Table Of Contents ----------------- * Introduction * Copyright * Requirements * Installation * Usage * Other Stuff By Me * History * To do * Address Introduction ------------ SortIcons is a little program that makes it easy to sort WB icons in alphabetical order. SortIcons was written in Oberon-A ©1995 by Frank Copeland. If you use SortIcons regularly or you have any comments, bugreports or you want to pay me for SortIcons, even though you don't have to, then feel free to write to me (see address at the bottom of this document). Copyright --------- SortIcons 1.0 is Copyright 1997 Morten Bjergstrøm. This piece of software is freely distributable but still copyrighted. Therefore you are not allowed to change the program in anyway and you are not allowed to remove or add anything to the archive. You are allowed to spread this program as much as you like but you may not make any profit of it. I cannot in anyway be held responsible for any damage SortIcons may do to your hardware or software or anything else. You use SortIcons entirely on your OWN risk. It is allowed to include this program on public domain/shareware disks if the price of one disk doesn't exceed 15 Dkr (4DM, $2). It is allowed to include this program on CD-ROMS if the price of the CD-ROM doesn't exceed the price of an Aminet CD (129Dkr, 20-25DM) Magazines have to get my written permission to include SortIcons on their coverdisks/cdroms. If a magazine gets my written permission to use SortIcons on one of their coverdisks/cdroms they have to send me a copy of that magazine including the coverdisk/cdrom free of charge. Requirements ------------ SortIcons requires OS2.0 or higher and reqtools.library installed in LIBS:. Installation ------------ Just copy the SortIcons program to your C: drawer or somewhere else in your path. It is recommended to use SortIcons with programs like ToolManager or ToolsDeamon. Usage ----- SortIcons can only be started from the Shell. The program supports the following parameters: DRAWER The drawer in which you want the icons to be sorted. XOFFSET This is the width of your icons + the space between your icons. (See below) YOFFSET This is the height of your icons + the space between your icons. (See below) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \ -------------- -------------- \ | | | | \ | - | | - | \ | | | | \ |------------| |------------| \ \ -------------- -------------- | | | | | - | | - | | | | | |------------| |------------| \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=The XOFFSET value \ \ \ \=The YOFFSET value \ \ \ On my WB using MWB icons and the XHelvetica 9 point font for the icon text I use a XOFFSET value at 71 and an YOFFSET value at 38. EXAMPLE: To sort the icons in SYS:Tools you have give the following command in a shell window: SortIcons SYS:Tools 71 38 When SortIcons is finished sorting the result is probably not what you expected it to be. To finish the sorting you have to use the Workbench clean up feature. (The Windows menu) If you want the drawer icons and the program icons to be positioned in their own side of the window you have to take either the drawer or the program icons out of the window. (Just drop them on the Workbench screen) Now you can select Clean Up in the Window menu. Then you can take the icons you dropped on the Workbench screen and put them back into the window and select Clean Up once again. Now everything should be just fine. Other Stuff By Me ----------------- AddIcon: A program that uses datatypes.library for adding standard icons to files. Can be found on Aminet in util/wb MBClock: A simple clock. Can be found on Aminet in util/time OberonAModules: Some modules for Oberon-A. Can be found on Aminet in dev/obero History ------- 8/11/1997: 1.0 First version. To do ----- - Make the program calculate the XOFFSET and YOFFSET values by itself. - Alphabetical sorting in both vertical and horizontal directions. - Sort drawers and program icons independently. - Other improvements. Tell me what you need. Address ------- Mail address: Morten Bjergstrøm Krovænget 11 4671 Strøby Denmark EMail address: mbjergstroem@hotmail.com