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│ RIM (Robo-Board Icon Manager) 3.0 │
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│ User Manual │
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│ (c) Copyright 1992 Chris J. Duke │
│ All Rights Reserved Worldwide │
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│ December 03, 1992 │
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│ Chris J. Duke │
│ 4130 La Jolla Village Drive │
│ Suite 107-169 │
│ La Jolla, CA 92037 │
│ USA │
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
What is RIM ............................................ 1
How it Came To Be ...................................... 1
Acknowledgments ........................................ 1
Cautions ............................................... 2
Naming Conventions ..................................... 2
How to Contact the Author ............................... 2
Other Products by the Author ........................... 2
Programming Language ................................... 2
REGISTRATION 3
Evaluation Version ..................................... 3
License ............................................... 4
Disclaimer ............................................. 4
Trademarks ............................................. 4
USING RIM 5
System Requirements ................................... 5
Starting RIM ........................................... 5
Configuring RIM ........................................ 5
RIM Options ............................................ 5
Combining Icon Libraries ............................... 6
Extracting Icon(s) From An Icon Library ................ 7
Viewing Icons .......................................... 8
* Icon Colors ............................................ 8
Fitting Four Icons On The Screen At Once ............... 8
Changing Focus ......................................... 8
Keys Available in View Mode ............................ 9
Keys Available in Edit Mode ............................ 12
PRODUCT PLUGS 14
OBJECTive Software ..................................... 14
BBS++ ................................................... 14
REVISION HISTORY 15
INCLUDED ICONS 16
Distributing Your Icons ................................ 16
Icons from BBS++ ....................................... 17
Icons from Other Artists ............................... 18
ORDER FORM 19
INTRODUCTION 1
INTRODUCTION
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WHAT IS RIM
RIM works only with Robo-Board 30x30 icons. It is not compatible
with Microsoft Windows icons.
RIM is the FIRST 3rd-Party utility for the Robo-Board software
as programmed by Seth Hamilton. RIM 3.0 offers the following:
■ Ability to view and edit up to four icons at a time
■ Ability to copy, delete, rotate, combine, swap, and flip icons
■ Ability to combine multiple icon library files (.ICO)
■ Ability to extract 1 or more icons from one icon library
and create a new icon library, or add the extracted icons
to an existing icon library.
The ability to combine icon libraries is a big plus to both you
and your callers of your Robo-Board. This is discussed below.
The ability to extract icons, is an excellent capability.
For example, let's say you get an icon library from a friend
that contains 50 icons, but you only want icons #12, #35 and #44!
With RIM's extraction capabilities, you can easily select which
icons you want from that library, put them in a new icon library,
or append those icons to your existing library!
HOW IT CAME TO BE
RIM was no more than the cause of a brain fart I had when I was
dealing with multiple Robo-Board icon files. With version 1 of
Robo-Board's icon editor, there is no means in which to manage
icons. That is, take the icons in one icon file and place them
in another, or better yet - to combine multiple icon files.
In comes RIM, a simple to-use program with a friendly interface.
You simply give it a destination icon file, then specify which
icons you want in it. Hit a few keys and begin designing your
.RBO screens. The benefit of having all of your icons in one
single file is that it speeds up the displaying of your screens
to the caller and the caller will like the fact that his/her
Robo-Term directory is not filled with hundreds of small .ICO
files.
With version 3.0 of RIM, I implemented some of my own wishes in
an icon editor, specifically, the ability to view and edit four
icons on the screen at one time so larger images could be created.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank the following people:
My beautiful wife, Kristine, for her patience, love, and putting
up with my all-night programming marathons.
Seth Hamilton for the best bulletin-board system ever created.
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CAUTIONS
As with any new software, especially with software that modifies
existing files on your hard disk, remember to back up your icon
libraries prior to using RIM. I have never had a problem with
RIM corrupting icon libraries, but there's always a first for
everything so I thought I'd put a notice here so I could say
"I told you so!".
NAMING CONVENTIONS
I recommend that you maintain consistency in your icon file
naming. For example, at BBS++, the icon file is named BBSPP.ICO.
A good suggestion is to use the name of your system in the file
name, such as OURHOUSE.ICO for the Our House BBS.
Using this file naming convention, the caller can easily determine
which icons belong to which Robo-Board. This way, when the user
stops calling a particular Robo-Board, they can delete the approp-
riate icons from their hard disk thus saving hard disk space.
HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR
If you have any questions, you can write to, or leave
email to "Chris Duke" at BBS++ or at CompuServe. Ideas and
suggestions are appreciated.
BBS++ in San Diego, CA ....... (619)278-0870 2400-14.4K v.32bis
CompuServe ................... 71045,3346
FidoNet ...................... 1:202/349
WorldNet ..................... 62:1900/14
VNet ......................... 45:513/207
Address ...................... Chris Duke
4130 La Jolla Village Drive
Suite 107-169
La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
OTHER PRODUCTS BY THE AUTHOR
Clipper ClassMates............ OOP Library for Clipper
Region (Barren Realms Elite).. Utility for BREMIL utility
Robo Icon Manager (RIM)....... Utility for Robo-Board
Viewit........................ OOP Library for Clipper
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
RIM was written entirely in CA-Clipper 5.01a using two object-
oriented third-party libraries, Viewit & ClassMates from
Objective Software. Clipper .EXE's are typically much larger
than normal "C" executables, so please excuse the oversized
.EXE file.
Thanks for using RIM - Chris Duke, System Operator of BBS++
REGISTRATION 3
REGISTRATION
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RIM is not free. You must register after the 30-day evaluation
time period.
RIM is a Shareware product. It is distributed through public
access channels so that perspective buyers can have the
opportunity to evaluate the product before making a decision
to buy. If you decide to use this software, then you are under
both legal and moral obligation to register it with the author.
But if you decide not to use it after evaluating the software,
you are under no obligation. It is fully protected by State,
Federal and International copyright laws.
If you continue to use RIM after the 30-day evaluation
time period you must register it.
Registration Fee: $15 US
or $20 CANADA
To register your copy of RIM, fill in the order form and mail
along with your check or money order in US or CANADA to the
address indicated in the form.
When you register, you will be sent via postal mail your
registration code which you enter on line 2 of RIM.INI. You will
also need to enter your name on line 3 of RIM.INI as it appears
on the registration form you mail to Chris Duke.
Registration entitles you continue using the current version
and all future versions as well as the following features:
REGISTERED FEATURES
View & Edit 4 Icon Windows at the same time
View & Edit 1, 2 or 4 Icon Windows on one screen!
The unregistered version will only allow you to edit up to 2.
Swap Icons with ALT-A
Swap one icon with another
Combine Icons with ALT-C
Combine two icons into one
Design icon layout with ALT-D
Design which icons should appear in which windows
Replace Icons with ALT-K
Copy/replace on icon with another
Extract Icons with ALT-X
Visually extract icons to another .ICO file
Toggle "shorty" windows with ALT-T
Switch between the top two and the bottom two windows being
shortened when viewing/editing icons.
REGISTRATION 4
LICENSE AND DISCLAIMER INFORMATION
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THE RIM300_1.ICO ICON LIBRARY MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED ON BULLETIN-BOARD
SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYING RIM FILES AND THIS DOCUMENTATION.
Robo Icon Manager, hereinafter called "RIM"
1. RIM's creator does not assume any liability for the
use or misuse of this software beyond the original price
paid by the party at stake.
In no event will RIM's creator be liable to you for
any additional damages, including any lost profits, lost
savings, lost programming, or other incidental or
consequential damages arising from the use of, or
inability to use, this software and its accompanying
documentation, even if RIM's creator has been
advised of the possibility of such damages.
2. RIM is the property of Chris J. Duke. Chris J. Duke
retains the right to stop supporting RIM at any
time he sees fit to do so.
3. You may not reverse engineer or modify in any way
RIM in memory or on disk, or distribute it for such
purposes.
4. RIM may be used on more than one node or machine
if you are physically networked to then other machines, or
multitasking the nodes on the same machine.
5. Chris J. Duke, author of RIM reserves the right to
change its registration and distribution philosophy as he
sees fit. Chris J. Duke also reserves the right to change
the registration method and price of RIM.
6. You may not run any version of RIM registered to
another Sysop or Company without special permission from
Chris J. Duke.
7. You may not charge a fee for the distribution of RIM
over and above the cost of the distribution medium,
and packaging.
8. RIM's creator should be notified for permission by
any commercial distributor wanting to circulate RIM.
9. RIM should not be used or distributed for any
unlawful or illegal purposes.
TRADEMARKS
RIM (Robo Icon Manager) is a trademark of Chris J. Duke.
Robo-Board is a trademark of Seth Hamilton.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Objective Software, Viewit, & ClassMates are trademarks of
Objective Software.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
RIM requires an IBM PC/AT/fully compatible computer, DOS
3.0 or greater, a minimum of 400K bytes of memory.
STARTING RIM
To load the RIM software, type "RIM" at your DOS prompt while
in the directory containing the RIM.EXE file.
CONFIGURING RIM
RIM's configuration information is kept in a RIM.INI file.
If it does not exist you will need to create one. RIM.INI is
a simple text file with the following format:
Line 1: The path to your Robo-Board icon files
Line 2: Registration Code (or blank if unregistered)
Line 3: Name product is registered to (blank if unregistered)
Example RIM.INI:
C:\ROBOBBS\GRAPHIC
1234567890
Chris Duke
Note, the last two lines should only be used after you have
received your personal registration code via mail. As an
unregistered user, only the first line needs to exist.
RIM OPTIONS
After RIM has been loaded into memory, you have passed
the opening "About" screen and entered in the path to your
RIM icon files, RIM will prompt you for three choices:
VIEW/EDIT ICON(S)
View and Edit up to 4 icons on the screen at once with many
advanced icon handling features such as rotate, flip, etc.
COMBINE LIBRARIES
Combine multiple .ICOn libraries into one single .ICO file.
EXTRACT ICON(S)
Extract 1 or more .ICOns from one library and put them in
a new icon library or append to an existing icon library.
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COMBINING LIBRARIES
RIM allows you to combine multiple (2 or more) icon library
files into one single library.
RIM prompts you for a destination icon library name, with
a default of "NEW.ICO". You can change this to any other
name at this time, or leave the default.
If the destination icon library name already exists, RIM will
ask you if you want to Overwrite the file, Append the new
libraries to it, or Choose a new file name. If Overwrite is
selected, the destination file name specified will be removed
from your hard disk prior to creating the new icon library.
Next, RIM will display a list of icon libraries found in your
RIM icon path. Select as many icon libraries you want
to combine using the "ENTER" key to select each one. If you
want to clear your selections, press CTRL-U. This will deselect
all icon libraries.
Note, the order in which you select the libraries is the order
in which the icon libraries will be placed in the new library.
Once all icon libraries have been selected, press the F10 key
to combine the libraries. RIM will ask you if you to confirm
your selections, then process the libraries.
The new icon library will be located in the destination path
specified above. To view this new icon file, use the RIM
icon editor utility.
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EXTRACTING ICON(S)
RIM allows you to extract one or more icons from a single
icon library file.
RIM prompts you for a destination icon library name, with
a default of "NEW.ICO". You can change this to any other
name at this time, or leave the default.
If the destination icon library name already exists, RIM will
ask you if you want to Overwrite the file, Append the new
libraries to it, or Choose a new file name. If Overwrite is
selected, the destination file name specified will be removed
from your hard disk prior to creating the new icon library.
Next, RIM will display a list of icon libraries found in your
RIM icon path. Select the icon library which contains
the icon you wish to extract by highlighting that library and
pressing the ENTER key.
Once you have selected the icon library, RIM will display a
list of icons contained in that library, in numerical order.
Select the icons IN THE ORDER YOU WANT THEM PLACED IN YOUR
NEW ICON LIBRARY by highlighting the icon number, then pressing
the ENTER key. If you want to clear your selections, press
CTRL-U. This will deselect all icons.
Once all icons have been selected, press the F10 key to generate
the new icon library, or add the selected icons to the specified
destination icon library.
The new icon library will be located in the destination path
specified above. To view this new icon file, use the RIM
icon editor utility.
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VIEWING ICONS
OVERVIEW
RIM's icon viewer is a powerful full-featured icon viewer which
allows you to view up to four icons at a time with the registered
version! (up to two icons with the unregistered version)
The viewing and editing of the icons is done in text mode (not
graphics) mode, using the 50x80 VGA screen resolution.
ICON COLORS - IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Due to the fact that RIM operates in TEXT MODE and not GRAPHICS
MODE, RIM is unable to achieve two colors available only in
graphics mode. These two colors are 1) Dark Green and 2) Light
Brown. The first color is an extremely dark green (darker than
normal green). The second color is a light brown color, almost
like a "skin" color. RIM compensates for this by using the two
text mode colors not used in graphics mode. The two lines below
notes these changes to be aware of while viewing/editing icons:
┌──────┐
│PLEASE│ Pixels colored MAGENTA signify an actual pixel color of DARK GREEN
│ READ │ Pixels colored CYAN signify an actual pixel color of LIGHT BROWN
└──────┘
Please be aware of the above color conversions. The icons will
only appear in this color when viewed in RIM. Once transferred
to your .RBO screen or viewed in the Robo-Board icon viewer, the
colors will not be "re-defined".
FITTING FOUR ICONS ON THE SCREEN AT ONCE
Since each icon is 30 pixels high, and the highest VGA screen
resolution is possible is 50 rows high, there is no way possible
to fit 4 icons on the screen without some drawback.
RIM has overcome this drawback by implementing a "shorty window"
feature. This is done by making two of the four icons appear
with 18 of their 30 rows. Which two icons are "shortened" is
completely based on your preference. You can, at any time, use
the ALT-T key to toggle between having the top or bottom icon
windows shortened.
With this ability to overcome the screen size limits, it could
then be possible to view up to 6 icons on the screen at any one
time with two more "shorty" windows! Maybe in the next version!
CHANGING FOCUS
"Focus" means the currently selected icon. When an icon is
"in focus", it means that you can begin changing the attributes
of that icon ONLY, such as editing, rotating, flipping, etc.
When an icon window is in focus, the window's number (above or
below the window) is in the color of White-On-Red, otherwise
the color will be Black-On-White.
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VIEW KEYS
The following keys are available while in view mode:
Up/Right Arrow Keys.... Scroll forward through library
Dn/Left Arrow Keys..... Scroll backwards through library
TAB.................... Change focus to next icon
Shift-TAB.............. Change focus to previous icon
INS.................... Insert or Append a new icon
DEL.................... Delete currently selected icon
ALT-A................$* Swap an icon with another
ALT-C................$* Combine two icons together
ALT-D................$. Design: Choose icons to show in windows
ALT-E.................. Edit currently selected icon
ALT-J.................. Jump to an icon by number
ALT-K................$* Copy/Replace one icon with another
ALT-L.................. Load a different Icon Library
ALT-P.................. Process changes (edits, deletes) and save
ALT-S.................. Change Skip number
ALT-T................$. Toggle which windows are shortened
ALT-W.................. Change number of active windows (1,2,4)
ALT-X................$* Tag icon to be extracted
ESC/ENTER.............. Exits icon viewer
* - Not shown on the normal small vertical help screen
$ - Features only available in the registered version
Now each option will be discussed in detail:
UP and RIGHT Arrow Keys
Using these keys, you can scroll the viewed icons forward through
the library incrementing by the number defined by ALT-S (Skip).
For example, if two icon windows are visible on the screen, hitting
one of these keys will skip ahead 5 icons, if ALT-S (Skip) is set
to 5. See ALT-S below for more.
DOWN and LEFT Arrow Keys
Using these keys, you can scroll the viewed icons backwards through
the library decrementing by the number defined by ALT-S (Skip).
For example, if two icon windows are visible on the screen, hitting
one of these keys will skip back 5 icons, if ALT-S (Skip) is set
to 5. See ALT-S below for more.
TAB and Shift-TAB Arrow Keys
These two keys allow you to change the focus to the next (TAB) or
previous (SHIFT-TAB) icon. For example, if there are 4 icon
windows visible, hitting the TAB key would change focus to the
second icon window, then the third, fourth and finally, back to
the first icon.
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VIEW KEYS
INS
Hitting the INS (Insert) key will allow you to insert or Append
a new icon into the current icon library. Once the INS key has
been pressed, you will be presented with two menu choices:
1. Insert an Icon
Will prompt you for the NEW icon number. All icons after
this number will be "pushed" down one place, and the icon
library will grow by one icon.
2. Append an Icon
Will automatically add a new icon to the end of the icon
library. The icon library will grow by one icon.
DEL
Hitting the DEL (Delete) key will mark the current icon in focus
as deleted. All "X"'s will change color to a dark gray on black
and a "DELETED" notice will appear on top of the icon to remind you
that it is deleted. All icons marked for deletion are not actually
removed until the library is processed via ALT-P (see below) or
when exiting the library (it will prompt you to save changes).
ALT-A
(REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY)
This feature allows you to swap one icon with another. For
example, let's say you want to swap icon #10 with icon #15.
Using this feature, it's a snap!
ALT-C
(REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY)
This feature allows you to combine two icons together. The
first icon chosen will be the "bottom" icon with the second icon
chosen being laid on top.
ALT-D
(REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY)
This feature allows you to choose which icons (by number) you
want to appear in the four icon windows. This feature is only
available when four icon windows are present. You will be
presented with a pop-up window with four numbers, 2 on top of
2, displayed similarly like the icon windows are displayed.
Enter the numbers of the icons in the four small black boxes,
moving from box to box by either the ENTER key or the TAB key.
Shift-TAB will take you back to the previous box.
ALT-E
This key will put you into the icon editor, see next section
entitled "EDITING ICONS" for more information.
ALT-J
This feature allows you to jump to a specific icon number.
A pop-up will appear, enter the icon number to jump to, then
press ENTER. That icon will be displayed in the first icon
window with the other icon windows displaying the icons after
the "jumped to" icon.
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VIEW KEYS
ALT-K
(REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY)
This feature allows you to copy one icon to another (or replace
one icon with another). RIM will prompt you for the two icons
by number (source and destination icons) then proceed to copy.
ALT-L
This feature allows you to load a new or different icon library.
If changes have been made to the current icon library, you will
be prompted as to whether or not you want to save those changes
before loading a new icon library. Select an icon library by
using the up and down arrow keys to highlight, then press ENTER
to select the desired library. Speed-keys are accepted, just
type the first letter of the library you want to highlight.
ALT-P
This feature will process all changes made to the current icon
library. These changes include all pixel changes, icon deletes,
inserts, rotates, flips, etc. This is automatically processed
upon exiting the icon viewer, if you answer Yes to the question,
"Save your changes?".
ALT-S
This feature pops up a box which allows you to change the number
of icons to skip when using the Right/Left/Up/Down arrow keys.
The default is: 1
ALT-T
(REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY)
This feature is only available when 4 icon windows are shown on
the screen. ALT-T toggles between having the top two windows
shortened and the bottom two being shortened. The reason why
two windows have to be shorted is because the screen layout is
only 50 characters high, and two icons take up 60 characters.
ALT-W
This feature changes the number of active icon windows on the
screen. Available options are 1 window, 2 windows, or 4 windows.
The default is: 2
ALT-X
(REGISTERED FEATURE ONLY)
This feature tags the currently selected icon for extraction.
This feature provides the same ability to extract icons as the
"Extract Icons" feature from the main startup menu but allows you
to mark the icons visually. Icons are not extracted until you
exit the current icon library, or use ALT-P. ALT-X will place
the word "EXTRACT" in the upper-left hand corner of the icon to
alert you that the icon is marked for extraction. You cannot
edit icons marked for extraction.
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EDITING KEYS
Each of these options will be discussed in detail below:
Delete Pixel..........* "X" key, or DELete key
ALT-A.................. Toggle Auto Draw ON/OFF
ALT-I.................. Invert (Flip) icon
ALT-C.................. Clears icon
ALT-F.................. Floodfill icon in current color
ALT-L.................* Select color by number
ALT-X.................. eXchange color in icon with another
ALT-T.................. Turn icon counter-clockwise 90°
ALT-U.................* Use color of current pixel under cursor
SPACE.................* Change pixel to current color
+...................... Skip to next color in palette
-...................... Skip to previous color in palette
ESC/ENTER.............. Exits icon and asks to save changes
Cursor Movement
Left/Right............. Horizontal movement
Up/Down................ Vertical movement
Home................... Diagonal movement NW
End.................... Diagonal movement SW
PgUp................... Diagonal movement NE
PgDn................... Diagonal movement SE
5 (Center of Keypad)... Center cursor within icon
CTRL-Left.............* Moves cursor flush left
CTRL-Right............* Moves cursor flush right
CTRL-Up...............* Moves cursor flush top
CTRL-Down.............* Moves cursor flush down
CTRL-Home.............* Moves cursor to upper-left hand corner
CTRL-End..............* Moves cursor to lower-left hand corner
CTRL-PgUp.............* Moves cursor to upper-right hand corner
CTRL-PgDn.............* Moves cursor to lower-right hand corner
* - Not shown on the normal small vertical help screen
$ - Features only available in the registered version
USING RIM 13
USING RIM
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EDITING KEYS
DEL / "X" Key
This feature colors the current pixel in color 16, the
"see-through" color.
ALT-A
Toggles the Auto Draw feature ON/OFF. When Auto Draw is on, all
the pixels will be painted as the cursor is moved (the SPACE key
is not required).
ALT-I
This will flip an icon right to left or back again.
ALT-C
This will clear an icon with color 16 (all X's)
ALT-F
This will clear an icon with the currently selected color.
ALT-L
This will allow you to select the current color by a visual
color selector. You can also, while in this window, type the
number of the color you want as opposed to using the arrow
keys to select a particular color.
ALT-X
This will allow you to exchange one color with another color.
ALT-T
This will turn an icon counter-clockwise at a 90° angle.
ALT-U
This will use the color of the current pixel under the cursor
as the selected color.
SPACE
This will color a pixel with the current color.
+/-
These will skip to the next/previous color in the palette.
ESC/ENTER
These will exit the current icon and ask to keep changes.
PRODUCT PLUGS 14
PRODUCT PLUGS
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OBJECTive Software
The entire look-and-feel (interface) of RIM was created through the
use of two object-oriented class libraries from OBJECTive Software
in Solana Beach, CA. Both products are authored by Chris Duke, author
of RIM, and System Operator of BBS++ (619)278-0870 14.4K Robo-Board.
OBJECTive Software is a 3rd-party development company for Computer
Associate's Clipper 5.01. Its focus is on object-oriented class
libraries for Clipper. It currently markets two class libraries:
Viewit Power Browser - A class for browsing data files, text files,
and arrays. Features multiple parent/child relationships,
real-time scroll bars, movable and sizable windows, incremental
searching, and 100+ other customizable features!
Clipper ClassMates - A class library for creating professional
looking applications (such as this one!). Several pop-up
classes, a scroll bar class, a complete (detailed) pull-down
menu system, edit screens and more!
Contact OBJECTive Software Sales at 1-800-OOP-88 or call 619-792-9754
for technical information, or 619-792-9954 for OBJECTive Software
On-line bulletin-board system (RemoteAccess USR 14.4).
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∙ Running ∙ │ (619)278-0870 B ▄ B ▄ S (619)278-0870 │ ∙ You ∙
∙ Robo-Board ∙ │ ▀█▀ ▀█▀ │ ∙ Won't ∙
∙ the ∙ │ │ ∙ Believe ∙
∙ - first - ∙ │ The Object-Oriented Bulletin Board System │ ∙ Your ∙
∙ real-time ∙ │ Boca 14.4K bps V.32bis V.42bis MNP2-5 8N1 │ ∙ Eyes! ∙
∙ graphics ∙ │ (c)1992 Chris J. Duke San Diego, CA USA │ ∙ __ __ ∙
∙ BBS! ∙ │ WorldNet (62:1900/14) FidoNet (1:202/349) │ ∙ («») («») ∙
∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙
+ Featuring +
■ Microsoft Windows Look-and-Feel ■ Lightening-Fast Graphics!
■ Colorful Original Icons and Graphics ■ Mouse/keyboard Interface
■ Faster than ANSI or AVATAR Boards! ■ Loads of OOP Information
■ FidoNet (1:202/349) WorldNet (62:1900/14) ■ Full Access on First Call
■ VNET (45:513/207) Game Network Access! ■ 12 Door Games
■ Running on a FAST 486 - 200 Megs ■ Tons of Quality Downloads
+ Home Of +
■ RIM (Robo-Board Icon Mover) - The 1st 3rd-party Utility for Robo-Board
■ Region for Barren Realms Elite utility, BREMIL
■ The San Diego Robo-Board STF (Support Text Files)
■ Robo-Board Registration, Support, Distribution and Beta Test Site
Call TODAY! (619) 278-0870 14.4Kbps - Chris Duke, BBS++ System Operator
REVISION HISTORY 15
REVISION HISTORY
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CHANGES FROM 2.0 TO 3.0
Now includes a full-featured icon viewer and editor.
CHANGES FROM 1.0 TO 2.0
RIM is now ShareWare, and is no longer FreeWare.
Icon libraries are now listed in alphabetical order when shown in
selection window.
Combined icon libraries now do not have the one blank icon inserted
between each icon library.
Added ability to extract 1 or more single icons from an icon library
and create a new library or add to an existing library.
Added "Append" option to existing "Overwrite" and "Choose Another"
when a destination icon library is found under the same name as
specified in RIM.
Included RIM300.ICO complimentary icon library with 11 new icons.
INCLUDED ICONS 16
INCLUDED ICONS IN RIM
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Included with version 3.0 of RIM are Robo-Board icon libraries with
100 new icons for Robo-Board. If you would like to put this icon
file in with your other icon files, just use the combine icon library
features of RIM!
DISTRIBUTING YOUR ICONS
If you create any quality icons and would like them to be distributed
with the next version of RIM, please upload them to BBS++ with a
release statement stating that Chris J. Duke is free to distribute
them with proper credit given to you.
INCLUDED ICONS 17
ICONS FROM BBS++ (RIM300_1.ICO)
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THE RIM300_1.ICO ICON LIBRARY MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED ON BULLETIN-BOARD
SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYING RIM FILES AND THIS DOCUMENTATION.
Icons tagged with a "OC" are original icons from Chris J. Duke.
If you use these icons, I would appreciate some form of credit on
your BBS somewhere where your users can read it, or at least
be so kind as to put BBS++'s number on your BBS so your callers
know about BBS++! Icons tagged with "C" were converted from Windows
icons by Chris J. Duke.
┌────┬───────────────────────────┬────┬───────────────────────────┐
│ICON│DESCRIPTION │ICON│DESCRIPTION │
├────┼───────────────────────────┼────┼───────────────────────────┤
│OC01│BBS++ RIM Ad │ C31│Magnifying Man │
│OC02│BBS++ Icon Ad │OC32│Star Trek Insignia │
│ C03│Exclamation Mark │ C33│Clock │
│ C04│Question Mark │ C34│Closed Door │
│ C05│Camera │OC35│"NO" Circle │
│ C06│Planet Earth │OC36│Blue Raindrop │
│OC07│WorldNet Member Icon │ C37│Fred Flinstone │
│ C08│Checkmark "X" │ C38│Blood-shot Eye Ball │
│ C09│Checkmark "√" │OC39│VNet Member Icon │
│ C10│Lady in Red Bikini │OC40│FidoNet Member Icon │
│ C11│Lady in Green Bikini │ 41│ │
│ C12│Lady in Green Bikini │ 42│ │
│OC13│Head for Lady Icon #10 │ 43│ │
│OC14│Geometry/OOP │ 44│ │
│ C15│Woman's face │ 45│ │
│ C16│Homer Simpson │ 46│ │
│ C17│Marge Simpson │ 47│ │
│ C18│Bart Simpson │ 48│ │
│ C19│Maggie Simpson │ 49│ │
│ C20│Hatchet/Disconnect │ 50│ │
│ C21│Toilet Bowl │ 51│ │
│ C22│Envelope │ 52│ │
│ C23│Mailbox │ 53│ │
│ C24│Newspaper │ 54│ │
│ C25│Safe (Vault) │ 55│ │
│ C26│File Drawer │ 56│ │
│ C27│Rolodex │ 57│ │
│ C28│Notepad │ 58│ │
│ C29│Waving Hand │ 59│ │
│ C30│Telephone │ 60│ │
└────┴───────────────────────────┴────┴───────────────────────────┘
INCLUDED ICONS 18
ICONS FROM OTHER AUTHORS (RIM300_2.ICO)
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AUTHOR CODES SHOWN NEXT TO THE ICON NUMBER
SC - Steve Castle (Fullerton, CA)
DC - Dominic Cotignola (San Diego, CA)
VB - Visual Basic Icons, Unknown Author, from Robo-Board HQ files area
┌────┬───────────────────────────┬────┬───────────────────────────┐
│ICON│DESCRIPTION │ICON│DESCRIPTION │
├────┼───────────────────────────┼────┼───────────────────────────┤
│SC01│Happy Face │VB31│3-D Right Arrow Button │
│SC02│Bomb │VB32│3-D Left Arrow Button │
│SC03│Apple │VB33│Down Arrow │
│SC04│Orange │VB34│Up Arrow │
│SC05│Sailboat │VB35│Right Arrow │
│SC06│Porsche │VB36│Left Arrow │
│SC07│Gift │VB37│3-D Down Arrow │
│SC08│TNT │VB38│3-D Up Arrow │
│SC09│Lamp │VB39│3-D Left Arrow │
│SC10│Watch │VB40│3-D Right Arrow │
│SC11│Pot of Gold │ 41│ │
│SC12│Book │ 42│ │
│SC13│Alarm Clock │ 43│ │
│SC14│Shark in Water │ 44│ │
│SC15│Ocean Waver │ 45│ │
│SC16│Desk │ 46│ │
│SC17│Heart with Arrow │ 47│ │
│SC18│Music Notes │ 48│ │
│SC19│Calandar │ 49│ │
│SC20│Sun │ 50│ │
│SC21│Fruit Bowl │ 51│ │
│DC22│Notepad │ 52│ │
│DC23│Downtown Scene │ 53│ │
│DC24│Parallel Cable │ 54│ │
│DC25│Kitten │ 55│ │
│DC26│Cash Register │ 56│ │
│DC27│Smiley Face │ 57│ │
│DC28│Glasses │ 58│ │
│VB29│3-D Down Arrow Button │ 59│ │
│VB30│3-D Up Arrow Button │ 60│ │
└────┴───────────────────────────┴────┴───────────────────────────┘
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ROBO ICON MANAGER (RIM) 3.0 REGISTRATION FORM
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Your Name [NO ALIAS] : __________________________________
BBS or system name : __________________________________
Hours BBS is open : __________________________________
Voice telephone : (___)___-____
BBS number(s) : (___)___-____, (___)___-____
Baud rate : _______ [ ] HST, [ ] MNP [ ] v32b, [ ] v42b
[NAME] [NUMBER]
NetWork address(es) ___________ ___:____/____
___________ ___:____/____
___________ ___:____/____
Mail address: ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Computer: [ ] 286 [ ] 386/SX [ ] 386/DX [ ] 486
[ ] EGA [ ] VGA [ ] SVGA [ ] XGA
[ ] SOUND BLASTER [ ] ADLIB [ ] DAC
Registration Fees: USA - $15 CANADA - $20
I have enclosed for Registration: $___.__
Do you run a bbs now : [ ] Yes [ ] No
If yes, what package : ______________________________
What is it you like about RIM?
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
What features, changes or suggestions do you have?
Where did you hear about/get RIM?________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Questions? (These will be answered on BBS++)
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Please mail to: Chris Duke
4130 La Jolla Village Drive
Suite 107-169
La Jolla, CA 92037
USA