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- Short: MAJOR FIXES! Unrestricted Internet Organiser. Needs MUI.
- Author: stevenw@netcomuk.co.uk (Ian Craig Armitage)
- Uploader: stevenw@netcomuk.co.uk (Ian Craig Armitage)
- Version: 1.2ß
- Type: comm/misc
- Replaces: comm/misc/AmNetControl.lha
-
- MAJOR BUG FIXES!
-
- Most noticably - the inclusion of Icon.mcc custom class by Russell
- Leighton.
-
- AmNetControl Internet Package - The Internet Organiser!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Release : 1.2ß (Aminet Beta Release)
- Date : 22.01.97
-
- What It Is?!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The AmNetControl Package is designed to take care of your Internet
- related operations. When it is installed, it creates all the common
- directories to keep all your programs in including Download and Upload
- drawers. It sets Internet related assigns when it is run and removes them
- when you quit giving you fast access to Internet Drawers etc. It provides
- help on useful topics and tries to give as much help and information to a
- new user as possible. It can launch your Internet programs and if you use
- Miami and thor, can launch these programs and interact with them. It is
- constantly undergoing upgrades and changes to make it the best, most useful
- tool of its kind.
-
- Please bare with me if you find serious bugs!, just let me know and they
- will be fixed.
-
-
-
- Important Release Information
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- AmNetControl Requires : MUI 3.6+ Available from Aminet.
-
-
- AmNetControl is supplied complete except for some custom Installers
- which I haven't written yet. They will be posted here when done and will
- easily install into the installed package.
-
-
- Legal
- ~~~~~
-
- This program is supplied as freeware. Therefore any problems or damage
- arising from use of this program will result in a full refund. ;)
-
-
-
-
- Installation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- DO NOT run this program from the installation drawer. Install it first.
- You can just delete the drawer it makes if you don't like it.
-
- Just run the installer program. it will install the AmNetControl Package
- and install a default configuration. It will also give you the option of
- installing custom installers. Unfortunately Only Miami and Voyager Are
- available at this time.
-
- The Installer will make a drawer called 'Internet' where you specify.
-
-
- Usage
- ~~~~~
- Usage is pretty simple, Miami can be made to auto run and iconify. you then
- just click on on-line to go on-line etc.. your programs can be launched
- from the buttons. There are some help features on the pull down menus.
-
- AmNetController uses the short 'bubble' help system of MUI. Just keep your
- mouse pointer over an button/option for a few seconds for a description.
-
-
- Things to remember
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * AmNetController is meant to run as the 'Hub' of your internet session.
- for this reason, you should run this program FIRST. It sets assigns and
- auto launches Miami (Optional) for you. It will also tell Miami (which
- in turn tells other internet programs) to quit.
-
- * You can only launch CLI programs. it supports arguments but not
- tooltypes. Although it is possible to launch DOS and Arexx Scripts
- using a line such as
-
- 'Sys:Rexxc/rx <Arexx script>'
- or
- 'C:Execute <DOS script>'
-
-
-
- IMPORTANT:
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- * If your Thor System is Not called Internet, Please change it in the
- AmNetController Settings even if you don't use AmNetController's Thor
- Settings. This is because Thor's SendTCP and GetTCP *Have* to have a
- System Specified. You will have to turn off the 'Use Thor Default
- Config?' in the Misc settings area. Then go to Thor Settings, change
- your system and then change 'Use Thor Default Config?' back.
-
- Everything else should work. If problems are found, please send them to
- the email address below.
-
-
- Things STILL to be added or changed
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * Get Mail at login and Get News at login will probably be in
- the next version. At the moment, these only worked with internal serial
- device users who use serial.device. Because not everyone uses this, I
- decided to leave this out of this release until I can find a better
- solution for checking on-line. If you do use the internal serial port via
- serial.device, email me and I will send this version to you.
-
- * The installer will undergo more changes and updates. The installers for
- AmIRC, thor and the others will take the form of custom modules that i
- can change when new versions of the programs come out. These modules
- will be uploaded on aminet. A set will be created very soon and included
- with the package.
-
- * I still want some icons for the package and a nice new logo. I would
- prefer it in the MagicWB style as this is an MUI program which always
- look best in a XEN style.
-
-
-
- IMPORTANT
- ~~~~~~~~~
- If you feel you can help development of This package, feel free to send me
- an Email. NOTE: this is NOT my Email address and so the word 'CRAIG' MUST
- be put in the subject so that it can be redirected to me.
-
- stevenw@netcomuk.co.uk
-
- Subject: CRAIG
-
-
-
- This Package is Copyright (C)1996 Ian Craig Armitage. All Rights Reserved.
-
- Permission is given to copy/upload this package to wherever you want as
- long as the archive stays unchanged.
-
-
- History
- ~~~~~~~
- 29.12.96 .090b - Initial release
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 29.12.96 .091b - Fixed archiving errors and tidied up a little.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 04.01.97 .096b - Fixed AboutMUI and MUIConfig Menus.
-
- - Removed Miami QUIT Button. Not Needed.
-
- - Changed Close gadget to Iconify to avoid
- unwanted shutdowns.
-
- - Fixed stupid user program Hide bug.
-
- - Added Username, Password and FTP Download drawer to
- Prefs/Thor.
-
- - Getmail, Get News, Send Events & DoAll now implemented.
-
- - Appicon is now always AmNetController's Icon.
-
- - Added User-Start-up And User-Exit scripts to allow custom
- start-up for servers, phone loggers etc... The default
- editor can be changed in the prefs and there is 2 new
- menu items for editing scripts.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 08.01.97 .097b - Added Bubblehelp and removed Bubblehelp button.
- Bubblehelp can be disabled via the MUI Preferences.
-
- - All thor buttons except auto-doall now work. But they
- need testing.
-
- - TELNET: assign replaced with more useful 'MISC:' assign.
-
- - Added Custom Written MUI Based Installer(0.5ß). This,
- for me, has more versatility for messing with my configs
- etc.
-
- - Currently using MagicWB icons from Aminet. I Really need
- my own icons!
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 09.01.97 .098b - Fixed bugs in AmNetController when no config is available.
-
- - Added more features to Installer including Partial Config
- Manipulation (ooh big words!)
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 11.01.97 .0981b- Fixed REALLY DUMB bug which looked for sendtcp/gettcp in
- Thor: Rather than Thor:bin/
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 20.01.97 1.0b - Added Voyager & Miami custom installers. These can be
- launched from the Main Installer or From the pull-down
- menus in AmNetController. The installers will be updated
- when needed for new releases of the programs. They can be
- released as small add-ons on the Aminet. In a future
- version, i'll make AmNetController Detect what installers
- are in your Installers Directory so that new programs
- can be installed easier.
-
- - Added new section in prefs for User Information. This
- will be used for printing out/constructing Email to send
- to your internet provider with information about your
- system. Not implemented in this version.
-
- - Added Thor button for launching thor.
-
- - Re-arranged pull-down menus for installers.
-
- - Auto-DoAll button has been converted to an AREXX script
- launcher.
-
- - Auto-DoAll arexx script added in Internet:rexx/. This
- script will launch Miami (if it's not running), then go
- on-line, send thor events, get mail/news. then hang-up and
- parse your mail.
-
- - Installer now loads old config file if you install to
- the same directory. This is to allow updates to be
- installed easier.
-
- - Configuration is now stored in PROGDIR: (the Amnet
- directory). this makes it possible to have multiple
- installations of AmNetControl for different Internet
- Providers.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 21.01.97 1.1b - Added detection for On-line/Off-line but for the moment
- will only work with Internet Serial Port. *
-
- - Added 'Send Events After On-line' & 'Get Mail/News'.
- Unfortunately, relies on On-line Detection so users
- of other serial.devices will have problems. *
-
- - Fixed 'Get News Button'.
-
- - Added Internal commands to send arexx QUIT commands to
- Known Internet Apps that do not accept quit commands
- from Miami. These are currently Thor & IBrowse.
-
- - Changed wording in various places. Part of my quest to
- make the text as easy to understand as possible ;)
-
- * theses functions are in a special version available from me. They are
- only of use if you use the internal serial port and the commodore
- serial.device.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 30.01.97 1.2b - Included Icon.mcc in the installation archive.
- AmNetInstaller would just crash if this class was not
- Installed.
-
- - Loads of Internal Changes in Installer including
- CreateDir() (Thanks to Kelly J. Cochran!). More changes
- will follow.
-
- - Installer now checks for existance of start/stop scripts
- and does not install over them if they exist.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-
- NOTICE
- ~~~~~~
- I am making a public request for Icon Artists to design some icons for
- The AmNetController package. I Would Like a plain icon, MWB icon and
- NewIcons Icon. Also, If you can do a better logo that i have done, send it
- to me. You will be credited in the About requester and the Documents.
-
- The next release will have an Image button bar as an alternative to the big
- menu. This will be very similar to the Apps launcher with microsoft office
- on the PeeCee. So i would like icons for that too. They should take the
- approximate size of the icons in the tool bar of Dopus5.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 11421 4389 61.5% 30-Jan-97 17:17:06 +AmNetControl.readme
- 1826 1308 28.3% 14-Jan-97 13:03:40 +AmNetControl.readme.info
- 11306 4152 63.2% 30-Jan-97 22:18:14 +AmNetController.guide
- 1611 758 52.9% 30-Jan-97 17:58:36 +AmNetController.guide.info
- 2559 1411 44.8% 26-Jan-97 18:06:16 +AppIcon.info
- 8813 4665 47.0% 26-Jan-97 17:08:08 +MainLogo.info
- 1822 973 46.5% 17-Jan-97 12:32:46 +Install_AmNetControl.info
- 4046 1077 73.3% 22-Jan-97 11:34:02 +AutoDoAll.rexx
- 347 231 33.4% 09-Jan-97 04:24:16 +Start.script
- 292 211 27.7% 09-Jan-97 04:24:04 +Stop.script
- 75176 23081 69.2% 30-Jan-97 17:13:46 +AmNetController
- 2051 753 63.2% 14-Jan-97 13:03:40 +AmNetController.info
- 1650 572 65.3% 13-Dec-96 03:20:42 +AmNC_FAQ.help
- 4870 1889 61.2% 15-Jan-97 12:57:22 +AmNC_FirstSteps.help
- 1741 645 62.9% 13-Dec-96 03:21:30 +AmNC_Sites.help
- 1941 730 62.3% 13-Dec-96 03:26:44 +AmNC_Smileys.help
- 39648 14061 64.5% 30-Jan-97 16:57:50 +Install_AmNetControl
- 16028 8079 49.5% 22-Jan-97 15:43:46 +miami.installer
- 33964 12619 62.8% 17-Jan-97 15:33:56 +voyager.installer
- 1233 781 36.6% 28-Jan-97 18:23:12 AmNetControl_Install.info
- 5134 2154 58.0% 13-Dec-96 03:38:54 +AmNC_Terminology.help
- 3376 1625 51.8% 04-Sep-96 21:56:06 +Icon.mcc
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