hDC Power Toolboxes 1.0 ------------------------- This document describes hDC Power Toolboxes, a set of toolboxes for many popular Windows applications. hDC Power Toolboxes adds predefined floating toolboxes to the following Windows applications: 1-2-3 Microphone II Terminal Ami Pro Norton Desktop Visual BASIC Calendar Notepad Windows Express Cardfile PageMaker Windows Express Editor Crosstalk Paintbrush Word 2.0 Excel ProComm Plus WordPerfect File Manager Program Manager Write Each toolbox contains buttons that allow you to perform typical operations in a single click. And with the supplied toolbox editor, you can customize these toolboxes to your tastes, or create new ones for applications not listed above. A version of hDC Power Toolboxes will be available at retail stores in the future for a list price of $49.95. For a limited time, however, we are making it available to bulletin board users for FREE! All we ask is that you send us your feedback on the product. Fill out the feedback form in FEEDBACK.WRI and mail it or fax it to hDC. Your feedback is appreciated, and will be considered when we enhance Power Toolboxes. We are also running a contest for the best toolboxes! Send in your favorite to Department PT at hDC; if we use it in a future version of Power Toolboxes or Power Launcher, we will send you a free copy of that product. The files needed to run hDC Power Toolboxes are in a file called PWRTBOX.ZIP. In addition, you may need a file named HDCxxx.ZIP. Here's how to install hDC Power Toolboxes. 1. hDC Power Toolboxes will require approximately 1.2 MB of disk space. Make sure you have at least this much space before you start. 2. Ensure you have a new enough version of MICROMAN.EXE and HDCLIB.DLL. To see what version you currently have, type "microman -d" at the DOS prompt. You should get a message indicating the version of MicroMan and hDCLib that you have on your computer. If you get "Bad command or filename", or if the MicroMan version is less than 0x0210, or the hDCLib version is less than 0x0315, then you need a newer version of these files. To get the latest versions of MicroMan and hDCLib, look for a file called HDCxxx.ZIP (where xxx is a version number which is at least 315) in the place where you got this file. If you can not find this file, it can be downloaded from the hDC bulletin board at 206.869.2418 (2400 baud, 8,n,1) or you can order it from hDC customer service at 206.885.5550 (for a $5 shipping and handling fee). Once you get the new files, copy them over your old files. IMPORTANT --------- A. If you are already using MicroApp Manager and do not wish to lose your system menu configuration and preferences such as the MicroApp path, do NOT overwrite your existing MICROMAN.PRF file. B. If you're using an international language version of an hDC product, please note that overwriting HDCLIB.DLL will cause some error messages to appear in English instead of the language of the international version. Your international product will not otherwise be affected. C. If you did not previously have a version of MicroApp Manager, be sure to add the line "ma=microman.exe ^.ma" to the [Extensions] section of your WIN.INI file. 3. If you are running Windows 3.0 (as opposed to Windows 3.1) then you will need the following files: SHELL.DLL, COMMDLG.DLL, and DDEML.DLL. Check your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to see if you already have a copy of these files. Many Windows 3.1 version applications include them in their installation. If you do not have them, you may order the Power Toolboxes disk with these files from hDC customer service at 206.885.5550 (for a $5 shipping and handling fee). 4. Put PWRTOOL.MA, PWRTOOL.HLP, PWRTOOL.PRF, and TBOX22.TBL in your MicroApp directory (the directory containing your other hDC MicroApp files). Usually this is \WINDOWS\MICROAPP. If this is the first hDC MicroApp you are using, we suggest you make a \WINDOWS\MICROAPP directory and put these files in that directory. Then run Windows, run MicroApp Manager, choose the Options command, and add this directory to the MicroApp Path. 5. If you want Power Toolbox to automatically run whenever you run Windows, add "\pwrtool.ma" to the "load=" line in your WIN.INI file, where is the full path name of directory containing PWRTOOL.MA. After installing Power Toolboxes, start it by running "\pwrtool.ma" from your Windows shell (where is the full path name of directory containing PWRTOOL.MA), and use the File/Open command to open TBOX22.TBL. Make sure the "Switch with App" option is enabled. Minimize the Power Toolbox main window to activate the floating toolbox and you're all set! Be sure to click on the first button in the floating toolbox (which says PUSH ME!) for more information about Power Toolboxes. Thanks for your support of hDC products! hDC Computer Corporation 6742 185th Avenue NE Redmond, WA 98052 Phone 206.885.5550 FAX 206.881.9770 BBS 206.869.2418 CompuServe 76702, 1031 Internet hamilton@nwnexus.UUCP Prodigy BBXW23A Power Toolbox Files ------------------- PWRTBOX.ZIP: PWRTOOL.MA Power Toolbox MicroApp PWRTOOL.PRF Support file for Power Toolbox PWRTOOL.HLP Help file for Power Toolbox TBOX22.TBL Toolbox file containing predefined toolboxes READMETB.TXT This file HDCxxx.ZIP: HDCLIB.DLL hDC Dynamic Link Library MICROMAN.EXE hDC MicroApp Manager MICROMAN.PRF Support file for MicroApp Manager MICROMAN.HLP Help file for MicroApp Manager README.TXT Describes hDC support files