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!OmniDesk/Utilities/!IconFlags/!Help
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| Filename: | !OmniDesk/Utilities/!IconFlags/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 07D3 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Icon Flags ~~~~~~~~~~ An OmniDesk Utility by Richard G. Hallas Icon Flags is a combined flag calculator and spy application for icons. When spying, the information displayed in the window will change as you move the pointer around the desktop. If there is no icon under the pointer, all the window contents will be blank or switched off. When not spying on icons, you can set the switches on and off with the pointer, enter values into the writable icons, and change the fore- and background colours by clicking on them (Select and Adjust cycle forwards and backwards through the available colours). As you do this, the contents of the icon flags will update. Alternatively, you can enter a new value into the icon flags: when you press Return, the window contents will update to show you what the value means. If the spy option is off, you can also drag the contents of the icon flags icon out into another application. This is useful if you want to enter the number you have calculated into your text editor. (Risc OS 3 users will find the dragged value takes the form of a piece of transparent perspex with the number 'etched' on it.) Consult the Programmer's Reference Manual for details about the meanings of the specific icon flags. Clicking Menu over the Window Flags window presents the main utility menu: 'Info' leads to a standard information window. 'Spy on icons' will be ticked if it is switched on. When on, the contents of the window update to be appropriate to the icon under the mouse pointer. When off, you can use the window as an icon flag calculator. 'Window position' leads to a window which lets you determine where the Icon Flags window appears on the screen. This corresponds to an invisible grid, and when you change screen mode the window will snap to this grid. (This feature can be disabled by clicking Adjust on the small window icon, which makes it disappear.) 'Save settings' will save the screen location of the Icon Flags window, along with the spy setting.
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Wh| 00000590 65 6e 20 6f 6e 2c 20 74 68 65 0a 63 6f 6e 74 65 |en on, the.conte| 000005a0 6e 74 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f |nts of the windo| 000005b0 77 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 |w update to be a| 000005c0 70 70 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 |ppropriate to th| 000005d0 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 74 68 65 |e icon under the| 000005e0 0a 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 2e 20 |.mouse pointer. | 000005f0 57 68 65 6e 20 6f 66 66 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 |When off, you ca| 00000600 6e 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 |n use the window| 00000610 20 61 73 20 61 6e 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 66 6c 61 67 | as an icon flag| 00000620 0a 63 61 6c 63 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 2e 0a 0a 27 57 |.calculator...'W| 00000630 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 27 20 |indow position' | 00000640 6c 65 61 64 73 20 74 6f 20 61 20 77 69 6e 64 6f |leads to a windo| 00000650 77 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6c 65 74 73 20 79 6f 75 |w which lets you| 00000660 20 64 65 74 65 72 6d 69 6e 65 20 77 68 65 72 65 | determine where| 00000670 20 74 68 65 0a 49 63 6f 6e 20 46 6c 61 67 73 20 | the.Icon Flags | 00000680 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 20 6f |window appears o| 00000690 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 20 54 68 |n the screen. Th| 000006a0 69 73 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 73 20 74 |is corresponds t| 000006b0 6f 20 61 6e 0a 69 6e 76 69 73 69 62 6c 65 20 67 |o an.invisible g| 000006c0 72 69 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f |rid, and when yo| 000006d0 75 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 |u change screen | 000006e0 6d 6f 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 |mode the window | 000006f0 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 6e 61 70 0a 74 6f 20 74 68 69 |will snap.to thi| 00000700 73 20 67 72 69 64 2e 20 28 54 68 69 73 20 66 65 |s grid. (This fe| 00000710 61 74 75 72 65 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 |ature can be dis| 00000720 61 62 6c 65 64 20 62 79 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e |abled by clickin| 00000730 67 20 41 64 6a 75 73 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a |g Adjust on the.| 00000740 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 63 6f |small window ico| 00000750 6e 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 69 |n, which makes i| 00000760 74 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 2e 29 0a 0a 27 |t disappear.)..'| 00000770 53 61 76 65 20 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 73 27 20 77 |Save settings' w| 00000780 69 6c 6c 20 73 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 |ill save the scr| 00000790 65 65 6e 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 |een location of | 000007a0 74 68 65 20 49 63 6f 6e 20 46 6c 61 67 73 0a 77 |the Icon Flags.w| 000007b0 69 6e 64 6f 77 2c 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 77 69 74 |indow, along wit| 000007c0 68 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 79 20 73 65 74 74 69 6e |h the spy settin| 000007d0 67 2e 0a |g..| 000007d3
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