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- AutoKey, Version 2.0 - DESCRIBE.DOC -
A U T O K E Y
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Version 2.0
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D E S C R I P T I O N A N D
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A U T H O R I N F O R M A T I O N
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Last updated: September, 1992
This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe the
AutoKey package.
Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.DOC text file.
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Program Information:
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File Name(s) for BBSs:
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For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the following
file names:
If you separate the programs and documentation into separate archive files,
please use the following names (both must be posted):
AutoK20.LZH AutoKey version 2.0 (ASP).
AutoKDOC.LZH AutoKey documentation, version 2.0.
If the programs and documentation are contained within a single archive file,
please use the following name:
AutoK20.LZH AutoKey version 2.0 (ASP).
If you compress the program and documents using some other file compression
method, then please use the name "AutoK20" with the appropriate extension
(ZIP, PAK, ARC, ZOO, etc.).
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Keywords:
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SAVE BACKUP AUTOSAVE MACRO AUTOKEY WINDOWS UTILITIES
Category:
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Utilities.
Program Name, Category, Keywords:
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[AutoKey, utility, SAVE BACKUP AUTOSAVE MACRO AUTOKEY WINDOWS UTILITIES]
Short Description:
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AutoKey is a Windows program which periodically sends a single keystroke or
menu command to other programs. Usually, this command is File/Save. Once you
set it up, AutoKey is nearly invisible, but every now and then you'll see the
program you're using write its data to disk. AutoKey keeps track of your
keyboard and mouse activity as well as the passage of time. There are
numerous streamlining features to keep AutoKey out of your way while it's
backing you up.
Long Description:
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Now you can LAUGH at power failures, snicker at UAE's. Or take the buffoon
who kicked your power cord to coffee, without "accidentally" dumping a cup of
steamin' jo in the klutz's lap.
And even when USER ERROR rears its ugly head, potentially destroying four
hours of your otherwise brilliant work, you can breathe a sigh of relief...
Because you had the foresight to run AutoKey.
Windows applications are becoming increasingly powerful, and let even
neophytes do wonderful things with information. But the more complex a
system, the more opportunities for things to go wrong, and Windows is no
exception. Even with recent improvements in reliability, some unfortunate
Windows users will rarely see the day when their system doesn't hang up. And
of course no system hangs until immediately BEFORE you were going to save your
data, or AFTER you've completed an excruciatingly painstaking addition to your
work.
AutoKey protects the data in every Windows application you're working with, by
periodically instructing the other applications to save their data. Even if
you're frequently switching between applications, AutoKey will protect the
data in ALL your Windows applications.
To use AutoKey, you just tell it the applications you wish to protect and
when, minimize it, and forget it. At the pre-defined intervals, AutoKey
examines the Windows desktop, and if any of the protected applications are
active, sends the keystrokes you request to all the applications, just as if
you typed the keys yourself. AutoKey even protects the data in multiple
running copies of a program.
You can even tell AutoKey to send non-saving keystrokes, causing an
application to perform special functions at the intervals you set up. For
example, if you're a CIA analyst, tell AutoKey to tell your news reader to
download the latest news from CryptoNet every hour, then automatically search
for such terms as "Japanese Ministry of Trade" or "terrorist attack on New
York City." Or as a stockbroker you might want to get quotes for Ice Cubes,
Ltd. automatically throughout the day. And if you're a weather caster in
Tornado Alley, you can have AutoKey instruct your analysis program to download
satellite radar images of your area every hour.
Significant features of AutoKey include:
* Keystroke control by way of menu commands or through keyboard
accelerators.
* Execution of nested menu commands, up to five levels of nesting.
* Time, keystroke or mouse click intervals.
* The ability to "screen out" applications if they contain untitled
works.
* A handy notification of pending keystrokes or menu commands.
* A defer keystroke, which allows you to intercept and skip a pending
keystroke/menu command.
Quotes from Reviews, Articles and Users:
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[This space intentionally left blank, because there have been none, yet!]
Registration Information:
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To register, print REGISTER.DOC, fill it out, and send it and $20 (US dollars)
to:
Simple Software
P.O. Box 1465
Salt Lake City, UT 84110-1465 (USA)
Registered users receive:
* The latest version of AutoKey (without the registration reminders).
* A nice printed user manual.
* Free updates for a year (at least one).
* Technical support for as long as AutoKey is in use.
For complete user registration information please refer to the REGISTER.DOC
text file.
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Author/Publisher Information:
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Simple Software is a tiny software company owned and operated by Lynn Wallace.
At Simple Software our approach is to offer a well-crafted, useful product.
Price and profit are secondary considerations. The most important part of
Simple Software's universe is the user of our program. Without the user, the
program is, well, useless.
AutoKey is Simple Software's first product, but the author has over a decade
of experience creating leading-edge software. More interesting software can be
expected, as the ideas present themselves!
Please feel free to contact me (Lynn Wallace) at any time if you have any
questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached by mail at the following
address:
Lynn Wallace
Simple Software
PO Box 1465
Salt Lake City, UT 84110-1465
U.S.A.
I can also be reached by voice or electronically as follows:
Voice: (801) 322-4040
CompuServe: 70242,101
Internet: 70242,101@COMPUSERVE.COM
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