program: 	CopyURL(tm) 
version: 	2.20
date: 		September 9, 1997
platform: 	Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0
license:	FREEWARE
author:		Ahto Tanner, Moon Software
www: 		http://www.moonsoftware.ee
e-mail: 	ahto@moonsoftware.ee 
                (all comments and complaints are welcome)


Copyright 1997, Ahto Tanner, Moon Software. All Rights Reserved.
CopyURL is written with Borland Delphi 2.0 

Contents
========

	1. What is CopyURL?

	2. Installation & Uninstallation

	3. History

	4. License Agreement and Warranty



What is CopyURL?
================

CopyURL is little FREEWARE shell extension for Windows95/NT4 that helps 
you to copy different information from your Internet Shortcut files 
to clipboard. Then you can simply paste it from clipboard to your 
e-mails, HTML editor or other documents. It adds commands Copy URL, 
Copy Link and Copy Name to the context-menu of Internet Shortcut files. 
Internet Shortcut files are used mainly by Microsoft's Internet 
Explorer web browser and are collected into your Favorites folder. 
If you use Netscape's Navigator to browse web, then you will find 
little help from CopyURL.

For example, if you have a shortcut named AudioNet that points to 
http://www.audionet.com, you'll get the following results:

"Copy URL" command copies the URL the shortcut points to, like:
http://www.audionet.com

"Copy Link" command copies link so that you can paste it easily to 
your HTML editor:
<A HREF="http://www.audionet.com">AudioNet</A>

"Copy Name" command copies both name and URL, so it's simple to paste 
them to documents:
AudioNet: http://www.audionet.com

Please note that one powerful feature of CopyURL is that you can make
a list of copied items. For this you must select multiple shortcuts
you're interested and then choose your command from contect-menu.
CopyURL then copies a list of URLs of selected files to clipboard.


Installation
============

NOTE: If you are running Windows NT, you must have ADMINISTRATOR
rights to install this shell extension.

1) Unzip CopyURL.dll and CopyURL.inf files to a temporary folder.

2) Right-click on CopyURL.inf file and choose Install from the popup 
   menu. This will copy these 2 files to your Windows\System\ShellExt 
   folder and adds required setting to the registry. It also adds 
   entry for uninstalling it to Control Panel Add/Remove Programs 
   applet.

3) Now delete these 2 files from your temporary folder.

4) Test the installation by right-clicking on an Internet Shortcut 
   file in your Favorites folder. If all is OK, you'll see 3 
   additional commands in your context-menu of Internet Shortcut 
   files.


Uninstalling CopyURL
--------------------

1) Open Control Panel.

2) Open Add/Remove Programs applet.

3) Find entry named "CopyURL shell extension" and double-click on it.
   CopyURL is removed and all settings from the registry are removed
   as well.


History
=======

2.20 (September 09, 1997)
+ Now actual text that will be copied to clipboard is displayed on Explorer 
  status bar, if you highlight CopyURL menu items, so you see what exactly 
  is copyed if you choose that menu item. This is also useful to see where 
  the shortcut actually points to without opening it's properties page.

2.01 (May 01, 1997)
+ don't remember what I added, but this was probably useful ;-)

2.00 (April 19, 1997)
+ completely rewritten into DLL, faster
+ now can be used to copy information from multiple selected files at 
  once

1.02 (March 30, 1997)
+ EXE size cut from 50 KB to 32 KB, somewhat faster too. No functional
  changes

1.01 (March 02, 1997)
+ fixed bug, that prevented pasting copied items from clipboard if 
  you had copied some files to clipboard before copying URLs

1.00 (February 27, 1997)
+ initial release


License Agreement & Warranty
============================

This product is provided to you free of charge. Should you accept 
the terms of this agreement, Moon Software will grant you the 
personal and non-exclusive right to install and use the software. 
CopyURL or any other materials provided in this package may not 
be modified in any way, and should be distributed with all 
supplied files in its original archive format. 

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: 

CopyURL and all other materials distributed with this package are 
Copyright 1997 by Moon Software.

No parts of CopyURL or other files provided in this package may be 
reproduced in part or in whole, except as provided in the License 
Agreement. You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary 
notice from the software. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, 
or disassemble the software. 

DISCLAIMER: 

This software is provided "AS IS". You agree that by accepting 
this licence, you are expressly acknowledging that the use of this 
software is AT YOUR OWN RISK. This agreement constitutes the entire 
agreement between Moon Software and you and supersedes any other 
communications relating to the software.

Moon Software makes no warranty of any kind, either express or 
implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of 
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect 
to this software and accompanying documentation. 

IN NO EVENT SHALL MOON SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES 
(INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS 
INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) 
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM, EVEN IF 
MOON SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 

TRADEMARKS: 

Any product or brand names mentioned in this software and associated 
files are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective 
owners.



