	IKO3A  (C) Jacques GAUDIN 1995-1996
	LIBIKO (C) Jacques GAUDIN 1995-1996

Jacques GAUDIN
e-mails:
	100745.1005@compuserve.com	
	jgaudin@ellis.fdn.org
p-mail:
	11 rue Lacretelle
    77340 PONTAULT-COMBAULT (FRANCE)	


						
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GENERAL
	Iko3a is a very nice icons editor 
	very usefull to create or modify S3a ou 3c icons.
	Iko3a is now distribued as shareware.
	Libiko is an utility to create and use icons libraries. 
	See under how register to keep out nag screens.

SHAREWARE
    IKO3a and LIBIKO are shareware. 
    The modest price for a shareware is not a way to make money 
    but a help to the development of new applications. 
    Programming needs tools, material, and documentation. 
    Shareware price is small relative to the uses you can get from it.
    The price include the two softwares. They cann't distributed separatly.
    Print the registration form at the end of this file.
    Register yourself to get the latest versions of this two softwares, 
    marked at your name, without nag screens, and other icons libraries 
    using one of this two methods:


    a:  by sending 110 French F or $ 22 to :

	Jacques GAUDIN
	11 rue Lacretelle    
	77340 Pontault-Combault FRANCE

	See at the end of this document to print the registration form.
    Payment must be in French Francs cheques drawn on a French
    bank, or by EuroCheque. Sorry, but banking fees for payments 
    in other curencies are prohibitively expensive.
    Please enclose a cheque or money with your registration form.
    This price include shipping and handling.

    b:  To order on-line via CompuServe Shareware Registration Service :

         GO SWREG and use register ID# 13383.

    You get the registred version like attached .ZIP file on your e-mail.

DISTRIBUTION
    This softwares, in the shareware versions, can be distributed 
    on a royalty free basis with the totality of the includes files,
    not altered in any way.
    
	IKO3A.OPA 
	LIBIKO.OPA
	IKO3A.HLP
	IKO3A.TXT
	and the sample *.IKO et *.IKL

INSTALL
	Copy IKO3A.OPA and LIBIKO.OPA in a directory \APP 
	on any drive. 
	Create a directory \APP\IKO3A on the same drive
	and copy inside IKO3A.HLP and LIBIKO.HLP (optional).
	Install icons in the system screen (Psion+i).
	Copy the sample files *.IKO and *.IKL in a directory \IKO.

INTERFACE
	The screen shows on the left the enlarged picture, 
	on the top the black plane, the grey plane, and the final icon. 
	In the midle you can see the x and y cursor position, 
	line tickness, the selected plane with the diamond key.
	On the rigth, you can see a buttons bar. 
	The buttons names are function of the mode used.
	If you press on <Tab> key to sroll, 
	te buttons <Enter> (Draw) and <Del> (Erase) are disabled. 
	When one plane only is selected (with the diamond key), 
	any function is disabled on the other. 
	You can scroll one plane only to build 3d effects, 
	invert one plane, and write on grey or black plane. 
	Excepted: the "Turn" option (Flip or Mirror) is active on the two planes.
    To preserve system memory and increase draw speed
    close any unused application.
	Warning : the <Psion+Esc> exit is not disabled. 
    If you use it, without saving, you loose all changes in your picture !

AVANDCED USE
	With Iko3a you can :
		- <undo> option with <Ctrl>+Z. 
		Iko3a store the picture in a buffer 
		until the use of a new tool or a new function.
		Warning: you cann't use this option if you press twice
		on <Enter>, <Tab> or <Del>.
		- <Reload> revient  la dernire version sauvegarde 
		si elle existe. 
		If you are working on a new file, the picture is empty
		and this use clear the icon !
		-<Copy><Insert> options, ( <Psion>+c and <Psion>+i )
		can be also used to preserve a plane. 
		This option can be also used to add to planes from a PC. 
		Use WSPCX or other to convert in PCX your PIC files.

LOAD PICTURE
	You can load any picture to cut inside 
	a square of 48x48 pixels as new icon. 
	You can use the SCREENPIC hard copy screen function 
	to import any icon from an existing application.
    Install it in the system screen 
    and press <Ctrl>+<Maj>+<Psion>+S. 
	The picture of the existing screen is stored in the SCREEN.PIC file 
	in the root of the internal drive.
	In the selector files use <Tab> key and arrows
	to go in the root or any other directory.  
	To preserve space memory, delete SCREEN.PIC file (19 Ko) after use.
	If you wish import icon from a IKL library created with LIBIKO 
	use <Psion>+<arrows> to scroll exactly for 48 pixels.
	See under LIBIKO program infos.

USING OLD S3 ICONS
	The size of this ol icons is 24x24 pixels.
	But they are displayed like 48x48 on the S3a system screen. 
	Mais elles apparaissent d'une taille double dans l'cran systme. 
	Pour une application existante il suffit de les rcuprer 
	par l'intermdiaire de la fonction SCREENPIC (see above).
	Si aucune application ne possde cette icne, 
	utiliser l'diteur OPL pour crer une application temporaire 
	utilisant cette icne.
	
	For example :

	APP smith
	type 0
	icon "M:\OPD\OLDICON.PIC"
	ENDA

	PROC main:
	ENDP

	Translate and install it in the sytem screen,
	and use the SCREEN.PIC function.

CUSTOMISE HELP FILE
    The help fileS  are .DBF files.
    You can use any database to edit and  customise them.
    Take care to don't create too long text lines for dialog boxes.

IKO3a VERSION 4.4 a
    This version is the first english version. 
    The french version is actually 4.4 f.

LIBIKO version 2.4 a
	"LIBIKO" is a small utility, to create or read 9*3=27 icons libraries. 
	In IKO3a this libraries are exactly centred with the "Load picture" option.
    In IKO3a, the IKL extension is the default extension to load a picture.
    With <Psion>+<arrows> you can scroll exactly for 48 pixels.
	The Libiko files are bitmaps of 15584 octets, with 2 planes, 
	with a size of 9*48=432 x 3*48=144 pixels.
	You can also use LIBIKO separatly, without Iko3a,
	(you can import, but also extract, icons) 
	but this application works (by default) in the IKO directory.
	
SOME NUMBER
	Iko3a and Libiko are... 
	about 2200 lines of programs, 
	100 procedures 
	and a lot of night work...

PROTECTION
    Reverse engineering, using REVTRAN or any other software, is prohibited.
    WARNING : This software is protect against reverse engineering.
    Reverse engineering can give random unpredictable results !

OTHER SOFTWARES
    From the same author :
        -TRAC3A     a curves plotter
        -@XYZ       an usefull formulator
    You can find this softwares on :
        -Compuserve
            go Palmtop A forum, Psion files
        -Internet, in the home page of the french club Psion Series 3
            http://alex.union-fin.fr/usr/dcabuzel/psion/clubpsion.html
        -the french BBS Ellis
            33 (1) 43 33 15 47

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	Jacques GAUDIN
	11 rue Lacretelle    
	77340 Pontault-Combault FRANCE


    Compuserve :
        100745,1005
    Internet :
	    100745.1005@compuserve.com      
	    jgaudin@ellis.fdn.org


    PRINT THIS REGISTRATION FORM
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	Please send me registered copies of IKO3a and LIBIKO with my name included
    for 110 French Francs or $ 22 (Cash, French Cheque or EuroCheque).
    This price include shipping and handling

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