fixxion Icon Manager - Documentation

© 2001-2006 fixxion freeware

Version 1.1.1.38 (Testversion) [2006-03-22]

Display and Compare

Display icon directory files (*.ico) usually containing groups of bitmaps showing the same motive in several resolutions and color depths as a table.
Display and compare two icon directories at the same time.

Move

Move bitmaps between the directories.

Export

Export bitmaps.

Delete

Delete bitmaps (*.bmp).

Save

Save changed icon files (*.ico).

Import

Import bitmaps (*.bmp, color depth 24 or 32 bit with alpha-channel). Palette bitmaps (less than 24bit) are not supported.
Drag&Drop and usage of command line files is supported.

Alpha Channel

Import the alpha channel to be added from a mask bitmap using the following naming conventions.
Color bitmap (24bit): {MOTIVE}.bmp
Mask bitmap (8bit grayscale): {MOTIVE}mask.bmp
Where {MOTIVE} has to be replaced with a valid naming text.

fim Script

1. Create a text file and insert as first line the following header:
;fixxion icon manager script file
2. Add lines with script commmands or comments.
3. Save the file named fimscript.txt.
4. Call fim using command line fim fimscript.txt to execute the script.

Commands

OpenIcon {MOTIVE}.ico
SaveIcon {MOTIVE_2}.ico
CloseIcon
ImportBitmaps {MOTIVE}*.bmp
ShowComment THIS IS A SCRIPT MESSAGE

Comments

Empty lines and lines starting with ; are ignored.