IE Text Archiver Version 4.0
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Created by Steve Yandl 6/23/2001

NOTE:  Version 2.0 through Version 4.0 may be installed without having
to first uninstall previous version.   Previous instances of the "Archive IE 
Text Selections" folder will be left on the system and must be deleted 
manually if the user wants them gone.


What this script does
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IE Text Archiver enables you to highlight text on a web page viewed 
with Internet Explorer 5 or higher and save the highlighted text 
with a simple right-click to a text file in a specified folder on 
your local hard drive.

It saves you the steps of having to manually copy the text, open a 
text editor, paste the selection, find a place to store it, then 
save it, and combines them into a single right-click.


Requirements
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Internet Explorer version 5 or later is required to run the actual 
script. If the Windows Scripting Host has been disabled or is not 
installed, the install and uninstall scripts will not run.


Installation
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After unzipping IETextArchiver.zip into a folder, verify that it 
contains the following files:

ArchiveSelTxtA.htm -- the file containing basic script
ArchiveSelTxtB.htm -- enhanced script
Install_TextArchiver.vbs -- the installation script
Uninstall_TextArchiver.vbs -- the uninstall script

To install IE Text Archiver, double-click the installation script file.
ArchiveSelTxt.htm will be placed in the Windows\Web folder along with 
the uninstall script. Changes to the registry will be written to set 
up the context menu item, and an item will be added to the Add / Remove 
Programs applet of the Control Panel (for uninstallation) called 
"ArchiveSelTxt_IE_Context_Menu".


How To Use This Script
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While browsing with Internet Explorer, select any text that you would 
like to archive for future reference by highlighting it with your mouse.
Once the text has been selected, right-click the page and choose 
"Archive Selected Text" from the context menu. The script will look for 
a folder on your Windows drive (typically C:\) called 
"Archive IE Text Selections". If such a folder isn't found, it will be 
created automatically. Within this folder, a new text file will be 
created with a name consisting of the date and time and the extension 
txt. For ease of sorting, the name's format is yy-mm-dd-hhmm-ss (year, 
month, day, hour, minute, second).

NOTE:  Version 2 allows you to choose a location other that the root of
the Windows folder to place "Archive IE Text Selections" when you run
the installation script. 

NOTE:  Version 3 allows you to set up the archive capture sequence so that
you are given a confirmation dialog box after capturing the text.  The dialog
gives you the option to cancel or to choose one of three file names for
the archived text file.

The text file will contain the date and time when the text was captured,
the title of the web page followed by the URL of the web document the
text is from, followed by the actual captured text. Each capture results
in a new text document.  A log file will be created in the archive folder and
will be appended with each text selection capture.

NOTE:  Version 4 adds the option to make a text entry for a custom file
name when you archive the text selection.  Reported bugs where non
legal characters in file names caused errors have been fixed.


Uninstallation
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To uninstall the script, simply go to Start / Settings / Control Panel 
/ Add/Remove Programs, select "ArchiveSelTXT_IE_Context_Menu", and 
remove the script.


Bugs And Suggestions
====================

Any bugs you found in the script or suggestions you have for its 
improvement should be reported via e-mail to Steve@PCNineOneOne.com


License
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This script is freeware and can be freely distributed. Distribution 
of this script for money is not permitted.


Copyright 2001 Steve Yandl
