DeskBar for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 Version 3.12 Copyright © 1994-1996 Burrell Software Enterprises All rights reserved. Introducing DeskBar ------------------- DeskBar is the consummate toolbar for your Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 desktop. More than just your average strip of buttons which launch your favorite programs, DeskBar has 9 special buttons which bring all of the exciting features of the Explorer shell to your bars. In addition, DeskBar can function just like the system taskbar by docking to any side of the screen and optionally autohiding. If you're like me, you've been collecting shareware and freeware applications that enhance your Explorer shell since the release of Windows 95. You've got a tray icon for starting your screen saver, one for changing your wallpaper, another one for quickly exiting Windows, yet another for allowing you access to your desktop icons should they be covered. You even have a program that lets you add tray icons at will to launch other programs (a toolbar in the tray, so to speak). After collecting this many of these utilities, your tray takes up 1/3 of the taskbar and your startup group runs 10 different applications. The system is lower on memory and slower for it. With DeskBar, you can ditch all of these applications, and their various shareware registration fees and nag screens, and settle on one utility to organize your desktop. Create a bar with shortcuts to your favorite Internet apps and websites; create one that has all of the items from the Start Menu on it; create another bar that has your Office applications and documents on it (to replace the buggy Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar). Dock one up top, another on the right. Float one along the edge. One has small icons, the others have large icons. The point here is that you have the ultimate desktop organization tool in DeskBar. Play with it, beat on it, and no doubt you'll end up agreeing that this utility is what you've been waiting for to enhance your computing experience! If you know anything at all about building software applications, you'll recognize that DeskBar is implemented with the latest techniques in building Windows applications. For all of its functionality, DeskBar tips the scales at under 500K, and makes tight, robust use of the C++ language and MFC class library. All of the buttons are based on an ActiveX control, and the bar itself is an ActiveX container. This means that as ActiveX heats up the Internet and your operating system, DeskBar will be there to host the fire. Installing DeskBar ------------------ This version of DeskBar Setup will install all the necessary DeskBar files onto your system. It does NOT include the required system DLL's, but it will check that they exist and notify you if you need them. If you do need them, you have 2 options: obtain the "full" version of DeskBar Setup to install them automatically, or obtain the ZIP file MFC42DLL.ZIP and install them by hand. Both of these files are available on my Web page. To begin the installation, run Setup.exe and follow the Setup Wizard's prompts. Setup will install the following files into your DeskBar destination folder: DESKBAR.EXE main program DBREMOVE.EXE DeskBar uninstall program DBCOMPS.OCX DeskBar components file DBSHLEXT.DLL DeskBar shell extension library DESKBAR.HLP help file DESKBAR.CNT help contents file SAMPLE.BAR sample bar LAYOUT95.LYT sample layout for Windows 95 LAYOUTNT.LYT sample layout for Windows NT4 DBTIPS.TXT tips file ORDER.TXT order form DeskBar will only run on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 and later versions. Note: These are the required system DLL's: MFC42.DLL v4.2.6256 Microsoft Foundation Classes library MSVCRT.DLL v4.20.6164 Microsoft Visual C++ runtime library OLEPRO32.DLL v4.2.6068 OLE property page library Uninstalling DeskBar -------------------- To uninstall DeskBar, run the "Add/Remove Programs" applet in Control Panel. Select "DeskBar" from the list and click the "Add/Remove" button. Registration ------------ DeskBar is built from the most advanced software technologies currently available, and will continue to improve as the technology moves forward. Your registration fee will help enable DeskBar to remain at the forefront of technology and make you more productive. As a registered user, you will receive: - A registration code that enables you to have unlimited bars and unlimited buttons. - Your name and organization on the splash screen and About page. - Free maintenance* releases. - Free technical support via e-mail. - An eager ear for your comments and suggestions for improvement. * Burrell Software Enterprises reserves the right to charge an upgrade fee for major new releases. The single user registration fee for DeskBar is $25.00 (US dollars). For site license arrangements, contact Burrell Software Enterprises. Ordering by check: To order by check, complete and send the completed order form ORDER.TXT and a check to the address below. Payment must be in US dollars drawn on a US bank, or you can send cashier's checks or international postal money orders in US dollars. Ordering by CompuServe: To have the registration fee added to your CompuServe bill, use the CompuServe command GO SWREG and follow the menus. DeskBar's CompuServe registration ID is 2220. Ordering by credit card: You can order with MC, Visa, Amex, or Discover from Public (software) Library by calling 800-2424-PsL or 713-524-6394 or by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by e-mail to 71355.470@compuserve.com. You can also mail credit card orders to PsL at P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705. DeskBar's PsL registration ID is 14896. THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY. THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM CANNOT BE REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS. Any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, non-credit card orders, etc, must be directed to Burrell Software Enterprises. Upon receipt of your registration fee, you will be sent your registration code, along with instructions for registering your copy of DeskBar. Invoices will be sent out on request. Contacting the Author --------------------- I can be reached at the following addresses: Patrick M. Burrell Burrell Software Enterprises 4718 Millhaven Dr. SE Kentwood, MI 49548 Web URL: www.iserv.net/~burrell Internet: burrell@iserv.net CompuServe: 71163,2001 Thank you for your interest in DeskBar, and I hope to thank you soon for your support!