Copyright: Copyright © 1997 Clarence Chau
Citation: Copyright © 1997 Clarence Chau


 Toolman Desktop Buddy

Version 2.6

Copyright © 1997 Clarence Chau

Toolman Desktop Buddy gives you tools to control screen saver, wallpaper, block Internet Cookie files (for Internet Explorer® and Netscape® Navigator only), quick access to one Dial-Up Networking dial-up setting and Windows’ exit commands like Restart, Shut Down, Restart to MS-DOS Mode and Log Off, press the ‘Connect’ button, open DOS window from systray, disable Ctrl+Alt+Del, and some other useful tools.

Topics

Screen Saver Buddy	Toolman Start Options

Wallpaper Buddy	Convert HTML to TXT

Cookie Buddy	Folder Menu

DOS Buddy	File Operation

Date Buddy	Registering Toolman

Internet Tools Menu	Updates and upgrades

Program Menu	Hardware Requirements

Connect to	User’s License

The Tool belt

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Screen Saver Utility
Screen Saver Buddy

Screen Saver Buddy lets you

Start a  screen saver

Disable / Enable screen saver

Configure screen savers by calling Windows’ Screen Saver Dialog

To start a screen saver

Use the secondary mouse button and click once on Toolman’s icon in systray.  Then click ‘Start screen saver now’.

Use the primary mouse button to double-click Toolman’s icon in systray.

To disable or enable screen saver

Use the secondary mouse button and click once on Toolman’s icon in systray.  Then click ‘Disable screen saver’.  If the screen saver is disabled, a check mark is shown

When you point the mouse pointer to Toolman’s icon in systray.  The tooltip will show the screen saver’s status.  Whether it’s disabled or enabled.

To configure screen saver, click ‘Configure screen saver’ in the Tool belt flyout menu.


Wallpaper Utility
Wallpaper Buddy

Wallpaper Buddy lets you change Windows wallpaper on the fly.

To change wallpaper

Go to the directory where your wallpaper is located in.  Select the file in the file list box and click Apply or double-click the file.


Cookie Files Utility
Cookie Buddy for Internet Explorer® and Netscape® Navigator

Cookie Buddy blocks cookie files that are sent to your computer when you surf the Internet.

IMPORTANT

Before using Cookie Buddy for the first time, make sure the following option are set correctly in your browser(s).

Internet Explorer®

1.  Go to ‘Options’     Click ‘View’    ‘Options’

2.  Click the “Advanced” tab

3.  Make sure you checked ‘Warn before accepting ‘cookies’

4.  Click OK

Internet Explorer® 4.x

1.  Go to ‘Internet Options’     Click ‘View’    ‘Internet Options’

2.  Click the ‘Advanced’ tab

3.  Select ‘Prompt before accepting cookies’

4.  Click OK

Netscape® Navigator

1.  Go to ‘Options.     Click ‘Network Preferences’

2.  Click the ‘Protocols’ tab

3.  Make sure you checked ‘Accepting cookies’

4.  Click OK

Netscape® Navigator 4.x

1.  Click ‘Edit’ then ‘Preferences’

2.  Click ‘Advanced’

3.  Make sure you checked ‘Warn me before accepting a cookie’

4.  Click OK

Cookie Buddy will remind you the first time you use it.

You can start Cookie Buddy by using the secondary mouse button to click once on Toolman’s icon in systray (where the time is) and then click ‘Cookie Buddy’ on the menu.  You will be able to see the Cookie Buddy icon shown in systray.

You can also start Cookie Buddy when you start Toolman.  Choose the option in the Tool belt flyout menu.

To close Cookie Buddy

Use the secondary mouse button to click once on the Cookie Buddy icon in systray and then select Close Cookie Buddy from the menu.

You can stop Cookie Buddy from rejecting cookies

Use the primary mouse button to click once on the Cookie Buddy icon.  To enable it, just click it again.

Closing it also stops rejecting cookie files.


Connect To
Dial-Up Networking (DUN)

Connect To (Dial-Up Networking)

Toolman uses the default Internet Profile and put the Dial-Up name to the "Connect to" menu.  If the Dial-Up name shows in Toolman's menu is not the one you want.  Follow the instruction below to change it.

Instructions

1.  Open ‘Regedit.exe’

2.  Expand the key ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER’

3.  Click on the key ‘RemoteAccess’

On the right side of the ‘Registry Editor’, you will find ‘Default’ and ‘InternetProfile’.

Double-click either one of them to change their setting.  Enter the exact Dial-Up name.  (case sensitive)

Toolman looks for ‘InternetProfile’ first.  If it is missing, it would look for ‘Default’.  If both are missing.  This function would be disabled.


Registration

Toolman Desktop Buddy is a Freeware.  You do NOT have to pay a dime to register.

If you register, you will be notified by e-mail if there is an updated version of Toolman.

To register Toolman, please go to http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/6672/toolmanreg.html

Please note that Toolman’s Workshop in CADVision (http://www.cadvision.com/clarencechau/toolman.html) will be down some time in November.  Remember to go to the site in GeoCities (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/6672)

If you wish to contribute, you are welcomed to send any amount you want (payable in Canadian banks please) through regular mail.  Please e-mail (badams@sprint.ca) me for my mailing address.


Updates and upgrades

Updates and upgrades are provided.  If there is any update or upgrade, registered users will be notified by e-mail.  Files can be found at this address

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/6672


Close Program Dialog

The Close Program Dialog pops up after you press Ctrl+Alt+Del once.  (If you press the keys twice, the computer will restart without properly closing all running programs.)  The dialog allows you to terminate any running programs including screen savers.  If a person does not know the password want to deactivate the screen saver, that person can use the Close Program Dialog to terminate the running screen saver without knowing the password.


Hardware requirements
Requirements for running Toolman Desktop Buddy

Hardware Requirements

Processor	486DX 33MHz or higher

Operating System	Windows 95

RAM	8 MB

Hard Drive Space	2 MB

Display	VGA or higher

Pointing Device	Mouse or compatible pointing device


User's License
User’s License

Toolman Desktop Buddy is "unsupported freeware."

You may not modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction), or create derivative works based on the Software, or remove any proprietary  notices or labels on the Software.

Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software shall remain with Clarence Chau.

Unless otherwise provided by written agreement with Clarence Chau, this software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantibility of fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Software is borne by you. Should the Software prove defective, you and not Clarence Chau assume the entire cost of any service and repair.  This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an essential part of the agreement.

While reasonable efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of this software, in no event shall Clarence Chau be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect in this software.

This license will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the limitations described above.  On termination, you must destroy all copies of the Software.

Clarence Chau

badams@sprint.ca


Internet Tools Menu

Toolman’s Internet Tools Menu lets gives you access to your internet utility software

Configure the menu

Right-click on the icon [image] and then click ‘Configure’.  The configure dialog will come out.

Double-clicking the icon [image] will call the ‘Connect To’ dialog.  This is the same as the ‘Connect to’ in Toolman’s menu.

If you want to use Netscape Mail or News, find ‘netscape.exe’.  Then set the path to E-mail Client and News Reader.  Toolman will modify the path automatically.

You can only enter the path for programs by selecting the files listed in the file list box.  You can not manually enter them into the text boxes.


Tool belt

The Tool belt menu currently contains the following tools

Configure screen saver

Call the Windows 95 Screen Saver Configuration dialog

Format Floppy Disk

Call the Windows 95 Format Floppy Disk dialog

DOS Buddy

Windows Explorer

Launch Windows Explorer

Control Panel

Open the Control Panel window

File Operation

Convert HTML to TXT

Clear Documents

Clears the Documents menu

Disable Ctrl+Alt+Del


DOS Buddy

It shows the MS-DOS icon [image] in the systray.  You can open a dos window by left-clicking it.


Date Buddy

It displays the current day in the systray.  It also displays the full date in the tooltip.

The ‘Load Date Buddy at startup’ option is in the Tool belt flyout menu.


Convert HTML to TXT

You can convert Internet documents into text files by using this converter.  This converter removes all HTML tags in HTML files.

The converted TXT file will have the same name as the HTML file in the same directory.

Convert HTML to TXT is located in the Tool belt flyout menu.


Program Menu

Toolman’s Program Menu allows you to set ten of your programs/documents (they must already have an associated program for opening them) in it.  It also gives you access to most of the programs that comes with Windows (e.g. Notepad, WordPad, Paint, CD Player, etc.) and the Plus! Pack.

Adding programs to the menu

1.  Find the executable file for your program by going through the directory list box.

2.  Select the file in the file list box.

3. Select the radio button in front of the program title text box.

4.  Click ‘Select’ to set the path for the program.


 Path for web browser

The text boxes are locked so you cannot enter the paths manually.

To select a program, locate the executable file using the directory listbox.


Path for e-mail client

If you wish to use Netscape® Mail, simply locate Netscape.exe, click the radio button in front of this text box, then click ‘Select’.  It will be automatically updated.  The text boxes are locked so you cannot enter the paths manually. To select a program, locate the executable file using the directory listbox.

e.g. C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Programs\netscape.exe -mail


Path for FTP client

The text boxes are locked so you cannot enter the paths manually.  To select a program, locate the executable file using the directory listbox.


Path for news reader

If you wish to use Netscape® News, simply locate Netscape.exe, click the radio button in front of this text box, then click ‘Select’.  It will be automatically updated. The text boxes are locked so you cannot enter the paths manually. To select a program, locate the executable file using the directory listbox.

e.g. C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Programs\netscape.exe -news


Path for chat client

The text boxes are locked so you cannot enter the paths manually. To select a program, locate the executable file using the directory listbox.


Use Microsoft Internet Mail

Check this box if you wish to use Microsoft Internet Mail.  The path will be automatically added to the E-mail client path text box.  You will not be able to change the path in the path if this check box is checked.

CLSID:  Internet Mail.{89292102-4755-11cf-9DC2-00AA006C2B84}

If you do not have Microsoft Internet Mail installed, this check box will be disabled.


Use Microsoft News Reader

Check this box if you wish to use Microsoft News Reader.  The path will be automatically added to the News Reader path text box.  You will not be able to change the path in the path if this check box is checked.

CLSID:  Internet News.{89292103-4755-11cf-9DC2-00AA006C2B84}

If you do not have Microsoft News Reader installed, this check box will be disabled.


Clear the path entry for the corresponding program


Click this button to set the path for the program


Click the radio button for the corresponding program to set the path


Microsoft Internet Explorer®

 Click here to download


Select the HTML file to convert to TXT file.

You can either double-click on the file or select the

file first then click ‘Convert’.


Click to convert the selected file


Click to apply selected wallpaper


Click to remove current wallpaper


Enter the title for your program to show on the menu


Path for your program.

The text boxes are locked so you cannot enter the paths manually.  To select a program, locate the executable file using the directory listbox.


Click to reset all entries.  You will be prompt for the operation


Windows’ programs.  These are all the programs Toolman would

try to detect on your computer.


The ten programs of your choice.  Each title can have a maximum

of 50 characters.


	Toolman looks for these Microsoft Office components installed on your computer:  Outlook, Word, Excel, Schedule+ and, PowerPoint.  This menu item will not show if you do not have any of the above components properly installed on your computer.


	If you have Microsoft Visual Basic® or Microsoft Developer Studio installed, you will see this in the menu.


Drive combo box.  It lists all available drives on

your computer.


Directory list box.  It shows all directories on the drive

selected in the drive combo box on your computer.


File list box.  It lists files in the directory selected

in the directory list box.


	Double-click to change the value
	e.g.  You use the Dial-Up Networking setting ‘Toolman’ to connect to your ISP.  You would enter ‘Toolman’ as the value.  Restart Toolman after you have done so.  You would see ‘Connect to Toolman’ on the menu.


Folder Menu

Toolman’s Folder Menu allows you to open ten of your favorite folders.

Note:  Toolman cannot open folders with hidden attribute.

To choose folders, simply click the button [image] then the browse for folder dialog will come out.

Then locate the folder and click OK.


File Operation

File Operation allows you to quickly copy, delete, move files and folders.


Copy the selected file(s) in the source folder to the new destination


Move the selected file(s) in the source folder to the new destination


Delete the selected files(s) in the source folder


Run or open the file selected in the source folder


Toolman Start Options

Press ‘Connect’ automatically

Press the ‘Connect’ button on the ‘Connect To’ dialog.

Load Internet Tools Menu

Click this to make Toolman loads the Internet Tools Menu when it starts.

Load Program Menu

Click this to make Toolman loads the Program Menu when it starts.

Load Cookie Buddy

Click this to make Toolman starts Cookie Buddy when it starts.

Load Folder Menu

Click this to make Toolman loads the Folder Menu when it starts.

Load Date Buddy

Click this to make Toolman starts Date Buddy when it starts.

Load DOS Buddy

Click this to make Toolman starts DOS Buddy when it starts.

Run Toolman at startup

Click this to run Toolman when Windows starts.