Arrangement 1.4
by Bruce Adelsman



Do you find yourself always opening and moving your windows into a convient 
configuration?  Are you frustrated with the complexity/limitations of the 
current crop of 'desktop arrangers'?  Then Arrangement is the program for 
you.  Arrangement will easily save and restore any arrangement of window 
applications.

Arrangement can perform the following functions:
o	Save any configuration of Windows applications
o	Reload and restore a saved arrangement (including DOS applications)


Installation and Usage:
Copy ARRANGE.EXE to your WINDOWS directory (or any other directory in your 
path).  Place a reference to the program on your LOAD= or RUN= line in 
your WIN.INI file.  
Example:
[windows]
load=ARRANGE.EXE

When ARRANGEMENT saves, it writes the file ARRANGE.INI in your windows 
directory.  This file  contains information on the applications to be loaded 
(this file can be edited,  see below for more details on it's format ).  As 
ARRANGEMENT saves application information its icon will change to a flashing 
"Save" sign.  When all information is saved the ARRANGEMENT icon will return 
to the normal icon.

When ARRANGEMENT restores, it reads the file ARRANGE.INI in your windows 
directory.  As ARRANGEMENT loads applications its icon will change to a 
flashing "Load" sign.  When all applications are loaded and positioned the 
ARRANGEMENT icon will return to the normal icon.

Clicking once on the ARRANGEMENT icon will bring up a system menu with the 
additional features of About, Load, Save, and Options.  Load will reload an 
arrangement, Save will save the current arrangement.  Options will allow you 
to change the meaning for a double click on the icon.

Double clicking on the ARRANGEMENT icon will perform according to the current 
setting of the Double Click option.  Options are:  Save (only), Exit (only), 
or Save and Exit.


File ARRANGE.INI format and function:	This file contains all the information 
on how ARRANGEMENT should reload applications.  (You need not know the format 
of this file in order to use ARRANGEMENT.  ARRANGEMENT creates this file 
whenever you save a configuration.)

An application load line will have the following format:
Program# = c left top right bottom fullpathname [parameters]

Program#   is a line representing the program to load.  The programs are 
	loaded  in order by # (number).  The last program loaded (highest 
	number) will become the current task.  Note:  numbers must start 
	with 1 and must be sequential.

c   denotes the state of the window.  N stands for a normal window, I stands 
	for iconic, and M stands for a maximized window.  If the letter is
	lowercase, it means the application is a topmost application.

left top right bottom  denote the upper left and lower right corners of the 
	window (or icon).  If these are zero then ARRANGEMENT will not attempt
	to size or position the application.

fullpathname   is the full DOS pathname to the application.

parameters   are command line parameters to the application.  These are 
	optional and are not filled in when ARRANGEMENT saves a configuration.

An example ARRANGE.INI file:
[Arrangements]
Program2=N 630 412 802 600 C:\WINDOWS\CLOCK.EXE
Program3=I 344 541 380 577 D:\WINSTUFF\UPDOWN.EXE
Program4=N 6 4 678 316 C:\WINDOWS\PROGMAN.EXE
Program1=I 104 541 140 577 D:\WINSTUFF\ARRANGE.EXE
Program5=i 160 541 196 577 D:\WINSTUFF\MEMGRAPH.EXE
(Note:  the screen size that this arrangement was saved under is 800 by 600)

Additional notes:
- Notepad may be used to edit the ARRANGE.INI file.
- While ARRANGEMENT does not save DOS application arrangements, it can load 
  them.  Simply edit the ARRANGE.INI file and add lines to load your favorite 
  DOS applications.
- Screen coordinates of all zeroes will cause the application to position to 
  the default screen placement (this is especially useful for DOS 
  applications).
- Tip:  copy the ARRANGE.INI file to another name to set up specific windows 
  sessions
	Example:  a session to start a set of game applications
	- save the arrangement for a group of game applications, exit windows 
	  and then:
	COPY ARRANGE.INI ARRGAMES.INI
	- now create a WINGAMES.BAT file with the following content:
	COPY ARRANGE.INI ARRANGE.BKP
	COPY ARRGAMES.INI ARRANGE.INI
	WIN
	COPY ARRANGE.BKP ARRANGE.INI
	- then to start Windows with that arrangement type:
	WINGAMES

That's it.  I Hope that you find this program to be one of those tools you 
depend on.  Arrangement is a freely distributed utility which means it can be
used freely as long as it is not modified in any manner.  Drop me a line 
on America Online (userid: BAdelsman) or via Internet address 
badelsman@com.aol and pass along any comments or problems.


Program history:

Version 1.00:
	-First release
Version 1.1:
	-Minor bug fixed with restoring some iconic applications
	-Icon improved
Version 1.1a:
	-Disabled mouse input while loading applications
	-Displays the hourglass while loading applications
Version 1.2:
	-Fixed problems with loading/positioning applications in Windows 3.1
	-Fixed problem with sometimes saving internal application information
Version 1.3:
	-Fixed problems with loading/position toolbar-type applications
Version 1.4:
	-Refined support for toolbar-type (topmost) applications
	-Fixed problems with topmost application restoring/positioning
	-Correctly handles Visual Basic applications
	-Added internal checking to ensure Arrangement is positioning the right
	 application during restores - this should stop Arrangement from "going out
	 of control"