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LAUNCH for Windows 3.0 10/25/90
Written by David Stafford CIS 72411,2670 or 76666,2542
MCI DSTAFFORD 361-6512
Kamakura NS Bldg 4-F
Onaricho 4-16
Kamakura, Kanagawa 248 Japan
The response to STARS was wonderful and I have finally gotten around to
adding the customizable menu option for which so many people have asked. In
addition- I am separating STARS into two new stand-alone programs. The first,
this program, offers a configurable menu from which Windows users can
conveniently start up their favorite programs. The second will be a program
to animate the desktop in the STARS tradition but offering more than just
moving stars.
LAUNCH follows the small-is-beautiful principle. It does just one thing and
int does it reasonably well. LAUNCH stays out of your way when you are not
using it and requires only about 10k when running.
LAUNCH needs an INI file which contains the menu description. An example INI
file is included in this archive. It is best to put this file (along with
LAUNCH.EXE) in the Windows directory.
The first line in LAUNCH.INI should be [Launch]. Each subsequent line
contains a menu item followed by an equal-sign and the name of the program to
run with (optionally) any command-line arguments. Look at the "SDK Help"
menu item below for an example. Remember that you can LAUNCH any program
that you can run from the File Manager or the DOS Executive. This includes
PIFs, batch files and non-Windows programs. You can also specify a path to
a program as in the "Go" menu item below.
My LAUNCH.INI file: [Launch]
Notepad= NOTEPAD.EXE
DOS Shell= COMMAND.PIF
SDK Help= WINHELP.EXE d:\sdk\sdkref.hlp
DOS Executive= MSDOS.EXE
Calculator= CALC.EXE
Clipboard= CLIPBRD.EXE
Go= D:\W\GO\GO.EXE
I recommend including LAUNCH in the "run" option of your WIN.INI as in:
run=LAUNCH.EXE
Once LAUNCH is loaded using it is easy. Simply click with the left mouse
button anywhere over the empty desktop. The LAUNCH menu will pop up
automatically.
This program is FreeWare. You don't have to feel guilty about not paying for
it if you don't want to. I you do like it (or even if you don't) please send
me a note via CIS, MCI or regular mail. I appreciate any comments, ideas,
suggestions or criticisms. "Thank-you" to the STARS users who took the time
to send a note. You gave me the incentive to continue working.
Please feel free to distribute this program. All I ask is that you
be careful and remember to include all three files (LAUNCH.EXE, LAUNCH.INI
and READ.ME) together in the archive.
-Dave