WebBrief Software

Notes and Licence
16:09 1998-1-25
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WHAT'S NEW
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Version 1.0.2

WebBrief now enables you to specify a time when *all* web 
briefings can be retrieved and emailed. This facility is 
settable from the configuration screen.

Version 1.0.1

WebBrief now enables you to specify that it will be hidden
as a backrgound task upon startup. 


Version 1.0.0

WebBrief is now capable of shutting down automatically when
all the briefings it is scheduled to retrieve have been 
completed.


Version 0.9

Second General Public Release

. Instantly fetches all configured briefs on launch with
  this syntax: webbrief.exe -fetchall

. Cleaner and clearer user-interface
. Fetch All button which for fetching all briefs
. Debug trace operation: webbrief.exe -d
 

INSTALLATION
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Install this application with the SETUP.EXE program.
You will be prompted for a directory location for the
WEBBRIEF system installation. Numerous support libraries 
and files will be copied to your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.


WHAT YOU NEED
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You need to have a valid WINSOCK TCP/IP network stack on your 
machine, and for you to be connected to a LAN/WAN.

HOW TO USE
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WebBrief can be thought of as a very simple automated 
Web Browser. It can be set up to brief you on your 
favourite news and information sites. At specified times 
(hourly, daily, weekly etc) it can fetch specific web pages, 
and email them to you (using Internet standrd SMTP email)
You can then wake up each morning with the latest in news 
that interests you piped directly to your mail-box. 

The main WebBrief screen will show you a drop list of some
sample sites. These have been programmed to fetch web pages 
at specified (generally daily) cycles. You can manually 
fetch a briefing, by selecting the briefing you want then
pressing the 'Fetch' button. This briefing will 
automatically be sent to the email recipient mentioned.


ADDING NEW BRIEFINGS
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To add new briefing sites, use the Setup Briefings button 
to be shown the complete briefing list. Then press the 
Create button and fill out the form supplied for your new 
briefing. For 'Briefing Name' select something that will 
be easily recognised by you in your mail-box each day. Then you 
supply the 'www.xxx.com' web URL in the URL text-box. If 
you know the 'path' to the HTML page that you want to get 
briefed on, supply that as well, else leave it as the 
standard forward slash '/'

You then supply the email address (e.g info@bbs.com.au) 
for the recipient. This person (or potential many persons 
if you have that as a mailing list exploder name) will 
recieve the briefing. You can also select as to wether to 
leave the briefing in HTML formatm, for those users who 
have HTML enabled mail-readers, or just plain text.

Lastly, you can select the time cycle of how often you 
should be sent this briefing. 

Web was developed by Brighton Beach Software. For full 
licencing details, please read the README.TXT file 
accompanying this software. Brighton Beach Software 
accepts NO RESPONSIBILITY and NO WARRANTIES for this 
software. 

If you would like more information on how powerful 
the combination of TCP/IP and Client/Server computing 
can be, please contact us on info@bbs.com.au or call 
us on the number below.

SHAREWARE
This software is ShareWare
To register this software, please fill out the coupon 
below, and send it to Brighton Beach Software. For the 
cost of AUD$27 (US$20), Brighton Beach Software will send 
you a software unlocking code. To use this unlocking code, 
you must start WebBrief and press the Configuration button. 
You can then enter your unlocking code in the register 
dialog. This will also legally register your use of WebBrief
on a single machine.

You can order/register by International Money Order, 
International cheque, a cheque drawn on an Australian bank, 
or your MasterCard or Visa details. No personal or company 
cheques outside Australia please, as they are too costly to 
bank. You can either mail, fax or e-mail the details to our 
office.

UNLOCKING CODE: The unlocking code will be sent to you via 
email, fax or mail, whichever is the faster.

SITE LICENCES: WebBrief is now available with site licence 
pricing. The licence fee is US$200 for upto 20 machines, 
or US$500 for unlimitted site licence usage.

FREE UPGRADE: All registered users of WebBrief can upgrade to 
this latest version at no cost. Simply install the new 
version; don't delete any INI files manually, as your 
registration code will be lost.

Please feel free to Upload this software to AOL(TM), 
CompuServe(TM) and other bulletin boards and online services 
and ftp or archive sites.


Cut Here _________________________________________________________________

Make cheques payable to Brighton Beach Software
WebBrief
							DATE:____/____/____
First Name: _______________________________

Second Nane:_______________________________

Address: _______________________________

City: _______________________________

Country _______________________________

E-mail _______________________________

Cost: USD$20

Method of Payment
Tick one of:

[] VISA         [] MASTERCARD   [] Money Order  [] Australian Cheque


CREDIT CARD NUMBER _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Expiry Date: _____(Month)/_____(Year)    **IMPORTANT**

Cardholders Name: __________________________________________


Cardholders Signature: ______________________________


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Please send this order through to:
	Brighton Beach Software
	Level 8, 140 Queen Street
	Melbourne 3000
	Victoria, Australia.
	Or Fax it to +61 3 9642 5998
	(within Australia, Fax (03) 9642 5998)
	Or email it to 
	bbs@cyber.com.au

Our phone number is +61 3 9642 5997
(within Australia, call (03) 9642 5997, hours 9am to 5pm EST)


OTHER PRODUCTS:
Brighton Beach Software publishes numerous Windows(TM) based utilites
and productivity applications. Here is a brief catalog. Contact us for
more information.

Products

NEW!: Web.Remind: Web and Email based Reminder and Scheduling System

DESCRIPTION: Web.Remind is built around modern Internet & Intranet 
client/server technology. It allows your PC, Mac, Unix and OS/2 
users to create reminders and recurring events for themselves, and others. 
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NEW!: VB_Y2K: Automated Year 2000 Source Code Scanning, Analysis and Extraction For Visual Basic

DESCRIPTION: 

VB_Y2K was designed to meet the needs of VB programers, who are 
increasingly required to analyze current and past projects for 
compliance with the Year 2000 (aka Millenium Bug.)  
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DocFlow: Complete Document Management and Workflow System

DESCRIPTION: DocFlow is the system which allows you to better manage 
corporate documents, images and data, through the indexing via forms, 
viewing, categorising, prioritising and assigning of documents 
(Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database, Image, Faxes, graphics, 
ZIP files, Icons etc.)

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JokeBag the ScreenSaver

DESCRIPTION: JokeBag is a screen saver, that, when invoked by Windows, 
generates humorous quotations, phrases, one-liners and jokes. JokeBag 
has the ability to record 'While you were out...' messages when you 
invoke password protection. 
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WinType: Typing Speed Test System

DESCRIPTION: WinType is a Windows based typing speed test program. 
Both text and numerical data entry can be tested. New test sets can 
be created by the user. Results can be displayed on-screen, or 
printed.
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WebBrief: Automatically emails your favourite Web-news sites to you

DESCRIPTION: WebBrief can be thought of as a very simple automated 
Web Browser. It can be set up to brief you on your favourite news 
and information sites. At specified times (hourly, daily, weekly etc) 
it can fetch specific web pages, and email them to you (using Internet 
standard SMTP email) You can then wake up each morning with the latest 
in news that interests you piped directly to your mail-box. 
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NetBack

DESCRIPTION: A simple yet effective archive backup system for Windows 
clients on networks. Uses your network server's spare disk space 
to produce backups of your critical workstation data. Network 
independent, and very easy to install.
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Code.Spell

DESCRIPTION: Code.Spell was designed to meet the needs of programers, 
who often need to spell and sanity check the natural language text 
strings within their programs. Works with all major programming 
languages such as C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Pascal, Delphi etc
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PopNotes

DESCRIPTION: Popnotes is a MS-Windows Client/Server Post-It (TM) notes 
system for use on TCP/IP based like the Internet. Users can send 
Popnotes to others, which will then appear on the recipients screen 
as a yellow sticky note. 
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ClipBuff

DESCRIPTION: ClipBuff is a utility which you can use to store 
temporarily (or permanantly) a number of clipboard buffers (or 
scratchpads) that you can call upon at any time. It makes the 
Windows Clipboard 10 times more useful!
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DBViewer

DESCRIPTION: DBViewer is a small and simple database application which 
allows you to drag and drop database (Access, dBase, Paradox) files 
onto it, then view, edit add to and delete data from these files. 
DBViewer can be configured to sit in the corner of the screen, in a 
Always-on-Top fashion.

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WebStats

DESCRIPTION: WebStats is an easy to use database extraction, storage 
and data mining application for querying, drilling down on, analysing and graphing your Web Server's usage.
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WAVRider

DESCRIPTION: WAVRider is a little application which you can configure 
to randomly play through your favourite WAV sound bites, tunes and 
movie snippets. WAVRider comes with about 100 sample WAV files, from 
films like Aliens, Close Encounters and Back to The Future, as well 
as TV tunes, Warner Bros. cartoons and the Simpsons.

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Toddlerz! - Free Software for Small Children


DESCRIPTION: Feel free to download Toddlerz! for your smaller children. 
Enjoy! 
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BUG REPORTS
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If you have have any questions, contact 
details are:


CONTACT
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Con Zymaris
Manager
Brighton Beach Software
(A Cybersource Co.)

PHONE: +61 3 9642 5997
FAX: + 61 3 9642 5998
email: conz@bbs.com.au
Web: http://www.bbs.com.au/ 


WARRANTY
BRIGHTON BEACH SOFTWARE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT
TO DEFECTS IN THE DISKETTE AND DOCUMENTATION AND THE PROGRAM LICENCE
GRANTED HEREIN IN PARTICULAR, AND WITHOUT LIMITING OPERATION OF THE
PROGRAM LICENCE WITH RESPECT TO ANY PARTICULAR APPLICATION, USE OR
PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL BRIGHTON BEACH SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY
LOSS OF PROFIT OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO SPECIAL, INCEDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES.

GOVERNING LAW
This statement shall be construed, interpreted and governed by the 
laws of the state of Victoria, Australia.

Copyright 1997  Brighton Beach Software. All rights reserved.
First version March 1997. Document: 0.5
First version July 1997. Document: 0.9

Trademarks
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation
IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation
