Welcome to SIGARS
The SIGnature   Automatic   Replacement   System

This system is designed to allow you to have many different signature records, and can
automatically change them for you every day.  If you always want your signature to be the same,
then there is no reason to use this system. This system is just for people who want their signature
to change from day to day or week to week. 

Sig files must be regular text files. Eudora, Netcruiser, News Express and many other programs use regular text Sig files. Microsoft Explorer does not.... You probably aready know if your e-mail or newsgroup program uses a regular text Sig file. If not, see you program documentation.

There are two programs in SIGARS:

1.	The Signature replacement-file editor  (sigars.exe) RUN THIS FIRST
2.	The Signature replacer  (sigset.exe) PUT THIS IN YOUR STARTUP FOLDER

First, you use the Signature replacement-file editor to set up the different signature records.
There are 31 separate records, one for each day of any month. (The file comes pre-loaded with 31 quotes from famous people.) You can set up 31 completely different signatures, or using the copy-paste feature you can have several of the 31 be the same, or very similar. (If you use an ASCII picture signature with some text, you could copy the ASCII portion into all 31 records, then just alter the text portion.) Once you have your Signature records set up, you should put this program in your startup folder so it will run every time you start Windows. The Signature replacer program will take "today's" Signature record and put it in the file that your newsgroup or e-mail program uses for signatures. 

The first time the Signature replacer program runs, it will ask the name of the sig file that you want updated every day. (This will also happen if sigset.exe ever runs without finding signame.dat in it's directory) This file is the one you have specified in your newsgroup reader or email program. If you use two different files, you can only choose one with this version of the system. Multiple Sig file updates is being worked on and will be in the next release.  That's all there is to the system. Every time you boot up Windows the current days signature record will be put into your sig file. Periodically you can change all or some of the Signature records using sigars.exe to keep your Signatures fresh.

If you keep your PC on all the time, then you need not put sigset.exe in your startup folder. You will need to execute once a day to refresh you sig file. 

This system is shareware. You may use it and evaluate it for 30 days. After that you should register the software by sending the author $3. This is a modest amount, because the program was easy to write and doesn't really fulfill a need that would justify a higher price. It just makes life better! 

So, if you like this program please send $3  and the completed cheap.txt file to:
SIGARS
c/o Dave Burns
16061 Euclid
Allen Park, MI
48101

If you have any questions, comments or complaints about SIGARS send them to the same address or email them to dburns3@ix.netcom.com.


