Step 1: Browse to your Start page.
Click the Browse button and locate the page that is your start page. This would usually be called index.htm or default.htm. The Wizard will automatically include this page and all other files in the same folder and all sub-folders. All file types are included, even flash files.

Step 2: Enter your Options.
Enter a name for your Exe file or accept the default (htmlpages.exe). No path is required because the Exe file will be created in the folder where you installed Arlington HTML2EXE.

Enter a title that will appear in the Caption bar of the built in Custom Browser that is used to display your HTML pages.

Enter an optional password (or leave blank for none) that you can use to restrict access to your HTML pages. This can be handy if you are selling an eBook.

If you want to change the appearance (eg icons, layout etc) of the Toolbar used by the built in Custom Browser then select File-->Edit Browser Toolbar. Notepad will popup and allow you to edit the Toolbar.htm file. You could also edit this toolbar with any HTML editor. For example, if you wanted to disable Printing, you could remove the Print icon from the Toolbar.

There are 3 other options that become available only if you register the program:
1. Optionally create a CD Autorun file for use with distributing CDs.
2. Optionally set an expiry period such that your client's eBook will expire unless they enter an Activation key that you have supplied them with.
3. Optionally enter the secret Activation key for use with the expiry period. Nobody will know what the Activation key is except for yourself and the clients you choose to give the Activation key to, for example via email after they purchase your eBook.

Step 3: Click the Compile button.
This will compress all the required pages and files along with a built-in custom browser and produce a standalone Exe file. A message box will popup when compilation is complete letting you know the location of your Exe file.

Most of the features in the program have been made as intuitive and self-explanatory as possible.

Figure 1. The Main screen.
 

Running your Exe file
You can distribute the Exe file either by email or via CD to your clients. You can preview or run the Exe file by double-clicking on it in the folder where you installed HTML2EXE.

For example, you may have chosen to name it htmlpages.exe. Double-click the file and a message box will appear confirming that you want to display the pages. Click Yes and wait a few seconds until the Custom Browser comes up and displays your Start page. Clicking on any link in your page should work as expected. The Custom Browser comes with built-in navigation controls and print buttons.

Figure 2. Running the Exe file.