------------------------------------------------- Web Expander Version 2.22 29.Mar.98 Tetsuya kakura E-Mail: kakura@dd.iij4u.or.jp URL: http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA005227/ ------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your choice of Web Expander. Please read this document before to use. What's Web Expander ? --------------------- 1. Web Expander launches any program, when you click any protocols from Netscape Navigator. for example... a. Web Expander launches WS_FTP, when click 'ftp:'. b. Web Expander launches GetRight, when click 'http:' that URL has extention '.zip'. c. Web Expander launches Pegasus Mail, when click 'mailto:'. d. Web Expander launches Notepad, when click 'notepad:' that is user defined protocol. e. You can browse specified site by Internet Explorer. * WS_FTP is GUI based FTP client program. * Pegasus Mail is mail client program. * GetRight is http: download utility. It can suspend and resume to download. 2. Web Expander launches your favorite mail program, when you click mailto: from Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft NetMeeting and Netscape Navigator. System require, Install and Uninstall ------------------------------------- System require, Install and Uninstall are described at Web Expander Help File and Web Page. URL of Web page is http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA005227/. New Feature (version 2.22) -------------------------- 1. Web Expander supports PostPet for Windows Japanese Version. Charge to use ------------- Web Expander is shareware. NOT FREEWARE. Please look 'How to register Web Expander' in Help File. Limitations ----------- 1. Can't release webexp.exe from memory after running it by clicking any protocols. You can force release webexp.exe to use terminate program dialog (CTRL+ALT+DEL). 2. Sometime can't post from form in HTML. If you click submit button in HTML form, Web Expander launch external mail program and new empty message. In this case, you may disable Web Expander by Web Expander Controller. 3. Only, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Japanese Edition for Windows 95 was confirmed to work with Web Expander. Internet Explorers of other version aren't confirmed to work with Web Expander,yet. 4. If you use Microsoft RegClean, Web Expander often doesn't work. End user license agreement -------------------------- 1. Tetsuya Kakura ("Developer") grants to you a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, license to use this the Web Expander ("Product"). If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, promptly remove the Products together will all copies from you computer. The Product is protected by JAPAN copyright law and international treaty provisions. 2. Product is shareware. NOT FREEWARE. You must pay shareware fee to Developer, if you continue to use after evaluation term. 3. The Developer dose not warrant any damages, errors and losses that is caused by the Product. The Developer will not support the Product. 4. The evaluation term is 4 weeks since begin to use the Product. If you don't pay shareware fee over evaluation term, you must remove the product together with all copies from your computer. When you remove the product, this agreement will terminate. 5. Redistribution. You can't redistribute the Product. The Developer may accepts redistribution the Product, if you keep following conditions: (a) You must contact the Developer before redistribution. (b) Never change distributed file. (c) You must link to http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA005227/, when you post on WWW. (d) You must introduce http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA005227/, when you post on BBS. If developer wants to stop redistribution, distributor must stop to redistribute the Product. histories of program ------------------ 30.Jan.98 Web Expander 2.22 1. Web Expander supports PostPet for Windows Japanese Version. 10.Jan.98 Web Expander 2.21 1. Following problem of unreg.exe was fixed: - Sometime unreg.exe froze, if GetRight was installed in your PC. 2. Following problem of Web Expander was fixed: - Web Expander couldn't launch the application with long file name on Windows NT 4.0. 4.Jan.98 Web Expander 2.2 1. Web Expander doesn't show keycode any longer. 2. Change description of Japanese mail client 'almail' from 'almail' to 'almail 16 bit'. 18.May.97 Web Expander 2.19 1. Countermeasure of RegClean. - The treatment of preventing disappearance of mailto: registry. (You must click on OK with mail tag of Web Expander.) 2. Following problem was fixed: - When you clicked CGI url that includes extention ".exe", then Web Expander launch GetRight. 27.Apr.97 Web Expander 2.18 1. Add a following new feature: Web Expander checks extention of URL and launches suitable program for download. 14.Jan.97 Web Expander 2.17 1. Window style of both directory selection dialog and error dialog were changed to always on top style. So you won't miss these dialog of Web Expander. Dialog of Web Expander 2.16 or older version were often hidden by Netscape Navigator. 3.Jan.97 Web Expander 2.16 1. Following problem was fixed: System resource will be empty and system down while showing Select Directory dialog. 21.Dec.96 Web Expander 2.15 1. Configuration dialog for AL-Mail was changed, (that is Japanese mail client) 24.Nov.96 Web Expander 2.14 1. Add following item to Protocol Tab. a. Add browse button to Working Folder field. b. Add "Ask Working Folder at Launch the Program" checkbox. If you check it, Web Expander show select directory dialog before launch the program. 24.Nov.96 Web Expander 2.13 1. Change MSVC++ library from shared libraries to static libraries 2. Corrected following bug: Error message 'Unable to create Netscape.Registry.1' was shown when running Web Expander with MSIE. 3. Add 'Misc' tab for some additional options. 27.Oct.96 Web Expander 2.12a 1. Payment information was changed in HelpFile. 29.Sep.96 Web Expander 2.12 1. Fixed a problem. Web Expander couldn't detect MSIE on Japanese Windows 95. 21.Sep.96 Web Expander 2.11 1. Add following keywords for options field on protocols tab. $(directory) $(filename) 17.Sep.96 Web Expander 2.1a 1. Add Unregister Program 'Unreg.exe'. 25.Aug.96 Web Expander 2.1 1. Web Expander launches your favorite mail program, when you click mailto: from Microsoft Internet Explorer. 2. Add help menu to Web Expander Controller. 12.Aug.96 Web Expander 2.04 1. add complete protocol matching mode to Protocols configuration (for News) 31.July.96 Web Expander 2.03 1. make never to retry invoking AL-Mail 2. Change method of detection of AL-Mail terminate. 28.July.96 Web Expander 2.03 1. Retry to invoke AL-Mail. (AL-Mail for Japanese) 2. Change Compiler from MSVC++ 4.0 to MSVC++ 4.1 8.July.96 Web Expander 2.02 A. Add new keyword $(username) and $(hostname) for protocol options. B. If you use Windows 95, no more show Web Expander Controller dialog at startup time. 7.July.96 Web Expander 2.02 When post news article, I make Web Expander mailto protocol handling no work. 7.July.96 Web Expander 2.01 A. You can define multi handler for one protocol. i.e. - When following two handler was defined. protocol-a: ftp: program: ws_ftp95.exe options: -u anonymous $u protocol-b: ftp://ftp.abc.com program: ws_ftp95.exe options: -u your-username -w your-password $p If you click ftp://ftp.abc.com/usrs/your-home-directory, Web Expander will launch WS_FTP, and WS_FTP will login the site and open /usrs/your-home-directory as your-username. When you click other ftp site, Web Expander will launch WE_FTP and it login the site as anonymous. i.e. - Browse some Web Site by Internet Explorer. protocol: http://www.microsoft program: C:\Program Files\PLUS!\Microsoft Internet\Iexplore.exe options:$u When you click http://www.microsoft.com or http://www.microsoft.co.jp. Web Expander launches Internet Explorer. When you click other site, you can browse the site by Netscape Navigator. B. Add New component 'Web Expander Controller'. Web Expander Controller (wexpicon.exe) can configure Web Expander setting and make disable protocol handling at the moment. When your OS is Windows 95 or NT 4.0, Web Expander Controller stayed in the Tray region of the Taskbar. When your OS Windows NT 3.51, Web Expander Controller works as dialog application. Please read Web Expander Help file for more information of Web Expander Controller. 30.Jun.96 Web Expander 2.01 beta-1 - Add Web Expander Controller. 29.Jun.96 Web Expander 2.01 beta-1 - Change method of protocol matching from completely matching to partial matching. - Address analyzing was corrected, when submit
. 23.Jun.96 Web Expander 2.0 - release commercial edition. 15.Jun.96 Web Expander 2.0 Beta-2 - add verbose error dialog. - change evaluation term to 4 weeks 9.Jun.96 Web Expander 2.0 Beta-1 - If current protocol configuration is not saved, show confirmation dialog. - Change registry key to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BlackDog\Web Expander' from 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BlackDog\webexp' - Add registration dialog. - After evaluation term, show unregistered dialog when launching application. - In evaluation term, show unregistered dialog when launching application at once. 2.Jun.96 Web Expander 2.0 alpha-1 - Version 2.0 First alpha release ------- Thanks.