SmartAOL V2.1

Welcome! This little program was designed in order to be able to stay most of the time online without having to manually reconnect to America Online (R) after the internet connection has been dropped.
The program was tested on a Intel Pentium III, 500MHz, WinXP, AOL7.0 machine, connected via cable (DSL). As you may download the fully functional shareware version, you will have to check at your own risk whether this little tool suits your needs (in that case, you are welcomed to come back right here and  to make  a donation, for more information, see below) or if you will have to look for something different somewhere else. The author does not guarantee, that any other version (for new versions of AOL software, new Windows versions, other platforms etc.) of this tool will be developed in the future.


Screenshot (2003-01-15)

Parameters

• ScreenName
  Your AOL Username.
• Password
  Your AOL Password.
• Save Password
  The tool saves the parameters you set so that you do not have to reenter your information each time SmartAOL V2.1 is started. As the configuration is saved without any encoding, intruders could read your password as plain text. It is not recommended to set this option!  
• AOL Process Name
  Usually "aol.exe" or "waol.exe". Win2000/NT/XP users can lookup the correct value by entering the task manager (ctrl+alt+del) and selecting AOL. Right-click mouse button and choose "go to process".
• AOL Executable (Full Path)
  Select the path to AOL's executable by clicking the "..."-Button or enter the data manually.
• Connect To Address
  Be sure to enter a valid address. You can enter an url (www.somewhere.com) or use an ip-address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). You need a host that is always up. Based on the information you enter, SmartAOL V2.1 will try to resolve ip-address or hostname. If it fails, it will assume, that you are not connected to the internet and will launch the application you selected in "AOL Executable (Full Path)". 
• Interval
  Select the interval SmartAOL V2.1 should use for checking for connectivity.

Functions

• Hide
  You can hide SmartAOL V2.1 in the task bar. Right-click and choose "Restore" to make it visible again.
• Start
  Start the tool. You may pause and resume the process. Parameters are updated each time you click this button. 
• Kill Process
  Terminate the assigned process manually. May be used to check the configuration.

How it works

Installation/Download

Extract the SmartAOL V2.1(zip) to C:\SmartAOL\. Double-click C:\SmartAOL\SmartAOL.exe to launch the program or create the appropriate shortcut on your desktop. If you are going to use another path, you should apply the entry within SmartAol.ini. The application will save the settings to the path assigned here (it is going to create a file called "SmartAol.dat"). 

One thing left

If you like what you get, I'd really appreciate you to make a little donation via Paypal. A good amount would be 20.- EUR. Just click the following button: