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ScreenShot Of WeatherBrowser2 In Windows XP Displaying A National Weather Service Radar Web Page.

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Special Features:

_____WeatherBrowser Is A Custom Built Web Browser Which Was Originally Built For Navigating To National Weather Service Radar Sites, And Other Large Image Web Sites. . . It Has Special Features Which Enhance This Function.
_____The Present Form Of WeatherBrowser Has Been Enhanced, Radically, And Now, WeatherBrowser Serves Well For All Web Browsing Purposes, And Some Believe WeatherBrowser Rivals Internet Explorer.
_____WeatherBrowser Uses Microsoft's SHDOCVW.DLL, Core Browser Component, And Other Components And Functions Which Are Installed And Also Used By Internet Explorer. Access To These Components And Support Is Provided By Microsoft Corporation To Software Developers. . . WeatherBrowser Also Uses Other Op. System, Third Party, And Its Own Custom Built Components And Functions.

• Thin Auto-Hide Control Bar And Status Bar Provides Basic Controls And More Space For Large Image Pages And Weather Radar Web Pages.

• Automatic Refresh Interval Timer Allows You To Set The Browser To Automatically Refresh Its Current Page, Especially Useful For Some Weather Radar Pages Which Do Not Automatically Refresh.

• Site Selector Is Completely User Editable, And Stores Favorite Links Specific To WeatherBrowser. It Will Not Affect Or Be Affected By Internet Explorer Favorites, But You Can Navigate To Or Import Your Explorer Favorites, As Well.

• Built-In Pop-up Ad Window Killer Removes Most Ad Windows, Without Removing Most Pop-Up Content Pages, Or Links.

• Built For Windows XP For Single Or Multi-User Settings, Favorites, History, And NTFS Compatibility.

• Reverse Compatibile With Windows 98 For Single Or Multi-User Settings, Favorites, History.

• Additional Features - See WeatherBrowser "Help" Topic, Below, For All Features And Details

_____IMPORTANT NOTE: ..Some Of The Component Files Necessary To Run WeatherBrowser Can Only Be Obtained From Microsoft Corp.... If You Have Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 Or Higher, The Files Are Already Installed On Your Computer. . Otherwise, You Must Install Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 Or Higher. . . . You Can Install Internet Explorer, Even If You Are Using Netscape As Your Default Browser. You Can Download Internet Explorer Free From http://www.microsoft .com . WeatherBrowser2 Was Written And Tested In Windows XP (NTFS) With Internet Explorer 6, But Has Also Been Tested And Is Fully Functional In Windows 98, With Internet Explorer 5 Or 6 Installations.

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Register

_____WeatherBrowser2, The Unregistered Version Is Full Featured, But The Unregistered Version Shows A Small "About" Window At The Open, Which Must Be Closed Before You Can Use The Browser Window, And Which, After 30 Opens, Has A Short Time Delay. . . To Register Your Copy Of WeatherBrowser, Now, Click: http://www.Regsoft.com . You Can Register, Later, Using These Links, Or The Links On WeatherBrowser's Menu Click "Help" > "About".

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Help Index

Note: If You Hover Your MousePointer Over Most Of The Buttons, Boxes, Etc. In WeatherBrowser, A Tool-Tip Will Be Displayed. ..This Information Can Help You Get Acquainted With WeatherBrowser Functions. . . Later, Tool-Tips Can Be Disabled In The Options Window, If You Like.

Main Window

ControlBar (Left To Right)

.........."Menu" Button - Displays A Pop-Down Menu With The Following Items:

"File" >>
......"Open" - Select And Open Web Page Files Located On Your Computer's Hard Drive. . Note: If You Want To Type-In An Internet URL Address, Don't Do It Here. . Enter It Directly Into The Address Box On The Control Bar.
......"SaveAs" - Save The Current Page In The WeatherBrowser Window To A File On Your Computer.

"Edit" >>
......"Select All" - Selects The Entire Web Page.
......"Find (On This Page)" - Opens A Search Dialog Box To Search For Text On A Web Page.
........Note: To "Cut," "Copy," Or "Paste," Items Use The Right-Click Menu On The Web Page

"Print" - Opens Print Dialog Window.

"View" >>
......"Status Bar" - Sets Whether Or Not The Window Has a Status Bar At The Bottom.
......"Refresh" - Reload Current Page.
......"Stop" - Will Stop An, In Progress, Web Page Download, Stop A Web Page Script Running Or Stop Web Page Music Playing.

"Text" >>
......"Fonts (App Window)" - Select The Fonts Used In The Site Selector, Site List, And Timer Displays, And Lists Windows.
......"Text Size (Web Page)" - Change The Size Of HTML Text On Web Pages In The WeatherBrowser Window.

"Options" >>
......"Start Page & Options (This App)" - Opens A Window With Settings For WeatherBrowser's Default Start Page, And Other Weather Browser Options Settings.
......"Internet Options (All Apps)" - Opens The Windows Control Panel "Internet Options" (Properties) Dialog Window Where You Can Select Options Which Will Affect Both, Internet Explorer And WeatherBrowser.

"New Browser Window" - Opens A New Start-Up "Instance" WeatherBrowser Window.
"Full Screen Window" - Open WeatherBrowser's Full Screen, Borderless Window And Navigate To The Page Currently Loaded In WeatherBrowser.
"History Window" - Opens WeatherBrowser's "History Window Which Stores A List Of Recently Visited Websites. . . You Can Set The Number Of Days Of History To Be Kept In The "Start Page & Options" Window (See Menu Item Below).
"List Window (Edit Selectors)" - Opens The "Edit Category & Site Selector Lists" Window, Where You Can Edit, Add, Delete, Rename, Re-Order, Alphabetize,...Etc., The List Of Site Names And URL's Which Will Be Displayed In The Site Selector Combo Box. You Can, Also Import (Copy) Individual Or Multiple Items From Your Internet Explorer Favorites Into WeatherBrowser's Selector Lists. (Same Window Opened By The "Edit" Button)

"Kill Pop-Up Ad Windows" - If Checked, WeatherBrowser Will Attempt To Discriminate And Unload Any Advertising Page Windows Launched From Within A Web Page. . The Ad Windows Will Appear, And Will Then Close, About One Second After They Are Loaded. . The Discrimination Is Made If The Page Runs A Script Which Resizes The Browser Window, Or Requests The Browser Remove Its ToolBar. . This Is Not An Exact Science, And It Is Posible To Lose Content Pages On Some Web Sites When Using This Feature. . So, Keep This In Mind If You Select This Menu Item.
"Kill Pop-Up Ads w/Boom" - Same As Above, Except, Makes A "Boom" Sound When The Ad Windows Are Unloaded (It Can Be Sensational And Deeply Satisfying If You're In The Mood).
"Disable Script Error Msg" - Some Web Pages Contain Script Errors Which Will Be Reported By WeatherBrowser With A Pop-Up Error Message Which Asks You If You Want To Let The Script Continue To Run. . If These Messages Become Annoying, You Can Disable The Error Message Feature. . .Sometimes. However, Some Page Scripts, And Page Links May Not Function If You Set This Menu Option.. Also Note, Some Script Error Messages Will Appear Even Though This Option Is Set. This Menu Option Is Default "Off" Each Time You Open WeatherBrowser.

"Internet Explorer Favorites" - Opens A Dialog Selector Showing Your Internet Explorer Favorites (...Windows\Favorites). . You Can Select A Category (Dir) And Then A Website (File) And Weather Browser Will Navigate To The Site.
"Windows Messenger" - Opens "Windows Messenger", Messaging Application. . In WeatherBrowser2's "Start Page & Options" Window (Tab3) You Can Change This Menu Caption And The Path To Any Application You Choose.
"Outlook Express" >>
......"Open Mail App" - Opens "Outlook Express", Or Your Configured eMail Application. . In WeatherBrowser2's "Start Page & Options" Window (Tab3) You Can Change This Menu Caption And The Path To Any Application You Choose.
......"Create New Mail" - Opens An "Outlook Express" MailTo: Window.
"Pop3check email" - If Pop3check's Is Installed As Instructed Below, This Menu Item Will Be On WeatherBrowser's Menus And Will Open Pop3check.exe, A Separate Add-In Utility Available From WeatherBrowser2xp's Author, MicroProse Software. . With A Single Click, It Will Check The POP3 Servers And List ..To:/From:/Subject:/Sent Date:.. For All Of The eMails You Have On The Servers, For All Of Your Configured eMail Addresses. . For Additional Features And Details See Pop3check's Help File. To Be Accessible In WeatherBrowser, Pop3check's Install Directory And WeatherBrowser2's Install Directory Must Be In The Same Parent Directory. . For Example. ... C:\Program Files\Pop3check\ .... And .... C:\Program Files\WeatherBrowser2\. . .(These Are Their Default Install Locations).

"Help" >>
......"Help Page (Local)" - Opens (This) WeatherBrowser, .html Help File Page, (Stored In WeatherBrowser's Directory On Your Hard Drive.
......"About" - Opens The "About" Window - Info About And Register Links For WeatherBrowser.
......"Suggestions & Bugs" - Opens A Window With Information And Allows You To Send Suggestions And Report Bugs To The Developer.

"Work Offline" - When Checked, WeatherBrowser Windows Will Attempt To Load Pages From Your Temporary Internet Files Directory On Your Local Hard Drive Instead Of From The Internet. . This Is A System Setting And Will Affect Other Applications' "Work Offline" Status, Such As Outlook Express And Internet Explorer. . If Other Apps Change This System Setting, WeatherBrowser's Windows Will Detect The Change And Its "Work Offline" Status Will Change, Also. . . Note: "Work Offline" Does Not Necessarily Mean Disconnected From The Internet.
"Close" - Closes The Immediate Window (Does Not Close The Aplication Or Any Other WeatherBrowser Windows Which You May Have Open).

(End of Main Menu Items)

.....Right-Click Menu.. (Another Menu You Can Use When You Right-Click Within A Web Page In WeatherBrowser's Window). . Shows An Internet Explorer Menu. You Can Add Pages To Your Internet Explorer Favorite List To Be Visited Later If You Ever Run Internet Explorer, Again. .. Also, This Menu Will Perform Functions On Web Pages In WeatherBrowser's Window, Like Open The Link Or Save The Picture You Right-Clicked. .. The Properties And View Source Clicks, Also, Apply To The Page In The WeatherBrowser Window.

....."iNet" or "Off" Button.... The Button Text Indicates Whether You Are Connected To The Internet Or Not. . ."iNet" = Connected . . . "Off" = Disconnected . . . If You Have A Dial-Up Internet Service, You Can Force Up The Dial-Up Connection Window, If It Should Ever Fail To Appear When You Need To Dial-Up And Connect.

.....Page Refresh Interval.... (Box) Displays How Often, In Minutes The Page Currently Displayed, Will ,Automatically, Be Refreshed. Double Clicking The Box Will Start Or Stop The Timer. (The Box's Background Color Will Be Window Color If The Timer Is "On", Or Will Be Grey If The Timer Is "Off")

Inc-Dec Arrow Buttons.... Increment / Decrement The Automatic Page Refresh Interval (in Minutes). Clicking An Arrow Button Will, Also, Automatically Start The Timer.

..... Next Refresh ... (Box) Displays The Minute Count Until The Next Automatic Refresh, If Running. . When This Number Equals Zero, The Current Web Page Will Automatically Refresh. . . Double Clicking Will Reset = (Your Interval Setting).

....."+" Button... Left Or Right Click To Alternate (Swap) Between Showing The Refresh Timer Controls (The Two Text Boxes And The Small Inc-Dec Arrow Buttons Between Them) And The Two Cycle Buttons ("Stop" And "History" Are Shown). . . The Six, Posible, Cycle Buttons Perform The Same Functions As The Main Menu Functions Of The Same Name.

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Click The "+" Button To Alternate Between Timer Controls (fig. 1 Above) And Cycle Buttons (fig. 2, 3, or 4 Below)

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Right-Click Either The "Stop" Or "History" Button To Cycle To Its Next Button Name (Shown fig. 3 Below)

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Right-Click Either The "Find" Or "Mail" Button To Cycle To Its Next Button Name (Shown fig.4 Below)

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Right-Click Either The "Full" Or "Offline" Button To Cycle To Its Next Button Name (Shown fig. 2 Above)

....."List" Button... Opens The "Edit Category & Site Selector Lists" Window, Where You Can Edit, Add, Delete, Rename, Re-Order, Alphabetize,...Etc., The List Of Site Names And URL's Which Will Be Displayed In The Site Selector Combo Box. You Can, Also Import (Copy) Individual Or Multiple Items From Your Internet Explorer Favorites Into WeatherBrowser's Selector Lists. (May, Also, Be Opened From The Main Menu Button Menu)

Note: When You Are At A Web Site, It Is Easy To Add Its Web Address To Your SiteList (Which Will Be Displayed In The "Site Selector Combo Box").
- - - - - - 1. Click WeatherBrowser's "List" Button, To Open "Edit Category & Site Selector Lists" Window.
- - - - - - 2. . Then Select Or Create A Category, And Click The "Add Current Web Page To List" Button.

Note: ...To Get You Started, Several Categories And A Number Of Web Site Addresses, Including The National Weather Service's U.S. Map Of Radar Sites Links Page And Home Page Will Be On Your List, Initially. . You Can Edit These, Add To, Delete, Etc. In The "Edit Category & Site Selector Lists" Window.

....."Refresh" Button... Refreshes The Currently Displayed Web Page, Immediately. . . Right-Click The Refresh Button To Cycle-Select WeatherBrowser2's Default Refresh Mode:
. . 1. Normal - Perform A Lightweight Refresh (does not include sending the HTTP "pragma:nocache" header to the server) . . . This Mode Has Never Failed To Refresh With A Fresh Page, But The Other Modes Are Available If You Should Need Them..
. . 2. If Expired - Refresh If The Page Has Expired.
. . 3. Completely - Full Refresh Includes Sending "pragma:nocache" Header To The Server (HTTP URLs only). . Browsers Usually Send This Header When Refreshing, But It Can Cause Problems For Some Servers.

Back-Fwd Arrow Buttons... Back / Forward Navigate Buttons.

....(Rectangle)... Clicking It Will Cause The "New Window CheckBox" And The "Full Screen CheckBox" To Become Visible/Invisible, And The Rectangle Reshapes Itself.

.....New Window CheckBox... If Checked, When You Select A Site From The Selector List Or Click A Link On A Web Page, A New WeatherBrowser Window Will Be Created To Navigate To The Selected Site.

.....Full Screen CheckBox... If Checked, When You Select A Site From The Selector List Or Click A Link On A Web Page, WeatherBrowser's Full Screen, Borderless Window Will Become Visible And Will Navigate To The Selected Site.
The Borderless Window Has A Thin Strip "Control Bar" At The Top, With ToolTips. Left To Right:
..."Dock" Button - Will Position The Window At The Top-Left Corner Of The Screen.
..."Add Page" Button - Allows You To Select A Category And Add The Page To Your Site Selector List.
..."Drag Bar" - Acts Like The Title Bar On Ordinary Windows, Click It And Move The Window.
..."Back" Button - Return To Previous Page, Back.
..."Forward" Button - Return To Previous Page, Forward.
..."Close" Button Closes The Window. (Or Press The "Esc" Key On Your Keyboard).

... Note: A Little Quirk You May Encounter... On Some Web Pages A Script May Be Running Which Launches Timed Advertising Windows. . If This Occurrs While The Full Screen CheckBox Is Checked The Ad Page May Load In WeatherBrowser's Full Screen Window. .Solution: Just Close The Full Screen Window In The Normal Fashion, And Check The CheckBox Again.

.....Thin Auto-Hide Button .... If You Have Selected The Option's Settings, "Enable Manual Hide Controls" Clicking This Thin Unlabeled Button, Located Beneath All Of The Buttons On The Control Bar, Will Hide The ControlBar Buttons, Etc. At Top Of WeatherBrowser Window And The Status Bar At The Bottom Of The Window. . Then, When Hidden, If You Click The Thin Button At The Top Of The Window, The Control Bar And Status Bar Will Become Visible Again.
.....If You Have Selected The Option's Setting, "Enable Auto- Hide Controls," Moving The Mouse Pointer Away From The Control Bar Will Hide The Control Bar And Status Bar. . Then, When Hidden, If You Move Your Mouse Over The Thin Button At The Top Of The Window, The Control Bar And Status Bar Will Become Visible Again (Similar To The Auto-Hide Windows Task Bar).
.....If You Have Selected The Option's Setting, "Disable All Hide Controls," The Control Bar And Status Bar Will Remain Visible All Of The Time.
Note: The Status Bar Will Not Be Visible If Un-Checked On The Main Menu, "View" >> "Status Bar".

WeatherBrowser Favorites

.....WeatherBrowser Has A Completely Independent, User Editable, Sites Lists (Favorites). In The Options Window, The Selector Can Be Set To Either, The Single List Mode, (The Default) With Arranged Categories, Each Followed By It's List Of Site Links, ....OR The Two List Mode, With A Separate Selector For Categories And For Web Site Names. . . You Can Edit, Add, Delete, Rename The List Items In The "Edit Category & Site Selector Lists" Window.
Note: Clicking Outside Of The Selector To Hide The List Is Sometimes A Little Difficult, Since Web Pages May Be Covered With Hyperlinks And The Control Bar Is Covered With Buttons, So Clicking The Column Header Titles At The Top Of The List Or Either Of The Two Down Arrow Buttons Or The Status Bar At The Bottom Of The Browser Window Will Hide The Selector List. . Making A Selection Will Also Hide The Selector List. . Clicking The Title Bar Of The Browser Window Or Clicking Outside Of The Browser Window Will Not Hide A Visible Selector List.

Single List Mode

.... Category And Site Selector (Shown Below) .. Click The Down Arrow Button On The Left Side Of The Address Box To Pop-Down And View The Selector's List of Category Names And Web Site Names. . Click A Web Site Name On The List To Select And Go To That Web Site (Will Also Hide The Selector List).

Two List Mode

.....Category Selector (Shown Below) .. Click The Down Arrow Button On The Left Side Of The Address Box To Pop-Down And View The Selector's List of Category Names... Click A Category Name On The List To Load The Category's List Of Web Site Names And Show The "Site Selector".

.....Site Selector (Shown Below) .. When You Click A Category Name On The Category Selector List, The Site Selector Will Appear. . Then Click A Web Site Name On The Site Selector List To Select And Go To That Web Site (Will Also Hide The Selector List).

.....Address Box .... The Address Box Contains The Full URL Address Of The Web Page Being Displayed In The Browser Window. . It Is Automatically Loaded After The Navigate Is Done When You Select An Address From The Selector, Or When You Click A Link On A Web Page, Or When You Select A File Using The Menu "File >>" "Open" File Selector Dialog Window. . You Can Also Type Any URL Directly Into The Address Box And Click The "Go" Button To Navigate To That Address (The Address Will Not Be Stored On WeatherBrowser's Selector List, Automatically).
Example URL Addresses:
http://wwwYahoo.com
C:\ProgramFiles\WeatherBrowser2\WeatherBrowser2Help.htm)
C:\Documents and Settings\mike\My Documents\My Pictures\SteamEngine.jpg

....."Go" Button... Will Go To The URL Shown In The Address Box, If You Typed The URL In Manually, Or If You Selected A Site From The List. (Normally when you select a site from the list navigation is automatic)
Note: Addresses Are Not Stored On WeatherBrowser's Selector List, Automatically.

......Status Bar....The Status Bar Is Located At The Bottom Of The Browser Window. . It Is (Default) Visible, Unless You Un-Check -- Main Menu > View >> StatusBar. . Or Unless You Have Selected Either The "Auto-Hide Controls," Or The (Default) "Manual Hide Controls" Options Setting, And The Controls Are In The "Hide" Mode.

StatusBar Example 1 (Below)...... During A Page Download:
.. Panel 1 Displays Browser Status Messages Related To The Page Files Being Downloaded.
.. Panel 2 Displays A Progress Bar.

StatusBar Example 2 (Below)...... After A Page Has Completed Downloading:
.. Panel 1 Will Display The URL Web Address Of A Hyperlink When You Hover Your Mouse Point Over It.
.. Panel 2 Displays The Time. . You Can Switch The Time Display On or Off By Double-Clicking Panel 2 . . You Can Switch From Your Local Regional Settings Time To Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) By Right-Clicking The Status Bar. (Your Settings Will Be Saved).

Status Bar - In Both Examples Above:
......Panel 3 Will Display An Icon And Text If You Have Checked On The Main Menu .. "Kill Pop-Up Ad Windows" or "Kill Pop-Up Ads w/ Boom" or "Disable Script Error Msg".
......Panel 4 You Can Click And Hold Down The Mouse Button On The Lower-Right Corner, Then Drag To Resize The Window.

Edit Window
(Category & Site Lists)

The Main Window's "List" Button Opens The "Edit Category & Site Selector Lists" Window, (Shown Below) Where You Can Edit, Add, Delete, Rename, Re-Order, Alphabetize,...Etc., The Lists Of Category Names And Web Site Names And URL's Which Will Be Displayed In The Main Windows Category And Site Selectors. ... ... ... Functions List

Functions List:

"Enter A New Category >>>" Button - (Top-Left Corner) - Adds A New Category To The Category List.(Large Upper List Window) . First, Type A Name For The Category In The TextBox (Top-Center ).

"Delete Selected Cat" Button - (Top-Right Corner) - Deletes The Selected Category From The Category List (Large Upper List Window).

"Add Current Web Page To List" Button - (Center-Left-1) - Adds The Name And Address Ot The Web Page Currently Being Displayed In WeatherBrowser To The Currently Selected Category's List Of Web Sites In Large, Lower Window.
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"Add Selected History Item(s)" Button - (Center-Left-1)- (Only Appears When Edit Window Is Opened From History Window Menu) - Adds The Name And Address Ot The Web Page(s) Currently Selected In The History Window To The Currently Selected Category's List Of Web Sites In Large, Lower Window.

"Import Fav" Button - (Center-Left-2) - Allows You To Select Items From Your Internet Explorer Favorites Files And Add Them To Your WeatherBrowser Site List.

Category Selector Combo Box - (Center-Center) - Use This Selector To Select The Destination Category For The "Move Selected To Cat..." And The "Copy Selected To Cat..." Pop-Up Menu Functions , Which Move Or Copy Web Site Names - Addresses From One Category To Another. (You Can Select Multiple Sites By Pressing The "Ctrl" Key On Your Keyboard)

"Delete Selected Site(s)" Button - (Center-Right) - Deletes One Or More Selected Web Site(s) From The Large Lower Window.

Up Arrow -Down Arrow Buttons - (Lower-Left Corner-1-2) - Make The Large Lower Web Sites Window Larger Or Smaller (and The Upper Categories Window The Opposite).

"Enter A Web Address >>>" Button - (Lower-Left Corner-3) - Type A URL Address (ex. http://www.yahoo.com) In The Text Box, And Then Click To Add The Address To The Current Site List, Above. . After The URL Is Added The List The Name Will Be Blank. . Click The Blank Name Twice, And Then Type The Name Directly Into The List.

"BU" (Back-Up) - "Restore" And "UnDo" Buttons - (Lower-Right Corner-1-2- 3) - Allows You To Automatically Save Your Entire Set Of Category And Site Lists Files To The Application's Back-Up Subdirectory, And To Later Restore Them, And To Undo A Restore.

Right-Click Menu - Right-Click Within Either Edit Window, To Show The Menu, To Re-Order Or Sort Items Within A List, Or To Move Or Copy Item(s) To Another Category's List.

Options Window

On Tab1 (Default Start Page) You Can Set The Web Page Where Each New WeatherBrowser Window Navigate To . . . On Tab2 (Options) You Can Select Several Options That Affect How WeatherBrowser Functions. . On Tab3 (Mail - Messenger) You Can Enter The Main Menu Caption And Browse For And Select The Path To Your Mail App Or Messaging App. . .After You Have Made Changes On Any Or All Three Tabs, Then Click The "Save All Changes And Exit" Button To Save Your Selections And Exit. . . The "Restore Defaults" Button Applies To The Items On The Currently Visible Tab, Only, And Does Not Save The Changes It Makes.

Tab1 (Default Start Page)

Tab2 (Options)

Tab3 (Mail - Messenger)

Note: One Option Intentionally Omitted. . .If You Want To "Set WeatherBrowser To Be The Default Web Browser In Your Computer" So That When You Double-Click ".htm" Or ".html" Filenames In My Computer Or Windows Explorer (File Manager) They Will Open In A WeatherBrowser Window, Instead Of In An "Internet Explorer" Window, Follow The Instructions Below:
1. __ Open My Computer Or Windows Explorer (File Manager)
2. __ On The Main Menu Click "Tools" Then "Folder Options"
3. __ When The "Folder Options" Window Appears, Click The "File Types" Tab, Then Scroll Down The List To The Extension "HTM". Click It To Select It. . Then Click The "Change" Button, Below.
4. __ An "Open With" Window Will Appear. . If You See "WeatherBrowser2" On The List, Select It (Go To Step 7), Else Click The "Browse" Button.
5. __ A File Selector Window (Also Named "Open With...") Will Appear. Find The WeatherBrowser2.exe File (Typically In C:\Program Files\WeatherBrowser2\) . . Select It, Then Click The "Open" Button.
6. __ Then Going Back To The First "Open With" Window, WeatherBrowser2 Should Now Be On The List.
7. __ Then Click The "Okay" Button.
8. __ Repeat The Process For The Extension "HTML"
____ It's Easier Than This Lengthy Description Implies, And Once You Understand The Process, Its Easy To Change The Default Browser For .htm And .html Files, Or Any Default Application For Any File Type Extention.

History Window

WeatherBrowser's History Files And System Is Completely Independent From Windows Or Internet Explorer.

You Can Set Set The "Number Of Days To Keep Pages In History" In The "Start Page & Options" Window (Min = 0, Max = 9999). If You Have Not Set The "Number Of Days To Keep Pages In History" Equal To Zero, Then...

You Can Set Set The "Store Duplicate URL's" Setting In The "Start Page & Options" Window (Default Is Not To Store Duplicates). . . But If You Want A Complete Record Of All Of Your Navigation, Check This Option In The "Start Page & Options" Window, And A New Entry Will Be Made In The History Files, Including The Date And Time To The Nearest Second, Each Time You Visit A Page, Even If It Is Just A Page Refresh. . .Note: When Set To Store Duplicate URL's, The Hits Count Becomes Insignificant. . . When Not Set (The Default) The Date And Time Become Insignificant. . . When Changing From One Mode To The Other, Both The Hits Count And The Date And Time Become Somewhat Insignificant, Until Your Configured-Number-Of-Days-To-Keep-History Have Passed Since The Date When You Changed The Setting.

"Today" (Tab1) - Will Show All Of The Pages You Have Navigated To, Today, In WeatherBrowser2.

"Search Returns" (Tab2)
1. In The First Selector, Select The Time Period You Want To View. . All Of Your History Pages, (ex. 0-30 Days Ago, If Your History Option Setting = 30 Days), Or Just A Specific Week (ex. 0-7 Days Ago) Or A Specific Day (ex. 7 Days Ago).
2. Then In The Second Selector, Select Sort Options: "Host Sort" . . "Date Sort" . . "Host List Only" . . "Titles Text Search" . . "Url's Text Search" . . "Both Text Search" (Titles And URL's).
Note: If You Selected A Text Search You Should, Also, Enter The Text You Want To Search For In The Text Box Next To The "Search" Button.
3. Then Click The "Search" Button To Search The History Files And Load The Returns Into The Window.

History List Window Pop-Up Menu And CheckBox Functions List:

Tab2 "Search Returns" (Shown)

Pop-Up Menu - You Can Right Click Either, The "Today" List, Or The "Search Returns" List To Get A Pop-Up Menu With Functions:
....."Navigate To Selected URL" - WeatherBrowser Will Navigate To The Selected Address On Either The "Today" List Or A "Search Returns" List. . . Note: If You Have More Than One WeatherBrowser Window Open, The Last One Which Had Focus Will Navigate.
....."Add Item(s) To Site Selector List" - Opens The "Edit Category & Site Selector Lists" Window Where You Can Select A Category And Then Click Its "Add Selected History Item(s)" Button To Add All Addresss Which You Have Selected In The History Window To Your SiteList (Press "Ctrl" Key To Multi-Select).
....."Remove Item(s) From List (Temp)" - Removes Items From The Immediate List, But Does Not Delete Them From The Files (Press "Ctrl" Key To Multi-Select).
....."Show Selected Host's Page Items" - On Tab2, After You Have Searched For A "Host List Only," You Can Select A Host Name On The Returns List And Then Reload The List And View Just That Host's Web Page Addresses.

Check Boxes:
....."on top" - If Checked, The History Window Will Stay On Top Of Other Windows Even If It Does Not Have Focus.
....."show time" - If Checked, Search Returns Will Show The Date And The Time, Otherwise They Will Show Just The Date.
....."dupes" - If Checked, Search Returns On Tab2 Will Show Any Duplicate Addresses From Different Days' Files (Default Is To Not Show Duplicates).
....."vis." - If Checked, New Items Added, Real Time, To The Bottom Of The "Today" List On Tab1 Will Push The List Up And Be Visible.
....."1-click" - If Checked, A Single Mouse Click Will Start A Navigation To The Clicked Address On Either The "Today" List Or A "Search Returns" List. Otherwise A Double-Click Is Required.

Notes:

1. Uninstall - WeatherBrowser Uses Microsoft's Install And Uninstall System. When WeatherBrowser2xp Is Uninstalled Using Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs, It Will Only Remove The Directories And Files Which Were Installed During The Original Installation Process. For A Complete Uninstall, After You Use Control Panel Uninstall, You May Safely Delete Any Of The Following Which Control Panel Will Not Remove:
........a. WeatherBrowser2 Desktop Icon - Right Click It, And Then On The Pop-Up Menu Click "Delete".
........b. (In Windows XP) - In C:\Documents And Settings\(Each Username)\Application Data\ .... You Can Delete Each User's WeatherBrowser2 Subdirectory And All Of Its Subdirectories And Files.
........b. (In Windows 98) - In C:\Windows\Profiles\(Each Username)\Application Data\ .... You Can Delete Each User's WeatherBrowser2 Subdirectory And All Of Its Subdirectories And Files.
........c. If You Registered WeatherBrowser2 And Left The Register Key Text File In The Application's Install Directory, Typically, C:\Program Files\WeatherBrowser2 . . Control Panel Will Not Remove This WeatherBrowser2 Subdirectory. . You Can Delete The WeatherBrowser2 Subdirectory And All Of Its Subdirectories And Files.
........d. IMPORTANT: If, During The Control Panel Uninstall Process, You Are Prompted With Message Box Questions Regarding The Removal Of "Shared" Files. . Do Not Remove Them. . Several Of The Files In Question Are Windows Component Files And Should Not Be Removed. . When You Originally Installed WeatherBrowser These Files May Have Been Upgraded To Newer Versions.

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Copyright 2002, 2003 Mike Messer

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