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Table of Contents

Author's Title Screen

Adding New Icons

Removing Icons

Table of Contents

Changing Icons Positions in Toolbar

Icon

Toolbar

Garbage Can

Exit Windows

Drag and Drop

Restart Windows

What do the buttons do?

Shell to DOS

MS-DOS Prompt

General Information

Add Button

Reset Button

Exit Button

DLL File Type

EXE Filetype

Errors and How to Fix them

ERROR:  Default Settings not Loaded

ERROR:  Default Settings not Saved

ERROR:  Loading Icons

ERROR:  Loading Program's EXE

ERROR: DDE

Acknowledgments and About the Author

logo

Readme.txt

System Information

Screen Saver

Toolbar Setup


Author's Title Screen
Toolbar

(This program was written by Alexander Black using Visual Basic V3.0 Standard Edition.)

This toolbar is a windows application designed to make finding and running windows applications easier.  5 icons have been provided with premade functions like Exit Windows.

*NB*

Throughout this Help file, color and underlining plays a very important role in providing extra information.  If at any time you click on the wrong word, or would like to retrace your steps, press on the button BACK on the button bar at the top of the help screen.

1)  All words to be typed by the user are in dark red.  Example: Type win

2)  All keys to be pressed are in bright red.  Example:  Press ALT-TAB

3)  Any extra information on a word or button is in green with a .  Example:  Toolbar

4)  Any related topics are in green with a solid underline.  Very similar to 3) found above.  Example: Adding Icons

5)  Most Acronyms are defined in the following format:  DOS stands for Disk Operating System

Table of Contents.


Table of Contents
Toolbar Table of Contents

1)  Take me to Setup

2)  Take me to Adding New Icons to Toolbar

3)  Take me to Removing Icons from Toolbar

4)  Take me to Changing Icons' Positions

5)  Take me to What do the Buttons and Icons do?

6)  Take me to General Information

7)  Take me to Errors and How to Fix them!

8)  Take me to Acknowledgments and About the Author

9)  Take me to Readme.txt and Registration Information


Toolbar Setup

The Setup window lets you do three things:

1)  Make Toolbar Autoload.  This means that toolbar will automatically load itself each time you run Windows!

2)  Make Toolbar Stay On Top.  This means that Toolbar is alwasy visible.  It will put itself on top of applications that you run so it is easily accessible!

3)  Change Toolbar's Position.  There are four automatic postions that Toolbar can adopt.  Bottom of the screen, Top of the screen, left side of the screen and the right side of the screen.


Adding New Icons to the Toolbar
Adding New Icons to Toolbar

How to add new Icon to the Toolbar

1)  Press the Add button on the right hand side of the toolbar

2)  Choose a group from the first list box.  For example, if you wanted to add a program from the group 'Main' then you would pick that as your group.

3)  Now choose the program you want from the second, lower, list box.

4)  Then Drag the icon of the program you have chosen over top of an empty space in the Toolbarand then drop the icon.

To add Toolbar Functions, I.e. Exit Windows, or the Garbage Can, select Toolbar Buttons as your group. Then follow steps 2 to 4 above.


Removing Icons from Toolbar

How to remove Icon from the Toolbar

Either Press the Right Mouse Button on the icon you would like to remove OR:

1)  Make sure there is a Garbage Can icon on the toolbar.

2)  If there isn't then Add it to the toolbar.

3)  Drag the icon you want to remove, over top of the garbage can. Then drop it!


Changing Icons Positions in Toolbar

How to Move an icon to a new position on the toolbar:

1)  First, make sure that there is an empty space on the toolbar to move your icon to.  If there isn't remove an icon.

2)  Then drag the icon over top over the empty space and drop it!

How to Switch Two icons' positions:

1)  Drag the first icon you want to switch over the second icon you want to switch.

2)  Drop the first icon onto the second icon!  They will have switched!


What do the Buttons and Icons do?

The Icons found on the Toolbar

1)  Exit Windows

2)  Restart Windows

3)  Shell to DOS

4)  Garbage Can

5)  System Info

6)  Screen Saver

The Command Buttons found on the Toolbar

1)  The Add Button

2)  The Reset Button

3)  The Exit Button


Errors and How to Fix them

Common Place errors in Toolbar

1)  Default Settings not Loaded.  Error #1

2)  Default Settings not Saved.  Error #2

3)  Error loading Icons.  Error #3

4)  Error loading Program's EXE.  Error #4

5)  Error DDE.  Error #5


General Information

To Find out info on a particular icon on the Toolbar, press the middle mouse button!

List of files included with Toolbar and what they do:

1)  Toolbar.dll

This file is a DLL that contains several icons used by Toolbar for it's functions.  If you wish to change the appearance of the functions do so with care.  A new toolbar.dll file must be created, with the correct number of new icons and must be put in the correct directory where Toolbar.dlll was found.  EXPERTS ONLY.

2)  Toolbar.exe

This file is and EXE that is the backbone of the Toolbar program.  Do not change or remove this file!

3)  Toolbar.hlp

This is the file that provides the On-line Help you are reading now.

4)  Vbrun300.dll

This is another DLL file that is required by ALL Visual Basic 3.0 applications.  Without it Toolbar and other Visual Basic Applications cannot be used.

5)  Toolbar.ini

Toolbar uses this file to store the icons and programs that you have put into the Toolbar so that next time toolbar is used, it can remember what you put into the Toolbar.  This is a standard Windows INI file so it may be edit if you wish.  Do so with care!

Extra Information

1)  This program ONLY works with Windows 3.1 and Program Manager.  It does not work with Pctools Desktop for Windows or Norton Desktop for Windows.  It has not been tested with Windows for Workgroups.


Acknowledgments and About the Author

The Author is Alexander Black.  I am 16 years old and am in Grade 11.  This is my first Visual Basic program that amounts to anything and I would really like your feedback.  If you have any comments please leave mail to:  CIS Heather Allen 73043,3364

I would like to thank Rick Esterling, Johnathan Wood and Paul M. Cohen and all the others on the Compuserve Visual Basic forum for answering all of my questions and helping me a lot.  I would also like to acknowledge that the DDE work was inspired by VBLaunch V1.0 Written by Jeff Simms who can be contacted at: CIS Jeff Simms 72200,3173.

Finally, I used the HELLLP Windows Help File Maker.  It was written by Edward Guy who can be contacted at: CIS Edward Guy 71750,1036

Thanx Very Much


Readme.txt

TOOLBAR V3.0

This product is shareware.  It was written in Visual Basic v3.0 by Alexander Black!

If you like it, or find it useful, please register it.

By registering you will recieve the following:

1)  A Disk containing the latest version of toolbar

2)  The System Info icon will work. It will display system resources,disk space for each of your drives, CPU info, NPU info, windows info etc.

3)  Properties of the icons will be able to be changed by using the middle mouse button or a combination of left button and shift key.  Just like in Program Manager.  That way you can add programs to the toolbar without having to have them in Program Manager.

4)  Source code is included with the registered program .

To register Please send $15 to the following address

Alex Black

203 Kennedy St W

Aurora Ontario

L4G 2L9

Canada

Please include the following:

- 15$ (obviously)

- your name and address

- which size disk you would like to recieve toolbar on!

PLEASE REGISTER if you use TOOLBAR or you like it.


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Drag and Drop

Dragging and Dropping

Drag means to press and hold down on an icon, and then still holding the button, move the mouse.

Drop is what you do after dragging an icon.  To drop and icon, just release the mouse button while dragging!


Toolbar

A Toolbar is a box that contains icons to enable easier access to often used programs.


Add Button

The Add button, located on the right-hand side of the toolbar is used to Add new icons to the Toolbar.


Reset Button

The Reset Button, located on the right-hand side of the toolbar is used to fix either clear out the toolbar or fix any problems.  If for some reason you wish to start from fresh, or the default settings won't load, then press the Reset Button, and then reload the Toolbar.


Exit Button

The Exit Button, located on the right-hand side of the toolbar is used to Unload the toolbar from memory.  This is normally only used when errors have occurred during loading.


DLL File Type

DLL is an extension given to a specific type of file, usually related to Windows.  DLL stands for Dynamic Linked Library.  DLL's are used to store reusable code.  They are often used to make available extra functions and procedures to programming languages.  DLL's can also be used to store Icons.  Toolbar uses two DLL files: Vbrun300.dll and Tool-1.dll


EXE Filetype

EXE is an extension given to a file stating that the file can be EXEcuted.  This means the file's purpose is to load a program into memory or execute an application.  Toolbar uses one EXE called Toolbar.exe


ERROR:  Default Settings not Saved

Default Settings refers to the icons that appear on the Toolbar.  Any icons that are on the toolbar when toolbar is unloaded, are saved to a file:  Toolbar.ini so that they can be reloaded next time you use Toolbar.  This could be caused by the following:

- Full Harddrive.  Fix this by removing some software from your Hardrive.

- Somehow, the toolbar.ini file may have been write protected so that Toolbar can't save it's default settings.  This can be fixed by deleting the file Toolbar.ini through Windows File Manager.


ERROR:  Default Settings not Loaded

Default Settings refers to the icons that appear on the Toolbar.  Toolbar saves the icons and programs in a file called Toolbar.ini  Toolbar uses this to remember which icons you had on the toolbar last time you used it.  This error could be caused by the following things:

- The file has been Deleted.  If the Toolbar.ini has been deleted, then Toolbar will notify you upon loading Toolbar. To fix this, either undelete the file and reload Toolbar, or press the Reset Button on the Toolbar, and then reload it!

- The file has been damaged or altered.  If this happens, delete the file toolbar.ini, then load Toolbar, press the Reset Button and the reload toolbar!


ERROR:  Loading Icons

This error is caused when Toolbar has trouble finding on or more icons belonging to either the Toolbar Functions or icons added by you the user!  The error message should tell you which file to investigate.  This error could be caused by the following:

-  The file Toolbar.dll may have been damaged or deleted.  To fix this problem, replace the file from where you got it.

-  If you moved or deleted any applications whose icons' were in Toolbar, Toolbar won't be able to find there icons..  So you have to either delete the Add the icon again, or you will have to reinstall or move back the application in question.


ERROR:  Loading Program's EXE

This error is caused when Toolbarcan't find a Program's EXE file.  This could be caused by the following:

-  If you moved or deleted any applications whose icons' were in Toolbar, Toolbar won't be able to find there e-  If you moved or deleted any applications whose icons' were in Toolbar, Toolbar won't be able to find their EXE files..  So you have to either delete the Add the icon again, or you will have to reinstall or move back the application in question.


ERROR: DDE

This error is caused by Toolbar attempting to perform DDE (DDE Stands for Dynamic Data Exchange)  on a program other that Program Manager for Windows 3.1  The following programs fall under that category.  If you use any of the following programs instead of Windows 3.1 Program Manager, then Toolbar may not work.  The only way to fix this is to remove the program or upgrade/downgrade to Windows 3.1

- PCTools For Windows

- Norton Desktop for Windows

- Windows 3.0 or less

- WIndows for Workgroups 3.x

- Windows 4.x


Icon

An icon is a graphical or picture representation of an application or a function. Example:


Garbage Can

The Garbage Can is an icon used to remove other icons from the toolbar.


System Information
This Icon displays information about your system.  System Information is only available on the registered version of Toolbar.  It displays information about your CPU, NPU, diskdives, windows, resources and more.


Screen Saver
This icon runs your default screen saver.  To change the default screen saver, load Control Panel, found in the group 'main', and double click on the Desktop icon.


Exit Windows

This Icon exits windows!  Just like if you pulled down the file menu, (in program manager), and clicked on the exit button.


Restart Windows

This Icon restarts windows!  Just like if you pulled down the file menu, (in program manager), and clicked on the exit button and then type win to run windows again.  Use this if you just made a configuration change that requires windows to restart or if windows caused a GPF (GPF Stands for General Protection Fault ) or any program advised it.


Shell to DOS

This icon serves the same function as the MS-DOS Prompt icon in the group 'Main' of Program Manager.  When you press this icon, you are taken to the DOS Prompt.  You are still in Windows, but can use DOS.  To exit from the DOS Prompt, type exit.  To switch back to windows, press ALT-TAB.


MS-DOS Prompt

The MS-DOS Prompt is an icon found in the group 'Main' of Program Manager.  The MS-DOS Prompt is used to perform DOS functions without having to actually exit windows.  To return to Windows type exit.  To switch back to Windows press ALT-TAB


Unregistered Message

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HELLLP! is available as shareware from the Microsoft Word for Windows forum on Compuserve as the file HELLLP.EXE.  The author and copyright owner may be contacted at Compuserve ID 71750,1036.