March 1, 1995

This is the README.TXT file for the 16-bit version
of Icon Studio version 1.0.  This software requires
a 16-bit Windows platform such as Windows 3.1 or
Windows for Workgroups 3.11.  A 32-bit version of
Icon Studio is available for use with Windows NT 3.5.
Please contact Impact Software for more information.

OVERVIEW
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Icon Studio can be used as a standalone application
to edit icon resource (*.ICO) files.  It can also
integrate seamlessly with Icon Manager, a full-
featured utility for managing icons in many file
formats including ICO, DLL, EXE, and ICL files.
(special offer available in REGISTER.TXT)

Icon Studio offers many tools to simplify icon
editing in a work environment designed specifically
for small graphic images.  A status panel provides
an actual size view of the drawing area and the
current cursor position.  Extensive Undo and Redo
capabilities encourage creativity and experi-
mentation while designing.

Editing of 32 x 32 pixel, 16 color icon
images is supported with Icon Studio, however
it will not disturb other image formats when
editing a file.

If you are interested in owning the
most complete icon management package
available, please consider our Icon
Manager application.  Icon Manager
reads and writes all file formats that contain
icons, including ICO, EXE, DLL, ICL and ICA.
Icon Studio integrates seamlessly as an
image editor beginning in version 3.6 of Icon
Manager (available on the CompuServe
WINFUN forum, on America Online, and on
our own support BBS.)

Register Icon Studio, and we'll register you
for Icon Manager for only $10 more (that's
less than HALF of the normal cost).

REGISTRATION
------------
Icon Studio is not free software.  It is released
as shareware, which provides the opportunity for
the program to be evaluated before it is purchased.

We hope that after you try Icon Studio you will
like it so much that you will want to register.
By doing so you are voting with your pocketbook for
us to continue developing high-quality, Windows
shareware.

Complete information on how to register Icon Studio
is included in the REGISTER.TXT file.

DOCUMENTATION
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The file MANUAL.WRI contains a detailed overview
of the features of Icon Studio and how they are
used.

Icon Studio also includes on-line help covering
all aspects of program operation, accessible
directly from the main menu.


INSTALLING ICON Studio
-----------------------
The Icon Studio package includes a graphical Windows
installation program.  The name of the utility for
installing to 16-bit Windows platforms such as
Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 is
SETUP.EXE.

You should place all of the files included in the package
on a floppy disk or in a temporary directory of your hard
drive.

Run SETUP by selecting the 'Run...' command from the
File menu of Program Manager or File Manager. Enter
"d:\SETUP" as the Command Line, where "d" is the
drive/directory that you are installing Icon Studio FROM
(i.e. A:\SETUP).

1. SETUP will then display an Installation Control window.
   Three pushbuttons allow you to change the FROM and TO
   drives and paths for your install.  SETUP initially
   sets these values for you so that you can just click
   the Install button if you do not need to make changes.

2. If you would like to specify a different path for SETUP
   to install Icon Studio to, select "Install To".  A
   dialog will be displayed to allow a new location to be
   selected.

   If you plan to use Icon Manager and Icon Studio, you
   you should install both programs to the same location
   on your computer. (see below, "Icon Manager")

3. If you are using Program Manager as your Windows shell,
   SETUP will allow a Program Group to be selected
   to receive the startup icon for Icon Studio.  Select
   the "Program Group" button to select the group that
   will receive the startup icon.

4. Select 'OK'.  SETUP will inform you when installation
   is complete.

ICON MANAGER
------------
Impact Software offers a quality utility for all aspects
of icon management, Icon Manager.  Icon Manager and
Icon Studio integrate seamlessly when used together.

Icon Manager allows you to open different file formats
that contain embedded icons, such as ICO, EXE, DLL, and
more.  The icons contained in a file are presented to
you in sizeable windows, just like the Program Groups
are displayed by Program Manager.  Easily drag and drop
single or multiple icons from one file to another.

Organize your own icon file libraries.  Icon Manager
will directly replace any icon in your Program Manager
groups with any icon you view from Icon Manager.  It
performs all of the work using DDE (Dynamic Data
Exchange).  That means that the icon information is
changed just as accurately and as easily as the setup
utilities that install your applications.

Icon Manager and Icon Studio are distributed for evaluation
in separate file packages to provide the smallest size
modules for users who download software for evaluation.

When both Icon Manager and Icon Studio are installed on the
same computer, they should be placed in the same directory
on your hard drive.  Icon Manager will use Icon Studio for
editing requests if it finds the program in the same
directory that it is executed from.  If you would like Icon
Manager to use Windows Paintbrush instead of Icon Studio,
remove or rename the Icon Studio program (ICSTUD16.EXE or
ICSTUDIO.EXE) if it is located in Icon Manager's directory.
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 The legalese section...

 Icon Studio
 Copyright  1995 by Leonard A. Gray.
 All rights reserved.


 SOFTWARE LICENSE

 Non-licensed users are granted a limited license to use Icon
 Studio on a 30-day trial basis for the purpose of determining
 whether Icon Studio is suitable for their needs.  The use
 of Icon Studio, except for the initial 30-day trial,
 requires registration.  The use of unlicensed copies of Icon
 Studio, outside of the initial 30-day trial, by any person,
 business, corporation, government agency or any other entity is
 strictly prohibited.

 A single user license permits a user to use Icon Studio
 only on a single computer.  Licensed users may use the
 program on different computers, as long as there is NO
 POSSIBILITY of it being used at one location while it is
 being used at another, or on a computer network by more than
 one user at a time.

 No one may modify or patch the Icon Studio executable files
 in any way, including but not limited to decompiling,
 disassembling, or otherwise reverse engineering the program.

 A limited license is granted to copy and distribute Icon Studio
 only for the trial use of others, subject to the above
 limitations, and also the following:

  1)    Icon Studio and all of its release files must be copied
        in unmodified form, complete with the file containing
        this license information.

  2)    No fee, charge, or other compensation may be requested or
        accepted, except as authorized below:

        A) Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (sysops)
           may make Icon Studio available for downloading only as
           long as the above conditions are met.  An overall or
           time-dependent charge for the use of the bulletin board
           system is permitted as long as there is not a specific
           charge for the download of Icon Studio.

        B) Vendors of user-supported or shareware software approved by
           the ASP may distribute Icon Studio, subject to the
           above conditions, without specific permission.  Non-
           approved vendors may distribute Icon Studio only after
           obtaining written permission from Impact Software.
           Such permission is usually granted.  Please write for
           details (enclose your catalog).

        C) Non-profit user groups may distribute copies of the
           Icon Studio diskette to their members, subject to
           the above conditions, without specific permission.
           Non-profit groups may collect a disk duplication fee
           not to exceed five dollars.

  LIMITED WARRANTY

  Impact Software warrants that all disks provided are
  free from defects in material and workmanship, assuming
  normal use, for a period of 90 days from the date of
  purchase.

  Impact Software warrants that the program will perform
  in substantial compliance with the documentation supplied
  with the software product.  If a significant defect in
  the product is found, the Purchaser may return the
  product for a refund.  In no event will such a refund
  exceed the purchase price of the product.

  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE, IMPACT SOFTWARE DISCLAIMS ALL
  WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
  LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE
  PRODUCT.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, THE
  PURCHASER ASSUMES THE RISK OF PAYING THE ENTIRE COST OF
  ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION AND ANY
  INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.  IN NO EVENT WILL
  IMPACT SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
  (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
  BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS
  INFORMATION AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR THE
  INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT EVEN IF IMPACT SOFTWARE
  HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

  Use of this product for any period of time constitutes
  your acceptance of this agreement and subjects you to its
  contents.

  U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS

  Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject
  to restrictions as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
  the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
  252.227-7013.  Contractor/manufacturer is Impact Software
  P.O. Box 457/ Chino, CA 91708-0457

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