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118 lines
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ICON APPLICATOR
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by John R. Majka
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Copyright 1990 by Raptor, Incorporated
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P.O. Box 20756
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Louisville, Kentucky 40250
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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ICON APPLICATOR is a freeware program.
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Charging a fee for ICON APPLICATOR is specifically prohibited.
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One of the features of the Apple IIGS that make it easy to use is that
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double clicking on a data file icon will cause GS/OS to automatically
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launch the application program for that data file.
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If the application has also been programmed to include the "MESSAGE CENTER"
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feature of GS/OS, the application program will then automatically open the
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selected data file.
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Making use of the "MESSAGE CENTER" feature of GS/OS must be
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specifically programmed into the application. Many applications were
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not programmed to make use of this feature. If an application is so
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programmed, it can not make use of the feature unless the data file
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icon parameters include the full pathname of the application program.
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Many Apple IIGS users can not make use of this automatic application
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launch because they do not have an icon editor, do not understand the
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importance of providing an application pathname or do not understand
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how to use this feature.
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ICON APPLICATOR is an easy to use program which will set the
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application pathname by using the Standard Open File Dialog with which
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every Apple IIGs user should be familiar.
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After launching ICON APPLICATOR, the "About" dialog will appear.
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Click anywhere in the dialog to close it.
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Then, under the "File Menu" select the "Open" item and open the icon
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file you wish to update. A window will then appear at the bottom of
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the screen. It will display the first icon in the file at the
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top-right of the dialog. Below the icon the current application
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pathname will be displayed in a long box. Below this there are five
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buttons: "Get Application", "Previous Icon", "Next Icon", "Cancel"
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and "Done".
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You can change the application pathname in two ways. First, click in
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the long box and edit it manually. Second, click on the "Get
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Application" button.
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NOTE: NEITHER METHOD WILL CHANGE THE "APPLICATION PATHNAME" FOR EITHER
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A ProDOS 8 or ProDOS 16 APPLICATION ICON. Double clicking on an application
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program icon cause the application to be loaded and started. It is not
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necessary nor desirable to set an application pathname for an application file.
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GET APPLICATION
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Clicking on the "Get Application" button will cause the Standard Open
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File Dialog to appear. Only ProDOS 8 and ProDOS 16 application
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programs will be displayed. Select the application normally, that is,
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just as if you were going to launch an application or open a data
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file. Double click on the application's filename or click on the OPEN
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button. When you select the application in this way, the Open File
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Dialog will disappear and the full pathname of your application will
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appear in the long box below the icon.
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If you click on the "Cancel" button in the Open File Dialog, nothing
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will change.
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The other buttons in the Open File Dialog will operate normally.
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PREVIOUS ICON
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Clicking on this button will change the icon and pathname to the icon
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just before the current icon displayed. When you first open an icon
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file, the first icon will be displayed and clicking on this button
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will have no effect.
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NEXT ICON
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Clicking on this button will change the icon and pathname to the icon
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just after the current one in the file. If there is only one icon in
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the file or if you are at the last icon, clicking on this button will
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have no effect.
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CANCEL
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Clicking on this button will cancel the operation. The current icon
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file will not be saved to disk and no pathnames will be changed. The
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window will be closed and you can then open a new icon file.
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DONE
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Clicking on this button will bring up the Standard Save File Dialog.
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If you change your mind about saving the modified icon file, you can
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abort the save by clicking on the "Cancel" button in the Standard Save
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File Dialog.
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Icon files should ONLY be saved to the ICONS folder. GS/OS can not find icons
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anywhere else except in the ICONS folder.
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The window will be closed and you can then open a new icon file.
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