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- Connection Manager v1.1
- Copyright 1996, Jerome Tremblay
- ------------------
-
- Welcome to Connection Manager. This program will disconnect from an Internet
- Service Provider after a specified laps of time. This program is FREEWARE.
- You can distribute it freely. With an exception, if you want to distribute it
- along with one of your program, or on a CD, I want to be notified of it. I
- can be reached at jerome@infose.com.
-
- You can always get the latest version at:
-
- http://www.infose.com/jerome/software.html
-
- Installation...
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- 1. Unzip the program in a directory of your choice.
-
- 2. Run.
-
- How to use it...
- -------------------
- 1. Connect to your Internet Service Provider using Dial-up Networking
- *** Dial-up Networking is REQUIRED for this software to work ***
-
- 2. Start the program. (Yeah...)
-
- 3. Start your Downloads using any software.
-
- 4. Enable one of the 2 hangup methods.
-
- o Time-based hangup.
- Press the Start! button and select the delay before hangup.
-
- o Window-based hangup.
- Press the Add/Remove Window button. You will have a menu with all the
- current visible windows. Select one in the left column, and press the
- Add to list >> button. Connection Manager will not wait for this window
- to close before hanging up. If you are not sure which window name you
- have selected, press the Bring To Top button, this will show the
- currently selected window. Close the menu.
- Then, select the time interval between checks. Connection Manager will
- scan the system to see if all those windows are still opened and will
- hangup when all of em will be closed. Shorter delay will hangup faster
- but may hurt overall system performance. 10 sec seems to be a right
- delay.
-
- o Start the program using /h to hangup immediately and exit.
-
- 5. Hide Connection Manager by clicking on the Hide button. If you need to
- change parameters, click on the icon in the taskbar.
-
- Notes:
-
- This software works great with Netscape or any program creating a 'download
- window'. When using one of those, use the Window-based method.
-
- History
- -------------------
-
- v1.1
- - New switch: /h, to hangup immediately and exit the
- software. To be used in batch files.
- - No more window showing up after a hangup.
-
- v1.0
- Initial release.
-
- Special Thanks
- -------------------
- Thanks to Daniel Polistchuck for his great TRAS component,without it I
- would have searched much longer for a way to hangup. I also thank my brother,
- who designed the nice icon, without him, it would be soo ugly that I prefer
- not to think about it. Here is the payment he asked for his work, I must
- write "Worship Virgil" somewhere. Now it's done. And I thank *YOU* for
- reading all this.
-
- Disclaimer
- -------------------
- Connection Manager is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either
- express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of
- merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall
- Jerome Tremblay be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct,
- indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special
- damages, even if Jerome Tremblay has been advised of the possibility of
- such damages.
-
- (This is the proof that it's a real software : there's a disclaimer... ;-)
-