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- ┌──────────────────┐
- │ IconView │
- │ ICOVU.EXE v0.8 │
- │ October 28, 93 │
- └──────────────────┘
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
- I was looking for a utility that would display all the icons in a
- directory a screenful at a time. Since I couldn't find an adequate
- one, I decided to write one myself (plus, it would give me a chance to
- play with Visual Basic).
-
- I figured I'd upload the utility to CompuServe so that others could
- try it and (and perhaps find it useful). This is not shareware - you
- are not *required* to pay for using it. If you do like it and want to
- contribute, however, it is appreciated; you may send any amount you
- like to the address below.
-
- I am very interested in any comments, suggestions, ideas you might
- have. If you think of a feature that would be useful, please let me
- know; I might add it as time allows.
-
- WARRANTY
- --------
- There is NONE. This program works on *my* system as *I* want it to.
- There is no guaranty that it will work for you as you want. You use
- it at your own risk.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- 1. Copy ICOVU.EXE into any directory of your choice
- 2. Copy ICOVU.INI into your WINDOWS directory
- 3. Copy THREED.VBX and GRID.VBX into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory; if
- they already exist, keep the ones with the later date
- 4. Make sure that you have VBRUN300.DLL in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory. If not, you can download it from CompuServe (MSBASIC) or
- a wel-stocked BBS
- 5. Edit the "StartDir" option in ICOVU.INI to point to the start-up
- directory of your choice
-
- USAGE
- -----
- There isn't a whole lot of functionality, so the interface is pretty
- straight-forward. The program starts up by displaying any icons in
- the start-up directory (set in ICOVU.INI). It can display up to
- 110 icons on a 640x480 screen, 182 on a 800x600 screen.
-
- If there are more icons in the current directory than will fit on the
- screen, the vertical scroll bar will be enabled. Click anywhere on
- the bar to scroll a screen at a time (above or below the scroll box
- depending on the direction you want to scroll). You can also drag the
- scroll box itself to a desired point on the bar.
-
- You can change the directory to view in the directory list box. Below
- that is the total number of icons in the current directory. I've come
- across several icons (from various sources including CompuServe) that
- don't load properly; they're probably defective in some way. The
- program will display a message box telling you the name of the file it
- couldn't load (and a blank icon will be displayed in it's place). If
- you check the "Auto Skip" box (which is checked by default), the
- program won't display the message box.
-
- If you click on any icon on the screen, its filename will be displayed
- above the "Auto Skip" check box.
-
- To print the current screen of icons, click on the print button.
- Clicking on the Stop button quits the program.
-
- THE FUTURE
- ----------
- I'm playing with a couple of ideas to enhance this program. It'd be
- nice to, say, double-click an icon and have that filename appended to
- a text file, which you could later use in a batch file to keep only
- the icons you liked. Again, if you have any thoughts about ICOVU,
- please let me know.
-
- CONTACTING ME
- -------------
- CompuServe: 72303,2470
- Internet : 72303.2470@compuserve.com
- : mohit.chadha@ctdrs.gov (only if above doesn't work)
- RIME : #5011 (routed private mail)
- FidoNet : 1:142/258 (Netmail)
- US Mail : Mohit Chadha
- 345 Buckland Hills Dr, #8334
- Manchester, CT 06040
-
-