DonationCoder Search Deskbar v1.0.19 - released January 10, 2008

Created by app103
     http://appsapps.info
     apps.freeware.apps@gmail.com

System Requirements:

     This should work on Windows 98/ME/2K/XP with IE 5 or newer.
     I have not tested this on Vista.

     It will work with both horizontal and vertical taskbars.

Installing:
     
     Just run the DCSearchDeskbar.msi file by double clicking it.

     After installing, just right click your taskbar and on the menu, under Toolbars, 
     just select "DonationCoder Search Deskbar". If you do not see it listed there, 
     wait a minute and check again.

     You can also add this to your Explorer windows by selecting it from the 
     View > Toolbars menu in Explorer.

Using:

     Just type in one or more search terms into the box, select the type of search you 
     want to perform from the drop down list, and click the Search button. Your search 
     will be opened in your default browser.

     You can access a handy popup menu, with lots of goodies to explore, by right 
     clicking the search button with the little picture of Cody on it. There are some things 
     on the menu that will require you to be a member and logged in on the forum for 
     them to work. There are also some things on the menu that can only be used if you 
     are a full member of the site.

Configuring:

     It can also be dragged off the taskbar and placed on the desktop or even docked on any 
     free edge of your screen. You can also set the docked toolbar to always stay on top and 
     even autohide. You will have to minimize open windows in order to drag it off the taskbar.
     You can take up the extra empty space on the toolbar by resizing it and/or adding the 
     Address bar or making a new toolbar from a folder of shortcuts.

Uninstalling:

     It can be removed from Add/Remove programs by finding and uninstalling the entry
     called "DonationCoder Search Deskbar". You may have to reboot to complete the 
     removal process.

Known issues:

     Internet Explorer:

          This isn't meant to be an Internet Explorer toolbar, even though it does appear 
          on the Internet Explorer toolbars menu. 

          I had to add it to that menu to get it to show up in the Explorer toolbars menu.

          You can use it with Internet Explorer, but it will not open searches and pages 
          in the open instance of Internet Explorer. It will open them in a new instance 
          of your default browser, which in some cases might be a different browser than 
          Internet Explorer.

     XP Themes:
          
          It doesn't fully support XP Themes. It is still showing the wrong background color with 
          some themes. (I am still working on full theme support)

     Clipboard paste of invalid characters:
          
          It will allow you to paste some invalid characters from the clipboard that it normally 
          won't allow you type.

          Since the Firefox and AOL Explorer search plugins don't do any kind of filtering at all, 
          the fact this toolbar does any filtering could be considered an improvement, even if it 
          doesn't offer 100% filtering of invalid characters.

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Change Log

v1.0.43 - released April 6, 2010
             - Fixed cursor over edit control corrected
             - Improved theme support
             - Removed dead link to Wordzilla's site from menu

v1.0.19 - released January 10, 2008

             - Fixed copy/paste/select
             + Added slight improvement in XP theme support 
                         (still showing wrong background color on taskbar with some themes)
             + Added "triple click/select all" support

v1.0.11 - Initial release - December 31, 2007