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IDYLE TRAY MINIMIZER
(C) 1997 by Damien RamΘ
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Mail: idyle@usa.net
WWW: http://pages.infinit.net/idyle/idyle-soft/
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1. WHAT IS IDYLE TRAY MINIMIZER ?
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Ever tired up of those app that were designed for Windows
3.1 and would be very cool to have in the tray? Ever asked
yourself why the programmer of this app didn't put the option
to minimize to the tray, because you are using often enough
and would like it?
Well, now, the choice is all *yours*. Idyle TrayMinimizer
will execute an application (.exe, .com, .lnk or .bat) and give
it the ability to minimize to the tray it didn't have before!
It will be minimized using the progam's main icon, and its
main window name. Really as if it was natively minimized!!
Try the examples in 'Idyle TrayMinimizer' folder in the Start
Menu after installation, and see for your self.
Oh! By the way, did I mention it? Idyle TrayMinimizer is
totally *free* of use, so why not use it ?!
2. WHAT APPS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH TRAY MINIMIZER ?
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Well, I couldn't put an exhaustive list of all apps, but so
far, *many* (in fact, all but one) have worked no problems,
including big boys like MS Word.
There is one I know of who won't work, it's Internet Explorer
4.0 (beta). As this one is more integrated in the system,
it can't be controled as the others are.
3. HOW TO USE IDYLE TRAY MINIMIZER
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To use Idyle TrayMinimizer, you only have to launch it with
the filename of the program to launch, and its parameters.
For example, to create a trayed 'Dos Prompt', you'd launch
that with this command:
> TrayMinimizer C:\Command.Com
To launch a trayed notepad, you'd do that:
> TrayMinimizer C:\Windows\Notepad.Exe "C:\Program Files\MyDoc.Txt"
Please note that the complete path to the application must be
included. You can also put as many parameters as you wish.
Since it can be long to type all this all the time, you would
want to create shortcuts to your most favorite now-trayed
apps, for example, create a shortcut with this properties in
your Startup folder:
Target: C:\Idyle TrayMinimizer\TrayMinimizer.Exe C:\Command.Com
Another useful way is to create a TrayMinimizer shortcut on your
desktop, and drag-and-drop programs/shortcuts on its icon.
See your Windows 95 documentation on how to create shortcuts.
4. REQUIREMENTS
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To use Idyle TrayMinimizer, you need a machine on which
Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 is installed. The program takes
very little space, so you'll only need about 400kb of free
hard disk space.
5. INSTALLATION
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To install Idyle TrayMinimizer, just double click on the
file 'itmsetup.exe' and follow the online instructions.
This program will normally create a group and short cuts
you can use as examples.
6. UNINSTALLATION
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To uninstall Idyle TrayMinimizer, run the 'Uninstall
Idyle TrayMinimizer' item in your start menu. You can also
simply delete the directory where you installed Idyle
TrayMinimizer.
Please note that Idyle TrayMinimizer is a very clean
installation/uninstallation system. No registry bothering,
no Windows system directory butchering.
7. SUPPORT
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Idyle TrayMinimizer is free, but you won't get any support
for it. If you know of to make a shortcut, then you're all
set. If you don't, consult your Windows 95 manual.
If you think you found a real bug, feel free to leave me an
e-mail. If you want to give good comments, click that email
client you minimized to the tray ;-)
Please feel free to visit Idyle's web site at :
http://pages.infinit.net/idyle/idyle-soft/
as you might find new versions, or other products you might
like !
8. OTHER SOFTWARE FROM IDYLE SOFTWARE
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Idyle Phone Book 97 / Idyle Phone Book PRO 97 :
A personal/business contact manager you'll want to take
a look at. Available in both french and english, it will
allow you to keep your addresses, phones, internet info
as well as businesses on one nice user interface. You'll
also be able to import/export data to/from popular formats
and print nice booklets to keep with you when away from
your computer.
Idyle Nosey Neighbor 97 :
Coming soon!
8. DISCLAIMER
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THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY.
THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD
THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN
WRITING WILL I, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR
DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED
INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE
OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH
HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES.