March 1, 1995 This is the README.TXT file for the 32-bit version of Icon Manager version 3.6. This software requires Windows NT 3.5 or higher Windows NT platform. A 16-bit version of Icon Manager is available for use with Windows 3.1 or higher 16-bit Windows platform. Please contact Impact Software for more information. * Awarded 1st Place! - Microsoft Windows NT * * Shareware Contest * OVERVIEW -------- Icon Manager is a powerful tool for working with icons in the Windows NT operating environment. The same drag-and-drop interface used by Program Manager allows icons to be easily moved, copied, and organ- ized into files. Read and write icons in all pop- ular file formats that contain icons including ICO, DLL, EXE, ICL, and ICA. Icon Manager will install icons into Program Manager or Norton Desktop DIRECTLY using the wizardry of Windows' Dynamic Data Exchange. For those who would like to create or edit their own icons, Icon Manager offers two capable solutions. Using your existing Windows Paintbrush application, Icon Manager uses the power of OLE to whisk you into a edit session with Paintbrush at the click of the mouse. All of these features and more make Icon Manager the most complete icon utility available for the Windows operating environment! For those who would like to create or edit their own icons, Icon Manager offers two capable solutions. Using your existing Windows Paintbrush application, Icon Manager uses the power of OLE to whisk you into a edit session with Paintbrush at the click of the mouse. Serious designers will want to tap the power of Icon Studio, a professional quality application created specifically to offer powerful editing tools that elegantly extend your creativity. Icon Studio integrates seamlessly with Icon Manager and also serves as the best standalone editor for icon resource files. Register Icon Manager, and we'll register you for Icon Studio for only $10 more (that's less than HALF of the normal cost). REGISTRATION ------------ Icon Manager is not free software. It is released as shareware, which provides the opportunity for the program to be evaluated before it is purchased. We hope that after you try Icon Manager you will like it so much that you will want to register. By doing so you are voting with your pocketbook for us to continue developing high-quality, Windows shareware. Complete information on how to register Icon Manager is included in the REGISTER.TXT file. DOCUMENTATION ------------- Icon Manager includes on-line help that covers all aspects of program operation. The information is conveniently organized into related topics and procedures to help you get started with any specific task you may have as soon as possible. INSTALLING ICON MANAGER ----------------------- The Icon Manager package includes a graphical Windows installation program. The name of the utility is SETUP32.EXE. You should place all of the files included in the package on a floppy disk or in a temporary directory of your hard drive. Run SETUP32 by selecting the 'Run...' command from the File menu of Program Manager or File Manager. Enter "d:\SETUP32" as the Command Line, where "d" is the drive/directory that you are installing Icon Manager FROM (i.e. A:\SETUP32). 1. SETUP will then display an Installation Control window. Three pushbuttons allow you to change the FROM and TO drives and paths for your install. SETUP initially sets these values for you so that you can just click the Install button if you do not need to make changes. 2. If you would like to specify a different path for SETUP to install Icon Manager to, select "Install To". A dialog will be displayed to allow a new location to be selected. If you plan to use Icon Manager and Icon Studio, you you should install both programs to the same location on your computer. (see below, "Icon Studio") 3. If you are using Program Manager as your Windows shell, SETUP will allow a Program Group to be selected to receive the startup icon for Icon Manager. Select the "Program Group" button to select the group that will receive the startup icon. 4. Select 'OK'. SETUP will inform you when installation is complete. ICON STUDIO ----------- Impact Software offers a quality icon editor application that can be used as a standalone program, for editing icon resource (ICO) files, and also acts as an integrated editing tool from within Icon Manager. Icon Manager and Icon Studio integrate seamlessly when used together. Icon Studio offers an extensive set of drawing and painting tools designed specifically for editing small graphic images. The workspace can be sized as required to allow easy pixel-by-pixel editing. All of Icon Studio's tools operate in the workspace while an actual size image provides immediate, real time display of the editing in progress. Icon Manager and Icon Studio are distributed for evaluation in separate file packages to provide the smallest size modules for users who download software for evaluation. When both Icon Manager and Icon Studio are installed on the same computer, they should be placed in the same directory on your hard drive. Icon Manager will use Icon Studio for editing requests if it finds the program in the same directory that it is executed from. If you would like Icon Manager to use Windows Paintbrush instead of Icon Studio, remove or rename the Icon Studio program (ICSTUD16.EXE or ICSTUDIO.EXE) if it is located in Icon Manager's directory. -------------------------------------------------------- The legalese section... Icon Manager for Windows NT Copyright © 1990-1995 by Leonard A. Gray. All rights reserved. SOFTWARE LICENSE Non-licensed users are granted a limited license to use Icon Manager on a 30-day trial basis for the purpose of determining whether Icon Manager is suitable for their needs. The use of Icon Manager, except for the initial 30-day trial, requires registration. The use of unlicensed copies of Icon Manager, outside of the initial 30-day trial, by any person, business, corporation, government agency or any other entity is strictly prohibited. A single user license permits a user to use Icon Manager 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 computer network by more than one user at a time. No one may modify or patch the Icon Manager executable files in any way, including but not limited to decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise reverse engineering the program. A limited license is granted to copy and distribute Icon Manager only for the trial use of others, subject to the above limitations, and also the following: 1) Icon Manager and all of its release files must be distributed in unmodified form, complete with the file containing this license information. 2) No fee, charge, or other compensation may be requested or accepted, except as authorized below: A) Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (sysops) may make Icon Manager available for downloading only as long as the above conditions are met. An overall or time-dependent charge for the use of the bulletin board system is permitted as long as there is not a specific charge for the download of Icon Manager. B) Vendors of shareware software approved by the ASP may distribute Icon Manager, subject to the above conditions, without specific permission. Non- approved vendors may distribute Icon Manager only after obtaining written permission from Impact Software. Such permission is usually granted. Please write for details (enclose your catalog). C) Non-profit user groups may distribute copies of the Icon Manager diskette to their members, subject to the above conditions, without specific permission. Non-profit groups may collect a disk duplication fee not to exceed five dollars. LIMITED WARRANTY Impact Software warrants that all disks provided are free from defects in material and workmanship, assuming normal use, for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. Impact Software warrants that the program will perform in substantial compliance with the documentation supplied with the software product. If a significant defect in the product is found, the Purchaser may return the product for a refund. In no event will such a refund exceed the purchase price of the product. 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