3.2 NetConnect Preferences GUI

You can launch the NetConnect prefs from the icon bar menu or from its Workbench icon.

The NetConnect prefs allow you to:

• Design and alter the NetConnect icon bar
• Enable programs to be launched from the icon bar
• Configure some basic menu control
• Add extra icon bars for different scenarios

3.21 Configuring the Icon Bar

When you select "Internet Dock" within the NetConnect prefs list you will be presented with an editable icon bar GUI.

This area allows you to control, manage and customise your icon bar.

Adding and Removing icons to/from the icon bar

With the excellent MUI drag&drop facility you can add icons to the icon bar with complete ease. Literally drag the icon you want from the Button Bank to the Icon Bar section (as shown here) and the new icon/s will appear within your icon bar.

To make the icon appear within your Icon Bar press SAVE or USE and the icon bar on your Workbench will be updated. If you press the settings will be set after you next turn on your computer. If you press USE, the next time your computer is switched off you will lose your new configuration.

You can remove icons the same way. Either press "delete" and the icon will dissapear or drag the icon from the Icon Bar to the Button Bank. Again, press SAVE or USE and the icons will now dissapear from the icon bar on Workbench.

Creating new icons for the icon bar

Creating new icons is also very easy. Click on "New" and a default (and temporary) NetConnect icon will appear, with a Edit Icon GUI to configure this icon.

Configuring an icon is more than easy. The essential commands from the above GUI are to,

• choose your program with the "Program:" requestor
• choose your icon with "Image:" requestor
• choose the name for the icon with "Name:"

Press "Okay" and the icon will be updated within the Button Bank.

Example - Launching Disk Salv from our Icon Bar

Here is a real example of how to launch programs from your icon bar. In this example we are gong to use Disk Salv.

1. Install Disk Salv as normal

2. Bring up the NetConnect Prefs GUI

   Now you have one of two options. EITHER:

   • Click on NEW to create a new icon - a NetConnect icon will appear and then the Edit Icon window will be launched

     OR:

   • Drag the DiskSalv main icon (executable icon) to the button bank area within the NetConnect Prefs GUI and the DiskSalv icon will appear within the GUI!

     If you double-click on this icon the "Edit Icon" window will appear.

3. Within the Edit Icon window you need to:
   • Define a name - DiskSalv (if you have dragged the DiskSalv icon to the Button Bank the DiskSalv name will appear here automatically)

   • Goto "program:" and click the requestor button and find Disk Salv (if you have dragged the DiskSalv icon to the Button Bank the path information will already contained within this box saving you the need to insert the information!)

   • Goto "Image:" now load an image - the "DiskSalv" icon from the netconnect:data/images/disk drawer would be good a good option.

   DiskSalv Example Information

4. Now press OK in the edit icon window

5. Now drag the newly create Disk Salv icon from the Button Bank to the Icon Bar section. Press SAVE within NetConnect Prefs GUI.

   Now the icon should appear within the icon bar and, when clicked, will launch Disk Salv!

The same formula can apply to most other programs.

More advanced settings can be configured as follows:

The essential commands on this page are,

• use WB-Icons as arguments
• draw an icon frame

Advanced Settings GUI

The Script Editor allows you to create scripts (similar to running an iconx controlled script) for your programs.

Scripts are necessary for two reasons:

1. running multiple programs or daemons before the main program is launched
2. making an assign for a program (rather than keeping it within user-startup)

To create and launch a script you need to select "DOS Script" within the Main Settings and then create a script name within "Program:"

We, for example, have a script drawer which contains a number of scripts for various purposes. If we created a script for Brilliance, it would look something similar to this:

Brilliance Script Example

The information for the new Brilliance script would be entered in this box as shown below. For example, we would create a "brilliance.script" within our scripts: area on our hard drive:

Naming the Script File

Altering Existing Icons

To alter an existing icon, just double-click on an icon within either the Icon Bar or the Button Bank. The Edit Icon GUI will appear.

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