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- FTaskman - Taskmanager (c) 1993 by Andreas Furrer
- =================================================
-
-
- This is version 1.13 of FTaskman.
-
- FTaskman is a replacement for the taskmanager of Windows 3.1
-
-
- FTaskman has the following additional functions to the normal taskmanager
-
- - display the icons of all tasks (switchable)
- - multiselection -> e.g. end several tasks
- - show also invisible tasks (switchable)
- - minimize other tasks when 'Switch to'
- - new commands:
- + minimize selected tasks
- + minimize all tasks with the exception of the selected
- + minimize all tasks
- + start spplications
- + terminate tasks abruptly
- + set tasks invisible or visible
- + set tasks stay on top or delete stay on top
- + tile windows horizontally or vertically
- + arrange only selected windows
-
- There is an english and a german version of FTaskman.
- For the german version please read FTASKMAN.TXG.
-
- Installation of FTaskman:
- =========================
-
- - To use the german version of FTaskman you have to rename FTASKMAN.EXG
- in FTASKMAN.EXE.
- - Copy FTASKMAN.EXE in your windows directory (or any directory you want)
- - Add the following line to the section [Boot] of the file SYSTEM.INI:
-
- TASKMAN.EXE=C:\WINDOWS\FTASKMAN.EXE
-
- (If you don't have copied FTASKMAN.EXE in the directory C:\WINDOWS
- change this path to the name of the directory in which you have copied
- FTASKMAN.EXE!)
- - If you want to use the library CTL3D.DLL (see below), you have to copy the
- file CTL3D.DLL into the directory Windows\System.
-
-
- Commands of FTaskman
- ====================
-
- - Switch to:
- show selected tasks and activate the first of the seleted
- - End Task(s)
- end selected tasks
- - Cancel
- close taskman without doing anything
- - Minimize task(s)
- minimize selected tasks
- - Minimize others
- minimize all tasks with the exception of the selected
- - Minimize all
- minimize all tasks
- - Cascade
- cascade all mainwindows
- - Tile vertical
- tile mainwindows vertical
- - Tile horizontal
- tile mainwindows horizontal
- - Show invisible
- show invisible tasks
- - Arrange only selected tasks
- if you select one of the three arrange functions 'Cascade', 'Tile vertical'
- or 'Tile horizontal' only the selected tasks will be arranged.
- This option has no meaning to the function 'Arrange icons'.
- - v
- show extented dialog
- - Arrange icons
- arrange desktop icons
- - Task(s) invisible
- set selected tasks invisible
- - Task(s) visible
- set selected tasks visible
- - Task(s) on Top
- set selected tasks stay on top
- - Task(s) not on Top
- clear stay on top of selected tasks
- - Kill Task(s)
- terminate the selected task(s) abruptly
- ATTENTION: Use this command only if you can't close the task(s) with
- the 'End task' command!
- - Run
- show a dialog from where an application could be started.
- You can't specify parameters for the application!
- - Options
- show options dialog
- - About
- show version number and copyright information
-
- Options dialog:
-
- - Show icons in tasklist
- - Default: show invisible
- - Default: show full dialog
- - Default: Arrange only selected tasks
- - Minimize other tasks when 'Switch to'
- If you switch to one or more tasks with 'Switch to', all other tasks
- will be minimized
- - Close only after 'Switch to' and 'End Task'
- FTaskman will only close if you select 'Switch to' or 'End Task' or 'Cancel'.
- With this option you can do some functions of FTaskman without starting
- FTaskman again after each operation.
- - Save position on exit
- The position of FTaskman will be saved so the next time FTaskman will
- start at the same position
- - Sort tasks
- Lets you choose if the tasklist will not be sorted, sorted alphabetically
- or will be sorted reverse alphabetically.
- - Place invisible tasks
- You can place invisible tasks at the top or at the bottom of the tasklist
-
-
- You can also access each command with a popup menu, if you press the right
- mouse button in the task listbox.
-
-
- Invisible tasks will be marked with a 'ñ'.
-
- The tasklist will not show tasks which have no title, because the standard
- taskmanager also don't show them and there are a lot of untiteled windows
- which your system uses for internal things.
-
-
- FTaskman will use the CTL3D library from Microsoft to let the dialog controls
- look 3 dimensional. If you don't like this look, just delete CTL3D.DLL or add
-
- Ctl3d=0
-
- to the section
-
- [FTaskMan]
-
- in WIN.INI
-
-
-
- Freeware-Note
- =============
-
- You can use and distribute FTaskman free, as long as the following files are
- not changed and you distribute all files together
-
- - ftaskman.exe
- - ftaskman.exg
- - ftaskman.txt
- - ftaskman.txg
-
- I am programming FTaskman because I have fun and not to make any profit.
- That's why FTaskman is free and you don't have to pay more or less high
- registration charges. I think it is a bad habit, that more and more program
- authors want to have money even for the smallest programs.
-
- Long live the Freeware!
-
-
- If you have problems, comments, suggestions or you detect one error,
- please E-Mail to
-
- s_furrer@ira.uka.de
-
-
- (c) 1993 by Andreas Furrer
-
-
- Version history
- =================
-
- 1.13: - Fixed a bug with the command Run if the tasklist was empty
- 1.12: - New command: Run
- 1.11: - Fixed a bug with the focus of the listbox (the focus rectangle was not
- drawn correctly)
- - Fixed a bug with TABing through the controls of the NOT extended dialog
- 1.10: - Fixed a bug if all tasks were hidden and you started FTaskman again
- - Fixed a bug with task switching to an application with an open dialog
- - Added keyboard support in task listbox:
- pressing a key will cycle through the applications with a title
- beginning with the pressed char
- - Added option to arrange only selected tasks
- - Added option to place hidden windows at the beginning or at the end
- of the task list
- - Added option to close FTaskman only after 'Switch to', 'End Task'
- or 'Cancel'
- 1.07: - Added option to sort tasks alphabetically or reverse alphabetically
- - Added option to save the position of FTaskman
- - Fixed a bug in the english documentation
- - Fixed a bug in the dialog procedures
- 1.06: - New command: Kill Task(s)
- - Fixed a bug with dialog titles and UseCtl3d=0
- 1.05: - Now FTaskman supports the new three dimensional titels of dialogs with
- the new version of CTL3D.DLL.
- You have to use the Library CTL3D.DLL that comes with this version of
- FTaskman or a newer one!
- 1.04: - Fixed a bug with the task listbox
- - Fixed a bug with UseCtl3d=0
- - Now CTL3D.DLL is shipped with FTaskman
- 1.03: - FTaskman will now be the topmost window
- - Fixed a bug with command 'Task(s) not on Top'
- 1.02: - Now FTaskman will use the CTRL3D library from Microsoft to let
- the dialog controls look 3 dimensional
- - Error fixed in the english version: exchanged Cascade and Tile
- 1.01: - If an applicatφon has no icon, FTaskman will display Windows
- default icon
- - Error fixed: With a resolution of 640x480 you have not seen
- the whole extented dialog sometimes
- 1.00: First version of FTaskman.
-