MakeDesk v1.30 - Copyright 1993, Matthew Palcic DefGen v1.10 - Copyright 1993, Matthew Palcic All rights reserved. Distributed as Freeware. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Installation Note ** If you can, use Info-ZIP's UNZIP 5.0 to extract MakeDesk. The ZIP file contains extended attributes that only UNZIP 5.0 can extract from Info-ZIP. Using PKUNZIP will extract the files, but not the extended attributes. You can find the utility as UNZ50X32.ZIP on the Fernwood BBS, Pete Norloff's Shareware BBS, or the UNIX Internet. Hopefully, PKWare will be quicker about their PKZip 2.x for OS/2 than they were for their DOS version. NOTE: You must have the Workplace Shell running in order to execute MakeDesk. ** Originally designed for use as part of OS/2 installations from a LAN, MakeDesk has saved me hours of manual customization of desktops for the Workplace Shell. Probably the best part about it is that it's free, and it can run from another OS/2 command file or from the command prompt and can run unattended (requiring no input). I am offering this as a free utility to enable other OS/2 users to create desktop objects as easily as possible. I am not charging a registration fee for its use. Consequently, I also provide no support for MakeDesk or DefGen. Companies and end-users don't need to pay a fee to use this on any/every OS/2 machine they set up. I like OS/2 and want to make it easier for other users, so MakeDesk is my free contribution. I just don't want someone else making money from it, since that would defeat the purpose of MakeDesk: free and useful. I encourage you to share your object definition files with other users so we can all learn a little bit more about OS/2. I have included a couple sample .DEF files and some sample icons. These files are not required for the operation of MakeDesk or DefGen. ** MakeDesk and DefGen are free utilities. This doesn't mean they are public domain. Do not charge anyone a fee for the use of this utility set. The only fees which may be charged when distributing this utility are connect charges to a communications service or the cost of disk duplication. I was unable to identify the author of CrtObj.txt, which was obtained from CompuServe. I have kept that file exactly the same as it was when I downloaded it. I'm not charging anything for MakeDesk or DefGen, so I am assuming CrtObj.txt can be included for free. Please keep this archive in one piece. Don't strip out files you don't think you need then pass it on to another BBS or a friend. ** I have developed a process for installing OS/2, the service pack, the NetWare requester, and desktop setups from a Novell NetWare file server requiring only a few diskettes at each station. Inquiries regarding this process can be directed to: Personal Computer Systems 5450 Olive Road Dayton, OH 45426 513-837-8486, 9am-9pm M-F 513-837-8286, Fax ** For a drag and drop approach to MakeDesk, look for the fine shareware product called DeskMan/2 by Greg Czaja and Development Technologies. For information, contact Greg on CompuServe (71052,720). Desktop Manager is the program you have been waiting for since you installed OS/2 2.0 on your machine for the second time! This great operating system (as certainly OS/2 2.x is...) lacks a tiny, tiny feature - you can not preserve your desktop contents across total reinstalls or duplicate it on another machine, unless you do it manually. DeskMan will give you a helping hand and assist you in managing your objects - it won't allow them to manage you!