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- :title. Help for Bubblepad
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- :h1 res=001.Bubblepad
- :i1 global.Bubblepad
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- The bubblepad is a replacement class for the launchpad of OS/2 Warp 3 and Warp 4. It provides bubblehelp for the
- buttons of the launchpad and minimizes its size. There is an additional option to hide the drawer buttons.
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- This DLL and the accompaigning program are provided 'as is' under the terms of the Gnu Public Licence (GPL) and
- Gnu Public Library Licence (GPLL) respectively.
- For further information read the file 'COPYING'.
- :note text='Usage'.
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- Bubblehelp is activated after checking of :hp2.Activate bubblehelp:ehp2.. Adjust the delay by changing the value
- of :hp2.Delay:ehp2.. You can change the colour and font on the next settings page. The size is adjustable on the
- option pages.
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- :link reftype=hd res=201.History:elink.
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- :note text='Author:'. Chris Wohlgemuth.
- :nt text='E-Mail:'. christopher.wohlgemuth@bch.siemens.de
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- :h2 res=200.Additional Options
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- You can minimize the distance between buttons by checking the item :hp2.Small launchpad:ehp2. on the third option page.
- The spin button :link reftype=hd res=302.Distance of buttons:elink. adjusts the distance.
- If you like very large launchpads you can increase it, too...
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- Check :hp2.Remove drawer buttons:ehp2. to remove the buttons from the launchpad.
- :h3 res=302.Distance of buttons
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- The button distance is adjustable from 4 to 18 pixel. With small values the size of the launchpad decreases dramatically.
- :h2 res=201.History
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- 19.09.98 V1.02:
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- :li.New features:
- :ul compact.
- :li.Hide drawer button feature added.
- :li.Individual settings for BubblePads added.
- :li.Added saving of drawer state. Drawers are reopened on next reboot. Doesn't work with normal open/close.
- :eul.
- :li.Bugs corrected:
- :ul compact.
- :li.Positioning of help windows for launchpad at the top of the desktop corrected.
- :li.Bug with broken references causing drawers to disapear fixed.
- :li.Moved button reordering from wpRefreshDrawer() to wpSetDrawerHWND(). This eliminates the flickering when opening drawers.
- :li.Install.exe always copied the english help-file in previous versions.
- :eul.
- :esl.
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- 20.08.98 V1.01:
- :ul compact.
- :li.Corrected stucking help window problem. Help windows are always properly destroyed now, even if drawers are set to autoclose.
- :eul.
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- 18.08.98 V1.00b:
- :ul compact.
- :li.Corrected positioning of drawers. Drawers below or on the left of the launchpad were placed with an offset to the launchpad.
- :li.Timer routines for the help windows rewritten.
- :eul.
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- 16.08.98 V1.00a:
- :ul compact.
- :li.Corrected bug in install.exe which sometimes prevented accepting of default installation directory.
- :li.Workaround: fly over help window on some systems remains visible. When help stucks on the desktop move pointer over
- another button to get rid of it.
- :eul.
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- 25.06.98 V1.00:
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- :li.First public version.
- :esl.
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- :h2 res=202.Colour and Font
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- Colour and font of the bubblehelp are adjustable. You can change it with the colour- and font palettes inside the :hp2.configuration folder:ehp2..
- Just drop the colour or the font on the container on the second bubblehelp page. Press <CNTR> during dropping, if you want to change
- the text colour. Open the palettes by clicking the buttons :hp2.Colour...:ehp2. and :hp2.Font...:ehp2..
- :note text='Note:'.
- The changes take effect after closing the notebook.
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- :li.:link reftype=hd res=310.Colour...:elink.
- :li.:link reftype=hd res=311.Font...:elink.
- :li.:link reftype=hd res=312.Undo:elink.
- :li.:link reftype=hd res=313.Standard:elink.
- :li.:link reftype=hd res=314.Help:elink.
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- :h3 res=310.Help for Colour...
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- Open the colour palette inside the :hp2.configuration folder:ehp2. by clicking on the button.
- :h3 res=311.Help for Font...
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- Open the Font palette inside the :hp2.configuration folder:ehp2. by clicking on the button.
- :h3 res=312.Help for Undo
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- Click on the button to reestablish the previous configuration.
- :h3 res=313.Help for Standard
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- Click the button to chose the default values for colour and font.
- Textcolour is black and the background colour is a bright yellow. The font is :hp2.8.Helv:ehp2..
- :h3 res=314.Help for Help
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- This button opens the help.
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