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ICONS CONTROL
The indispensable tool to process Windows icons
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INTRODUCTION
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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.
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INSTALLATION
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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.
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HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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* 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.
5) Sharp PC-9050 notebook computer with 32 MB RAM and
a 2 MB VRAM PCI Trident (9660/9680/938X) linear accelerator.
The following printers were successfully tested:
1) HP LaserJet 4L.
2) HP LaserJet 5L.
3) Brother HL-720.
4) NEC SuperScrip 660plus.
5) Canon BJC-610.
6) Epson Stylus Color.
7) Epson Stylus Color Pro.
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHAREWARE AND REGISTERED VERSION
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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.
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REGISTRATION
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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.
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PAYMENT TERMS
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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
April 1997
doanc@san.rr.com
chris_doan@compuserve.com