InfoBar v1.1 Copyright (c) 1995 by Dale Nurden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoBar is a simple tool for Windows which conveniently and continuously displays useful information about the system, such as time, date, memory and free resources. InfoBar's display is completely customizablle, from the information it reports to the appearance it takes on the screen. Infobar is Freeware. That means it is provided to you free of charge for your unlimited use. You may freely redistribute InfoBar by any means and at any time, subject to the following conditions: * You may not derive any financial gain from such redistribution, except to offset the cost of duplication and media. * All the files in the original distribution package, as listed in this file, are included, in their original, unmodified form. * The author remains the sole copyright holder on InfoBar and its source code. This excludes modules, libraries and those parts of the source code which are already owned by other copyright holders and which are used with their permission or in accordance with their license agreement. InfoBar is provided as is, with no guarantees whatsoever. There is no deliberately destructive code, but I will not take responsibility for any damage or loss arising from the use of, misuse of, or inability to use InfoBar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installing InfoBar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following files should be included in the distribution package. If any are missing, please erase the entire package and obtain a new package from a more reliable source. FILE_ID.DIZ - Package description INFOBAR.EXE - The executable program INFOBAR.HLP - The help file in Windows Help format INFOBAR.INI - Initial configuration file (not required) README.TXT - This document CMDIALOG.VBX - Visual Basic Custom Control In addition, you need the file VBRUN300.DLL which is not included in this package to save space. If you cannot obtain this file from the same place you obtained InfoBar, please contact the author. If you are upgrading from a previous version of InfoBar, you can skip to the next section now. To install InfoBar, simply unzip the package into a suitable directory and then add INFOBAR.EXE to one of your Program Manager groups. You should then move INFOBAR.INI to your Windows directory (usually C:\WINDOWS). I didn't think it was worthwhile to build an installation program for such a simple task, and it would make the distribution package larger than necessary. To move INFOBAR.INI, type the following: copy infobar.ini c:\windows The file CMDIALOG.VBX is in fact a shared file which other programs may also use, and which may already exist on your computer. If it does, you can (and should) delete it from your InfoBar directory. You can type the following to see if it already exists: dir c:\windows\system\cmdialog.vbx dir c:\windows\cmdialog.vbx You may find it convenient to put InfoBar into your Startup group in the Program Manager to make sure it runs automatically when you start Windows. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrading from a Previous Version ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are already using a previous version of InfoBar, you should first close it using the 'Close' option on the program menu before going any further. To install this new version, simply copy the new files over the old ones wherever you have stored them. The configuration file (INFOBAR.INI) has changed a little, but InfoBar should be able to deal with that. You WILL have to reconfigure the size of the InfoBar, because it is now specified as a percentage of the screen size instead of as a fixed number of twips. Don't worry if you don't know what that means, just take my word for it - you will need to do a little reconfiguring. If all else fails, you can just delete the INFOBAR.INI file in your Windows directory and start over. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contacting the Author ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like InfoBar, please send me a postcard with your comments and suggestions. It's a great ego boost for me, inspires me to continue development of InfoBar, and really impresses my friends. You can contact me via Internet Email: dalen@goofy.iafrica.com You can send postcards to: Dale Nurden 14 Willow Crescent Pinetown 3610 South Africa --------------------------------------------------------------------------------