Web-O-Rama is a full-featured HTML editor written in Visual Basic 5.0. I would appreciate suggestions and bug reports from users. Please let me know about any additional features you would like to see implemented.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Web View
Select up to two browsers to display the HTML files you are working on under the "Browser" menu item. Selecting "Default Browser" means that the browser you choose will start when you push the "Web View" toolbar button. You have to save new files in order to preview them. A pop-up message box will remind. If you have changed the contents of a file, you have to save the changes before previewing the file or the changes won't show up. There is an autosave feature you can enable to bypass the reminders.
If you already have a browser open and minimized, selecting "View in Browser" will start another instance of the browser. Instead, save the file (there's a "Save" icon up by the "Print" icon on the toolbar), then maximize and refresh the browser.
Displaying Graphics in Web Browser
In order to correctly display any graphics you have added to your HTML document, you need to save the document to the same directory that contains the graphics (or vice versa). Web-O-Rama saves image names as relative links ("myimage.gif") rather than absolute links ("C:\mygraphics\myimage.gif").
Why Doesn't the Sound Play?
The Sound feature DOES work. Sounds will not play, however, when viewed in a browser while running Web-O-Rama (at least on my machine). I added sounds to one of my Web pages, uploaded it, and when I visited the site the sounds played.
VERSION HISTORY
V. 2.00 (from 1.5)
Added "Rules," "Lists," and "Frames" pads. In the menu, you can now access the pads if you have toggled the large menu buttons off. Added a third toolbar with some of the more commonly used commands (paragraph, break, bold, italic, underline, center). It now possible to open, edit, and save files of any length. The largest .txt file I had on my system was 687 kB, and Web-O-Rama handled it easily.
V. 2.01
Fixed miscellaneous glitches.
V. 2.02
Added support for opening, editing, and saving .rtf files. Many of the icons redrawn. Pad toolbar made smaller. Fast Save button added. Code rewritten for smaller .exe file.
V. 2.03
Simplified internal code for Table Builder and List pads, reducing size of .exe by 50 kB and resulting in faster operation. Fixed minor bug in List pad code that generated an error.
V. 2.51
Added Web View feature. Under the Browser menu option, it is now possible to select 2 browsers for viewing the HTML document you're working on. Selecting the Default Browser option will link whichever browser you use most to the Web View button on the toolbar.
V. 2.52
Fixed miscellaneous bugs. Under some unusual operating conditions (such as trying to edit a file that didn't exist!), error messages were generated. Safeguards were built in to prevent error messages under nearly all conditions.
V. 2.60
Redesigned toolbars. Added "hot keys" for common HTML commands. Added form for embedding sound files.
V. 2.65
Implemented Search and Replace All function.
V. 2.68
There was a BAD BUG that caused problems if you had multiple documents open, edited them, and then exited without saving. Although the program would prompt you to save changes, the results were erratic. I lost a long .htm file this way. This is an error in Microsoft's VB5 documentation. I called Tech Support and was given a fix; apparently, this was an unreported bug.
V. 2.69
Minor changes.
V. 2.70
Option for coloring HTML tags fully implemented. Various minor bugs fixed.
V. 2.71
Text window now opens maximized. "DEFAULT," "LEFT," and "RIGHT" options added to image alignment.
V. 2.73
Added "Vertical Space" and "Horizontal Space" to Image menu.
V. 2.74
Changed "Rules" form to offer more options. Default (choosing "OK") outputs standard rule.
V. 2.80
I changed the program so that it no longer creates .tmp files for the browsers to view. This means that files must be saved before being viewed. Perhaps that is a drawback, but getting rid of the .tmp files solved a lot of problems and simplified the internal coding. Added Font option to Table form. Web-O-Rama now remembers its last position and size (this was a user request). If Web-O-Rama seems "stuck" in the maximized position, put your mouse on the colored area across the top and drag the form slightly to one side by holding down the left button mouse button and moving the mouse. Once you have access to the edges, you can resize as usual by dragging the edges of the form.
V. 2.84
Rewrote much of the code to improve performance. Added menu items. Added Find button to toolbar.
V. 2.85
I FINALLY got all the bugs worked out of the Color Tags options.
V. 2.86
Continuing to optimize code. Miscellaneous improvements. Eliminated bug that caused a runtime error if you selected a file from the Recent Files list that had been deleted or moved.
V. 2.89
Eliminated overrun error when trying to search or search and replace in files over 32 kB in size. Added estimated download time to Body and Images forms.
V. 2.89a
Added features to Frames form (BORDERCOLOR, MARGINWIDTH, MARGINHEIGHT, etc.). V. 2.89a fixed potential bug associated with Web View on toolbar. Under certain circumstances, viewing a file in browser after saving a different file and then exiting program could result in an empty file being saved. Miscellaneous additional improvements.
V. 2.90
Added option to use lowercase tags or to convert all tags to lowercase. It also converts everything between the tags to lowercase, such as image links. On a UNIX machine that might make a difference; you'll have to edit those by hand. Additional improvements and enhancements.
V. 2.91
Added Estimated Download Time to Sound form. Added query to Table form if user tries to create a table larger than 100 columns or rows. Other improvements.
V. 2.92
Miscellaneous enhancements.
KNOWN BUGS
1) The "Print" feature only seems to print the first page of long files. I'm working on a solution. I've never printed out one of my own Web pages, so I don't consider this high priority. 2) The "Recent Files" list (under the "File" menu item) will display duplicate files. This is a problem with Microsoft's documentation and I can't figure out how to fix it (it works this way in the Visual Basic sample applications). I called Tech Support and they are "looking into it."
AUTHOR'S NOTES
This program is free for personal and other non-commercial uses. Donations accepted. I recently quit my job to concentrate on programming and freelance computer repair. Small donations (I am thinking in terms of $3.95 to $9.95) from frequent users would help out with expenses.
PSEUDO-LEGAL STUFF
Visual Basic is a pretty benign programming language. For the most part, it operates by calling functions from support files (.dll, .oca, .ocx). That's one of the reasons for the large download size. Because of this, it's not really digging into the lowest levels of your computer system and doing potential damage. Any time you install a program, however, you are taking a certain amount of risk. I take no responsibility for any damages, either physical or mental (to you OR your computer), done by my programs, although you are more than welcome to send me hateful e-mails.
