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*** Welcome to IconDOS v1.7 ***
(c) 1993, EFD Systems
All Rights Reserved
* DESCRIPTION !!! Be sure to read WHATS NEW below !!!
IconDOS is a graphical application launcher for DOS that is similiar to
Window's Program Manager, complete with icons and wallpaper. IconDOS is
practical and efficient. Zero (0) resident memory is required so
launched applications are guaranteed to work the same as if run directly
from DOS. Multi-page icon menus and sub-menus provide virtually
unlimited menu size. VGA graphics is required. A mouse is required for
menu setup and editing. After setup, IconDOS operates equally well
using either keyboard or mouse.
IconDOS was designed to work efficiently with DOS and to complement the
power and versatility of the DOS batch language. IconDOS essentially
provides a graphical front end to a batch file which must be written by
the user. Computer novices and others who cannot write a simple batch
file should look elsewhere for a menu system.
* DEMO
You really should read the documentation first but if human nature gets
the better of you, type "ICONDOS DEMO". Try selecting an icon or two.
Press F1 for a utility menu.
* DOCUMENTATION
The included documentation, ICONDOS.DOC and ICONEDIT.DOC, are ASCII file
"books" designed to be read using the included hypertext style file
browser, BOOK.EXE. To read the documentation type:
BOOK ICONDOS.DOC ...and... BOOK ICONEDIT.DOC
When reading a documentation book:
- Use Pg-Up and Pg-Dn keys to move through the document.
- Type a page number and press ENTER to jump to a specific page. Press
ENTER alone to return to the previous page.
- Use Home and End keys to move to the start/end of the document.
- Press "A" to re-align the page boundaries with the screen after scrolling
with the arrow keys.
* FILE LIST
ICONDOS.* - Main menu program and documentation
ICONEDIT.* - Icon editor and documentation.
PCX2ICN.* - Icon screen capture utility and documentation
ICONNUM.EXE - Utility which sequentially numbers the icons in a file by
overwriting icon titles with numbers. Somewhat useful for
icon library maintenance.
BOOK.EXE - Hypertext style file browser for reading ICONDOS.DOC and
ICONEDIT.DOC.
INSTALL.BAT - Simple batch file to setup a directory on your hard disk
and copy the IconDOS files to it.
*.MNU - Example menu files.
RUN.BAT - Batch file which works with the example menus. Use this
file as a guide to setting up your own applications.
ICON.LBR - Icon library. See ICONEDIT.DOC for instructions on
copying icons from this library to a menu file.
PAPER.ICN - Wallpaper file. Contain 40+ wallpapers. IconDOS selects a
wallpaper at random from those available in this file at
startup unless wallpaper has been "fixed".
* MISC. NOTES
Microsoft's expanded memory manager provided with DOS 5, EMM386.EXE,
will significantly degrade video display performance with IconDOS and
any other video intensive applications. When added to your CONFIG.SYS
setup, this driver runs your Intel 386 processor in an obscure 'virtual'
mode which results in the loss of display speed.
* WHATS NEW!!!
Version 1.5 now provides more wallpaper, a new pulldown menu and new
integrated calendar and calculator.
Version 1.6 includes an improved version of IconEDIT. It is now much
easier to choose the icon you wish to edit. Simply click on the normal
size icon display at the upper right. You will be presented with a full
page display of the icons in the file. Click on the icon you wish to
edit.
Version 1.7 adds rudimentary PIM (personal info management) features. An
integrated address book has been added. Daily reminders, appointment
schedules and other notes can now be attached to any given day from the
calendar. Notes are free-form text files which are named to reflect the
day to which they are attached. For example, notes for Oct. 20, 1993
are stored in a file called 10201993. IconDOS shells to DOS EDIT to
create/change the note files. To use a different editor, create a batch
file called EDIT.BAT to call your selected editor. Place the batch file
in the IconDOS directory. To use WordPerfect for example, EDIT.BAT
might look something like this:
C:\WP\WP %1
The user is reminded if notes are attached to the current day by a
message at the bottom of the screen.
We hope you enjoy using IconDOS!