Copyright: Copyright ® 1994 Fred Marghem


Contents

Introduction

Welcome to the System Monitor tool !

This program was provided to give you feedback about system load : You can see in a second your available memory, the available space in the GDI and USER stacks, and the available space on your favourite disks.

Click on a topic below to display selected information

How system monitor Works

Keyboard

Registration

Disclaimer

Legal Copyright & Trademarks


Using System Monitor

How System Monitor Works ?

The System Monitor displays the following information

- The available memory : physical + virtual memory (swap file)

- The free space in the USER & GDI stacks (these 64Kb systems areas are used by Windows to store all the bitmaps, menus, tool-bars defined by the currently running programs. Having these areas quite full can give you "Insufficient memory" messages even if you have available memory). So keep an eye on these gauges and unload un-needed programs when these areas are below 20%

- The free and total space on up to 6 selected drives, including a percentage gauge. To modify the drives that are scanned, use the "Select Drive" button. Note that you can use the Shift and/or Ctrl keys to select more than on drive in the "Select Drive" window. Once the drives have been selected, you can save your settings using the "Save" button so that the selected drives are automatically scanned each time you start the System Monitor.

- When drives are selected, moving the mouse over a drive-line will display at the bottom of the screen the type of the drive (Floppy, Local, Removable, Network), the Volume Label (if any) and the Serial Number.

- If a drive fails or isn't present, System Monitor will not HALT but will display a "Drive Failure" warning.

- You can specify the interval between scan of drives, memory & system stacks using the "Update Interval" horizontal scroll bar. The interval can be set from 1 second to 1 min.

- When saving your current configuration, the programs also stores the current position of the program on your screen. This allows you to place the program window at a desired position and to remenber this position for further use. If you don't want the program to store the position of the window, press the SHIFT key when clicking on the "Save" button : The next time the program will be started, the window will be placed in the middle of the screen.

- Note that you can use the "MyComputer" menu item (in ? menu) to display some important characteristics of your system (Processor, Windows Mode, Windows version, MS-DOS version, and other items)


Keyboard

You can use the following keyboard shorcuts :

- Ctrl+D	Displays the "Select Drive" form
- Ctrl+S	Saves the current configuration
- Alt+F4	Ends the program


Registration

This program is distributed as a shareware and you might register if  you often use it. The price is ONLY US$ 5 (FIVE USD) , which is nothing at all !

When you register, you encourage the author in creating other tools or application software, you help him to buy new development tools. To register this software, please use Compuserve's SWREG on-line registration service. The registration fee will be charged to your Compuserve Account. The registration ID for "System Monitor" is XXXXX (not know by now - please check next upload).

Registered users will receive (by Compuserve Mail ONLY) 2 free Ms-Dos based system tools, will be informed of New Products and Updates and will have discounts for future products.

You can also buy the "full-installable" version
. US & Canada users : USD $12
. European users : USD $9
Additional price covers ONLY the S&H charges.
This release contains VBRUN300.DLL and a SETUP program that will assist you in installing the software. To receive this complete release, please mail me on Compuserve.

You can reach me by Compuserve Mail at CIS:100335,2307

Note : A French release will soon be available for French and Canadian/French users. Check for SysmonFR.ZIP in the same forum.

Thank you for using the System Monitor

Fred Marghem


Disclaimer

Warning ! Please read the following

This product has been extensively tested for reliability and stability.  We have made every effort to test this software under different conditions and different systems.

This software and the accompanying files are given "as is" and without warranties as to performance of merchantability or any other warranties whether expressed or implied.  Because of the various hardware and software environments in which "System Monitor" may be used, no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered.The user must assume the entire risk of using the program.


Copyright
Copyrights and Trademarks

"System Monitor" 	1995 - Fred Marghem CIS:100335,2307

Windows	Reg.Trademark of Microsoft Corp. Redmond, Wash
MS-DOS	Reg.Trademark of Microsoft Corp. Redmond, Wash

Needed files for this program to run

 These files should be placed in your Windows'System Directory

VBRUN300.DLL	Visual Basic 3.0 Runtime DLL
MBAR.VBX	VB Extension by Scott Stubbs
THREED.VBX	VB Extension
VBCTL3D.VBX	VB Extension by Bernd Beekes & Jeff Simms
SPACE.DLL	Windows DLL
DISKSTUF.DLL	Windows DLL by Doug Marquardt

Additional file
MONITOR.HLP	This Help File for System Monitor