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- The HTML List Generator v3.5 (c)1998 Delsyd Software
-
- What's new for version 3.5
- 1.Fixed more severe bugs
- 2.Made GUI friendlier---again
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- I.Introduction
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- This program is designed to make the construction of file archive pages on the internet
- a lot simpler.It takes a lot of the tedious steps of creating one of these pages out of the loop.
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- II.Requirements
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- Workbench 2.x or higher.
- A screenmode that's at least 686x440
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- III.The user interface
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- Most parts of the user interface are pretty straightforward.
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- 1.Clear all entries---clears out all of the data you have entered.
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- 2.Refresh window---When the window is resized,some of the gadgets do not redraw for some reason
- This is a cheap way around that.
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- 3.Exit---say bye bye!
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- 4.Open HTML viewer---Opens a window so you can view the html source code
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- 5.Close HTML viewer---does the exact opposite.
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- 6.Load data file---Loads an HLG data file that you've saved.
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- 7.Save data file---Saves all information in your current document.
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- 8.Save HTML file---generates html code for use in you page.
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- 9.Make dir data file---This is actually a relatively useful feature. Make a directory on your hard drive
- that contains all the files that are on your site that are available for download.Select
- the Make dir data file button. Now choose the directory that your files are in, and
- voila! most of your work is done!
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- 10.Next page---move forward one page
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- 11.Previous page---moves back one page.
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- 12.Page title---Enter the title of your page here.
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- 13.File pathname---Enter the FULL pathname of your page's download directory
- ex. http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/foothills/2705/
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- 14.Files names---simply type in the names of the files available.HLG takes care of the rest.
- You are allowed to have 98 files per web page.Only 11 files are shown at a time.Use the
- next page and previous page buttons to scroll through the other 8 pages of files.
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- 15.Descriptions---Type a short description for each file.
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- 16.Text color-html text colors are in rgb format.For each different
- category(text,link,vlink,flink), you must enter a # followed by the rgb codes for that particular
- color.Each RGB value is in hexadecimal,and has a range between 0 and 255.See examples:
- ex. #ffffff <---this would be white
- ex. #ff0000 <---red
- ex. #00ff00 <---green
- ex. #0000ff <---blue
- ex. #999999 <---gray
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- 17.Link to home page---Enter the full URL of your web page.
- ex. http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/foothills/2705/index.html
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- 18.Background image---Enter the FULL pathname of the image you want to be displayed in the
- background---leave this blank if you don't intend to use it.
- ex. http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/foothills/2705/background.gif
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- 19.Header image---This display an image at the top of the page.Enter the full pathname of the
- image to be displayed.
- ex. http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/foothills/2705/download.gif
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- III. Important notes!!!!
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- When entering data into the string gadgets,don't forget to press enter after you finished a line!
- If you don't press enter, the program won't recognize any changes that you have made.Don't
- consider this a bug...just a FEATURE!!!(I'm trying to get to the bottom of this problem!)
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- IV.Legal Stuff
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- This product is designated as freeware. You can copy it ,pass it around to your friends,
- use it as a drink coaster,etc. This program may not be sold for any profit.Anyone wishing to
- add this program to a compilation cd are free to do so. We are not
- responsible for any damages this software product may cause to your computer,vaccuum cleaner,
- or sex life. This archive must not be changed in any way.
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- V.Contact Delsyd Software at:
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- delsydsoftware@yahoo.com
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- or visit our website at:
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- www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/foothills/2705/index.html
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- VI.Known Bugs:
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- Fixed for release 3.5
- There was an evil bug in the window-opening routine. If you tried to run the program on a screen
- that was too small, the program ignored that fact and KEPT GOING! Lockup city!
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- Fixed for release 3.1
- There were a couple of FATAL errors in the functions which brought up file requestors. If you tried to
- cancel a file operation, all data would be lost! OOPS! Well,at least I fixed it...
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- Fixed for release 3.0
- There was a bug in version 2.0 that caused some data to not be displayed in the html viewer.
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- VII.Future versions:
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- Do you have any suggestions? We'd be glad to hear them.Really...We would...Please...Send us
- mail... :)
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-
- ENJOY!!!
-
- Chris Kelley
- Head programmer Delsyd Software
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