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- Announcing NESTGRP.EXE (Shareware, $5.00, requires VBRUN300.DLL),
- the Windows program that lets you nest your Program Manager
- groups to better organize your programs and data.
-
- To use NESTGRP.EXE follow these steps.
-
- Copy NESTGRP.EXE to a directory that is accessible on your
- path. The Windows directory is a good place to put it.
-
- 1. Consider how you would like your desktop organized. On my
- computer, I have everything organized in 5 different groups in my
- Program Manager. These groups are named "Projects" where I keep
- all my development projects, another is "Tools" where I keep all
- my application programs such as Excel and Word for Windows, etc.,
- another is Development Tools where I keep my C and VB tools,
- another group is called "Windows Stuff" where I have Main,
- Accessories, Startup, etc., and, of course, my last group is
- called "Fun Stuff" where I keep all my games. These are all
- standard Program Manager groups. But instead of having icons to
- run programs, they contain icons that open other groups. For
- example, when I double click on the VB group icon, another group
- shows up that contains icons to even more groups. In this case
- the other groups are groups for VB itself, my Microhelp tools, my
- sample programs, etc. There is no limit to the depth you can
- nest except that there is a limit to the number of groups that
- Windows will allow (sorry, I don't know that number).
-
- 2. Next, create groups that you want nested. Under Program
- Manager, click the "File" menu, click "New", then click Program
- Group, and then fill in the Dialog box with the name of the
- group (this is the caption that appears at the top of the
- group). Click OK and a new empty group will appear on your
- screen.
-
- 3. Put program icons (or icons to other groups -- see below)
- in this new group you created. Again click File New from
- Program manager, but this time choose Program Item instead of
- Program Group. Enter the path of the program you want to
- install in the Command Line field and enter a description. If
- you need a Working directory, add that too. Click OK, and
- the icon will appear in your group. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until
- you have all your nested groups created and organized the way
- you want them.
-
- 4. Now create your main groups. On my computer, I've created
- these groups so that they are always displayed. I have them
- tiled together in Program Manager. Create your main groups the
- same way you did your nested groups in step 2. Instead of
- putting in program icons, though (as you did in step 3), you're
- going to install NESTGRP.EXE. Go to the "Program Item
- Properties" dialog box (the same dialog box you displayed in
- step 3), but, this time, enter "Nestgrp.exe" followed by the
- name of another group (the one you want displayed). For
- example, "Nestgrp Main" will cause the Main group to be
- displayed when you get done and then click on the group icon
- you just created. I suggest you put the name of the nested
- group in the Description field so you know which group this
- opens.
-
- 5. Click OK. A nested group icon now appears in your group.
- If you double click it like you do to run a program, the nested
- group will appear with all its icons.
-
- That's all there is to it. It will probably take you a while
- until you get everything organized to make your desktop more
- productive. I've been using it now for about 4 months (I
- created it back in August) and I really love it. It's made me
- much more efficient because it is easier to find the programs I
- want to run and the data I need to work with.
-
- If you like NESTGRP.EXE and want to use it on your computer,
- please send me your name and address and $5.00 and you'll be a
- licensed user. This license allows you to use NESTGRP on your
- computer only. You can not distribute it without permission
- from Fountainhead Software, Inc.. If you've ever done anything to
- help me on Compuserve with my programming projects or other
- projects, you don't need to send the $5.00. My address is:
-
- Rick Andrews
- Fountainhead Software, Inc.
- 33431 Stossel Creek Road
- Duvall, Washington 98019
- CISID 75210,1347
-
- NESTGRP.EXE is written entirely in Visual Basic 3.0. For an
- additional $25, a Self addressed stamped envelop, and a blank
- formatted diskette, I'll send you the source code.
-
- Copyright 1993 Fountainhead Software, Inc. - NESTGRP.EXE
-