Easy Buttons User's Help

1. Buttons function description

Player function Mode

This player application will auto detect both CD Audio and CD extra
title, and play these titles as well.

Play / Pause button:

Start to play a Audio CD title
Continue playing the title
Pause the current play status

Stop / Eject button:

It stops playing the CD title and returns to the beginning
position of the track, if it is in playing mode.
It ejects the CD ROM tray, if it is in stopped mode.
It closes the CD ROM tray, if CD ROM tray is open.

Next track button

It jumps to the beginning position of the next track.
If current track is the last track then it will go to the first
track.

Previous track button

It jumps to the beginning position of the current track, if it
already playing a while.
Or it jumps to the beginning position of the previous track,
if it just start playing.
If current track is the first track then it will go to the last
track.

Internet function Mode

Internet Browser button:

Press this button will launch a system default Internet Browser
application, such as Microsoft ® Internet Explorer or Netscape.

E-mail button:

Press this button will launch Microsoft ® Outlook Express.
It will also turn off Email LED, if ther were unread E-mails
deteted which made LED on.

Two User defined buttons:

Press this button will launch the user defined linking
application.
See configuration for detailed description about how to
configure these 2 user defined buttons.

 

2. Software specification

A. Configuration Menu

Once you have installed the software driver and restart the Windows,
an Easy Buttons activator icon will appear at Windows Taskbar.
Right single-click the activator icon to popup a menu with Which you
can select the following items;

Exit Button... item
To close all four Easy buttons applcations and their functions.
To find the Easy buttons icon from the Start Menu and select it to
launch this program again. Or you can restart Windows, the Easy
buttons program will always run automatically.

Configure Button... item
Select this menu item will invoke a Configuration Buttons dialog box.

OnScreen Display item
This menu item contains 4 sub items for you to configure the
properties of the OSD.

Disable: To disable the OSD function.
Color: Select the color of OSD text.
Font: Select Font, and Style of OSD text.
Settings: Invoke an OSD configuration dialog box for you to configure
the OSD size, display timeout, and its trsparency.

Size: To select the OSD size from the Size list box.
Timeout: Adjust or input the interval time of showing OSD.
Transparent: Enable or disable the transparency of OSD.
If the transparency is disbled, you can select background Color.

Configure Buttons dialog box
From this dialog box, you can configure your 4 Easy buttons as your
own specific defined buttons.

The dialog box contains below properties for you to configure your specific
defining button.

Button list box : 4 identical buttons name in the list for select.
Default button : Restore the default function of selected button.
Label text box: Change the text message of OSD, and Hint label.
Predefined Function: Those functions on the list have been predefined
and supported by the program. The predefined function are;

Mute: To make the sound mute on or off.
Close:To close current active application.
Task Switch: To switch the current task (application
window) to next task.

Attach to File: To link an executable application file or select
predefined application from the list. If you select Attach to File
option, it has two more items descibed as below.

Browse File: An file dialog box for you to find the path of that file.
Or you can drag the icon of that file from the Explorer and drop the
icon into the Text box of Attach File Name.

Attach File Name: You can directly input the specific application file name with its path or parameter (if necessary).

B. Email Detector Application
This application will monitor your POP3 E-mail server, to see if you have any
new coming mail in the server. You can set an interval value to connect to the
server periodly. If it did have new coming mail, it will annouce you and act as
1.POP up a message box, 2. play a sound, or 3. turn on a dedicate LED.

Once you have installed the software driver and restart the Windows,
an E-mail Detector activator icon will appear at Windows Taskbar.
Right single-click the activator icon to popup a menu with Which you
can select the following items;

Detect Now: To check if there is any new coming mail on server immediately.
Configuration...: To configure your E-mail box information, and other properties
for detect the email. See the detailed description as below.
Exit:To close the E-Mailer Detector application.

E-Mailer Detector Configuration dialog box
Before you start to use this E-Mailer Detector application, you have to configure
your E-mail box information in the E-Mailer Detector Configuration dialog box.

 

Outlook Default: To ask program to grab the default information of
your E-mail box information, which includes POP3 sever address,
User name, and Port Number, but not includes Password.
POP3 Server: Server address.
User Name: Mail box user name.

Port: Mail box Port Number.

Password: Mail box Password.

Detect email at beginning: Alway detect email when system start,
only if when system start by press E-mail button.

Enable Auto-Detect: If enable, program will periodly detect the mail server for new coming mail automatically.

At interval of ? Minutes - Set the intervals of time for periodly
detecting the new coming mail.

By showing an Email list: When notify, to show the receiving mail list.

By playing audio: When notify, to play a selected audio file.

How E-mailer Detector Work ?
After you complete the configuration of E-mailer Detector, you can select
Detect Now from the menu to check if the configuration works well.
The procedure of mail detection of the program described as below;

Step 1. The program will first check if the line is connected.
If it is not connected, it will invoke Dial-Up to connect to the server.

Step 2. After connection suceed, it then check the validation of
User Name and password.

Step 3. If Step1 and Step 2 are both valid, The program start retrieving
the Email information, and reporting it by showing a message box,
playing sound, or turn on the E-mail LED.
After report the information, the program will disconnect the line if the line
was disconnected before detection. Or keep its connection if it was
already connected before detection.