SoftKBD 2.0 (Soft Keyboard) Copyright © 1991, 1992 George Leotti SoftKBD is Shareware and as such it is not free. If you find this program useful, I request a registration fee of $20. In return for your registration fee, I will send you a personalized registered version of SoftKBD, unlimited free support via mail or Email, and notices of upgrades. If you are an organization that wishes to use SoftKBD on more than one computer please contact me for registration details. Please send your registration to, or for information: George Leotti 416 S Elmwood AV Glenolden PA 19036-2327 CompuServe Email: 75616,1724 See SoftKBD's on-line help to print out a registration form, or, Include your name and address, version of SoftKBD you have, and disk size with your registration. I will accept a check, drawn on a US. bank, or a USPS money order only. Registrations received in non-US funds will be rejected. Thank you! I have never and will never give, sell, or trade, a registrant's name/address to any mailing list! If you have any comments or suggestions about this program, you can write to me at the above address or CompuServe. I am not a lawyer, but.. I make no claim as to the usability of this program, and am not liable for any damages, incidental or consequential arising out of the use or misuse of this program. DISTRIBUTORS: If you find this program worthy of distribution, you have my permission (and gratitude) with the following conditions: All files included (see below) with this program be kept together, and un-modified, either in their original archive or in an archive format suited to your library. And that you make your customer aware that I receive none of the money they pay you for the copy of this program they receive from you. Thank you... Design Goals SoftKBD was created in the hope of providing motor impaired individuals with an opportunity to use a powerful computing environment for personal and professional gain. Using an on-screen keyboard and a mouse, or mouse like pointing device, a user simply "points & clicks" to enter information in Microsoft Windows applications. As a disabled individual I know the very high cost of special devices for the handicapped. Therefore, SoftKBD is released as Shareware for a $20 registration fee. SoftKBD Requirements HARDWARE: COMPUTER: An 80386SX or higher processor, IBM or Compatible PC, capable of running the Microsoft Windows Graphical Environment. DISPLAY: An EGA, VGA, or better, graphics adapter and monitor. (a resolution of 800 X 600 is recommended.) MOUSE: A mouse, or other pointing device, that Windows recognizes. A pointing device may include: lightpen, trackball, joystick, or any other pointing device that has a Windows 3.x compatible device driver. SOFTWARE: DOS: MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 3.1 or above. WINDOWS: Version 3.1 or above. Files Included In This Release SOFTKBD.EXE - The Windows executable of SoftKBD. SOFTKBD.HLP - Help file for SoftKBD. SKBD.DLL - Dynamic Link Library needed by SoftKBD. SOFTKBD.KYS - Keyboard layout files. SOFTKBD2.KYS QWERTY.KYS A.SKW-Z.SKW - Word files. COMMON.SKW - Common words, punctuation, and suffixes. SETUP.EXE - Utility to install SoftKBD. METER.DLL - Used by SETUP.EXE. SETUP.INF - Instructions SETUP.EXE uses to install for you. README.TXT - Installation documentation for SoftKBD. Please Note This document is not intended to be a Windows tutorial! If you are unfamiliar with using Windows, I suggest you use the environment and read at least chapters 1 and 2 of the Microsoft Windows User Guide. Installing SoftKBD From Program Manager, or File Manager, run Setup to install SoftKBD. File Manager Example: Switch to the drive and directory where you have SoftKBD's files and double click SETUP.EXE. Program Manager Examples: 1. If you downloaded SoftKBD from a BBS and/or ran the self extracting archive on your hard drive: From Program Manager select File, Run, and type d:\\setup and click OK. Note: replace d: with your hard drive's letter (usually c:) and replace with the directory path of SoftKBD's Setup program. 2. If you are installing from a diskette: From Program Manager select File, Run, and type d:setup and click OK. Note: replace d: with the letter of the floppy you are installing from (usually A: or B:). The Setup program will copy all the files SoftKBD needs. It will also create a new program group for SoftKBD and install its icon, an icon for this file, and an icon for SoftKBD's help file. Running SoftKBD Open the program group that SoftKBD's icon is in. Double click the SoftKBD icon to run. Note: If you want SoftKBD to run each time you start Windows, copy SoftKBD's icon to your StartUp Group. If you want SoftKBD placed on-screen where it was last time you used it, be sure the Run Minimized box is unchecked. If you want SoftKBD run as an icon, make sure the Run Minimized box is checked. Using SoftKBD Once SoftKBD is running, switch back to Program Manager and start the Windows application you want to use SoftKBD with. You may have to size the application's window so you can see both SoftKBD's display area and the application's display area. To use SoftKBD to "type" information into your application, simply point at the appropriate key and press (click) your mouse button. IMPORTANT NOTE: The application you want to type information into must be the active application. In Windows the active application has its title bar highlighted (usually in blue). See the Windows User Manual for more information. For further information on using SoftKBD, select Help from SoftKBD's Help menu.