READ ME for WSTBar 2.61 (10/15/1995) ------------------------------------- WSTBar is a MS Windows application that displays a horizontal or vertical toolbar (TOPMOST) that holds command buttons for INTERNET applications. The toolbar is setup to run the following applications: Trumpet Winsock Web Browser E-Mail News FTP Gopher Telnet Finger Internet Phone IRC (Internet Relay Chat) User1 User2 User3 User4 User5 New Features in version 2.61 --------------------------- Version 2.6 includes the following new features. - Five additional "generic" toolbar buttons - Optional removal of splash screen (registered users only) - Improved toolbar task switching - Corrected placement for help tips - Improved options for unloading the toolbar The application that WSTBar runs when a command button is clicked is user-defined. The file WSTBAR.INI hold references (disk, path and EXE name) for your INTERNET application preferences. Once WSTBar is installed, use the WSTBAR Setup program (installed in the WSTBar Program Group) to edit the settings in WSTBAR.INI (located in the \WINDOWS directory). To Unload the toolbar --------------------- The toolbar can be unloaded by right-mouse clicking on any of the toolbar buttons. When you right-mouse click on a toolbar button a popup menu is displayed. The following options are available: Unload - unloads the toolbar and saves the toolbar position Quit - unloads the toolbar without saving the toolbar position Setup - runs the WSTBar setup program About - displays the WSTBar About dialog box Installation ------------ NOTE: This application requires VBRUN300.DLL 1. Un-ZIP the contents of WSTBAR??.ZIP into a temporary directory 2. Start Microsoft Windows (if not already started) 3. From the Program Manager, select the File menu and choose Run 4. Type :SETUP.EXE and press ENTER. Where and is the disk drive and path where you have placed the un-zipped files. The files required for WSTBar will be copied to a directory on your computer (C:\WSTBAR by default), and the setup program will create a program group for WSTBar. At this point, you MUST use the WSTBar Setup program to edit WSTBAR.INI (located in the \WINDOWS) directory. Setting the toolbar location ---------------------------- Version 2.6 of WSTBar includes options for either a horizontal or vertical toolbar. The type of toolbar is specified in WSTBAR.INI (BarType). WSTBar also allows you to set the location of the toolbar using settings in WSTBAR.INI or by dragging the toolbar. The toolbar position is specified in pixels. The toolbar can also be sized by dragging any side or corner of the toolbar. When you exit WSTBar (right mouse click on any button) the current toolbar position is saved to WSTBAR.INI so that the next time WSTBar is loaded, it will appear in the same position. Here are two typical settings for the toolbar position. Top Right-Hand corner Right-Hand Side --------------------- ----------------------- BarType=Horizontal BarType=Vertical BarLeft=5400 BarLeft=9220 BarTop=0 BarTop=1500 Selecting your applications --------------------------- You can select the applications that WSTBar will run when the buttons on the toolbar are clicked. Replace the path and filename of the INTERNET applications with the path and filename of your INTERNET applications. Version 2.6 doesn't support passing command parameters along the the application that is to run. This will be supported in a future release of WSTBar. Setting the number of toolbar buttons ------------------------------------- You can customize the number of toolbar buttons in WSTBar. If you leave a line in the [WSTBar] without an application path and filename, the corresponding toolbar button will be removed from WSTBar. Here is an example [WSTBar] section from WSTBAR.INI: [WSTBar] WinSock=d:\infinet\tcpman.exe WWW=d:\infinet\netscape\netscape.exe EMail=d:\infinet\mail\weudora.exe News=d:\infinet\newsread\nx.exe FTP=d:\infinet\ftp\ws_ftp.exe Gopher=d:\infinet\gopher\wsgopher.exe Telnet= Finger=d:\infinet\finger\finger.exe IPhone= IRC= User1= User2= User3= User4= User5= LoadOnStart= Based on the above section, the toolbar for WSTBar would include toolbar buttons for WinSock, WWW, EMail, News, FTP, Gopher, and Finger. Since Telnet, IPhone, and IRC do not include path and filenames the toolbar buttons for these applications will be removed. Using LoadOnStart ----------------- To load a specific application when WSTBar is started, add the application to the LoadOnStart option in WSTBAR.INI. Allowable options for LoadOnStart are WinSock,WWW,EMail,News,FTP,Gopher,Telnet,Finger,IPhone, and IRC. This option is blank by default. Using you own help tips ----------------------- You can customize the help tips that are displayed by WSTBar. To specify new help tips, use the WSTBar Setup program to edit the settings in WSTBAR.INI. Replace the existing help tips with the desired help tips. Below is an example of the [WSTBarHelp] section from WSTBAR.INI [WSTBarHelp] WinSockHelp="Winsock" WWWHelp="Netscape" EMailHelp="Eudora" NewsHelp="News eXpress" FTPHelp="WS FTP" GopherHelp="Gopher" TelnetHelp="Telnet" FingerHelp="WS Finger" IPhoneHelp="Internet Phone" IRCHelp="IRC" User1="User1" User2="User2" User3="User3" User4="User4" User5="User5" Loading you own icons --------------------- You can customize the toolbar icons that are displayed by WSTBar. WSTBar icons can be either icon files (.ICO) or bitmap files (.BMP). Bitmap files will be automatically sized in proportion to the size of the toolbar buttons. To load new icons, use the WSTBar Setup program to edit the settings in WSTBAR.INI. Add the full path and filename of the icon for the specific toolbar button. If the file doesn't exist, the default icon for the toolbar button will be loaded. Enclosed is a file (TRUMP.ICO) that can serve as a template for creating new icons for WSTBar. Below is an example of the [WSTBarIcons] section from WSTBAR.INI [WSTBarIcons] WinSockIcon=c:\wstbar\trump.ico WWWIcon= EMailIcon= NewsIcon= FTPIcon= GopherIcon= TelnetIcon= FingerIcon= IPhoneIcon= IRCIcon= User1Icon= User2Icon= User3Icon= User4Icon= User5Icon= Once you have edited the settings in WSTBAR.INI, you are ready to run WSTBar. Double click on the WSTBar icon and the software will be loaded. WSTBar can be unloaded by clicking the right mouse button on any of the toolbar buttons. Any INTERNET applications that you have running when WSTBar is unloaded are left running. Removing the "splash" screen ---------------------------- The initial "splash" screen can be removed for registered users. If you are a registered user, placing the word No in the SplashScreen keyword under the [WSTBarRegKey] will cause WSTBar to bypass the splash screen. If your copy of WSTBar is not registered the SplashScreen keyword is ignored. Online registration ------------------- You can use the registration button in the WSTBar setup program to enter your registration code in WSTBAR.INI. This code will be supplied to you when you register your copy of WSTBar. This application is SHAREWARE. If you find this application useful, please register ($10 fee). Please report any bugs or suggestions to jdzg@infinet.com. Joel A. Gerber P.O. Box 311 Powell, OH 43065-0311 E-Mail : jdzg@infinet.com Web Home Page: http://www.infinet.com/~jdzg Disclaimer & Copyright ---------------------- This program is Copyright (C) 1995 by Joel A. Gerber, All Rights Reserved. It is provided as shareware with the following limitations: These programs are shareware and are not to be resold or distributed for sale with other programs which are for sale. There is no warranty or claim of fitness or reliability. The programs are distributed AS IS, and as such the author shall not be held liable for any loss of data, down time, loss of revenue or any other direct or indirect damage or claims caused by this program.