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- Mosaic-to-Netscape ini file converter v1.05.
- -------------------------------------
- If you're like me, you've probably got at least 50 URLs in your mosaic.ini.
- If you decide to try out Netscape instead, then they have to be retyped in
- manually, and then the menu structure reassembled. This program converts
- the URLs in your mosaic.ini file into a bookmark.html file, as is used by
- netscape to store its bookmarks, and also attempts to maintain the menu
- structure that you've lovingly assembled in your mosaic.ini. Your mosaic.ini
- hotlist (if present) is added as a toplevel menu.
-
- Notes on use.
- -------------
- This is a Visual basic application, and as such needs the vbrun300.dll file
- in your windows/system directory. This can easily be found using Mosaic.
- (Try opening URL ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3 and go from there)
- It also hasn't been tested on OS/2, so be warned.
-
- This really designed to be run immediately after installing netscape, as if
- there's nothing in the bookmark file already. Be warned, if you have got URLS
- in your netscape bookmark file, they will be over written without warning.
- There is a backup checkbox, to save a copy of your original bookmark file if
- you've got one.
-
- Note that the netscape stores your email addresses in your bookmark file, and
- this will be overwritten, and you'll have to retype it in. If you haven't set
- this up yet then do it afterward. (off the "Options" menu, "Preferences", then
- select "mail and proxies" in the listbox.
-
- Limitations
- -----------
- I didn't bother creating an icon for this program, (which I wrote basically
- just to learn VB) as you'll probably only use it once.
-
- In older versions of Mosaic, the first line of mosaic's hotlist reads
- "file:///c|/". This is unavoidably left in. You'll just have to remove it
- manually..(Go to the bookmarks menu, select "view bookmarks", etc...). This is
- not a problem in the beta versions of mosaic, that use a different approach
- for hotlists.
-
- The file associations stored in mosaic.ini are not converted.(eg wav, mpeg
- etc) They go in netscape.ini, not bookmark.htm. You have to do those manually.
- If you don't bother, then the first time netscape meets a file of an unknown
- type, you have the option to set it up for future reference.
-
- Distribution
- ------------
- This program is freeware, which in my book means you can't claim it's yours
- or sell it; you can give it away though. Source code freely available on
- request.
-
- Martin Towner.
-
- Version History
- ---------------
- v1.05 - fixed bug that cropped up when the last menu in mosaic.ini was
- toplevel. Had to add code to cope with two more changes in mosaic.ini file
- format used by mosaic beta 1 (spaces are removed from the menu names, and
- hotlist section has been replaced with a "Hotlist Manager").
-
- v1.02 - added code to cope with changes in mosaic.ini file format in Mosaic
- version alpha 9 (change of format of the hotlist section and also word
- wrapping had been added when long addresses were entered).
-
- v1.00 - initial release.