User's Manual Contents

• Image Surfer Pro Overview

• Image Surfer Pro Toolbar
  • File Operations
  • Image Surfer Pro Forms
    • Safe Surfing
    • Selecting Content
    • Directed Search
  • Processing Webpages
  • View Fusker Collection
  • Tools & Settings
    • Grabbing Page Data
    • User Preferences
      • Auto Ranging Configuration
      • Directed Search Configuration
      • Auto Optimize Configuration
      • Image Surfer Pro Forms
      • File Handling
      • Fusker Collection Views
      • Auto Collection Configuration
      • Media Sizing Configuraitons
      • Merger Settings
      • User Preference Reference
  • Information
    • Check For Upgrade
  • Auto Range Override
  • URL Capture Bar

• Image Surfer Pro Fusker Collection View
  • Tree Segments
  • Tree Menu
    • Visualize
    • Auto Range
    • Modify
      • Numeric Fusks
      • List Fusks
    • Optimize
    • Organize
    • Cut / Copy / Paste
    • Split
    • Roll Up
    • Insert / Delete
    • Nudging

• Walk Throughs

• Processing Direct Images
• Processing Free Hosted Galleries
• Capturing Frame Video
• Processing Image Surfer Pro Forms
• Viewing Fusker Collections
• Removing Missing File References
• Using Auto Range Override
• Using The URL Capture Bar
• Rolling Up A Tree Branch
• Multiple Fusks Per URL Level

• Additional Topics

• Accessing Image Surfer Pro
• Copy Image URL Menu Extension
• Image Surfer Pro Flash Player
• How Segments Merge
• Missing And Broken Files
• Limitations of the Free Version
• Best Practices
• Definitions
• A True 64bit Application

Displaying The Image Surfer Pro Window

Image Surfer Pro is an Internet Explorer extension bar. The only interface to the Image Surfer Pro applications is through the extension bar from within Internet Explorer. However, the extension bar will not be visible the first time you open Internet Explorer after installing Image Surfer Pro. In order to display the Image Surfer Pro extension bar - you must access it through one of the ways described here.

The examples below were built using Windows Vista with IE8 installed. They also work with any version of IE from 9 to 11 on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.x, and 10.

Using Internet Explorer's View Menu

The Image Surfer Pro extension bar can be made visible through the Internet Explorer View menu. In typical Internet Explorer installations the menu bar would not be visible. It can be made visible by pressing the "Alt" button on your keyboard. The Image Surfer Pro extension bar can then be accessed as shown in the following diagram:

You may be asked if you wish to activate the Image Surfer Pro add-on if it was disabled previously or newly installed. It may be disabled in IE9 or later if you had to use the "Reset" function in the Internet Options to fix a browser issue.

Using The Internet Explorer Command Bar

The Internet Explorer command bar may or may not be visible depending upon your configuration. If it is visible it will be at the top right-hand side of the Internet Explorer window. It will look similar to the following:

The bar shown here has the Image Surfer Pro button visible. If the command bar is not visible, you can make it visible by choosing "Command Bar" from the list of toolbars on the drop down menu visible when you right-click on the blank area of the browser window to the right of your browser tabs - as in the following diagram:

Using the Command Bar Tools Drop Down Menu

Once the Internet Explorer command bar is visible, the Image Surfer Pro extension bar can be accessed from the Tools dropdown menu under the "Explorer Bars" submenu... refer to the following diagram as a reference for where on the menus you should find the Image Surfer Pro extension listed.

Using the Image Surfer Pro Command Bar Button

A more convenient way to access the Image Surfer Pro extension bar is through use of the Image Surfer Pro command button provided with your Image Surfer Pro installation. The Image Surfer Pro command button looks like the image to the left.

If this page was displayed when you installed Image Surfer Pro - you may have to close this browser window before the Image Surfer Pro Command Bar Button is visible or available.

The button may be visible after installation and restrarting Internet Explorer on the command tool bar at the top right-hand side of the Internet Explorer window. However, depending upon your Internet Explorer version and configuration the command button may not be visible. It is possible for the button to be hidden. The following diagrams describe how to find the Image Surfer Pro command button.

Customizing Your Internet Explorer Command Bar
The Internet Explorer command bar can be customized to show the Image Surfer Pro command button if it is not already visible. This is not necessary - but the button is more convenient than the Tools drop down menu to hide or show the Image Surfer Pro extension bar. To configure the command bar to have the Image Surfer Pro command button visible, choose "Customize" from the Toolbars submenu of the Tools drop down menu from the command bar. refer to the following diagram):

This will bring up the following customization dialog window. In it, you should be able to locate the Image Surfer Pro command button in either the left or right list of commands. To make the button visible, you will need to make sure the button is in the list on the right and high enough in the list to be in the visible portion of the command bar. Use "Add->" to move the button from the left list to the right list if necessary. Then use the "Move Up" button to move the button up in the visible portion of the command bar.

If the Image Surfer Pro button is not available to add to the visible buttons, the add-on may be disabled. You can enable the Image Surfer Pro add-on by either using the IE View menu to display the Image Surfer Pro tool window, or you can use the Add-On Manager under the tool's menu to specifically enable Image Surfer Pro. When you enable the Image Surfer Pro add-on, you may need to restart IE in order for the Image Surfer Pro button to appear in the Customizing dialog.

Clicking The Command Button Does Nothing In New Tab

Make sure you have navigated to an actual webpage. When you create a new tab by clicking the tab extension to the right of your existing tabs this may open a tab with tiles for "Your most popular sites" - this is not a webpage and Internet Explorer does not display any Extension Bars while this page is visible. Once you navigate to a webpage by changing the address bar, performing a search, or choosing one of the most favorite tiles, Image Surfer Pro will begin to work for that tab. This will only be the case if your Internet Options new tab setting is The new tab page. The other options each open a webpage where extension bars will be visible.

The Image Surfer Pro Application Window

Once properly configured, the Image Surfer Pro Application will appear as an extension bar at the left edge of the Internet Explorer display window. The extension bar may be hidden and restored with any of the same access methods:

IE command bar Image Surfer Pro command button IE View Menu -> Explorer Bars Submenu IE Command Bar -> Tools Menu -> Explorer Bars Submenu

If the Image Surfer Pro extension bar is visible when you close Internet Explorer, it will be visible the next time you open Internet Explorer. The Image Surfer Pro extension bar looks like the diagram on the left.

Each Internet Explorer Tab will have a unique instance of the Image Surfer Pro Application window. Configuration is shared and making a configuration change in one tab will affect the configuration in all tabs. The Auto Range Override value is not shared nor changed in other tabs when changed on one tab.

Resizing The Image Surfer Pro Window

If not all of the Image Surfer Pro application toolbar icons are visible, or if your fusker collection tree has branches which are not fully visible, you may resize the Image Surfer Pro application window by:

1. Point to right edge of the Image Surfer Pro application window
2. When your cursor becomes a double arrow, click and drag the window edge