ToolBook Tools & Utilities
It's a little bit difficult to arrange each ToolBook stuff as utility or sample, since samples are frequently useful to be used as tool for similar applications, and utilities in general come with some examples of use. In addition, there are sites that provide both utilities AND samples. So, I believe everything here is useful material for ToolBook applications.
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ToolBook Downloads
Latest ToolBook Updates.
See also the SumTotal FTP Server - Updates:- TBLoad32 Latest version
- Common (Instructor/Assistant/Publisher): 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.x | 6.x | 5.x
- Instructor (see also common): 6.x | 5.x
- Assistant (see also common): 7.x | 6.x
- Publisher (see also common): 5.x
- ToolBook Java Classes: 6.5 | 6 | 5
- ToolBook 4.x: Multimedia | CBT Ed | vanilla
- ToolBook 3.x: Multimedia | CBT Ed Patch | vanilla
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#4660: AVI Soundtrack problem patch for Windows 98:
ToolBook II 6.x | ToolBook II 5.x | Multimedia ToolBook 4.x
- ToolBook II Repair Kit / ToolBook Transfer Utility
SumTotal recovery utility for corrupted books. As of ToolBook version 8.0, the transfer utility is shipped with the product under name "ToolBook II Repair Kit". For other ToolBook versions, the Transfer Utility is available by FTP at ftp.sumtotalsystems.com/pub/
See also these SumTotal Knowledge Base Articles:
#1779: My book seems to be corrupt, where can I find the Transfer Utility for my version of ToolBook?
#4982: ToolBook Repair Kit Help
#3939: Possible Causes and Avoidance/Recovery Strategies for Corrupt Books
#2574: Message: "Last save interrupted, file may be damaged or corrupt"
#3230: "This book has been damaged..." in Assistant
#4142: Book plays wrong or no media clip, or gives media clip error after running Transfer Utility/Repair Kit
Download:- ToolBook II 7.x Instructor ou Assistant: tb72xfer.exe [Jul.17.2000, 186k], tb71xfer.exe [Jul.17.2000, 186k].
- ToolBook II 6.x Instructor or Assistant: tb60xfer.exe [May.24.1999, 179k].
- ToolBook II 5.x Instructor or Publisher: tb50xfer.exe [Sep.08.1998, 157k].
- ToolBook 4 Multimedia, CBT, vanilla: mtb4xfer.exe [Aug.21.1996, 51k].
- ToolBook 3 Multimedia: mtb3xfer.exe [Dec.21.1995, 32k].
- ToolBook 3 (vanilla): tb3xfer.exe [May.1.1995, 31k].
- ToolBook 1.5x: xferpgs.exe
And a note from , at TOOLB-L:
"> I'm trying to use the transfer utility, but keep getting hung
> when I try to click the "Next" button after entering the name
> of the book to transfer and the name of the new book.
>
I'll get you're running Windows 95/98. If so, you're seeing the bug with getFileList(). The quickest fix is to open the utility, click "Edit Utility", and then go to Tools->Scripts->Find/Replace. Click the Replace tab and put getFileList in top line and getFileListLFN in bottom line.
Then Replace All (make sure range is "All Objects in this Book") and save.
Should run fine now. Can you tell one of our developers ran into this as well?
Hope this does the trick." -
Platte Canyon Multimedia Software Products. Commercial
Contact: Jeffrey M. Rhodes ()- FTS Pro: Full Text Search
By Denny Dedmore, D&D Software (ToolBookThings.com). Sales (exclusive distributor): Platte Canyon.
Replacement for the Full-Text Search feature that was removed from ToolBook 6.0. Available for ToolBook 5 Instructor, 6.x and later (Instructor and Assistant). Supports the use of Language Plug-ins to localize the Search Interface for foreign languages. FTS Pro is virtually plug-and-play and there are no .INI files to fuss with. FTS Pro, unlike its predicessor, is able to index more than 20 books, will index numbers, will index ANSI characters (foreign characters), and will work on a CD-ROM.
FTS Pro: DEMO Download available at Platte Canyon.
- ToolBook Plug-Ins
The Platte Canyon Plug-In Pro works with ToolBook 7.x and 8.x (Assistant and Instructor). It provides palettes and menus that adds many features and functions to ToolBook for improved working and automate many common developer tasks, with over 140 utilities, editors, and short-cuts.
The Plug-In Pro includes all features of Plug-In LE plus a complete methodology for storing content externally, to create multi-lingual training with on-the-fly language switch.
- Progress Tracker
Adds detailed user tracking, bookmarks, indexes, and "return to last page" functionality to any Toolbook training application.
- FTS Pro: Full Text Search
- CodeFathers - Church of Code -
the CodePool
ToolBook Pool & ToolBook II / NEURON files
Contact:- TextTools 2.0, freeware
(TxtTools.zip, 107 Kb, TB 4)
Various useful textfunctions. Text can exported and imported. (nice for translations). There is a richtext-editor with a fulltext-search inside and more. - Function Plotter, tutorial (function.zip, 23 Kb, TB 4)
- Microsoft WaveMix DLL, tutorial (WaveMix.zip, 237 Kb, TB 4)
- DragMachine 1.3, shareware
(DMachine.zip, 126 Kb, TB 4;
(DM_Demo.zip, 313 Kb, TB 4)
Total Drag & Drop system. Tool to create Drag & Drop tasks in the shortest possible time without programming code. Objects, groups and graphics flow over the screen in a harmonious manner. - Animation Demo tool and tutorial
(fading.zip, 33 Kb, TB 4)
Shows how to create pleasingly animations. Moving text fades in and out - flickerfree. - Drive Check DLL, shareware (drivedll.zip, 106 Kb, DLL w/ TB 4 demo)
- ToolBook Trick: How to remove a Password
- TextTools 2.0, freeware
(TxtTools.zip, 107 Kb, TB 4)
- TBEPS16 DLL, by Claude Ostyn
tbeps16.zip and tbeps16.txt, available at sumtotalsystems.com FTP. Freeware, Unsupported.
Contact: .
The TBEPS16 tool kit can be used to help implement ToolBook embedded performance support systems (EPSS) or other applications that work with "foreign" applications. It consists of a DLL, a utility application and documentation.
The DLL functions provided enable OpenScript programmers to perform advanced operations of interaction with other Windows applications, without wasting time in experimentation. They also isolate OpenScript programmers from dangerous and complex calls to the Windows API. - REGFUNCS.TBK -
Script functions to read and write Windows Registry values
(FTP: regfuncs.zip)
Description file (FTP: regfuncs.txt). Unsupported sample, by Claude Ostyn.
These scripts are compatible with ToolBook version 5.0 and above only. - ToolBook Things web site, by
Gallery of Free tools available:- Denny Dedmore's Hyperlink Patch (patchhyp.tbk)
"Looking for a way to exceed the 300 page limitation of the Hyperlinking Page Select List? This file will add an additional button to this interface that will allow you to select ANY page in your book, not just from the first 300 pages. It will patch both ToolBook 4.0 and ToolBook 5.0.", Denny Dedmore, Apr '97. - ToolBook Spreadsheet
Denny Dedmore, Toolb-l message, 18-Sep-1997.
It is a ToolBook system book, available for versions 3, 4, 5, and 6. It looks and feels like Excel; supports 72 Excel functions, has built in Help, automatically recalculates the entire spreadsheet, features drag-resizing of columns, right/left/center justification, and best of all: IT'S FREE! - Other: WIN.DLL Sample Book, DOS.DLL Sample Book, Pop Up Tool Tips, Extra Assistant Widgets, Better Action Triggers, 6.0 Internet Patcher, Font Cataloger.
- Useful Scripts: Encyclopedia Lookup, Double Click, Compare By Case, Clean Text Strings, Animated Cursors, Reset Field Scroll, Scroll Screen, Dumpt Text, Better Request Box, Find Any File.
- Denny Dedmore's Hyperlink Patch (patchhyp.tbk)
- G.Wim van der Vegt site
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OpenSock for Toolbook
"A TOTALLY FREE package that lets you write internet servers and clients totally in OpenScript without using dll's (other than winsock.dll) or vbx'es".
Also available from SumTotal FTP (opensock_v10c.zip). - Traybook
Sample of how you can equip toolbook with a Windows 95/NT4 taskbar systray icon, including context menus handled by toolbook. - TBDao - wrapper for Microsoft DAO (Database Access Object)
- TBConsole
- TBCapture
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OpenSock for Toolbook
- Toolbook Knowledge Nuggets
The Independent public Knowledge-Base for Toolbook developers, including searchable content of Internet discussion groups archives.
Toolb-l discussion group (Listserv) since 1994, official tech support archives from Compuserve since 1992 which then became, SumTotal hosted public discussion newsgroup, all archives since 1997.
Contact: Andy Bulka () - Toolbook Add-ons,
useful authoring system books for Toolbook 4.0. Freeware
Contact: Andy Bulka (), member of Melbourne Toolbook Users Group (MTUG) - Australia.- Elastic Glue - Handy Author Mode Palette for keeping your objects in position.
- Itsy Bitsy - Miscellaneous Utilities for use in author mode.
- GOM - Graphic Object Manager - Replaces the Import Graphic dialog box with an enhanced view, giving previews and thumbnails of all the files in a directory.
- Vision Infosystems, LLC.
Freeware, Commercial and Samples
Contact: Tim Dutcher- CMS Pro / Plus
Enhanced LAN-based Course Management System for ToolBook. It's an "upgrade" to the ToolBook Course Management System (CMS) that enables more than 500 users to your CMS databases. -
AlphaStart, Freeware
Eliminates the need to open multiple Start Menu folders to find your programs. - PowerTools 1.5 for ToolBook: Object List, Page List, Resource List, Page Notes, Property Spy, Object Hierarchy, And More. $79 (U.S. funds). Available for ToolBook II 5.0 and ToolBook 4.0.
- ToolBook II 5.0 Sample Books
- CMS Pro / Plus
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Tim Dutcher's Script Explorer at Brian Parkhurst's ToolBook site
scriptex.zip (SumTotal FTP), Freeware, by , SumTotal.
Script Explorer is a ToolBook authoring utility that will help you find and organize your scripts. It builds a list of all handlers in the books you specify, and then provides this list to you to sort, search, and filter. -
Multi Save-As Utility (17K), Free download at SumTotal
Contact: Tim Dutcher, SumTotal -
AutoSave system book. Freeware
Contact: André Rosendaal ()
SumTotal FTP, autosave.zip, 03.Jul.1996, 24 k. - SumTotal OpenScript Messages Watch: oswatche.exe (FTP, Jan.27.1997, 29k), now freely available for ToolBook developers.
- SumTotal OpenScript Remover:
- ToolBook 4 or later: included with the produtct; on Start menu go to Utilities > Script Remover, or look for remover.exe file into the installation folder.
- ToolBook 3: osremove.exe (FTP, 24.Jan.1997, 36k), now freely available for ToolBook 3.x users.
- Frank Jularic's Shared Script Remover for MTB 4.0
(SSREM_40.TBK
plus SCRREM13.EXE),
available from Brian Parkhurst's ToolBook URL Depository.
Although nowadays SumTotal Script Remover is included with ToolBook,
the Frank Jularic's utility also remove Shared Scritps and can leave any message
in place of the script source.
Also available the Frank Jularic's Script Remover for MTB 3.0 (remover1.zip).
Please forward comments to Frank Jularic at: - Thomas Lopatic's beerware ScriptRemover (remscr12.zip) for ToolBook 3.0 e 1.53.
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SetDPI (setdpi12.zip). Freeware
Contact: . - soft.art SWITCH 1.10 Download by soft.art GmbH Germany. Freeware
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Join the [Multimedia] Revolution (JTMR) - Ressources
Contact: , France.
Toolbook, Director and Java utilities. JTMR ToolBook Tools, Scripts and Widgets. Site in French. - Web Browser Utility System Book (BRWSUTL4.SBK)
, Sample utility available at SumTotal FTP.
It provides functions to detect and interact with Web browsers and pages from ToolBook. For use with ToolBook 4 (vanilla, Multimedia, or CBT Edition).
browsutl4.txt (1.6k), browsutl4.zip (12.4k) -
Web Kiosk Commander for Windows 95. Commercial
Contact: - Rocky Mountain Multimedia - ToolBook Media Catalog Inline
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VBIO DLL
Vbio.dll (16bit & 32bit) is intended to read and write PC I/O ports in Windows 3.x/95/98 applications. This version is not applied to Windows NT/2000 and higher. If you need work under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, use NTPort Library. - Knowledge Arts by Ross Hangartner, "DLL Maker for Asymetrix ToolBook" and "Using Asymetrix ToolBook" utilities
- Sang Park's new database access DLL (bdengine.zip). Freeware
- Sanxware H.Q. - STX HotSplash: A generic splash-screen application. Shareware
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Servo's Page of Downloads and Info
Contact: - Servo's Home Page,- Loader: a simple utility which will display a splash-screen window as quickly as possible. Available for 16- and 32-bit Windows. JPEG support. Freeware.
- Nishita's Freeware Site
K. Nishita's NView Library -- Jpeg, GIF, BMP, RLE, DIB, PCX, TGA viewer DLL. Support both 16-bit and 32-bit. Freeware -
A Grid Control for Toolbook, AVDF Toolbook Article, Nov. '96, by
Stephan Grieger and Mark Trescowthick - GUI Computing
Australian Visual Developers Forum - AVDF - AVDF - ToolBook and Visual Basic
By AVDF - Australian Visual Developers Forum
Bringing VB Declares to ToolBook, ToolBook and Visual Basic DDE, Using VBXs in Toolbook 4.0. -
X2 Support Group Game Development Archives:
Graphics, Video and music File converters
AVI <-> MPEG, FLI -> GIF, GIF -> Icon, MOD -> MIDI, PCX -> DXF, QT -> MPEG, ... -
ALT-T UK Toolbook User Group Script Repository
Some useful scripts.
ToolBook Samples
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Marty Weller's ToolBook Code Samples
By Martha H. Weller, consultant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Old ToolBook Samples. - ToolBook and Web Resources Page
By , author of many books about ToolBook.
Sample ToolBook Neuron applications and WebBooks created with ToolBook II.
See also Some of Tom Hall's Favorite links and the Tom Hall's Favorite Multimedia Sites list. -
ToolBook Utility - WebCBT.ch
By Dr. med. Cecil Cheah, WebCBT.ch.
ToolBook samples for download: Utility, Games, Application, Accessory. -
SumTotal ToolBook II Showcase - Demos
Internet and Neuron based ToolBook II demos, at SumTotal site. -
Integrating Flash into TB: demo (13 MB)
ToolBook II Demo. Available for download (13 MB) from SumTotal FTP site. -
Computer-Based Training on the Web
Pitt Community College, North Carolina, USA - Health Science, Machining, Science.
ToolBook Applications on the Web Using Neuron
ToolBook II Demos: Chemistry Tests, Quiz, Heart Dissection, Drag and Drop.
ToolBook II Instructor and JAVA -
Educandus Demos Download
Educandus Educational Technology, SCA Tecnologia. Recife, PE, Brazil
Lessons about Sciences, Physics and Mathematics for download, made with ToolBook. In Portuguese.
Contact: -
ThunderSnow Demos
ThunderSnow On-line Learning Quiz
By ThunderSnow Interactive - Contact: . - RJ Interactive's Downloads
ToolBook-made demos and samples, from RJ Interactive.
Contact: -
Download FAcT 98 - Financial Accounting Tutorial Software
An interactive financial tutorial. The current version is free until August 30, 1998. The size of the file for download is 12 Mb.
Contact: Dan Gode (, ) - Tricalico Interactive.
Commercial (low-cost) ToolBook applications with scripts accessible
"Edutainment" software created with Asyemtrix ToolBook. Applications: Crossword puzzle creator, The Wheel, Educational Squares, Quiz Show, Word Race, Casino (blackjack, video poker, roulette, and keno). The great thing for ToolBook developers is that the scripts can be accessed to see how the products were created.
Contact: Stephen F. Hustedde () - Multimedia Instruction Projects (MIPs) Group in ToolBook
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IEGR 485 Multimedia Instructional Design
Sample ToolBook Application in Multimedia - Neuron required. - The Space Educators' Handbook - NASA Johnson Space Center