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viewIT Readme

viewIT allows you to display multiple web pages in timed succession such as network monitors, performance indicators, status pages, security cameras, photo-albums, etc. Define how many seconds each page is displayed and the location of pages on the Internet, a network path, or local disk. Great for use in datacenters, NOCs, meeting rooms, reception, or kiosks.
 
Runs as a stand-alone program or Screen Saver and optionally prompts for a password in order to close. Capable of displaying anything Internet Explorer can such as HTM, HTML, ASP, XML, PHP, Java, JPG, GIF, TXT, SWF, Flash, Shockwave, and much more.

Requirements:

viewIT runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003 with IE 5 or later.

Installation:

Download viewIT

1) Run viewit-setup.exe and follow the wizard
2) Modify viewit.ini as indicated below
3) Run viewit.exe or click on the viewIT shortcut in the Start menu to launch

viewIT can also be run as a screen saver by coping viewit.exe and viewit.ini to the Windows directory and then renaming viewit.exe to viewit.scr

.ini Settings:

To display your content you need to edit the viewit.ini file in the directory with the viewIT executable, this is usually located in C:\Program Files\viewIT unless you put it somewhere else.

Add content that you want to display one after the other, followed by how many seconds you want that page displayed.
Pages can be referenced from a local or network drive such as:
    c:\directory\page1.htm, 12
    w:\directory\page2.htm, 20
or pages can be referenced by URL:
    http://www.jpelectron.com/vwit/setup.htm, 5
    http://www.weather.com/weather/print/60606, 10
using 0 means viewIT will stay at the page untill you press right arrow to advance:
    http://www.jpelectron.com/vwit/setup.htm, 0
you can also provide login information as part of the URL: (for more information see this article)
    http://username:password@ipmonitor.example.com/login.htm?stats, 20

Un-comment to prevent the program from being closed without the specified password (default is commented as shown, no password)
    ;Password=changeme

Comment to hide the mouse cursor (when run as a screen saver the cursor is always hidden regardless of this setting)
    Cursor=Yes

Comment so the first mouse click will not automatically pause the timing (pressing P will turn timing back on again)
    ClickPause=Yes

Usage:

Press right or left arrow keys to jump forward or back (or right/left on the MCE Remote)
Press P to pause timing and stay at the current page, press P again to continue
Press Q or ESC to exit (or Clear on the MCE Remote)

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License:

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