OS/2 2.0 images.
The program will operate on resource files (.ico, .cur, .bmp or their
variants) as well as EXE and DLL files.  It has been tested on Windows
3.0 and 3.1 files.  The program executes either under DOS or a DOS
session.  The format of the command line is:

icon <input filename> [output template]

The program will prompt for the output filename template if not supplied
on the command line.  It is recommended that the program prompting be
utilized since most EXE/DLL files contain multiple resources.  Since
many EXE and DLL files contain multiple icons the output filename
specification is a template in these cases where the ? character
(one or more as needed) is replaced by the program with numbers,
for example to convert the windows moricons.dll file into OS/2 icons
enter the following:

icon moricons.dll

The windows 3.1 version contains 106 icons so 3 ? are required to obtain
unique filename for all icons.  The program is fairly robust as far as
detecting any error conditions.  At any rate no warranty is expressed or
implied and if it doesn't work for you consider how much you paid for it.

Ron Hall 71042,1200