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!OmniDesk/Utilities/!WindFlags/!Help
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| Filename: | !OmniDesk/Utilities/!WindFlags/!Help |
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| File size: | 07F6 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Window Flags ~~~~~~~~~~~~ An OmniDesk Utility by Richard G. Hallas Window Flags is a combined flag calculator and spy application for windows. When spying, the information displayed in the Window Flags window will change as you move the pointer around the desktop. If there is no window under the pointer, all the contents of the Window Flags window will be blank or switched off. When not spying on windows, you can set the switches on and off with the pointer and enter values into the writable icons. As you do this, the contents of the Window Flags window will update. Alternatively, you can enter a new value into the window flags: when you press Return, the Window Flags window will update to show you what the value means. If the spy option is off, you can also drag the contents of the window flags icon out into another application. This is useful if you want to enter the number you have calculated into your text editor. (Risc OS 3 users will find the dragged value takes the form of a piece of transparent perspex with the number 'etched' on it.) Consult the Programmer's Reference Manual for details about the meanings of the specific window flags. Note that the last three window flags are only applicable to users of Risc OS 3 or later. Clicking Menu over the Window Flags window presents the main utility menu: 'Info' leads to a standard information window. 'Spy on windows' will be ticked if it is switched on. When on, the contents of the Window Flags window update to be appropriate to the window under the mouse pointer. When off, you can use the window as a window flag calculator. 'Window position' leads to a window which lets you determine where the Window Flags window appears on the screen. This corresponds to an invisible grid, and when you change screen mode the window will snap to this grid. (This feature can be disabled by clicking Adjust on the small window icon, which makes it disappear.) 'Save settings' will save the screen location of the Window Flags window, along with the spy setting.
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Hal| 00000040 6c 61 73 0a 0a 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 46 6c 61 67 |las..Window Flag| 00000050 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 62 69 6e 65 64 20 |s is a combined | 00000060 66 6c 61 67 20 63 61 6c 63 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 20 |flag calculator | 00000070 61 6e 64 20 73 70 79 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 |and spy applicat| 00000080 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 0a 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 2e |ion for.windows.| 00000090 0a 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 73 70 79 69 6e 67 2c 20 74 |..When spying, t| 000000a0 68 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 64 |he information d| 000000b0 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |isplayed in the | 000000c0 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 46 6c 61 67 73 20 77 69 6e |Window Flags win| 000000d0 64 6f 77 20 77 69 6c 6c 0a 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 |dow will.change | 000000e0 61 73 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 |as you move the | 000000f0 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 |pointer around t| 00000100 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 2e 20 49 66 20 74 |he desktop. 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T| 000006c0 68 69 73 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 73 20 |his corresponds | 000006d0 74 6f 20 61 6e 0a 69 6e 76 69 73 69 62 6c 65 20 |to an.invisible | 000006e0 67 72 69 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 |grid, and when y| 000006f0 6f 75 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e |ou change screen| 00000700 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 | mode the window| 00000710 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 6e 61 70 0a 74 6f 20 74 68 | will snap.to th| 00000720 69 73 20 67 72 69 64 2e 20 28 54 68 69 73 20 66 |is grid. (This f| 00000730 65 61 74 75 72 65 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 64 69 |eature can be di| 00000740 73 61 62 6c 65 64 20 62 79 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 |sabled by clicki| 00000750 6e 67 20 41 64 6a 75 73 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 |ng Adjust on the| 00000760 0a 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 63 |.small window ic| 00000770 6f 6e 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 |on, which makes | 00000780 69 74 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 2e 29 0a 0a |it disappear.)..| 00000790 27 53 61 76 65 20 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 73 27 20 |'Save settings' | 000007a0 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 |will save the sc| 000007b0 72 65 65 6e 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 |reen location of| 000007c0 20 74 68 65 20 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 46 6c 61 67 | the Window Flag| 000007d0 73 0a 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2c 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 |s.window, along | 000007e0 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 79 20 73 65 74 |with the spy set| 000007f0 74 69 6e 67 2e 0a |ting..| 000007f6
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