Copyright: Copyright© 1998 Peter Theill, ConquerWare


What is FillOut Manager?

Fillout Manager is a freeware program for Windows95/NT to help you fill out forms faster. Fillout Manager can be used to compile personal information, bookmark your favorite URL's, or use a handy notepad.

FillOut Manager has been programmed by Peter Theill, ConquerWare. If you would like more freeware programs, check my page on the internet: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/theill/products.html


Groups TreeView
This is the different groups of data. A group is capable of containing multiple subgroups, but a subgroup can only contain data. If you would like to add a new group to the Group Tree, right-click and select "New Group..." or "New SubGroup..." from the popup-menu. You can only add a subgroup to a Level 0 group (a group with no parent).


Getting Started

First time you start the program it will contain some predefined data. This is just some samples you may delete if you want to.

To fill out e.g. a Internet form, drag text from FillOut Manager to form and it will be filled as soon as you release the mouse-button.


Menus

FillOut Manager contains seven menus. Click on the items below to get extended informtion about these or use the '>>' and '<<' buttons in the top of this helpfile to browse through them all.

File Menu

Group Menu

Data Menu

View Menu

Options Menu

Tools Menu

Help Menu


File Menu

Exit

  Closes the program.


Group Menu

New Group...

  Adds a new group to collection. The focus changes to the treeview and you can start typing the name of the Group. When you're done press enter. Notice it's only possible to create new groups at Level 0 (first level in treeview). If you would like to make a group under your selected group, you have to select the 'New SubGroup...' menu-item.

New SubGroup...

  Adds a new subgroup to collection. Like in the 'New Group...' menu-item you have to type in the name of your subgroup followed by enter. Notice it's not possible to create a subgroup in a subgroup. It is possible to have more than one subgroup in a group, though.

Rename Group...

  Renames selected group or subgroup. The focus change to the treeview and you can type in your new name for the group followed by enter. You'll see the updated name right away unless you've typed a name already in use. You can't give groups on the same level the same name.

Delete Group

  Removes group and all it's data. If you've checked the menu-item 'Confirm Delete', you'll be asked if it's okay to delete the group. Otherwise the group and all it's data will be gone; so be careful with this menu-item.

Refresh Group

  Reloads all data for group from the Registry. If you've troubles reading a specific Group, try to use this menu-item to retrieve informations again.


Data Menu

New Data... <Shortcut: Ctrl-Ins>

  Adds new data into selected group. The focus change to the listview and you're able to type in your data -or- you can paste the data from the clipboard by clicking with right mouse button into the editing caption or simply by pressing Ctrl-V on the keyboard. Press enter to insert item or esc to cancel new data.

Edit Data... <Shortcut: F2>

  Edits selected data. As in 'New Data...' you just have to type in your new text and press enter.

Delete Data <Shortcut: Ctrl-Del>

  Deletes data from selected group. If you've checked the menu-item 'Confirm Delete', you'll be asked if it's okay to delete all selected data. Otherwise the data will be removed from the group.

Select All

  Selects all data in group. This is especially useful if you want to drag all items in the group.


View Menu

Groups Tree

  Toggles the Groups Tree (the tree to the left). It's only useful to hide the tree if you only works in one group at a time.

Minimize to Tray

  Minimizes window into the Traybar (aka the notification area). To open the program again you'll have to double-click on the small icon.

Toolbars

  This menu-item contains another menu which contains 'Data toolbar' and 'Options toolbar'. Click on the toolbar name to toggle it.

Status Bar

  Shows Status Bar. If this is deactivated you'll not get any hints when you mouse is over a control. Otherwise the hint will be shown in the status bar in the button of the window.


Options Menu

Separators

  Selects seperator between datas. When you drag multiple data into a window, you'll probably have to have some kind of separator between them. In this menu you can choose three predefined: Tab, Return and Space. Furthermore you can define your own separator. To do this, first select the 'Use Custom Char' menuitem and then select the 'Select Custom Char' menu-item and type the separator (only one character) into the edit-field. Then press 'Accept'.

  Normally you'll select the 'Tab Separator' if you're dragging your data into a Netscape Navigator/Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer window, but if you're maintaining a mailing-list it's probably a ';' (semicolon) you should use.

Browse on URLs

  Opens default browser when you double-clicks on Data starting with 'http://'. If you have a lot of URLs in your collections it would be wise to enable this item.

Confirm Delete

  Confirms a Group- or Data delete. If you've checked this option, you'll be asked if it's okay to continue with the deletion of a group or data. Otherwise it will be deleted without any warnings.

Stay On Top

  Keeps on top of other windows. When you're dragging one data at a time into a window, checking this item will enable you to hold the window on top of the other one.


Tools Menu

Notepad

  Opens a session of Notepad. This is useful if you want to import text from a text-file. Use Notepad to read the file, copy some information into the clipboard and paste it into FillOut Manager.


Help Menu

Contents

  Opens this helpfile on the contents tab.

Visit homepage

  Visits the FillOut Manager homepage on the .net. If you want to visit the homepage now, click the button below.

Send Email

  Sends an email to me. I would really really really like to hear what you think about this program. Please take the time to email even a very short note to me. I love to get feedback from my programs - even though it's bugs ;)

About

  Shows release data, version number and credits.