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Introducing the ChE Toolbar

UPDATED MARCH 8, 2003

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     Get instant access to the best chemical engineering links on the internet with the ChE Toolbar.  Find links to the best Engineering and Science focused search engines on the internet, search The Chemical Engineers' Resource Page from anywhere with the built-in search box.  Jump directly to the best ChE message boards on the internet.  Also find links to chemical engineering calculators, physical properties, and the latest chemical industry news.  If you already have the toolbar installed, skip to STEP #3 below.

STEP #1:  Download Now (3.2 MB)
(Right click, save, install with default directory information)

STEP #2:  After downloading the setup file, close Internet Explorer and run this file and install the toolbar to the default directories.  Then, re-launch Internet Explorer and you should see the toolbar.  Return to this page and download the update in Step #3 to get the latest links available.  The next time you launch Internet Explorer, your toolbar will automatically update.

STEP #3: Update Your Toolbar (Last Updated 3/8/2003)
(Right click, save to Windows or WindowsNT directory)

Help us make the toolbar even better by emailing us your favorite links.  If we like the site, we'll add it to the toolbar.

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Known Bugs:

1.  The only problem known to exist with the toolbar at this time is that the backspace does not work in the search box.  You can overcome this by using the delete key or hight the term you want to change with your mouse.  This issue cannot be resolved.

     What makes the ChE Toolbar really great is the ability to easily customize it with your favorite links....just in case they happen to be different than ours.  You can easily download the latest link updates.  Simply click the update link above and save the file to your Windows or WindowsNT directory (replacing the current file).  Then close all instances of your browser and restart.   That's it, your up to date with the best chemical engineering links!

     If you decide that the ChE Toolbar is not for you, it easily uninstalls.  Simply goto "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel" and "Add/Remove Programs" and select "Cheresources.com Toolbar".  This will start a friendly uninstall program.   Simply select "Remove" from the menu and the toolbar will be completed removed from your computer.

    You can even access the most used menu features from The Chemical Engineers' Resource Page, right from the toolbar by clicking on The Chemical Engineers' Resource Page logo on the left.

Requirements

    The ChE Toolbar requires Windows 95 or higher (or Windows NT) and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher 

Customizing the Toolbar

     Customizing the ChE Toolbar is as easy as editing a text file.  Simply open the ChereToolbar.cfg file in your "Windows" or "WindowsNT" folder with your favorite text editor.  Make the necessary changes and save the file with the same name and in the same location.  Restart Internet Explorer, your updated. 

Example:

Let's say that you wanted to add www.google.com to the ChE Search button (comments in blue):

Notice that the buttons are number in order from the left to the right with the searchbox being first.

[SEARCHBOX]
"ChereSources.com Search Page","http://www.cheresources.com/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?Q="

[BUTTON1]
"Cheresources.com Home Page","www.cheresources.com"  (No spaces between parenthese and comma, ",")
"---ARTICLE RESOURCES---",""   (Notice here how to add a separator into the the menus)
"Feature Articles","www.cheresources.com/featureszz.shtml"
"For Your Information","www.cheresources.com/yourzz.shtml"
"ChE in Everyday Life","www.cheresources.com/everydayzz.shtml"
"ChE in Action","www.cheresources.com/action.shtml"
"ChE Business","www.cheresources.com/business.shtml"
"Process Engineering","www.cheresources.com/asiseeit.shtml"
"Archives","www.cheresources.com/archivezz.shtml"
"---OTHER RESOURCES---",""
"Resource Center","www.cheresources.com/centerzz.shtml"
"Software Corner","www.cheresources.com/sheetszz.shtml"
"Physical Properties","www.cheresources.com/physinternetzz.shtml"
"Sitemap","www.cheresources.com/sitemap.shtml" 

[BUTTON2]   (THIS IS THE CHE SEARCH BUTTON)
To add a link to www.google.com, pick the order where you want it to appear....let's say after Chemfinder.com.  Then just add the link.

"---FREE SEARCHES---",""
"Office of Technology Assessment","www.wws.princeton.edu/vcgi-bin/topicpdf?Cmd=Query&Template=query3"
"ChemIndustry.com","www.chemindustry.com"
"Cheresources.com","www.cheresources.com/search.shtml"
"About.com","chemengineer.about.com/science/chemengineer/"
"Chemical Engineering Magazine","63.66.209.144/"
"Chemical Processing","www.chemicalprocessing.com/cp/index.html"
"DOE Information Bridge","www.osti.gov/bridge/search.easy.jsp"
"EPA Search","www.epa.gov/epahome/search.html"
"ChemFinder.com","www.chemfinder.com"
"Google.com","www.google.com" <---- Notice that "http://" is NOT included in the address
"---PURCHASE SEARCHES---",""
"NTIS","www.ntis.gov/search.htm"
"ACS Search","pubs.acs.org/journals/aoc/aoc_search.html"
"Dissertation.com","dissertation.com/dps07a.htm"
"Wiley Interscience","www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/advancedsearch"
"ChemWeb.com","www.chemweb.com/databases/RSC/ceabadisplay.exe?action=search_form&jcode=RSCCEABA"
"Patent Search","www.delphion.com"

[BUTTON3]

"Cheresources.com BookCorner","www.cheresources.com/bookcorner.shtml"
"Amazon.com","www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/thechemicaengine"
"Barnes and Noble","service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=2181&sourceid=38883991&categoryid=rn_home"

[BUTTON4]

"Cheresources.com Forum","www.cheresources.com/forums/forums.shtml"
"About.com ChE Forum","chemengineer.about.com/mpboards.htm"
"Eng-Tips ChE Forum","www.eng-tips.com/gthreadminder.cfm/lev2/7"
"Refining Technology Online Forum","www.r-t-o-l.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=index"
"Refining Online Forum","www.refiningonline.com/qaBrowse.asp"
"ChE Newsgroup Forum","groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=sci.engr.chem"

 [BUTTON5]

"Efunda Calculators","www.efunda.com/calculator.cfm"
"Filtration Calculators","www.filtration-and-separation.com/filtration-main.htm"
"Equipment Costing Calculators","matche.com/EquipCost/"
"LMNO Calculators","www.lmnoeng.com/index.shtml"
"Vapor Pressure Calculator","chief.ecs.umass.edu/utilities/vapor_pressure/index.html"
"McCabe-Thiele Calculator","www.s-ohe.com/McCabe-Thiele.html"
"FreeCalc Calculators","www.freecalc.com/"
"Fired Heater Design","www.heaterdesign.com/design0.htm"
"Tank Gravity Flow Calculator","www.concentric.net/~Jslukows/java/GravityFlow/"
"Packed Tower Calculator","www.concentric.net/~Jslukows/java/WebPackedColumn/"
"Jehar Associates Calculators","www.jehar.com/online.stm"
"Thermal Calculators","www.mayahtt.ca/tmwiz/default.htm"
"Process Associates Calculators","www.processassociates.com/process/tools.htm"
"Online Steam Table","www.connel.com/steam.htm"
"Distillation Column Design","www.com2com.ru/~maikov/todis/index.htm"
"Chemical Equilibrium Calculator","www.com2com.ru/~maikov/infra/index.htm"

[BUTTON6]

"VLE Experimental Data","www.pirika.com/chem/ChemEngE/content.htm"
"Pumpnet Fluid Properties","pump.net/"
"FACTrio","factrio.jst.go.jp/"
"Sugar Engineers' Library","www.sugartech.co.za/matlprop.php3"
"ChemFinder","www.chemfinder.com/"
"Quest Consultants","www.questconsult.com/~jrm/thermot.html"
"Chemistry Webbook","webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/"
"Thermophysical Properties","pirika.com/chem/TCPEE/TCPE.htm"
"Thermo Explorer","www.octavian.com/thermexpl.html"
"Henry's Law Constants","www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~sander/res/henry.html"
"Inorganic Chemical Properties","www.crct.polymtl.ca/FACT/websites.htm"
"KDS Databanks","infosys.korea.ac.kr/kdb/index.html"
"List of Other Sources","tigger.uic.edu/~mansoori/Thermodynamic.Data.and.Property_html"

[BUTTON7]

"Yahoo Chemical Industry News","biz.yahoo.com/news/chemicals.html"
"Chemical News from Reuters","www.cas.org/reuters/chemnews.html"
"Chemical Online News","www.chemicalonline.com/content/hubs/news.asp"
"Chemical Processing","www.chemicalprocessing.com/Web_First/cp.nsf/Contentframeset?OpenForm&MainSrc=vwAll?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=1"
"ChemNews.com","chemnews.cambridgesoft.com/industry.cfm"
"EUFinancial Chemical Industry News","www.eufinancial.com/newsnew/chemical%20industry%20news.htm"
"Moreover.com Chemical Industry News","www.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?o=portal&c=Chemicals%20industry%20news"

 

 

    

 


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