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ToolManager 2.1a 26.03.1995
I. DISCLAIMER
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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
preserved on all copies.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1990-1995 Stefan Becker
No program, document, data file or source code from this software
package, neither in whole nor in part, may be included or used in other
software packages unless it is authorized by a written permission from
the author.
NO WARRANTY
There is no warranty for this software package. Although the author
has tried to prevent errors, he can't guarantee that the software package
described in this document is 100% reliable. You are therefore using this
material at your own risk. The author cannot be made responsible for any
damage which is caused by using this software package.
DISTRIBUTION
This software package is freely distributable. It may be put on any
media which is used for the distribution of free software, like Public
Domain disk collections, CDROMs, FTP servers or bulletin board systems.
In order to ensure the integrity of this software package,
distributors should use the original archive file ToolManager2_1a.lha.
The author cannot be made responsible if this software package has become
unusable due to modifications of the archive contents or of the archive
file itself.
There is no limit on the costs of the distribution, e.g. for the
media, like floppy disks, streamer tapes or compact discs, or the process
of duplicating. Such limits have been proven to be harmful to the idea of
freely distributable software, e.g. instead of reducing the price of the
floppy disk below the limit, the software was simply removed from the
master disk.
Although the author does not impose any limit on the distribution of
this software package, he would like to express his personal opinions on
this matter:
* This software package should be made available to everyone free of
charge whenever it is possible.
* If you have acquired this software package under normal conditions
from a Public Domain dealer on a floppy disk at a price higher than
5DM or US $5, then you have definitely paid too much. Please don't
support this improper profit making any longer and switch to a
cheaper source as soon as possible.
USAGE RESTRICTIONS
No program, document, data file or source code from this software
package, neither in whole nor in part, may be used on any machine which
is used
* for the research, development, construction, testing or production
of weapons or other military applications. This also includes any
machine which is used in the education for any of the above
mentioned purposes.
* by people who accept, support or use violence against other people,
e.g. citizens from foreign countries.
II. Description
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This small package contains an update to the (still) current ToolManager
2.1 release. Changes since the last release:
toolmanager.library V3.1 - Added support for ScreenNotify
screennotify.library V1.0 - Notify on screen close/private/public
WBStart-Handler V1.4 - Fixed path problems
toolmanager.doc - Missing AutoDocs for toolmanager.library
ToolManager now supports ScreenNotify, a library which sends out
notifications when a public screen is opened or closed. This means that
it is now possible to open docks automatically on a public screen after
it has been opened. The docks will be closed automatically when the
screen is closed. Now you can change the screen mode of your Workbench
without manually closing all your ToolManager docks!
The automatic open/close feature only works if you specify the public
screen name for a dock object. It won't work for dock objects with the
"FrontMost" flag set or for docks which should open on the default public
screen. You must also set the "Activated" flag for the dock object.
Every time a public screen is opened ToolManager will scan all dock
objects and open all docks which have the same public screen name as the
newly opened screen. When a public screen is closed ToolManager closes
all open docks on this screen and marks them. If the public screen is
opened again ToolManager will reopen all marked docks.
III. Installation
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If you already use ToolManager 2.1 then copy the following files to the
appropriate directories:
libs/toolmanager.library -> LIBS:
libs/screennotify.library -> LIBS:
l/WBStart-Handler -> L:
If you never have used ToolManager before then you have to install the
release 2.1 first. It may be found on Fish Disks/CDROMs or on AmiNet.
IV. Warnings
------------
ToolManager in conjunction with ScreenNotify will cause dead locks under
certain conditions. When a dead lock occurs you can't move the mouse
pointer anymore or enter anything on the keyboard. These dead locks occur
most of the time when other programs want to close a public screen.
Unfortunately there is no way to circumvent this problem, so if you
experience dead locks with many of your normal applications then you
can't use ScreenNotify at all and MUST remove the screennotify.library.
ToolManager will still work without this library, but you'll loose the
automatic dock open/close feature.
If you are using MUI 2.3 (or older) you MUST NOT open docks automatically
on MUI public screens or a dead lock will occur! This problem will be
fixed in future MUI versions.
V. Other information
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NOTE: I have moved to another city since the last release of ToolManager.
Please DO NOT use the old addresses anymore or your mails may get
lost!
Authors EMail address:
stefanb@yello.ping.de
Authors postal address:
Stefan Becker
Verkehrstrasse 11
D-44809 Bochum
GERMANY