Thanks, Mister Wizard.
See my questions after your paragraphs (below).
Bob
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 23:46:06 CST "Glenn Gilbreath Jr."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:33:49 -0700
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: VuHTML, Browse, Public Domain
> >
<snip>
>
> Bob,
> OK...here's where it gets a tad tricky, BUT, it is an option.
> What you would need to do is purchase your registration for the
> use of Arachne on multiple user systems...then, run it through
> an install on a test machine. When setting up the "tcp/ip", you
> choose "No Connection to Internet". Save this setup, no need
> to enter any other Internet data, no email addresses, etc. Save
> this as probably something like OFFLINE.ACF. Next step is to
> remove ALL the networking components...this is quite a long list,
> but Miniterm, Insight, EPPPD, maybe LSPPP, all the NIC drivers,
> these are in the sub-directory /arachne/system/devdrvr, remove
> all references to external connections in the ACF file also, it
> will be named ARACHNE.CFG too. Basically, you will need the
> font files, the DGI components to clear the cache, and tell
> it where to store temp files, etc. While this is a workable
> solution, you would need to have the proper license to distribute
> this reduced Viewer Only Version on your media.
Okay, but ... where are the codes written for the hotkeys. I couldn't
find a separate file, so I'm guessing that happens inside CORE.EXE. It
would be nice to be able to reconfigure the hotkeys, but I haven't seen
how. Such an option (for example) would have been a nice 'local' temp fix
for ALT-F2 until that was sorted out. The Viewer (created as per your
instructions) crashes when ALT-D is pressed. Did I miss something?
Also, where is the code that creates the non-changeable toolbars? I can
change everything in TOLLBAR.TB, but I still have the basic toolbars
(ALTICONS.IKN and the like). I'm guessing that they also originate in
CORE. To have a Viewer with no hint of communication capability, I would
need to change at least the Arachne icon (sorry about that, Michael) in
the top right corner. Currently, on a mouse-over, it shows a link to
http://arachne.cz - which makes it kind of difficult to claim "it's just
a viewer, officer".
So far, I'm having a lot of fun trying to create potential applications
for friendly places, but I'm still looking for somebody to build a better
mousetrap (or is that 'spiderweb' ?). Thanks (to everybody) for all the
help so far.
> Another possible
> workaround is to use it to view ONE HTML document at a time, by
> commandline only, something like:
> C:\ARACHNE\CORE.EXE SOMEFILE.HTM then press ENTER...
> This loads ONLY the HTML rendering without loading the other
> parts that get launched by way of the ARACHNE.BAT file...
> but, you can only view ONE HTML document at a time this way...
> and it may crash unexpectedly...but I have done it! Used to
> use CORE.EXE as a "helper" file in Norton Commander, hehe!
Aha. Pretty nifty. Let me guess - the crashes happen when you try to
launch one of the deleted applications. Maybe we need an IF NOT
APPLICATION, THEN RECOVERY patch to handle crashes.
Where might I find a list of all the switches for CORE? I've seen a few
random references, but not the consolidated list.
Happy Holidays
Bob
> C U L8R!
> Glenn
> Wiz <{;-)
> Wizard57M
> Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/index.htm
> -- DOS Internet, Close Windows and Keep the Internet Open! --
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