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Getting Started

Introduction

Menu List Editor

Introduction

Menu List Editor Screen

Options Dialog

Introduction

Options Screen


Getting Started - Introduction
Introduction

WebTyper is a typing assistant for Windows based Web browsers and email programs.  It automatically "types" predefined entries into web browser input fields and email message text fields so you won't have to.  Some common things people type into these fields are email address,  name,  mailing address,  company name and account number.  WebTyper also lets you insert "Tab" characters into your predefined strings to tab between browser fields.  This is very useful when a password is required along with an account number or logon id.

To use WebTyper,  start the WebTyper program and then start your web browser if it's not already running.  Click the right mouse button on the input field you want WebTyper to type into.  This causes the WebTyper menu to display with the entries you've defined.  Select the entry you want and WebTyper will type it.  When you want to change the predefined strings that WebTyper uses,  select the Edit Entries option to display the Menu List Editor Screen.

WebTyper also offers two methods for autostarting the programs you use it with.  If you always use the same program for email and web access (like Netscape) you can use the Autostart fields on the Options Screen.  Alternatively,  you can pass a command line to WebTyper.  WebTyper will automatically execute any command line passed to it.  This lets you setup different icons/shortcuts to start different programs with WebTyper.  When WebTyper starts another program by either method, it will automatically shut itself down when all the programs WebTyper works with are shut down unless a second, stand-alone instance of WebTyper is started.

This version of WebTyper works with all versions of Netscape Navigator, Mosaic and CompuServe Mosaic (WinCIM),  Microsoft Internet Explorer, America Online, Eudora and Microsoft Mail.  WebTyper is currently available only for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1.


Menu List Editor - Introduction
Introduction

The Menu List Editor is the main WebTyper window.  Closing this screen will shut down WebTyper.

This is where you define the WebTyper menu entries that display when you click the right button on the browser field as well as what WebTyper will type into the browser field for each entry.  Make changes by typing directly into the Menu Item Text field or the Text String to Insert field.  Once you've changed one of these fields,  you must click Update or one of the other non-text controls to commit your changes.

Adding Entries - Type the new entry name into the Menu Item Text field.  Click Update to add it to the list.

Changing Entries - Select the entry to change in the Menu Item List.  Make the necessary changes to the Text String to Insert field.  Click Update to commit the change.

Deleting Entries - - Select the entry to delete in the Menu Item List.  Click the Delete Button.


Menu List Editor Screen

Menu Item List - This list shows the items that will appear when the WebTyper menu is invoked on a browser input field with a right mouse button click.

Menu Item Text - Type into this field to create new List entries.

Text String To Insert - Type into this field to change what WebTyper will insert into the browser input field for the selected List entry.

Delete - Use this to delete the selected item in the Menu Item List.

Update - This commits changes made to the Menu Item Text and the Text String to Insert fields.  Clicking on any of the non input fields on the Editor screen will do this also.  Changes will not go into effect until this is done.

Insert Tab - This button inserts a tab character into the Text String to Insert field at the current position.  When WebTyper encounters this tab, it moves to the next web browser input field.  This is useful when a password in needed with a user name. Inserting a tab between the user name and password will make the web browser skip to the password field before the password is inserted.


Options Dialog - Introduction
Introduction

The options screen is used to control various parts of WebTyper.  You must click Ok or Cancel to dismiss this screen before you can return to the Menu List Editor.  The changes made here don't become active until Ok is selected.  If Cancel is clicked,  no changes are saved.


Options Screen

Right Click Default - This option determines whose menu will pop up when the right button is clicked on an input field.  By default, the WebTyper menu will appear.  If you hold the Shift key down while clicking, the application's menu will appear.

Start with Windows - Check this box to make WebTyper start with Windows.

Minimize at startup - When this box is checked, the Menu List Editor Screen will start minimized.

Autostart Web Browser - When this is checked,  the contents of the Autostart Command Line field is executed when WebTyper starts.  Use this to start your Web browser whenever you start WebTyper.  You can also pass a command line to WebTyper.  WebTyper will automatically execute any command line passed to it.  This lets you setup different icons to start different programs with WebTyper. When WebTyper starts another program by either method, it will automatically shut itself down when all the programs WebTyper works with are shut down unless a second, stand-alone instance of WebTyper is started.

Autostart Command Line- The contents of this field is executed as a command when WebTyper starts if the Autostart Web Browser option is checked.  To put this in quickly, click the right button on the icon you use to start your browser.  Then select Properties and click the Shortcut Tab.  Use Ctrl-C to copy the selected shortcut command line and Ctrl-V to paste it into this field.