Net Connector
                                  ver. 1.0

Net Connector is an easy-to-use utility to speed-up and simplify the use of
the Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking feature.

If you have installed and used Dial-Up Networking, you know you must first
open the Dial-Up Networking connection, click on "Connect", and then run
the communications program you want to use.  When you are finished, you
then must close the connection.  Dial-Up Networking “should” open when a
communications program "needs" it, but this doesn't work with many
programs, and you still need to click the "Connect" button to actually make
the connection, and click "Disconnect" when you are done.  These extra
mouse clicks can be tedious and annoying, especially if you are connecting
several times a day.

Net Connector  makes all this unnecessary.  Once you have set up Net
Connector  for your communications programs, it will automatically open the
specified Dial-Up Networking connection, send the "Connect" command, and
open the communications program.  Net Connector  will then (optionally)
monitor the connection, re-connect if the connection is accidentally
broken, and close the connection when you close your communications
program.  A "Delay" option  is available, which will keep the connection
open for a specified period of time, so that you can close one
communications program and open another without having to re-dial.  And
since Net Connector  is a small program (only 21.5 KB!)which only needs to
run when you run your communications programs, it has virtually no impact
on system resource use.

With Net Connector, you can now go straight to your favorite web site with
a single click, or with the help of a scheduler, you can run Internet
sessions automatically.  And you can do this without adding another
permanent "resident" program to your system.

Installation

Installing and setting up Net Connector  is quick and easy.  Simply unzip
the files into a temporary directory, and run "Install".  The installation
program will install Net Connector  in a directory of your choice, and
create a program group with an icon for "Net Connector  Setup".  When the
installation is complete, run "Net Connector  Setup", and fill in the
options.
Note: if you have an earlier (beta) version of Net Connector on your
machine, you do not have to remove it, though it doesn’t hurt to do so.  In
either case, you will need to obtain a new registration code, which is free
to registered users.
To remove Net Connector, simply go to “Control Panel”, “Add/Remove
Programs”, and select Net Connector.  Then click on “Add/Remove”, and Net
Connector will be removed from your system.

Files

Net Connector  installation places the following files on your system:

      In the Net Connector  directory:
            Net Connector.exe
            Net Connector Setup.exe
            About Net Connector.exe
            Net Connector Help.exe

      In the Windows\System directory:

            COMDLG32.OCX
           COMCTL32.OCX
           MFC40.DLL
           MSVCRT20.DLL
           MSVCRT40.DLL
           OLEPRO32.DLL
           SPIN32.OCX
           STKIT432.DLL
           VEN2232.OLB


           (Some or all of the above system files may already be on your
           system.
           Net Connector  installation will only replace these files if the
           ones on
           your machine are older versions.)

Net Connector  also requires VB40032.DLL to be in the Windows\System
directory.  To reduce file size, and thus download times, this file is not
included with Net Connector.  Many people have it on their machines
already, and it is available online at a number of locations, including the
Bay Area Building web site at www.baybuild.com.

If you have any problems running Net Connector, or have comments,
suggestions, or requests for changes, please contact me at:

      Internet               pamick@ix.netcom.com
      Compuserve       73234,1214
      phone(voice/fax)       415-662-2576
      Microsoft Network      Peter_Amick

And be sure to check the Bay Area Building web page at
http://www.baybuild.com for updates.

Thank you for your support

Peter Amick
Bay Area Building