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- Statline Version 2.0 July 1991
- ========================================================================
- James Bell 4511 Sherwood Trace Gainesville, FL 32605 (904) 372-3695
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-
- - See the WHATS.NEW file for a short list of the newer features -
-
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ~ HOW TO REGISTER ~
- ~ ~
- ~ Just send me a check for $10 or $15, then I'll send you a ~
- ~ License number and/or the latest version. ~
- ~ ~
- ~ Print out the ORDER.FRM file for all the details. ~
- ~ ~
- ~ Unregistered versions will display a short reminder every ~
- ~ eighth time Statline is started. ~
- ~ ~
- ~ Thanks for trying Statline! ~
- ~ ~
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- Statline is a small utility for the Windows 3.0 environment. Statline
- gives you the mode, day, date, time and amount of memory free all
- at once.
-
- With Statline you can also launch other Windows applications, keep
- a small notepad, exit Windows quickly and delete files. You can even
- keep a menu of your five favorite programs at your fingertips.
-
- Statline is also light on your resources, when loaded it uses just
- over 20k and is updated about every 12 seconds.
-
- Experienced Windows users can probably just skim this manual and
- figure out most of Statline in a few moments using the help display.
-
-
- -------------------
- Installing Statline
- -------------------
-
- Statline was written to be included on the "load=" line of your WIN.INI
- file, but you can just as easily add it to a group in Program Manager
- and click on it whenever you like.
-
- If you'd like Statline to be loaded whenever you start Windows:
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- 1. Copy the STAT.EXE file to your Windows directory.
- 2. Start STAT.EXE using File Manager or Program Manager's
- "File, Run" menu choice.
- 3. Click the leftmost button on the Statline display and choose
- "Configure".
- 4. Click on the "Install" button in the configure dialog box.
-
-
- If you'd prefer to have Statline in one of Program Manager's groups:
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1. Copy the STAT.EXE file to your Windows directory.
- 2. Click on the Program Manager group you'd like Statline to be in.
- 3. Select "File" then "New..." from the menu, click OK for a new
- program item.
- 4. Give the Command Line as "STAT.EXE", click OK, and you're done.
-
-
-
- --------------
- Using Statline
- --------------
-
- The Statline display looks something like this:
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- | '386 Fri Mar 5 12:34 am 7.08 megs [] [] [] [] [] |
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- |-------------------------------------| |--------------|
- Display Area Function Boxes
-
- The Display Area
- ****************
-
- As you can see, the Windows mode in this example is '386 Enhanced.
- You may also see "Stnd" or "Real" depending on the mode you use.
-
- The day of the week, date and time are also displayed.
-
- Statline has an hourly chime you can turn off and on from the
- "Configure" button of the System Box.
-
- The amount of free memory is last. Note that this amount may
- differ from the one reported by Program Manager (Statline's
- should be slightly less). EMS (expanded) memory isn't included.
- If you like, you can have Statline display the amount of memory
- used in a bar graph. Just choose the "Configure" button and
- check the box that says "Graphic Memory Display".
-
- The entire Statline display is updated every 12 seconds, or when
- you click the left mouse button on the display area.
-
-
-
- Configuring Statline
- --------------------
-
- Choose the System Box (the button on the far left) and click on
- "Configure". You'll see a series of check boxes you can use to
- setup Statline to your liking. This is also where you would enter
- your License Information after registering.
-
-
-
- Function Boxes
- **************
-
- The System Box
- ==============
- At the far right of the Statline display are five boxes, the
- first (leftmost) is the System Box, click here to do one of the
- following:
-
- 1. CONFIGURE - Configure Statline.
- 2. ABOUT - Find out more about Statline.
- 3. ARRANGE ICONS - Arrange your desktop's icons.
- 4. EXIT STATLINE - Close the Statline window.
- 5. MOVE WINDOW - Move Statline's default position
- 6. CANCEL - Cancel the System Box.
- 7. HELP - Display a help screen.
-
-
-
- The Minipad Box
- ===============
- The box just left of center gives you a small (about 700 characters)
- notepad for notes or whatever. You can cut and copy to the
- Windows clipboard, as well as paste from it.
- The contents of the Minipad are NOT saved when you exit Windows,
- though this is a possibility for future versions of Statline.
-
-
-
- The Quick Run Box
- =================
- The middle box is the Quick Run box, from here you can quickly
- run any Windows application simply by double-clicking on its EXE
- file. You can also launch DOS by clicking on the DOS Window button.
- If you single-click on a file, you can delete that file by choosing
- the "delete file" button. Finally, you can edit a text file by
- clicking once on the file to edit then clicking the "Edit File"
- button.
-
- The Quick Run feature comes in handy for trying out new programs
- (e.g. new downloads) without having to install them, or run File
- Manager.
-
- In future versions Quick Run will probably also be able to copy
- and move files.
-
-
-
- The Quick Menu Box
- ==================
- When you click here (right of center) you get a menu of five
- command lines. Simply click on the "RUN" button next to the
- program you wan to run and Statline will start that application.
- You can also select the "RUN ALL" button to launch all five
- programs at once.
-
- To edit the command lines, simply click on the box and type a valid
- path (e.g. "C:\WINDOWS\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE"). If the program is in
- your Windows directory or DOS path, you only need to give the
- program name (e.g. "CARDFILE"). You can also give command line
- parameters such as:
-
- "WINHELP SDKWIN.HLP" (to launch Windows Help and load the Windows SDK
- help file)
-
- "NOTEPAD WIN.INI" (to launch Notepad and load WIN.INI for editing)
-
-
- When you select "CLOSE" or run a program, all of the current command
- lines are saved.
-
-
- The Exit Windows Box
- ====================
- Click here to quit Windows fast, by default you will be prompted
- exiting, but this can be turned off with the "Configure" option
- inside the System Box.
-
-
-
- A Few Tips and Notes
- ********************
-
- 1. You can immediately update Statline's display by clicking on
- the window with the left button.
-
- 2. You can terminate Statline quickly by double clicking the right
- mouse button on the Statline window.
-
- 3. Currently, Statline is fixed in the lower right corner. You
- can still move it though, just not with the mouse. Just click
- once on Statline, then hit Alt-Space, and choose "Move". Then
- you can use the arrow keys or mouse to move the window.
-
- * Statline remembers where it was moved to and will load itself
- there from then on.
-
- 4. The Help display takes a second to load its display. If
- you're doing high-speed (9600+ baud) communications at the time,
- you might miss a few bits.
-
- 5. Windows won't let you end the session with a DOS window open.
-
- 6. If you get down to less than about 150k free, Statline's help
- bitmap won't load.
-
- 7. If you write in the MiniPad, you can use Ctrl-Enter to drop down
- a line. I'm still checking on how to make it use just Enter.
-
- 8. The "Edit File" choice of Quick Run could be used for any program
- that you'd like to pass a filename to. By setting the "Text Editor"
- program name to "pkunzip.exe" for example, you could use it to unzip
- ZIP files you click on.
-
-
- About Statline
-
- Statline was created the old fashioned (read: "hard") way with
- "C" and the SDK. The original release took about 2 weeks and
- was a few hundred lines long. Now (July) Statline is about 600
- lines long.
-
- Statline is my favorite type of program to write, because I wrote
- it partially for myself, I use it all the time.
-
-
-
- How and Why Should I Register?
-
- Other than to relieve YOUR CONSCIENCE...
-
- 1. It's cheap! For $10, you can remove the occasional registration
- reminder with a License number. For $15 I'll send you the latest
- version of Statline PLUS a copy of whatever is in the works at
- the time.
-
- 2. Updates, Statline is constantly being improved, this version
- is probably already replaced! You'll be notified when major
- revisions are made and I'll send you an update for only $5.
- The license number you receive for registering will work for
- all minor upgrades to that version.
-
- 3. You can get a great mind like mine through college!
-
- 4. You'll sleep MUCH better once that check's in the mail.
-
-
- So just print out the ORDER.FRM file, fill out a check with lots of
- zeros on it, and mail it to me. If the ORDER.FRM file is missing,
- or if you have questions/comments/suggestions, you can reach me at:
-
- James Bell
- 4511 Sherwood Trace
- Gainesville, FL 32605
- (904) 372-3695
-
- I also read the Fido-net and Rime Windows and Windows-Programming
- conferences.
-
- Please be sure to include an extra $2 for postage if you live outside
- the US. And be sure your check or money order is in US dollars.
-
-
- About Me
-
- I'm a CIS major at the University of Florida (I graduate in Spring
- of '92, Hire me!). I also wrote the "I" series of icon tools (IEdit,
- IInject, IFix, etc.) for creating, and working with Windows icons.
- I've also written a stand-alone version of the Quick Run feature, and
- a program called Work Groups, to let you start several programs at
- once with a single mouse click.
-
- Thanks for trying Statline!
-
- James Bell July 1991
-
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- P.S. Windows is TM Microsoft Corp.
-