ClipHound TM 1.0a
Albino Frog Software, Inc.
Post Office Box 578
Port Salerno, Florida  34992  USA
(954) 985-8344
afs@nexi.com
http://www.nexi.com/albinofrog


Registration
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ClipHound is not free software.  If you use it regularly, you
must register it.  ClipHound will cease to operate after 60 days
if you do not register it.

Registration is $15.

Setup
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ClipHound is a single executable application.  There are no data
files or ini files to set up. Simply put ClipHound in a
convenient directory on your hard drive.  We recommend you drag a
shortcut to ClipHound into your StartUp folder so that it is
always working for you.  This has probably already been done by
the install program.  

Usage
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When ClipHound is running, it will monitor the Windows 95
clipboard.  Whenever you cut or copy some text, ClipHound will
take a look at it and determine if it should take action.
Usually, this means ClipHound will make a private copy of the
text you put on the clipboard in its own list.  However, if you
have PasteBack enabled, ClipHound will check the text you placed
in the clipboard against the names of items already in ClipHound.
If a match is found, the full contents of the item matched is
placed in the clipboard, overwriting the name.  You can then
paste this back into your application.

ClipHound's database is saved on exit and reloaded on restart.
There is no explicit save button, it simply happens
automatically.  ClipHound will also save its database to the hard
drive every hour of operation to guard against power failure and
system crash.  So, if your hard drive rattles once an hour and
you can't figure out why, it could well be ClipHound's automatic
backup.

ClipHound checks every minute to see if there are items in its
database it should throw away.  This is a very fast process, and
you will note no delay from it.

When you are viewing ClipHound's main window, you're looking at a
list of the items in the clip database.  The list is comprised of
three things per item: An icon indicating what sort of item it
is, the name of the item, and a short excerpt from the first few
lines of the item itself.


ITEM TYPES
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There are four different item types, represented by four
different icons.

Plain Text.  This appears as a document with lines on it.  Plain
Text items contain only text, and have no special function.

Shortcuts.  This appears as a shortcut arrow.  A shortcut, when
activated by double-clicking, will launch the shortcut,
activating whatever application is associated with the document.

Internet URLs.  This appears as a short length of chain (links,
get it?). A URL, when activated, will launch your web browser and
fetch the file indicated.

Binary.  This appears as a block of 0s and 1s.  Binary simply
means that there are non-text characters in the item.  Other than
that, it behaves just like plain text.

You cannot manually change an item's type.  It is automatically
determined by ClipHound.  However, if you edit an item, depending
on the form your edits take, it may change type.  ClipHound
senses the formats proper for filenames and URLs and assigns the
appropriate type automatically.