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- MenuLock v1.01
-
- © Copyright 1991 Jaba Development
- Written with DICE C v2.6 by
- Jan van den Baard
-
- Based on commodity code by Stefan Sticht (FISH 497)
-
- DISCAIMER
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- The author is NOT responsible for the suitability or accuracy of this
- documentation and/or the program(s) it describes. Any damage directly or
- indirectly caused by the use or misuse of this documentation and/or the
- program(s) it describes is the sole responsibility of the user her/him self
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-
- COPYRIGHT
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- MenuLock v1.01, © Copyright 1991 Jaba Development. All rights reserved.
- This program may be distributed non-commercially only providing that the
- executable, source code, documentation and copyright notices remain
- unchanged and are included with the distribution. This program is FREEWARE
- so no financial donation is necessary ( but welcome ). Send me a postcard
- of your hometown if you use this program.
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-
- Have you ever browsed through the menus of a program and released the menu
- button over the wrong item? Or have you got an old mouse of which it's menu
- button is broken or worn out? If so this might be the program you need.
- MenuLock is a commodity which enables the user to "lock" the menu strip of
- a window at the touch of a few keys. It's possible to start MenuLock from
- either the Shell or the Workbench. The following arguments are possible:
-
- PRIORITY=<pri> - With this argument it's possible to set the
- commodity it's priority in the commodities queue.
- Default : 0
-
- LOCK=<hotkey> - This enables you to set your own hotkey (See below)
- to lock the menu strip.
- Default : rcommand down
-
- UNLOCK=<hotkey> - This enables you to set your own hotkey (See below)
- to unlock the menu strip.
- Default : rcommand up
-
- QUIT=<hotkey> - This enables you to set your own hotkey (See below)
- to quit the commodity.
- Default : lshift control q
-
- Here are some examples of how you can start MenuLock from the Shell:
-
- Run MenuLock LOCK="lalt l" UNLOCK="lalt u"
- Run MenuLock QUIT "lcommand esc"
-
- NOTE: You have to "Run" or "RunBack" MenuLock when you start it from the
- Shell. This is because DICE does not have an auto detach "_main.c".
- (Maybee I'll hack my own some day.....)
-
- You must specify the arguments via the tooltypes array of the program it's
- icon when it's started from the Workbench. When you start MenuLock from
- the WBStartup drawer you must specify the DONOTWAIT tooltype.
-
- Input Description Strings (HotKeys):
-
- The Input Description String (HotKeys) has the following template:
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- <qualifier> [qualifier] [...] <key>
-
- qualifier: lshift left shift key
- rshift right shift key
- shift either shift key
- capslock capslock key
- caps shift or capslock key
- control control key
- lalt left alt key
- ralt right alt key
- alt either alt key
- lcommand left amiga key
- rcommand right amiga key
- numericpad key on numericpad
- rbutton right mouse button
- midbutton middle mouse button
- leftbutton left mouse button
- newprefs change in preferences
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- key f1 -> f10 function keys
- up cursor up key
- down cursor down key
- left cursor left key
- right cursor right key
- help help key
- del delete key
- return return key
- enter enter key
- backspace backspace key
- esc escape key
- space space key
- comma comma key
- upstroke key released
- a -> z, 0 -> 9 normal ansi keys
-
- Choose your keys carefully when other commodities are running.
-
- Requirements:
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- MenuLock needs atleast Kickstart 2.0 V36++ to run.
-
- Error return codes.
-
- MenuLock doesn't print information to the screen when something didn't work.
- You can figure out what went wrong by checking the return code with this
- list.
-
- 20 MenuLock wasn't able to open the libraries it so desperatly needs.
- 21 MenuLock wasn't able to create a message port for the communication.
- 22 The broker could not be setup. This could mean that another commodity
- is running which has the same name as MenuLock.
- 23 MenuLock wasn't able to setup it's HotKey filters. This probably
- means that you have fed MenuLock wierd HotKey strings.
- 24 There was an error detected if the commodity objects with CxObjError.
- 25 MenuLock wasn't able to setup the InputEvent structures to emulate
- the mouse menu button.
- 26 MenuLock wasn't able to setup it's Translate objects. This probably
- means that you have fed MenuLock wierd HotKey strings.
- 27 You passed MenuLock wierd arguments in the Shell.
-
- History:
-
- V1.00 (15-Sep-1991) 5784 bytes.
-
- - Initial release
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- V1.01 (22-Sep-1991) 5168 bytes.
-
- - MenuLock now uses the Dos routine "ReadArgs()" for parsing the
- arguments when run from the Shell.
-
- - By-Passed the main from c.lib to trim some bytes off the executable.
-
- Bug reports, flames, etc. to me at the following address.
-
- Jan van den Baard
- Bakkerstraat 176
- 3082 HE, Rotterdam
- Holland
-
- Fido: 2:500/29 (Jan van.den.Baard)
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