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<TITLE>Shortcut Assistant ReadMe</TITLE>
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<H1>Shortcut Assistant ReadMe</H1>
<H2>Ver. 2.0 / Oct 1996</H2>
<P>
Preston Werntz<BR>
<A HREF="mailto:pwerntz@vais.net">pwerntz@vais.net</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.vais.net/~pwerntz">http://www.vais.net/~pwerntz</A><BR>
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<HR>
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<A HREF="#About">About</A><BR>
<A HREF="#Whatsnew">What's New</A><BR>
<A HREF="#Comingsoon">Coming Soon</A><BR>
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<HR>
<P>
<A NAME="About"><H2>About</H2></A>
<P>
I wrote Shortcut Assistant to help me quickly get my multitude
of links into an HTML file. It's written in MS Visual Basic 4,
and is freeware... I hope you can find a use for it. Be aware that
since it is written in Visual Basic, Microsoft has been kind
enough to require a ton of supporting files. They are <b>NOT</b>
included in the Setup program! I've removed them to make the
download time quicker; you may or may not have them on
your system. If the program generates an error when you try
to run it, that's a subtle clue that you do not. Hop back to
<a href="http://www.windows95.com">Windows95.com</a>
to ftp the Visual Basic runtime files.
<P>
Basically, it will take the directory you specify, look for
the ".url" files with [Internet Shortcut] headers and parse
them out, creating an HTML file.
<P>
I also tried to include some options to help you in formatting
your HTML file-- you can specify title, background graphic,
and colors for: text, background, links and visited links. This
program was written using MS IExplorer, and while I assume
everything will look fine on other browsers I make no
promises.
<p>
If you use <FRAMES>, you may have noticed that opening
a link doesn't open it "outside" the frame, but within the frame.
The tag Target="_top" will do just that, so if you use frames,
I suggest you check that option.
<P>
Shortcut Assistant can also build a two-column table of your
links, or create a list of topics at the top of the page and
let you jump directly to that section. (Much like the
About, What's New and Coming Soon sections above)
<p>
Shortcut Assistant stores your settings in the Windows registry
so you won't have to rekey in your stuff every time. (What can I
say, I'm lazy)
<P>
<A NAME="Whatsnew"><H2>What's New</H2></A>
<P>
* 2.0 -- First a new numbering scheme. Why? All those zeros were
confusing me. <shrug> Shortcut Assistant now builds a table, and/or
a list of shortcut topics at the top of the page to help reduce on
browsing. I also did some user interface changes.
<p>
* 1.00.0007 -- Can you say "bug fixes?" I knew you could. The program
had a nasty habit of cutting off the last character in a shortcut, and
would mess up on https shortcuts.
<p>
* 1.00.0006 -- Shortcut Assistant will now grab gopher and
ftp shortcuts. Originally it had just used http shortcuts.
Shortcut Assistant now correctly parses Internet Shortcuts
made when MS Internet Explorer converts Netscape bookmarks.
On a technical note I've switched from the ssTab to the
TabStrip -- this results in one less custom control to
ship, and the program will run a bit faster and take up
less memory.
<P>
* 1.00.003 -- Instead of defaulting to the "c:\windows\favorites"
directory, the program will just default to the Windows directory.
Originally, if Shortcut Assistant couldn't find a c:\windows,
it would cause an error.
<P>
<A NAME="Comingsoon"><H2>Coming Soon</H2></A>
<P>
Like I said I'm lazy.. tell me what you want, and I'll try to
add it.<BR>
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