1) AutoRun your web downloads
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If you have already configured Web2Rex to the categories/content you always
want to download, then you can directly start the web download procedure automatically
without having to click on the Web2Rex "Download" button.
How can I do that ?
Right click on your Windows Desktop and select "New / Shortcut" from the popup menu in order to create a new shortcut for Web2Rex. Browse for the "Web2Rex.exe" file and add the parameters "/autorun" to the command line.
Example: If "C:\Web2Rex" is the installation directory you have choosed for Web2Rex, the following command line should be:
C:\Web2Rex\Web2Rex.exe /autorun
Note: If used in combination with the activated setting "Start Intellisynch when download is completed", you have the full automated Web2Rex solution in just one click on this shortcut !
2) The 5th element
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The Web add-in for REX 6000 does not seem to manage properly the display of
web icons when they are more than 4 (overlap of the 5th icon with the 1st one).
In order to avoid this display bug in REX, Web2Rex generates an extra XML page
so that the 5th icon can start at the begining of the next line with no overlapping.
This extra XML page is the 5th element (the "hidden" icon) that only exists when you have more than 4 icons.
How can I see or access this secret icon from my REX ?
This "hidden" icon is not accessible by touching
the screen (this is why it is called "hidden" ;-). To select it, you
need to use the navigation up/down buttons of REX. When navigating manually
between the visible 4th and 5th icons, the highlight selection disappears. This
means you have selected the hidden icon (congratulations!)
By pressing the "select" button of your REX, you can see which Web2Rex
version was used for downloading the web pages into your REX.
3) Start IntelliSync from a specific directory
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You did not choose the default installation directory for IntelliSync and the
automatic start after downloads does not work ? Just open the "Web2Rex.ini"
file located in the "cfg" directory and add the line "IntelliSynch
Path=XXX" (in the "[Settings]" section) where XXX is the full
pathname of IntellySync application.
For example your directory is "D:\IntellisyncForRex" your "Rex2Web.ini" file should start like:
[Settings]
IntelliSynch Path=D:\IntellisyncForRex\rexsync.exe
4) Web2Rex is computer "pollution free"
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This is more informative than secret (but good to know):
a - Web2Rex does NOT write any information into your Windows
Registry !
This means that Web2Rex will NOT grow your Registry database and will NOT contribute
to the "overall slow down" of your computer performances .
Do you remember how incredibly fast was your computer at the begining, before
you installed any other [*] software applications ? I am sure you see what I
mean...
b - Web2Rex does NOT read your Registry !
This means all your private information (stored in there) stays private. And
so Web2Rex does NOT mess with your private stuff, like other [*] software applications
do...
c - Web2Rex does NOT install any other files (DLL, OCX, ...) than those contained into the zip file, i.e. the Web2Rex.exe and some text files (.txt, .xmt and .ini). So if you want to uninstall it, just delete the Web2Rex directory and it will be like you have never install it before.
[*]= Microsoft, just to name one.
5) Automatic Exchange Rates in Euro
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If in the Stock category you use the exchange currency with
Euro you
can also specify the "old money" convertion you would like to see
(for example: French Franc, German Deutchmark, ...)
What is the advantage ?
Once you define that, all Euro rates will be displayed not only in
Euro but also in your previous european money.
How can I do that ?
You need to edit your "Web2Rex.ini" file located in the <cfg>
subdirectory of Web2Rex.
In the section [Stocks] add the line "OldEuroSymb=XXX" where XXX is
your "old" european currency and a second line "OldEuroRate=N"
where
N is containing the convertion rate value to 1 Euro.
Example: The previous French money symbol is FRF
and 1 Euro = 6.55957 FRF so the [Stocks] section should contain:
[Stocks]
OldEuroSymb=FRF
OldEuroRate=6.55957
6) Start Web2Rex in debug mode
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How to run Web2Rex in debug mode is for advanced users who wants to help in
finding bugs and providing feedback information. Nothing of this is activated
in the normal mode (the default way Web2Rex is working) and debug mode introduces
several new debug features/options in your Web2Rex application.
But there is quite a lot say about that and I will need to come later with another
note explaining all this.
For now, if you like it, just enjoy the normal mode of Web2Rex ... ;o)