InfoSpy v2.13 (01/18/95) InfoSpy is a general purpose Windows environment viewer allowing you view Heap, Tasks, Windows, Classes, Modules, File Handles, DOS and Memory Information. You can trace messages, stack and set up automatic timers to provide real-time tracing on virtually every aspect of Windows. InfoSpy has full task scheduling capability allowing you to schedule the execution of programs, Windows shutdown, Windows Restart, System Warmboot & Coldboot and the termination of any task. The DLL search utility will examine any local or network drive for all programs that reference DLLs in order to provide a list of unreferenced DLLs. In addition, all duplicate DLLs are displayed with an option to delete the duplicates. The ICON search will examine any file, directory or drive for files containing ICONS and will list them (and draw them) in a convenient list. You can copy any of the listed ICONS to the ClipBoard! Ver 1.xx was highly praised by shareware magazines and software reviews and was published in several books including "Byte Magazine's Programmer Cookbook for Windows" and WUGNET's "Windows Configuration Secrets" as a powerful,easy tool to inspect your Windows environment. InfoSpy now includes STRESS functions that let you use InfoSpy to really put the pressure on Windows and other applications. You can grab Global Heap, GDI Heap, User Heap, File Handles, Disk Space and Timers. There is also a function that continually does disk I/O to help simulate a busy disk. Real time tracing of stack, windows messages and serial comm ports has been added as well as IntelliLib (tm) technology that lets you customize InfoSpy by specifying with DLLs to load to add\remove functionality. Installation ============ To Install: From Program Manager Run A:SETUP You will be asked to Confirm your SOURCE directory. You will be asked to Confirm or change the InfoSpy Destination InfoSpy will require 800k on your hard drive and there are no memory or configuration requirements. Registration ============ Send $14.99 to Dean Software Design P.O. Box 13032 Mill Creek, WA 98082-1032 Canadian/Mexican orders please add $1.00 for postage. Orders from all other countries please add $2.00 for postage. Please use the Registration form found under the "Registration Information" menu option of InfView. See the "Disclaimer / Registration Agreement" for multiple copy and site license registration. You can also register on CompuServe's SWREG forum: registration id 1846 ** What is your incentive to register? There is now an annoying splash screen that appears when starting the unregistered version as well as the word generously placed througout the program. The code size of the registered version is 50k smaller too! We had to add these features since we were getting lots of support calls from people who had not registered. In other words, you get support when you register! ** Version History =============== Ver 2.13 - Added logic to prevent multiple copies of InfoSpy from being run, gives message to user if a copy is already loaded. - Increased IntelliLib capabilities to search for hanging copies of InfoSpy DLLs, and if it finds any it will unload them prior to loading new copies. - Added Startup status screen indicating what is being loaded, this will help in determining whether InfoSpy is hanging on certain systems... and where! - Changed File Manager library to load the INFVUGBL.DLL for status and progress boxes rather than having its own code. - Added warning dialog to the Comm spy telling the user that their Comm program needs to load before the Comm spy. - Updated DLL parameters for INFNWDLL to help prevent 'Undefined Dynalink'. Ver 2.12 - Added ICON search library - INFICDLL.DLL. Provides functionality to search files, directories and drives for files containing Icons and then displays them in a list box. Can copy icons to clipboard. - Moved DLL search function to the Icon search library - INFICDLL.DLL. - Added Disk Cloning to the File Manager function. This lets you copy entire diskettes in a single pass and the copy them back to several target diskettes without re-reading the Source Diskette. Can also maintain Source Diskette images on disk for future retrieval. - Status Line now has a running clock with seconds. (many users requested it). This replaces the clock that would show in the Title bar of monitoring windows. - Button Bar now uses BALLOON HELP (cutting edge!!). Each time your mouse passes over a button a little balloon appears with help regarding the button. It may add 10k to the code but it sure looks good! - the Default File Viewer field on the min File Manager setup dialog now scrolls horizontally and holds up to 60 chars. Ver 2.11 - Standarized all dialogs to use HELV 8pt Font. - Added new option to configuration to allow InfoSpy to be started as an Icon. - Corrected DOS Memory Alarm that was triggering too early, may still trigger early depending on DOS memory reserve. - Added new options to configuration to use password to either maximize InfoSpy from an Icon or Close InfoSpy. Includes Password entry screen and password encryption method. - New option on ACTION menu to LOCK TERMINAL. This will show the InfoSpy password dialog and will prevent all work on the terminal until the password is entered. - Added our mini-File Manager to the ACTION menu and the INTELLILIB choices. This file manager has most functionality of the Windows File Manager but is compact and easy to use. - Corrected the FILE - EXIT menu option so it would work when there were no open InfoSpy windows. - Added option to DLL Search to let you search multiple drives in one search pass. Has option to prompt for each drive. - Updated Status Line text for menu & button bar items, updated a few button bar images. - Upgraded ALARMS so that they will automatically Reset themselves if the alarm level goes back above the setting you specified, allows Alarms to go off and reset without user intervension. - Changed NETWORK and FILE MANAGER DLL libraries to load above the 1 meg mark, freed an additional 25k of DOS memory! Ver 2.10 - Stress Menu was corrected so that it does not grey when disabled, instead it is actually removed from the menu bar. - Added System Scheduler, including: Intellilib Option, Popup Menu, Start & Stop menu functions and full task scheduling capability including Executing Programs, Task Shutdown, Windows Shutdown and System Reboot. - Fixed Continuous Disk I/O Stress problem which allowed it to only run once. - Fixed Grab DOS Memory Stress problem which occasionally gave RTE 201. - Corrected Grab USER Resources bug that displayed confirmation message twice. - Made Auto-Refresh counter seperate from Schedule & Alarm timers to prevent tie ups. - The MDI list of open windows now shows up under the FILE menu instead of WINDOW. We had to move it since our menus are dynamic and the MDI interface is not flexible. - Will not allow APPLICATION SUMMARY and STACK TRACE for InfoSpy, caused some GPFs. - Updated Alarms function so that it will activate automatically when InfoSpy is loaded. - New Alarms menu function lets you Start & Stop the alarms dynamically. Ver 2.08 - Address change for Dean Software Design, corrected name to 'InfoSpy'. - Remove references to InfView which was sold to NEOSOFT. - Fixed Mem Usage by Task bug that would not reset the memory usage counters before next usage. - Added new function to Search your system for DLLs, also inspects All EXE, DLL,VBX & DRV files for any DLLs they might reference and then reports on DLLs that are referenced and unreferenced as well as duplicate DLL files. Ver 2.07 - New function under ACTION to let you put any running task ON TOP of all other tasks. Select task from task list, can be used multiple times to put multiple tasks on top. - Added 'View CMOS' to the SYSTEM menu. Dumps $63 bytes of CMOS. (in INFDSDLL.DLL) - Added 'Save CMOS' and 'Restore CMOS' options to the ACTION menu. These options let you save your CMOS settings to a file or restore them from a file. (in INFDSDLL.DLL). - Created standalone RESTCMOS.EXE program which is run from DOS line to restore CMOS from a saved file. - Added Cold Boot option to the ACTION menu. Cold boot acts like powering off\on your system and resets memory. - The Font selection for InfoSpy windows is now saved to the INFORMER.INI file and is loaded whenever InfoSpy is executed. Disclaimer - Registration Agreement =================================== Users of InfoSpy must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "InfoSpy is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of InfoSpy." InfoSpy is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using InfoSpy and continue to use InfoSpy after a reasonable trial period, you must make register it! The registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. Commercial users of InfoSpy must register and pay for their copies of InfoSpy within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Dean Software Design. In general, multiple copies of InfoSpy can be registered at the following rates: 1 - 10 copies: $ 14.99 per copy 11 - 20 copies: $140.00 + $14.00 per copy over 10 21 - 50 copies: $260.00 + $13.00 per copy over 20 51 - 100 copies: $600.00 + $12.00 per copy over 50 101+ or site licenses, call us at (206)210-3493! Anyone distributing InfoSpy for any kind of remuneration must first contact Dean Software Design at the indicated address for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering InfoSpy immediately (However Dean Software Design must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of InfoSpy). You are encouraged to pass a copy of InfoSpy along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registers user receive free technical support for 90 days from the date of registration. Also all registered users receive a free upgrade (on request excluding a $1.00 shipping charge) to the next version of this program when that version becomes available. To report bugs, receive help and bug fixes please send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to: Dean Software Design [75240,65] or, if you do not have access to CompuServe, write to us! Definition Of Shareware ======================= Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. 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