ProcessWatcher is intended to display the running processes on the Mac, local or remote machine, and optionnaly more information. System 7.0 or later is needed.
It is freeware: you can distribute it but not alter it (although you can customize some resources for personal use only). If yo give it away, please include the two text files Òwill you ever read me?Ó (this file), ÒProcesWatcher AppleEventsÓ and ÒPWdÓ (ProcessWatcher daemon).
For complete help please use Help Balloons when running ProcessWatcher. There is no more written documentation appart from this file.
WHAT'S NEW IN 2.0
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- Support for remote connection between macs. ProcessWatcher must be running on both macs to establish a connection, and Program Linking must be activated on the remote machine (see File Sharing control panel). Then, the list of remote processes is updated every 2 seconds (no way to change that for the moment). If you open an info window for a remote process, the ÒActive timeÓ and "FreeMemory" fields of this window is not updated.
- A daemon is distributed with ProcessWatcher 2.0. You can establish a remote connection with either the application or the daemon. The daemon is a background only process, and as such doesn't have an interface and takes less memory to run. You can put the daemon on the remote mac Startup folder.
- Process flags are now displayed in the same window as process info. Presentation can be switched with a flag. The preferences dialog asks for the default presentation.
- Some mis-spelt words have been corrected in balloons and elsewhere. Some other minor balloon corrections have been performed.
- Processes lists are now displayed in a different kind of window (see title bar). [Source of the WDEF is available on request. If you don't like it, just modify the ProcID of WIND resource #128 to 0].
- The Òlaunch dateÓ field of the info windows now displays the real date and time.
- Added two menu items to launch processes, on the local machine and on remote ones. To launch a process on the remote mac, you only need ProcessWatcher to be running (that is, you can kill the Finder before). To launch a process on a remote machine, you must have the Finder running on the REMOTE mac, and select ANY FILE on a disk which is mounted on BOTH macs. Try for example to remotely open a sound file, for exampleÉ If you have better ideas of how to do remote launches, please tell me. Perhaps it will be more easy with next version of Finder?
- Preferences dialog was made movable, and list contents refreshed in background when prefered font is selected.
- Info windows are now opened below the list window.
- Use of temporary memory has been prefered over application memory.
- Some more other small things.
WHAT WAS NEW IN 1.1
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Some nice features! The ÒEdit::PreferencesÓ menu item: you can change the font & size (and even the bold style) used for the list, and make ProcessWatcher quit when the list is closed. Also now it is possible to open all info windows at once (menu ÒProcess::Info for AllÓ), and to option-click in the window close box to close all windows (if you option click in the close box of an info window, only info windows will close).
WHAT WAS NEW IN 1.0
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Here are some changes done from version 1.0b1:
- You can bring a process to the front by option- or command-clicking in the processes list, even if the window is not active (and even if ProcessWatcher is not the foreground application).
- Processes List window keeps the same place between two launches.
- Completely Help-Balloon-ised.
- Can now send Open AppleEvents.
- Removed many nasty bugs and improved memory management.
- It is no more CashWare (who would send the $1,000,000 that I was previously asking?).
- And I changed the version number!
ABOUT APPLEEVENTS
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ProcessWatcher's commands ÒProcess::Send Open AppleEventsÓ and ÒProcess::KillÓ (which is a 'quit' AppleEvent) will in many cases work if the application does not handle High Level Events. The System transform these events into menu selection (ÒFile::OpenÉÓ or ÒFile::QuitÓ) as it did in the good old time of MultiFinder.
ProcessWatcher supports a few AppleEvents described in a separate text file. It does not contain any 'aete' resource since I don't have enough documentation to include one. Sorry.
HOW TO REACH ME?
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You can send e-mail (wish-list, comments, bug reports, jokes, etc.) to
hugues@isoft.fr
You can also send snail-mail to the following address:
Hugues Marty
19 rue FRANC
31000 TOULOUSE
FRANCE
I'd love to receive news from you (why not a postcard?) if you like ProcessWatcher (and even if you don't). Please tell me how you got your copy. And if you are using PW and writing shareware products, what about making me an offer ;-) ?
SPECIAL THANKS to Don, Eric, Boris, Jeremy, Peter, Andy and Bill for testing and comments.
