Hi There, Fellow OS/2'ers

One of the utilities I have been searching for ( as many others have ), is a
ToolBar Like application. We don't use iconnames ( except for file listings )
and just want the icon.

My personal angle on that is a toolbar similar to NextStep. There simply are
no OS/2 native applications ( or EWS freeware ), which allows icon only
folders.

So, following the lead of the file AMAZDESK.ZIP, I took the button design
from, I simply designed a 1024X768@256 color bitmap which was blank, except
for the ButtonBar on the right. The icon titles are 1 point Helv, so as not
to annoy me.

To keep it from being totally boring, I imported the bitmap OS2DRNG.BMP into
it ( which was 800.600.256 in size...perfect ! ) to give it the look of a
regular desktop.

Of course, this is not the most perfect imitation of the NextAppBar, but it
passes close enough to it to satisfy me. It can be easily modified from
the bitmaps I included during the 10 minute process, and can readily be
adapted to lower resolutions ( although the 256 color icons wont show up as
well ...)

Note: The bottom gap at the end of the bar is for two other apps I use:
GWCLOCK ( EWS ) and NOBOOT, both little bar apps which filled
that gap perfectly.

The whole shebang was primarily done with two applications:

PMJPEG ( Shareware OS/2 graphics app )
Adobe Photoshop ( Overpriced Graphics Manipulation App, but writes OS/2 BMP )


The only thing required to get going is a OS/2 graphics manipulator, which
can resize BMP's at the pixel level, and a OS/2 app which edits the same
files ( without size limitations ).


Enjoy, And See you on The Bleeding Edge...

Rob Campbell
03.17.94