RUNFIX - 1.0 - 7/02/91
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Some sample code and a simple application for Microsoft Visual Basic.

By Mike Mezaros
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Released into the Public Domain.

Here's your situation: You don't have Program Manager set to "Minimize on
Use," because that is your personal preference. 

But did you ever wish that you could set "Minimize on Use" for each
individual application in the Program Manager?  Visual Basic, for example,
can be quite annoying -- it uses an unusual interface (the "floating" menu
bar), and loads on top of the Program Manager... when this happens, the
whole thing just looks awkward, and it is quite annoying.

So until Microsoft lets us set "Minimize on Use" for each individual app,
here is a solution.  

How to Use
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First, place RUNFIX.EXE in your Windows directory or elsewhere in your path.
  
Let's use Visual Basic as an example.  The Command Line for Visual Basic
in it's Program Manager Properties... box should be:

C:\VB\VB.EXE 

Change this to:

RUNFIX C:\VB\VB.EXE

Now, click on the "Change Icon" button.

The text box should read:

RUNFIX.EXE

Change this to:

C:\VB\VB.EXE

Click "View Next," then "Ok," then "Ok," again.


Source Code
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Visual Basic source code is included. It is public domain; use it as you
wish.  Please let me know if you make any major modifications, I'd like to
see it.


If You Don't Own Visual Basic
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This program doesn't require that you own Visual Basic.  It can be used
with any application.  But in order to run it, you need the Visual Basic
run-time file VBRUN100.DLL.  This is widely available.  If you have
access to CompuServe, it is available in the Microsoft Languages Forum
(GO MSLANG) in Library #6 as VBRUN.ZIP.  On GEnie, it is in the IBM PC
RoundTable (IBMPC) as VBRUN100.ZIP.


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 HOWEVER, there are some
applications -- such as Visual Basic -- that get on your nerves.  After
launching them, you have to click back to the Pr
to minimize