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- QuickRunner v1.00 Beta - Floating Command Line for Windows 95
- by The Rageman (http://www.rageman.com)
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- Thanks for trying QuickRunner v1.0. I use the keyboard a lot so I spent a lot
- of time using the Run command on the Start Menu. It just didn't do what I
- needed so I did this little app. It has some features that make it much better
- than the Start Menu's Run command. Hope you enjoy it, let me know if you do...
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- -----SETUP
- Just unzip QuickRun.exe to a folder and create yourself a shortcut.
-
- The only requirement for using QuickRunner is that you are using Windows 95 or
- NT. I don't use NT, so I just assume that it works on NT...
-
- Right-click to set any options, most are self-explanatory.
-
- You can double-click in the command-line to bring up a browse dialog, or use
- the shortcut (Ctrl-B).
-
- There are shortcut keys for just about everything (I'm a keyboard person...),
- just look on the right-click menu to get em...
-
- Click and drag on the left edge to move QuickRunner, the right edge to change
- the size.
-
-
-
- -----NO QUOTES???
- QuickRunner should be able to figure out what you want without having to have
- all the quotes. It starts from the right, taking words off until it has a
- working path/file. It assumes that everything else is a document/parameter.
-
- For example:
- If you type
- C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe Newfile.Txt
-
- Quickrun would try
- C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe Newfile.Txt
-
- and when not finding it as one file or path, it would then try
- C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe
-
- Boom, it would find that. So Newfile.txt must be a document to pass to Wordpad.
-
- Normally, you would have had to type
- "C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe" Newfile.Txt
-
- or use the short filenames like
- C:\Progra~1\Access~1\Wordpad.exe Newfile.Txt
-
- It is just a matter of isolating the spaces...
-
- Note that if you didnt' have Wordpad.exe in that location, it would have gotten
- down to C:\ looking for a folder or file named Program before it gave you an
- error message. Not that this is a big deal, either way you screwed up. It'll
- just say "Hey, I couldn't find C:\Program", instead of "Hey, Where's C:\Program
- Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe".
-
- The only time that you would need quotes is when the program you are running
- needs quotes on the parameters that you've added.
-
- For example, Windows PaintBrush needs quotes around the filename if it contains
- spaces. Normally you would need to have quotes around both parts like this:
- "C:\Program Files\Accessories\MSPAINT.EXE" "Mangled Clown Picture.bmp"
-
- but with QuickRunner, you can at least get away with:
- C:\Program Files\Accessories\MSPAINT.EXE "Mangled Clown Picture.bmp"
-
- With something, such as Notepad, that is smart enough to figure out its own
- quotes, you can just let it fly with never a thought. Like this:
- C:\Program Files\Accessories\Notepad.Exe Disturbing Fairy Tale.txt
-
-
-
- -----MISC
- When QuickRunner starts, it imports the history from the Run command on the
- Start Menu. This will always be the last 26 items in QuickRunner's history
- list. QuickRunner stores its last 20 commands in its own history, for a total
- of 46 items total.
-
-
-
- -----TIP
- For a command you use frequently, do it once from the Run on the Start Menu.
- That way, it'll always be there when QuickRunner starts up. And since you
- won't be using the Start Menu|Run as much, it won't get knocked out of the
- list anytime soon.
-
- Let me know of anything it lacks, screws up, etc. It is always work in progress
- around here.
-
- Oh yeah, I assume no rights for damages, etc, blah, blah, blah.... Use at your
- own risk, Don't fear the reaper, A bird in the hand, ......
-
- Get newest versions and updates at http://www.rageman.com
-
- The Rageman
- (rageman@rageman.com)
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