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- Random Signature Generator v1.0
- Kevin Wells 1996
- kewells@vt.edu
- All Rights Reserved
-
- 12/29/96
-
- Features
- --------
-
- - Loads & passes command line arguments to email program
-
- - Fast generation even with large signature files
-
- - Displays the number of the signature that is currently in use by
- email program
-
- - Automatic randomizing of signature
-
-
- How to obtain the program & contact the author
- ----------------------------------------------
- Visit my home page at http://www.vt.edu:10021/K/kewells/
- My page will have instructions on how to obtain the program.
- This program only runs under Windows 95 & NT.
-
- Legal issues
- ------------
- This program may be freely copied and distributed. The author
- reserves all rights to this program. Please feel free to contact the
- author with any suggestions or improvements you have for the program.
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
- Run setup.exe from within Windows 95 or NT. Follow the installation
- wizard.
-
-
- Structure of random signature file
- ----------------------------------
- This program was initially designed to use the FORTUNES.TXT file
- supplied with Linux. That file has the following format:
-
- Signature1
- %
- Signature2
- %
- Signature3
-
-
- You must have a % on a blank line at the end of every signature except
- the last one. There is no maximum to the length of the signature file.
-
- General Use
- -----------
- The program randomizes your signature every time it loads up. It also
- loads your email program when it loads up if you prefer. Choose the
- button with a number on it to change signatures. If you are running
- Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95, and have RandSig hidden, you can click
- on the icon in the tray bar to change the signature. To exit the
- program, choose Options, and then exit program.
-
-
- Options Dialog Box
- ------------------
- This dialog box sets up all of the settings for the program.
-
- Email Program: The full path of the executable file of your email
- program. For Eudora Pro & Light users, this will be something like
- c:\eudora\eudora.exe
-
- Title bar of Email Program: The exact string of what appears on the
- title bar of your email program. For Eudora Pro users, this is Eudora
- Pro.
-
- Signatures: The location of the file that holds all of your
- signatures. The format of this file is explained below.
-
- Email program's signature file: The location of the text file your
- email program uses for its signature. For Eudora Pro & Light users
- using a version less than 3.0, the name of this file is signatur.pce.
- For Eudora version 3.0 and greater, the name of this file is
- standard.txt located in the Sigs\ subdirectory of the Eudora directory.
-
- Non-changing part of signature: This field refers to the part of your
- signature that is static, or doesn't change. For example my signature
- (before I used the random signature generator) used to be:
-
- Kevin Wells
- kewells@vt.edu
- Virginia Tech Computer Engineering
- http://www.vt.edu:10021/K/kewells/
-
- What I did was to put the old signature into a text file and added a
- one or two blank lines after it (and three hyphens on a line). After
- the random signature generator finishes it will make your email
- signature have this structure:
-
- <non-changing part of signature>
- <random signature pulled from another file>
-
- NOTE: Make sure the nonchanging part of your signature is _NOT_ the
- same file as your email signature file!
-
- Time between signature changes: (in seconds) Set this to zero if you
- do not want your signature changed automatically.
-
- Always on top: Self explanatory.
-
- Exit with Mailer: Decides whether or not to close the randsig when you
- close your email program
-
- Recount signatures: YOU MUST CHOOSE THIS EVERY TIME YOU _MODIFY_ THE
- SIGNATURE FILE. This will rebuild the index file SIGS.IDX located in
- your email program's directory and will tally up the new signatures
- you have. Your signatures are automatically recounted when you change
- signature files. Any modification to the random signature file
- requires a rebuilt index.
-
-
-
- Revision History
- ----------------
-
- v1.0 - First major release (12/29/96)
- - Cosmetic change to the About Box
- - Added setup program
- - Changed settings location in registry
- - Added dialog box for initial run of program
- v0.99c - Second Beta release (11/3/96)
- - Program does not exit anymore before Eudora
- loads up when "exit with email" option is checked.
- - Passes command line arguments to email program
- v0.99b - First Beta release; Complied using MFC.
- v0.99 - Second Alpha release; API calls only
- v0.95 - Alpha release; API calls only
-
-