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- WinPost 1.1
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- Electronic Post-it (tm) Notes
- for Microsoft Windows 3.0
-
- by
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- Nobuya "Higgy" Higashiyama
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- License
- -------
- Copyright (C) Nobuya Higashiyama 1990.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Disclaimer and License
-
- YOUR FIRST USE OF THIS SOFTWARE CONSTITUTES AGREEMENT TO THE FOLLOWING
- PROVISIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THEM, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS
- PROGRAM!
-
- WinPost is a copyrighted, proprietary program offered "as is", without
- any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose,
- performance, or otherwise; all warranties are expressly disclaimed. By
- using WinPost, you agree that the author will not be liable for any use
- of (or inability to use) or performance of this product, or for any
- damages whatsoever.
-
- This software is being distributed as a Freeware with a request for a
- donation. You may use this program freely. You may also copy and
- distribute this program, as long as all the files are distributed intact
- in a single archived file. You may not sell this program, and you may
- charge only nominal fee for distribution not exceeding $5.00 a copy.
-
- If you find this program useful, a donation of $10 will be appreciated.
- I would also appreciate any bug reports, comments or suggestions.
- Please contact me at:
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- US Mail: Nobuya Higashiyama
- 642-D Residenz Parkway
- Kettering, OH 45429
- Phone: (513) 293-9320
- CompuServe: 71570,533
- Internet: nxh@meaddata.com
- UUCP: ...!uunet!meaddata!nxh
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-
- Description
- -----------
- WinPost provides a mechanism for manipulating on-screen Post-it (tm)
- notes for Microsoft Windows 3.0. Up to 32 "notes" can be in use at any
- given time. WinPost will save the position and the content of every
- note upon program termination, so next time you bring it up, the notes
- will look exactly the same as when you exited the program.
-
-
- Controller Icon
- ---------------
- When you start WinPost, it will appear as an icon with the familiar
- plaid design (tm). This is called the Controller Icon, and it cannot be
- maximized into a window.
-
- When you click on the icon, it will display a system menu with the
- following menu items:
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- Move Allows the user to move the icon.
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- Close Terminates the program.
-
- Switch To... Allows the user to switch to another window.
-
- Create a 1.5x2 note Selecting this menu item creates a new
- 1.5" by 2" note. If a maximum number of
- notes (32) is already in use, a dialog
- box with an error message will appear.
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- Create a 3x3 note Selecting this menu item creates a new
- 3" by 3" note. If a maximum number of
- notes (32) is already in use, a dialog
- box with an error message will appear.
-
- Create a 3x5 note Selecting this menu item creates a new
- 3" by 5" note. If a maximum number of
- notes (32) is already in use, a dialog
- box with an error message will appear.
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- Show all notes Selecting this menu item will show all
- active notes. All hidden notes are
- redisplayed, and notes covered by other
- windows are brought to the top. Notes
- Icon will also disappear (see below).
-
- Hide all notes Selecting this menu item will hide all
- active notes. It will also create a
- Notes Icon to indicate the fact that at
- least one note is being hidden.
-
- Customize font... Selecting this menu brings up the font
- customization dialog (explained below),
- which allows the user to customize the
- note window font.
-
- About Winpost... Displays information about the author.
-
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- Font Customization Dialog
- -------------------------
- This dialog box can be used to customize the font displayed in note
- windows. Several different parameters can be controlled: the program
- looks for an available font which most closely meets the requested
- parameters and uses it. These parameters can be specified by the user:
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- Height: Specifies the desired height of characters in
- the font (in pixels). If it is set to zero, a
- reasonable default size is used.
-
- Width: Specifies the average width of characters in the
- font (in pixels). If it is set to zero, the
- aspect ratio of the device will be matched
- against the aspect ratio of available fonts for
- the closest match.
-
- Weight: Specifies the weight of the font. 400 is
- normal, and 700 is bold. If it is set to zero,
- a default weight is used.
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- Char Set: Specifies the desired character set. The OEM
- character set is system-dependent.
-
- Pitch: Specifies the pitch of the font. It can be
- fixed, variable or set to default.
-
- Family: Specifies the font family. It can be
- Decorative, Modern, Roman, Script, Swiss or
- unspecified.
-
- Once the appropriate parameters are selected, pressing the "Show Font"
- button will select an available font which closely matches the specified
- parameters, and display a sample in the bottom section of the dialog
- box. Also, specific information about the selected font will be
- displayed in the "Font Selected" box.
-
- If a desired font is selected, pressing the "Accept" button will modify
- the font of all notes to the selected font, and save the font
- information. Pressing the "Cancel" button will close the dialog box
- without making any font changes.
-
-
- Note Window
- -----------
- Each note is an editable window. Standard editing operations are
- available. Contents and the position of each window is saved whenever
- you end the program; when you run the program again, all the notes will
- be restored. A note window can be moved just like a normal window; its
- size, however, cannot be changed.
-
- Each note window also has the standard system menu gadget. System menu
- will show the following menu items:
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- Move Allows the user to move the icon.
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- Switch To... Allows the user to switch to another window.
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- Delete this note Selecting this menu item deletes this note.
-
- Undo Undoes the last editing operation.
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- Cut Deletes the selected text and copies it into
- the system clipboard.
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- Copy Copies the selected text into the system
- clipboard.
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- Paste Copies the content of the system clipboard
- at the cursor position.
-
- Clear Deletes the selected text without affecting
- the content of the system clipboard.
-
-
- Notes Icon
- ----------
- If there is at least one note that's hidden, a Notes Icon will be
- displayed. This icon operates just like a standard application icon.
- Just like the controller icon, it cannot be maximized into a window.
- Clarification: a note window that is covered by another window is not
- considered to be "hidden" - a note is "hidden" when you select "Hide all
- notes" menu item on the Controller Icon and it disappears.
-
- When you click on the Notes Icon, it will display a system menu with the
- following menu items:
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- Move Allows the user to move the icon.
-
- Switch To... Allows the user to switch to another window.
-
- Show all notes Selecting this menu item will show all
- active notes (just like selecting the menu
- item by the same name on the Controller
- Icon).
-
-
- Miscellaneous
- -------------
- WinPost will create a file named WINPOST.DAT in your Windows directory
- to keep track of notes. If it finds that this data file has been
- created by an earlier version WinPost, it will convert it to the new
- format automatically.
-
-
- Modification History
- --------------------
- Ver 1.0 (11/21/90) - Original Release.
-
- Ver 1.1 (11/25/90) - This version adds several new features:
- 1. User can now create three different sizes
- of notes: 1.5"x2", 3"x3" and 3"x5" notes.
- 2. Font size of note windows can now be
- customized.
- 3. Full clipboard support has been added.
-
-
- Acknowledgement
- ---------------
- WinPost is based on a similar program written for X-Windows windowing
- system called "xpostit". My thanks to its author, David A. Curry, for
- the inspiration.
-
- "Post-it" and the plaid design are registered trademarks of 3M.
-