Welcome To WebBank!


I. What is It?
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Manage, categorize, and annotate your Bookmarks,
Favorites, and URLs! Access them quickly from the
color-coded "tree" display or by using powerful search
capabilities. Create entries with "drag and drop", easy
entry, or import them from Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator. WebBank has powerful editing capabilities,
including the ability to locate duplicate URLs or
re-categorize multiple URLs in one step. 

WebBank's multi-purpose capability allows you to access
Internet resources (Web pages, FTP servers and files,
News Groups); launch local applications, documents, or
folders; or create e-mail messages. It provides an
effective alternative to the Windows program menu for
your frequent operations. (See "Examples of Use" below
for some ideas about how to effectively use the many
capabilities of WebBank.) You can easily use your
collection on multiple computers (even with different
software.)

Share your collection with others using the powerful
import/export capabilities. With WebBank Pro, you can
also create and use personal and protected workgroup
collections concurrently, allowing the effective,
ongoing joint use of information without the cost of
maintaining it many times.


II. Examples of Use
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You probably have applications that you repeat
regularly and Internet sites that you visit again and
again. You might even have e-mail that you send out
regularly that usually has the same addressees,
subject, and message text. WebBank can help you
automate processes like these and provide a tool for
organizing them so that you spend a minimum amount of
time and effort getting the job done. Using WebBank as
your starting point eliminates the confusion and the
extra effort in getting these jobs started.

Starting Applications

You have an Excel spreadsheet that you update each
morning. Once you've stored the URL in WebBank, you can
launch Excel and open the spreadsheet in one easy step.
(In this case, the URL is the filename of your
spreadsheet, not an Internet site.)

Sending Electronic Mail

You have three messages you send each day to a group of
people. The addressees are usually the same, the
subject on each message is the same, the message text
only varies in two or three areas. WebBank can provide
the means of storing the URL information to start your
email program and create the standard parts of a
message in one easy step. When the standard message
appears and is ready to send, you can make any changes
you wish to the subject, the message text, or to the
people that are to get the message. 

Accessing Web Sites

You have a group of Web sites that you visit regularly.
You probably have these already stored by your browser
as "favorites" or "bookmarks". You may even use more
than one browser and are trying to keep these sites up
to date for both. Let's say you use both a laptop and a
deskstation, or a machine at home and one in the
office. Suddenly, what should be simple becomes a
problem in synchronization. WebBank can eliminate these
problems by making your URL collection independent of
the browser you use or the place you use it.

You probably also have a large collection of URLs that
you have gathered at some point because you were
looking for specific information. "Favorites" and
"bookmarks" allow you to categorize these to some
extent. WebBank, however, provides for both
categorization and your personal notes about why you
accessed this site, what products or services they
provide, or even how good you thought the site was,
etc. It even has the tools to search your collection in
different ways - including your notes - to find a site
that you can only vaguely remember. All in one easy to
use place. 

Sharing URLs

You probably exchange URL information with your friends
and co-workers. Without WebBank, this is a tedious
process in which you must "cut and paste" to transfer
the information. WebBank solves this problem by
providing the functionality to quickly and easily
export the URLs you wish to share, or import those they
are sharing with you. This can be done in several
different formats, providing a good solution for
whatever situation you may have. 

Workgroups

WebBank also has the capability to store URL
information in a Workgroup Bank that is shared by
authorized members of the workgroup and supplements
their personal Bank of URL information. This capability
provides an easy method of providing common information
to members without the effort of each creating and
maintaining this information - a large productivity
saving. The Workgroup Bank is maintained by an
Administrator but all share the benefits. This environment
is described further in the information distributed
with WebBank Pro which includes the tools for creating
the workgroup user files.


III. Installation (WebBank)
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Unzip the installation files into any temporary folder.
This folder may be located on an individual PC or on a
file server. Access this folder, double-click on
SETUP.EXE, and follow the instructions on the screen. 

Installed with WebBank will be the following files:

   - ReadMe.txt     This file
   - Order.txt      Order/Registration form
   - WebBank.exe    WebBank Executable
   - WebBank.cnt    WebBank Help
   - WebBank.hlp    WebBank Help
   - Sample.bnk     Sample Bank

The default Program Folder is "WebBank".

The default location of the installed files is
  
  \..\Program Files\HahnTech\WebBank\
  
Deinstallation service is available through "Add\Remove
Programs" located on the Control Panel.


IV. Installation (WebBank Professional)
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WebBank Professional has different installations for
the Administrator and for members of the WorkGroup.
Unzip the installation files into any temporary folder.
This folder may be located on an individual PC or on a
file server. Access this folder and double-click on
SETUP.EXE. 

A. Workgroup Members

Click on 'Typical" or "Compact" when the "Setup Type"
window is displayed. The following files will be
installed:

   - ReadMe.txt     This file
   - Order.txt      Order/Registration form
   - WebBank.exe    WebBank Executable
   - WebBank.cnt    WebBank Help
   - WebBank.hlp    WebBank Help
   - Sample.bnk     Sample Bank

The default Program Folder is "WebBank".

The default location of the installed files is
  
  \..\Program Files\HahnTech\WebBank\

Deinstallation service is available through "Add\Remove
Programs" located on the Control Panel.

B. Administrator

Click on "Custom" when the "Setup Type" window is
displayed. The files lsited above will be installed
plus the following additional files: 

   - WBAdmin.exe    WebBank Administrator Executable		
   - WBAdmin.cnt    WebBank Administrator Help
   - WBAdmin.hlp    WebBank Administrator Help
   - Workgrp.txt    Examples of Workgroup Usage	


V. Shareware Distribution and Registration
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WebBank is not free software. It is distributed under
the "shareware" concept which allows you to try it
before buying. You are granted a license to try it for
30 days; after that time, you are legally obligated to
purchase a license for continued usage. See the Help
file sections entitled "Evaluation License" and
"License Agreement" for further details.

WebBank may be freely distributed so long as all files
in the original distribution are included.

If you decide to continue to use WebBank, you can
register and purchase a license in one of two ways:

1. If you wish to pay by check or money order, use the
form in Order.txt (enclosed with this software).

2. If you wish to pay by credit card, you may do so at
http://www.hahntech.com/WBOrder.htm


VI. Contact Us
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Hahn Technology, Inc.
1 Baron Lane
Ambler, PA 19002

(215) 542 0257

Email: sales@hahntech.com

Web: http://www.hahntech.com

Copyright © 2000 Hahn Technology, Inc. 
Other product and brand names are trademarks of their 
respective owners. 


VII. Update History
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1.0.0.0
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* Initial Release 

1.0.0.1
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* Improve "Save" and "SaveAs" functionality 

1.0.0.2
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* Display bank names during "Save" and "SaveAs"

1.0.0.3
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* Add "Delete By Selection" capability for multiple
entry deletes 

* Check every 60 seconds for updated Workgroup Bank and
display message if changed 

* Allow reload of Workgroup Bank if updated since
loading 

* Display confirmation message when saving Workgroup
Bank and it has been updated since loading 

1.0.0.4
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 * Add Web Page test capability 

1.0.0.5
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 * Add HTML export option 

1.0.0.6
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* Change import from Internet Explorer Favorites to
consider the contents of the selected folder to be the
highest Category (or Unassigned) level, not the
selected folder itself 

* Favorites imported into Internet Explorer from older
versions of Internet Explorer were not being imported
into WebBank because of format differences

1.1.0.0
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* Update Help file

* Update distribution to reflect on-line credit card
registration and payment
	

