ICON
With this function, you can save and display icons, and compile icon libraries.
Show
Show a previously saved icon in the current view.
1. Enter the icon name.
If the icon is in an icon library (a VLB file), you must include the library file name (with possible path) in parenthesis. For example, to display an icon named button1 from the icon library USER.
(user)button1
Save
Save objects as an icon.
View Save the current view as an icon.
1. Enter the name of the icon file.
Window Save a defined area as an icon.
1. Enter 1. corner point
2. Enter 2. corner point
3. Enter the name of the icon file
If the icon is in an icon library (a VLB file), you must include the library file name (with possible path) in parenthesis. For example, to display an icon named button1 from the icon library USER.
(user)button1
Library
Save a single icon into an icon library, list the icons in a library or remove an icon from the library.
1. Enter the name of the icon library.
After this you must specify what you want to do with the icon library.
? List all the icons in a library. You can use wildcards in the icon name.
2. Enter the name of the icon.
Add Add a previously saved icon file (a VIF file) to the library.
2. Enter the name of the icon file (the VIF extension can be omitted)
Delete Delete an icon from the icon library.
2. Enter the name of the icon.
Rename Rename an existing icon.
2. Enter the name of the icon.
3. Enter the new name.
Ready Accept the changes.
Icons are snapshots of the display that don’t contain actual objects, but only their display information. Most common use for them is to create icon menus.
When displaying an icon, it will scale itself according to the current view, and will be erased as you execute a redraw.
When you save an icon the saved area, whether a view or a selected area, will all be saved in the icon, including empty margins. If you want to save an area as an icon that displays only the objects in it, you must save it using the window option and define the area so that it includes only the area containing the objects.
The program will automatically add the .VIF extension to the file name.
You can open a dialog by entering * or ’ as the file name. You can also use wildcards to list only certain files. For example, entering S* as the file name will open a dialog listing only files that start with an S.
Icon libraries
Icon libraries provide a way to save several icons into a single file. Icon library files have a .VLB extension. You can add icons into an icon library with the ICON Save option or with the ICON Library Add option (existing VIF-files).