
Aicbit v.3.0.1
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Copyright (C) 2000-2001 KsL Software. All Rights Reserved.

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OVERVIEW
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Aicbit program can search your hard drives, CD-ROM, floppy and other media 
for the images.
Supporting of thumbnail view and full preview of found images, batch image 
converting to another graphical format and batch image resizing, file 
copying/moving/erasing. Also some effects can be applied to number 
of images at once.
The program autodetects the most of known graphical formats so it is no need
to tell the program in what format an image is.

The current version supports EXE, DLL, CPL, EMF, WMF, CUR, ICO, BMP, JPG, GIF, 
TARGA, PNG files. Also it gets a Windows represented image of any file. 
For example, for .ICO or .BMP file it will be a picture inside it, 
for .EXE/.DLL/.CPL/.CUR files it will be an icon in file, for other files it 
will be an Windows "file-type" associated icon.

With help of Acbit program any amount of images can be converted into the
following formats: ICO, EMF, WMF, BMP, JPG, TGA, PNG by two mouse clicks.

Main features:
- scaning folders and/or it's subfolders for files, containing images;
- autodetecting image formats;
- image thumbnail view and full preview of ICO, BMP, JPG, GIF, TGA, PNG, EXE,
  DLL, CPL, CUR, WMF, EMF formats;
- animated gif images viewing;
- single/batch image converting to another format;
- single/batch image resizing;
- button shape effect applying to image(s);
- copying bitmap of selected image to clipboard;
- copy/move/rename/erase of found image files;

New in version 3.0.1:
- full help system;
- proportional stretch in preview pane;

New in version 3.0:
- new interface;
- searching by file mask(s);
- new batch converting algorithm;
- batch resizing;

New in version 2.1:
- program interface was changed;
- showing multiple icons from DLL and EXE files;
- list style of thumbnails view;
- save and convert images into Windows Metafile format;
- now it is enable to save converted images together in the same folder;
- toolbar button texts were added;

New in version 2.0:
- new program interface;
- reading and writing Targa and Png images;
- 256 color icon saving;
- batch converting of any set of various images;

New in version 1.2.1:
- floating toolbar was added;

New in version 1.2:
- supporting to view GIF and animated GIF images;
- Windows file context menu was added to right click menu on thumbnail;
- some bugs fixed.

New in version 1.1:
- full support of JPEG images;
- saving image to ICO format;
- copying image bitmap to clipboard;
- full size image preview window;
- renaming and erasing selected image file(s);
- changing size of image(s);
- changing background color of thumbnail view;


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REGISTERING
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This software is released as SHAREWARE.
You may use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for
a period of 30 days.
For properly working version you are expected to register
this software.

What registering will get you:

* a personal registration code which will remove the
  shareware restrictions;
* unlimited technical support;
* information on upgrades;
* no fee for all future minor versions.

Please see the LICENSE.TXT before using this software.
Full information about registering can be found in help.
See the ORDER.TXT for pricing and ordering information.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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No any special system requirements are needed.

* A 486 with a 66 MHz processor (Pentium processor recommended);
* Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT4/2000/ME or later;
* 1 Mb of free space on your hard drive;

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INSTALLATION
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To install Aicbit, do the following steps:

* Quit the already running version of Aicbit, if any;
* Uninstall previous version of Aicbit, if any;
* Unzip AICSETUP.ZIP file into temporary directory;
* Run .EXE file;
* Follow the prompts.

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UNINSTALLATION
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To uninstall Aicbit, do the following steps:

* Click the 'Start' button;
* Select 'Settings' -> 'Control Panel';
* Double-click on 'Add/Remove Programs' icon;
* Select 'Aicbit' from the list and press 'Add/Remove...' button.
  or
* Click the 'Start' button;
* Select 'Programs' -> 'Aicbit' group ;
* Select 'Uninstall Aicbit' from menu.

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UPGRADING
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For properly working program you have to uninstall
previous version, if any.
Follow the installation instructions above.

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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* E-mail: aicbit@zoneutils.com
* Web site: http://www.zoneutils.com/
* Contact development team: KsL Software
* Contact name: Konstantin Golovatsky;

Feel free to contact us to get support, report bugs or give suggestions.
And don't forget to check the web site for news and product updates.

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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR OTHER PRODUCTS
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