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- Short: A short password program to lock your Amiga from idle hands whilst you are away.
- Author: Steve@hargreavess.freeserve.co.uk (Steve Hargreaves)
- Uploader: Steve@hargreavess.freeserve.co.uk (Steve Hargreaves)
- Version: 1.0
- Type: util/wb
- Requires: An Amiga, MUI
-
- This is a short program to lock your Amiga whilst you are away.
- Quite simply, whenever you invoke it, it will open a small window
- on Workbench which will lock your system out until the correct
- password is entered.
-
- Features:-
-
- Very simple to use
-
- Uses MUI
-
- Traps input.device to turn the mouse off (completely - it removes
- the mouse from the system whilst it is running).
-
- Traps screen switching and hotkeys to change the active window
-
- Fully multitasks, meaning that complex operations started before
- Blitzpass will continue unhampered. (eg. Renedering a scene,
- graphical operations, playing MPegs etc.)
-
- No lengthy configuration or installation.
-
- To install & use:-
-
- Install:
- Copy Blitzpass wherever you want.
-
- Usage - run from a shell (or menu item/dopus button/script etc.)
- i.e.
-
- Blitzpass
-
- That's it.
-
- Configuration:-
-
- None really. The first time you run Blitzpass the window will
- open in non blocking mode with full border and gadgets. Here you
- should position and size the window to suit your requirements.
- Enter your choice of password, and, ermmm, that's it.
-
- The next time you run Blitzpass, it will block the system until
- the correct password is entered. The window will be borderless,
- and will have no gadgets attached to it. Size and position will
- be remembered by MUI.
-
- To reset to non-blocking state, delete the file ENVARC:bp.config.
- This will mean that next time you run it, it will be back to
- non-blocking mode.
-
- Bugs/Limitations:-
-
- Only one that I know of, but it isn't really a problem. System
- hotkeys will not be blocked, so if you have a hotkey assigned to
- open a shell, or launch an application, then it will be honoured.
- However, since Blitzpass will ensure that it is always the active
- window and that WB is frontmost then the newly launched
- shell/application will still be inaccessible until the password
- is entered.
-