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InfoSpy v2.20 (03/22/95)

** NEW WITH THIS VERSION:
      - KEYBOARD MONITORING.
      - APPLICATION USAGE MONITORING.
      - MONITOR DIRECT TO DISK FILE.
      - CONFIGURABLE ICON.

InfoSpy is a general purpose Windows environment viewer allowing you view
Heap, Tasks, Windows, Classes, Modules, File Handles, DOS and Memory
Information.  You can trace messages, stack and set up automatic timers
to provide real-time tracing on virtually every aspect of Windows.

InfoSpy has full task scheduling capability allowing you to schedule the
execution of programs, Windows shutdown, Windows Restart, System Warmboot
& Coldboot and the termination of any task.

The Screen Capture Utility allows you to capture the entire desktop, a
specific window or cut a portion of the screen to the clipboard. You can
save the captured image as a bitmap too.

The DLL search utility will examine any local or network drive for all
programs that reference DLLs in order to provide a list of unreferenced
DLLs. In addition, all duplicate DLLs are displayed with an option to
delete the duplicates.

The ICON search will examine any file, directory or drive for files
containing ICONS and will list them (and draw them) in a convenient list.
You can copy any of the listed ICONS to the ClipBoard!

Ver 1.xx was highly praised by shareware magazines and software reviews
and was published in several books including "Byte Magazine's Programmer
Cookbook for Windows" and WUGNET's "Windows Configuration Secrets" as
a powerful,easy tool to inspect your Windows environment.

InfoSpy now includes STRESS functions that let you use InfoSpy to really
put the pressure on Windows and other applications.  You can grab Global
Heap, GDI Heap, User Heap, File Handles, Disk Space and Timers.  There is
also a function that continually does disk I/O to help simulate a busy
disk.

Real time tracing of stack, windows messages and serial comm ports has
been added as well as IntelliLib (tm) technology that lets you customize
InfoSpy by specifying with DLLs to load to add\remove functionality.

Installation
============

To Install:   From Program Manager Run A:SETUP
              You will be asked to Confirm your SOURCE directory.
              You will be asked to Confirm or change the InfoSpy Destination.
              You can customize the initial libraries and the INI path.

      InfoSpy will require 900k on your hard drive
      and there are no memory or configuration requirements.

Registration
============

     1.      Send $14.99 to

                  Dean Software Design
                  P.O. Box 13032
                  Mill Creek, WA 98082-1032

     2.      use CompuServe's Online Registration SWREG. (id 1846)

     3.      Call [phone] and leave a voice-mail for further
             purchase options.

Canadian/Mexican orders please add $1.00 for postage.
Orders from all other countries please add $2.00 for postage.

Please use the Registration form found under the "Registration Information"
menu option of InfView.

See the "Disclaimer / Registration Agreement" for multiple copy and site license
registration.

You can also register on CompuServe's SWREG forum: registration id 1846

** What is your incentive to register? There is now an annoying splash
   screen that appears when starting the unregistered version as well as
   the word <unregistered> generously placed througout the program. The
   code size of the registered version is 50k smaller too! We had
   to add these features since we were getting lots of support calls from
   people who had not registered. In other words, you get support when you
   register! **

Version History
===============

Ver 2.20
 - Added new APPLICATION USAGE MONITOR. This function lets you track the user's
   application usage showing start date, time & application name.
 - Corrected several small errors (sp.) on ToolBar and Menu.
 - Added new ICON SETUP feature. You can now customize your InfoSpy icon to
   either: a) display the icon. b) Show System Resource %. c) Show GDI
   Resource %. d) Show USER Resource %. e) Show a Bar graph of SYSTEM, GDI &
   USER Resource %. f) Be Hidden from view.  Thanks to all the users who
   explained what they needed!
 - Added logic to SHOW the hidden InfoSpy icon (see online help).
 - Updated Keyboard Monitor to handle BKSPC and ENTER.
 - Moved the SCHEDULER SETUP dialog from the Scheduler list dialog to the
   Scheduler Menu.\line
 - Added Automatic COMPACT GLOBAL MEMORY event to the TASK SCHEDULER.  This
   function allows you to have your system automatically Compact Global Memory
   every x minutes.
 - Corrected bug that caused GPF 1F:02E2 when doing APPLICATION SUMMARY on some
   applications.
 - Added DDEML, OLECLI & OLE2 to the System Module list for application
   summary.
 - Added capability to save COMM PORT MONITOR activity to disk or to the screen
   or both. Lets you log comm activity without changing your screen.
 - Optimized all MESSAGEBOX API calls to a common ERRORTEXT routine, saved a
   couple of Kb.
 - Modified Screen capture to hide the InfoSpy Icon before capturing desktop
   images. If InfoSpy is a normal window then it is not hidden.
 - Created Generic Task Selection Dialog which is used to select a task for:
   Application Summary, Terminate Task, Trace Task Messages and Task Stack
   Dump. This is a lot simpler than opening a Task List then going to the menu.
 - Created Generic Module Selection Dialog which is used to select a module
   for: Unload Module and Module Heap List. Once again.. simplicity!
 - Added capability to FILE TRACE facility so that it can put the trace output
   either to the screen or to a disk file.
 - Updated FILE TRACE facility to give user options to trace either DOS or
   WINDOWS file activity and also to select the particular file activity(s) to
   watch for (Delete, Rename, Create..).
 - Added COMPACT GLOBAL MEMORY function to the ACTION menu. Everyone has been
   asking for it but after Brian Livingston's InfoWorld article we decided we
   should finally get it done!
 - Added new KEYBOARD WATCHER function under the MONITOR menu. This is our
   first pass at trapping all keyboard activity so it is still rough (a few
   extra\dropped chars) but essentially gives a formatted view of whatever is
   typed on any Windows applications.

Ver 2.16
 - Corrected RTE204 1:0545 error in DLL Search.
 - Corrected error in Message hook that UnSet the wrong message hook.
 - Corrected RTE201 error in File Manager IMAGE SAVE.
 - Print DLL bugs fixed that 1) caused print when you clicked in bottom list
   box. 2) got into a print loop then crashed. 3) Repeated print of 'List of
   Files that reference DLLs'.
 - Corrected bug that caused InfoSpy to crash leaving File Handles held, user
   would have to exit Windows.
 - Added INFOBMP.EXE small 35k bitmap viewer which is invoked from screen
   capture.

Ver 2.15
 - New Windows Screen Capture functions. 3 functions to copy your desktop
   image to the clipboard. You can copy either the entire screen, a specific
   window or just a specific area of the screen (using rubber band cut) to
   the Windows clipboard.
 - Enhanced the System Menu to include the Terminal Lock, Screen capture and
   Windows Shutdown options.
 - Added a Popup menu activated by the Right Mouse Button which has the
   Terminal Lock, Screen capture, Windows Shutdown and InfoSpy help options.
 - Updated Disk Scan to have a "GOTO TRACK" as well as "NEXT & PREV TRACK"
   functions. In addition, a Search function was added that will search for
   strings on the disk.
 - Modifications to Scheduler: 1) Added Inactivity Sensor that will perform
   a task after x minutes of inactivity after a specified time. 2) Added Exit
   Win - Execute a program - Restart Win option. 3) added Execute parameters
   field. 4) Reduced # of scheduled items to 75 due to memory constraints.
 - Moved all Heap Examination menu functions to a new DLL -> INFHPDLL. This DLL
   was added to the IntelliLib list to allow Heap Examination to be selectively
   loaded or not.
 - Moved APPLICATION SUMMARY to the INFHPDLL, also added a task selection box
   to the application summary screen so you don't have to have a Task List
   active!
 - Added button to IntelliLib screen that displays a list of menu options
   affected by each library.
 - Modified SETUP program to allow customization of Library and INI file path
   information.
 - ON TOP feature now lets you select the window to put on top by using a
   crosshair cursor which you position over the window you want on top.
 - Corrected bug in DLL search that would get a RTE201 when it tried to read a
   file that was used by another program.
 - Updated DISK CLONE routine to allow images to be loaded from image directory
   by double clicking on them in the list box. Also corrected bug that would
   cause program to crash when you cloned multiple disks.
 - Updated WORD SEARCH in file manager to use a larger search buffer, increased
   search speed 2x.

Ver 2.14
 - Added SET VOLUME LABEL option to the DISK menu of the File Manager. Lets
   you Set or Clear Volume Label without formatting.
 - Added option to ICON SEARCH to save the selected Icon from the list as a
   Windows Bitmap File which can be transported or loaded into other programs.
 - Enhanced FILE, WORD & CHAR SEARCH functions of file manager to have File
   Date and File Size criteria. Can now be used to search for files that were
   modified on a certain day.
 - Double Clicking on a selection in the FILE, WORD & CHAR SEARCH list or
   pressing the SET DIRECTORY button will change the directory of the FILE
   MANAGER source list to that of the selected file.
 - The FILE, WORD & CHAR search list remains active between File Search
   sessions. In other words, you can go back to the list multiple times.

Ver 2.13
 - Added logic to prevent multiple copies of InfoSpy from being run, gives
   message to user if a copy is already loaded.
 - Increased IntelliLib capabilities to search for hanging copies of InfoSpy
   DLLs, and if it finds any it will unload them prior to loading new copies.
 - Added Startup status screen indicating what is being loaded, this will help
   in determining whether InfoSpy is hanging on certain systems... and where!
 - Changed File Manager library to load the INFVUGBL.DLL for status and
   progress boxes rather than having its own code.
 - Added warning dialog to the Comm spy telling the user that their Comm
   program needs to load before the Comm spy.
 - Updated DLL parameters for INFNWDLL to help prevent 'Undefined Dynalink'.

Disclaimer - Registration Agreement
===================================

Users of InfoSpy must accept this disclaimer of warranty:

"InfoSpy is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no
liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from
the use of InfoSpy."

InfoSpy is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to
the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but
please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The
essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer
users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide
incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you
find this program useful and find that you are using InfoSpy and
continue to use InfoSpy after a reasonable trial period, you must
make register it!  The registration fee will license one copy for use
on any one computer at any one time.

Commercial users of InfoSpy must register and pay for their copies
of InfoSpy within 30 days of first use or their license is
withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Dean
Software Design.  In general, multiple copies of InfoSpy can be
registered at the following rates:

   1 - 10 copies:   $ 14.99 per copy
  11 - 20 copies:   $140.00 + $14.00 per copy over 10
  21 - 50 copies:   $260.00 + $13.00 per copy over 20
  51 - 100 copies:  $600.00 + $12.00 per copy over 50
 101+  or site licenses, call us at [phone]!

Anyone distributing InfoSpy for any kind of remuneration must
first contact Dean Software Design at the indicated address for
authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to
distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for
shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering InfoSpy
immediately (However Dean Software Design must still be advised so that
the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of InfoSpy).

You are encouraged to pass a copy of InfoSpy along to your friends
for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they
find that they can use it.

All registers user receive free technical support for 90 days from
the date of registration. Also all registered users receive a free
upgrade (on request excluding a $1.00 shipping charge) to the next
version of this program when that version becomes available.

To report bugs, receive help and bug fixes please send a CompuServe
message via CompuServe Mail to:

                       Dean Software Design
                       [75240,65]

or, if you do not have access to CompuServe, write to us!

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=======================

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