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- Short: User friendly Button launch menu. Commodity.
- Author: anthony@backyard.demon.co.uk
- Uploader: anthony@backyard.demon.co.uk
- Version: 1.0
- Type: util/wb
- Requires: WB2.04+
- Distribution: Giftware
-
- Buttonz is a system friendly commodity so you can control it from Exchange.
-
- It features a new feature I call subdock in its menu system so one button can
- be set to call up a new bank of buttons. See the examples for how this works.
-
- Intelligent configuration system. Buttonz is instinctive to both use and
- configure. Just click on a button to launch the program, hold shift and click
- on it to configure it or hold control and click on it to delete the configured
- entry. Couldn't be easier.
-
- Buttonz also has a swap button feature. Hold down the right shift key (don't
- confuse this with the left shift key for configuring a button) and click on
- both buttons and they will swap places.
-
- Buttonz config window is an AppWindow, meaning you can drop a program icon onto
- it and Buttonz will take care of most of the configuring for you.
-
- Buttonz can set each button with one of four different launch types.
-
- CLI - Normal setting for launching programs.
-
- SCRIPT - Executes AmigaDos scripts.
-
- REXX - Executes the file as an AREXX script. Arexx must be running!
-
- SUBDOCK - is used to load another configuration file with a new set of
- button definitions. Add a button on the new set to go back to
- the first set of buttons and you can have unlimited
- definitions all linking to each other. Similar to a menu
- system in fact.
-
- Buttonz uses very little CPU time due to some very tough work in making it
- non-resource hungry. It needs no external libraries (everything is in the
- main program) and is as stable as a rock. It will run on any 2.0+ machine fine.
-
- Buttonz has been extensively tested by a heap of testers on the internet. If
- there's any serious problems or bugs in it now I'll be very surprised.
-
- Buttonz has intelligent file handling routines for loading and saving configs
- to save setting up time. Confirmation prompts for unsaved data are there to
- stop mistakes being made and information lost.
-
- Buttonz can be launched from the keyboard as well as clicking on them with
- the mouse.
-
- Buttonz author is nearly sane and also a huge Pink Floyd fan. And he does not
- have long hair (strange for a programmer).
-
- Yes, the author is the same guy "Wot works for CU-Amiga" whenever there's
- any work worth doing.
-
- As well as setting up a programs name and filepath, stack size and arguments
- can also be configured for each button. Buttonz also has a file requester for
- selecting programs for those of you who hate dragging and dropping icons :-)
-
- Buttonz features HTML docs as well as this Amigaguide document. I wanted to
- be different and Phillip Snell kindly obliged by creating these. Please note
- that these HTML docs still need a bit of work. The docs are also used on
- Buttonz' homepage http:\\www.backyard.demon.co.uk\buttonz.html
-
- Buttonz has its own install script which, while simple, does the job just fine.
-
- It's bloody neat, okay? 8-)
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 1183 348 70.5% 23-Jan-97 02:03:16 +Buttonz.bcfg
- 1035 328 68.3% 05-Feb-97 18:11:18 +Comms.bcfg
- 1144 354 69.0% 29-Jan-97 14:08:06 +Disk.bcfg
- 1102 351 68.1% 26-Jan-97 15:48:32 +Games.bcfg
- 1176 402 65.8% 20-Jan-97 15:45:18 +Graphics.bcfg
- 1230 364 70.4% 29-Jan-97 14:57:08 +Internet.bcfg
- 916 262 71.3% 14-Jan-97 05:06:52 +Music.bcfg
- 1166 342 70.6% 14-Jan-97 05:10:36 +Programming.bcfg
- 1146 379 66.9% 13-Jan-97 02:13:18 +Utilities.bcfg
- 372 223 40.0% 06-Feb-97 14:31:14 +File_ID.Diz
- 1188 675 43.1% 06-Feb-97 14:58:20 +Fonts.info
- 2589 503 80.5% 06-Feb-97 14:58:06 +Install.info
- 4320 1529 64.6% 06-Feb-97 17:22:46 +Buttonz-Installer
- 1918 1037 45.9% 06-Feb-97 14:25:36 +Install.info
- 1188 674 43.2% 06-Feb-97 14:58:30 +Docs.info
- 1442 872 39.5% 06-Feb-97 14:58:30 +Buttonz.guide.info
- 354 262 25.9% 06-Feb-97 14:58:30 +History.info
- 1188 678 42.9% 06-Feb-97 14:58:30 +HTML.info
- 524 47 91.0% 18-Oct-96 18:09:00 +Workstation.font
- 976 503 48.4% 01-Jun-96 21:34:16 +6
- 1336 698 47.7% 01-Jun-96 21:34:16 +8
- 3036 2321 23.5% 11-Jan-97 20:08:42 +bg.png
- 1905 1905 0.0% 17-Jan-97 09:44:08 +bg2.png
- 2174 2174 0.0% 11-Jan-97 19:42:08 +config.gif
- 1889 1889 0.0% 11-Jan-97 19:55:42 +options.gif
- 514 514 0.0% 16-Jan-97 20:35:24 +b.gif
- 8314 6130 26.2% 16-Jan-97 20:31:18 +backdrop.iff
- 5234 1670 68.0% 17-Jan-97 09:36:40 +bg.iff
- 1887 1887 0.0% 11-Jan-97 19:56:02 +window.gif
- 543 543 0.0% 16-Jan-97 20:35:24 +n.gif
- 519 519 0.0% 16-Jan-97 20:35:24 +o.gif
- 486 486 0.0% 16-Jan-97 20:35:24 +t.gif
- 533 533 0.0% 16-Jan-97 20:35:24 +u.gif
- 1635 921 43.6% 06-Feb-97 17:33:36 +about.html
- 3190 1472 53.8% 17-Jan-97 17:33:50 +config.html
- 1456 778 46.5% 17-Jan-97 17:28:00 +config2.html
- 2069 1040 49.7% 17-Jan-97 17:28:10 +copy.html
- 493 493 0.0% 16-Jan-97 20:35:24 +z.gif
- 3755 1755 53.2% 06-Feb-97 17:35:20 +features.html
- 369 239 35.2% 11-Jan-97 19:59:40 +other.html
- 1450 849 41.4% 17-Jan-97 17:33:28 +reg.html
- 1270 668 47.4% 17-Jan-97 17:34:12 +support.html
- 461 294 36.2% 17-Jan-97 09:56:06 +template.html
- 24047 9781 59.3% 06-Feb-97 17:25:06 +History
- 1482 638 56.9% 06-Feb-97 17:32:02 +index.html
- 2660 1412 46.9% 17-Jan-97 17:28:46 +thanks.html
- 2297 1069 53.4% 17-Jan-97 17:29:04 +tool.html
- 1204 700 41.8% 06-Feb-97 17:35:56 +usage.html
- 1188 674 43.2% 06-Feb-97 14:58:06 Buttonz.info
- 92280 39481 57.2% 06-Feb-97 17:23:22 +Buttonz
- 1961 1371 30.0% 06-Feb-97 16:59:38 +Buttonz.info
- 3137 1522 51.4% 06-Feb-97 17:44:42 +Buttonz.readme
- 17808 7019 60.5% 06-Feb-97 15:08:40 +Buttonz.guide
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