NavRoad User Guide

Offline HTML Browser - User Guide

How to view web pages offline
Setup your own homepage
Switch on/off NavRoad Menu Options
Use NavRoad as your default HTML Viewer (Windows 95 users)
Config NavRoad to automatically launch helper applications, play Multimedia files, or copy files
Config NavRoad to launch your favourite HTML Editor/Application
Setup NavRoad Window
Setup Kiosk mode
Config NavRoad's Directory Buttons
Save INI files in another directory
Distribute NavRoad on CD-ROM/Floppy

How to view web pages offline

To view web pages offline, you must have saved the web pages on your floppy/hard disk first. Most browsers allow the saving of web pages via File | Save as. However, in most cases your browser will save only the text of the page for you. NetScape users can save an inline image by clicking the right mouse button on the image.

Setup your own homepage

You can start NavRoad with a blank page, or a homepage of your choice.
To setup your homepage, simply goto Options | Home Page. Select the option - 'Start NavRoad with Home Page', and assign the HTML file you want to use as your homepage to the 'Home Page Location' field.

NavRoad can also automatically re-load your homepage when there is no user activity (like a screen saver). To use this feature, please check the 'Load Home Page after..' box, then set the period of idle time (in seconds) NavRoad will wait before re-loading the homepage.

Switch on/off NavRoad Menu Options

You can disable/enable NavRoad's functions to suit your particular needs.
Menu options are stored in the file - "nraccess.ini", under the section [ADVANCE]

The initial setting of NavRoad is to show all menu options,

[ADVANCE]
ALL_ENABLED=1

Remove this line and you will see how NavRoad can protect your work by hiding options from users.

To selectively enable your menu options, please remove the above line, and then add the following lines under the [ADVANCE] section to enable each menu item:

HTML_OPEN=1			-- Enable [File Open]
XP_PLAIN=1			 -- Enable [Export file as plain text]

You will receive instructions on other switches (Edit, Save, Print, Helper Application, Bookmark, Homepage, Directory Button, Search Engine Defaults, Close) upon registration.

Royalty-Free license user will also be able to change NavRoad's default window title.

Use NavRoad as your default HTML Viewer (Windows 95 users)

First, open up the Win95 Explorer.
Choose View | Options | File Types.
Double click on the .htm or .html file type. (Often they are the same association)
Choose the NEW button and type in the command "View with NavRoad."
Then select the NavRoad.exe application to associate them.
Close all dialog boxes and that's it!

Config NavRoad to automatically launch helper applications

You can link Sound Files, Animation Files, and Images to NavRoad. Once you have assigned a helper application to a file type, NavRoad will launch that application automatically when the user clicks on a hot-spot which links to the particular file type.
Choose Options | Helper Applications.
Type the extension name of the file type in the field "File extension."
Click on the [Open File] icon to locate the helper application for this file type, include parameters:
e.g., Use media player to play .WAV files
File Extension: wav
Application: mplayer /play
If you check the "SAVE AS" option, instead of launching a helper application, NavRoad will display a "SAVE TO" dialog box, which allows the user to copy the file to another directory.

Config NavRoad to lauch your favourite HTML Editor/Application

Choose Options | Helper Applications.
For the field "TOOL BUTTON" click on the [Open File] icon to locate the HTML Editor.
Depends on your needs, you can assign other program to this Tool Button.

Setup NavRoad Window

If NavRoad's Window is too small for you, it can be resized. You can also position the Window anywhere on your screen, or set it to the maximum Window size. After you make those changes you can choose [Save Options] from the "Options" menu.

Setup Kiosk Mode

Goto [Options], switch off ToolBar, Directory Buttons, Menu Bar, Location, and Status Bar.
You will receive a switch upon registration which is to be added to NRACCESS.INI. This switch will prevent user from closing and resizing the applications' window.

Config NavRoad's Directory Buttons

NavRoad allows you to set up your own directory buttons - i.e., you can change the captions on buttons, and assign your own files to those buttons. To set up directory buttons, click on the ICON beside the rightmost directory button.

Save NavRoad.ini in another directory

NavRoad.INI stores information about NavRoad's settings. If you would like to place this file in a directory other than the default (the same directory as the exe file), please add the following lines to NRACCESS.INI:

NavRoad.INI - Contains users' preferences about using NavRoad.
NRACCESS.INI - Contains access options and registration info.

[APPINFO]
INIPATH=/yourdirectoryname/

Distribute NavRoad on CD-ROM/Floppy

You must include the following two files:
- 16bit: NAVROAD.EXE & ILIB31HT.DLL
- 32bit:NROAD32.EXE & ILIB95HT.DLL
There is no difference between 16bit & 32bit version of NavRoad, except 32bit version supports long filenames. If not all your users are using Windows 95/NT, you should also distribute the 16bit version, for those Windows 3.1x users.
If you distribute files on CD-ROM, or a read-only floppy, you should stop user from saving their preferences to the same disk. You can do this by:
- Save NavRoad.INI in another directory, as explained above.
- Hide the [Options] menu from you user - see above
Register user of roylaty-free license will receive a switch to replace the 'NavRoad' title with their own title

NavRoad Features
Registration Info
HomePage: http://netvigator.com/~godfreyk/NavRoad/
Email: godfreyk@netvigator.com