Copyright: SpringBoard V1.0 (C)Digital Workshop 1993


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SPRINGBOARD V1.0

	Welcome to SpringBoard V1.0 © Digital Workshop 1993   All rights reserved Demonstration Edition Springboard is a simple program launcher, designed to give you easy access to your most useful programs, at all times. Select one of the following topics for more information: Introduction Using SpringBoard Configuring the program Launching SpringBoard At StartUp Registration  About SpringBoard


INTRODUCTION

SpringBoard is a small program to make launching you favourite applications easy, all the time. You can setup no fewer than ten different programs, utilities or data files to be accessible directly from within whatever program you are currently using!

Running multiple programs, and switching between them is fine, but you soon run out of memory and the system begins to slow. Even if you've got plenty of memory you can bet that the program you need isn't running and is buried beneath a pile of  windows.

Springboard avoids all this hassle by adding a customisable menu to the system menu of every window you open. So even if you're buried deep within a nest of applications, the program you want is just a click away. It will even add the menu to the groups in program manager.

It's so easy it's like keeping all your favourite programs running at the same time.

Note

The Demo Edition of the program does not allow changes to the list of files available to be saved. See Registration for details on how to obtain the full product.

Select one of the following for more info.

Using SpringBoard

Configuring the program

Launching SpringBoard At StartUp

Registration

About SpringBoard


USING SPRINGBOARD

When the program is installed an icon will be added to a Black & White Utilities program group:

Double clicking on this icon will run the program.

Once the program is running, select the system menu of any window by clicking once in the box at the top left of the window.

This will bring down the system menu, with the SpringBoard menu visible at the bottom:

Selecting the SpringBoard menu option or pressing B will  bring up the SpringBoard menu:

We've set up some of the most commonly used Windows Accessories for your convenience and for you to see how SpringBoard works. But you can change or add to this default setup to access your own favourites. (See Configuring the Program)

Clicking on one of the numbered items will launch that particular application while clicking on Unload SpringBoard will close down the SpringBoard program.

If you select a program which is not on your system, or the program can't be run for some other reason (lack of memory perhaps), SpringBoard will bring up an error message informing you of the fact.

Introduction

Configuring the program

Launching SpringBoard At StartUp

Registration

About SpringBoard


CONFIGURING THE PROGRAM

Once you've tried out the program using the default setup, you'll probably want to configure it for your own favourite applications.

Minimise any applications you've got running and find the SpringBoard Icon at the bottom of the screen:

Click once on it and a system menu will appear with a Configure SpringBoard... menu option. Selecting that option will bring up the Configuration dialog:

The left hand side of the dialog contains a listbox with ten items, one for each of the programs you wish to be able to launch. Clicking once on the text in the list box will enter the program description and command line for running that program in the text boxes on the left of the dialog box.

The description box contains the text which will be used in the SpringBoard menu added to each system menu. This text can be anything you wish, with a maximum of 50 characters.

The command line box is the path and filename of the program you wish to run when that menu item is selected. The default configuration includes the following items:

Description	Command Line	Notes
Write	write.exe	Launches Windows Write
Paintbrush	pbrush.exe	Launches PaintBrush
Calculator	calc.exe	Launches the Windows calculator
Control Panel	control.exe	Launches the Windows control panel
File Manager	winfile.exe	Launches File Manager
DOS Prompt	dosprmpt.pif	Runs the PIF file which opens a DOS prompt.

To add your own program, simply edit the description and command line entries appropriately. If you don't know the command line required for a program, the Browse button can be used to find the program on your drive and set the command line. The Clear button is used to remove the current entry by blanking both the description and the command line.

The command line can be any standard executable, ie. programs with a .EXE, .PIF, or .BAT extension.

You can also add parameters to the command line. This enables you to launch applications with a particular data file loaded and ready to use. For example, if you wanted to add a menu option which ran Notepad with your win.ini file loaded the command line would be:

notepad.exe c:\windows\win.ini

The Confirm Exit box controls whether or not the program asks you to confirm your decision to close down SpringBoard before the program is exited.

Note

The Demo Edition of the program does not allow changes to the list of files available to be saved. See Registration for details on how to obtain the full product.

Introduction

Using SpringBoard

Launching SpringBoard At StartUp

Registration

About SpringBoard


LAUNCHING SPRINGBOARD AT STARTUP

You can configure your system to run SpringBoard every time you start Windows. Just copy the program icon into the Program manager group called StartUp using the Copy option on the File menu.

Introduction

Using SpringBoard

Configuring the program

About SpringBoard


ABOUT SPRINGBOARD

SpringBoard V1.0

© Digital Workshop 1993   All rights reserved

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REGISTRATION

The full version of SpringBoard allows you to customise the launch list by adding your own programs. To obtain the full version of the software send your credit card details or a cheque/postal order  for:

UK: £9.95 (includes VAT and postage)

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