Archive name: IT13A.ZIP __________________________________________________________________ This archive contains part of the It Utilities. No sound files are included and the Dynamic link Library BWCC.DLL is also omitted. If you can run the install provided in this archive, you don't need BWCC.DLL (see HOW TO UNINSTALL - step 4 for more information on BWCC.DLL). If you can't run the install or you would like to hear the sound files, you should get the second zip file: IT13B.ZIP. __________________________________________________________________ It Utilities - Read me __________________________________________________________________ THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE - PLEASE REGISTER __________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS 1. What are the It Utilities 2. How to install 3. How to uninstall 4. Benefits of registering 5. How to contact us 6. How to order 7. List of files 8. Software license 9. Disclaimer of warranty 10. Distributing this shareware version 11. History WHAT ARE THE IT UTILITIES It Utilities are not free or public domain software. Non- registered user are permitted to use them for a 21 days trial period. To continue using these utilities for more than 21 days requires registration. The It Utilities are extensions to the File manager of Window's 3.1. They use the drag and drop facility of the File manager to enhance it. Instead of buying a replacement File manager you can add functions to it, you won't have to learn a whole new tool. These utilities are enhanced with icon animation and sound. The first utility is Trash It and implements a trash can to delete files. Trash It can keep files from your fixed disk when deleting so you can undelete them if need be. The trash can is emptied when Trash It is closed. The second utility is View It, a file viewer that can show up to four text files at a time. View It does not load files in memory, it reads each page from the disk when needed. View It is thus capable of showing text files of ANY size. The third utility is Zip It, a shell for PKWare's PKZip and PKUnzip. For this release you need a copy of PKZip and PKUnzip to use Zip It. Finally Load It is an extension menu to the File manager to automatically or manually load/unload the It Utilities when you start or close the File manager. Apart from Load It, these utilities may also be used with other File manager's that support drag and drop. For more information on each utilities you should check out the help provided. You can access the help of each utility from their respective system menu. The Load It help is accessed from the Load it menu command added to the File manager's main menu. HOW TO INSTALL Simply run the Install program provided. You should restart the File Manager after installing to activate the It Utilities. These utilities are minimized as icons and you must reduce the size of the File manager to access them. The easiest way to do this is: 1. Minimize all your running applications to icons except the File Manager. 2. Double click on the desktop or press CTRL-ESCAPE to bring up the Task Manager. 3. Click on the Tile button. You will then have the largest File Manager window possible with access to the It Utilities. You should follow the uninstalling steps before re-installing the It Utilities, after registering for example, or before installing a new version of the It Utilities. (see HOW TO UNINSTALL) If you install over a previous copy of the same version of the It Utilities you should close the File manager and any It Utilities before running the install. You can start the install from the Program manager (File|Run). If you start the install from the File manager, you must close it immediately after the first screen of the install program appears. This will enable the install to overwrite existing files, since Windows will not let an application write over files that are in use. You will also get duplicate icons in the Program manager, you should delete the extra ones. HOW TO UNINSTALL If you decide not to purchase the It Utilities after the 21 days trial period or you would like to delete the It Utilities for some reason, please follow the following steps. 1. Edit the WINFILE.INI file located in your Windows directory and remove the line from the [AddOns] section that refers to LOADIT.DLL. It should look something like this: [AddOns] Load it=C:\ITUTIL\loadit.dll 2. Delete the files located in the directory in which you installed the It Utilities. By default it is c:\itutil. Note that you should close any It Utilities still running before doing this. You MUST have done step one, closed and restarted the File manager to erase the file LOADIT.DLL. If not, the File manager will report it in use and refuse to delete it. 3. Delete the file ITUTIL.INI located in your Windows directory. You may wish to keep this file if you intend to install It Utilities again so that your settings are preserved. 4. Delete the file BWCC.DLL in your Windows system directory. But ONLY if you are sure that no other software you have installed uses it. This file is a sharable dynamic link library containing the 3D look of the dialog boxes of the It Utilities. It was developed by Borland and may be used also by some of their products or products developed using their compilers. You can easily tell by the look of the dialog boxes. BENEFITS OF REGISTERING If you decide to register you will get these benefits: 1. Sound support for 16 bits audio cards. 2. The "Unregistered" message under each utility will be replaced by a file counter that tells you how many files are kept or shown by each utility. 3. A manual. 4. Notifications of and special price for upgrades. 5. Support for lower resolution than VGA. You can run this shareware version on EGA or less but it will not look it's best. 6. As a bonus you will also receive replacement sound files for the four standard sounds of Windows. They are similar but of much better quality. They will also be in 8 and 16 bits formats. HOW TO CONTACT US We can be reached on Alleycat BBS, the home of Allegro software and the best place to get the latest version of the It Utilities. You should leave messages to Jacques Boileau. The phone number is 514-527-6599. We can be reached on Compuserve at ID: 72357,1727 Phone/Fax: 514-689-6689 You can write to us at: Allegro 560 Gervais Laval (Quebec) Canada H7X 1M4 Any feedback is appreciated. Tell us what you like or dislike about the It Utilities. What features or other utilities you would like to see. We listen to our users. If this version of the It Utilities does not suit your needs, tell us your needs, then maybe the next version will. We certainly listened to our beta testers and incorporated many of their ideas in this release! HOW TO ORDER Simply fill out, print and send the order form in file ORDERIT.TXT. The It Utilities are only $24.95US + handling and shipping charges (and applicable taxes). LIST OF FILES Trash It - trash can trashit.exe program trashit.hlp help file sopen8.wav 8 bit sound file sclose8.wav 8 bit sound file kopen8.wav 8 bit sound file kclose8.wav 8 bit sound file topen8.wav 8 bit sound file tclose8.wav 8 bit sound file View It - file viewer viewit.exe program viewit.hlp help file viewit8.wav 8 bit sound file Zip It - shell for zipping and unzipping files zipit.exe program zipit.hlp help file zopen8.wav 8 bit sound file zclose8.wav 8 bit sound file Load It - File manager extension to load the It Utilities loadit.dll File manager extension loadit.hlp help file Dynamic link library bwcc.dll Documentation readme.txt This file orderit.txt Order form SOFTWARE LICENSE It Utilities - Copyright © 1992 by Allegro. All rights reserved. It Utilities, Trash It, View It, Zip It and Load It are Trademarks of Allegro. It Utilities are not free or public domain software. Non- registered user are permitted to use them for a 21 days trial period. To continue using these utilities for more than 21 days requires registration. The use of unregistered copies of these utilities beyond the 21 days trial period is strictly prohibited. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY THIS SHAREWARE SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. GOOD DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY TESTED WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. DISTRIBUTING THIS SHAREWARE VERSION You may distribute the shareware version of the It Utilities for the trial use of others, subject to the following limitations: 1. The It Utilities must be given in it's entirety. Which includes this file and all others listed above. 2. All files must be distributed unmodified in any way. 3. A maximum fee of $10US may be requested to cover the expense of disk duplication, postage, handling or any other charges. 4. Your catalog or listing must state that this program is not free, but is copyrighted software that is provided to allow the user to evaluate it before buying. It must also be stated that the fee charged is for disk duplication only and does not constitute payment for the software. Contact Allegro for a diskette version of the It Utilities. HISTORY 1.3 01/93 Fixed bug in Trash It and Zip It where they could crash if the Show trashing or Show sending where disabled. Added the escape key to cancel both the Trashing and the Sending dialogs. Fixed problem with install that did not always copy BWCC.DLL. 1.2 01/93 Changed the way files are selected in list boxes. Now you can use shift with a click of the mouse to select a range. Ctrl with a click of the mouse will select/deselect an item. You can also select a range by dragging the mouse with the left button down. Fixed more problems with the keyboard handler of the find dialog. Added hourglass cursor while searching. 1.1 12/92 Fixed problems with Find dialog in viewer. Now you can't call up more than one Find dialog. Choosing Find from the menu simply gives the focus to the existing Find dialog. Also the keyboard handler of the Find dialog would get disabled when switching to another window and comming back. This is also fixed. Fixed problem in the viewer when a file was not ended with a carriage return, the last line would not always be visible when using the key 'End' to get to the end of file. Fixed problem in the viewer when the next command was used and the next file was minimized it would not open. 1.0 12/92 Initial release