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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Notes from the Author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Welcome Message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


This notes section will continue to appear until you purchase the LiveWire
product. For information on how to register, click here.

Dear LiveWire User,


Thank you for using LiveWire for the WorkPlace Shell.

This special notes section is an attempt to help you get aquainted with
LiveWire. Each time you close the LiveWire terminal object, a new page of notes
will appear containing information that may help you learn some of the new
features in LiveWire.

Les Novell
DataMirage Software


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. Object-Oriented Interface ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.


LiveWire is a full WorkPlace Shell object-oriented program. It is made up of a
collection of related objects. The three objects visible in the LiveWire Folder
are the LiveWire Terminal, Phone Book, and the Log.

As an OS/2 user, you should be somewhat familiar with objects. You use
WorkPlace Shell objects every day, such as Folders, Files, Drives, and
Printers. LiveWire's objects work in much the same way.

Because LiveWire is a collection of objects, more than one object can be
created and in use at a time. In other words, you may create as many LiveWire
Terminal objects as you want, each with its own connection settings.

The installation program creates one LiveWire Folder object on your desktop
that contains the basic objects you will need to use LiveWire. To create
another LiveWire Folder, open your Templates Folder and drag and drop the
"LiveWire Folder" template to the desktop.


The object-oriented architecture of LiveWire will also allow us to create new
objects to your system that will interact seamlessly with LiveWire.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3. Using the Settings Pages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.


All objects in the WorkPlace Shell have a settings page, and so do the objects
in the LiveWire package. To bring up the settings for any object, select
"Settings" from the object's pop-up menu.

Each object's settings page contains settings appropriate for that object. For
example, the Phone Book object allows you to set the dialing parameters.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4. Using Pop-up Menus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.


Pop-up menus are a great feature that saves you both space and time. Unlike
standard menus that always occupy the top line of a window, pop-up menus take
up no extra room. In addition, pop-up menus display a short list of options
that apply only to what you are currently doing. No more searching through
endless nested menus to find that elusive command.

To bring up a pop-up menu, click once with the right mouse button on a portion
of a window. LiveWire uses pop-up menus in several places. The terminal window
has a pop-up icon bar. The scroll back window has a pop-up menu that allows you
to search as well as copy and quote text.



The phone book object has two pop-up menus. When you right-click on an entry in
the phone book, you get a pop-up menu specific to that entry.

Right-clicking on a empty portion of the phone book (one that contains no
entries) brings up a pop-up menu for the entire phone book. This menu allows
you to sort your phone book entries, for example.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.5. Copying, Pasting, and Dragging text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.


Copying and pasting text in the LiveWire terminal is similar to copying and
pasting text in other applications. First, select the text by dragging a
selection box around the desired text. Moving the mouse inside the selection
region causes the pointer to turn to scissors. Clicking once in the selection
region causes the text to be copied to the system clipboard.

Once text is selected, however, you can also DRAG AND DROP the selected text to
any text window or entry field with the right mouse button.

This feature is useful for moving a phone number into the phone book, or just
moving a section of text into an editor.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.6. Full Screen Text Mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.

LiveWire allows you to switch from the WorkPlace Shell graphical mode into a
full screen text mode and back on the fly!

Finding it difficult to read your messages in a small window? Pressing F12
while in the LiveWire Terminal object will switch to full screen text mode.
Once in full screen text mode, you can switch back to graphical mode by
pressing F12 again!

Your screen contents, port parameters, emulation, and file paths are preserved
for a seamless look and feel.

NOTE: The first time you switch to full screen text mode you will have to
answer a few simple questions to set up the text mode version of LiveWire.
After doing this once you will no longer be asked those questions.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.7. Modem Lights and Line Statistics ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.


The LiveWire terminal includes two windows that will help you keep track of
your modem.

Modem lights displays a graphical view of your modem and its status. Don't be
bothered by the fact that this window floats separately from the main LiveWire
terminal window. You can re-size the window to any size you wish and place the
window somewhere on your desktop where it won't get in the way.

The line statistics window displays the average and instant data transfer rates
your modem is attaining. A LED graph makes it real cool looking. OK, it's not
THAT useful, but it might impress your friends.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.8. Using Your Old Phone Book ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.


LiveWire can import a number of dialing directory formats directly into the
LiveWire Phone Book object. Formats we currently support are ZOC 2.x, Qmodem
3.x 4.x 5.x and Windows, Procomm, Procomm+, and Telix 1.53, 3.x for DOS.

If you have an old dialing directory you can import it into a LiveWire Phone
Book by opening up the phone book object, then right clicking on a free (white)
area of the phone book. A pop-up menu will appear, one of the options being
Import. Select import, then enter the filename of your old phone book.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.9. Upload and Download folders and the UNZIP utility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.


Every LiveWire Folder object contains two other folders, one named Upload and
the other named Download. For those who don't speak modemese, the Upload folder
contains files you will be sending and the Download folder contains files you
have received. These folders keep you from having to mess with ugly path names
and allow you to manipulate files directly from the WorkPlace Shell.



LiveWire also includes an UNZIP utility. To use it, open the upload or download
folder and locate a file with a .ZIP extension. Bring up the pop-up menu for
that data file, and one of the options on the pop-up menu is "LiveWire UNZIP."
Selecting this option on the pop-up menu will uncompress the file's contents to
a new directory. When the the file has been completely uncompressed the UNZIP
utility will open the new folder.

In order to use the UNZIP utility, you must install Info-ZIP's freeware
UNZIP.EXE program and the UNZIP.EXE program must be in your PATH.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.10. RIPTerm Graphical Emulation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


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product. For information on how to register, click here.

LiveWire also includes the popular graphical emulation RIPTerm 1.54 from
Telegrafix. If you call a bulletin board system that supports RIPTerm,
switching to this emulation is all you need to explore RIPTerm.

Note: As of version 3.2, we have started packaging RipTerm as a separate add-on
product. This is mainly due to three reasons. First, to reduce LiveWire's size.
Second, because RipTerm is falling out of favor with the general public due to
Telegraphics inability to produce a reasonable v2.0 specification. Third, our
Ripterm never quite reached the stability and completeness we had strived for.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.11. How to purchase LiveWire ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ



 You can purchase LiveWire 3.2 now by calling:

 Office Solutions
 404 Termino Avenue
 Long Beach, CA 90814

 Orders: 310-439-5567
       800-897-APPS
 Fax:   [phone]


 There are two types of registration:
 1. Basic registration is  $43.00
   Basic registration includes:
   - Your registration number
   - Support through the DataMirage BBS
   - Internet support by writing to [e-mail]

 2. Complete registration is $73.00
   Complete registration is a shrink-wrapped package containing:
   - The latest version of LiveWire on 3.5" diskettes
   - Support through DataMirage BBS
   - Internet support by writing to [e-mail]
   - Complete printed user and script manuals

 (+ Shipping costs)

 One registration per individual using the program, please.
 As with all other software, you must purchase one copy per person.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.12. You have used LiveWire more than 50 times ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You have used LiveWire more than 50 times.  If you have used LiveWire for more
than 30 days, you must do one of the following:

(click on one of the following for more information)

Purchase LiveWire

Deinstall LiveWire


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.13. Deinstalling LiveWire ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

DeInstalling LiveWire

To Deinstall LiveWire, open the LiveWire Accessories folder, then double click
on the Deinstall icon.