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  HDD Monitor Docklet v0.1 for Object Dock v1.99a+
  by Fedro Ponce de Leon                              Thursday, Jul 10th, 2008 
  www.feterspace.com.mx
  
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Table of Contents
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    * Revision History
    * Description
    * Requirements 
    * Installation 
    * Cofiguration
    * Uninstallation 
    * Terms of Use
    * Contact


Revision History
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    +  First Release

Description
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This docklet lets you montior free/used/total space of a designated drive or 
volume in your system.

The docklet scans for installed drives/volumes and let you chose which to monitor. 
If the drive is not automatically recognized (as in mounted volumes) it will let 
you capture the path to the desired mounted volume.

Optionally the docklet will let you to configure it to display a Pie Chart of 
used/free space on the drive and numeric statistics like used, free, %used, %free 
& total space. It includes a graphical usage bar at the bottom that may be 
configured to show % used or % free space.

It is possible to show an optional label assigned to the drive. Additionally, the 
docklet label shows both the label & path to the drive.

As usual, left clicking on the docklet icon will launch the configured command & 
parameters.

Warning: This program is still beta and it is buggy! Use it for testing purposes
only. 


Installation
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  1. Exract the ZIP file inside your Object Dock 'Docklets' folder 

  2. Right click the dock and select "Add" then "HDD Monitor Docklet"
  

Configuration
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  On the HDD Monitor Docklet icon click with the right mouse button and select the 
  "HDD Monitor Docklet Setting..." item,  from there you might control the display
  elements shown by the docklet:
  
  + Label: Optional caption shown at the docklet icon (shown when the "Show Label"
           option is activated.
  + Command: executable lauched when left+click on the docklet. 
             Use "C:\Windows\explorer.exe" to open the windows explorer
  + Parameters: Parameters sent to the executable set at the Command parameter. Use
                "C:\" to open the explorer at the C: drtive.
  + Image Set: Folder under the docklet folder which contains the docklet images.
  + Background: Images starting with the name "background" at the Image Set folder 
                that could be selected as the docklet background. You may customize 
                the image shown as the docklet icon by renaming it to 
                "background_whatever.png" and it will be automatically listed here.
  + Docklet Info: Information displayed by the docklet:
                  - Show Free Space, will show the MB/GB of free space available at 
                    the configured drive.
                  - Show Used Space, will show the MB/GN of used space already 
                    consumed at the configured drive.
                  - Show Total Space, will show the total capacity of the configured
                    drive in MB/GB.
                  - Show Label, will show the configured label at the top.
                  - Show Pie Chart, will show a pie chart depicting the current usage
                    of the configured drive.
  + Usage Bar: Let specify which value will be shown at the usage bar:
               - Show % Free Space: The usage bar corresponds to the % of available 
                 space left on the configured drive.
               - Show % Used Space: The usage bar corresponds to the % of used space
                 on the configured drive.
  + Units: Let specify the units in which space is measured. May select etiher MB/GB.
  
  My icon uses Iiro Jppinen's samsung SP0802N icon as the basis for several backgrounds
  included in the icons folder. Thank you Iiro for letting me use your great icon in 
  my docklet.
  
Uninstallation
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   Remove all instances of the HDD Monitor Docklet from all dock windows and delete 
   the  HDDMonitor folder form docklets folder.


Terms of Use
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This software may be used free of charge and may be freely re-distributed in its 
original form or in a modified form provided it is offered free of charge. It is offered 
as-is and the user accepts all responsibility for consequences arising fom it's use. 
I accept no liability for consequences arising from the use of this software.


Contact
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Comments/Suggestions/Problems, Please email me at fedroponce@feterspace.com.mx

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  Copyright  2008 Fedro Ponce de Leon <fedroponce@feterspace.com.mx> 

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