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- 8/8/91
-
- SysColor
-
- Written By: Mike Lee
-
- Version 1.8.8.91
- (c) 1991 By Mike Lee, All Rights Reserved.
-
-
- This program may ONLY be distributed FREELY (without ANY fee).
- This program is provided AS-IS. Use it at your own risk.
- If you would like to donate money, car, computer, or, ...
- moral support, here is the address:
-
- 1772 67th Street
- Brooklyn, NY 11204
-
- email: mklee@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
-
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- Files Included:
-
- SYSCOLOR.EXE - Main program
- SYSCOLOR.INI - Color Table
- SYSCOLOR.TXT - This File
-
-
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- Upgrade History:
-
- 7.22.91 - first public release
-
- 8.8.91 - Pal entry 0 and 255 can no longer be altered to
- avoid the "mess" that they can create.
- Minor changes in SYSCOLOR.TXT - more informations
- on using and setting up SysColor .
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- WHAT SysColor will do for you:
-
- o You can change any of the 254 colors from a palette of
- 256k (or 16M). [Have not tested on 16M palette capable
- hardware, care to send me one?]
-
- o You can finally use the colors you want as system colors.
-
- o Auto-mode - have your colors set during boot-up.
-
-
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- THINGS you need to know to set up and run syscolor:
-
- o You may store SYSCOLOR.EXE anywhere you like.
-
- o The default filename for saving & loading the
- custom color table is SYSCOLOR.INI.
-
- o This program only supports video driver that is capable
- of keeping a 256 colors palette. If you only have standard
- VGA (16 colors), you may want to look for a program called
- VGACOLOR.
-
- (Alternately, you may wait for a new version of SYSCOLOR)
-
- o You can add SYSCOLOR.EXE to any program group by using the
- ADD ITEM menu within Program Manager. It has its own icon.
- When you have found its path you may add the following options:
- (like: Description: Sycolor
- CmdLine: d:\winapp\syscolor.exe temp.ini )
-
- Command line options:
- =============================
-
- a FileName Auto-mode.
- The program will load FileName and changes
- the system palette accordingly. When done,
- it will terminate itself. (No memory taken!)*
-
- FileName Interactive mode.
- Same as running the program without any
- parameter except the default filename
- SYSCOLOR.INI is now FileName.
-
- o You may set up several SYSCOLOR ICONS to run
- SYSCOLOR in auto-mode with different color table files.
-
-
- To "realize" your palette at boot up, add "load=SYSCOLOR.EXE"
- to your win.ini file. NOTE: when in AUTO-MODE, only SYSCOLOR.INI
- will work. Do not use "run=", "run=SYSCOLOR.EXE" will not
- execute syscolor in AUTO-MODE.
-
- Example: (c:\windows\win.ini)
-
- [windows]
- .
- .
- .
- load=d:\bc\syscolor c:\windows\saver
- beep=yes
- Spooler=no
- .
- .
- .
- This will run SysColor in auto mode at boot up. It will also
- automatically load SYSCOLOR.INI in the d:\bc\syscolor directory.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Some Notes about using SYSCOLOR:
- ================================
-
- Most system palette entries correspond to indexes (Pal Entry #)
- in the beginning and end.
-
- The "File Saved", "File Loaded" message box's caption indicates the
- file name.
-
- BUTTONS:
- ========
-
- OK - Terminates and use the selected colors.
- QUIT - Terminates and NOT use the selected colors.
- RESET - Reset the CURRENT entry.
- LOAD - Load color table syscolor.ini **
- SAVE - Save color table to syscolor.ini **
-
- ** syscolor.ini or whatever that was specified in the command line.
-
-
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-
- SysColor is the first program I have written for Windows.
- So, Please e(mail) all your questions, suggestions,
- and comments to:
-
- Mike Lee
- 1772 67 Street
- Brooklyn, NY 11204 mklee@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
-
-
- p.s. How do you change a standard VGA (or 16 colors only) display's
- palette?
-