Icon Flags
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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.
