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- VLAUNCH
- Gustavo Verdun's View Launcher Version (Beta 1)
- Copyright 1994 by Gustavo H. Verdun
- All Rights Reserved
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- WARRANTY
- There is no warranty for VLAUNCH. It is distributed for free
- and is therefore is not bound to any warranty. The source code is
- distributed as-is to registered users.
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- REGISTRATION
- If you send me US$10, I will promptly mail you a copy of the
- latest version and complete source code. Using VLAUNCH at a
- business requires the purchase of a US$25 Business Use License.
- This license permits a business to use VLAUNCH on all computers
- owned by the company. International orders require additional
- postage. (Electronic delivery via Internet mail is possible.)
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- DISTRIBUTION POLICY
- Vendors must read the VENDOR.DOC file, that is included in
- the distribution archive, for a complete description of the
- distribution policy. VLAUNCH may be distributed to anyone for
- free. No compensation may charged except to cover the costs of
- the diskette and postage. VLAUNCH cannot be distribute via CDROM
- without the express written permission of the author. (There is
- no charge to obtain permission. You are only required to
- distribute a customized executable that will include your CDROM
- title in the distribution list.)
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- DESCRIPTION
- VLAUNCH will scan your hard disk for all of the *.INF files
- in the specified search path. It allows you to select and view
- the *.INF file from a list box. This program is designed to be a
- better (i.e. working) replacement for IBM's VIEWALL. The design
- of the program is very much the same. Many improvements over
- VIEWALL have been incorporated.
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- FEATURES
- * VLAUNCH can be minimized safely. (Unlike VIEWALL which
- is not in the switch list.)
- * Saves the current bookshelf when the program
- terminates. This makes the startup a lot quicker.
- * Re-sizeable main window.
- * All of the information about a book is in the list box.
- (No sub-menu like in VIEWALL to see book's location.)
- * All functionality in the program is through a button
- bar at the bottom. (Just like in VIEW.)
- * You can specify a custom search path to search for all
- books. (Unlike VIEWALL which uses the environment
- variables to limit its search.)
- * Idle time search thread for searching all books.
- * Idle time load thread for loading the bookshelf at
- program startup.
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- SPECIAL FEATURE
- You may delete the selected entry from the list box by
- pressing the delete key. This feature allows you to eliminate any
- unwanted book from the bookshelf.
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- -> FOLDER BUTTON
- This feature is not implemented in this release. In the
- future, it will create a Workplace Shell folder that contains the
- current bookshelf. Of course, doing this will make VLAUNCH
- unnecessary. This feature is justified because doing this
- operation manually is tedious. The benefit of using the Workplace
- Shell folder that you can the move the books to the startup
- folder and have them loaded on startup. (Maybe I should let you
- drag the book from the list box and drop it on a desktop folder?)
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- FUTURE FEATURE COMMENT
- Would anyone like/use an auto-launch list?
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- USER COMMENTS, ENHANCEMENTS, OR REGISTRATION
- If you have any ideas or experience any problems with this
- program, please feel free to contact me. I plan to continue to
- support this program in the future.
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- I can be contacted in the following ways:
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- Internet email: gverdun@eng.umd.edu
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- U.S. Mail at: 6424 Hollins Drive
- Bethesda, Maryland 20817-2334