Icon Editor 1.3

About....

       Icon Editor 1.3 allows you to create and edit Windows 3.0 icons in the
.ICO format.  This makes you able to design your own icons for any application
you would like, so you are now no longer confined to the few icons that
Windows provides.  Icon Editor runs out of Windows 3.0.

Requirements

Icon Editor 1.3 needs:

       - DOS 2.1 or higher
       - A VGA, EGA or CGA monitor
       - Windows 3.0
       - A mouse (3 buttons recommended)
       - An AT or faster machine is recommended

Registering (Please Read)

       If you like this program and use it often please register.  The cost is
only $10 (recommended) and that will go towards the development of a Icon
Editor that will run in Windows.

Send registration for Icon Editor 1.3 to

       Jason Lacombe
       32 The Hills Rd.    R.F.D #2
       Auburn, NH
       03032

(Comments, suggestions and bug reports are also welcome)

Using

To begin type in "IE" <enter> - this will bring you into the Icon Editor.


       Any of the four options at the top of the screen can be accesed through
using the mouse.  The color bars are just beneath the options.  The number you
have will depend on what type of monitor you are using.  The box to the far
right beneath the colors is what the current image looks like as an icon.
Below that is what color you are using.
       On the left is a large box usually filled with little dots.  That is
the grid on which you will design your icon.  When you have the mouse on the
grid the following commands are in action:

      Left Mouse Button:             Turn on the icon pixel in the current
                                     color

      Middle Mouse Button (Or Both): Allows you to fill in a larger area by
                                     dragging the mouse across the area you
                                     wish to fill

      Right Mouse Button:            Turns off the icon pixel and into the
                                     background which is represented by those
                                     little dots

      If a grid space is filled with dots that means it will take the color of
Window 3.0's background (it will be transparent).  If it is a solid color then
the color will not change depending on windows.

      When you have finished your icon you will want to save it.  Just click on
"Load" and type in the name of your icon (followed by the ICO extension)


      Also, to change the blinking box on the grid to the normal cursor just
press "T" (or <SHIFT> "t").  To change back press any other key.


Using With Windows

To install an icon you must

               - Select the icon you want to change in Program Manager
               - Select PROPERTIES in the FILE menu
               - Choose to CHANGE ICON
               - When the Select Icon box comes up, click on FILE NAME.
               - Enter the name of your icon (With the ICO extension)
               - Choose OK to return to the Program Item Properties
               - Press OK again to install the icon