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Surf's Up! version 1.0
Copyright 1993 by Zane Rathwick and AddSoft software
Legal Stuff:
Surf's Up! copyright 1993 by Zane Rathwick and AddSoft software. The names
Surf's Up! and AddSoft are trademarks of Zane Rathwick, and AddSoft Software.
All rights are reserved. Please register this software using the
registration form included. For registered users, I will offer free
upgrades for one year, software support, and other shareware programs
written by me.
What is Surf's Up!?
Surf's Up! allows you to attach sounds to your icons. While there are other
programs that attach sounds to Windows' events (dialog boxes, etc.), they
don't allow you to attach sounds to individual programs. Enter Surf's Up!.
With this program, you can choose your own favorite WAV files to play for
each program in your shell (whether you use Progman.exe, Norton, or any
other desktop shell). Also, Surf's Up! isn't running all the time using up
your memory, slowing down your system, or conflicting with other sound
programs. It plays its sound then exits cleanly, and the only pause is the
length of the sound file you choose. This program will only work with
Windows 3.1 and on a computer with a sound driver installed.
O.K. So How Do I Use Surf's Up!
Surf's Up! is actually two programs, the sound player and the configuration
program. The only program that you need to manually use is the
configuration program SURFINST.EXE.
Copy SURFSUP.EXE and SURFINST.EXE to the directory of your choice, however,
the program will be easier to setup if you put SURFSUP.EXE somewhere in your
path (like your Windows directory). Your WAV files can be anywhere you
want.
Run SURFINST.EXE and follow this tutorial and we will setup a sound for
NOTEPAD.EXE.
Phase One
First, click on the button labeled "Get Program". This will bring up a list
of all of your programs in the current directory. Now switch to your
Windows directory (ie. C:\Windows).
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 and the second holds the complete path to the
program.
Next, click the button labeled "Get Wave". This will bring up the same list
as before, except this time it will only list sound files (*.WAV), and also,
the center button is activated.
Switch again to your Windows directory and highlight the file TADA.WAV.
Once it is highlighted, click the center button labeled "Test Wave" and you
should hear the sound. Click "OK".
Now, you are back at the original screen again. Click on the button marked
"Save" then "Exit". If you want to configure other programs, just click
save then follow the above directions for each additional program.
Phase Two
What we just did was tell Surf's Up! what sound to play for NOTEPAD.EXE. We
now need to tell the Program Manager that it needs to look for a sound.
Find the icon for Notepad in the Program Manager and click on it once to
highlight it. Then click on File and Properties in the menu bar (or press
Alt+Enter) to bring up the properties box.
The second line should read "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe".
Change this to read "C:\Windows\Surfsup.exe Notepad.exe". Note: The path
used in this line should reflect the path of Surfsup.exe, not Notepad.exe.
Note: The text in the boxes will scroll past the box's edge.
The last step is to change the icon back to its original state by clicking
"Change Icon" and selecting "Notepad.exe" (This is explained in detail in
your Windows manual). Then click "OK".
That's it, you're done! If you decide to change the sound for this icon in
the future, just follow the steps in Phase One only.
Double-click on the Notepad icon and you should hear a WAV before the
program starts.
Registration:
A lot of time and effort goes into programming. I don't believe in
crippling programs, slowing them down, or having undue nag boxes at
inappropriate times. Please reward my efforts to bring you top-quality
Shareware.
I am trying a new approach with Surf's up version 1.0, I am going to let you
decide what it's worth. If you like Surf's up, send whatever registration
fee you deem appropriate. People who send over $5.00 will receive a disk
with other shareware programs written by me. Please fill out the enclosed
registration form and mail it to:
Zane Rathwick
7552 Delta Wind Drive
Sacramento, CA 95831