----------------------------- ICONPAGE.prg: 26 April 1994 W.D.Parks v1.02 ----------------------------- ICONPAGER v1.02 (c) 1994 W.D.Parks All rights reserved Dr. Bobware A Paged Icon viewer 16 color modes Falcon or ST Makes a handy Companion for ICDRAW This ICONPAGE.PRG is free. (ICDRAW is shareware!) Display a folders worth of Falcon desktop icons (ICDRAW's IBI & IB3 formats). Works in 16 color modes (640x480,640x400 and even ST/320x200). Will display as many icons (in groups of three) as will fit on the screen, paging from that point onward if necessary to display the complete folder. In Falcon 640x480 mode this will show up to 54 icon groups per screen page (ie arrayed as 6x9). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This version will appear the same on the screen, no changes there, but the user interface is different than the original version. This is due to reports of screen redraw messages not being detected (and leaving a large 'hole' in the screen after using the file_selector), and there being a need to explain an interface that, although is simple, is not familiar to users. The MENU BAR is active in ICON PAGER and controls all the functions. There is no longer a need to click on the little upturned corner of the page to advance to the next. In fact, the cutsie little corner is for display purposes only now. Use the menu bar to advance to the next page or previous page etal, or use the key assignments shown next to the menu selections. ICON PAGER now lets you show the single icon files (.IBI), the group icon files (.IB3) or both (.IB*). The active keypresses are also different from v1.00. Since this is such a simple functioning program it was felt that the space bar was better off as a 'NEXT PAGE' key rather than a 'REDRAW' function. Mouse button presses no longer perform any function as they did in the original version. A PAGE refers to a screen full of icons. If the folder you've selected has fewer icons than will fill a screen then there are no further pages and the PAGE DOWN,UP,END have no function. Menu Items Function ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEW FOLDER: Select a new folder to be viewed. SORT: Set filename sort ON or OFF (calls new folder). *.IBI Read only 'single icon' files. *.IB3 Read only 'group icon' files (3 icons in one). *.IB* Read both types of icon files. PAGE DOWN: Advance to next page (if there is any next page). PAGE UP: Step back to previous page (if there is any). PAGE HOME: Go to top of file list (ie 1st page). PAGE END: Advance to last page (if any). REDRAW PAGE: Will, if for whatever reason necessary, redraw the current page. SET COPY PATH: Set the destination path for the COPY function. (see ICON INFO) QUIT: Exits ICON PAGER (with an 'are you sure' alert box) Keypresses Short cut for menu item: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELP: Displays program title, version and main key help list. UNDO: QUIT. ESC: QUIT. *: REDRAW PAGE. HOME: PAGE HOME. Space bar: PAGE DOWN. Down: PAGE DOWN. Up: PAGE UP. S: SORT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICON INFO: Clicking on any icon will display its details such as filename, time/date of creation or last modified, file size and the 'Creating Softwares' title. At this point, you are given three/four options: OK: Quit the dialog and return to viewing. COPY: Copy the icon file... using the the destination path. If no destination path has yet been set then you are asked for one. * The file is copied, using its same filename, to the path you'd selected. * The file time/date is retained (of course). * Existing files will not be overwritten automatically. You are altered and asked to confirm the over-write. DELETE: Delete the icon file from the disk. You are Alerted and asked to confirm this operation. File deletes are permanent (as if you didn't know). SET: Set the destination path... or set a new (path) destination path for the COPY function. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes, Hints, Tips: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * When selecting a path in the file selector, leave the filename blank to read ALL icons in the folder (as per IBI/IB3/IB*). * ICONPAGE accepts a command line. You can drag and drop at the desktop or you can install ICONPAGE as an application. When doing this, only the one icon file will be displayed. * ICONPAGE will sit in the background when an accessory is launched until either the accessory is closed or ICONPAGE's window is topped. While in the background, keypresses are ignored by ICONPAGE. Menu items are also ignored but the menu title will be set back to normal. * ICONPAGE always displays an icon in a set of three (ie a group). When displaying single icon files (.IBI) the single icon is displayed in the first position of the set and the other two are shown as shaded boxes indicating that it is a single icon file. * Menu selections [*.IBI] [*.IB3] and [*.IB*] will change the extension to your desired choice and then perform a new folder search. You are given the file_selector again, showing the same path as you left it. A simple or click on [Ok] will quickly pick the same path again if you want to use that same path. * SORT, like the IBx menu items mentioned above, will perform a new folder search (unless [Cancel] is selected). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICONPAGER is freeware. It may be freely distributed as long as this text file is included and neither are modified. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bye: Dr. Bob 4/23/94