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- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- // Welcome to File Manager Toolbar!
- //
- // the File Manager Extender
- // for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11
- //
- // Version 1.0
- //
- // Copyright (c) 1994, ChaoSoft.
- // All rights reserved.
- //
- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- This file contains important information about the File Manager
- Toolbar software.
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
-
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. About File Manager Toolbar
- 1.2. This is shareware: TRY BEFORE YOU BUY !
- 1.3. What do you get when you register FM Toolbar
- 1.4. How to register
-
- 2. Installing FM Toolbar
- 2.1. Using INSTALL utility
- 2.2. Manual installation
- 2.3. Uninstalling FM Toolbar
-
- 3. How to reach the author of the FM Toolbar
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 1. INTRODUCTION
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- 1.1 About File Manager Toolbar
- ------------------------------
-
- FM Toolbar is an extender of File Manager for Microsoft(R)
- Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11. It provides File Manager with a toolbar,
- similar to that used in File Manager for Windows for
- Workgroups(tm).
-
- FM Toolbar is a great timesaver. Statistics shows that toolbar for
- File Manager is one of two main reasons why individual users of
- Windows 3.1 upgrade to Windows for Workgroups (the other reason is
- slightly improved performance). FM Toolbar is an alternative,
- effective and inexpensive way to upgrade your system. FM Toolbar
- will save you a great deal of time! With FM Toolbar your will work
- with File Manager easier and faster.
-
- Try it - and you won't believe you worked without FM Toolbar
- before.
-
- The way software should be!
-
- 1.2. This is shareware: TRY BEFORE YOU BUY !
- --------------------------------------------
-
- This is NOT a free or public domain software. This is SHAREWARE,
- i.e. copyrighted software which you can "try before you buy".
- Shareware is a great concept and we encourage you to try out File
- Manager Toolbar and pass along the unregistered copies to your
- friends.
-
- You may try the program for the evaluation period of up to 14
- days. After that time, you are required to purchase the software
- through registration or else discontinue its use. (please read the
- complete text of your License agreement in section 3 of this file).
-
- Unlicensed copies of our products are 100% fully functional. We
- make them this way so that you can have a real look at them, and
- then decide whether they fit your needs or not. Our entire
- business depends on your honesty. If you use it, we expect you to
- pay for it. We feel that if we treat you right, you will treat us
- right.
-
- When you pay for the shareware you like, you are voting with your
- pocketbook, and will encourage us to bring you more of the same
- kinds of products.
-
- You may freely copy the FM Toolbar software, and give it to
- anybody (please read the full text of you license agreement in
- file LICENSE.TXT ). FM Toolbar is a self-unregistering software,
- i.e. it automatically becomes unregistered when you copy it to
- another disk or computer. You can re-register it any number of
- times, but only if you know your Registration Number. This means
- that you can make and install as many copies of the FM Toolbar as
- you wish on as many computers as you can, provided that you do not
- share your Registration Number with anybody and there is NO
- POSSIBILITY to use your Registered copy by anybody else. You may
- not use a copy of the FM Toolbar registered to anybody else
- (except site license arrangements). In simple words, every user of
- the FM Toolbar must be licensed.
-
- About Registration Reminder:
- ---------------------------
- Sometimes when you start or close File Manager, the registration
- reminder screen is displayed. This is the ONLY difference between
- registered and unregistered versions of the FM Toolbar (unless
- you've obtained a newer version of the software from us). In fact,
- when you register FM Toolbar, we provide you with a unique
- registration number which can be used to suppress the
- registration reminder screen.
-
- 1.3 WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTER File Manager Toolbar ?
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1. The personal Registration Number, allowing you to remove
- registration reminder and put your name in the About FM Toolbar
- screen.
-
- 2. Lifetime right to upgrade to new versions of the FM Toolbar
- FREE (i.e. you will be able to use the same Registration Number
- to register any future version of the FM Toolbar, obtained from
- us or other source).
-
- 3. Disk with the latest version of the FM Toolbar (optional).
-
- 4. The privilege to be personally informed about new major
- releases of the FM Toolbar and other software products from
- ChaoSoft.
-
- 5. FREE 90-days customer support through electronic or regular mail.
-
- 1.4. How to register FM Toolbar
- -------------------------------
-
- You can register your copy of the FM Toolbar software with a
- personal check, money order, or currency. Please print out one of
- the files listed below, fill it in, and send it to ChaoSoft's
- address along with you registration payment. The following files
- on your installation disk contain order forms:
-
- ORDRFORM.TXT - single-user order/registration form
- ORDRSITE.TXT - multy-user order/registration form
-
- Orders within USA are shipped through USPS, first class.
- International orders are shipped via Airmail. To reduce your
- possible customs taxes (if any), the contents of the package will
- be described as follows: "Letter", (or, if you are ordering a
- diskette with the latest version of the software: "Letter;
- Diskette"), that almost never is taxable.
-
- We understand that in some cases (international orders,
- especially) payment with a check drawn on a US bank, written in US
- funds, is not always possible. That's why we accept other forms
- of payment as well:
-
- o Through an international postal money order from your local post
- office, written in US dollars.
-
- o Through American Express money orders payable in US currency.
- They are commonly available in your commercial banks.
-
- o You may mail US currency directly to us. Most foreign banks have
- US currency readily available.
-
- If you decide to send us cash, we encourage you to obtain a
- low-cost "Certificate of Mailing" (USPS form 3817) or equivalent,
- or even send your letter certified. It will help us to find your
- letter if (that is very rare) Post Office will fail to deliver it
- to us. Please, don't include coins; the total payment amount
- should be rounded to the nearest "paper" unit.
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 2. INSTALLING File Manager Toolbar
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- Unlike most other Windows applications, FM Toolbar is not a
- stand-alone program: there is no special executable file you would
- run to start the FM Toolbar. To use the FM Toolbar software, all you
- need is properly install it, and it will be used automatically every
- time you run the File Manager.
-
- Please follow these simple rules to install the FM Toolbar:
-
- 2.1. Using INSTALL utility
- --------------------------
-
- 1. If not already running Microsoft Windows, start Windows 3.1 or
- Windows for Workgroups 3.11.
-
- 2. If the FM Toolbar package came to you compressed, uncompress it
- into some temporary directory on either your hard or floppy
- disk. If you got the package on the original installation
- diskette, insert it into a floppy drive (A or B).
-
- 3. Select the File | Run menu option of the Program Manager or
- File Manager, and type into the Run dialog box:
-
- a:install
-
- and press Enter (or click OK button). If problems occur,
- include the full path to the directory where you have the FM
- Toolbar files placed.
-
- 4. The installation program will prompt you for any additional
- information needed.
-
- 5. The installation program will copy all the necessary files to a
- specified directory on your hard disk, create the program group
- 'FMToolbar', and make an entry in the WINFILE.INI file declaring
- the FM Toolbar as an extension of the File Manager.
-
- After the installation complete, you can immediately start using
- File Manager enhanced with FM Toolbar.
-
-
- 2.2. Manual installation
- ------------------------
-
- If the automatic installation fails by any reason, you can install
- the FM Toolbar manually:
-
- 1. Create a directory on a hard disk for FM Toolbar, say
- C:\TOOLBAR, and copy all the files from the FM Toolbar
- installation disk into that directory. If you obtained the FM
- Toolbar files compressed in an archive, extract all the files
- from it.
-
- 2. Close File Manager.
-
- 3. Open file WINFILE.INI for editing (using Notepad or any other
- text editor). This file is located in the WINDOWS directory on
- your hard disk (or directory you specified when installing
- Windows). Please note: the file you need is WINFILE.INI, not
- WIN.INI.
-
- Find the section [AddOns] in this file and place the following
- string right after the string [AddOns]:
-
- FM Toolbar=C:\TOOLBAR\FMTB.DLL
-
- (or specify the directory you copied the FM Toolbar's files in,
- if other than TOOLBAR).
-
- The resulting portion of the WINFILE.INI should look like
- this:
-
- ...
- [AddOns]
- FM Toolbar=C:\TOOLBAR\FMTB.DLL
- ...
-
- (... means other lines of the file). Save the file.
-
- 5. Run File Manager.
-
- You shell find new menu item, Toolbar, among the other items of the
- File Manager's main menu, if the installation has been completed
- successfully. If you cannot see the 'Toolbar' item in the main menu
- of the File Manager, an error has occurred. Please verify that you
- have done all the steps above, and, particularly, specified
- correct path in the [AddOns] section of the WINFILE.INI file.
-
- 2.3. Uninstalling FM Toolbar
- ----------------------------
-
- You can prevent File Manager from loading the FM Toolbar by simply
- commenting out the 'FM Toolbar=...' entry in the [AddOns] section
- of the WINFILE.INI file in your WINDOWS directory (i.e. placing
- the semicolon symbol (;) as the very first symbol of the string
- starting with the words 'FM Toolbar='). Doing so you retain the
- chance to return to using the FM Toolbar anytime later by restoring
- the string in its original appearance without going through the
- reinstallation process again. You can do this procedure with any
- text file editor, for example, Notepad.
-
- Another way, equivalent to the above, is to rename the directory
- you installed the FM Toolbar in. If File Manager cannot locate any
- file specified in the [AddOns] section, it just skips it without
- any error message. To force File Manager to load FM Toolbar later,
- you can restore the original name of the FM Toolbar directory on
- your disk.
-
- If you, to our regret, decided to stop using FM Toolbar and remove
- it from your system permanently, please follow these steps:
-
- 1. Run INSTALL utility from the FM Toolbar installation disk.
- If it detects the presence of the FM Toolbar in your
- system, it gives you a chance to uninstall it without
- actually installing FM Toolbar again. What INSTALL does in
- this case it removes the 'FM Toolbar=...' entry from the
- WINFILE.INI file. It does not delete any files described
- below; you should remove them from your system yourself.
-
- Alternatively, you can perform this step manually:
-
- a) Open file WINFILE.INI for editing, find the string
- starting with the words 'FM Toolbar=' in the section
- [AddOns], and remove it . Save the file.
-
- b) Restart File Manager.
-
- 2. Delete all the files from the directory on your hard disk
- you installed FM Toolbar in (C:\TOOLBAR by default) as
- well as the directory itself, if you wish.
-
- 3. Delete program group 'FM Toolbar' using Program Manager,
- if any.
-
- We hope you will change your mind!
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 3. HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- Registered users of the FM Toolbar are entitled to FREE technical
- support for the first 90 days from the date of registration. This
- does not mean that you may not ask questions after that period or
- if you have not registered yet, however, we cannot guarantee that
- all such questions will be answered.
-
- Please, (PLEASE!) check this file and other documentation first
- first. Our experience shows that about 9 out of 10 questions have
- been already answered in the documentation.
-
- If you have any questions or suggestions regarding FM Toolbar, you
- can contact the author of the FM Toolbar directly:
-
- through Internet sending an electronic mail to:
-
- andreib@delphi.com
-
- or through regular mail writing to:
-
- Andrei Belogortseff
- ChaoSoft
- P.O.Box 43
- Old Town, ME 04468-0043
-
- Thank you for using File Manager Toolbar!
-
-