Q. Can we have 10 different languages as far as Deskbar button text and menu text?
A. Yes two-byte (UTF characters) sets are fully supported. In addition to Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian as others, Deskbar supports double byte languages, such as Korean, Chinese and Japanese.
Q. I need the ability for multiple, unrelated users, to enter and store their passwords to the html links on menus. Is that possible?
A. Yes it should be possible using server side scripting and <INCLUDE_XML> command in the Deskbar that will call to a server side script.
Q. How can I use RSS feed to notify users?
A. To use RSS feed you need to add RSS plug-in and define your channel like: http://www.yoursite.com/rss_feed.rss
This tells your Deskbar to periodically check this RSS feed
Q. How do I know if the update feature is working?
A.
Normally you need to verify that your serverpath and updateurl inside the <SETTINGS> </SETTINGS> are correctly configured like below:
Please make sure that they correctly point to the existent folder on your website and that the deskbar.cab file is there. Plus, please make sure that the version.txt file is there. It should be accessible as http://yoursite.com/deskbar/version.txt
The deskbar will upgrade itself either manually (when the UPDATE command is triggered by button or menu item) or automatically (see automatic update).
It will only update itself if the version.txt file on your server has a greater version number then the existent.
Q. How does it know in general to update ?
A. It pulls a version.txt file from the server after each X hours (where X is defined using the scope attribute of the SETTINGS tag). And if it finds the version number changed, it performs an upgrade.
Q. Is it possible to change the default install directory in the .exe installer?
A. Yes that is possible. We should customize the.exe installer.
Q. Is there any way to add or edit .EXE? I want to add "Terms of use" of the Deskbar, and let users choose to "Accept" or "Do not Accept" before they continue installation.
A.
Yes that is possible using the CAB2NSIS utility we have (although not very simple). You'll find a couple of .nsh files right after you've unzipped cab2nsis. You can modify those .NSH files as it is explained here: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/home/ to achieve what you require.
As an alternative (if you do not have the time to do it yourself), you can explain to us what exactly you are looking for. And we'll have one of our support guys doing it for you.
Q. What type of commands can I use with the "Shell command on the User PC"?
A. You can launch any programs (such as word.exe, notepad.exe) or execute any commands that are accessible from the Start->Run menu (like tracert and cmd).
Q. Do you use MFC or WTL for the Deskbar? Will it require additional DLL's or downloads?
A. We use Visual C++, ATL and WTL. It does not require any additional DLL's to be downloaded.
Q. Can I set up Deskbar to rotate multiple banner HTMLs in the same space on Deskbar?
A. You can use the local HTML file that you mention in your BANNER and that local HTML file has to contain Java Script used to redirect to different files.
Q. Can we use multiple search sites in the Deskbar?
A. Yes it is possible, for instance you may search on google.com and your own site (with your own site being the default).
Q. Does the Deskbar include any types of spy ware?
A. We do not contain any spy ware components inside our software. They have never been a part of and never will be. The problem is that a lot of people either create spy ware using the source code they purchased from us or simply mark our software as spy ware in error.
