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- Short: Nice Scrolling Program Launcher
- Author: Nick Clover - nick@bauk.freeserve.co.uk
- Uploader: Nick Clover - nick@bauk.freeserve.co.uk
- Version: 2.41
- Type: util/wb
- Requires: WBLaunch, Thinpaz Font
- Replaces: Launch_2.4.lha
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- DON'T BLAME ME, I wrote this thing for my own use...
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- What it is:
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- A File Launcher
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- Why you need it:
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- · It dosen't take up much screen room
- · It's easy to configure
- · Full Tooltype prefs.
- · It's written with Blitz Basic II
- · It's written by *ME*
- · If an icon is found for a program it's run with wblaunch else
- its run from cli
- · Upto 100 gadgets (if your screen's big enough)
- · Drag'n'drop onto prefs window
- · auto detect guide files and run them with multiview.
- · Added AREXX support (runs arexx scripts, not an arexx port)
- · Nice scrolling effect - Dosen't work properly with Cybergraphics ;(
- but DOES with Picasso96 - V2.41 Fixed this ;)
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- Developed on:
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- · A4000, Cyberstorm 060/50, 82Mb Ram, Picasso IV + Picasso96, Blitz Basic 2.1
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- Tested on:
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- · A4000, Cyberstorm 060/50, 82Mb Ram, Cybervision + CGFX - scrolling problems
- · A1200, Opollo 040/25, 32Mb Ram, AGA - No problems reported (yet ;)
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- Requirements:
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- OS 3.x (I don't think this will work with KS2)
- thinpaz.font 8
- WBlaunch in C:
- WBStartup-handler in l:
- WBStart.library V2.0 or better in Libs:
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- Tooltypes:
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- DONOTWAIT - Needed if run from WBStartup
- COLOUR(0-5) - a 9 digit number eg. COLOUR0=189189189 first 3 for red,
- second for blue, third for green
- FLASH - Flash selected option
- FSPEED - flashrate (4 is a good value)
- FONTNAME - eg. thinpaz.font
- FONTSIZE - eg. 8
- FONTFIX - Some fonts lie about their height (eg. Times) this
- lets you adjust the heigh by moving the font up x pixels
- XPOS=(0..4000) - Set the left edge of the window (use a silly value
- to set the window to the right hand side eg, 4000).
- GADGETx - stores the button information
- eg. GADGET1=Shell|C:newcli
- the format is: "gadget_text|path_&_filename"
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- All tooltypes are set from the internal prefs program.
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- Known bugs:
- Doesn't seem to run well on UAE
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- History:
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- 2.41
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- Minor update,
- Fixed Cybergraphics bug.
- Fixed font display bug in prefs.
- Fixed terminal bug when returning to workbench and pressing a key caused a
- "Software Failure".
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- 2.40
- First release on aminet.
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- <2.40
- Not released to the public.
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 1732 826 52.3% 12-May-00 00:38:20 Launch_2.41.info
- 137 114 16.7% 12-May-00 00:35:12 +IMPORTANT.README
- 1243 956 23.0% 12-May-00 00:38:20 +IMPORTANT.README.info
- 95248 43582 54.2% 12-May-00 00:13:34 +Launch
- 2317 1231 46.8% 12-May-00 00:26:56 +Launch.doc
- 1243 954 23.2% 12-May-00 00:38:20 +Launch.doc.info
- 1231 792 35.6% 12-May-00 00:39:50 +Launch.info
- 2527 1336 47.1% 12-May-00 00:25:54 +Launch_2.41.readme
- 1243 956 23.0% 12-May-00 00:38:20 +Launch_2.41.readme.info
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