ICONS CONTROL The indispensable tool to process Windows icons ------------ INTRODUCTION ------------ Icons Control is designed to display as many Windows icons as possible in a 10x10 grid. Icons can be copied, renamed, moved, and erased with a click of the mouse. Hardcopy of icons can be printed on any printer supported by Windows. Icons Control can even display icons embedded inside DLL or EXE files. Displayed icons can be edited, converted to bitmaps, or extracted to ICO format (in the DLL or EXE viewing mode). In addition, 32x32-pixel bitmaps can also be converted to ICO format. Conversion and extraction can be done in batch mode, thus saving a considerable amount of time for those of you with large number of icons to process. Furthermore, any portion of the screen can be captured into an icon or bitmap. For a complete description of Icons Control, please refer to the help file accessible by clicking on the Help icon from outside as well as inside the program. ------------ INSTALLATION ------------ Run SETUP from the Windows File Manager. You will be asked to enter a directory to install Icons Control (default is Icnctrl). For users who download the Icons Control package from the internet, you may need to download a copy of VBRUN300.DLL from the same site. Since VBRUN300.DLL is about 300K and almost everyone running a Visual Basic application have it, I am not including it in the zip file to save disk space and download time. Users who wish to receive the software on a 3.5" floppy disk will have every files needed (including the VBRUN300.DLL) to run the software. ------------------------------ HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ------------------------------ * Any computer running Windows 3.1/Windows 95/Windows NT 3.51. * A standard VGA (a Windows-accelerated graphic board is recommended). * A mouse or trackball. * Any printer supported by Windows (optional). Icons Control has been developed and tested on a 486DX66 with 8MB of RAM, a 1 MB Diamond Stealth 24 Windows accelerator board (at screen resolutions 640x480x16, 640x480x256, 640x480x65536, 800x600x256, 800x600x65536, 1024x768x16, and 1024x768x256), a trackball, and mouse. It has also been tested on a 100 MHz Pentium-based machine with 16 MB of RAM, a 1 MB Diamond Stealth 64 SE (PCI) and a 150 MHz Pentium-based machine with 32 MB of RAM, a 2 MB VRAM Diamond Stealth Video 3200 with the same above settings. Icons Control was also tested on the following computers: 1) 100 MHz PCI Pentium-based computer with 16 MB of RAM and a 1 MB PCI Diamond Stealth SE. 2) 150 Mhz PCI Pentium-based computer with 32 MB of RAM and a 2 MB VRAM Diamond Stealth Video 3200 (S3-968) under the above resolutions and color depth modes. 3) IBM P5-133 with 32 MB or RAM and a 1MB PCI Diamond Stealth DRAM (S3-764). 4) AST Bravo LC 4/33s with 8MB of RAM and a 512K ATI video card. The following printers were successfully tested: 1) HP LaserJet 4L. 2) HP LaserJet 5L. 3) Brother HL-720. 4) Canon BJC-610. 5) Epson Stylus Color. 6) Epson Stylus Color Pro. ---------------------------------------------------- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHAREWARE AND REGISTERED VERSION ---------------------------------------------------- SHAREWARE: * Copy. * Rename. * Move. * Delete. * Edit. * ICO to BMP conversion. * Printing hardcopy of icons. * No "nag" screen (I don't believe in "nag" screen" ;-) REGISTERED: Above functions plus: * BMP to ICO conversion. * Icons extraction from DLLs and EXEs. * Captures any portion of the screen into an icon. * Access to image flip, shift, and rotate tools. * Printing of icons using color optimization. * Your name (or your company name) is displayed on the opening screen and in the About window. No more shamefully displaying that you are merely evaluating this program--you will be a full-fledged Icons Control power user :-) * You will know in your heart that you have done the right thing (both legally and morally). * You will be notified via E-Mail of new major releases and will be qualified for substantial discount for the upgrade. * Although technical support has not been a drastic necessity, registered users are naturally given more priority and attention regarding technical support. ------------ REGISTRATION ------------ Icons Control is both freeware and shareware. Freeware users are free to use it to view, copy, mode, delete, and rename icons. Icons Control even displays icons embedded inside DLL and EXE files. The displayed icons cannot be extracted, edited, or converted. The extraction, editing, and conversion functions are only available in the registered versions (shareware). There is no evaluation period to use Icons Control. You may use it as long as you want. But in order to use the above-mentioned functions, you must register to obtain the registered version. ------------- PAYMENT TERMS ------------- Registration is $25. Registered users will receive the latest version through internet email (UUencoded or MIME-encoded). If you prefer to receive the software on a 3.5" floppy disk, the fee is $29. As of this writing, I only accept money orders, cashier checks, bank checks, or personal checks (MUST be drawn from a U.S. bank). International users can transfer the $25 fee to my Bank of America account directly. This type of payment requires an additional $10 because BoA charges my account $10 for the transfer fee. Send me e-mail for my account number and confirmation. Compuserve users can register on-line and obtain the registered version within 24 hours, Icons Control Registration ID is 7437. A collection of over 2,800 icons sorted in 34 different categories is also available for an additional $14, Please fill in the information sheet in the REGISTER.TXT form and mail it along with your payment to: Chris Doan 4891 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #401 San Diego, CA 92117 A single user license permits a user to use Icons Control only on a single computer. Licensed users may use the program on different computers as long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it is being used at another, or on a network by more than one user at a time. A site license is required by a corporation, company, educational institution, or governmental agency for use of Icons Control software on the total number of computers that will use the software. Thank you for supporting the shareware software concept and encouraging the future development of Windows shareware. Chris Doan San Diego, California October 1996 doanc@worldnet.att.net 102425.1613@compuserve.com