TrayText 6.0c by MJM Software (UK) for Windows 95 / NT4 (see end of this readme.txt for version history) DESCRIPTION TrayText allows you to specify up to 14 autotext items (stock phrases or "boilerplate" text), available to any application by clicking the TrayText icon in the system tray. At the moment you may have your autotext or boilerplate text set up in your word-processor - but what about when you are using an e-mail program, a database or desktop publisher? How often have you wanted to insert a stock phrase into an application and had to type it because it was stored in another? It could be your address, your e-mail signature, even your name. TrayText is the simple answer. Up to 14 (3 in the unregistered version) of your favourite text items can be stored (up to 32kB each), and are then available to any application with two mouse-clicks. Left-click the TrayText icon in the tray, and a menu will appear showing the text items you have stored. Click the item you want and it will be "typed" in for you in the application you are using. Alternatively, open up the menu with a left-click then type the underlined number associated with the item to be inserted. There is a shortcut to the text stored as item number 1 - simply double-click the TrayText icon with the left mouse-button. You can store the phrase you use most often there, for ease of access. ** When you first run TrayText it is set up with one text item already stored. To see a demonstration of TrayText, run Notepad (or any word- processor), left-click the TrayText icon, then select item 1 which says "Run Notepad and click me!" (or just left double-click the icon). Then watch! ** A keyboard shortcut is available so that you can set up a combination of keys (eg Ctrl-Alt-T) which, when pressed, will bring up the left- click menu. Then type the number associated with the item you want and the text is inserted. Your hands have never left the keyboard! TrayText also has a useful spike feature for collecting text from different documents or applications ready to insert in another document or application. Different sets of text items may be stored as files with the type .ttt - thus different sets may be constructed for different purposes. When TrayText is started it uses the set which was in use when it was last run. The default which TrayText starts with is TrayText.ttt. With the registered version you can even run TrayText more than once - have several "instances" of TrayText, each with an icon in the tray, and each with a different set of text items. TIP: Because TABs and ENTERs can be included in a text item, TrayText can automate the filling in of many dialog boxes, forms, database fields or spreadsheet/table cells. For example, to fill in a password request dialog, make a text item with your name, a TAB, your password, and an ENTER. TrayText can then automatically type in your name, move to the next field, type the password, and select OK. [Note that TrayText must be in "Insert" mode for this to work.] See Help (run TrayText, right-click the icon in the tray and select "Help...") for detailed instructions. Also see context-sensitive help in the dialog boxes - click [?] on the title bar, then the area of the box you require help for. LIMITATIONS: Inserting or pasting text to an MS-DOS window is not supported. TrayText will detect the window title "MS-DOS Prompt" and inform you that it cannot insert to it, but if your MS-DOS window has a different title, TrayText will not insert or paste text as expected. Inserting or pasting text to a combo-box (edit control with a down arrow at the right to open a list) may not produce the required result. See Help for more information. TO INSTALL: TrayText is distributed in two forms; as a self-extracting .exe (which may be called traytx6c.exe), or as a .zip file (which may be called traytx6c.zip). If you have the .exe version, simply double-click it to run, and follow the setup instructions. If installing from the .zip file, copy all the files in the .zip file (TrayText.exe, TrayText.dll, TrayText.ttt, TrayText.hlp, TrayText.cnt, readme.txt, order.txt and file_id.diz) to a new folder; for convenience you could call this folder "TrayText". To run, double-click TrayText.exe. To set TrayText to run at startup, either choose "Yes" when given this option if installing from an .exe file, or create a shortcut for it in your StartUp folder, normally found at c:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. (Hint: Using the Explorer, right click and drag TrayText.exe; drop into the StartUp folder; choose "Create Shortcut Here" from the popup menu.) TO UNINSTALL: TrayText copies no other files, so to uninstall, simply remove the folder and files mentioned above. Or if you have installed using an .exe file, go to Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs, and select TrayText; or select the Uninstall icon in the TrayText program group. TO REGISTER: TrayText is a shareware program. When first run it displays: "Evaluation Version" and gives 3 text items and the Spike for a period of 28 days. After that it automatically becomes the "Unregistered Version" and has the same 3 text items available, but no Spike. If you wish to continue using TrayText after 28 days, you should register. The Registered Version gives 11 new text items, making 14 in total, and lets you keep the Spike feature. It also allows the possibility of multiple instances. You can convert to the Registered Version at any time by entering the registration number you will be given by mail or e-mail. Benefits of registering are: · 11 new text items, making 14 altogether. · The Spike feature - not available after 28 days - is kept / restored. · The possiblity of running more than one "instance" of TrayText at a time. · The welcome box which appears at startup (and daily after 28 days) can be turned off. · A sincere "Thank you" for supporting our efforts to develop quality software and offer it at a reasonable price. Registration covers this and any future versions of TrayText. Note that one registered copy of TrayText may be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers. Site licenses are available, as well as quantity discounts. You can register online using a credit card; the cost is 10 GB pounds - approximately 15 US dollars. For details go to the following World-Wide-Web page: http://www.mjmsoft.com/trayreg.htm You can also register via Compuserve; the cost is 15 US dollars. GO SWREG and quote Registration ID: 12821. Alternatively send: 10 GB Pounds (sterling/GBP) as cash, cheque, Eurocheque, (International) Postal Money Order or American Express Travellers Check, or 15 US dollars (USD) as cash or check drawn on a US bank, or if none of the above is possible, please calculate the equivalent of 15 GB Pounds and send as cash or check in your own currency; unfortunately the cost is greater because of high bank charges. Please make any checks payable to Martin McKean. You may use the form "order.txt" for convenience; include with the payment your name, address, and e-mail address (if applicable), and mail to the following address: Martin McKean 3 Johnsburn Road BALERNO Edinburgh EH14 7DN United Kingdom Whatever way you choose to register, upon receiving payment, a registration code will be sent or e-mailed to you. For further information write to the above address, or send e-mail to info@mjmsoft.com. FOR SUPPORT, FEEDBACK and FURTHER INFORMATION: Consult "Help..." first; there is a section there called "Answers to Common Questions". If you cannot find the answer there, send e-mail to: support@mjmsoft.com or MJM_Software@compuserve.com. This support is available to both registered and unregistered users. Or visit the MJM Software (UK) home page on the World-Wide-Web at: http://www.mjmsoft.com/ You will find there the latest version of TrayText, and the "companion" product to TrayText: TrayDay - date in the tray (date/calendar/counter utility); from v6.1 TrayDay can display a handy monthly calendar. DISTRIBUTION: You may distribute the unregistered version freely, but please make sure that TrayText.exe and the associated files are kept together - preferably in the original .zip or .exe file. If TrayText is to be distributed on a read-only medium such as CD-ROM, then it is strongly recommended that the self-extracting .exe file with Setup routine is used (it may be called traytx6c.exe), rather than the .zip file or individual uncompressed files. This is because (1) if the user tries to run TrayText directly from a CD-ROM it will give an error message because the text data file is read-only, and (2) if Explorer is used to copy the files to a hard drive the read-only attribute is preserved; TrayText will fix this, but it is preferable to use the .exe version. This can be downloaded via http://www.mjmsoft.com/traytext.htm. LICENSE - DISCLAIMER: Please see the accompanying file "license.txt" for details. Martin McKean MJM Software (UK) Copyright 1996, 1997 -------------- VERSION HISTORY: 6.0 Initial release dated October 17 1996 6.0a If TrayText was installed from a CD-ROM, Explorer copied the read-only attribute of the files; this meant that the program could not write to the file TrayText.ttt to store user text. Version 6.0a corrects this by removing the read-only attribute if it is found. Some internal program timings were lengthened to correct some copying and inserting problems reported by users with a slow system. Version 6.0a is also available as a self-extracting .exe file. 6.0b On selecting "New" to start a new .ttt file, and then "Cancel" from the resulting Setup dialog, the .ttt file being used immediately before pressing "New" is now restored (previously "Cancel" left the user with an empty .ttt file). 6.0c Bug which occurred if menu text entered with exactly 30 characters now fixed. Certain back-up programs would not back up the current .ttt file unless TrayText was closed; now fixed. TrayText remembers last file used when selecting "Exit"; now also remembered when TrayText is closed at the end of a Windows session.