AutoLaunch is a screen saver "engine" that launches an application after your Macintosh has been idle for a specified amount of time. It's great for running stand-alone MacroMedia Director movies as screen savers, executing AppleScript applets during idle time, restarting demos after a person walks away, and the like.
Some ideas and sample AppleScript applets are included in the accompanying "Examples & Ideas" folder. We welcome any additions you might have to this folder for future releases.
If you have any problems, questions, or requests, contact St. Clair Software at one of the addresses listed in the "AutoLaunch Documentation" file. Before contacting us about a problem, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions section of the documentation - some common questions are answered there. If you are still having difficulties afterward, by all means let us know!
If you have access to the World Wide Web, come visit us at
<http://www.stclairsw.com/stclairsw/>
You'll find information on our other products, up-to-date Frequently Asked Question pages, and links to other interesting places on the web.
Please note that AutoLaunch is shareware. If you decide to keep it, we ask that you register your copy.
Known problems and limitations:
- The "Kill on wake up" option can cause crashes when some applications are used as screen savers. "Quit on wake up" is much safer. Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions section of the documentation for more details.
- If AutoLaunch tries to launch an application while the Desktop is being rebuilt, the system may crash when it reads the Desktop database. We're working on a fix for this.
- Because some applications you may want to run with AutoLaunch (notably Marathon) turn off screen savers, AutoLaunch does not implement the 'SAVC' gestalt that allows this to be done. If this presents a problem for you, please let us know.
Release Notes:
Version 1.0.4:
- AutoLaunch did not correctly preserve registers in a patch, which could result in crashes.
