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- ToolPAL(R) version 3.0
- Copyright (C) 1993-1997 Artistry, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- This file provides information for Shareware Distributors and Disk
- Vendors
- who wish to distribute the ToolPAL 3.0 package, including an extract
- from
- the license agreement and suggested program descriptions and keywords.
-
- Distribution
-
- The complete license agreement is contained in the file LICENSE.TXT.
-
- The following paragraph is an extract from the license agreement
- regarding the distribution of the Shareware version of ToolPAL:
-
- You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting
- donations, for any such copies, however made; and from distributing
- the software and/or documentation with other products (commercial
- or
- otherwise) without prior written permission, with one exception:
- --> Disk Vendors approved by the Association of Shareware Professionals
- --> are permitted to redistribute ToolPAL, subject to the conditions in
- --> this license, without specific written permission.
-
- Obtaining the Latest Version
-
- Before distributing ToolPAL please verify that you have the latest
- version. The latest version of ToolPAL is always available on the
- ToolPAL Home page at www.artistry.com/products/toolpal, and in the GO
- ARTISTRY area on
- CompuServe.
-
- The normal filenames for ToolPAL 3.0 are:
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- 32-bit Windows 95 version: tp95.exe
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- 16-bit Windows 3.1/Windows for Workgroups version: tp31.exe
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- Suggested One Line Program Description
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- Windows Toolbar Utility that provided more than 20 different features.
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- Suggested Keywords
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- ToolPAL Windows Win95 Utility Internet
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- Suggested Description
-
- Windows magazine says, ToolPAL has "More Tools Than The Local Hardware
- Store." ToolPAL 3.0 is a Windows utility for constructing Windows
- toolbars. Buttons can do 20+ different actions, including helping your
- Browser navigate the Internet. PC Mag states: "ToolPAL is the most
- complete tool-palette builder available for Windows." You can use it
- to create multitabbed, multibutton floating palettes that launch
- applications or documents, send commands to your programs, monitor
- system resources, and generally simplify a host of tasks.
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- ToolPAL features include:
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- Windows 95 support: ToolPAL includes long filename support and tight
- integration with the Windows 95 shell. Drag and drop to or from the
- Explorer, without leaving the Explorer.
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- Internet support: ToolPAL features built-in support for Microsoft
- Interet Explorer link (.URL) files. Using drag and drop from the
- Windows Explorer you can easily configure a ToolPAL button to link to
- one or more Internet pages when it is used with Internet Explorer.
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- Execute any command in any Windows application.
- You can also have any ToolPAL palette window behave as an applicationÆs
- toolbar. When the application is iconized, the toolbar automatically
- disappears. When you exit the application, the toolbar is
- automatically closed.
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- Store and retrieve Clipboard objects. ToolPALÆs Clip & Save database
- lets you easily store any type of standard Windows Clipboard object and
- associate it with a button. You can also store multiple objects and
- associate them with one button. When you click on the button, a menu
- appears so you can select the object you want to paste into the Windows
- application you are working with.
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- Store and retrieve text templates. Using ToolPAL text templates, you
- can embed variable names in a text object before you save it. When you
- click on a button to paste the text into an application, ToolPAL
- prompts you for the replacement text for each variable. After you type
- in the text and choose OK, ToolPAL pastes the text into the application
- you are working with. For repetitive work, ToolPAL remembers the text
- typed in for each variable. All you need to do is select the text from
- a drop-down list. Text templates are useful for form letters,
- worksheet templates, and programming templates.
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- Record and play back keyboard macros. Using ToolPAL, you can easily
- record and play back keyboard macros that are focused on a single
- application.
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- Send user-defined keystrokes to a Windows application.
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- Be a Windows Resource Monitor with resource alarms that provide Windows
- crash protection. A ToolPAL resource monitor button is constantly
- updated to let you know the state of your Windows system. To see more
- detail or set resource snapshots to monitor the state of your system,
- just click on the button.
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- Be a Windows Task Manager. ToolPAL offers a powerful Windows Task
- Manager. The ToolPAL Task Manager is a graphical display that shows the
- icon, window caption, window handle, and module handle for each active
- Windows application. Using the Task Manager, you can lock (or release)
- any window on top of your desktop. You can also move applications from
- one virtual desktop to another. In addition, you can display detailed
- information about every active Windows application and DLL. In
- emergency situations, you can terminate and remove from memory any
- Windows executable or DLL.
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- Switch to another ToolPAL palette. Besides using ToolPAL file folders,
- you can also have a ToolPAL button switch to another ToolPAL palette.
-
- Load another ToolPAL palette file. This lets you chain ToolPAL files
- together for building large ToolPAL applications.
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- Display another ToolPAL palette. Any ToolPAL button can hold another
- ToolPAL palette, which is called a child palette. Any button in a child
- palette can hold another child palette. There is no limit on the
- hierarchy of ToolPAL palettes. Child palettes can also be set up as
- cascading menus so they disappear after you click on the button.
-
- Switch to a Virtual Desktop. ToolPAL includes nine virtual desktops.
- You can easily switch to any desktop using a ToolPAL button or the
- ToolPAL menu.
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- Lock any window on top of all the other windows on the Windows desktop.
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- Display system information. ToolPAL can display, print, or save to an
- ASCII text file Windows system information, including MS-DOS version,
- Windows version, Windows mode, temp file directory, Windows directory,
- CPU type, available memory, User Memory, GDI memory, total conventional
- memory, total extended memory, swap file size, and available hard disk
- space for each local and network drive.
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- Run Windows and DOS applications. When you click on a ToolPAL Run
- button, a dialog is displayed that lets you type the name of the
- application you want to run or browse through the files on your hard
- disk to find an application to run. ToolPAL remembers all the
- applications you have run previously, so you can easily restart an
- application by choosing it from a drop-down list.
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- Exit or restart Windows.
-
- Requirements
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- The 32-bit version requires Windows 95. The 16-bit version requires
- Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups. See the online help for details.
-
- Registration
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- US$30 to receive the latest version for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1.
-
- Author
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- Artistry, Inc., 3509 Gary Drive, Plano, TX 75023-1125 USA
- CompuServe: 76356,333 CompuServe Forum: GO artistry
- Internet: artistry@artistry.com Web: www.artistry.com/products/toolpal
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