                    ***  Welcome to IconDOS v1.6 ***
                         (c) 1993, EFD Systems
                          All Rights Reserved

DESCRIPTION      !!! Be sure to read WHATS NEW below !!!

IconDOS is a graphical application launcher for DOS that is similiar to
Window's Program Manager, complete with icons and wallpaper.  IconDOS is
practical and efficient.  Zero (0) resident memory is required so
launched applications are guaranteed to work the same as if run directly
from DOS.  Multi-page icon menus and sub-menus provide virtually
unlimited menu size.  Other features include a built-in clock,
calculator, calendar, screen saver, over 450 (registered version)
pre-drawn icons, 36 different wallpapers and a graphical editor for
producing custom icons and wallpaper.  VGA graphics is required.  A
mouse is required for menu setup and editing.  After setup, IconDOS
operates equally well using either keyboard or mouse.

DEMO

You really should read the documentation first but if human nature gets
the better of you, type "ICONDOS DEMO".  Try selecting an icon or two.
Press F1 for a utility menu.

DOCUMENTATION

The included documentation, ICONDOS.DOC and ICONEDIT.DOC, are ASCII file
"books" designed to be read using the included hypertext style file
browser, BOOK.EXE.   To read the documentation type:

              BOOK ICONDOS.DOC ...and... BOOK ICONEDIT.DOC

When reading a documentation book:

- Use Pg-Up and Pg-Dn keys to move through the document.

- Type a page number and press ENTER to jump to a specific page.  Press
  ENTER alone to return to the previous page.

- Use Home and End keys to move to the start/end of the document.

- Press "A" to align the page boundaries with the screen after scrolling
  with the arrow keys.


VIEWING ICON LIBRARIES

To view the icon library, simply start IconDOS and specify the library
as the menu file like this:

                            ICONDOS ICON.LBR

The icons will be displayed for easy viewing on successive pages.


FILE LIST

ICONDOS.*   - Main menu program and documentation
ICONEDIT.*  - Icon editor and documentation.
PCX2ICN.*   - Icon screen capture utility and documentation
ICONNUM.EXE - Utility which sequentially numbers the icons in a file by
              overwriting icon titles with numbers.  Useful for icon
              library maintenance.
BOOK.EXE    - Hypertext style file browser for reading ICONDOS.DOC and
              ICONEDIT.DOC.
INSTALL.BAT - Simple batch file to setup a directory on your hard disk
              and copy the necessary IconDOS files to it.
*.MNU       - Example menu files.
RUN.BAT     - Batch file which works with the example menus.  Use this
              file as an example for setting up menus to run your
              applications.
ICON.LBR    - Icon library.  See ICONEDIT.DOC for instructions on
              copying icons from this library to a menu file.
PAPER.ICN   - Wallpaper file.  Contain 36 wallpapers. IconDOS selects a
              wallpaper at random from those available in this file at
              startup unless wallpaper has been fixed (see below).


NOTES

Microsoft's expanded memory manager provided with DOS 5, EMM386.EXE,
will significantly degrade video display performance with IconDOS and
any other video intensive applications.  When added to your CONFIG.SYS
setup, this driver runs your Intel 386 processor in an obscure 'virtual'
mode which results in the loss of display speed.

WHATS NEW!!!

Version 1.5 now provides more wallpaper, a new pulldown menu and new
integrated calendar and calculator.

Version 1.6 includes an improved version of IconEDIT.  It is now much
easier to choose the icon you wish to edit.  Simply click on the normal
size icon display at the upper right.  You will be presented with a full
page display of the icons in the file.  Click on the icon you wish to
edit.

We hope you enjoy using IconDOS!
