AutoMover

     AutoMover�@Ver1.3E

                                          Hiroyuki Hoshika ( NIFTY-Serve CXC00667 )

  Translated by Hitoshi Ozawa

    ---- An Windows accessory to move hidden windows to where they can be seen ----

  Sometimes, windows (e.g. Program Manager window or File Manager window) will hide a windows

which you really want to see.  To find the window in such a circumstance, maximized windows must

be resized or minimized and windows must be flipped through.  Once you find the window you were

looking for, it is difficult to get other windows back to what they were before you began the

search.  (Using Task Manager or flipping through windows by pressing Alt+Tab or Alt+Esc keys

takes too much time to find the exact window.)

  If even just a small part of a window is peeking through, it is possible to just click it to

move it to the top of other windows.  Won't a accessory that will always make part of a window

peek be beneficial.  If you think so, AutoMover is for you.

Features

Installation

Uninstallation

How to Use AutoMover

Environment

Releases

Legal Matters

Registration

Support


Installation

  Before installing AutoMover on your system, be sure read and understand the terms outlined in

Legal Matters.

  To install AutoMover, please check that all of the following files is included

in AUTMOV.LZH file.  If some files are 	missing, please contact the developer.

AUTOMOVE.EXE    Execution file

NHIDEDLL.DLL     Link file

AMEHELP.HLP      Help file

README.TXT        The file you are reading right now

  If all the above files are included in the AUTOMOV.LZH file, move all the files to a

single directory.  Run the AUTOMOVE.EXE file from the File Manager or from the Program Manager (choose

[FILE]-[RUN]). (It is recommended that Automover be added to the

StartUp group in Program Manager to execute it every time Windows is

started).

WARNINGS:

1.If you are upgrading from an older version of Automover, please

  exit the Automover that is currently running on you system before

  installing the new version.  Furthermore, do not delete

  (overwrite) the AUTOMOVE.INI file if you want to preserve the

  current settings.

2.AUTOMOVER.EXE will make changes to the WIN.INI file.

3.AUTOMOVE.INI file will be created in the current directory(the

  directory where AUTOMOVER.EXE is located).

NOTE:

 -AutoMover will not change the WIN.INI file.

 -AutoMover will not create a INI file in the Windows directory.


Uninstallation

  To remove AutoMover from your system, just delete every file in the directory where it has been

installed.  No other files have been created or changed by AutoMover.


Environment

  �@�@�@Necessary Platform:�@	MS-Windows 3.1

�@�@�@�@Development Language:�@	Microsoft Visual C++

Tested:

    NEC PC9821As

    NEC PC-H98s model U8

    GATEWAY2000 P4D-100

    Think Pad 500


Releases

Ver1.3                                          August 21, 1994

1.Change main window to a tool window

2.Add window size after move to be set

3.Change window trail

4.Change Option dialog box

5.Fixed few other minor points

Ver1.2                                          July 6, 1994

1.Add trail option during automove

2.Fix size after move to Caption size + Move frame size

3.Add Cascade windows display option

4.Add Tile windows display option

5.Able AutoMover to be selected in "Fixed windows" and "Always display".

6.Fixed few other minor points

Ver1.1                                          April 22, 1994

1.Flip Desktop

2.Move to top as possible

3.Able properties of the top most window

4.Fix other defects

Ver1.0

Initial Release


Legal Matters

Liability

The author and the developer of this software will not take any

responsibilities for any damages that may occur with the use of this

software.  The files contained in AUTMOV.LZH are distributed

"as is" and without any expressed and implied warranties.  The user

assumes the entire risk of using the software.

Copyright

This program and data files  within are copyrighted to Hiroyuki Hoshika.  No

part of this program or data may be reproduced, in any form or by any

means, without a written permission from Hiroyuki Hoshika.

Distribution

The Automover is a shareware, but can be freely distributed, but only

in its original AUTMOV.LZH file.  Do not change the content or

properties of the AUTMOV.LZH file or the files contained.


Registration

AutoMover is a shareware.  To use it on a continuous basis, please submit a payment of US$15.00 to cover

the cost of operations.  The payment can be submitted from the SWREG forum in the CompuServe.

SWREG number:4043

We will send a registration number within 2 weeks.

It is also possible to submit a check, but it will require from 4-6 weeks to send a registration number.

Upon registration, we will send a registration number which is required to keep AutoMover menu from

appearing after 2 weeks.  There is yet no other manual or floppy disk that will come with the submission of

payment.  Furthermore, we will not ship AutoMover program on a floppy disk.  Please down-load the software

from the bulletin board system.  These procedures are used to keep our cost of operation down and offer

you software at a low price.

We are willing to provide free registration numbers to editors and other writers who wish to evaluate and

write an article about AutoMover.  We are also prepared to provide free registration numbers to physically

challenged persons who might benefit from use of AutoMover.  Please send me a mail for further information

pertaining to these matters.

Payment methods:

Sending a Check

Registering by CompuServe SWREG


Sending a Check

1. Print out the Registration Form (ORDFRM.WRI - use Write included with Windows to print this form

out) included in the AUTMOV.LZH file.  Write a check for US$15.00 to Yasuko Ozawa and put it in the envelope with the

registration form.  Send this envelope to the following address:

Yasuko Ozawa

1190 Hohlfelder Rd.

Glencoe, IL  60022

U.S.A.

2. I will send you a AutoMover registration number within 4-6 weeks (period will depend on the mail address

and on the mail service) by E-mail (if I could reach you) or by a letter.  If you do not receive my mail

after this period, please notify me.  Your letter might have gotten lost.

3. When you receive my mail with your AutoMover registration number, enter this number when AutoMover

program prompts you for a registration when a program is started.

4. Finally , please copy the registration number and keep it in a safe place.  You will need it again if you

ever need to reinstall AutoMover.


Support

We will provide support for the software and offer new versions of the software through CompuServe E-

mail and other E-mail system which we have access to.

If you have any question, opinion, suggestions, or other comments, please send an E-mail to:

Hitoshi Ozawa	    CompuServe:100220,3402

I will not be available on the following days:

Dec. 22 to Jan.6

April 22 to May 10

August 1 to August 17

Registration submitted in these days will be processed after I return.


Features

 Automover has following features:

     1. Move hidden window to a place where it can be viewed.

Move has the following options:

a) Make it appear at the top as possible

b) Do not move icons

c) Display outlines of windows before moving

d) Specify how many dots a window must be displaying

   to be moved

e) Specify how many dots a windows will be displaying

   after it has been moved

     2. Fix a window position you do not want to be moved to a location.

     3. Hide itself from a process (will not be listed in a task list).

     4. Able to make a window always appear on top.

     5. Able to move the very bottom window (could be hidden behind other

windows) appear on top with a press on a mouse button.

     6. Reverse the ordering of windows.

     7. Cascade windows without resizing them.

     8. Tile windows without resizing them.


How to Use AutoMover

How to Move a Hidden Window

Main Window

Options

Control Menu


How to Move a Hidden Window

  When AutoMover is executed, it's window will appear minimized.  The program also will re-position

the windows so all windows will partially be visible on a screen if any of them is not maximized.


Main Window

Move the bottom window to the top.

However, if the bottom window is executing some special task, it might

not be moved.

Change the display order of every windows.

This is like flipping the desktop.

Cascade all windows not included in "Fixed windows".

(Window size will not be changed)

Tile all windows not included in "Fixed windows".

(Window size will not be changed)

Display AutoMover Options dialog box

Display AutoMover Help


Options

Move to near top

To move a hidden window to the top of other windows as possible, check this box.

(depending on a desktop status, a window may not always appear on top)

Fix icon positions

If icons should not be moved, check this box.

Show frames

Show window frames before moving them.

?? dots   Move if less than

Move a window if less than ?? dots of a window is displayed.

Value may be from 0 to 99.

(default: 3)

?? dots  Move to show

Set how many dots a window that is automatically moved should be displayed.

Value may be from 10 to 99.

(default: Caption size + Frame size)

Hide

To hide AutoMover, check this box.  To show AutoMover again,

re-execute AutoMover either from a Program Manager or File Manager.

Fixed windows

If there are windows that should not be automatically moved by AutoMover, choose the

[Set] button to the right of "Fixed windows".  [Fixed Windows] dialog box will appear.

Choose the [Add] button and click the left mouse button on a window that is to be fixed

to add a fixed window list.  A selection can be canceled by clicking the right mouse

button.  To remove a window from a list, select a window to be removed and choose the

[Remove] button.

�iAutoMover's position itself fixed)

Always display

If there are windows that should always be displayed, choose the [Set] button to the

right of "Always display".  [Always on Display] dialog box will appear.  Choose the

[Select] button and click the left mouse button on windows that should always be

displayed.  To cancel a selection, click the right mouse button or choose the [Remove]

button and click the left mouse button on a windows.

�iAutoMover itself can be selected as a window to be always displayed)


Control Menu

Options...

Display AutoMover Properties dialog box.

About...

Information about the current version will be displayed.

(AutoMover registration ID is also entered from this dialog box.