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                            IconView     
                         ICOVU.EXE v0.8  
                         October 28, 93  
                       

INTRODUCTION
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I was looking for a utility that would display all the icons in a 
directory a screenful at a time.  Since I couldn't find an adequate 
one, I decided to write one myself (plus, it would give me a chance to 
play with Visual Basic).

I figured I'd upload the utility to CompuServe so that others could 
try it and (and perhaps find it useful).  This is not shareware - you 
are not *required* to pay for using it.  If you do like it and want to 
contribute, however, it is appreciated; you may send any amount you 
like to the address below.

I am very interested in any comments, suggestions, ideas you might 
have. If you think of a feature that would be useful, please let me 
know; I might add it as time allows.

WARRANTY
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There is NONE.  This program works on *my* system as *I* want it to. 
There is no guaranty that it will work for you as you want.  You use 
it at your own risk.

INSTALLATION
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1. Copy ICOVU.EXE into any directory of your choice
2. Copy ICOVU.INI into your WINDOWS directory
3. Copy THREED.VBX and GRID.VBX into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory; if 
   they already exist, keep the ones with the later date
4. Make sure that you have VBRUN300.DLL in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM 
   directory.  If not, you can download it from CompuServe (MSBASIC) or
   a wel-stocked BBS
5. Edit the "StartDir" option in ICOVU.INI to point to the start-up
   directory of your choice

USAGE
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There isn't a whole lot of functionality, so the interface is pretty 
straight-forward.  The program starts up by displaying any icons in 
the start-up directory (set in ICOVU.INI).  It can display up to 
110 icons on a 640x480 screen, 182 on a 800x600 screen. 

If there are more icons in the current directory than will fit on the 
screen, the vertical scroll bar will be enabled.  Click anywhere on 
the bar to scroll a screen at a time (above or below the scroll box 
depending on the direction you want to scroll).  You can also drag the 
scroll box itself to a desired point on the bar.

You can change the directory to view in the directory list box.  Below 
that is the total number of icons in the current directory. I've come 
across several icons (from various sources including CompuServe) that 
don't load properly; they're probably defective in some way.  The 
program will display a message box telling you the name of the file it 
couldn't load (and a blank icon will be displayed in it's place).  If 
you check the "Auto Skip" box (which is checked by default), the 
program won't display the message box.

If you click on any icon on the screen, its filename will be displayed 
above the "Auto Skip" check box.

To print the current screen of icons, click on the print button. 
Clicking on the Stop button quits the program.

THE FUTURE
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I'm playing with a couple of ideas to enhance this program.  It'd be 
nice to, say, double-click an icon and have that filename appended to 
a text file, which you could later use in a batch file to keep only 
the icons you liked.  Again, if you have any thoughts about ICOVU, 
please let me know.

CONTACTING ME
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CompuServe: 72303,2470
Internet  : 72303.2470@compuserve.com
          : mohit.chadha@ctdrs.gov (only if above doesn't work)
RIME      : #5011 (routed private mail)
FidoNet   : 1:142/258 (Netmail)
US Mail   : Mohit Chadha
            345 Buckland Hills Dr, #8334
            Manchester, CT 06040

