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- Gothenburg, Sweden
- May 09, 1994
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- MICROLEARN SWITCHER, Version 1.00 - "readme" file
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- LICENSE STUFF
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- This program may be used by anyone running OS/2 2.x, at their own risk.
- MicroLearn Nordic nor any of the employees at MicroLearn Nordic make
- no guarantees about this program. MicroLearn Nordic will not be responsible
- for damage possibly caused by this product.
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- This product may be distributed freely, as long as ALL files are in this
- archive is enclosed in UNMODIFIED form.
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- BACKGROUND
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-
- I (Jari Williamsson) currently work ( almost day and night ;-) ) as a
- programmer with MicroLearn Nordic's upcoming product, "MicroLearn Game
- Pack, Volume 2" - a new 32-bit game package for OS/2 (PM). This weekend,
- I thought about making something different in OS/2, so I decided to create a
- switch utility that works in the same way as Alt-Tab in Windows. The process
- of making this utility was pretty straight-forward, and it was also fun to
- exploit some parts of OS/2 which we never use in our game programming.
- Today, I talked to the other guys here at MicroLearn Nordic, and we decided
- to make this utility public. Our excellent graphics artist (Bjorn) helped
- me with the startup bitmap and the icon.
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- ENJOY!!!
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- OS/2 2.x using Workplace Shell.
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- It may work with other WPS replacements, but that has not been tested.
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- USAGE
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- Place the MLSW.EXE icon in the startup folder for automatic start at
- boot time.
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- Make sure that the MLSDLL.DLL file is in the same directory as the executable
- file. Also make sure that the LIBPATH environment variable contains a dot
- (.) as one directory.
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- To activate the program, use Ctrl-Tab. Browse thru the list by holding the
- Ctrl key down and hitting the Tab key. Browse backwards by holding down the
- Shift key at the same time. To select an application, release the Ctrl key.
- To cancel the selection, hit any other key (than Tab, Shift & Ctrl).
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- To make MicroLearn Switcher to NOT display folders in the workplace shell,
- use the -f command line parameter.
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- If the program could't be installed, a short beep will be made. If the program
- starts successfully, an intro window will be displayed for a short time.
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- SUPPORT
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- There is no support on this product. We make no obligations to fix any bugs.
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS
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- There may be a problem with the "-f" switch. Folders are located in an
- undocumented way. If there is a problem, please let me know.
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- Some programs don't return the icon correctly. For these programs, a standard
- icon is used. This can be fixed, but I currently have no time to do so.
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- HOW TO CONTACT US
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- If you have any comments on this product, please send your mail to
- "jari@microlearn.se". Do NOT use any other adress at MicroLearn Nordic's
- Internet adress for this purpose, this may cause a lot of confusion.
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- WHAT IS MICROLEARN NORDIC?
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- MicroLearn Nordic is a software company located in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- We currently only create game applications for OS/2. Our first released
- product was "MicroLearn Game Pack, Volume 1" (10 games and 2 level editors
- for OS/2 2.x) and we are now developing "MicroLearn Game Pack, Volume 2"
- (and are also planning two more products, release later this year/beginning
- next year).
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