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StarInfo/Wickett/!LookOut/!Help
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Wickett/!LookOut/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 08DA bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Look Out - !Help file
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Look Out now has full Interactive help.
� What it does:
It lurks around hunting down unwanted tasks and takes appropriate action
when one is found. This may be to simply tell the user of its presence, kill
the task or both. You can even set Look Out to kill itself once it has done
any dirty deed.
� Uses:
This application is a gross extension of a program that used to be in my
boot up sequence. It waited for the Printer Manager to load and then killed
it before killing itself. Unless you want to change any of the settings this
is rather good, as once the Printer Manager has set up the printer modules
it is no longer needed. This saves a lot of very valuable memory on my 1Mb
A310!
Now you can use this clever application to get rid of anything you don't
wish to be loaded onto your desktop - or perhaps more useful one of your
pupil's desktop! Yes I.T. managers take note - you can set this application
up so it is invisible and also impossible to quit. It will then lurk quietly
in the background until a new task is started. A check will then be made to
see if this task is on the unwanted list and appropriate action can be taken
if a match is found. If only this action is to warn the user of something.
I'm sure that you can think of many more uses.
� How to set it up:
If you hold down one of the ALT keys whilst you run it from disk, Look Out
will start up in SetUp mode. There are a few options in the set up window -
most of which are self-explanatory.
Show icon - an icon will be displayed on the icon bar to remind you of its
presence.
Allow quit - allow the user to kill Look Out. Otherwise Ctrl & Break is the
only way!
Quit when task done - when it has done one of its deeds it will kill itself.
Task number - this is number of the current task you are setting up on Look
Out's list of wanted tasks (max 16).
Task name - the name of the task. This can either be typed in or selected
from the pop-up menu.
Quit task - quit the task when it has been found.
Message - display message when the task has been found. If no text is
entered to the side of this then a standard message will be used.
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This may be| 000000d0 20 74 6f 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 74 65 6c 6c 20 | to simply tell | 000000e0 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 6f 66 20 69 74 73 20 |the user of its | 000000f0 70 72 65 73 65 6e 63 65 2c 20 6b 69 6c 6c 0a 20 |presence, kill. | 00000100 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 20 6f 72 20 62 6f 74 68 |the task or both| 00000110 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 65 76 65 6e 20 73 |. You can even s| 00000120 65 74 20 4c 6f 6f 6b 20 4f 75 74 20 74 6f 20 6b |et Look Out to k| 00000130 69 6c 6c 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 6f 6e 63 65 20 |ill itself once | 00000140 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 64 6f 6e 65 0a 20 61 6e 79 |it has done. any| 00000150 20 64 69 72 74 79 20 64 65 65 64 2e 0a 0a 8f 20 | dirty deed.... | 00000160 55 73 65 73 3a 0a 0a 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 |Uses:.. This app| 00000170 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 61 20 67 72 |lication is a gr| 00000180 6f 73 73 20 65 78 74 65 6e 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 |oss extension of| 00000190 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 74 68 61 74 20 | a program that | 000001a0 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 69 6e 20 6d 79 |used to be in my| 000001b0 0a 20 62 6f 6f 74 20 75 70 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e |. boot up sequen| 000001c0 63 65 2e 20 49 74 20 77 61 69 74 65 64 20 66 6f |ce. It waited fo| 000001d0 72 20 74 68 65 20 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 4d 61 |r the Printer Ma| 000001e0 6e 61 67 65 72 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 61 6e |nager to load an| 000001f0 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6b 69 6c 6c 65 64 0a 20 69 |d then killed. i| 00000200 74 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 6b 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 |t before killing| 00000210 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 2e 20 55 6e 6c 65 73 73 20 | itself. Unless | 00000220 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 63 68 61 6e |you want to chan| 00000230 67 65 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 |ge any of the se| 00000240 74 74 69 6e 67 73 20 74 68 69 73 0a 20 69 73 20 |ttings this. is | 00000250 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 67 6f 6f 64 2c 20 61 73 20 |rather good, as | 00000260 6f 6e 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 |once the Printer| 00000270 20 4d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 20 68 61 73 20 73 65 74 | Manager has set| 00000280 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 | up the printer | 00000290 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 0a 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6e |modules. it is n| 000002a0 6f 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 2e |o longer needed.| 000002b0 20 54 68 69 73 20 73 61 76 65 73 20 61 20 6c 6f | This saves a lo| 000002c0 74 20 6f 66 20 76 65 72 79 20 76 61 6c 75 61 62 |t of very valuab| 000002d0 6c 65 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 6f 6e 20 6d 79 20 |le memory on my | 000002e0 31 4d 62 0a 20 41 33 31 30 21 0a 0a 20 4e 6f 77 |1Mb. A310!.. 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There are a f| 000005c0 65 77 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |ew options in th| 000005d0 65 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 |e set up window | 000005e0 2d 0a 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 6f 66 20 77 68 69 63 68 |-. most of which| 000005f0 20 61 72 65 20 73 65 6c 66 2d 65 78 70 6c 61 6e | are self-explan| 00000600 61 74 6f 72 79 2e 0a 0a 20 53 68 6f 77 20 69 63 |atory... Show ic| 00000610 6f 6e 20 2d 20 61 6e 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 69 6c |on - an icon wil| 00000620 6c 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 6f |l be displayed o| 00000630 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 74 |n the icon bar t| 00000640 6f 20 72 65 6d 69 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 6f 66 20 |o remind you of | 00000650 69 74 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |its. | 00000660 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 63 65 2e 0a 0a 20 41 6c 6c | presence... All| 00000670 6f 77 20 71 75 69 74 20 2d 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 20 |ow quit - allow | 00000680 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 74 6f 20 6b 69 6c 6c |the user to kill| 00000690 20 4c 6f 6f 6b 20 4f 75 74 2e 20 4f 74 68 65 72 | Look Out. Other| 000006a0 77 69 73 65 20 43 74 72 6c 20 26 20 42 72 65 61 |wise Ctrl & Brea| 000006b0 6b 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |k is the. | 000006c0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 77 61 79 21 | only way!| 000006d0 0a 0a 20 51 75 69 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 61 73 |.. Quit when tas| 000006e0 6b 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 2d 20 77 68 65 6e 20 69 74 |k done - when it| 000006f0 20 68 61 73 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 | has done one of| 00000700 20 69 74 73 20 64 65 65 64 73 20 69 74 20 77 69 | its deeds it wi| 00000710 6c 6c 20 6b 69 6c 6c 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 2e 0a |ll kill itself..| 00000720 0a 20 54 61 73 6b 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 2d 20 |. Task number - | 00000730 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f |this is number o| 00000740 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 74 61 |f the current ta| 00000750 73 6b 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 73 65 74 74 69 |sk you are setti| 00000760 6e 67 20 75 70 20 6f 6e 20 4c 6f 6f 6b 0a 20 20 |ng up on Look. | 00000770 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4f 75 74 | Out| 00000780 27 73 20 6c 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 77 61 6e 74 65 |'s list of wante| 00000790 64 20 74 61 73 6b 73 20 28 6d 61 78 20 31 36 29 |d tasks (max 16)| 000007a0 2e 0a 0a 20 54 61 73 6b 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 2d 20 |... Task name - | 000007b0 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |the name of the | 000007c0 74 61 73 6b 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 65 |task. This can e| 000007d0 69 74 68 65 72 20 62 65 20 74 79 70 65 64 20 69 |ither be typed i| 000007e0 6e 20 6f 72 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 0a 20 20 |n or selected. | 000007f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 | from | 00000800 74 68 65 20 70 6f 70 2d 75 70 20 6d 65 6e 75 2e |the pop-up menu.| 00000810 0a 0a 20 51 75 69 74 20 74 61 73 6b 20 2d 20 71 |.. Quit task - q| 00000820 75 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 20 77 68 65 |uit the task whe| 00000830 6e 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 66 6f |n it has been fo| 00000840 75 6e 64 2e 0a 0a 20 4d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 2d |und... Message -| 00000850 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 | display message| 00000860 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 20 68 | when the task h| 00000870 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 2e 20 49 |as been found. 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