The ICON Wizard is a shareware product which provides the capability to easily assign a custom ICON to any file, folder or disk (original or alias). It requires System 7 to operate.
Installation of the ICON Wizard is straightforward. The ICON Wizard INIT goes into the Extensions folder within the System folder. You can either drag it into the closed System folder, and System 7 will automatically place it inside the Extensions folder, or you can directly drag it into the Extension folder itself. The ICON Wizard application can go anywhere, but leaving it on the desktop makes it most convenient to use.
To start the ICON Wizard, simply drag and drop the file, folder or disk that you desire onto the ICON Wizard application (you must start it by dragging and dropping; double clicking on it or using the Open menu command will give you an error message telling you to drag and drop).
Once started, the ICON Wizard will cause the Finder to open an extended Get Info box, which will have ICON information and command buttons in the right side of the window. Simply click on the desired button.
Note: Don't be disconcerted by the fact that after the first time you use the ICON Wizard, it's ICON will remain in the Finder's "Open" state. It is NOT open, but the FInder seems to not care that it has quit, since it runs in the background. I will attempt to resolve this in a future release.
The ICON Editor
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When you select Create or Edit an ICON, you will be presented with the ICON Editor window. This editor will provide most if not all of the drawing tools which you would expect, plus some features (documented in the registered version, you have to find them yourself if you don't send in the shareware fee!) which exceed some high-level paint programs. To select a pattern, click and drag on the Current Pattern box. To select a color, click and drag on the Current Color box. The Repaint box will also pop up a color selection display. Choosing a color from the Repaint selection will cause all pixels which are currently equal to the Current Color shown to be changed to the selected Repaint color. The Tools usage is fairly self-evident.
The Pitch
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The ICON Wizard distributed as shareware does not include the ICON Library facility, which gives you a library of over 100 pre-drawn full color ICONS for your use, as well as the capability to view and copy them. In addition, the shareware version does not document many of the editing facilities. Therefore, for a measly $22 you can get the fully operational version, plus documentation, plus future fixes and enhancements. It's a hard deal to pass up! Not only that, if you continue to use the unregistered version for too long, it may cause the toenails on your left foot to turn bright green, and four of your fingers to fall off (and it's dishonest, too!). So why take the risk?
The shareware fee (some negotiable form of US dollars, please) can be sent to:
Mike Samuels
Software Design Center, inc.
145 Castle Ridge Drive
East Hanover, NJ 07936
with the check made out to either Mike Samuels or Software Design Center.
