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ROUTE1 for Microsoft Windows 3.0 release 1.01
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for 1024 x 768 screens
Installation:
Copy the 16 included files to any directory you wish, preferrably to
their own directory. They can be in any directory actually, as long as all
of the files are together. Add Route1 to a group as you would any other new
application, or add Route1 to WIN.INI to load up every time you start windows,
by adding the full path and filename(Route1.EXE) to the end of the line that
begins: "Run = ". Route1 was written in Visual Basic, so it needs the file
VBRUN100.DLL to be in your Windows directory in order to run. It can be
downloaded from almost any bulletin board, and is usually under the name,
VBRUNDLL.ZIP. If not, well, sorry. It should be.
About Route1:
The program was inspired by the following two things. First, I was
brousing through a NeXT brouchure, and thought the vertical icon bar was
cool. Second, AppDock by David Black was a similar implementation, but it
didn't suit my particular needs as well as something like it could have.
So, I wrote Route1 in Visual Basic.
Using Route1:
There's not much too it. Just install it as described above, and
it should work. This is the very first release, so it probably has a few
bugs, which should be ironed out in the next release. So far, it has only
been tested (as well as written) on one machine, in 1024x768x256c video
mode, with only a few applications. It can hold 20 icons, simply because
the screen is only that big.
This release does not support resolutions less than 1024x768, so
look for a version for your configuration.
A maximum of 20 icons is allowed. All functions and options are
operational, and there is no stupid "registration" or "registered version".
If you like it - use it. That's all.
To get you started, there are 8 configured icons. Click on the
uppermost button to access the menu. It's that simple. There are twelve
hand drawn icons included with this release, all made for Route1.
My advice is to try out all the options to see how they work. I
think everything is pretty much self explanatory, so there is no on-line
help, which no-one would use anyway and just eats up disk space.
3D icons look best, but Route1 will accept any valid icon, plus
bitmaps of any vertical size and the same horizontal size as an icon.
Just make sure that any icons or bitmaps are in the Route1 directory and
are included if you distribute the program, or else it won't work. There
is a built in configuration editor, but there's no reason you can't edit
Route1.INI yourself - as long as you have some reasonable idea of what
you're doing. If you screw up, just delete and rename the file, and
Route1 will create a new Route1.INI file identical to the one that came
with it.
Included Files:
Route1.EXE - the brilliantly engineered program
Route1.INI - the configuration file
Route1.DOC - this file
*.ICO - twelve handpainted icons made especially for Route1
That's all! I hope you enjoy and use Route1.
- D. A. Karp
Internet Address:
Daaron@ocf.Berkeley.EDU
Release Notes:
v1.01 - This version differs from the original v1.00, mostly from bug
fixes. I think I got them all, but I'm sure I'll find more.
When I do, you'll see another release. Other than that, were
some superficial changes to streamline the functionality of the
program, and make it more "perfect" - Ha, Ha.