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- “ W i n C t r l ”
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- Window controller
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- by David Thomas, © 1992-4
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- Purpose ___________________________________________________________________
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- Some windows don’t have gadgets around their borders, or some of the
- gadgets aren’t there. This program attempts to emulate the gadgets of the
- Wimp so you can move windows without title bars, scroll un-scrollable windows
- etc. You can even re-size or scroll menus!
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- Usage _____________________________________________________________________
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- After you have loaded WinCtrl it’s icon will appear on the icon bar.
- Clicking SELECT upon this icon will bring up the main WinCtrl window. From
- this window you can select which type of operation you wish WinCtrl to
- perform.
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- • Whole window drag - emulate the title bar.
- • Resize window - emulate the resize gadget.
- • Horizontal scroll - emulate the bottom scroll bar.
- • Vertical scroll - emulate the side scroll bar.
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- To perform an operation, click and hold SELECT or ADJUST inside the window
- and tap the either Alt key. The operation will perform as if you were using
- a Wimp gadget (except that it will be invisible). Don’t hold down the Alt
- key when moving the pointer about, as WinCtrl will start operating on any
- other windows you move about.
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- Please note that dragging the Task Manager and Palette windows with the
- pointer over the moveable slider bars will cause the slider bars to become
- erroneously attatched to the pointer and slide about even when they aren’t
- being dragged. It’s best to try and avoid doing this! To stop it just click
- normally on the slider icon again.
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- Problems __________________________________________________________________
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- • Some apps give address exceptions when you try to resize some of their
- windows. This unfortunately crashes WinCtrl, I don’t know what’s causing
- it and there’s nothing I can do about it, sorry! (Maybe someone could
- figure out what’s going wrong - you can contact me and I’ll fix it.)
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- Versions __________________________________________________________________
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- 1.00 First released version
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- 1.01 - Interface Manager 2.00 now used
- - Templates updated
- - Docs updated
- - Help v1.10 used
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- 1.02 - Docs updated, for better method of using WinCtrl (no hold down Ctrl)
- - Help App. removed for reducing size of app
- - ‘Details’ section added showing current window and icon handles
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- 1.03 - Completely ARM coded, and hence only needs 8K WimpSlot (not tested)
- - ‘Details’ section removed, being included in another app (Msg)
- - Templates & Docs updated
- - Ctrl-action key changed to Alt-action key
- - Icon added for Pinboard (on RISC OS 3) iconised windows (hi-res too)
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- 1.04 - Source is now included
- - Minor changes
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- Copyright & Contact Addresses _____________________________________________
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- This software is copyrighted work of David Thomas, it is supplied “as is”;
- using it is entirely at your own risk. I make no warranty as to the fitness
- of this software for any purpose. You are free to distribute this program
- toanyone you please, as long as you are not supplying it for personal or
- commercial gain and it is delivered with all of the supplied files unaltered.
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- If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions for future versions or
- anything else don’t hesitate to contact me at -
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- Mail: Mr D.P. Thomas
- 20 Rosebery Avenue
- Waterloo
- Liverpool
- L22 2BH
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- Email: dpt@tristone.co.uk
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- WWW: http://www.tristone.co.uk/davespace/
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