///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Welcome to File Manager Toolbar! // // the File Manager Extender // for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11 // and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11 // // Version 2.24 // // Last updated: September 5, 1995 // // Copyright (c) 1994-95, ChaoSoft. // All rights reserved. // // _______ // ____|__ | (R) // --| | |------------------- // | ____|__ | Association of // | | |_| Shareware // |__| o | Professionals // -----| | |--------------------- // |___|___| MEMBER // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This file contains introductory information regarding FM Toolbar. STOP! IMPORTANT NOTE 1: Before reading any further, please verify that you have a complete set of the files originally included in the FM Toolbar package. The list of the files may be found in the VENDINFO.DIZ file, supplied with the package. If any file listed in the VENDINFO.DIZ file, or the VENDINFO.DIZ file itself, is missing, then the package is not complete and its further use or distribution is PROHIBITED. Please contact us at the address at the end of this file to obtain a complete package of the software. IMPORTANT NOTE 2: Please read Chaosoft License Agreement, which may be found in the VENDINFO.DIZ file, supplied with the package, before using this software. By using FM Toolabr you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of that agreement. TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- 1. Introduction 1.1. About FM Toolbar 1.2. What's new in this version 1.3. This is "TRY BEFORE YOU BUY" software! 2. Installing FM Toolbar 2.1. Using SETUP utility 2.1.1. How to quickly try out this program 2.1.2. Installing on a hard disk or network drive 2.1.3. Uninstalling FM Toolbar 2.2. Registering your copy of FM Toolbar 2.3. Manual installation/deinstallation 3. Acknowledgements 4. Obtaining the latest version of the program 5. Getting customer support /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 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, and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11. Chaosoft Toolbar is an attractive alternative to the native Windows toolbar. Fully user- customizable, it provides about twice as many buttons, support for MS Tools, handy 'tooltips' for novice users (a'la toolbar for Word and Excel). "File Manager Toolbar brings the most basic Windows element - the toolbar - to File Manager, giving you one-touch response to common tasks ... one simple answer to the problem ... nifty little program ... it's worth the download." - Computer Shopper, 11/94 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 - You won't believe how you were able to work without FM Toolbar. The way software should be! 1.2. What's new in the current version ---------------------------------- - minor modifications to the code have been made to make the program work under Windows 95; - documentation updated. 1.3. This is "TRY BEFORE YOU BUY" software! -------------------------------------------- This is NOT freeware or public domain software. This is software which you can "try before you buy". You may install the program in your system and use it for an evaluation period of up to 14 days. After that time, you are required to purchase a license for continued use of the software or else stop using it. You may freely copy and distribute evaluation copies of FM Toolbar provided that all conditions specified in the distribution license are satisfied (please see the license agreement in the VENDINFO.DIZ file.) What's the difference between Evaluation and Licensed versions? There is NO functional difference between the evaluation and licensed versions of this software (except for the 'registration reminders', displayed by the evaluation version). Actually, it's the same program: you may convert an evaluation copy to a registered copy by entering your name and a registration code into the system. Similarly, a registered copy of the program may be 'unregistered' by deleting the registration code or by just copying the program to another machine. Evaluation copies of our products are 100% fully functional. We make them this way so you can have a real look at them to decide whether or not they fit your needs. Please understand that if you fail to register, and continue to use FM Toolbar beyond the eval- uation period without paying for it, don't expect the program to maintain its original functionality: some features may become disabled. If you need more time to decide whether you want to keep the program, we'll give you an opportunity to extend the evaluation period. However, we cannot afford to let you use the program without compensation. In addition, it is unfair to our customers who do register to use the program. We appreciate your understanding of this policy. What do you get when you purchase a license for use of (i.e. register) FM Toolbar? 1. A unique Registration Code, allowing you to remove the registration reminders and put your name, or the name of your organization, on the 'About FM Toolbar' screen. 2. Disk with the latest version of FM Toolbar and other ChaoSoft products. 3. The privilege to upgrade to all future versions of FM Toolbar for Windows 3.1/3.11 FREE of charge. 4. FREE 90-day customer support through electronic or regular mail. 5. FREE BONUS: a 800x600x256, 3-dimensional, ray-traced *.bmp image of ChaoSoft's logo (may be used as wallpaper on your Windows desktop). How to purchase a license for continued use of FM Toolbar --------------------------------------------------------- ChaoSoft licenses the software on the 'per-user', not a 'per-computer' basis. This means that you may purchase a single individual license and use FM Toolbar on more than one computer (for example, a desktop system and a notebook), provided that you are the only user of those computers and there is no possibility to use the Registered Copy by anybody else. On the other hand, if more than one person uses a computer, every such user must purchase an individual license for continued use of the software, or a site license for the total number of users accessing the computer must be obtained. Please refer to ORDER.TXT file for detailed instructions and order forms. You may register FM Toolbar with a check or money order. Major credit cards accepted. You may also register via CompuServe. Purchase orders from US based companies are accepted. Please refer to ORDER.TXT for more information. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 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 FM Toolbar, all you need is to properly install it, and it will run automatically every time you run File Manager. 2.1. Using Setup utility ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FM Toolbar comes with convenient and flexible SETUP utility. Use SETUP if you want to temporarily activate/deactivate the software or install it onto your hard disk or network drive for permament use. 2.1.1. HOW TO QUICKLY TRY OUT THE SOFTWARE ------------------------------------------ If you obtained FM Toolbar on a diskette or CD-ROM and want to take a look at the utility without installing it onto your hard disk, run SETUP.EXE from the FM Toolbar directory on the diskette or CD-ROM and choose the 'Activate' button when prompted. - to run SETUP.EXE, choose File | Run from main menu of Program Manager or File Manager and type into the 'Run' dialog box: A:\TOOLBAR\SETUP.EXE (assuming that the diskette is inserted into the 'A' floppy drive) After that, run File Manager. You should see a new item in the main menu, Toolbar (If there is no such an item, FM Toolbar has not been activated; see information below in this file for possible reasons.) Of course, be sure that the diskette or CD with FM Toolbar is available during the loading of File Manager! Now, if you see that FM Toolbar is not what you need, just run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Deactivate' button. Your system will forget all about FM Toolbar! On the other hand, if you want to give the program a longer try and wish to install it onto your hard disk or network drive, choose the 'Install' button when SETUP.EXE prompts you. Please see the next section for more information. 2.1.2. Installing on a hard disk or network drive ------------------------------------------------- If you have already copied all the files from the FM Toolbar package onto your hard disk (for instance, you have extracted the files from an archive), run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Activate' button. If you don't have the FM Toolbar files on the hard disk, choose 'Install' button instead. Then, enter the path to the directory where you want FM Toolbar to be installed. In this case, SETUP.EXE will copy all the files to the new location and then activate them. In addition, you will be prompted to create a separate program group for FM Toolbar. It's not essential to have such a group, but it may be convenient. In any case, the last word is yours! 2.1.3. Uninstalling FM Toolbar ----------------------------- To prevent File Manager from loading and using FM Toolbar, run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Deactivate' button. If you decide to start using FM Toolbar later on, run SETUP.EXE and choose 'Activate'. Otherwise, to completely remove FM Toolbar from your system, deactivate it with the SETUP.EXE utility (see above) and remove all the files from directory on your hard disk or network drive where you have installed FM Toolbar. In addition, delete program group 'FMToolbar' from the Program Manager, if your created it during installation. 2.2. Registering your copy of FM Toolbar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes, FM Toolbar displays a registration reminder, and the "About FM Toolbar" screen reads 'Unregistered copy'. If you have registered FM Toolbar and obtained your personal Registration Code from us, you may use it to prevent the registration reminder from being displayed and enter your name in the 'About FM Toolbar' screen. Choose 'Register' from the 'Toolbar' submenu of File Manager and when a dialog box pops up, enter your name (exactly as it appears in your Registration Acknowledgment) and the Registration Code. Be sure to enter your name EXACTLY as it's written in the Registration Acknowledgment, including all the spaces, punctuation, and entering letters in proper case (upper or lower). If you wish your name to be spelled differently, please let us know and we'll assign a new registration code. 2.3. Manual installation/deinstallation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If the automatic installation fails for any reason, you may install FM Toolbar manually as follows: 1. Create a directory for FM Toolbar on your hard disk, 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 the 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 enter the following string right after the string [AddOns]: FM Toolbar=C:\TOOLBAR\FMTB.DLL (or specify the directory you copied FM Toolbar's files into, 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. 4. Run File Manager. If the installation has been completed successfully, you should see a new menu item, Toolbar, among the other items of the File Manager's main menu. If you cannot see the Toolbar item in the main menu of File Manager, an error has occurred. Please verify that you have done all the steps above, and, in particular, have specified the correct path in the [AddOns] section of the WINFILE.INI file. Also, make sure that the files have not been corrupted when they were copied onto your hard disk (Each file should be the same size as each file on the installation diskette) To manually uninstall FM Toolbar: 1. Close File Manager and remove the line 'FM Toolbar=...' from the WINFILE.INI file (using Notepad, for example). After that, when you restart File Manager, FM Toolbar will not be loaded. If you decide later to start using FM Toolbar again, type the string 'FM Toolbar=...', specifying the complete DOS path to the FMTB.DLL file, in the [AddOn] section of the WINFILE.INI file. The following steps should be completed only if you wish to remove the FM Toolbar from your system permanently: 2. Delete all the files from the directory on your hard disk where you installed FM Toolbar; 3. Delete program group 'FMToolbar' in the Program Manager window, if there is one. We hope you'll change your mind! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 3. Acknowledgements // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I would like to thank Hale K. Darling for helping to prepare the documentation for this utility. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 4. Obtaining the latest version of the software // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// You receive the latest version of this program after you register it. Please see file ORDER.TXT for information on ordering ChaoSoft products. The evaluation copieas of the software are also available from many other sources, including FTP and WEB sites, online services (COMPUSERVE, AOL, etc.), BBSes, and from disk or CD-ROM vendors. Some of the locations are listed below: Compuserve: GO WINSHARE, or WINUTIL, or WUGNET search for the keyword CHAOSOFT FTP: oak.oakland.edu garbo.uwasa.fi ftp.cica.indiana.edu HTTP: www.pik.com/chaosoft.html www.msen.com/~rgharper/homeasp.html BBS: Software Creations BBS, accessible through: (508) 365-2359 - 2400 Baud V42 MNP5 (508) 368-7036 - 14.4K V32(BIS) DS (508) 368-4137 - 16.8k HST USR /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 5. Getting customer support // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Please check out the on-line Help for FM Toolbar (i.e. choose FM Toolbar | Help from File Manager main menu). In particular, it contains a section on 'Frequently Asked Questions' and you may find the answer to your question there! Also be sure to read this file before requesting customer support. If you cannot find the answer to your question in the documentation, then: - if your question is of TECHNICAL character, i.e. regarding program features, bug reports, suggestions on improving the program, etc., please contact ChaoSoft directly via e-mail at: Internet: 74634.2173@compuserve.com Compuserve: 74634,2173 - if your question is NOT TECHNICAL one, for ex., about status of your order, sales terms, pricing and discount information, etc., please contact the autorized dealer, Pik A Program, Inc., at: Telephone (212) 598-4939 Fax (212) 228-5879 Compuserve: 74777,3233 Internet: 74777.3233@CompuServe.com Thank you for using ChaoSoft products! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ChaoSoft(tm) and the ChaoSoft logo are trademarks of ChaoSoft. Pik A Program(tm) is a trademark of Pik A Program, Inc. Microsoft(R) and Windows(R) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 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