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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Welcome to Statbar! Statbar is an easy-to-use program designed to provide
- information about your OS/2 system in a small, unobtrusive format.
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- Statbar takes the form of a small status bar, and is approximately 1/4 the
- width of your screen, and 1/20th high. Because of it's small size, it's very
- useful as a constant reminder about system resources.
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- Statbar, in this release, can provide the following information about your
- system: Current Time, Free Disk Space, Time since last boot, and Free Memory.
- In addition, Statbar provides a swap-file partition monitor which will help
- prevent you from running out of free swap space and causing system instability.
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- Statbar came to be because I found myself wanting to use TimeUp!, VMem, DInfo,
- and the OS/2 clock, but not wanting to give up the screen real-estate.
- Instead, I decided that I'd make one program which provided me with all the
- information I needed in a smaller format.
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- Statbar still works best in a high-resolution mode, but if you are using
- Statbar, I recommend using either Medium or Large sizes. Small size can cause
- some trunication of the status text.
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- Related Information:
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- Using Statbar
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- License Information
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- Revision History
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Using Statbar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Statbar is easy to use. Most of the time, it will just sit there and report
- information about your machine.
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- Statbar can be configured as to which drives it monitors and how often it
- updates itself. In addition, individual monitors can be turned on and off, and
- the SWAPPER.DAT monitor can be adjusted to reflect your own preferences.
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- A brief description of Statbar's functions:
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- Swap Partition Monitor:
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- Statbar provides a swap partition monitor. This monitor has two levels of
- warning: Yellow and Red. When your swap file falls below the Yellow warning
- level, Statbar will sound a series of ascending beeps. Should the Swapfile
- reach the red level, Statbar will once again sound a visual alarm, and it will
- put a warning dialog on your desktop.
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- Current Time:
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- Statbar always displays the current time it the upper left hand corner of
- its window.
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- Free Memory:
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- Statbar can display the amount of memory (real+virtual) in the scrolling
- status line on its right side.
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- Free Disk Space:
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- Statbar can be configured to report the free disk space on a drive of your choosing.
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- Time Since Boot:
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- Statbar can report the time since the last boot of your computer, so you
- know how long it's been since you rebooted.
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- Related Information:
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- Configuring Statbar
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- The About Dialog Box
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- Disk Notebook Page
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- Memory Notebook Page
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- System Notebook Page
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- Startup Notebook Page
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- Uninstalling Statbar
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Copyright Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Statbar is (C) Copyright Chris Corzine 1994. A license to use Statbar is
- granted for non-commercial use only. Statbar may not be bundled with a product
- as a value-added feature nor may it be sold by other parties without prior
- agreement by the author. Permission to distribute Statbar is granted.
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- Statbar was tested under OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.11. Statbar is also likely to
- work with OS/2 2.0, but it has not been tested. Anyway, if you have OS/2 2.0,
- stop messing around and upgrade already!
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- Statbar is free software. It has been extensively tested on several machines
- and under varied conditions. But by using this software, you are assuming all
- risk for its performance. The author makes NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
- as to Statbar's accuracy, fitness for use, or performance. In no case will the
- author be liable for any damage that results from the use of Statbar, including
- loss of data or other incidental damages.
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- Related Information:
- Contacting the Author
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Contacting the Author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Statbar is written by Chris Corzine. If (heaven forbid!) you find a bug, if
- you want a feature added, or if you just wish to give him a hearty
- pat-on-the-back, the author can be reached at the following addresses:
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- Of course, sending money to support the author insatiable hardware habit is
- very acceptable as well.
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- Internet:
- ccorzine@uidaho.edu
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- U.S. Mail:
- Chris Corzine
- 301 Lauder #201
- Moscow, ID 83843
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Configuring Statbar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Statbar is fairly configurable. It has the ability to enable and disable each
- of its scrolling displays, and several aspects of its display can be modified.
- All of Statbar's settings are contained in a single notebook, accessed by
- choosing Options... off of the pop-up menu. Click below to choose a page of
- the notebook and see the settings that it allows.
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- Notebook Pages:
- Disk
- Memory
- Startup
- System
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- Note: If you are unfamiliar with the concept of Notebooks, refer to your OS/2
- User's Guide for a complete description.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Disk ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This notebook page allows you to pick one hard drive to monitor the free space
- on. Alternatively, you may disable it entirely by removing the check next to Enabled.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Memory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The memory notebook page allows you to choose whether or not you wish to have
- the display of free virtual memory. When checked, free virtual memory will be
- displayed on the status bar in a rotating fashion.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Startup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This notebook page allows you to pick the intial size of Statbar, as well as
- Statbar's startup position. With version 1.1, the ability to choose the time
- format has also been added.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. System ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The System notebook page allows you to set system settings. On this page, you
- may set the update frequency for the scrolling Status Bar, the Swap-file
- warning levels, and choose whether you wish to display time since last boot.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. The About Dialog Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The About Dialog Box provides information about the Program and its copyright.
- In this box, it is important to note the version number when contacting the
- author regarding the program. There are a couple versions of Statbar floating
- around already, and problems relating to one will not necessarily apply to another.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Revision History ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- December 26, 1993: Statbar Version 1.0
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- February 11, 1994: Statbar Version 1.01
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- o Improved on-line help
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- o Fixed bug that affected Statbar's displayed size when video resolution was
- changed
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- May 29, 1994: Statbar Version 1.1
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- o Added multiple size status bar
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- o Fixed program to use standard fonts instead of my own
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- o Added settings notebook and improved configurability
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- o Added ability to display time in 24-hour format
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- o Statbar now displays free memory and disk space in kilobytes if there is
- less than 4MB free
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- Statbar has been tested on a wide variety of machines, running OS/2 2.1, OS/2
- 2.11, OS/2 for Windows, and the OS/2 Performance Beta.
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- Future Enhancements
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- Look for these additional features in feature revisions, due out as time allows:
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- o Ability to Change Fonts and Colors
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- o Ability to monitor free space on multiple hard drives
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- o MMPM/2 Support for Swapfile Warnings
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- o And the requisite bug-fixes, etc.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Uninstalling Statbar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Statbar is distributed with three basic files: Statbar.txt, Statbar.EXE, and
- Statbar.HLP. In addition, Statbar will create a file called Statbar.INI, most
- likely in the \OS2 directory. Although Statbar doesn't currently include an
- installation/uninstallation utility, by deleting these files the program can be
- removed from your