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V1.9a (May 95)
- can now use a button bar to track and switch active tasks:
search for Active in Help
- added ability to specify that if a command is already
running when Stiletto is about to launch, then the
command should be switched-to instead of launching a new
instance: see command entry controls in help
- added ability to center window of switched-to active tasks
see Menu/Key configure dialog tab
- added ability to specify help text for flyover help
(see configure button dialog)
- added ability to manually specify swapping of mouse
labels in flyover help: see Buttons help
- added ability to set delay for flyover help (see buttons
tab in configure)
- flyover help window now moves with cursor over Stiletto bar
- increased maximum number of entries per menu to 200
- added ability to specify a sound file to play when a new
instance of a command is launched (see command entry in help)
- added built-in Hide Window command to select and hide
windows or icons
- added drag/drop Show Wallpaper built-in command
- added "hints and tips" section to help
- added ability to run commands at Stiletto startup: search
for startup in help
- if Program Manager is hidden, it is shown
when the last instance of Stiletto exits
- Stiletto now checks in the windows directory for the
ini file if the file is not found in the Stiletto directory
- you can have Stiletto prompt for command parameters by
following the command name with text that includes a ?
- 1.9a adds control of text colour for button bar and flyover help
bug fixes: - stopped using Dos (low) memory for Icons
- stopped lower-casing command parameters
- compiled using 286 instructions only
- improved omit list description in help
- rename, browse/run, Prog Mgr/Shell dialogs now
appear near launching button bar
- fixed GPF when adding to empty launch menu 0
- for 1.9a, Icon from Left/Right now works correctly
for swapped mouse buttons
V1.8
- added optional icons on button labels: see help for buttons
- added multiple launch menus: see launch menu in help
- you can now position Stiletto manually (ie floating button
bar) through the use of the Position Stiletto built-in command
- added capability to control caps lock and scroll lock key nasties:
see menu/key setup
- added drag/drop button configuration: see button config help
- added drag/drop play sound command: see Play Sound in built-in help
- you can now specify button colour: see button tab in configure
- added hot key to bring up program manager command access:
see Menu Setup configure
- made narrow vertical Stiletto OK if no time/data/resource
- added built-in commands and key/menu options to show/hide Progman:
see Menu/Key help and Built-In help
- added history of commands run and command parameters to Browse/Run
built-in command: see Built-in Help
- added Apply button to configuration tabbed dialog (saves changes
made so far even if Cancel subsequently used)
- made flyover help menu topmost so it is always visible
- added config file name to task name for clarity
bug fixes: - button labels on all buttons dialog now updated
after change
- cleaned-up up some duplicate data in separate instances
- dropped "flyover timeout with no button" debugging message
- mouse hooks caused problems if 1 of many instances ended
- wallpaper/windows now re-painted if Taskman ends Stiletto
V1.7
- added multiple button bars (instances): search for Multiple in help
- added split button bar: see Buttons Configure
- added 3 new bottom of screen positions: see Buttons configure
- added hot key to bring up launch menu: see Menu Setup configure
- added upper case option for flyover help: see Buttons configure
- increased maximum number of buttons to 16
- new name for ini file in installation zip to avoid over-writing
existing ini during installation
V1.6
- added alarms that close tasks and wait for tasks to complete
- added left/right label swap when mouse buttons swapped
V1.5
- added Capture button to get file name from active tasks for
command entry controls
- added capability to re-order buttons (see Button Tab on
configuration dialog)
- added common Windows applets to built-in commands list
bug fixes: - flyover help caused full screen Dos box to minimize
- clarified help on command entry controls and added
hot spot graphic with explanations
V1.4
- added Prog Mgr/Shell built-in command to access command groups from
other shells in addition to ordinary Program Manager groups
- added optional cabability use Windows button colours for button bar
- added ability to drag/drop files for configuration of buttons, menu, sound, paper
- bug fixes: . error message dialog box wasn't always modal
. made it possible to drop more than one file to the button bar
. got rid of bolding on Flyover help text
. changed name "task menu" to "launch menu" in help
. improved "randomness" by using better starting seed
V1.3
- added resource usage display
- added ability to set level at which low resource warns
- added ability to control interval between checks for low resources
- bug fixes: changed setup.exe to ssetup.exe to remove conflict with
windows setup
V1.2
- added Program Manager groups (via Files)
- added flyover help
- added drag/drop and drag/drop rename built-in
- bug fixes: alarms work now with initialized time/data