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- PM SWITCH - version 1.3
- by Jeffrey K. Morris & Sound Ideas Productions
- ==========================================================================
-
- PM Switch is a small utility which displays the current status of the
- Windows Print Manager and allows you to enable or disable it at a
- click of a button (actually, a double-click on an icon). It may be used as
- a stand-alone applet, or you may attach it to applications to insure that
- the Print Manager is disabled when they are first loaded.
-
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- -------------------
- PM Switch will work on any system running Windows 3.x or higher. However,
- in order for PM Switch to load, you must have VBRUN200.DLL located in a
- directory named in your path statement (it is recommended that you place
- VBRUN200.DLL in your Windows System directory). If you do not have this
- file, it is available on most BBS's as VBRUN200.ZIP or VBRUN200.ARJ (make
- sure you get version 2.00 rather than VBRUN100).
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- To install PM Switch, simply copy PMSWITCH.EXE to your Windows directory,
- or to any other directory named in your Path statement.
-
-
- USING PM SWITCH AS A STAND-ALONE APPLET
- ---------------------------------------
- When loaded by itself, PM Switch appears as an icon displaying the current
- status of the Print Manager. To the Print Manager On or Off, simply
- double click on the PM Switch icon. It will now display the new status.
-
- To close PM Switch, either press F4 while holding the <Alt> key, or
- click once on its icon to bring up the System Menu, the click on Close.
- Click on "About PM Switch..." in the System Menu to open PM Switch's
- About box.
-
- If, in your work, you frequently turn the Print Manager on and off, install
- PM Switch in the Windows Start-Up Group. You may do this using the New
- command in Program Manager's File menu, or by dragging PMSWITCH.EXE from
- File Manager to the Start-Up Group.
-
-
- ATTACHING PM SWITCH TO OTHER APPLICATIONS
- -----------------------------------------
- When attached to another application, PM Switch will automatically turn the
- Print Manager Off and then load the application. PM Switch will remain as
- an icon so that you can turn the Print Manager back on when finished in your
- application, or at any other time. Simply double-click on PM Switch's icon
- to re-enable Print Manager.
-
- To attach PM Switch to an application, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Open the Program Group where the application's icon resides
-
- 2. Single click on the icon to select it
-
- 3. From the File Menu, select Properties
-
- 4. In the Command Line box, insert PMSWITCH.EXE before the
- command to start the application, as follows:
-
- PMSWITCH.EXE c:\path\appname
-
- 5. To retain the application's icon, select change icon and enter
- the applications full name and path (otherwise, Program Manager
- will replace PM Switch's icon in the Program Group).
-
- That's it. Each time you launch your application, PM Switch will first
- disable the Print Manager.
-
- Alternatively, you may use the Run command to launch your application
- with PM Switch. After selecting Run from Program Manager's File menu,
- simply enter:
- PMSWITCH.EXE appname
-
-
- UNINSTALLING
- ------------
- Simply delete PMSWITCH.EXE and PMSWITCH.TXT from whatever directory
- you placed them, and remove its icon from the Program Manager. Other
- than its routine enabling and disabling the Print Manager in the
- [Windows] section of Win.Ini, PMSwitch makes no other changes to your
- System files.
-
-
- COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS
- --------------------
- If you have any comments or suggestions regarding PM Switch, you may contact
- me via any MIDILink BBS or CompuServe E-Mail (address to Jeffrey Morris at
- 70751,1565).
-
-
- VERSION HISTORY
- ---------------
- version 1.3 - eliminated some unecessary code to increase performance
-
- - added About Box via the System Menu
-
-
- version 1.2 - corrected bug which caused a General Protection Fault
- if exiting Windows with PM Switch running.
-
- - recompiled under Visual Basic 2.0
-
-
- version 1.1 - first version released
-