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From: roper@nwnexus.WA.COM (Michael Roper)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: collecting icons
Message-ID: <479@nwnexus.WA.COM>
Date: 20 Mar 91 08:46:17 GMT
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Reply-To: roper@nwnexus.UUCP (Michael Roper)
Organization: hDC Computer Corporation, Redmond WA
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Bob Geer writes:

> I've seen several references to [hDC Icon Designer] 
> but haven't seen it advertised or listed in the mail-
> order ads...so, who vends it, how much should one pay 
> for it, what are its capabilities?

I know Egghead carries it and I think there is another
major discount chain that carries it as well, but I
can't say for sure.  If you can't find it locally, try
calling our sales staff at (206) 885-5550.  They will
be able to tell you more.

The product lists for $59.95, but you can probably get
it discounted in the $35-40 range.

As mentioned previously, it allows you to create, modify
and manage libraries of icons that can then be used with
Progman Manager.  It allows you to easily extract icons
from any .dll, .exe, or .ico file.  It also allows you
to create or modify the icons in a library and includes
three libraries with a total of 125 professionally designed
icons.  It also has a clipboard interface so that bitmaps
created with other paint programs can be imported and
converted to icons.  And unlike many icon editors, Icon
Designer supports the use of color "background" (transparent)
and color "inverse background" which are necessary to
create true icons.

Michael Roper
hDC Computer Corporation