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- WinBack Utility v 2.0 - modified by Manfred Huber
-
- Description of version 2.0
- --------------------------
- I wasn't able to start WinBack from an Icon on OS/2 2.1 BETA 6.479,
- so I decided to port it to 32 Bit using C-Set/2. Besides this there are
- no functional differences to v 1.2 This Version does not work with pre 2.0
- versions of OS/2. New makefile included.
-
- I can be reached at my CompuServe Mailbox: 100021,3416
-
- The changes in version 2.0 are minor. Full credit belongs to Robert Mahoney.
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- WinBack Utility v 1.2 - modified by Rick Papo
-
- Description of version 1.2
- --------------------------
- Great add-on to OS/2, but I didn't like how the window stayed active after
- being pushed down to the bottom of the stack. That, and I wanted the thing
- to show in the system task list, so I could cancel it if necessary without
- having to reboot. Having something in the task list doesn't clutter the PM
- screen, after all. Both changes are incorporated in this version.
-
- Changes have been made to winback.c, winhook.c & winback.dlg. In addition,
- it has been tested under OS/2 2.0 (beta 6.149).
-
- I can be reached at my CompuServe mailbox: 72607,3111
-
- The changes in version 1.2 are minor. Full credit belongs to Robert Mahoney.
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- WinBack Utility v 1.1 - modified by Rick Suntag
-
- Description of version 1.1
- --------------------------
- When I first used the Winback utility by Robert Mahoney, I thought it
- was a great idea. Previosly, I had been ALT-Escaping and then finding
- the correct window. Sometimes, this led to a full screen group or even
- the Dos group being selected...a real pain. The original utility opened
- a PM window and gave the user the ability to turn WinBack on and off. As
- I said above, this utility is a great idea and I saw no need to ever turn
- it off. Since there is no need to disable the utility, there is also no need
- to clutter PM with another window. The following changes have been made:
-
- 1) When the program is started, a 4 second dialog box with program
- info is displayed on the screen.
- 2) WinBack does not appear in the Task List and runs in the
- background.
-
- Changes have been made to winback.c,winback.h,winback.rc,winback.dlg
- No changes have been made in the winhook.c (DLL source) from Robert Mahoney.
-
- I can be reached at the following address:
-
- Rick Suntag
- 21 Meadowpark Avenue West
- Stamford, CT 06905-2225
-
- Email:
- attmail!rjsuntag
- AT&T Easylink 62206830
- or on various OS/2 BBS systems.
-
- The changes in version 1.1 are minor. Full credit belongs to Robert Mahoney.
- His documention follows.
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-
- WinBack Utility v1.0 - Robert Mahoney
-
- DISCLAIMER
- ----------
- The Program is supplied "AS IS" without any warranty of any kind,
- either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the
- implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular
- purpose.
-
- In no event shall Robert Mahoney be liable for any damages, either
- direct or consequential, caused by the use, or inability to use,
- this program, even if Robert Mahoney has been advised of the
- possibility of such damages.
-
- DESCRIPTION
- ------------
- This utility will allow you to push any active window to the
- bottom of the window pile.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- Place WINBACK.EXE on your PATH. Place WINHOOK.DLL on your
- LIBPATH. Put an entry for WINBACK.EXE in a group and set the
- open when system started option.
-
- USAGE
- -----
- Double-click with the right mouse button on the titlebar of an
- active window.
-
- DETAILS
- -------
- I developed this utility after being exposed to Sun's Unix GUI,
- OpenLook. One of the neat features of this GUI (the only neat
- feature IMHO) is when you click with the right mouse button
- anywhere on the titlebar, you get a menu similar to PM's system
- menu. But it also includes a choice: BACK which will push the
- window to the bottom of the pile. I thought this would be very handy
- for PM, especially with my small screen.
- Using a sysem input hook, it was amazingly easy to do. Now all I
- have to do is double-click with the right mouse button on the titlebar
- and the window goes to the bottom of the pile.
- It took me about 3 hours of coding. Input hooks really should be
- written in assembler because *all* messages pass through the hook
- procedure, but as long as you only have a few input hooks, and they
- don't do any kind of real processing then you shouldn't notice any
- slowdowns.
-
- If anyone has any comments you can reach me on
- BIX as RMAHONEY
- Fidonet OS/2 echos - OS/2 Shareware (1:109/347)
- 703-385-0931 (HST DS)
- 703-385-4325 (HST DS)
- Robert Mahoney
- 27 East Jackson Ave
- Babylon, New York 11702
-
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