README.TXT for Active Keys 2.31 - Released September 29th 2005

Active Keys is Copyright © 2001-2005 Softarium.com.

Table of Contents:
  1 Install/Uninstall
  2 Minimal system requirements
  3 How to use
  4 Purchasing
  5 Contacting Softarium.com
  6 Acknowledgements

1 Install/Uninstall

  To install Active Keys, just run the installation file and
  follow the instructions.

  You can uninstall Active Keys via the "Add/Remove Programs"
  applet in the Control Panel.

2 Minimal system requirements

  One of the following operating systems:
  Windows 98/98SE/Millennium/2000/XP.
  Windows XP is recommended.
  32bit color quality is recommended.

  Windows 95/NT4 is NOT supported.

3 How to use

  Just after installation the Active Keys taskbar icon will appear,
  this means that Active Keys is loaded and working. Double click
  this icon to customize keyboard shortcuts. Now you can create,
  edit and delete keyboard shortcuts (hot keys). Main window contains
  the list of currently existing keyboard shortcuts (in just
  installed copy of Active Keys this list contains keyboard shorcuts,
  that were automatically created as the sample).

  To create new keyboard shortcut click the "New" button on toolbar,
  "Keyboard Shortcut Wizard" will appear. Using this wizard new
  shortcut can be created: on the first page of the wizard you can
  select an action that will be associated with a new keyboard
  shortcut. Select appropriate action and click the "Next" button.

  On the next page you can tune up the action you have
  selected (parameters available for changing depends of the selected
  action).

  The third page allows you to select the shortcut key for
  the new shortcut, you can do it by two ways: press shorcut key
  conbination, or select appropriate key from the list of all
  available keys.

  The last wizard's page allows you to change the
  name and the icon for the new shortcut (when you'll come to the
  last page it will already contain name and icon that were
  automatically selected for your new shortcut). After you click
  "Finish" button, the new keyboard shortcut will be finally created
  and available for using.

  Now, when you press shortcut key combination, the associated action
  will be performed.

  You can edit any shortcut by double clicking it, or opening
  "Properties" using the context menu or the "Properties" toolbar
  button. Properties window will appear. It contain three tabs:
  "General", "Keys" and "Settings". All these tabs works in the same
  way as the similar wizard's pages. The "General" tab allows you to
  change shortcut's name, icon and deactivate shorcut without deleting
  it. The "Keys" tab allows to change shortcut key. The "Settings" tab
  depends of the action of shorcut and allows to tune up this action.

4 Purchasing

  You can purchase your copy of Active Keys at a cost of $19.95.
  Please visit http://www.softarium.com/ordering/
  or see "order.txt" file for information.

5 Contacting Softarium.com

  Web: http://www.softarium.com/
  E-mail: info@softarium.com
  Fax: +1 (508) 632-8143

  If you have any comments or questions about Active Keys,
  please direct them to info@softarium.com. Your feedback is
  important to us in helping us understand how to make Active Keys
  a better product for you.

  If you would like to be notified by e-mail of updates, then sign up
  with the Active Keys update mailing list; subscription is
  available on our web site (http://www.softarium.com/newsletter/).

6 Acknowledgements

  Components used in this program:

  Winamp 2x Plugin Manager for Winamp 3 by Nicholas Schweitzer
  http://members.telocity.com/~schweitn/wa3/wa2mgr

  Inno Setup by Jordan Russell
  http://www.jrsoftware.org/