ico.datatype v43
		© 2000 by Stephan Rupprecht
		    All rights reserved.
 

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
 ico.datatype v43 is copyrighted 2000 by Stephan Rupprecht. 
 All rights reserved. This program is freeware, so no financial
 donations required. Redistribution allowed if the package is 
 left unchanged. The author is not responsible for any damage 
 caused by the use or misuse of this documentation and/or the 
 program(s) it describes.

 Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.


REQUIREMENTS
 Any Amiga® (compatible) computer with at least OS3.0 and
 68020+ cpu, picture.datatype v43+ is required to display/
 read truecolor icons.


DESCRIPTION
 This is a datatype for Windows .ICO files, it can read icons
 with 2,16,256 and 16.7M colors. When an .ICO file contains
 more than one image, the datatype will load the best one into
 memory (the C= one only supports single image files with 16
 colors). If you upgrade from the C= ico.datatype, make sure
 that you replace the "Windows Icon" descriptor with the one
 included into the archive.


INSTALLATION
 Just start the Install program.


HISTORY
 43.0 first public release
 43.1 requested os3.5 modules by mistake therefore it never
      worked on os3.0/1 based systems.
 43.2 supports transparency now (only for <=8bit icons).
 43.3 the datatype can handle truecolor icons now (requires
      picture.datatype v43+). Thanks to Allan Nielsen for
      the icons.
 43.4 the alignment of the image data wasn't correctly calculated.
      included some nice icons made by Raul Silva.


AUTHOR

 Please send bug reports and ideas to:

	Stephan Rupprecht
	Apfeldweg 1
	D44359 Dortmund
	Germany

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