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- AppBar Frequently Asked Questions
-
- Q. Are you going to add feature "x" to AppBar?
- A. I am no longer going to continue development of AppBar publicly. I
- will no doubt add features for my own use, but I don't have the time
- to keep up a public release.
-
- Q. Can I have the source?
- A. Sure, there are two versions of AppBar: the standard C/raw Win32 API
- version, and the MFC 4.x/C++ version. The former is in the CSRC dir
- while the latter is in the CPPSRC dir. Be sure to use the -d flag if you
- pkunzip the archive. There are advantages to each version: the C version
- is smaller and faster but the code is harder to read and less organized,
- but this doesn't matter if you are simply going to compile and run the
- program. The MFC version is larger but the code is much easier to
- understand and maintain. Basically I wrote the MFC version to learn
- C++/MFC. I recommend using the C version if you are going to compile your
- own executable.
- You must obtain my permission before using any of the code in any other
- program; the supplied code is for educational purposes ONLY, not for
- someone to make a quick buck. If the program is freeware, I'll probably
- allow it. If it is shareware or commercial, maybe if I get a free
- registered copy.
-
- Q. Why doesn't my screen saver activate when AppBar is running?
- A. This is a problem with Win95 (it works fine under NT3 and 4). If you
- have AutoHide enabled and AppBar is hidden, the screen saver should work
- in Win95. If you insist on turning off autohide, your screen saver will
- not work.
-
- Q. How do I add full-window drag to Win95?
- A. Try downloading
- http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/mperham/appbar/cool.zip. Do not
- mail me with problems with this program. I provide it as is.
-
- Q. Why doesn't my program run or why does it leave its INI files in
- AppBar's directory?
- A. Try setting the working directory to the app's directory. This should
- be set automatically as of 1.0 and later. If you do not set a working
- directory, AppBar uses the base directory of the executable as the working
- dir (i.e. C:\WINDOWS\WINMINE.EXE would get C:\WINDOWS as its working dir).
-
- Q. AppBar does not run my *.LNK file correctly!
- A. I'm not going to support this feature. It is not well documented by
- MS. If it is not a link to an EXE file, I can't guarantee it will work
- at all.
-
- ---------------
- Mike Perham (mperham@cs.cornell.edu)
- http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/mperham/appbar
-