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- MinWin V1.0 - minimize dialogs and windows to only see the title bar
- Copyright 1993-95 by Andreas Furrer
- ===============================================================================
-
- MinWin is a small utility which lets you minimize dialogs and (nearly) all
- windows to only see the title bar.
- This is e.g. very useful for modeless dialogs such as some "Search and Replace"
- dialogs but also for all other windows.
-
- If you are using e.g. any of Microsoft's programs, the "Search and Replace"
- dialog i a modeless dialog. Modeless means that you can keep the dialog open
- while doing some other things. Now the problem is, that you can't make the
- dialog smaller and so you are wasting space on your monitor.
- With MinWin you can simply minimize the dialog (or any other window) so you
- will only see the title bar. If you need to use the dialog again you simply
- adjust its size to the original.
-
-
- MinWin requires Windows 3.1.
-
-
- Using MinWin
- ============
- The usage of MinWin is very simple.
- If you hold down the <SHIFT> key and double click on the title bar of any
- window the window will be minimized. A second double click with a pressed
- <SHIFT> key will restore the original size of the window.
-
- The minimized window has a minimal vertical size of 16 pixels. This is
- useful for windows which have no title bar and so minimizing the window
- would make it invisible.
-
- Some windows (like the "Annotate" window of Windows' help program) can only be
- minimized to a given minimal size.
-
-
- Installation
- ============
- The installation of MinWin is very easy:
- Copy MINWIN.EXE to any directory and run it.
- If you want to run MinWin any time you start Windows you have to add a new item
- for MinWin in your STARTUP group.
-
-
- Closing MinWin
- ==============
- If you want to close MinWin you have to run MINWIN.EXE a second time. This
- will close MinWin. But make sure you have no minimized window if you close
- MinWin because minimized windows will not be restored to their original
- size when you close MinWin.
-
-
- Freeware-Note
- =============
- You can use and distribute MinWin freely, as long as the following files are
- not changed and you distribute all the files together:
-
- - MINWIN.TXT
- - MINWIN.EXE
-
- I wrote MinWin for fun, not for profit. That's why MinWIn is free and you don't
- have to pay a registration fee. I think it is a bad habit that more and more
- program authors want to have money for even the smallest program.
-
- For informations about my other FREE Windows tools see the file SOFTWARE.TXT
- (or the German version SOFTWARE.TXG).
-
- Long live Freeware!
-
- If you have problems, comments, suggestions or you detect a bug, please send
- E-Mail to
-
- s_furrer@ira.uka.de
-
- (c) 1995 by Andreas Furrer
-
-
- Version history
- ===============
- 1.00: - First version of MinWin.
-