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This readme file is intended as a quick start-up file for those in a hurry
to try ClickBar on their system. Please pay attention to any last-minute
notes or manual corrections that may be appended.
Installation
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Extracting Files
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Build a "scratch" directory, preferably on a large RAM disk, that will
be used to temporarily extract the delivered ClickBar files. For
example,
C> cd \ <return>
C> md scratch <return>
C> cd scratch <return>
Copy the Clikbr15.ZIP file from the source diskette to the scratch
directory:
C> copy <diskette name>:\CLIKBR15.ZIP <return>
Execute Pkunzip to extract the two main files:
C> PKUNZIP CLIKBR15 <return>
Installing Files into Windows
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Start Windows, and from the Program Manager screen, execute
"File" "Run" C:\SCRATCH\SETUP.
Setup will propose a directory in which to install Clickbar. If the
proposed directory is unacceptable, change it as necessary, and press
OK. Setup will install ClickBar, and build a screen group named
WynApse for the TestClik and ClikTest programs. This will also provide
a convenient group for any test programs constructed using the
toolbar. ;
When SETUP is finished, and you next return to DOS, remove all the files
from the scratch directory, and delete the directory:
C> cd \scratch <return>
C> del *.* <return>
answer "Y" to the question about deleting all the files, then:
C> cd \ <return>
C> rd scratch <return>
Thank you for supporting the shareware software concept and encouraging the
future development of Windows shareware!
ADDENDUM
The following file has been added to the ship set:
helpids.h
This file should be moved to the same directory used for all other include
(or header) files.
and
testclik.exe
testclik.hlp
Have been removed from the TESTCLIK.ZIP file, and added to the CLIKBR15.ZIP
file to make an executable entry in the WynApse screen group.
* * * NOTE * * *
Watch for version 2.0 of ClickBar due out early in 1993. Version 2.0 will
support "single image" buttons, cutting the size of ClickBar.DLL by
almost 50%, and decreasing system resource usage.
Also included in version 2.0 will be 32x32 ICON-sized 16 color buttons. Use
your favorite icons as 3D buttons, or capture icons from your applications
and use them as menu selections to "launch" the application.
The placement and size of the click bar will be variable in version 2.0.
Register version 1.0 now, and be the first to get version 2.0 at a reduced
upgrade price!!
08 Feb 93 --
wynbtn.h was accidently left out of the released shipset. That was added
this date, and my Compuserve ID was corrected where wrong. The correct
address is:
72251,445
Sorry for any inconvenience any of this has made.
20 Mar 93 --
Maintenance upgrade to version 1.5, and brought quite a few of the
2.0-proposed changes down to 1.5. Specifically:
1) Wynbtn.DLL is no longer used, except during the current version of setup.
All references to WynBtn.H, WynBtn.DLL, etc. may be removed.
2) ClickDlg.DLL no longer requires BWCC.DLL. This was a minor fix, but a
major annoyance, and had only been there in the interests of getting
v1.0 out to people. Again, Setup uses BWCC.DLL, and beyond that, unless
you are a Borland programmer, you may remove it.
3) DBWin was run against ClickBar.DLL and ClickDlg.DLL, and all error
messages were cleared. This necessitated a change to Testclik.C, which
is documented in Addenda.Doc.
4) End User Registration was updated for Windows 3.1 developers, and made
much easier to use. Again, reference Addenda.Doc.
5) Single-image bitmaps are now used for all bound buttons with the exception
of the VCR buttons which change color. This means a smaller DLL, and in
the case of custom buttons, a smaller executable. Custom buttons will have
to be altered as detailed in Addenda.Doc.
6) WynApse Compuserve ID was wrong in a few places in the documentation and
on-screen. This has been fixed, and also is shown when files are
extracted. The correct CIS ID is: 72251,445. This is monitored on a
daily basis.
7) Toolbar.zip from Windows/DOS Developer's Journal has been added to the
diskette. To go with it is Clickin.zip a subclassing toolbar using
clickbar to produce a toolbar in a third-party application that does
not have one already. This program is supplied as-is for the user to
modify/use/beat-up/throw-away, etc. I would ask that if any major
improvements are made to the subclass to please email me the code.
7) PKUNZIP v2.04c is included on the ship disk becuase I am now using
that version. If room permits, I will include the complete
PKZIP204C.EXE shareware file. Please support PKWare and register
their fine product.
8) The first three issues of Windows Programmer's Journal have been placed
on the diskette, also. This is a downloadable, free magazine for the
free interchange of Windows programming information for all levels of
Windows programmers. If you can't find future copies of this, feel free
to contact WynApse.
Version 2.0 is now expected to contain the following:
1) upgraded toolbar placement (e.g. MDI applications)
2) Additional toolbar placement (e.g. vertical/horizontal, position)
3) 32x32 icon-size 16-color profile for building launchers
Possible future changes:
a) Drag-and-Drop to bar
b) Macro Assignments to buttons through the DLL
c) Scroll-bar of buttons
Thanks for supporting WynApse and the Shareware concept. As always, the
next significant revision will be reduced to current registrants.
╒════════════════════════╕
│ ClikBar v1.5 │
├────────────────────────┤
│ WynApse │
│ P.O. Box 86247 │
│ Phoenix, AZ 85080-6247 │
│ (602) 863-0411 │
├────────────────────────┤
│ CIS: 72251,445 │
╘════════════════════════╛