═══ 1. Introduction ═══

Welcome to Statbar!  Statbar is an easy-to-use program designed to provide 
information about your OS/2 system in a small, unobtrusive format.

Statbar takes the form of a small status bar, and is approximately 1/4 the 
width of your screen, and 1/20th high.  Because of it's small size, it's very 
useful as a constant reminder about system resources.

Statbar, in this release, can provide the following information about your 
system:  Current Time, Free Disk Space, Time since last boot, and Free Memory. 
In addition, Statbar provides a swap-file partition monitor which will help 
prevent you from running out of free swap space and causing system instability.

Statbar came to be because I found myself wanting to use TimeUp!, VMem, DInfo, 
and the OS/2 clock, but not wanting to give up the screen real-estate. 
Instead, I decided that I'd make one program which provided me with all the 
information I needed in a small format.

Statbar still works best in a high-resolution mode, but if you are using 
Statbar, I recommend using either Medium or Large sizes.  Small size can cause 
some trunication of the status text.

Related Information:

Using Statbar 

License Information

Revision History 


═══ 2. Using Statbar ═══

Statbar is easy to use.  Most of the time, it will just sit there and report 
information about your machine.

Statbar can be configured as to which drives it monitors and how often it 
updates itself.  In addition, individual monitors can be turned on and off, and 
the SWAPPER.DAT monitor can be adjusted to reflect your own preferences.

A brief description of Statbar's functions:

Swap Partition Monitor:

  Statbar provides a swap partition monitor.  This monitor has two levels of 
warning:  Yellow and Red.  When your swap file falls below the Yellow warning 
level, Statbar will sound a series of ascending beeps.  Should the Swapfile 
reach the red level, Statbar will once again sound a visual alarm, and it will 
put a warning dialog on your desktop.

Current Time:

   Statbar always displays the current time it the upper left hand corner of 
its window.

Free Memory:

   Statbar can display the amount of memory (real+virtual) in the scrolling 
status line on its right side.

Free Disk Space:

   Statbar can be configured to report the free disk space on a drive of your choosing.

Time Since Boot:

   Statbar can report the time since the last boot of your computer, so you 
know how long it's been since you rebooted.

Related Information:

Configuring Statbar 

The About Dialog Box 

Disk Notebook Page 

Memory Notebook Page 

System Notebook Page 

Startup Notebook Page 

Uninstalling Statbar 


═══ 3. Copyright Information ═══

Statbar is (C) Copyright Chris Corzine 1994.  A license to use Statbar is 
granted for non-commercial use only.  Statbar may not be bundled with a product 
as a value-added feature nor may it be sold by other parties without prior 
agreement by the author.  Permission to distribute Statbar is granted.

Statbar was tested under OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.11.  Statbar is also likely to 
work with OS/2 2.0, but it has not been tested.  Anyway, if you have OS/2 2.0, 
stop messing around and upgrade already!

Statbar is free software.  It has been extensively tested on several machines 
and under varied conditions.  But by using this software, you are assuming all 
risk for its performance.  The author makes NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED 
as to Statbar's accuracy, fitness for use, or performance.  In no case will the 
author be liable for any damage that results from the use of Statbar, including 
loss of data or other incidental damages.


Related Information:
Contacting the Author 


═══ 4. Contacting the Author ═══

Statbar is written by Chris Corzine.  If (heaven forbid!) you find a bug, if 
you want a feature added, or if you just wish to give him a hearty 
pat-on-the-back, the author can be reached at the following addresses:

Of course, sending money to support the author insatiable hardware habit is 
very acceptable as well.

Internet:
 ccorzine@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu

U.S. Mail:
 Chris Corzine 
 P.O. Box 3576 
 Moscow, ID 83843 


═══ 5. Configuring Statbar ═══

Statbar is fairly configurable.  It has the ability to enable and disable each 
of its scrolling displays, and several aspects of its display can be modified. 
All of Statbar's settings are contained in a single notebook, accessed by 
choosing Options... off of the pop-up menu.  Click below to choose a page of 
the notebook and see the settings that it allows.

Notebook Pages:
  Disk 
  Memory 
  Startup 
  System 

Note:  If you are unfamiliar with the concept of Notebooks, refer to your OS/2 
User's Guide for a complete description.


═══ 6. Disk ═══

This notebook page allows you to pick one hard drive to monitor the free space 
on.  Alternatively, you may disable it entirely by removing the check next to Enabled.


═══ 7. Memory ═══

The memory notebook page allows you to choose whether or not you wish to have 
the display of free virtual memory.  When checked, free virtual memory will be 
displayed on the status bar in a rotating fashion.


═══ 8. Startup ═══

This notebook page allows you to pick the intial size of Statbar, as well as 
Statbar's startup position.


═══ 9. System ═══

The System notebook page allows you to set system settings.  On this page, you 
may set the update frequency for the scrolling Status Bar, the Swap-file 
warning levels, and choose whether you wish to display time since last boot.


═══ 10. The About Dialog Box ═══

The About Dialog Box provides information about the Program and its copyright. 
In this box, it is important to note the version number when contacting the 
author regarding the program.  There are a couple versions of Statbar floating 
around already, and problems relating to one will not necessarily apply to another.


═══ 11. Revision History ═══

December 26, 1993:  Statbar Version 1.0

February 11, 1994:  Statbar Version 1.01

o    Improved on-line help 

o    Added psuedo-installation utility 

o    Fixed bug that affected Statbar's displayed size when video resolution was 
     changed 

March 3, 1994:  Statbar Version 1.1

o    Added multiple size status bar 

o    Fixed program to use standard fonts instead of my own 

o    Added settings notebook and improved configurability 

o    Re-wrote on-line help (again)

Statbar should be pretty solid, but Version 1.1 was a very large rewrite and 
introduced a large amount of new code.  It has been tested thoroughly, but, as 
always, don't try it out for the first time before you've saved your thesis.

Statbar has been tested on a wide variety of machines, running OS/2 2.1, OS/2 
2.11, and OS/2 for Windows.

Future Enhancements 

Look for these additional features in feature revisions, due out as time allows:

o    Ability to Change Fonts and Colors 

o    Ability to monitor free space on multiple hard drives 

o    MMPM/2 Support for Swapfile Warnings 

o    Real, honest-to-goodness online help 

o    And the requisite bug-fixes, etc.


═══ 12. Uninstalling Statbar ═══

While Statbar does not include an Uninstall utility, I have gone to lengths to 
insure that it is easy to remove should you find a need to do so manually.

In a full Statbar installation, the following files are copied to your hard disk:

o    STATBAR.EXE

o    STATBAR.HLP

o    STATBAR.TXT

Statbar will also have an INI file, STATBAR.INI, that it uses to store its 
configuration information.

In addition, if you've downloaded Statbar, the following files may also exist:

o    STATBBS.TXT

o    STATINST.CMD

Statbar's STATREMV utility will delete all of the above files if you execute it 
from the directory in which these files are