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File contents
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!CloseUtil Version 1.00
15th March 1996
by Matthew Bullock.
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Introduction:
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Closeutil provides an alternative method of telling the pinboard to
iconise a window and a way of reducing a window to just its title bar.
Usage:
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To use, just double click on the icon to load it, it will set up a
menu on the close icon of windows (Director must be loaded for this to
work). Select iconise to tell the pinboard to iconise the window, or
select titleise to reduce the window to a title bar. To reopen a
titleised window, click on the toggle-size icon (right hand side of
the title bar).
Alternatively there are two start commands that do the same.
*Iconise <window handle>
Tells the pinboard to iconise a window.
*Titleise <window handle>
Reduces a window to just a title bar.
Notes:
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1) Closeutil requires RISC-OS 3.1 or later.
2) It only requires Director to provide a menu on close icons, so you
can still use the command line interface without it.
3) If it is used with Director, it must be installed after Director.
The easiest way to do this is to copy !CloseUtil into the
!Dircetor.Utils directory and add the following line to the end of
directors !Run file:
Run Director:Utils.!CloseUtil
4) The Closeutil module cannot be RMKilled, you must first quit the
task using the task manager.
5) PinFix creates a small module to fix a bug in Pinboard that stop
Closeutil working correctly, this may not be necessary on all
versions of RISC-OS, I have only tries it on version 3.6. See
PinFHelp for more details.
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The e| 00000510 61 73 69 65 73 74 20 20 77 61 79 20 20 74 6f 20 |asiest way to | 00000520 20 64 6f 20 20 74 68 69 73 20 20 69 73 20 20 74 | do this is t| 00000530 6f 20 63 6f 70 79 20 20 21 43 6c 6f 73 65 55 74 |o copy !CloseUt| 00000540 69 6c 20 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 20 74 68 65 0a 20 20 |il into the. | 00000550 20 21 44 69 72 63 65 74 6f 72 2e 55 74 69 6c 73 | !Dircetor.Utils| 00000560 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 61 | directory and a| 00000570 64 64 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 |dd the following| 00000580 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 74 6f 20 20 74 68 65 20 65 6e | line to the en| 00000590 64 20 6f 66 0a 20 20 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 |d of. director| 000005a0 73 20 21 52 75 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 3a 0a 20 20 20 |s !Run file:. | 000005b0 20 20 52 75 6e 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 3a 55 | Run Director:U| 000005c0 74 69 6c 73 2e 21 43 6c 6f 73 65 55 74 69 6c 0a |tils.!CloseUtil.| 000005d0 0a 34 29 20 54 68 65 20 43 6c 6f 73 65 75 74 69 |.4) The Closeuti| 000005e0 6c 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 |l module cannot| 000005f0 20 62 65 20 20 52 4d 4b 69 6c 6c 65 64 2c 20 79 | be RMKilled, y| 00000600 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 71 75 |ou must first qu| 00000610 69 74 20 20 74 68 65 0a 20 20 20 74 61 73 6b 20 |it the. task | 00000620 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 20 6d |using the task m| 00000630 61 6e 61 67 65 72 2e 0a 0a 35 29 20 50 69 6e 46 |anager...5) PinF| 00000640 69 78 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 73 20 61 20 73 6d 61 |ix creates a sma| 00000650 6c 6c 20 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 66 69 |ll module to fi| 00000660 78 20 20 61 20 62 75 67 20 69 6e 20 20 50 69 6e |x a bug in Pin| 00000670 62 6f 61 72 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 74 6f 70 0a |board that stop.| 00000680 20 20 20 43 6c 6f 73 65 75 74 69 6c 20 20 77 6f | Closeutil wo| 00000690 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 6c 79 |rking correctly| 000006a0 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 20 6d 61 79 20 6e 6f 74 20 |, this may not | 000006b0 20 62 65 20 20 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 20 20 | be necessary | 000006c0 6f 6e 20 61 6c 6c 0a 20 20 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f |on all. versio| 000006d0 6e 73 20 20 6f 66 20 20 52 49 53 43 2d 4f 53 2c |ns of RISC-OS,| 000006e0 20 20 49 20 20 68 61 76 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 20 | I have only | 000006f0 74 72 69 65 73 20 69 74 20 6f 6e 20 20 76 65 72 |tries it on ver| 00000700 73 69 6f 6e 20 33 2e 36 2e 20 53 65 65 0a 20 20 |sion 3.6. See. | 00000710 20 50 69 6e 46 48 65 6c 70 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 6f | PinFHelp for mo| 00000720 72 65 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 73 2e 0a |re details..| 0000072c
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