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The Icon Librarian
Version 1.0 April 8, 1993
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| ____|__ | Association of
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|___|___| MEMBER
Copyright (c) 1993 by Keith Ledbetter
4240 Ketcham Drive
Chesterfield, VA 23832
(804) 674-0780
(6:00pm - 10:00pm Eastern Time)
Tech Support BBS: Blue Ridge Express
804-790-1675
30 Phone Lines (2400 bd)
Sub-board KEITHL
("J KEITHL")
Email Addresses:
GEnie : ORION.MICRO
Compuserve : 72240,1221
America Online: kledbetter
Program and Documentation are Copyright (c) 1993
by Keith Ledbetter. All rights reserved.
Portions (c) Borland International.
The Icon Librarian was written with Borland C++ Professional.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
write to the ASP Ombudsman at PO. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or
send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman
70007,3536.
Definition of Shareware
Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue
using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs
differ on details -- some request registration while others
require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With
registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
using the software to an updated program with printed manual.
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
specific group. For example, some authors require written
permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
Shareware.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
product, you don't pay for it.
Disclaimer - Agreement
Users of The Icon Librarian must accept this disclaimer of
warranty:
"The Icon Librarian is supplied as is. The author disclaims all
warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
consequential, which may result from the use of The Icon
Librarian."
The Icon Librarian is a "shareware program" and is provided at no
charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with
your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part
of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is
to provide personal computer users with quality software without
high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
continue to develop new products. If you find this program
useful and find that you are using The Icon Librarian and
continue to use it after a reasonable trial period, you must make
a registration payment of $15 to Keith Ledbetter. The $15
registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like
a book. An example is that this software may be used by any
number of people and may be freely moved from one computer
location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it
being used at one location while it's being used at another.
Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the
same time.
Commercial users of The Icon Librarian must register and pay for
their copies of the program within 30 days of first use or their
license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by
contacting Keith Ledbetter.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of The Icon Librarian along to
your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register
their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered
users will receive a copy of the latest version of the Icon
Librarian system.
About the Program
If you are a regular Windows user, then you have no doubt
had to struggle to keep up with the multitude of icons available
today. The Icon Librarian (Librarian) makes manipulation of
these icons easy; you can categorize, delete, and choose icons
from up to 100 user-defined categories (with up to 1,000 icons
each) with intuitive drag-and-drop operations. The Librarian
keeps its icons in space-efficient library files, so you'll save
valuable disk space, too. Icons can be imported into your
libraries from ICO, EXE, DLL, Norton Library, and PC Tools .ICL
files.
Developers will also find the Librarian very useful. It
will allow you to keep your development icons in well-defined
categories (buttons, hardware, etc.) without wasting disk space
by having multitudes of small .ICO files on your hard drive.
The Librarian works by keeping a master directory on your hard
drive named \ICONLIB\. All of your library files (.TIL
extension) will be stored here. In addition, a directory named
\ICONLIB\IN_USE\ will also be created to hold any icons that you
use with the "quick extract" features (more about this later).
Installing the Librarian