Copyright: Dropsy v1.0, Copyright© 1996 Russ Woodroofe


Welcome to Dropsy

Dropsy is a taskbar tray application which allows dragging from application windows to create shortcuts.

How do I create a shortcut to a program with Dropsy?

What else does Dropsy do?

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Licensing Information


Creating Shortcuts
To create a shortcut to a running program with Dropsy

1    Make sure that the application you wish to create a shortcut to is running.

2    Left click on the Dropsy taskbar icon.  Alternately, right-click the Dropsy taskbar icon, then click Grasp and Drag.

3    Click the wand cursor on the window you wish to ‘grasp’.

4    Hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse cursor to where you wish to create the shortcut, for example, the Start menu.

Tip

o  Dropsy can also be used to drag applications from their windows to other applications that support drag and drop, such as iconbars, resource editors, and so forth.

o  If after clicking on the Dropsy icon, you decide not to grasp an application, click either on the Dropsy icon or the desktop to dismiss the wand cursor.

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Example
Example of Grasp and Drag

This example will take you step by step through how to add Notepad to your Start menu with Dropsy.

1    Double-click the Dropsy tray icon.  In the Run dialog box that appear, type ‘notepad’ and press return.

2    Left click on the Dropsy tray icon.  The tray icon will change colors, and the cursor will change to a wand, indicating that you can now click on a window to ‘grasp’ its executable.

3    Click on the notepad window and hold down the mouse button.  Notice that the Dropsy tray icon changes colors back, and the cursor changes to a ‘No Drop’ cursor.

4    Move the mouse cursor over the start menu.  Notice that it changes to an arrow with a document icon next to it, indicating that dropping here is allowed.

5    Release the mouse button.

6    Click the Start button.  Notice that the topmost item is now ‘Notepad’.


Other Features
Other Useful Features of Dropsy

Dropsy also has a number of other useful features designed to be shortcuts to everyday Windows 95 functions:

o  To run a program, double-click the Dropsy icon in the taskbar tray.  This is a shortcut to the Start menu’s Run command.  Alternately, right-click the Dropsy taskbar icon, then click Run.

o  To shutdown, restart, or log on as another user, right-click on the Dropsy icon in the taskbar tray.  The menu which pops up includes menu item options to Shutdown System, Restart System, and Logoff.

o  To get copyright information about Dropsy, right-click on the Dropsy icon in the taskbar tray, and select the About Dropsy menu item.


Licensing Dropsy

By downloading and using this software, you agree to the terms in this license.  If you do not agree with this, delete all copies of the software and cease using it.

Permission is hereby granted for personal use of Dropsy at no charge.  Commercial use past an evaluation period of 30 days requires the purchase of a license for the software.  To purchase a license, mail $20 for each license to be purchased to

Russ Woodroofe

1449 Morehead

Ann Arbor, MI, 48103

A license may also be purchased for personal use, if you like Dropsy and want to support the creation of free/shareware utilities.  In particular, if you plan on emailing me and asking for significant technical support, it would be polite to purchase a license.

This software may be uploaded and downloaded to and from bbses and ftp  sites freely, so long as the terms of use above are followed, and so long as all files (DROPSY.EXE, DROPSY.HLP, and README.TXT) are distributed together.  Dropsy may also be placed on CD or diskette distributions of software, so long as the author receives a copy of the CD or diskette.  These can be mailed to the address above.

This software is provided "as is", and with no warranty of any kind.