request a copy from the author at the addresses listed above.

have Menu Events and its companion application Menu Grabber, you may

familiar with Apple event scripting.  If your favorite archive site does not

NOTE:  Menu Events is intended for Macintosh programmers and those



an Apple event, such as Maybe.

Virtual Desktop menus can be instigated by any application which can send

menu commands, and no scripting interface.  Any action you can do using

Virtual Desktop is a useful target for a Menu event, because it has many





target application to do it.

state of the application’s menus, then select a menu command and tell the

having a menu bar.  These “Menu events” let you query the contents and

program send Apple events to most high-level-event-aware applications

Menu Events is a small, single-purpose system extension which lets any




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“right” location for that target item, then open it.

Maybe and Virtual Desktop co-operate to scroll the virtual desktop to the

whenever you open the converted alias, whose icon looks like the original,

that alias, attaching the door file as the item to open first.  Then,

work on in a preset location on the virtual desktop, Maybe can convert

If you have an alias to a document or application which you might like to





from Finder is another way to open the door.

door file, whose name matches the name of a door.  Opening a door file

Virtual Desktop has an option to create a very small document called a

you open any other item just as the target item is being opened or printed.

Among the options of Maybe, a Finder alias enhancer, is one which lets




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routine operation.

application, archived, or trashed, without affecting Virtual Desktop’s

This help file can be stored separately from the Virtual Desktop



hypertext buttons.

on Wheels, such as context-sensitivity, casual displays, and “hot”

of Virtual Desktop has some support for the sophisticated features of Help

will open to display the help file after startup is complete.  This version

Virtual Desktop extension icon with a help balloon on it.  The help server

key while the machine is starting up, and release the key once you see the

Help or Command-? key.  Alternatively, press the Help or Command-?

selecting “Virtual Desktop Help” from the Help menu, or by pressing the

You can read this help at any time while using Virtual Desktop, either by





Help on Wheels document.

distributed alongside the Virtual Desktop application file as a separate

help files on behalf of client applications.  The help file you are reading is

Help on Wheels is an efficient and full-featured help server which displays




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work in conjunction with the other programs.

programs, AWOL Utilities.  This section explains how Virtual Desktop can

Virtual Desktop is distributed as part of a free set of cooperating








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