OnTop II (TM) Copyright 1993, Phillips Design Shareware Version 2.21cs 9/27/93 You have just unzipped the latest version of OnTop II (tm), the easy to use window management tool from Phillips Design. OnTop grew out of necessity; as a programmer I often needed a DOS window or the Notepad handy. I also liked to run with full sized windows - so clicking off of Notepad or Calculator would make it disappear!! Improvements in this version of OnTop II... Two types of registration; buttons to end apps, invoke Program Manager, and simply GoTo... an app without making it OnTop. To install, just copy the two program files, ontop2.exe and otdos.pif, into your Windows directory. Next, start windows,and click on the group that you want to install OnTop II into. (Accessories is good.) From the Program Manager, choose File|New, then click OK on the default selection. A dialog box will appear; the description could be "OnTop II", or anything else you'd like to call it. The command line must be "ontop2.exe", preceded with a path if the program is not in the Windows directory. Choose OK and you're ready to run. (P.S. Don't include the quotes around file names!) Hint: You can replace taskman.exe with ontop2.exe; this will let you pop-up the OnTop II program by hitting the key combo. Rename the orginal taskman.exe just in case you need it later. Hint: Alternatively, you could make the following entry in the win.ini file found in your windows directory: load=ontop2.exe This will load OnTop II minimized as an icon when you run windows. Another hint: Drag the OnTop II icon into the Startup group to have the OnTop program automatically run. NOTE: There is a file called otdos.pif included with OnTop II. This is a Program Information File, that tells Windows how to run a DOS program. In this case the DOS program is simply a DOS window. You can use the Windows PIF Editor to change the settings in otdos.pif, if you don't like the way it came. You could also modify otdos.pif to start a DOS batch file that runs your favorite old DOS program... Our company... We design software for writers, journalists, etc. In August we released WriTrack (tm) for Windows, a manuscript tracking program for writers, photographers, etc. It keeps track of your progress on an item, reports if you've submitted that item to a publisher or contest, accounts for any income and expenses related to your career. Price is $49.95 PPD. Coming soon: WriTrack (tm) for DOS, WriTrack (tm) for Literary Agents. Registration... You must register OnTop II if you intend to continue using it beyond the 14-day trial period. Discounts available to corporations and institutions. To register this version of OnTop II, send $9.95 (plus $0.55 tax in Ohio). Lifetime registration is $14.95 ($0.83 tax in Ohio). This entitles you to use this and any subsequent shareware versions of OnTop, forever... Phillips Design 2726 Robert Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45211-8116 Phone: (513)661-4494 FAX: Same #, hit *12 on your touchtone phone. Methods: Visa, MasterCard, Personal Check, Money Order