Dockernaut is shareware. It is not to be sold or distributed for profit (above any standard online service costs) without my expressed written permission. i.e. Compuserve, AOL, etc. OK. Educorp NOT!
Try it out for a few weeks, if you like it and continue to use it, please register by sending $20 US to:
Steve Martin
6632 Warm Breeze Lane
Dallas, TX 75248-5021
I will keep you informed of updates and E-Mail them to you if you so desire. Disk updates will be available for media and shipping costs.
Thank you,
Steve
DESCRIPTION
Dockernaut was written to allow custom application and extension preferences based on whether or not your Duo is in a Duo Dock (or any other setup where you have a monitor other than the Duo's LCD as your main screen).
It can also change the color depth of your monitor if you have a video card in your Dock that forgets its settings when you are away and reverts to black and white (the E-Machines Futura MX for example). If that feature is enabled, your monitor will switch to 256 colors when Dockernaut loads at startup time.
Here are some examples of what you can use by adding the following preference files to Dockernaut's list.
Startup Manager Prefs (Now Startup Manager™)
You can have different sets of extensions get loaded.
FunPictures Prefs (FunPictures™)
When docked and using your 1024x768 color monitor you can have FunPictures choose form your collection of high resolution color pictures.
When not docked you can have it choose from a collection of smaller greyscale pictures.
Word Settings(5) (Microsoft Word™)
When docked you have plenty of screen real estate so you have the Toolbar enabled.
When not docked you can have the Toolbar disabled.
PBTools™
Set it to always load Appletalk then...
When docked have Appletalk turned on
When not docked have Appletalk turned off
Randomizer (After Dark™ module)
Use all those fancy screen savers that only run with 256 colors when you are docked.
Automatically use a different set with those that look good in 16 colors when you are not.
SoftPC Prefs (SoftPC™)
When docked have the SoftPC™'s window open up in its larger size.
When not docked have it open in the smaller size (so it fits!).
You get the picture? The possibilities are endless!
The great part is that it all happens automatically. Once you add a preference file to Dockernaut's list, just set things for that application or extension the way you want when you are docked, eject your Duo, set things how you want when not docked, and that's it! Your preferences will be remembered whenever you switch back and forth. From then on, changing the preferences of an application when docked will only affect that applications docked preferences and similarly when not docked.
Make sure that Dockernaut loads before any extensions whose pref files you have added. Otherwise, the preferences will be changed, but the extension won't have seen them. By default, Dockernaut has a space before it's name so that it will load early. If you use an INIT manager like Now Startup Manager™ or Conflict Catcher™, you can use them to make it load first (Of course, you should make it load before Now Startup Manager™ if you have added the Startup Manager Prefs file).
CONFIGURING
There are two things you can customize, color switching, and which files get switched when your state changes between docked and not docked.
The Switch Colors toggle when enabled will cause your main monitor to switch to 256 colors at startup time if it has that capability. If your dock video card is 4 bit or less, this feature will have no effect.
TECHNICAL NOTES
For each file in Dockernaut's list, two copies will be made. One with ".dock" appended to the end and one with ".not" appended to the end. If you remove a file from Dockernaut's list you may want to delete these files. If you don't, they will not cause any problems, they will just take up space.
The algorithm for determining if you are docked or not is based on the characteristics of your main screen. If you happen to have a 640x400, 4-bit, fixed palette video card in your Duo Dock, Dockernaut will behave as if your were not docked. Since most preferences are screen size related, I thought this was a reasonable way to go.
DISCLAIMER
I make no warrantee as to the functionality or usefulness of this program. It has been beta tested by several Duo users but may still contain bugs. Please report bugs and suggestions to any of the addresses at the end of this document.
VERSION HISTORY
1.0b2
Added arrow key navigation of the file list.
Cleaned up the Control Panel and made it the standard size.
1.0b1 First beta release.
CREDIT where it is due:
ShowIcon7 was used to draw the Startup icons. The following was in the header for its source code:
This code is based on Patrick C. Beard's ShowIconFamily
by Patrick C. Beard, which in turn was derived from the
original ShowInit by Paul Mercer, Darin Adler,
Paul Snively, and Steve Capps.
Modified by James W. Walker for compatibility with IconWrap 1.2,
for use as a separate code resource, and to use the new System 7
icon-dawing routines. This code is in the public domain.
Addresses for James W. Walker: 76367,2271@compuserve.com or
walkerj@math.scarolina.edu
Names with ™ after them are registered trademarks of their respective publishers.
