///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Welcome to File Manager Toolbar! // // the File Manager Extender // for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11 // and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11 // // Version 2.18 // // Last updated: December 12, 1994 // // Copyright (c) 1994, ChaoSoft. // All rights reserved. // // _______ // ____|__ | (R) // --| | |------------------- // | ____|__ | Association of // | | |_| Shareware // |__| o | Professionals // -----| | |--------------------- // |___|___| MEMBER // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// U S E R I N F O R M A T I O N -------------------------------- This file contains introductory information regarding FM Toolbar. STOP! IMPORTANT NOTE 1: Before reading any further, please verify that you have a complete set of the files originally included in the FM Toolbar package. The list of the files may be found in the VENDINFO.DIZ file, supplied with the package. If any file listed in the VENDINFO.DIZ file, or the VENDINFO.DIZ file itself, is missing, then the package is not complete and its further use or distribution is PROHIBITED. Please contact us at the address at the end of this file to obtain a complete package of the software. IMPORTANT NOTE 2: Please read Chaosoft License Agreement, which may be found in the VENDINFO.DIZ file, supplied with the package, before using this software. By using FM Toolabr you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of that agreement. TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- 1. Introduction 1.1. About FM Toolbar 1.2. What's new in this version 1.3. How to use the documentation 1.4. This is Shareware: Try Before You Buy! 2. Installing FM Toolbar 2.1. Using SETUP utility 2.1.1. How to quickly try out this program 2.1.2. Installing on a hard disk or network drive 2.1.3. Uninstalling FM Toolbar 2.2. Registering your copy of FM Toolbar 2.3. Manual installation/deinstallation 3. Getting technical support /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 1. INTRODUCTION // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 1.1 About File Manager Toolbar ----------------------------- FM Toolbar is an extender of File Manager for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11, and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11. Chaosoft Toolbar is an attractive alternative to the native Windows toolbar. Fully user- customizable, it provides about twice as many buttons, support for MS Tools, handy 'tooltips' for novice users (a'la toolbar for Word and Excel). "File Manager Toolbar brings the most basic Windows element - the toolbar - to File Manager, giving you one-touch response to common tasks ... one simple answer to the problem ... nifty little program ... it's worth the download." - Computer Shopper, 11/94 FM Toolbar is a great timesaver. Statistics shows that toolbar for File Manager is one of two main reasons why individual users of Windows 3.1 upgrade to Windows for Workgroups (the other reason is slightly improved performance). FM Toolbar is an alternative, effective and inexpensive way to upgrade your system. FM Toolbar will save you a great deal of time! With FM Toolbar your will work with File Manager easier and faster. Try it - You won't believe how you were able to work without FM Toolbar. The way software should be! 1.2. What's new in the current version ---------------------------------- - ability to customize (add/remove buttons) added; - tooltips a'la toolbar for Word or Excel implemented; - documentation revised and updated; - more registration options introduced, including 'bill me later'; Bug(s) fixed: "Undefined function AllocPtr in module CSL*.DLL" Ver.1.7: - You can set up your own word instead of 'Toolbar' in the main menu; Ver.1.6 : - A compatibility with NDW problem resolved. - Documentation updated. Ver.1.5 : - New SETUP utility - you can activate/deactivate FM Toolbar whenever you wish; you can quickly take a look at the software without actually installing it onto a hard disk or network drive; etc. - Completely updated documentation; on-line context-sensitive Help; new command 'Register/Unregister'. No changes to previous code made since no bugs were found or reported! Ver.1.0 : The first release of the software. If you have registered any previous version of the FM Toolbar, you can upgrade to the current version FREE. To register your copy of FM Toolbar, use the same Registration Code as you used for Ver 1.0 1.3 How to use the documentation -------------------------------- Complete information about FM Toolbar, including the installation procedure, how to get updates, how to register your copy, troubleshooting hints, answers to frequently asked questions, etc., is available in Windows Help format, file FMTB.HLP. If you have already installed FM Toolbar, access the information by choosing Toolbar | Help from File Manager menu. Or, double click the 'FM Toolbar Help' icon in the 'FMToolbar' program group created after automatic installation. Or, choose command 'Run' from Program Manager or File Manager main menu, and enter the full name (including complete path) of the FMTB.HLP file. For example, if you have placed the FM Toolbar files into directory C:\TEMP on your hard disk, enter the following string in the 'Run' dialog box: C:\TEMP\FMTB.HLP and click OK button. Yet another way to view the file is to open the directory window with the File Manager and double click filename FMTB.HLP with the mouse. 1.4. THIS IS SHAREWARE: TRY BEFORE YOU BUY ! -------------------------------------------- This is NOT free or public domain software. This is SHAREWARE, i.e., copyrighted software which you can "try before you buy". You may try the program for an evaluation period of up to 14 days. After that time, you are required to purchase the software through registration or else discontinue its use. (Please read the License agreement in 'FM Toolbar Help' for details). Unregistered copies of our products are 100% fully functional. We make them this way so that you can have a real look at them, and decide whether they fit your needs or not. If you continue using our software beyond the evaluation period, we expect you to pay for it. Our entire business depends on your honesty. We feel that if we treat you right, you will treat us right. When you pay for the shareware you like, you are voting with your pocketbook for the future of computer industry - high quality software which you can try before you buy. Your payment will encourage us to bring you more of the same kinds of products. About Registration Reminder: --------------------------- Sometimes when you start File Manager, the registration reminder screen is displayed. This is the ONLY difference between registered and unregistered versions of the FM Toolbar (unless you've obtained a newer version of the software from us, of course). When you register FM Toolbar, we provide you with a unique registration code which can be used to suppress the registration reminder screen. WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTER Chaosoft Toolbar ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. A personal Registration Code, allowing you to remove the registration reminder and put your name in the 'About' screen. 2. Disk with the latest version of FM Toolbar and other Chaosoft products. 3. The privilege to be personally informed about new major releases of the FM Toolbar and other software products from ChaoSoft. 4. FREE upgrades to new versions of FM Toolbar. 5. FREE 90-day customer support through electronic or regular mail. 6. FREE BONUS: a 800x600x256, 3-dimensional, ray-traced (very impressive!) *.bmp image of ChaoSoft's logo (may be used as wallpaper on your Windows desktop). REGISTERING FM Toolbar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may register your copy of FM Toolbar with a check or Eurocheck, money order, cash, etc. Major credit cards accepted. You may also register via CompuServe (GO SWREG, ID#2950). 'Bill me later' payment option is also available. To register, please choose 'Register...' from the 'Toolbar' submenu of File Manager and follow instructions. Alternatively, you may run REGISTER.EXE, supplied with the package, with the same effect. This program will lead you through the registration process and print out the order form for you! To register under site license arrangement, please use an order form from the REGISTER.TXT file. The latter contains also an order form for a disk with the latest version of the software. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 2. INSTALLING File Manager Toolbar // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Unlike most other Windows applications, FM Toolbar is not a stand-alone program; there is no special executable file you would run to start the FM Toolbar. To use FM Toolbar, all you need is to properly install it, and it will run automatically every time you run File Manager. 2.1. Using Setup utility ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FM Toolbar comes with convenient and flexible SETUP utility. Use SETUP if you want to temporarily activate/deactivate the software or install it onto your hard disk or network drive for permament use. 2.1.1. HOW TO QUICKLY TRY OUT THE SOFTWARE ------------------------------------------ If you obtained FM Toolbar on a diskette or CD-ROM and want to take a look at the utility without installing it onto your hard disk, run SETUP.EXE from the FM Toolbar directory on the diskette or CD-ROM and choose the 'Activate' button when prompted. - to run SETUP.EXE, choose File | Run from main menu of Program Manager or File Manager and type into the 'Run' dialog box: A:\TOOLBAR\SETUP.EXE (assuming that the diskette is inserted into the 'A' floppy drive) After that, run File Manager. You should see a new item in the main menu, Toolbar (If there is no such an item, FM Toolbar has not been activated; see information below in this file for possible reasons.) Of course, be sure that the diskette or CD with FM Toolbar is available during the loading of File Manager! Now, if you see that FM Toolbar is not what you need, just run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Deactivate' button. Your system will forget all about FM Toolbar! On the other hand, if you want to give the program a longer try and wish to install it onto your hard disk or network drive, choose the 'Install' button when SETUP.EXE prompts you. Please see the next section for more information. 2.1.2. Installing on a hard disk or network drive ------------------------------------------------- If you have already copied all the files from the FM Toolbar package onto your hard disk (for instance, you have extracted the files from an archive), run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Activate' button. If you don't have the FM Toolbar files on the hard disk, choose 'Install' button instead. Then, enter the path to the directory where you want FM Toolbar to be installed. In this case, SETUP.EXE will copy all the files to the new location and then activate them. In addition, you will be prompted to create a separate program group for FM Toolbar. It's not essential to have such a group, but it may be convenient. In any case, the last word is yours! 2.1.3. Uninstalling FM Toolbar ----------------------------- To prevent File Manager from loading and using FM Toolbar, run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Deactivate' button. If you decide to start using FM Toolbar later on, run SETUP.EXE and choose 'Activate'. Otherwise, to completely remove FM Toolbar from your system, deactivate it with the SETUP.EXE utility (see above) and remove all the files from directory on your hard disk or network drive where you have installed FM Toolbar. In addition, delete program group 'FMToolbar' from the Program Manager, if your created it during installation. 2.2. Registering your copy of FM Toolbar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes, FM Toolbar displays a registration reminder, and the "About FM Toolbar" screen reads 'Unregistered copy'. If you have registered FM Toolbar and obtained your personal Registration Code from us, you may use it to prevent the registration reminder from being displayed and enter your name in the 'About FM Toolbar' screen. Choose 'Register' from the 'Toolbar' submenu of File Manager and when a dialog box pops up, enter your name (exactly as it appears in your Registration Acknowledgment) and the Registration Code. Be sure to enter your name EXACTLY as it's written in the Registration Acknowledgment, including all the spaces, punctuation, and entering letters in proper case (upper or lower). If you wish your name to be spelled differently, please let us know and we'll assign a new registration code. 2.3. Manual installation/deinstallation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If the automatic installation fails for any reason, you may install FM Toolbar manually as follows: 1. Create a directory for FM Toolbar on your hard disk, say C:\TOOLBAR, and copy all the files from the FM Toolbar installation disk into that directory. If you obtained the FM Toolbar files compressed in an archive, extract all the files from it. 2. Close File Manager. 3. Open file WINFILE.INI for editing (using Notepad or any other text editor). This file is located in the WINDOWS directory on your hard disk (or the directory you specified when installing Windows). Please note: the file you need is WINFILE.INI, *not* WIN.INI. Find the section [AddOns] in this file and enter the following string right after the string [AddOns]: FM Toolbar=C:\TOOLBAR\FMTB.DLL (or specify the directory you copied FM Toolbar's files into, if other than TOOLBAR). The resulting portion of the WINFILE.INI should look like this: ... [AddOns] FM Toolbar=C:\TOOLBAR\FMTB.DLL ... (... means other lines of the file). Save the file. 4. Run File Manager. If the installation has been completed successfully, you should see a new menu item, Toolbar, among the other items of the File Manager's main menu. If you cannot see the Toolbar item in the main menu of File Manager, an error has occurred. Please verify that you have done all the steps above, and, in particular, have specified the correct path in the [AddOns] section of the WINFILE.INI file. Also, make sure that the files have not been corrupted when they were copied onto your hard disk (Each file should be the same size as each file on the installation diskette) To manually uninstall FM Toolbar: 1. Close File Manager and remove the line 'FM Toolbar=...' from the WINFILE.INI file (using Notepad, for example). After that, when you restart File Manager, FM Toolbar will not be loaded. If you decide later to start using FM Toolbar again, type the string 'FM Toolbar=...', specifying the complete DOS path to the FMTB.DLL file, in the [AddOn] section of the WINFILE.INI file. The following steps should be completed only if you wish to remove the FM Toolbar from your system permanently: 2. Delete all the files from the directory on your hard disk where you installed FM Toolbar; 3. Delete program group 'FMToolbar' in the Program Manager window, if there is one. We hope you'll change your mind! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 3. Getting customer support // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Please check out the on-line Help to the FM Toolbar (i.e. choose Toolbar | Help from File Manager main menu). In particular, it contains a section 'Frequently Asked Questions' and you may find the answer there! Otherwise, if you have any questions or suggestions regarding FM Toolbar, we would like to hear from you. You can contact us by e-mail at: 74634.2173@compuserve.com or directly by CIS mail at: 74634,2173 or by calling Evergreen BBS (14.4K), (207)947-0016, login under your real name, please leave a message for Andrei Belogortseff in the 'Chaosoft Support' area or by writing to us at: Technical Support ChaoSoft P.O.Box 43 Old Town, ME 04468-0043 Thank you for using Chaosoft products! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ChaoSoft(tm) and ChaoSoft's logo are trademarks of ChaoSoft. Microsoft(R) is a registered trademark, and Windows(tm) and Windows for Workgroups(tm) are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other product names may be registered or unregistered trademarks / tradenames of their respective owners.