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COMMANDER FINAL
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Registration Information:
(A very fast process)

  Please send $5 US Funds in the form of check, money order, or US dollars
  to the following address along with your Email address and the name of the 
  program which you are registering.  Your registration code will be Emailed 
  ASAP to your Email address when I recieve your donation of $5.  Thank you 
  very much, Carson

		Carson Weber
		Commander
		28220 Steeplechase
		Fair Oaks Ranch, TX  78015

Designed for Windows 95 - 32 bit

  by Carson Weber
     carson@boerne.com
     http://www.boerne.com/carson

  Installation:

 1. Put commandr.exe in any folder and run it from there.
 2. VB Runtime Files are required. You may download these 
    files from the Internet at various locations if you 
    do not already have them on your system.
	Currently, you may find these Visual Basic Runtime Files at 
the Commander Home Page which is located at this URL:
http://www.boerne.com/carson/programs/commander

  Introduction:

 Commander v1.00 was written as beta for use by those that intend 
to use this software for personal use. When I was looking at my 
Windows 95 interface and noticed that just about everything required 
a "mouse click", I became frustrated because using the keyboard is 
much easier and accessable at times.  This program will allow the user 
to run as many programs as they would like using personal "aliases"; 
in this way, you will never again have to look for a .LNK icon or go to 
the Start/Programs Menu.  Now you can just switch to Commander, type in 
your alias, and run your program quickly and efficiently without much 
hassle at all.
 Commander v1.20 was written as an extension of v1.00 with several new 
features which greatly enhance the performance of Commander and enable 
it with several new abilities.
 Version 1.50 was coded purely to enhance the features of v1.20, without 
any real bux fixes. I felt that a few features such as how the aliases were 
displayed could be improved upon, and I added some new options which only 
make using commander all the much more enjoyable and easy.
 This is the Final Version of Commander.  After having recieved bug 
reports from various people and figuring out better ways to improve upon 
the code, I have finished the code for this program and am proud to offer 
it to the public in its completed version.

  Basic Commands from the Text Line:

 aliases	:	displays the "aliases" window
 exit		:	shuts down commander
 hide		:	hides commander

  Features of v1.00:

 + Quick use of personal aliases to run programs from a text line
 + Clean index of Alias, Paths, and Run Modes easily displayed in a list
 + If the path of an alias is invalid, then the alias is ignored
 + Multiple identical aliases are not permitted
 + Control + A displays the "aliases" window
 + Number of Aliases displayed in "aliases" window
 + Run Mode can be identified for program as follows:
	Normal
	Minimized
	Maximized

 Added/Fixed in v1.20:

 + Icon shown in tray
 + Left clicking icon in tray hides/displays commander
 + Right click icon in tray for popup menu
 + "help" window added
 + "help/about" windows close when <enter> is pressed
 + "Always on Top" feature added (control + t)
 + Took out "minimize" feature
 + Basic commands added: help, hide, notontop, ontop
 + Added 2 command line arguments:
	/t  program is run with "on top always" feature enabled
	/h  program is run hidden with icon in tray

 Added/Fixed in v1.50

 + Command line arguments were removed; they are no longer needed
 + Run on startup feature added
 + Run hidden feature added
 + Aliases now appear in one list box so that they align properly
 + Output file changed from a data file included with the program 
	to a simple ini file that is kept in the system directory
 + When adding aliases' paths, the find box will now automatically 
	start in the last place you searched in for quicker/faster 
	addition of aliases

 Added/Fixed in Final:

 + Fixed creation of excess temp files in Windows Temp Directory.
 + Reduced more programming code
 + Reduced the size of the program in kilobytes so that it would 
   be more easily available for download over the Internet.
 + Took out some basic commands, simplified use

  Closing Comments:

 This program has undergone beta testing and now in its completed version 
is available as shareware. I only ask for a simple $5 US Funds for this 
program.  If you feel that it is a must to have and very useful, then please 
register it. With this program, you can easily access all of your programs 
quickly by only typing a word.  Also, please feel free to distribute this 
program among your friends.  It would be greatly appreciated that you would 
Email me if you enjoy this program. Any feedback is always good to hear! 
I would like to thank those that have sent bug reports and comments to me 
because they were all appreciated and acted upon.

Remember: "Life is one huge inspiration, one thought at a time."

Copyright ©1996 Carson Weber - All Rights Reserved