I REALLY THANK ALL OF THE USERS WHO CALL WHEN THEY FIND A PROBLEM OR WANT A CHANGE. After I release Archives, my compresses file manager for Windows 3.1, I will be writing "Arranger", my (secret) for Windows, look for ARCH40.ZIP for the next version of Archives and ARRANG.ZIP for Arranger! Registered users of Archives or Accesses will get Arranger for 1/2 price! If ANYONE has problems or would like to have something added: Call Ted Wall: 510-484-4129 non-emergencies: 8am - 6pm (Pacific Time) Mon-Sun emergencies: call anytime. ALL previous users of ACCESSES should read this file to at least the description of the current version of ACCESSES they are using. Lately, all of my changes are user requested. I love feedback! Very Advanced Windows 3.1 Program Manager's Startup Group TIP: To start up windows 3.1 the way you want, do something like the following (if this is not clear, call me): Delete Accesses.exe from your WIN.INI Load= line. Add "Accesses.exe !FolderNo10" to the LAST ICON of Program Manager's Startup Group. in Accesses !FolderNo10 you can have the following: !FolderName=Startup Folder !program1=PauseSecs 2 <- varies with computer speed !program2=PlaceDefault clock.exe !program3=StayOnTop clock.exe !program4=MinimizeWindow clock.exe !program5=PlaceDefault winfile.exe !program6=PlaceDefault progman.exe !program8=hidewindow drwatson.exe !program9=PlaceDefault dayalarm.exe !program10=PlaceDefault winoa386.mod <- A DOS Window !program11=StayOnTop winoa386.mod This assumes that the Program Manager's Startup Group launches: clock, winfile, drwatson, dayalarm, and a PIF file. MAKE SURE ACCESSES IS CALLED ONLY ONCE DURING THE STARTUP PROCESS because Accesses has to ignore multiple calls during the startup process. eg DO NOT start File Manager from the Program Manager's Startup Group via "ACCESSES.EXE FILEMGR.EXE". (Because while Accesses is waiting for File Manager to startup, Windows may send the !FolderNo10 command to Accesses.) Start "Accesses.exe !folderno10" from the last icon in the Program Manager's Startup Group. Use the Arrange Icons of Program Manager to "set the icon order". To Save the Win 3.1 Program Managers settings without Closing Program Manager: From Program Manager, press: Shift+Alt+F4. Changes thru 9/20/92 (Version 3.0d) 0. Added AccKernl.exe. See ACCESSES.WRI. AccKernl is not a "real Windows program" but just a "Windows Command" that Windows will run then close. The purpose of this command is to speed the Ctrl+Esc key combination for the users who have computers with very low memory. AccKernl was developed after a registered user requested a speed increase to the Ctrl+Esc key, and was tested using a 286 computer with only 2 megs of RAM memory. See ACCESSES.WRI. "Ack Kernel" is an optional "program" for any user who wants the Ctrl+Esc speed increase. This will not speed Accesses if you configure Accesses so that the popup window is hidden, in this case Accesses discards its code segment, and Window will have to reread the code from disk. 1. Mostly bullet-proofing versus Version 3.0c. I believe that I found a Window's function that could in very low memory situations (even if during just an instant) that would give Accesses a divide by zero error. I'm checking the divisor of that Window's function before calling it. Has to do with reporting Resource Memory. Only occurres when running on low memory systems. 2. A few dialog boxes were modified slightly for esthetics. 3. Fixed (I believe) a problem where the Phone Calling function wouldn't call on one user's modem. By checking Windows Header files, I found an error in the Window's documentation, again. Very frustrating.... Thanks for reporting the error, Buzz. I'm fairly confident that this issue fixes it. 4. Fixed a bug in AccClip when all white space was copied to the Clipboard; and added another switch to configure whether AccClip opens the Dialog box when AccClip is 1st launched. AccClip is still considered a Beta release, although this fixes the only problem I've found. Changes thru 9/16/92 (Version 3.0c) 0. Accesses uses Run-Time dynamic linking so this version is compatible in both Windows 3.0 and 3.1. Accesses supports Drag Drop and Font changes when operated in Win 3.1. 1. Added a Launch Pad. Left Mouse Single Click on the Middle 1/3 of the Accesses Popup. The Run buttons are configured the same as your Task List menu under Run. Ctrl+Alt+L+Esc will call this dialog box from any Windows program. However, the Window that has the current focus may Act on the Ctrl+L. See ACCESSES.WRI Tutor for details. 2. Added AccClip.exe (beta release). A Text format Clipboard Stack saver. Hopefully, intuitive because there is no written documentation, yet. I can add other formats to be saved if there is enough demand. Because of AccClip, Accesses limited Clipboard functions were removed. 3. Accesses now has a poor man's Sound Function. Accesses will read *.snd Sound Files. Windows will automatically play *.WAV files for those folks that have a sound board and Accesses will read Text files and play those thru the computer's speaker for the folks (like me) that don't have a Windows compatible sound board. All of this is in discardable memory so other than having an executable file that is slightly larger, there is no extra baggage for those folks that don't want "computer speaker sound". Drag one of the *.snd filenames and drop it on the Accesses popup or use the following Command Line: accesses soundfile anthem.snd Sample sound files are located in the ZIP file with the "snd" extension. Anthem.snd shows the format of the text files. 4. Fixed problem where not all of the AccDrops were getting FONT change messages from Accesses, and where ReReading the INI file caused AccDrop to loose the document name. 5. Fixed Accesses so that WordPerfect for Windows and other cantankerous programs would attach to a F2, F3, etc. key. You must enter the a portion of the Window's Caption as the "Menu Description". Press Ctrl+Esc, Alt+R, C and enter "WordPerfect" (or a portion of whatever the title is for the program excluding the Document's name beginning from the left side of the Window Title) as the "Menu Description" and "c:\wpwin\wpwin.exe" as the "Command Line for Executing". 6. Clicking once on AccDrop and pressing the F2 function key or Holding the Left Mouse Button down and clicking the Right mouse Button on the AccDrop popup Will Activate that Window if Active else will launch that Window (similar to the Accesses Popup Function Key and Mouse Click Functions). 7. DOS windows in the Enhanced Windows Mode now follow the "MaxAfterRun on /off" switch. I found that some folks were wanting to save the Restored Window Position of the DOS Window in Accesses and using the Microsoft Windows 3.1 feature to save the Maximized window position. THIS MAY CONFUSE YOU!!!! See ACCESSES.WRI, Placing Windows/Launching Programs in SECTION # 2 To override this so that Accesses uses only the restored Window position for your DOS Windows, Select: Ctrl+Esc, Alt+U, V, Alt+. (period). Then from the "Edit DEFAULTSIZE" dialog box, scrolldown thru your list of Window Titles and at each DOS Window check the "Restored" button then Alt+G to save each change. You can do this for all of your DOS Windows without closing this dialog box for each one. To save the Window position that "Microsoft Windows" will use for a Maximized window, Maximize the DOS Window and then Close it by typing EXIT in the DOS window. 8. Ctrl+Alt+P+Esc will open the Phone Dialog Box. Still not using a Windows Hook so you'll have to hold the Ctrl+Alt+P down longer than normal and Tap the Escape button. (just like Ctrl+Shift and Tapping the Esc). Ctrl+Alt+R+Esc will open the Run Programs Dialog box. Ctrl+Alt+M+Esc will open the Multiple Select Dialog box. Ctrl+Alt+A+Esc will open the Alarms Dialog box. Ctrl+Alt+L+Esc will open the Launch Pad Dialog box. 9. Added Basic Browse, Copy, Move, Delete File functions. Included foreign character sets. 10. Automatically opening *. (no extension) files using the TXT extension in your Win.INI. 11. One version of Accesses will operate in Win 3.0 and 3.1 although Drag Drop and Font Changes will not function in Win 3.0 without the 3.1 DLLs. 12. AccDrive can be loaded with a Program name for Drag Dropping a document into. Became tired of that App doing only one function! Changes thru 8/18/92 (Version 3.0b) 1. Alarms now display on the Window Caption Bar of the Active Window. 2. Can now display the largest free block of Global Memory on the popup. Accesses has too many options and too few dialog boxes, but to turn this on, select Ctrl+Esc, Alt+U, C, and Tab 5 times. Added Alt+G to global compact memory then display system info. Click once on the popup with the right mouse button and press Alt+G. 3. Added AccDrop.exe. Each AccDrop represents a program name and will launch a document dragged dropped from the Windows File Manager using that program. AccDrop requires Accesses to be running. See ACCESSES.WRI Changes thru 8/4/92 (Version 3.0a) 1. DO NOT add Accesses to the WIN.INI Load= or Run= line. Windows 3.1 sometimes has a problem when 2 programs that use Fonts are loaded here! I am recommending that users manually add Accesses to the Program Manager's or Norton Desktop's "Startup Group" instead to launch Accesses when Windows 1st Starts. 2. Changed the dialog boxes so that the Tab key makes more sense; although, tab doesn't go to all of the buttons using this philosophy. 3. The dialog boxes move to the bottom left corner now instead of the top left when their Help button activates Accesses.hlp. Suggest saving Accesses.hlp's DEFAULTSIZE to the top 1/2 of the screen. 4. Accesses's Alarms will now launch programs at a specific time. 5. Allowing semicolon as a REMark to a Folder's Command Line. Accesses will bypass the lines that begin with a semicolon. Changes thru 7/20/92 (Version 3.0) 1. Limited edition release. Changes thru 7/10/92 (Version 2.9k) 1. Changed the Alt+U to a virtual key. 2. "New and Improved" alarms dialog box. Changes thru 7/2/92 (Version 2.9j) 1. Fixed Accesses so it would stay on top of other Stay On Top programs. Changes thru 6/26/92 (Version 2.9i) 1. Fixed a problem where Norton Desktop would not stay minimized. 2. Fixed DayAlarm if it was suppose to popup when left mouse clicking the left 1/3 of Accesses and DayAlarm was started before Accesses during this Windows session. 3. Examining the Launch History for directory information when collecting filenames for a !folder. 4. Added an option to convert your Launch History and for Win 3.1 users convert the last Drag Drop operation to a folder, then you can delete from the !Folder the programs you don't want included. 5. Fixed the problem where the alarm wouldn't work when the AM PM in the WIN.INI were in capital letters. A user told me about this embarrasing and alarm disabling error that Accesses had for 6 months, thanks John. Changes thru 6/22/92 (Version 2.9h) 1. Fixed where Friday and Saturday (Fr Sa) would both display on the popup on a Friday. Whoops... 2. Fixed a problem launching WinWord version 2.0 from Accesses Run Program Dialog Box when WinWord was already running. Sometimes another window would be activated when WinWord was already running. 3. Allowing the user to enter a file mask of "*.extension" or "filename.*" in the Run Program dialog box "Run:" edittext box. 4. Improved the mouse click to stop a !Folder. 5. Version 1.6 of Dayalarm allows the user to include or not include the Day of the week in the Window Title. Double click on the calendar and look under setup. 6. Increased the size of the "Run User List" from 32 programs to 64. Slower computers should limit the total number of "Run User List" programs since this reads the ACCESSES.INI file everytime the Run Dialog box is opened. (Avoids wasting your computer's memory). Changes thru 6/15/92 (Version 2.9g) 1. AccDrive optionally blinks and beeps when the a minimum actual drive size is reached. Saving independent data for all AccDrives. 2. Saving the Arrange Dialog process save above icons switch, again. Changes thru 6/12/92 (Version 2.9f) 1. Saving a launch history in a Combo Box of the Run Dialog box. Changes thru 6/11/92 (Version 2.9e) 1. Fixed a problem Accesses had activating Full screen DOS Windows that I did not know that I had! I was doing some special processing for DOS windows so if the window was operating full screen but the procedure fouled full screen windows. I always run DOS windowed or using the Alt+key I've defined and the problem never shows in that mode. Extended the Honor System registration period. Because I cannot tell whether an iconic DOS window will be full screen when it is activated, I have disabled some multiple window functions for the DOS window. This will cause very little inconvience for most users, but call me if something crops up that you wish would be fixed. Changes thru 6/10/92 (Version 2.9d) 1. Saving the Arrange Dialog box settings and the Task List's "Split ON" setting. Changes thru 6/9/92 (Version 2.9c) 0. One version of Accesses is now compatible with Windows version 3.0 and 3.1 << PS, THIS DID NOT WORK!!! 1. Allowing the user to CANCEL all prior pending Alarms. *** IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM AN EARLIER VERSION OF ACCESSES **** 2. A Much more intelligent PauseSecs, MILLISEC_DELAY_WIN, and MILLISEC_DELAY_PIF has been written. (definitions in ACCESSES.HLP.) This will allow the user to lower the values and causes less timing conflicts. New values are respectively, 100 and 2000. Therefore: ***** USERS OF OLDER VERSIONS OF ACCESSES ******* should edit the "MILLISEC_DELAY" and "PIF mSec Delay" variables to the 100 and 2000 values or lower. I'm using 50 and 100. You can change these variables via Ctrl+Esc, Alt+U, C, N, [enter]. 3. Added Font changing functions (Win 3.1 mode). 4. Accesses now follows the mouse when clicked on the background screen. 5. Reversed the former action of the function keys under the Run Menu of the Task List. Now the function key will always launch the program and the Shift+Function key will switch to the program if it is already running and launch it if not already running. Changes thru 5/22/92 (Version 2.9b) 1. Technical, Changed Accelerator keys to Virtual Keys from ASCII. Changes thru 5/11/92 (Version 2.9) 1. A safer compile option. Changes thru 5/1/92 (Version 2.8) 1. Added a "StayOnTop" and "NotOnTop" Task List menu items and !folder Programming Commands. Also added a "PlaceDefault" !folder command for problem programs or to place programs started from the Program Manager's Startup folder (be sure to use PauseSecs for Program Manager's Startup folder). format: PlaceDefault clock.exe StayOnTop clock.exe Changes thru 4/24/92 (Version 2.7) 1. Added a ReStart Windows and ReBoot DOS to the Exit Windows menu item. WARNING Rebooting DOS from Windows can cause some memory managers to lock up! The Reboot DOS function is disabled in WIN 3.0. 2. Was tired of Accesses pasting DOCs into an existing Winword 2.0 program if one was already running. Accesses behaves better if you Ctrl+Esc, Alt+U, C, N, [enter] and then add "winword.exe,0" to the Run Only Run MDI program group. 3. A bizarre function: Click once on Accesses's popup window then press Alt+U will convert the clipboard text contents to upper case. Alt+L to lower case. Alt+P to proper case. Alt+S will strip formatting from WinWord text saved to the clipboard. Clicking the middle mouse button on the left 1/3 of the Accesses popup window is the same as pressing Alt+L, middle 1/3 equals Alt+S, and right 1/3 equals Alt+U. (See version 2.9j above) 4. Hold the Left Mouse button down and Clicking the middle mouse button on the left, middle, and right 1/3 of the popup is the same as pressing F10, F11, and F12 respectively when the popup has focus. 5. If you select more than one file from another program and Drag Drop to Accesses, they are all launched (using WIN.INI extensions if they are not executables). Changes thru 4/20/92 (Version 2.6) 1. Accesses was not placing DOS windows properly for some users when the user launched DOS apps in WIN3.1 mode using a command line without the PIF file name. For example: accesses.exe 123.exe If you do not specify the PIF filename and then launch a DOS app thru Accesses, then the MILLISEC_DELAY_WIN variable for the Windows mode becomes significant. See "Millisecond Delay" using the Search button of the Accesses.hlp file. If to fast, then the window is not placed properly for you. Only SIGNIFICANT changes ARE LISTED for the following: Changes thru 3/26/92 (Version 2.5) 1. Added PauseSecs to the !Folder Programming Commands. (0 seconds will provide a brief pause) Changes thru 3/10/92 (Version 2.4) 1. Added several Programming Commands. 2. Added a tiny calendar display - DayAlarm.exe. Changes thru 1/27/92 (Version 2.3) Changes thru 1/16/92 (Version 2.2) 12. Added an "Auto Insert" check box on the Run Dialog box to give the user control and to indicate when Accesses will insert the filename selected in the Filename List box to the program name listed in the Run edit text box or Windows directory. Much, much nicer now. Checked or grayed means that the dialog box is will be auto inserting or has already auto inserted. Not checked means that the user is over riding the default insert mode. Basically, the Run Dialog box is complicated but makes much more sense to the user and fewer errors are made due to this addition. Also functions very well with the Drag Drop version of Accesses. Version 2.1 released 1/8/92 Version 1.1A released 12/21/91 Version 1.0 released 12/11/91 _______________________________________ If programmers want to use Accesses to place a window using the DEFAULTSIZE settings in Accesses, post: PostMessage(hWndAccesses, 273, 201, (LONG) 5678); You can find the handle of hWndAccesses from: hWndAccesses= FindWindow((LPSTR) "AccessesTASKMAN", NULL); or from programs like CMDPOST you can default to Accesses.ini default settings to place windows by using: if WinExist("z Accesses") then IntControl (23, IntControl(21,"z Accesses",0,0,0),273,201, 5678)