◊ B–Panel is a freeware Control Panel that lets you configure the system beep by adding a text message to the standard beep procedure. What you get is a window popping up at beep time with a one-line message, then either the beep sound or a user-defined pause before it disappears.
• Configuration
◊ The message and the beep can be switched on or off separately (no signal at all, beep only, message only, or both). You can configure the font and size of the text, the window location and size and the message to be displayed. To avoid bombs, a few environment checks are performed before the window opens. If the window can't be opened (weird situations like a program beeping and quitting before initializing the Mac environment), only the sound will be played - if it's enabled.
◊ B–Panel can be used to turn off all beep actions completely (no sound and no menu bar flash), which can be useful to speed up run-alone software like BBS management programs.
◊ All online services and bulletin boards may make it available to their users at no charge other than the normal connection fees.
◊ All non-profit user groups may distribute it at no charge.
◊ All magazines may publish it on floppy disk or CD-ROM without asking me first, as long as I get a copy of the issue containing my software.
◊ All CD-ROM shareware collections and CD-ROM magazines may include it without my prior consent, as long as I get either a copy of the CD-ROM or an offer to buy the CD-ROM at a discounted price.
◊ All redistribution companies such as Pacific HiTech, AMUG, Celestin or Educorp may distribute it, as long as I get a copy of each media containing my software and a catalog of the company’s offerings (where applicable).
◊ You may find the latest version of all my shareware and freeware programs by anonymous ftp to ftp.alpcom.it, inside the /software/mac/LMontalcini directory. The ALM Share and ALM Free packages, which contain most of my stuff and can be registered at a very low price, are also available there.
• Disclaimer
◊ This software should never cause any damage, but you’re using it at your own risk. As an independent software developer, I can make no warranties whatsoever on it.
• Have fun!
◊ And don’t forget to register your shareware, so that more cool inexpensive utilities can see the light in the future.
