README for VisitURL ------------------------------------------------ System: Windows 95 or later. VisitURL is a program to maintain a list of bookmarks. Bookmarks may be imported and exported in a variety of ways. Clipboard monitoring for automatic intercepting of URLs. Highly configurable. ------------------------------------------------ Version and release date: See "About" dialog box or the file "file_id.diz". Latest changes, additions: See file "HISTORY.TXT". ------------------------------------------------ URL: http://keynote.prv.pl E-mail: marekjed@pobox.com (Please do not send HTML-formatted email to this address.) ------------------------------------------------ 1. COMMAND-LINE OPERATION 2. INSTALATION 3. ONLINE HELP 4. BUGS, a.k.a. KNOWN ISSUES 5. CONTACTING THE AUTHOR 6. LICENSE AND DISCLAIMERS ------------------------------------------------ 1. COMMAND-LINE OPERATION + To start the program minimized: Use the "Start program minimized" option ('Interface' tab) or use the "-min" command-line argument. The latter solution is especially useful if you place a shortcut to VisitURL in the Windows StartUp folder. ------------------------------------------------ 2. INSTALATION After you have installed the program, start it by clicking its icon in the Start menu. Ince inside the program: a) Press F5 key to open tyhe Options dialog box and adjust program configuration to your liking b) From the "Help" menu choose "VisitURL setup", and then "Install". This will open a dialog box where you can perform basic program setup. For instance, you will be able to associate '.vis' files with visit.exe, and create shortcuts to the program on the desktop and/or in the Startup folder. Notes: 1. The file "perlre.dll" must be unzipped to the same directory in which you have put "visit.exe", or to the Windows "system" directory (usually c:\windows\system). 2. The program requires the latest (at this point, February 1999) version of the COMCTL32.DLL file, which is distributed with Internet Explorer version 4.0 and above. (Version 4.72.xxx or later is needed.) If you do not have this file, the program will still work, but some functionality of the Explorer-like listview may be disabled. ------------------------------------------------ 3. ONLINE HELP Currently, VisitURL has no online help. However, immediate help is provided in the form of tooltip hints and hints displayed in the status line (move the mouse pointer over an area of a window to have the relevent hint displayed). ------------------------------------------------ 4. BUGS, a.k.a. KNOWN ISSUES + In the Import dialog box, the "Anchors only" option is not implemented. + Automatic collecting of descriptions still needs some work. In particular, when importing URLs from a non-HTML file, description must reside in the same line of text as the URL. (This does not apply to descriptions gathered from clipboard.) + A weird toolbar display bug occurs under the following conditions: If the program is started in iconized form and you click the "Monitor clipboard" option in the tray-icon menu before you restore the program window for the first time - then (and only then) the toolbar display is mangled. I've tried several fixes, in vain. Please note that if the bug occurs, you may right-click over the toolbar area (it will look as an empty gray strip with only one button on the left) and choose the "Flat buttons" option from the menu, the toolbar will be redrawn correctly. The funny thing is I cannot force this correct redraw when the application is hidden (iconized). If you can help me fix this problem, I will greatly appreciate if you email me at . ------------------------------------------------ 5. CONTACTING THE AUTHOR By email: marekjed@pobox.com WWW: http://keynote.prv.pl Note: Please do NOT send HTML-formatted email to this address. All HTML email is automatically bounced to the server and never reaches the recipient. Thank you. I cannot offer a great lot of technical support for this program, but I will very much appreciate bug reports, requests for additional features and any other comments you may have. ------------------------------------------------ 6. LICENSE AND DISCLAIMERS VisitURL is Copyright (c) Marek Jedlinski 1999-2002 All Rights Reserved. This program is distributed as freeware, forever. It may be used, copied and distributed freely, as long as no money changes hands. A reasonably small fee may be charged to cover the costs of the distribution media. Please do not misrepresent the origin of this program. It is free, but the copyright remains with the author. DISCLAIMER: This program is provided as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied. The author shall not be liable for any damages caused by the use of or inability to use this program. You use this software at your own risk. Use of this software indicates you understand and agree to the conditions of this license agreement. ------------------------------------------------ Questions, comments, suggestions: email No HTML-formatted email please!