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SOLWAY'S INTERNET SEARCH
v1.7
Copyright (c) Kevin Solway 1997
A small and fast FREEWARE program enabling you to search up to
ELEVEN search engines simultaneously, or display the results of
up to FOUR search engines on one screen (provided that your web
browser can handle frames).
Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.
New features:
v1.7:
* You can now turn all engines on or off, or invert the current
selections with the press of a button. (the "+","0" and "+/-"
buttons respectively)
* Improved browser detection.
v1.6:
* Added two new search engines: OpenText and Reference.com.
v1.5:
* Now works better with OPERA web browser.
* Does better at detecting default browser.
v1.4:
* Checking the "Wins" option will make search results display in
a new Window (though not in the 32 bit version of Explorer).
This is important when using the new Netscape Communicator
(v4.0), otherwise results will open up within the the last
active frame in the current browser window. "Wins" is on by
default.
* You can select to search more than four search engines, but if
you do each one will be displayed in its own browser window
(Netscape). The grid, rows, and columns options only work when
you select no more than four search engines.
* Ctrl-rightclick on the window border to clear the list of
remembered search strings.
Usage:
* Install the program by running the SETUP program. (This
will ensure that CTL3DV2.DLL gets copied to the Windows
system directory)
* Specify the location of your web browser by editing the
BROWSER= line in the SSEARCH.INI file. You don't need to
do this if this program is already communicating properly
with your browser. Don't surround your file name in
quotes (") if you are using Windows 3.1, but do so if you
are using Windows 95.
* Works with Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Opera
web browsers. (However, opening of new Windows - the "Wins"
option - is not supported by the 32 bit verion of Explorer)
* You can select up to four search engines to search at a
time, and you can choose to display the search results
in grid format, or in rows, or columns, or each search
engine in a separate browser window (Select, "grid",
"rows", "cols" or "wins").
*** You may select to search *all* of the search engines, but
each set of results will be displayed in a separate browser
Window (except in the 32 bit version of Explorer). If you
select more than four search engines then the grid/rows/cols
check boxes will be disabled. They can be re-enabled by
deselecting search engines until you have selected four or
fewer.
If you are using an older browser that does not facilitate
frames then you will have to select the "wins" option if you
want to search more than one search engine at a time, or limit
yourself to one search engine at a time.
* To display results in the current browser window, uncheck the
"Wins" option, and make sure you have selected no more than
four search engines.
* To display search results from each engine in a separate
browser window, either select more than four engines, or
uncheck all of grid, rows, and cols. (Not for the 32 bit
version of Explorer);
* Type the words to search for and press the Enter key or click
the Search button to begin the search.
If you want to find words only in a particular order then
enclose them in quotation marks. For example, "English
football". Some search engines ignore the quotations marks.
* In Netscape Communicator (v4.0) you can expand the page
displayed inside a frame by right clicking in the frame
and selecting "open in a new window" from the menu.
* Check "Ontop" to make the window stay on top of all
other windows. Uncheck it to make the window behave like
normal.
* You can turn all search engines on or off with the press of a
button. (the "+" and "0" buttons). Invert the current
selections with the "+/-" button (all the ones switch on will
be switched off and all the ones switched off will be switched
on).
* Click on the small tab button next to the Search button
to shrink the window to a smaller size. Click again to
expand to normal size.
* The last 30 search strings are stored in the drop down list.
(Ctrl-rightclick on window border to clear them)
* Right click on the window border to automatically load a
preset URL into your browser. The default setting loads
a sample start page from your hard disk. You can alter
the RIGHTCLICKURL= setting in the SSEARCH.INI file to point
to either a remote URL or a local file.
For example, a remote URL
RIGHTCLICKURL="http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ksolway"
or a local file on your hard disk (loads faster!)
RIGHTCLICKURL="file://f|\tpw\search\astart.htm"
(Note the "|" character used instead of the ":",
following the drive letter. And don't use the
quotes around the filename unless you are using
Windows 95. If you are using "Opera" web
browser you will need to insert "localfile",
like so:"file://localfile/f|\tpw\search\astart.htm")
To disable this right click feature completely make the
following adjustment:
RIGHTCLICKURL=0
Make sure you don't edit the .INI file while the program is
running, or your changes will not take effect.
* This program works very well with the Brian McArty's TRAYICON
program (for Windows 95 users)
* To bookmark a page which is displayed in a frame in Windows
95, don't use the hotkey, but right click on the page you want
to bookmark and select the option from the menu. Otherwise
you will only bookmark the Results.htm file.
* If you are using frames to display the search results you can
resize the frames by dragging them just as you would resize a
window.
* When using Netscape I normally position the window at the
top right of the screen, with the screen in small mode (by
clicking on the small tab) and with "Ontop" checked, where
it can stay without covering anything important.
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As this is a FREEWARE program, don't expect much in the way of
technical support.
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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: This Software is provided on an "AS IS"
basis, without warranty of any kind, including without
limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose and non-infringement. The entire risk as to
the quality and performance of the Software is taken by the
user. Should the Software prove defective, the user, and not
the software author, assume the entire cost of any service and
repair. Any Online Services charges that result from the use
of this program are the sole responsibility of the user.
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For updates: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kevsol/sware.html
Email: ksolway@poboxes.com
The Thinking Man's Minefield:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ksolway/