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NTSticky README FILE
(C) Copyright 1996. PSoft, Inc.
All rights reserved.
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Thank you for your interest in NTSticky. This file includes information on
NTSticky features and how to contact PSoft.

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FEATURES
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Address Books
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There are 3 ways to create new address books:

1. Use text editors:

Use your favorite text editor to create address books according to the followingn format:

Joe’s Address book
Bill Kimmel;BWZ1234;6001;
Brian Monty;34.1.52.85;6001;
Carol A. Chretien;34.1.52.225;6001;
David Pham;34.1.52.252;6001;

The first line is the description of your address book.
The remaining lines are addresses, one entry for each line. Each line has 3 fields: The first field is
the name of the recipient; The second field is the name of the recipient’s PC OR its IP address.
The third field is the port number that NTSticky will be listening to. The default is 6001. If this port
is being used by another application then the NTSticky administrator should select a another
dedicated port for NTSticky.

This approach allows you to create several books quickly by copying information from your
HOSTS or LMHOSTS files.

IMPORTANT:
The addresses must be sorted in ascending order based on the name. each book can contain up
to 100 addresses.

2. Select Address/New option.

From the main window, select Address/New to create a new book.
Then select Address/Edit to start entering information for the recipients.

3. FTP Server.
Select Address/Get from the main window. This approach lets you update global address books
any time you need. You can also select File/Preferences/Address Books to specify how often
NTSticky should update these global books. The default interval is 4 hours.

Author
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David Pham (dpham@b-r.com)
4100 Clinton Drive
Houston, TX 77020   U.S.A.
Phone:  (713) 676-3824
Fax: (713) 676-4808

Copyright
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NTSticky
Copyright @ 1996
by David Pham

NTSticky is a freeware. You can use it anywhere you like. However, you can not sell,  distribute it
or make any kind of profit without my permission.  Such actions will be subjected to prosecutions.

Please contact the author if you have any comments or suggestions to improve this program or if
you wish to distribute this program as a part of your applications.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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Free of charge Software is provided on an "AS IS" basis, without warranty of any kind, including
without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-
infringement.  The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Software is borne by you.

Features
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Auto Address Book Update
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NTSticky can automatically update its address books by downloading them from your designated
FTP server. This feature allows NTSticky administrator to globally change addresses on every
machine by modifying only address books on the FTP server.  This feature is very useful for
cooporate environment.

Broadcast
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Every 15 minutes (default value) NTSticky will broadcast its address to other machines running
NTSticky so they can update their On-Line address books.  By looking at this book, you can tell
who is/are listenning to you so you can send message to them.  Notice that you can only “see”
users who are in the same network segment with you or as fas as data can be broadcasted.

Check
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You can also check for users who are on-line by selecting entries in the Send Message dialog
and press the Check button.  After finishing checking, NTSticky will mark/unmark on-line/off-line
users.

Message Logging
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Both incoming and out-going message are recorded in the log files which named after the current
month.  For example, messages sent/received in May are recorded in MAY.NTS file.  Log files
can be automatically save by the preset time interval.  Messages that fails to reach destination
are logged and it is indicated by the progress bar in the Send Message dialog.

Multiple-Sends
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Messages can be sent to several addresses in different books at the same time.

Profiles
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You can specify your own personal profile information which will be appended to the end of the
messages before sending.  Personal profile information includes name, phone, fax, quote and
location.

Sound
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You can customize NTSticky to play your own wave files when there is an incomming message.

Frequently Asked Questions
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Question
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How do I create address books?

Answer
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There are two types of address books: Personal and Global. Personal books are the ones you
create by selecting Address/New option from the main mennu.  Global books are the ones to will
retrieve from a designated FTP Server. This can be done by selecting Address/Get option.
Information about the FTP server can be modfied via the File/Preferences/Address Book tab.

Question
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How do I activate the Auto Address Book Update feature?

Answer
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Select File/Preferences/Address Book tab to specify the machine that stores the global address
books. You also need to enter the other information such as FTP Username/Password and the
directory where the books can be found.

FTP Server can be any PC that is running FTP service or deamon.  You must create an account
on that machine whose username/password  match with data specified in the
File/Preferences/Address Book tab.

Question
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Is NTSticky 95 compliant?

Answer
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Yes. For example, if you leave NTSticky running when you log off you will see NTSticky start itself
the next time you log in. NTSticky will run under NT 3.5X, 4.0 and Win95. Under NT 4.0 and
Win95 NTSticky will appear in the tray icon in the menu bar. Double-clicking the icon invokes the
default command which is “Send Message”. Right-clicking the icon once will let you restore the
main window.

Installation
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NTSticky comes with the installation program that does all the work for you. The default
destination directory is C:\Program Files\Psoft\NTSticky.  During the installation, the folowing files
will be copied to your PC.

NSTicky.exe
NSTicky.hlp
NSTicky.cnt
MFC42.DLL
MSVCRT40.DLL

To uninstall NTSticky you can run the Uninstallation program in the NTSticky group or manually
remove the files that were copied onto your PC.

Uninstallation
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The uninstallation is provided to remove NTSticky from your computer. Just Click on the
UnInstallShield icon to do so.

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REVISIONS
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Versions    Date     
            Bugs Fixed & Enhancements

3.64        12/9/96 
            Minor bug fix to secure multithreading stuff.
            Recompiled with Visual C 4.2

3.63        05/31/96 

            Fixed a bug allows the second instance to execute when
            the document's view is maximized.
            
            Disabled the ADD and UPDATE buttons in Address Book/Edit dialog
            box to prevent Unhandled Exception error from occuring when
            there is no address book selected.

            Fixed the Directory Picker dialog box to accept the new Log directory.

            Allows only one instance of this application.            