WebWindowby Mark A. Agius, (c)1999 - 2012 Help file for version; 3.16.0043 ( 1/01/2012 - 12:01am gmt)
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WebWindow functions;
MENU LIST AT TOP OF WINDOW;
< = Go back to the last page you visited.
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> = Load the next page if you have just clicked on <.
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Refresh / Stop = Refresh this page or stop loading this page if page/file is still loading.
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Home = Load your home page. (As set in the options window)
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File - Load (Ctrl+L) = Load a local Web page or file.
File - Save (Ctrl+S) = Save the current loaded page or file at any location. (Saves page and page objects)File - Save edited page = Save the edited page at any location. (If you edit the page with select and paste then you can save the edited page (The top frame only))
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File - Copy page selection (Ctrl+C) = Copy the selected part of the web page to the clipboard.
File - Paste to page (Ctrl+V) = Paste the text and/or images from the clipboard to the web page, replacing any selected data.
File - Select all of page = Select the whole of the web page.
File - Copy URL address (F4) = Copies the current page address (not the address in the address bar) into the clipboard.
File - Paste URL address (F5) = Pastes the clipboard text into the address bar only. (Then you can edit the address and/or click on 'Goto URL' to load the page)File - Paste and load URL (F6) = Pastes the clipboard text into the address bar and loads the page now.
File - Copy image - Copy web page image = Copy the visible part of the web page into your clipboard. (You can then open Paint and paste the image into it)File - Copy image - Copy browser window image = Copy the browser window image into your clipboard.
File - Copy image - Copy whole desktop image = Copy the whole of the desktop image. (If you have more than one monitor attached to your PC then will copy all screens)
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File - Copy image - Copy monitor 1 image = Copy the main monitor image only to your clipboard.
File - Copy image - Copy monitor 2 image = Copy your secondary monitor 2 image. (If you have 2 or more monitors)File - Copy image - Copy monitor 3 image = Copy monitor 3 image. (If available)File - Copy image - Copy monitor 4 image = Copy monitor 4 image. (If available)File - Copy image - Copy monitor 5 image = ' ' ' '
File - Copy image - ' ' ' ' = ' ' ' '
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File - History è = Lists the last few pages you have visited. (Click on list to load page. You can display list as page titles or URL's as set in options)File - Blank page (Ctrl+B) = Loads a blank page.
File - Help information (Ctrl+I) = Loads this Help.htm file into the main window.
File - Search box (F12) = Displays/hides the search engine text box. (As set in the options window)File - Search page = Loads/goes to a search web page. (As set in the options window)File - Search from selection (Ctrl+F12) = Same as File - Search page, but searches for the selected text in a new window. (Disabled if no selected text)File - Email (Ctrl+E) = Loads your email application. (As set in the options window)File - Tab list è = Lists all the open tab windows, with the selected tab ticked. Click in list to select any tab and display webpage above the other tabs.
File - New tab (Ctrl+T) = Opens a new tab window in this copy of WebWindow with the current page loaded or blank page if shift key pressed.
File - New window (Ctrl+N) = Loads/opens a new copy of WebWindow with the current page loaded or blank page if shift key pressed.
File - New window modes è = Loads/opens a new copy of WebWindow with the current page loaded or a blank page in a different IE mode.
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File - Header/Footer history(Ctrl+Y) = Lists old page header and footers. (Can set header/footer here or in File - Page setup)File - Page setup (Shift+Insert) = Sets up the page size, header and footer text, portrait or landscape printer settings etc.
File - Print (Ctrl+P) = Prints out the current Web page after setting printer options.
File - Print preview(Ctrl+W) = Displays how the web page will look when printed.
File - Options - Options edit = Opens the options window. (Use this window to set your home page, start page, search page, source viewer and email program, etc.)File - Options - Restricted sites = You can add or remove any pages you don't want the kids to see. (You must enter a password to edit this list)File - Options - Background options = Set the main window background image and colour.
File - Options - Reset options = This will delete all the registry settings and quit WebWindow. (Only do this if you want to reset the options and can't remember the values)
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File - Find (Ctrl+F) = Find and select any text matches found in the current web page.
File - Exit (Ctrl+Q) = Close the tab window with the current input focus.
File - Exit all (Alt+F4) = Closes all tabs windows and this copy of WebWindow.
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View - Source code (Ctrl+U) = Loads the page top frame source code into your text editor. Eg. Notepad. (As set in the options window)View - Frames è = Lists all frames and/or iframes if any in the top page. (Click on one to load the frame source code)
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View - Frames - Sub frames è = Lists all frames and/or iframes if any in a frame or iframe. (Click on one to load frame source code)
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View - Page scale (100%) è = Change the scale of the displayed page. (Disabled with some file types)View - Text size è = Change the font size with html and text files. (Disabled with some file types)View - Status bar = Display or don't display the status bar.
View - Page information (Ctrl+G) = Displays page date, page size etc. (You can set the date format in the options window)View - Error list = Lists all page errors for the current WebWindow session. (Displayed in reverse order)View - Internet status = Displays the current type of Internet connection.
View - Page style = Opens window to turn on/off page colours, font face/style and font size specified by the Web page.
View - Work offline (Ctrl+Z) = Toggles browser to work off-line or not. (If working off-line then ticked)
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Favourites = Opens your list of favourite websites. (Press Escape to close list)
Click on favourite link, to open in this window.
Shift+click on favourite link, to open in a new copy of WebWindow.
Alt+click on favourite link, to open in a new tab window in this copy of WebWindow.
Ctrl+click on favourite link, to select link only. (Used when editing a link)
Menu click on favourite list, to add, delete, edit, sort, load or save list.
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Feeds - .... ... .. = List all page references to any news feeds. (RSS) Click on list to view feed. Use shift to load in to a new window.
(Disabled if no feeds found. Removed if viewing directory, non HTML file type or turned off in the options window)
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Speech - Voice è = Select the voice you wish to hear when reading out a page.
Speech - Talking speed è = Select the talking speed. (Very slow, slow, normal, fast or very fast)
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Speech - Read out page (F8) = Read out loud the current page and frames. (Only works with html and text pages. Press ESCAPE to abort)Speech - Read out selection (F7) = Read out loud the selected text. (Only works with html and text pages. Press ESCAPE to abort)
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Help - WebWindow help (F1) = Loads this Help.htm file into a new window.
Help - aboutCommands = Loads the about:Commands list into a new window. (This is the same as typing about:Commands into the address bar)Help - Upgrade version (F2) = Loads the download WebWindow web page. (Also display the version you are using on the page)Help - About WebWindow (Ctrl+A) = Displays version number and date of WebWindow. (Also displays the latest version available)
Click and drag the WebWindow icon to a directory, to save a shortcut to the page or save the page if CTRL was also held down.
Click and drag the WebWindow icon to any other browser window, to open a copy of the current page in that browser.
MENU LIST OVER THE BROWSER DISPLAY SECTION;
This menu list will change depending on the type of page or file loaded.The menu is the same as Microsofts Internet Explorer menu.The menu will usually have some of the following options for a HTML web page.This menu can be disabled by Javascript code on the page.Back = Go back to the last page you visited.
Forward = Load the next page if you have clicked on < or back.
Save Background As... = Save the web page background image.
Set As Background = Set the desktop background image as the web page background image.
Show Picture = Display/refresh the picture under the mouse pointer.
Save Picture As... = Save the picture under the mouse pointer.
E-mail Picture... = Email the picture under the mouse pointer to someone.
Print Picture... = Prints out the picture under the mouse pointer.
Go to My Pictures = Opens the pictures directory.
Set as Background = Set the desktop background image as the image under the mouse pointer.
Undo = Undo the last action. Eg. Undo text typing or selected text cut.
Cut = Cut/delete the selected text from the input box.
Copy = Copy the selection or object under the pointer to your clipboard.
Copy Shortcut = Copy the link address under the mouse pointer to your clipboard.
Copy Background = Copy the web page background image to your clipboard.
Select All = Select all the text and images.
Paste = Copy the selected area to your clipboard.
Create Shortcut = Create a desktop shortcut file pointing to this web page.
Add to Favourites... = Add this page to Microsoft Internet Explorer favourites menu. (Use the top Favourites - Edit favourites list menu to add it to the WebWindow favourites menu)View source = Load and view the source code for this page. (Uses Internet Explorer default text editor (Notepad) no matter which text editor is selected in the options window)Encoding è = The encodings sub-menu.
File - Print = Prints out the current Web page after setting printer options.
File - Print preview = Displays how the web page will look when printed.
Refresh = Refresh/reload this page.
Save Link to MyStuff = Save the link under the mouse pointer to the MyStuff website.
Save Page to Folder... = Save the page to the MyStuff website.
Save this Page to MyStuff = Save the page to the MyStuff website.
Properties = Displays page date, page size etc.
OPTIONS EDIT WINDOW;
Program tab;
Set the page address to load when you click on the home button.
Set the start-up page, when the browser starts up. (If no page is selected to load)
Set the page address of your search engine. (Eg. http://www.google.com or http://www.google.com/search?q=)
Set the location of your text editor to display the page source in. (Eg. The location of Notepad on your hard drive)
Get the source code/Save the page with source code from the html file or loaded page code.
Tick convert all line feeds * will take longer to display the source code. But if not ticked, some web pages will display all lines of code on one very long line.
Tick add filename to source * if you wish this extra information to be added to the source code for Internet files.
Set the location of your email application. (Eg. The location of Outlook Express on your hard drive)
Set the titlebar text. (Eg. If titlebar text = 'WebWindow' then ' - WebWindow' will be added to end of the page title)
If open in new WebWindow selected then any page that loads in a new window will load into a new copy of WebWindow.
If open in default browser then any page that loads in a new window will load into your default browser (Eg. Internet Explorer or Netscape)* The convert line feeds and add filename to source options apply to Internet .html, .htm, .shtml etc. pages only. They will alter any source code viewed and files saved.Browser tab;
Set WebWindow language to English, French, German, Maltese, etc...
Internet Options (Opens the Internet properties window where you can set options used on all MSIE compatible browses)
Firewall settings (Opens the Internet Firewall settings window)
Network connection (Opens the Internet Connection window)
Browser mode. (Display pages using IE 7, IE 8 or IE 9 code)
Display the page history list as page titles or page URL's.
Display page script errors.
Report navigation errors.
Announce navigation errors with a spoken message or displayed in a message box.
Display a warning if page tries to close WebWindow.
Display the Web site favorites icon on the WebWindow title bar.
Display the page Feeds menu. (You can still use the feeds icon if feeds menu removed)Set file type tab;
Run WebWindow at boot-up = If ticked then WebWindow will load and run when you turn on your computer.
Include WebWindow in the quick launch toolbar = If ticked then you can click on the WebWindow icon in the quick launch part of the toolbar to load it.
Add a load option for HTML/HTM with WebWindow = If ticked then WebWindow will be listed in the file menu.
Add a load option for SHTML files with WebWindow = If ticked then WebWindow will be listed in the file menu.
Add a load option for MHT files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add a load option for text files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add a load option for GIF files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add a load option for PNG files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add a load option for ASP files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add a load option for ASPX files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add a load option for XML files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add a load option for EML files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add a load option for PHP files with WebWindow = '' '' '' ''
Add WebWindow to the file menu Send To list = If ticked then WebWindow will be listed in the 'Send To' list for all files.
Edit file icons. = Selects the displayed file icon for .htm, .html, .shtml, .txt, etc.
International date format ( d/mm/yyyy), or the American date format ( m-dd-yyyy) is used when displaying page informational
or adding the date to the page source code.
RESTRICTED SITE LIST WINDOW;
Note; To edit any data in this window you must enter the correct password.
Enter address in the top section to add a page or site to the list of pages or sites you don't want the kids to see.
This will block the page and any sub-directory pages.So http://thepigletclub.com will block all pages in thepigletclub domain.Don't forget to add all url names. Eg. http://thepigletclub.com and http://www.thepigletclub.com
Select page from list of all restricted web sites in the bottom section to remove it from the list.
EDIT FAVOURITES LIST WINDOW;
Enter page address in the top section to add page to favourites list.
Select page from list of all favourites in the bottom section to remove it.
Note:
To use the speech options you must have as least one speech voice installed on your system.
Windows Vista and later versions should have Microsoft Anna installed.
You can add Microsoft Mary and Microsoft Mike to Windows XP and earlier versions by running the MSMikeMary.msi program. (http://www.mediasemantics.com/MSMikeMary.msi)
about:BugReport to send information about a bug found in WebWindow. (Please check about:BugList first)
about:<ANY OTHER STRING NOT LISTED ABOVE> to display the string.
If you wish to display a string that is listed above then replace one or more of the letters with %hexadecimal character value.
EG. about:%4Cist to display the string "List" and not the about:List command.
The multicoloured address bar.
When you view a page that has finished loading, the address bar background colour is white and the status text is displayed in blue.
When the browser searches for a new page, the address bar background colour will chande to red and the status text is displayed in red.
When the website is found, the address bar background colour will chande to pink and the status text is displayed in red.
When the page is found and starts to load, the address bar background colour will chande to green and the status text is displayed in red.
This application has been tested on the following systems;
Operating system.
Single monitor system.
Multi monitor system.
Windows 95
Yes
Not tested
Windows 98
Yes
Yes
Windows Me
Yes
Yes
Windows 2000
Yes
Yes
Windows XP
Yes
Yes
Windows Vista
Yes
Yes
Windows 7
All versions except 0.00.0011 to 0.05.0032 OK
All versions from 0.06.0033 OK
Windows 8
Not yet tested
Not yet tested
WebWindow has also been tested with; Java version 1.6 to
Java version 6.0 (Update 27)
If you wish to uninstall or delete WebWindow you should first reset all the file options and WebWindow load options;
To delete the new file options and WebWindow start shortcuts;
Click on File - Options - Options edit.
Click on the 'Set file types' tab.
Click on 'Deselect all options' (or untick all the options by hand)
Click on 'OK'.
To delete other unused registry data;
Click on File - Options - Reset options.
Click on 'Yes'.
It is now safe to uninstall or delete WebWindow.
If you do not first remove these settings then your computer may try to load WebWindow.exe when it starts,
Load WebWindow if you use the quick launch toolbar or load a file into WebWindow.
You will then get an error message saying that it can't find WebWindow.exe
WebWindow versions;
To check which version you are using,
click on Help, About WebWindow or press Ctrl+A.Note;
Only major changes and recent versions of WebWindow are displayed here.
To see the full list of versions go to http://webwindow.markagius.co.uk/history/versionhistory.htm0.00.0000 (22/05/1999 - 8:42pm)
First version.This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.0.00.0002 ( 5/08/2000 - 6:34pm)
First version uploaded to the Internet.This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.0.00.0027 ( 3/08/2009 - 3:00pm bst)
If you click on the 'page icon' with CTRL held down, then the file type icon image for the currently loaded page will be used while dragging icon.
The WebWindow icon will still be used when dragging without CTRL to create a shortcut file.
In version 0.00.0026 the same WebWindow icon was used when saving the file or creating a shortcut file to the web page.
If no reference to this file type icon is found in the registry, then WebWindow will use one of the inbuilt images.
When drag-dropping the page icon the file name is taken from the page title.
If there are any invalid file characters in the page title, then the file character will be swapped.
Old character;
"
*
/
<
>
?
\
|
. (See below)
Replaced by;
'
-
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[
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!
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I
,
Note; The dot character is also swapped with the comma character, as a dot is used to mark the start of the file extent / file type.
Eg. If the page title is; MATHEMATICS / INFO | To multiply enter "10.5 * <Your value> = ?"
Then page saves as; MATHEMATICS - INFO I To multiply enter '10,5 - [Your value] = !'.lnk (Shortcut file)
or; MATHEMATICS - INFO I To multiply enter '10,5 - [Your value] = !'.htm (+CTRL to save web page)(Version 0.00.0026 would just display the error 'This page was not saved... directory may be a read only directory.')
When drag-dropping the page icon, CTRL pressed is now checked all the time and not just at the start of the drag.
(So if you change your mind during the drag, the icon and save action will change from/to a file or shortcut file)
When drag-dropping the page icon with CTRL held down. If there is already a file with the same name, a warning to abort saving the page or overwrite the old file is displayed. (This is the same as when creating a shortcut file over an old file)
When drag-dropping the page icon with CTRL held down. The end of page address from the first '?', '&' or '#' is removed. (This is the same as File, Saving the page)
If you try and CTRL drag a directory to save it as a file, then a message box will tell you that you can only save it as a shortcut file.
If you try and CTRL drag a page or file that was not found, then a message box will tell you that the page was not found. (Version 0.00.0026 would think that the file was not saved because the directory was locked)
After drag-dropping a page to create a shortcut file. (CTRL was not pressed) Click menu - Properties over the file, then Change Icon.. to select one of the inbuilt icons for this file.
In the options window, the window title now has a few entries in a drop down list. (The window title option was only in a text box in previous versions)
New menu options added;
File - Paste and load URL (F6) = Pastes the clipboard text into the address bar and loads the page.
Note; Use File - Paste URL address, (F5) if you wish to edit the address before loading the page.
If the page or file is not found, then it won't be added to the history list.
You can now copy the selected text and/or readout the selected text from a frame or sub-frame. (Previous versions only worked if the selected text was in the top page and not in a frame)
When viewing the source code from an Internet page. The download date is no longer displayed as it hasn't yet been downloaded. (If the 'Add filename and date to source code' option ticked)
When saving a HTML file or edited HTML file, the saved file name path is also added to the source code. (If the 'Add filename and date to source code' option is ticked)
When saving an edited file, the page address, filename and date is now also added to the source code. (If the 'Add filename and date to source code' option is ticked)
If you try to save a forbidden page (Eg. .htaccess) then a warning will let you know that the page was not saved.
Note: Windows 7 computers can't open the Options window .
Please use version 0.06.0033 or a later version with Windows 7.0.02.0029 (11/10/2009 - 8:00am bst)
In the options window you can now set where the source code is read from.
So when viewing the source code or saving a HTML page the data is read from the file as before, or from the browser object.
Viewing the source from a page ending with . .../comments.pl?action=rss&article_key=/text-effects/jswavetext.html
If 'Get page source code from file' is ticked, then the source code from file comments.pl will be displayed.
If 'Get page source code from displayed page' is ticked, then the page code will be displayed that was read from jswavetext.htmlNote;
When viewing the source code from the browser object, any characters not supported
by your text editor will be displayed as the '?' or '█' character.
Eg. 'Català, 中国简单, Čeština' = 'Català, ????, Ce█tina'.
If you enter an invalid file name or path in the options window for the text editor or email program, WebWindow
will try to convert it into a valid name. It will then display an error message if it can't.
'Access restricted' message is now said after a short time delay to allow the page/frame to be edited and hidden first.
Can now also view the source code from .pl files.
In File - Options - Options edit - Browser, you can now set this browser to run in the following languages; ♦
English (As in all previous versions)
US English (Eg. Color not colour, favorites not favourites etc.)
French (Français)
German (Deutsch)
Maltese (Malti)
Italian (Italiano)
To set/reset the language from other languages, click on;
English
File
- Options...
- Options edit
- Browser (tab)
- Browser language = Select language
- OK
French
Dossier
- Options...
- Les options éditent
- Navigateur (tab)
- Langue de navigateur = Select language
- OK
German
Akte
- Wahlen...
- Wahlen redigieren
- Browser (tab)
- Browserssprache = Select language
- OK
Maltese
Fajl
- Opzjoni...
- Opzjoni modifikat
- Brawzer (tab)
- Brawzer lingwaġġ = Select language
- OK
Italian
Lima
- Opzioni...
- Le opzioni pubblicano
- Browser (tab)
- Lingua del browser = Select language
- Si
Note;
♦ The display and menus will not change until you open a new WebWindow window.
♦ The spelling was translated from English with 'Bable fish' and 'Google Translate', so lots of words in the wrong order and misspelt.
♦ The spoken message text will be in the new language, but you may need to select or replace the Speech, Voice with one that supports the new language.
English; This is English. - French; C'est français. - German; Dieses ist deutsch. - Maltese; Din hija l-Malti. - Italian; Ciò è italiana.Note: Windows 7 computers can't open the Options window .
Please use version 0.06.0033 or a later version with Windows 7.0.05.0032 (15/07/2010 - 8:00pm bst)
If you have Internet Explorer 8 installed on your system, then you can now set this browser to act like IE7 (as before) or IE8.
If you are still using IE7 or an earlier version then this option will be disabled.
You can set this in File, Options..., Options edit, Browser, Browser type.
The 3 options are;
● IE 7 = Display all pages in IE7 mode. Default setting when first run.
● IE 8 = Display pages in IE8 mode if page designed to use this or a later mode, otherwise displays in IE7 mode. Recommended setting.
● IE 8 (All pages) = Display all pages in IE8 mode, even if page designed to be displayed by an older version. Not recommended.
The User-agent string will be;
IE 7 mode
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0;... ... ...; WebWindow 0.05.0032)
IE 8 mode
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0;... ... ...; WebWindow 0.05.0032) *See version 1.08.0035
IE 8 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0;... ... ...; WebWindow 0.05.0032) *See version 1.08.0035
(Note; This only take effect in a new WebWindows after you update the option.)
The user-agent string should now also work on all versions of Windows Vista.
Windows 95 and Windows 98 still don't display WebWindow in user-agent string.
Windows Vista users: Code to set the file type icon now works with most file types.
You can now set WebWindow as your default browser. Click on 'Set WebWindow as the default browser' under the Browser tab in the options window.
If WebWindow is already your default browser, then this option will be disabled.
Clicking on a Favourites page will load the page into this copy of WebWindow as before.
If you hold down the 'shift' key when clicking on a Favourites page, it will now load into a new WebWindow instead.
If you hold down the 'ctrl' key when clicking on a Favourites page, it will now load into your default browser.
In File - Options... - Options edit, under the Browser tab you can now open the 'Internet options' and 'Firewall settings' windows.
Help - About WebWindow now also shows the total number of WebWindow copies running.
Added the text/source code editor 'Source code edit' by Mark Agius.
You can select SourceEdit.exe in the options page, under the Program tab, source text editor program.
Note: This version of SourceEdit.exe can only handle files upto 65,467 bytes.The display page in IE 7 or IE 8 mode option, only works if you also have IE 8 installed and not with IE 9 Platform Preview or IE 9 beta. (See version 1.08.0035)Note: Windows 7 computers can't open the Options window.
Please use version 0.06.0033 or a later version with Windows 7.0.06.0033 (12/08/2010 - 9:00pm bst)
If you hold down the 'shift' key when you click on View - Source code or View - Frames... then the source code will load into Source code edit and not your default text editor.
File - Blank page, loads a blank into this window as before.
File - Blank page with shift, loads the blank into a new window. (Same as File - New page with shift)File - Help information, loads the help page into this window as before.
File - Help information with shift, loads the help page into a new window.
File - Search page, loads the search page into this window as before.
File - Search page with shift, loads the search page into a new window.
File - New window, opens a new window with the current page loaded as before.
File - New window with shift, opens a new window with a blank page. (Same as File -Blank page with shift)
As a different 'Internet options' file path is used with Windows 95/98. Program now loads the correct file with all operating systems.
If you are using an older version of WebWindows, you can fix this bug by copying Inetcpl.cpl from C:\WINDOWS\Inetcpl.cpl to C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetcpl.cpl
(Copy Inetcpl.cpl and don't just move it or the Settings window link won't work)
As there is no default 'Firewall' program with Windows 98 and before, this option is now disabled on those machines.
Added File - Options... - Options edit, Browser tab, 'Network connection'.
This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7. (First Windows 7 compatible version since version 0.00.0010)Help - About WebWindow now also shows the computer operating system name next to the total number of WebWindow copies running.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 use different code to store the printer page header and footer values.
'File - Header/Footer setup now works on all systems.
The File - Header/Footer setup, Fixed space font option has been replaced with the
Appearance settings, as there are too many registry settings with Windows Vista and later systems.
The 'Header/Footer font' is the font used to print the page title, page number etc.
The 'Webpage font' is the font used if the page has not selected a font.
The 'Plain text font' is a fixed space font used in <PRE> tags etc.
'Plain text font' is also used if you load a text file.
In previous versions of WebWindow:
In the Page header and footer history window, clicking on an item in the Header/Footer code list
to copy the value to the clipboard.
(Can only copy one code value at a time)
From this version of WebWindow:
In the Page header and footer history window, clicking on an item in the Header/Footer code list
to add the value to the Header or Footer text box. (Added value is also selected)(The clipboard data is not changed)Windows Vista and Windows 7 use different code to set a browser as the default browser than earlier operating systems.
'File - Options... - Options edit - Browser - Set WebWindow as the default browser', now works with all operating systems from Windows 95 to Windows XP
and on some Window Vista and Window 7 computers.
On some Windows Vista and Windows 7 computers you will get the error message '"There was a problem sending the command to the program
when you open a page from an email link or an Internet shortcut. (HTTP protocol)Windows Vista and Windows 7 use different code to to add or remove WebWindow to a file type. (File menu Open with...)
'File - Options... - Options edit - Set file types - Add ... (Now works from Windows 95 to Windows 7)Windows Vista and Windows 7 use different code to to display some file icons.
'File - Options... - Options edit - Set file types - Edit file icons, works with Windows 95 to Windows XP, but not with some file types on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Added View - Page style to display options to:
Ignore Web page colours specified.
Ignore Web page font faces and styles specified.
Ignore Web page font sizes specified.
The default search page when you first run WebWindow (or delete the registry key) is now http://www.google.co.uk/search?q= and not http://www.google.co.uk.
So the 'Search box' option will be available. You can still edit this search page address in the option window as with all other versions.
The default Display history titles or URL's value is now set to Titles and not URL's.
So the first time you run WebWindow or run it after deleting the registry key, the history will be displayed as Web page titles and not Web page URL's.
Added Microsoft Outlook 2010(part of Office 2010), Microsoft Mail Live and Mozilla Thunderbird to the email list in the options window.
Added the -Preferences parameter. (Useful if you are having trouble starting WebWindow)
Use the following in a shortcut file or type in to the Windows start - run box to start WebWindow with the option window loaded before the main browser window loads.
"\WebWindow.exe" -Preferences
Added the -UrlLink parameter. This will send a Return key press before WebWindow has the input focus.
Used by the registry to close the 'There was a problem sending the command to the program' message box, when loading a page from a link in an email. (Eg. HTTP protocol)
Syntax:
"\WebWindow.exe" -UrlLink %1(When %1 holds the url to load)(This command may be removed or edited in future versions)Adding the Quick Launch Bar to Windows 7 taskbar.
Ticking or un-ticking the WebWindow quick launch toolbar in the options window will have no effect if you are using Windows 7 and have no quick launch button.
To add the toolbar quick launch to Windows 7 for WebWindow and any other program;
1; Right-click on an open area of the Windows 7 taskbar.
2; Click on Toolbars - New Toolbar...
3; In the directory path box at the top of the New Toolbar - Choose a folder,
type the following path; %appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
and click on Select Folder.
4; You should now have Quick Launch on the right side of your taskbar.
5; In the WebWindow options window, tick or un-ticking the WebWindow quick launch option
in the Set file types section, to add or remove WebWindow from the Quick Launch list.
6; To move Quick Launch from the right to the left of the toolbar, right-click on an open area of the taskbar.
7; Un-tick Lock the taskbar option.
8; You can now drag Quick Launch to the left, up to the running application icons.
9; Drag the running application icons to the right. (Over Quick Launch)
10; Drag Quick Launch left up to the Windows start icon.
11; Drag the running application icons to the left up to Quick Launch.
12; To change Quick Launch from a text label to an icon, right-click under the 'Quick Launch' text.
13; Un-tick Show Text and Show title.
14; Right-click on the taskbar and tick Lock the taskbar.
The Help - About WebWindow window now has a coloured background. (See the full history page at; http://webwindow.markagius.co.uk/history/versionhistory.htm)
The Help - About WebWindow window plays a tune when it opens.
In previous versions this media file did not exist on some Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems. So you would only hear a beep.
About WebWindow window now plays a Windows Vista / Windows 7 media file, if old file not found.
New Windows Vista and Windows 7 media file; C:\Windows\Media\tada.wav
Old Windows 95 - Windows XP media file; C:\Windows\Media\Utopia Windows Start.wav
The Set WebWindow as the default browser button may be disabled in the Options... - Options edit - Browser tab in this and previous versions. (if WebWindow thinks it is the default browser)
If you open the options window with shift pressed then the Set WebWindow as the default browser button will now always be enabled.
This version of WebWindow includes Source code edit version 0.00.0005
Source code edit version 0.00.0005 is the same as version 0.00.0004 except;
The option page now works with Windows Vista and Windows 7.
The file Open with Source code edit now works with Windows Vista and Windows 7.
The French, German, Maltese and Italian display text has been added. (Will load in English the first time)The display page in IE 7 or IE 8 mode option, only works if you also have IE 8 installed and not with IE 9 beta.This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.See version 2.12.0039 below when setting WebWindow as the default browser, with some old versions of to Windows.1.07.0034 (10/09/2010 - 9:10pm bst)
When an Internet page finishes loading, any feed references are displayed in the menu Feeds list and feeds icon.
Option added in the menu Options window, (Browser tab) to display the Feeds menu and feeds icon or just the feeds icon.
Click on any feed in the menu Feeds or the feeds icon list, to load it. Use shift to load in to a new window.
If no feeds are found then the Feeds menu and icon are disabled.
When viewing local directories or non HTML file types, the Feeds menu and icon are removed.
Note: This lists feeds by searching for the <LINK ...> tag and not the <A HREF=...>...</A> tag.
To add a reference to your news feed, use the following code:
<LINK HREF="http://yourdomain.com/rss.xml" REL="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" TITLE=" This is my RSS news feed. ">
When HREF points to your .xml file and TITLE is the displayed name of your feed. (See; http://webwindow.markagius.co.uk/rssfiles/rssfeedinfo.htm)
If you enter 'C:', 'D:', 'E:' etc then the address will be converted to 'C:\', 'D:\', 'E:\' etc, to load the root directory without crashing WebWindow.
Added .svg(Scalable Vector Graphics) files to the list of files you can view the source code from.
If you can only see the source code when trying to view a .svg file, then you will need to add the plug-in at; http://www.adobe.com/svg
Then click on SVG Viewer to go to http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install and scroll down to the Installing Adobe SVG Viewer section.
Fixed code that would enable the Copy page selection, Paste to page and Select all of page when viewing a local directory.
In the File, History list;
Click to load a previous visited page in to this window as before.
Click with the shift key to load page in to a new window and not the current WebWindow.
Click with the Delete key to remove the page reference from the history list.
Note: Deleting a history item will not remove it from other open WebWindows. You should close all other copies and delete the history entry from the last open WebWindow.
In the Options window, (Browser tab) added option to display Web site icon or the WebWindow icon on the title bar.
(This only works with Web sites that use a legal .ico format)
Updated View - Page information window, to display Web site icon and display more information . (The same information as with other versions is still sent to the clipboard)Page information window now also displays the list of rss news feeds.
Page information window is now displayed on a coloured background.
Brown = Internet page.
Green = Local page or file on your hard drive.
Blue = Local directory on your hard drive.
When you 'Set WebWindow as the default browser', the option button is disabled immediately and not only when you reopen the options window.
Your OEM number is now displayed in the About WebWindow window, as the Windows System Information program no longer displays OEM number with Windows Vista and Windows 7.
This version of WebWindow now uses Speech version 0.00.0004.
You can now pause/resume the message being readout.
Fixed a bug that moved the cursor to the beginning of the selected text and not the end.
The About speech window now has a coloured background.
For more information on Speech please read the Help.pdf file. (Speech version; 0.00.0004 (20/08/2010 - 6:00pm))The display page in IE 7 or IE 8 mode option, only works if you also have IE 8 installed and not with IE 9 beta.If you have installed IE 9 or a later version, then you should use a later version of WebWindow.This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.See version 2.12.0039 below when setting WebWindow as the default browser, with some old versions of to Windows.1.08.0035 (10/10/2010 - 10:10am bst)
Click menu on the View - Page information window, to display a new menu with an option to save the information to a text file.
The Page information window also displays the IE mode being used. (This is the mode when WebWindow was loaded and not the mode the page is designed to be displayed in)
In the options window, you can now run WebWindow in IE 9 mode or IE 9 mode with all pages, if you have a copy of Internet Explorer 9 installed.
The User-agent string now also displays the IE mode value.
The User-agent string with IE 7 or an earlier version installed,will be;
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE <IE version>; Windows ... ... ...; WebWindow 1.08.0038; IE<IE mode>)
(<IE version>=7.0 = <IE mode>=IE7, <IE version>=8.0 = <IE mode>=IE7 or IE6 etc)
The User-agent string with IE 8 installed, will be;
IE 7 mode
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE7)
IE 8 mode
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE8; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0;)
IE 8 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE8 [All pages]; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0;)
The User-agent string with IE 9 installed, will be;
IE 7 mode
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE7)
IE 8 mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE8; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 8 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE8 [All pages]; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 9 mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE9; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 9 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE9 [All pages]; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
As you can see above, if the IE mode is IE7 or before then the WebWindow string is added to the userAgent as before.
If the IE mode is IE8, IE9 or later then the word 'compatible' is replaced with 'compatible; WebWindow version; IEmode'.
If you have installed Internet Explorer 9 beta or later and using a previous version of WebWindow,
then IE 8 mode will not add the WebWindow string to the User-agent string due to changes with Internet Explorer 9.
As Internet Explorer 9 beta and later versions do not return the full userAgent data a new option has been added.
Tick 'File - Options... - Options edit - Browser - Return full userAgent string' to add all the userAgent information.
The User-agent string with IE 9 installed and Return full userAgent string ticked will be;
*
IE 7 mode
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE7)
IE 8 mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE8; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 8 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE8 [All pages]; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 9 mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE9; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 9 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.08.0035; IE9 [All pages]; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
* In IE7 mode this option is disabled as the full userAgent is always returned.
The recommended setting is 'Browser mode' = IE 9 and 'Return full userAgent string' = unticked.
If you have Internet Explorer 8 installed, in IE8 mode and Return full userAgent string ticked, then parts of the userAgent string will be repeated.
Division by zero error messages have been removed when downloading data. (Progress value change)
Although code checks when loading a page that it is not trying to divide a number by zero, code has been added to ignore any division by zero errors.
Note:
If viewing a HTML5 web page with frames and/or iframes, in IE9 or a later mode then the View menu will not work.
If you are viewing a web page in IE9 mode or later, some of the about: commands will not work in frames and iframes.
The display page in IE 7, IE 8 or IE 9 mode option, only works if you also have Internet Explorer installed with this or a later version.This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.See version 2.12.0039 below when setting WebWindow as the default browser, with some old versions of to Windows.1.09.0036 (29/04/2011 - 11:00am bst ~ Royal Wedding edition)
The IE viewing mode WebWindow is using, is now listed in the About window as well as the Page information window. (Eg. 'Display mode IE 9')
An option has been added to also display the IE viewing mode in the window title bar and when a new target window is opening.
(In the File, Options..., Options edit window. Then click on the Program tab and tick/un-tick the IE version in title option)
Previous versions of WebWindow would not open and display the View menu if;
viewing a HTML5 web page with frames and/or iframes, in IE9 or a later mode.
This version now disables the View - Frames... menu if in IE9 or a later mode.
The View - Page information window will not display the correct information for
any frames, if in IE9 or a later mode.
We hope to fix/restore this function in a future version.The later version 2.13.0040, checks if it can get the name and URL from frames and enable or disable the View Frames menu in all IE modes.
Added the following about: commands;
about:Tab / about:Tabs Displays a warning message that tab windows are not supported and lists your favourite web pages.
(about:Tab will first display an error message, if you have Internet Explorer 8 or an earlier version installed. about:Tabs is ok)(about:Tab will not work in frames or iFrames. about:Tabs is ok)about:Favourites / about:Favorites Displays the favourite web pages. (Same as the Favourites menu)(The full list is displayed, but links to local pages will not work with Internet Explorer 9 or a later version installed)(Local page links will work if about:Favourites / about:Favorite is in a frame or iFrame)about:Browser Displays browser information. (Same as the Help, About WebWindow menu)about:BugList This will load a page listing WebWindow bugs known to the WebWindow development team.
about:BugReport Loads the WebWindow bug report form. (Please use the about:BugList command first)
This can be a private message to the WebWindow development team, or can also be added to the about:BugList page.
about:Commands This is the same as about:List. Both commands just list some of the about commands.
Added the menu Help - about:Commands option. (This is the same as typing about:Commands into the address bar)
Added .xhtml as a html file type. (A .xhtml file is the same as a .xml file)
Menu Help - Upgrade WebWindow now also scrolls down to the upgrade link.
This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.See version 2.12.0039 below when setting WebWindow as the default browser, with some old versions of to Windows.1.10.0037 ( 7/07/2011 - 11:00pm bst ~ P.M.L. edition)
Ctrl+D, Shift+Insert and Ctrl+U functions swapped from this version.
As most other browsers use Ctrl+D to bookmark a page or add it to the favourites and some use Ctrl+U to view the source code, this browser now uses;
Ctrl+U = View - Source code (Was Ctrl+D in older versions.)Ctrl+D = Faveourites - Edit favourites list (Was Shift+Insert in older versions.)Shift+Insert = File - Page setup (Was Ctrl+U in older versions.)
Added the following about: commands;
about:StartPage / about:WelcomePage Loads the start/welcome page. (Same as clicking on Favourites - Start page)about:Language / about:Lang Displays the language this page is being displayed in. (Selected language when browser window opened)about:History Displays a list of the last few pages you have visited. (Same list as File, History... Also see about:Computer History)about:Computer / about:PC Lists information about your computer.
about:Computer parameters / about:PC parameters Displays selected computer information.
The about:Computer / about:PC parameters are;
about:Computer Parameters Lists all parameters names.
about:Computer List ' ' ' '
about:Computer Help ' ' ' '
about:Computer Owner Computer owner name.
about:Computer User Current logged on user name.
about:Computer Company Company name of computer owner.
about:Computer Platform Operating system name, version and platform number.
about:Computer OS Operating system name and version.
about:Computer OS name Operating system name only.
about:Computer Ticker Time computer has been running.
about:Computer TickerHMS Time computer has been running as HH:MM:SS.
about:Computer Apps Lists all running applications.
about:Computer Applications ' ' ' '
about:Computer Apps total Displays total number of running applications.
about:Computer Applications total ' ' ' '
about:Computer Apps total # Displays number of running applications as a number.
about:Computer Applications total # ' ' ' '
about:Computer History Lists the most recent pages visited. (Most recent page at top of list. Also see about:History)
about:Computer Web history ' ' ' ' '
Owner;
User;
Company;
OS name;
Ticker;
Apps total #;
A very small change to the user-agent string. A space has been added between 'IE' and the IE version number.
The full user-agent strings are now;
IE 7 mode
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 7)
IE 8 mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 8; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0;)
IE 8 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 8 [All pages]; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0;)
IE 9 mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 9; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0;)
IE 9 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 9 [All pages]; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0;)
The short user-agent strings are now;
IE 7 mode
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; ... ... ...; Media Center PC 6.0; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 7)
IE 8 mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 8; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 8 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 8 [All pages]; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 9 mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 9; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
IE 9 mode (All pages)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; WebWindow 1.10.0037; IE 9 [All pages]; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
A small spelling mistake fixed:
From;
This setting is updated now and now when you click on the options OK button,
To; ^
This setting is updated now and not when you click on the options OK button.
^
Version 1.09.0036 would not let you view the source code in sub-frames in any IE mode.
You can now view the frame and sub-frame code, if in any IE mode up to IE 8.
I hope to get this working for all frames and sub-frames in all IE modes in a later version of WebWindow.
This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.See version 2.12.0039 below when setting WebWindow as the default browser, with some old versions of to Windows.2.11.0038 (12/08/2011 - 9:00pm bst)
about:Computer Ticker now returns number of seconds if under 1 minute. (EG. 48 seconds)
Previous versions would returned "" if under a minute.
about:Computer TickerHMS now returns " h:mm:ss and D days" if computer has been turned on for over a day.
Previous versions would returned in error " 0:10:22" and not " 0:10:22 and 1 day" for 1 day and 10 minutes.
about:Computer Ticker on added to display the time the computer was turned on at.
about:DisplayMode added to display the Internet Explorer mode WebWindow is using. (IE 7, IE 8, IE 8 (All pages), IE 9, ...)about:Computer screen fonts added to list all the screen fonts.
about:Computer printer fonts added to list all the printer fonts.
about:Computer screen size added to display the size of the desktop and all monitors.
about:Computer monitor size ' ' ' ' ' '
about:Computer desktop size added to display the desktop size only.
about:Computer Ticker
=
Time computer has been running for in words.
about:Computer Ticker HMS
=
Time computer has been running for.
about:Computer Ticker on
=
Time computer was turned on.
about:DisplayMode
=
The IE display mode browser is using.
about:Computer desktop size
=
The size of your desktop in pixels.
You can see the list of about: and about:Computer commands near the top of this page.
When View - Work offline is ticked, the About window displays a different message. (Browser dose not try to get message from Internet)
If the browser was working in offline mode (Work offline ticked) then any new windows will also load in offline mode.
* The working in off-line mode will only affect the current window and any windows you later open.
Any other windows that are already loaded will continue to work in their on-line or off-line mode.
The work in off-line mode will reset after 1 day to on-line mode. (The 1 day limit may change to a different amount of time in a future version)If this browser takes a long time to load, this may be because the WebWindow website is down and the program can't read the version file.
From this version, clicking on 'Work offline' will allow the browser to continue working, without trying to read the version file.
If you have a broadband connection, ticking 'Work offline' will still allow you to view Internet websites.
When the browser version is out of date or it can't read the version information from this site,
then the Work offline menu option is now displayed in the Help menu, as the View menu is disabled.
The menu Help - about:Commands is now disabled if this version is out of date or it can't read the version information from this site.
In version 0.06.0033, I added the two following command line parameters:
"\WebWindow.exe" -Preferences %1(Start WebWindow with the option window loaded before the main browser window loads)
"\WebWindow.exe" -UrlLink %1(Send a return key press before WebWindow has the input focus)
In this version, I have added the following command line parameter:
"\WebWindow.exe" -OffLine %1(Start WebWindow always in offline mode)%1 is the address of the web page to load. If not set, then will load the welcome page.
If you wish to load a blank page use about:blank
If you wish to load your home page use about:homeIf you wish to include more than one of the line parameters, then they must be in the following order:
...\WebWindow.exe -Preferences -UrlLink -OffLine http://www...Examples:
"\WebWindow.exe" "-OffLine" "http://google.com"
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Preferences" "-UrlLink" "-OffLine" "http://yahoo.com"
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Preferences" "about:History"
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Preferences" ""This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.See version 2.12.0039 below when setting browser as the default browser, with some old versions of to Windows.2.12.0039 ( 4/10/2011 - 6:00pm bst ~ Zoom edition)
You can now add your name or any other short message to the userAgent string. See the options window under the browser tab.
Note: Your userAgent message string, can only be up to 70 characters long.Double quotes " are replaced with two single quotes '' as code on some web pages do not like " in the middle of a string.You should avoid using " (character 34) and ' (character 39) and use ` (character 96) instead.The userAgent string will only be updated in new windows that open, after editing the userAgent message.The userAgent message string is only updated in new windows that open after setting the string.When you set a new userAgent string, type about:Browser will display the new userAgent string in this and older windows,but clicking on the userAgent link will display the old userAgent string in this and older windows.Warning: The userAgent string can be read by any web page and web server.
Added the command line parameter -LanguageLanguage name and -LanguageLanguage number
Used to run WebWindow in a different language to the last one.
All future windows will load in this language until the value is edited in the options window.
-Language 1 or -Language English-Language 2 or -Language US English-Language 3 or -Language French or -Language Français-Language 4 or -Language German or -Language Deutsch-Language 5 or -Language Maltese or -Language Malti-Language 6 or -Language Italian or -Language Italiano
Examples;
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Language 3"= Start in French.
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Language French"= Start in French.
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Language Français"= Start in French.
Added the command line parameter -IEModemode
Used to run in a different IE mode to the last one. (If -IEMode +mode used, then all pages will load in the mode)
All future windows will load in this mode until the value is edited in the options window.
The -IEMode range will vary depending on your computer.
Values can be -IEMode7, -IEMode8, -IEMode+8, -IEMode9, -IEMode+9, -IEMode10, -IEMode+10, -IEMode11 etc.
Examples;
"\WebWindow.exe" "-IEMode7"= IE7 mode
"\WebWindow.exe" "-IEMode+7"= IE7 mode. (-IEMode7 and -IEMode+7 are the same)
"\WebWindow.exe" "-IEMode8"= IE8 mode
"\WebWindow.exe" "-IEMode+8"= IE8 all pages mode
"\WebWindow.exe" "-IEMode9"= IE9 mode
"\WebWindow.exe" "-IEMode+9"= IE9 all pages mode
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Language Malti" "-IEMode7" "about:Browser" = Maltese, IE7 mode and display the userAgent string
"\WebWindow.exe" "-OffLine" "-IEMode8" "about:History" = IE8, offline mode and display the history list
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Preferences" "-IEMode9" "http://google.com" = IE9 and loads Google.com after closing the optinns window.
The order when using more than one command line parameter is;
"\WebWindow.exe" "-Preferences" "-urllink" "-OffLine" "-Language name or number" "-IEMode number" "Page address"
If there are no spaces in a parameter, then you may use it without quotes.
\WebWindow.exe -Preferences-urllink-OffLine-Language Italiano-IEMode 7about:Commands
Some code used for testing the WebWindow option to 'Set WebWindow as the default browser' has been fixed.
This affects version 0.06.0033 to 2.11.0038 with some but not all versions of Windows.
This would cause links in emails applications and other applications to load WebWindow with the page 'about:HTTP protocol test' and not the correct page link in WebWindow.
With the above versions you can fix this with RegEdit.exe.
Every time you click on Options edit, Browser, Set WebWindow as the default browser,
you will need to edit the registry string value of;
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command(Default)
From; "C:\ ..path to WebWindow.exe.. \WebWindow.exe" "about:HTTP protocol test."
To; "C:\ ..path to WebWindow.exe.. \WebWindow.exe" "%1"
This version sets the correct registry value.
about:Languages and about:LanguageList displays a list of all the current languages available and highlights the selected language. (New command)about:LanguagesAll and about:LanguageListAll displays a list of all the current languages available but dose not highlight the selected language. (New command)about:Language and about:Lang displays the selected language only, as before. (Old command)
The current language is;
Small fix for about:Computer Applications total # and about:Computer Apps total #. Previous versions worked when
opening in this window, but not in a new window if there is a # in the about command on some operating systems.
Added File - Search from selection. This is the same as File - Search page, except it will start the search with any selected text. (Disabled if no text is selected)
Select some text and press Ctrl+F12 to list some websites with information on the selected text.
Added View - Page scale, to display web pages, image files, text files and some other file types at a different scale.
This is different from the View - Text size option that only changes the size of some text and not images or other objects.
You should use Page scale and not Text size, as the page layout is affected less by scaling the whole page than just the size of the text.
The size of the text on this line will change with Page scale and Text size.
The size of the text on this line will only change with Page scale but not with Text size.
The size of this image will change with Page scale,
but not with Text size.
<FONT SIZE="2"> will be altered with View - Page scale and View - Text size.
<FONT STYLE="FONT-SIZE:10pt;"> will be altered with View - Page scaleonly and not by View - Text size.
Press Ctrl and + to zoom in to display with this window only.
Press Ctrl and - to zoom out of display with this window only.
Press Ctrl and R to reset the page scale display with this window. (Set with <FONT STYLE="FONT-SIZE:...pt;">)
Press Shift, Ctrl and F7 to reset the font text size. (Set with <FONT SIZE="...">)View - Page scale - Custom values below 10% will be set to 10% and values over 1000% will be set to 1000%
All new windows will open in the current WebWindow zoom level.
If you wish to set or reset the display scale in all windows then:
Press Ctrl, Alt and + to zoom in to display with all windows.
Press Ctrl, Alt and - to zoom out of display with all windows.
Press Ctrl, Alt and R to reset the page scale display with all windows.
The new browser window is opening, no longer displays any script error messages. (The main window will display errors if there are errors and the 'display script errors' option is ticked)
The new browser window is opening, now displays the page at 25% until the page has loaded. (Was displayed at 100%)This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.2.13.0040 (11/10/2011 - 11:10am bst)
The code to open a new window at the same size as the last window, did not work and always opened the window at 100%, with some versions of Windows and Internet Explorer.
The code has been moved from the form is active, to the first document has finished loading.
Added an option in the options window to always open new windows at 100% scale or at the same scale as the last window.
Added a browse for new home page button in the options window. * Local pages only.
Added a browse for new start page button in the options window. * Local pages only.*To select an Internet home page or start pages, use the text drop-down box as before.
Added an option in the options window to add WebWindow to all SVG file menus.
Added an option in the options window to add WebWindow to all MP3 and MP4 file menus.
Added an option in the options window to add WebWindow to all MPEG file menus.
WebWindow now checks when a page has loaded, if it can read the URL's and names of the frames and sub-frames.
This means that the main View menu will always display.
You can now view the source code from frames and sub-frames in any IE mode if the page is compatible.
If there is some reason the web page will not return this information, then the View, Frames... menu is disabled, so the main View menu will still work.
Some pages will display the frames list in IE7 mode only. Some in IE7 and IE8 only. Some in IE7 to IE9 modes etc.
Note: The View, Page information window will list the frames as 'unknown name', 'unknown address' etc. if they can not be read.
The option code to set WebWindow as the default browser has been changed slightly.
-UrlLink was used to send a spacebar keydown event to Windows email applications, to load WebWindow without an error message.
From 6/10/2011 Windows Live Mail would load the next message or beep if the link was in the last message.
The -UrlLink parameter has been removed from the registry values; http, https, ftp, gopher and feed.
Windows Live Mail and other email applications seam to be working correctly again without any errors.
If the start page dose not exist and was a local page, WebWindow will load about:blank.
If the start page dose not exist and was an Internet web page, WebWindow will display the 404 error page.
If Help - WebWindow help dose not find the help file, it displays a warning message. (This file has been renamed, moved or deleted)
Pressing Escape to close the option window, when the focus was on some of the options did not work with the previous versions.
This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.2.14.0041 (11/11/2011 - 11:11am gmt)
The option to always open new windows at the current scale of the last window or at 100% scale has been replaced by
an option to always open new windows at the current scale of the last window or at a set percentage between 10% and 1,000% in the options window.
If Help - WebWindow help dose not find the help file, it displays a warning message as before and now also a link to the on-line help page.
Version 2.13.0040 will crash if you try to load a local directory on your hard-drive. This was due to it trying to scale the display.
This version dose not try to scale any local directory displayed windows.
The File, History list is now updated in all windows when a page is loaded.
(Previous versions only updated the current window and new windows that open after closing this window.)
The Favourites menu and Edit favourites list window have been replaced by a single list.
If you click on Favourites, the favourites list will be displayed as a list.
If you click on Favourites with Ctrl pressed, then the list will open in a resizable window.
(There is a new option in the options window, under the Browser tab to reverse this action)
The favourites list is now updated in all open windows and not just new windows opening after this window has closed.
Click on a favourite link, to open page in this window.
Click on a favourite link with Shift pressed, to open page in a new window.
Click on a favourite link with Ctrl pressed, to just select the link.
Click menu over the favourites list to open the following menu:
Add link (Ctrl+A) = Add the current page or any address you wish to the favourite list.
Delete link (Ctrl+Del) = Delete a selected favourite link or selection of favourite links.
Edit link (Ctrl+E) = Edit the selected link name, address and style, under the mouse pointer.
Move = Move the selected link to the link under the mouse pointer. (You can only move one link and not a selection)
Sort column = Sort the names or addresses into alphabetical order. (Ctrl+click in column 1 for names or column 2 for addresses)
File... Load (Ctrl+L) = Reset the displayed list from the registry.
... Save (Ctrl+S) = Save the displayed list to the registry.
... Import... = Load the favourite list from a CSV file. (You can not load an empty list)
... Export... = Save the favourite list to a CSV file. (You can not save a list if there are no favourites)
Close (Escape) = Close the favourites list.
Press Escape to close the favourites list and return control to the main window.
To display the favourite link addresses, drag the top Favourites line to the left.
To display the favourite page URL's, drag the top Page URL line to the right.
The position of the favourite names/links, selected cell and scroll-bar position are saves when you close the list.
The Start page and the Home page links are no longer listed at the bottom of the favourites list.
To add them or other pages:
1; Open the Favourites list.
2; Click menu Add(Or press Ctrl+A)
3; Enter the following information and then click on OK:
The current displayed page is now ticked in the File - History list, if listed.
Clicking on a history link, will open the page in this window as before.
Clicking on a history link with the shift key pressed, will open the page in a new window as before.
Clicking on a history link with the delete key pressed, will let you delete the entry from the history list as before.
Clicking on a history link with Ctrl+Delete pressed, will now let you delete the whole history list. (Added with this version)Note: History link with Ctrl+Delete will not remove any open pages from the list.
If all items are removed from the history list, the File - History option will be disabled until you visit a page.
To remove all history, close all other windows, then enter URL: about:
Then open the history menu and press Ctrl+Delete.
View - Error list, now lists Internet page errors as well as local page errors.
Previous versions only list errors on local pages.
This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.3.15.0042 (25/12/2011 - 6:00am gmt)
You can now open a number of browser windows (tabs) within the main window.
Click on a link will replace the current page with the new page, as before.
Click on a link with the shift key pressed, will load the new page into a new copy of WebWindow, as before.
Menu click on a link, then click on 'Open in new window' with the ctrl key pressed will open the new page in a new tab window in this browser.
Press Ctrl+N to open the current page in a new window, in a new copy of WebWindow.
Press Ctrl+T to open the current page in a new tab window in this copy of WebWindow.
Web page click actions:
Open in current window.
Open in a new tab window in WindowWindow. ◘Or your default browser.
Open in a new copy of WindowWindow. ◘Or your default browser.
Shift+click.
◘ Alt+Shift+click to swap Default browser or WebWindow target.
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If link starts with 'javascript:' or 'vbscript:' then page will load in a new tab window in this copy of WebWindow.
WebWindow favourites list and menu click actions:
Favourites
Loads favourites page into current tab window. If no tab window has the input focus, then loads into a new tab window.
Favourites + Alt
Loads favourites page into a new tab window in this copy of WebWindow.
Favourites + Shift
Loads page into a new window in a new copy of WebWindow.
Favourites + Ctrl
Selects a link to be edited, moved or deleted. (Then click menu)
New window
Loads the current page into a new copy of WebWindow.
New window + Shift
Loads a new copy of WebWindow with a blank page loaded.
New window + Ctrl
Loads the current page into your default web browser.(This can be WebWindow or some other browser)
New tab
Loads the current page into a new tab window, in this copy of WebWindow.
New tab + Shift
Opens a new blank tab window, in this copy of WebWindow.
History...
Loads history page into WebWindow current page.
History... + Ctrl
Loads history page into a new tab window in this copy of WebWindow.
History... + Shift
Loads history page into a new window in a new copy of WebWindow.
History... + Delete
Deletes the selected page from the history list.
History... + Ctrl + Delete
Deletes the whole history list. (Except any pages that are open)
Search page
Opens a new search page, in a new tab window.
Search page + Ctrl
Opens a new search page, in a new window, in a new copy of WebWindow.
Search page + Shift
Opens a new search page, in the current tab window.
Search from selection
Opens search page results, in a new tab window.
Search from selection + Ctrl
Opens search page results, in a new window in a new copy of WebWindow.
Search from selection + Shift
Opens search page results, in the current tab window.
In previous versions of WebWindow, you could only drag one file into WebWindow. (Dragging more than one file would display an error message)
You can still only drag one file into a tab window to replace the old page, but can drag one or a number of files to
the background of the main window to open each file in a new separate tab window.
When saving an unedited page, you can save the top frame only, as before. (*.html file)Web page complete will now save the page, also all frames, images, scripts, CSS files etc are saved in a new directory. (*.html file and new directory with files)Web archive file will now save the page, frames, images etc in a single file. (*.mht file)
When saving a page by dragging the WebWindow icon to a directory, the top frame html code is saved only or shortcut file to web page, as before.
Note:
The source code is no longer edited to include the filename, date and WebWindow version.
When saving an edited page, the filename, date and WebWindow version can be added to the source code as before.
When viewing the source code from any unedited or edited page or frame, the WebWindow information can still be displayed as before.
The favourites window now has a link to the start page and home page at the bottom of the window.
The favourites window now has a close window x at the bottom right of the window, if the window has no border.
Added File - New tab to open a new tab window with the current page loaded.
File - New tab with shift pressed will open a new blank tab window with no page loaded.
Adder File - Options... - Background options will open a window where you can change the background colour and image.
If all browser windows are closed within the main window or a non browser window has the input focus, you can menu click over the main background to display this menu.
In the background options window, you can select one of the inbuilt images or drag an image file to set the main background image.
You can also set the background colour. This is visible if parts of the background image is transparent,
the image dose not cover the whole background or no background image is selected.
If all browser tab windows are closed or none have the input focus, then the main menu will only have the following options:
File - Load = Opens a window to select and load a local page.
File - New tab = Opens a new tab window with the welcome page loaded.
File - Options... = Opens the WebWindow options menu. (Same as clicking menu on the background)File - Exit all = Closes all tabs windows and this copy of WebWindow.
Favourites = Opens your list of favourite websites.
Help = Opens the WebWindow help menu.
Javascript: window.open(URL, target, "width=.., height=.., left=.., top=.., ...")
Now moves and resizes the new tab window to the correct size and position.
If new tab window is maximised, then moves and resizes whole browser window.
File - Tab list, lists all open tab windows. Click on list to select tab and display webpage above the other tabs.
The total number of tab windows is also displayed next to the Tab list menu in brackets and in the titlebar.
The selected tab window is ticked in the list. (If you have more than one copy of this page loaded, then all copies will be ticked)
The list can be the webpage titles or URL's as selected in the options window.
(The list only displays the first 100 tabs although you can load more than 100 tab windows if you wish)(If window was minimised, then window is also expanded)View - Error list, now lists errors in all tab windows opened in this copy of WebWindow and not just the tab with input focus.
The favourites window no longer stops you using the rest of the browser when open. It also resizes if you resize the main window.
When closing the main window, if you have more than one tab window open, then a warning will remind you and give you the option not to close WebWindow.
If WebWindow is closed down becouse Microsoft Windows is closing(Shutdown), then no warning is given.
Closing WebWindow with the task manager will not display a warning with Windows 95 - Windows XP.
As Windows 7 uses the same unload value when closing with the window titlebar or the Task Manager, a warning is given.
Un-tick Display close warning if multi-tabs open to disable this option in the option window.
Note:
There are a couple of bugs with this version:
Opening about:commands in a new tab window dose not work.
(OK when opening in the same tab window or a new copy of WebWindow)
The about window will always display this version as a pre-release version, until version is disabled.This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.THIS VERSION.3.16.0043 ( 1/01/2012 - 12:01am gmt)
You can now change the font used to display the URL, in the options, Program tab section. (The font list window is resizable)
You can not enter size values less than 6 points or over 25 points and should enter values between 8 and 16 points.
Note:
When selecting a new font in the options window, if you have a very big list of fonts, the list may take a few seconds to list them all.
A list of 750 fonts takes just under 10 seconds to display.
The old default values are;
Font name; Fixedsys
Font size; 9 points
Font bold; Off
Font italic Off
The URL address bar is now updated at soon as you request the page, as well as when the page has finished loading.
This means that you can read the new address while a slow page loads.
The maximum size of the favourites list, has been increases from 60 to 100 links.
The maximum size of the history list, has been increases from 60 to 240 links.
In version 3.15.0042, opening an about:command with a page link, worked when:
Opening in the same window or new copy of WebWindow. (As before)
But not when opening in a new tab window in the same copy of WebWindow.
In version 3.15.0042, the File, Tab list ticked all pages with the same title and not the same URL as the tab window with the input focus,
if the Display tab titlesoptions is selected.
(This would cause some about:command to not be ticked and pages with the same title to be ticked)
This version now only ticks pages with the same URL as the page with the input focus. (If tab titles or tab URL's ticked in the options window)
Click on File, Tab list to display the tab window as before.
Click on File, Tab list with shift pressed to display information about the tab window.
(You can also use Shift+F1, Shift+F2, Shift+F3 etc, to display tab information)about:Tab and about:Tabs now lists the open tab windows and not the favourites list.
about:Favourites(and about:Favorites) will still display the favourites list as before.
When you drag a new background image file to the background options window, the file name and size is also displayed under the image.
If the image is smaller than your desktop then a warning is displayed, but the image is still loaded.
The error message will display the size of the image and your desktop size.
The background colour will be displayed in areas not covered by the image.
Click on the Edit link to edit the image size to your desktop size.
(If you save the image with a different filename, then you will need to drag the new image
to the background options window again)
Click on Cancel to keep the old image.
The File - New window menu now also displays the IE mode it will open in in the menu. EG. New window (IE 9)
Added File - New window modes sub-menu to open page in any of the listed modes.
As most other browsers will not support different IE modes, New window modes will always load into a copy of WebWindow.
(Use New window +Ctrl to load into your default browser)
Fixed bug that always display the version as a pre-release version in the About window, with version 3.15.0042.
Note: Version 3.15.0042 can still be set as a disabled version in the future.
This version is compatible with Windows 95 to Windows 7.Note;
This program has not been created by a large team of programmers.
It was created by just one person. (Me)
So bug corrections and upgraded versions may take some time to do.
Please see the blog for user comments about this browser.
You can also view the blog page by typing about:blog in the address bar.
View a list of bugs found in WebWindow, by typing about:BugList in the address bar.
Report any bugs found in WebWindow, by typing about:BugReport in the address bar.
See the RSS news feed for the latest news about WebWindow.
Option added in the menu Options window, (Browser tab) to display the Feeds menu and feeds icon or just the feeds icon.
Click on any feed in the menu Feeds or the feeds icon