FXLAUNCH is a Visual Basic mini-app that provides quick access to all your FILE F/X utilities. It can be left on the desktop as an icon and restored when you want to run a File F/X utility. FXLAUNCH will automatically minimize after launching.
ALL that is required is that your File F/X programs and VBRUN100.DLL are located SOMEWHERE in your path.
This is a Visual Basic application. It requires VBRUN100.DLL to run and is a freebie (!) from Microsoft that may be downloaded from the MSLANG library (#6) on Compuserve. I also imagine it will find its way into Windows version 3.1 whenever that comes out.
Why Did I Bother Department?
Beats me, but I do enjoy File F/X utilities! They are with out a doubt one of the best investments I've made to my windows software personal DEBT. And I'm a little sick and tired of batch languages, launch and run utilities and obviously the program manager. The main reason is probably as an exersize in Visual Basic programming. I've included the Visual Basic files THREADZ.MAK and THREADZ.FRM so you can see how things work. All in all, it took about 30 minutes to create. And about 25 of those minutes were just dicking around with my paint program to get the icon graphics! So if you use it - enjoy! Send any and all comments to:
Charles K. Snider
Compuserve (73730,1315)
And who knows - maybe I'll get a beta version of the next File F/X!?!
Disclaimer: This runs on MY computer, but that doesn't mean it will run on YOUR computer. There are no warranties, etc.., express or implied. But seriously it should run with out a hitch!
Copyrights: Windows and Visual Basic are registered trademarks of Microsoft. File F/X is a registered trademark of ThreadZ Software. (Which I think has now reverted to Metz Software.)
