Launch Items Suite 1.1.7 For Mac OS X
© 2001-2002 Narattaphol Charoenphandhu

Dutch resources by :
Hans Dobbelaere (i_MacAddict@mac.com)

French resources by :
Jean-Jacques Cortes (jjcortes@wanadoo.fr)

Japanese resources by :
Kaori Saegusa (bitchvalley@mac.com)

German resources by :
Michael Kummer (kummer@mac.com)

Product Information :
Launch Items X is a set of Mac OS X-compatible contextual menu plug-ins which allow to launch the customized applications, open web pages, open folders, or open Mac OS X documents by control-clicking on the screen.  Most applications, which can call Mac OS X-compatible contextual menu, do support Launch Items X, e.g. Finder, TextEdit, Internet Explorer, GraphicConverter, iView, Sherlock, ProjectBuilder ( i.e. the Launch Items menu will appear on the contextual menu of these applications). Launch Items X has a graphic user interface called Launch Items Editor X where users can add any applications to the menu of Launch Items.  The editor supports drag & drop, drag to change position of menu items, and more.

What Launch Items X can do :
By using Launch Items.plugin
1. Launch Mac OS X applications.
2. Ask most Mac OS X applications to open selected documents, e.g. if you have ".pdf" documents on the desktop, you can select those documents and ask Acrobat Reader.app or Preview.app to open them.
3. Launch classic Mac OS applications.
4. Ask most classic Mac OS applications, which have already run, to open selected documents.

By using Open Web.plugin
5. Ask web browser to open web page.
6. Ask mailer to send e-mail.

By using Open Folder.plugin
7. Open customized folders and volumes.

By using Open Document.plugin
8. Open customized documents by using a contextual menu.

By using Make Alias.plugin
9. Make alias of any items and put the alias in the specified folders.

By using Move Items.plugin
10. Move any items to the specified folders.

By using Add To Favorites.plugin
11. Add any items to the Favorites folder.

Requirements :
Mac OS X 10.1 or later
Launch Items X cannot run on Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X 10.0.4 or lower.

How to use Launch Items Editor X :
You will see nothing about Launch Items in the contextual menu if you do not add items from the Launch Items Editor.

To customize / add applications for Launch Items Contextual Menu :
1. Launch the application named "Launch Items Editor X".
2. Drag any applications or their aliases, which you want them to appear on the menu, to the list.
3. Save the list.

To customize / add web page and e-mail for Open Web Page Contextual Menu :
1. Launch the application named "Launch Items Editor X".
2. Select "Open Web Module" form the "Module" menu.
3. Create web location or e-mail address from "New Web Location" of "Edit" menu.  Please note that :
	- Default web browser and mailer can be set from the "Internet" section of the System Preferences application.
4. Drag any web location files or e-mail address files, which you want them to appear on the menu, to the list.
5. Save the list.

To customize / add folders for Open Folder Contextual Menu :
1. Launch the application named "Launch Items Editor X".
2. Select "Open Folder Module" form the "Module" menu.
3. Drag any folders or volumes, which you want them to appear on the menu, to the list.
4. Save the list.

To edit items in editor :
- you can change the position of each item by dragging or using "Up" and "Down" button.
- You can double click on each item to change the target application / file / folder.
- If no item is selected, new added items will be placed at the end of the list.
- If an item is selected, new added items will be placed below the selected item.
- Main list of the Launch Items Editor X supports contextual menu which contains several editing commands.

How to use the Contextual Menu :
To open documents with customized application : Using Launch Items.plugin
1. On the Finder or supported applications, locate your target documents.
2. Select the icons of target documents.
3. Press "Control" key while click mouse on those selected icons.
4. The contextual menu should be shown.
5. Select the contextual menu item named "Lauch Items".
6. Select an application.

To launch applications with Launch Items Contextual Menu : Using Launch Items.plugin
1. On the Finder or any supported applications, hold down the "Control" key while click mouse anywhere on desktop.
2. The contextual menu should be shown.
3. Select the contextual menu item named "Launch Items".
4. Select an application from the "Launch Items" menu.

To open web pages with Open Web Page Contextual Menu : Using Open Web.plugin
1. On the Finder or any supported applications, hold down the "Control" key while click mouse anywhere on desktop.
2. The contextual menu should be shown.
3. Select the contextual menu item named "Open Web Page".
4. Select the web location or e-mail address from the menu.

To open folders with Open Folder Contextual Menu : Using Open Folder.plugin
1. On the Finder or any supported applications, hold down the "Control" key while click mouse anywhere on desktop.
2. The contextual menu should be shown.
3. Select the contextual menu item named "Open Folder".
4. Select the name of folder that you want to open.

To make aliases with "Make Alias To" Contextual Menu : Using Make Alias.plugin or Add To Favorites.plugin
1. On the Finder or any supported applications, hold down the "Control" key while click mouse on the target items.
2. The contextual menu should be shown.
3. Select the contextual menu item named "Make Alias To".
4. Select the name of folder that you want to place the aliases.
5. The alias will be created inside the specified folder.

To move items with "Move Items To" Contextual Menu : Using Move Items.plugin
1. On the Finder or any supported applications, hold down the "Control" key while click mouse on the target items.
2. The contextual menu should be shown.
3. Select the contextual menu item named "Make Items To".
4. Select the name of folder that you want to place the items.
5. Please note that the target items and the destination folder must reside on the same disk.

If you have problems about Launch Items, please mail me at: naratt@naratt.com

Registration:
Launch Items is a shareware.
Single user license: US$ 12.50
Site license: US$ 60.00

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U.S.A.

Disclaimer:
My effort has been made to test this software to ensure it performs as expected, therefore I will not be held responsible for any consequential, incidental, direct or indirect damages through the use of this software.

Version History :
Version 1.1.7
The name of "Make Alias To" module was changed to "Make Alias In".
Corrupted preferences of the "Open Document" module has been fixed.

Version 1.1.6
Japanese texts can be now displayed correctly on the main list of the Launch Items Editor.
The engine can now update renamed items automatically.

Version 1.1.5
Texts of the "Open Document" menu are now displayed correctly.

Version 1.1.4
Allow to open customized documents with contextual menu commands.

Version 1.1.3
Allow to open the Favorites folder form the Launch Items Editor.
Fix bugs that produce the empty sub-menus when the preference lost.

Version 1.1.2
"Add To Favorites" now works properly with network volumes.

Version 1.1.1
Add ability to add any items to the Favorites folder by using "Add To Favorites" contextual menu.

Version 1.1
Fix serious bugs which produce multiple contextual menus on Microsoft Office X.

Version 1.0.9
Launch Items Editor now remembers the last used module, so it will switch to that module when it is re-opened.
"New Web Location" window will be closed correctly when nothing is entered.

Version 1.0.8
Add ability to move any items and send them to the specified folders by using the contextual menu.

Version 1.0.7
Improve speed of the "Make Alias To" command.
Fixe bugs of the "Make Alias To" command when the selected items are the network volumes.

Version 1.0.6
Add ability to make alias of any items and send the alias to the specified folders by using the contextual menu.

Version 1.0.5
Fix a bug which corrupted the menu item preferences.

Version 1.0.4
Open Web Module now works with Internet Explorer's ".url" document.
Japanese localized texts for Launch Items Editor X are displayed properly.
Fixed bugs of Move Down command of the Launch Items Editor.

Version 1.0.3
Add ability to open web page and e-mail address from the contextual menu.
Add ability to open folder from the contextual menu.
Launch Items Editor X now can create web location and e-mail location from "New Web Location" command.
Localized texts in the Navigation Service dialog boxes.

Version 1.0.2
Now the plug-in can ask most Mac OS X applications to open selected documents properly.
Bugs when open documents while the target applications has been already run were completely fixed.
Contextual menu of Launch Items Editor X now works properly.

Version 1.0.1
Support four languages, i.e. English, Japanese, French and Dutch.
Scroll bar of Launch Items Editor X now supports wheel mouse.
The main list of Launch Items Editor X now support contextual menu.
Fixed bugs of the Quit menu.
Fixed WindowShade X-related interface bugs.
Fixed minor bugs in the Navigation Service dialog boxes.

Version 1.0
First released.

Update: August 4, 2002