There is no warranty. Use this software at your own risk.
I am not responsible for any damage or loss of data caused by use of
this software. This program is expected to work correctly, but
nobody can actually guarantee this for any circumstances. And because this
software is free, you get what you pay for ...
This program can be used freely. If you find any bugs or have
suggestions about further enhancement, please contact the author.
What is Web-QuickList-Sorter (QLSORT.EXE) ?
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This Program is a simple Utility to arrange IBM's WebEx Quicklist-Entries.
I found it annoying to arrange these Tags manually fiddling around with
WebEx explore.ini, so I first wrote a Tool using StarOffice's VBA-compatible Basic. But loading a big Office-Program just to sort a Quicklist seemd a bit exaggerated. So here is a small, fast
and easy to use Tool to do the work.
How will WebEx-QuickList-Sorter work ?
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*Retrieving an explore.ini:
QLSORT.EXE will search for the file explore.ini within the directory QLSORT.EXE is
located in.
If it can't find it there, QLSORT.EXE queries the ETC-PATH (SET ETC=... in your config.sys)
for explore.ini.
A File-Open Menu has been added to open an explore.ini.
How to use WebEx-QuickList-Sorter
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QLSORT.EXE is a very simple Program, so it does not provide an Online-Help.
Although QLSORT.EXE will backup EXPLORE.INI, you should backup the original
EXPLORE.INI to a different location before using this program.
(new) a tiny Properties-Dialog has been added. The Preferences are stored in qlsort.ini.
To access this Dialog use Edit/Properties or PopUp/Properties
(new) The Toolbar-Iconsize is adjustable to two different sizes. Use Properties-Dialog to
change the size.
(new) A field located at the right bottom side shows if the Filecontents were changed. This
Information is periodically determined.
(new) To change the default Listboxsize-ratio (50/50) just start dragging between the
Listboxes.
(new) Changing the Fonts of the Listboxes and Entry-Fields above is possible now.
To change the Default-Font, drag a new Font for your Font-Palette to the free
space on the right side of the Toolbar-Icons. This will change the Fonts of
the four Main-Controls (Listboxes and Entryfields above). To save the new Font
just choose "Window-Save current Position" .
The Icon-Bar provides quick access to most functions. Fly-Over-Help gives a short hint.
*Find a Substring
To locate a Substring, use the Find-Command. It's possible to search either in Title-List, URL-List
or both. QLSORT searches globally. If there's no match, a small notification pops up.
*MenuBar/PopUpMenu:
Most Functions can be accessed from the MenuBar/PopUp-Menu
(press Mouse Button 2 inside a ListBox to open a PopUp-Menu).
Some Functions can be invoked by using Accelerator-Keys
(e.g File-Open: Ctlr+O).
*Moving Tags:
After starting the Program and the Quicklist-Tags are sucessfully retrieved, you
can change the position of the Tags by selecting one and pressing Promote/Demote
to change its position.
Alternativly, Tags can be moved by dragging to the desired position with
Mouse Button 1 (usually the LeftMouseButton) pressed.
To move Tags quickly to the Top/Bottom, use "Move Tags to Top/Bottom" Function.
*Edit your Tags
All Tags can be edited. For this purpose use the two Entryfields above the Listboxes.
These Entryfields provide normal cut/copy/paste-procedures using the Clipboard.
To send the changes from an Entryfield into the Listbox, hit "Enter".
Important: Both EntryFields must contain Information to be accepted by the Listbox.
Pressing ESC-Key will leave Edit-Mode without accepting changes.
*Add/Delete Tags
Two Buttons (ADD/DELETE) have been added. Use them to add or delete Tags.
*Sorting Tags:
Tags can be sorted ascending/descending. It's possible to undo the last sort-command.
Sorting will always process the Title-Entries (URL's are updated as well).
*Saving the processed Explore.ini
If you press the "Save"-Button, you are asked for confirmation to save the changes.
You can press "Yes" to save and "No" to cancel.
If "Yes" is pressed, a backup of the current INI-File is created having the extention
.QLS. The changed INI-File will be saved overwriting the Original.
If the Backupfile already exists, you are asked to overwrite it. Press "Yes" to proceed
overwriting it or "NO" to skip overwriting (no Backup will be created).
To use a different Filename to save, use the "Save-As-Dialog".
*Usefull Information displayed by QLSORT
Bottom Area of the Window shows the Path of the currently processed explore.ini.
The lower right windowcorner shows the current selected Tagnumber and Count of
all Tags.
How to maintain multiple explore.ini-Files
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A. The easiest way is to create different objects of QLSORT on your desktop
and to set the working-directory in the settings-notebook to the path were
a copy of explore.ini resides.
B. Or you can associate QLSORT with explore.ini in the settings-notebook.
Opening any explore.ini will start QLSORT.
C. Simply drag an explore.ini onto QLSORT will work too.
D. Use the File-Open and/or Save-As Dialog.
To contact the author:
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If you find any bugs, or have any suggestions concerning this program,
contact the author:
Fido: Thomas Unger @ 2:2468/1001.37
eMail: tmunger@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de
Thanks to:
Martin S. Hanoian, who encouraged me to implement certain functions.
History
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V 0.3 Beta first public release
V 0.4 Beta * corrected: QLSORT.EXE did not save the new Tags to explore.ini.
(only a backup was created)
* changed: the backup-file explore.qls is now stored in the same
path as the original.
V 0.5 Beta internal build
* added: a possibility to edit the Tags.
V 0.6 Beta internal build
* added: Status output in upper right windowcorner
* added: Path of currently processed explore.ini is displayed
at windowbottom.
V 0.7 Beta internal build
*added: ADD/DELETE Button
V 0.8 Beta *changed: A bug resulting in a GPF when loading a very big explore.ini.
(bug removed).
V 0.9 Beta internal build 1
*added Moving Tags with LeftMouseButton pressed
V 0.9 Beta internal build 2
*changed Edit-Tags-Routine improved
*changed Moving Tags with LMB-Routine performance improved
*changed Add-Routine-performance improved
*changed "The biggest explore.ini isn't big enough" - maximum processing-size
increased. Now it should be possible to handle 900 Tags.
V 0.9 Beta public release
*changed Maximum Tag-Count is now limited by available memory
(successfully created and edited an explore.ini containing 7300 Tags)
*changed some minor code-improvement
V 1.0 Beta internal build 3
*changed Removed a bug in Promote-Routine.
(Dragging with Mouse worked well)
*added Menu-Bar /PopUp-Menu
*added Sort Ascending/Descending
*added Move Tag to Top/Bottom
*changed Listbox-Scrolling synchronized
*added File/Save-As Dialog.
V 1.0 Beta Internal build 4
*changed better support for different screen-resolution.
