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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Intercept Arrange and Lockup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Accelerator mnemonic keys:
F1
Help
F3
Exit
CTRL+C
Configure
CTRL+B
About
Help for INTERCPT
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Extended Help for INTERCPT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This program intercepts and can optionally "disable" the icon ARRANGE function
and/or the Desktop Lockup functions when they are chosen from the OS/2 menu.
Information is available for the following:
Overview of INTERCPT
Running INTERCPT
Configuration
Keys
Version History
Registration
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Overview of INTERCPT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
OVERVIEW
How many times have you tried to bring up the OS/2 Desktop menu and been just a
little too quick with the mouse button and ended up hitting Arrange by
accident? If you have painstakingly placed your icons, you probably followed
this by yelling "AARRRGGHHH!!!"
This program can intercept and optionally "disable" the icon ARRANGE function
and/or the Desktop LOCKUP function when they are chosen from the pop-up menu.
The ARRANGE, function can be intercepted for all folders, or just for the
desktop.
Disabling LOCKUP may be useful if you manage many generic PC's and you do not
want the users setting their own Lockup passwords, or if the PC's will be used
temporarily by people who won't be around afterwards to let you know what they
set the password to. INTERCPT only intercepts the Lockup function when it is
manually chosen from the pop-up menu. It does not intercept the automatic
timeout invocation of Lockup. I find it helpful to have an "are you sure"
prompt on the manual Lockup function since I usually hit it by mistake when
trying to invoke Shutdown from the OS/2 Desktop Menu.
Help for INTERCPT
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Running INTERCPT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
RUNNING INTERCPT
The following files are needed for INTERCPT:
INTERCPT.EXE program executable
INTERCPL.DLL program DLL
INTERCPT.HLP online help
INTERCPT.INI default initialization file
Ideally, these three files should be placed in the same directory. The DLL
needs to be in a directory specified in CONFIG.SYS's LIBPATH statement. For
online help and a default initialization configuration, the .HLP and .INI files
need to be in the default directory.
If you create a program object for INTERCPT, set the working directory to the
one where these files reside.
To run INTERCPT at system initialization, place a program object for it in the
OS/2 Startup Folder. INTERCPT cannot be run from the STARTUP.CMD since it
needs information about the Desktop that is not yet available when the
STARTUP.CMD is processed.
If you load the program and find that it does not intercept the Arrange and/or
Lockup functions, check (and double check) the configuration values. Also
verify that INTERCPT.DLL is in a directory path specified in CONFIG.SYS's
LIBPATH statement. If the "Intercept Arrange" and "Intercept Lockup"
checkboxes are checked 'on' and the functions are still not intercepted, try
invoking the program with the parameter "/A". This tells INTERCPT to use an
alternative method to gather some of the information it needs to set up the
interception. If you use the /A, INTERCPT expects the OS/2 Desktop to be active
at screen position 1,1 with no other windows at that location.
Help for INTERCPT
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Help for INTERCPT Configuration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
CONFIGURATION
Configuration options include choosing
o a prompt at the time the function is intercepted. This effectively adds a
YES/NO option as in "do you want this ARRANGE and/or LOCKUP thing to happen".
o an audible indication after the function is intercepted
o a visual indication (message box) after the function is intercepted
Any, none, or all of the above methods can be used to indicate that the
function was intercepted. Depending on the level of the user, it may be better
to have some sort of indication so people running this program will not think
their OS/2 desktop menu is broken when the ARRANGE and/or LOCKUP do not work.
Help for INTERCPT
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Version History ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
VERSION HISTORY
Version 1.0 February, 1993
This version has been tested with OS/2 2.0 + Service Pak and with OS/2 2.1
December beta.
I am fairly confident that the interception of the ARRANGE function will
continue to work with later releases of OS/2, but I cannot absolutely guarantee
the LOCKUP function. I will do my best to update the program if/when it
becomes necessary.
Help for INTERCPT
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
REGISTRATION
I welcome any comments, suggestions, and/or bug reports. INTERCPT is
distributed as-is, with no warranties involved.
You may give individual copies of the unregistered version INTERCPT to friends,
associates, collegues, etc. for evaluation purposes, however, please include
the files INTERCPT.EXE, INTERCPT.HLP, INTERCPT.INI, and INTERCPT.DOC without
any modification.
If you use INTERCPT, please send a small donation of $20.00 so that I can prove
to my husband that all the long hours I spend with my PC instead of with him
are really worth something. Thank you.
Donna Campanella
508 Natalie Lane
Norristown, PA 19401
CompuServe 72010,2305
Prodigy KCTW07A
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