Contents
 Table of Contents

The following Help Topics are available:

Overview

Running Surf's Up

Surf's Up Menu

Configuring Program Sounds

Configuring Button Sounds

Re-Configuring Sounds

Purchasing Surf's Up

About Indigo Software

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 Running Surf's Up

Surf's Up will only work if it is running.  Early versions worked as a command-line utility, forcing you to edit the command-line of all of your icons.  Now Surf's Up just runs as an icon on your desktop, and automatically senses when a configured program has started.

The easiest way to set up Surf's Up is to place it in your Startup group.  This way, it will automatically be launched every time you start Windows.  Once you have the sounds set up to your liking, select Hide Icon from the menu and you won't be able to see the icon until you choose to.  Click on the word 'menu' above for more details.


 Overview

Surf's Up allows Windows users with a supported sound card or the Windows' speaker driver to attach sounds to their programs as well as to all of their buttons.

While there are other programs that attach sounds to Windows' events (dialog boxes, etc.), most don't allow you to attach sounds to individual programs or buttons.

Enter Surf's Up.

With this program, you can choose your own favorite WAV files to play during the startup and ending of each program you use (whether you use Progman.exe, Norton, or any other desktop shell).  You can also specify what sound should be played for each type of button, based on the text in that button (OK, Cancel, etc.)

Surf's Up runs as an icon on your desktop, and automatically detects when you run and exit your programs, or click buttons.  When this happens, it plays the sound you chose.


 Surf's Up Menu

Clicking on the Surf's Up icon will bring up a menu.  In addition to the usual entries, you will find two new menu items.

Hide Icon	This menu will hide the Surf's Up icon so that it is no longer visible on your desktop.  Once you have Surf's Up configured the way you like it, you can hide the icon and forget about it.

If you need to access the icon again (to add or change new programs or buttons), just run Surf's Up again from Program Manager (or whatever shell you are using) and it will become visible again.  Don't worry, you will only be running one copy of Surf's Up at a time no matter how many times you do this.

Surf's Up remembers whether or not it was visible or not the last time you quit Windows, so whenever you first run Surf's Up, it will start the way you left it.

Configure Sounds	Use this menu item to bring up the configuration screen.  This is where you actually set up Surf's Up to play the sounds you want, when you want.


 Configuring Program Sounds

First, click on the Configure Sounds menu item to bring up the configuration window.  Once it is open, you will notice that it is divided up with two tabs; one labeled "Program Sounds" and one labeled "Button Sounds".  Select the first if it is not already active.

Click the "Add" button.  This will bring up a standard Windows File Open dialog box with all of your programs in the current directory.  Now switch to your Windows directory (i.e. C:\Windows).  You can do this by selecting a new drive (if necessary) from the drive list, and by double-clicking on the Windows directory in the directory list.

Once you are there, find the program NOTEPAD.EXE and highlight it by clicking your mouse on it, then click "OK".

Now, you should be back at the original screen.  Notice that the first line holds your program name.  The path to the file is unimportant.

Next, click the "Starting Sound" button.  This will bring up the same list as before, except this time it will only list sound files (*.WAV).  This time, highlight the file TADA.WAV, in your Windows directory, then click "OK".

Now, you are back at the original screen again.  Notice how the second line (the one labeled "Starting Sound") now contains the name of the sound file you chose.  Click on the "Ending Sound" button and follow the directions above to select an ending sound for Notepad.  After you have selected an ending sound (for example "C:\WINDOWS\TADA.WAV"),  edit the line to read the following :

C:\WINDOWS\*.*

Then press enter and your changes will be saved.  By changing the sound file name to *.* (i.e. c:\windows\*.*), you have told Surf's Up to randomly choose a sound file out of the selected directory (in this case C:\WINDOWS).  Now, if you start Notepad, you should hear the sound "TADA.WAV", and if you exit it, you should hear a random sound from your Windows Directory.

The "Speaker" buttons to the right of the sound file names will allow you to preview the sounds you have chosen.

In the future, to configure other programs, just follow the above directions for each additional program.


 Configuring Button Sounds

First, click on the Configure Sounds menu item to bring up the configuration window.  Once it is open, you will notice that it is divided up with two tabs; one labeled "Program Sounds" and one labeled "Button Sounds".  Select the second if it is not already active.

In the text box marked "Button Text" type in "OK" (without the quotes).  Case is not sensitive, so "OK" = "ok" = "Ok".  Now click on the button marked "Button Sound".  This will bring up a standard Windows File Open dialog box with all of your sounds in the current directory. Change to your Windows directory and choose the file "DING.WAV", then click "OK".

The word "ok" should now be added to the combo box marked "Button", and the sound you chose should be in the box marked "Button Sound".  As with program sounds, you can type in "*.*" (i.e. c:\windows\*.*) to have Surf's Up play a random sound.

Now lets test it out.  Click on the Surf's Up icon and select "About Surf's Up...". A dialog box should pop up.  Click on the "OK" button and you should hear the sound you set up.


 Re-Configuring Sounds

Occasionally, you may want to change the sound that plays for a certain program or button.  First, click on the Configure Sounds menu item to bring up the configuration window and select the correct tab.  Scroll through the appropriate drop-down combo list to find the program/button you want to change.  Once you find it, click on it once and all the information for that program/button will appear on the various lines.

Click on the "Starting Sound" (or "Button Sound") button and select a new startup sound file for this program/button, then do the same for the ending sound.

If you decide to delete a name from your list of configured programs/button, select the program/button from the drop-down combo box, then click the "Delete" button.

Close this dialog when you are done configuring sounds by double-clicking on the control box (upper left-hand corner).


Purchasing Surf's Up

Surf's Up is not free software, it is Shareware.  This gives you the chance to try a program before you buy it.  If you don't like it, you are out nothing.  But if you do use Surf's Up, please send in the enclosed purchase order along with $14.95 (+$2.00 S&H) to:

Zane Rathwick

Indigo Software

6029 Machado Way

Sacramento, CA 95822

Credit Card Orders

If you prefer, you may pay for your order by credit card.  Arrangements have been made with PSL to accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover credit card orders through the following numbers:

Phone:  800 - 242-4775

FAX:  713 - 524-6398

Int'l:  713 - 524-6394

Ask for product #11714

Note:  These numbers are for ordering only - if you have other questions or comments or would like to discuss quantity discounts, contact the author directly.

When you send in your order, you will receive a personalized key that will remove the ordering messages from the software.  You will also receive the latest version of the software, top priority for technical support, as well as several other programs to try out.


About Indigo Software
You may reach Indigo Software through the following locations:

U.S. Mail	Zane Rathwick

Indigo Software

6029 Machado Way

Sacramento, CA 95822

Internet:	ZaneR@aol.com

Compuserve:	74633,1314

AOL:	ZaneR