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Greetings.

snork's Pic-Stick is a simple picture viewer capable of presenting files in the common *.bmp, *.gif, *.jpg, *.ico, *.wmf, *.rle, and *.emf formats.

Upon application startup, use File|Open to navigate to and choose the desired picture. Simply left-click on the image to enlarge it, and right click to reduce. Drag the resized image to a suitable spot on your screen.

The "On Top" menu item will cause Pic-Stick to remain on top of all open windows, thereby allowing you to compose a maximized loveletter whilst keeping the object of your love's picture in view. :) (Or any other use you may want to put to it.) Multiple instances of Pic-Stick may be launched, creating a screen collage. Click on "Release" to let it behave as a normal window. Simple as that.

The file, size, and screen location will be saved in the Windows Registry upon application termination, each launch will automatically load a picture, resize and position it according to your last use. The location for these registry entries is
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\PicStick\Startup. I have included an InstallShield setup packge which will automatically delete all installed program files as well as registry modifications, if Pic-Stick is installed/uninstalled using the Add/Remove Programs utility in Windows' Control Panel.

Technical Details:
Platforms supported: Microsoft Windows 95 and above, Windows NT.

Pic-Stick was programmed using Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 SP3, therefore the VB5 SP3 runtime DLLs (these versions or later) must be present in you Windows\System directory. These supporting files and their versions are:

Asycfilt.dll 2.20.4118.1
Comcat.dll 4.71.1441.1
Ctl3d.dll 2.31.0.0
Msvbvm50.dll 5.1.43.19
Oleaut32.dll 2.20.4118.1
Olepro32.dll 5.0.4118.1
Comdlg32.ocx 5.1.43.19
Stdole2.tlb 2.20.4118.1

These files are *not* included in this particular version of the PicStick setup program. They may be downloaded from Microsoft in the form of a self-installing zip file.

Now for the excruciating part.
Pic-Stick is shareware. This is the full release version. If you enjoy using it, please register. The cost of registration is a mere FIVE DOLLARS. Registration entitles you to arbitrarily free upgrades, and notification of major upgrades, as well as any help and technical support I can provide. Registration entitles ME to earn a little bit of cash and recognition for what I believe to be a nifty little program.

Register by sending 5 big ones to me.
I may be reached at snork@email.msn.com
3:23 PM 11/1/98