Release Notes for VBWitch

    VBWitch is a set of utilities I find I need when using
Visual Basic. It provides the following facilities:

	* an icon-based project launcher
	* a tool to automate the pasting of Sub, Function,
	Constant, and other declarations
	* a tool to let you open binary source files
	which VB refuses to load because of name conflicts
	* a minimal screen-capture, useful for bringing
	icon and toolbar images into your image editor
	* a launching facility for programs such as help
	files and utilities
	* a desktop sweeper which pops all open windows
	to a user specified position with a single click

Although WBWitch is a single executable file, its components
can be invoked separately to avoid desktop clutter.

I have attempted to expose as many configuration options
as possible through the .ini file. If you wish to alter
the program's behavior, check the documentation. If the
desired settings are not available, or if you experience
any untoward behavior or other difficulties with this
program, let me know and I'll try to address them in a
future release.

And now:

  ------------------------WARNING! --------------------

  THIS PROGRAM MANIPULATES VB SOURCE FILES BY UNORTHODOX
  METHODS. READ THE DOCUMENTATION AND TEST IT THOROUGHLY
  BEFORE USING IT ON IMPORTANT PROJECTS. NO WARRANTY IS
  IMPLIED AND NO RESPONSIBILITY IS ACCEPTED FOR ITS USE.

  This warning is necessary because "Peeper", the binary
file viewing utility, enables you to load files into a
project when VB refuses to do so by copying and altering
the file. It alters a file by string manipulations.
It will produce a file you can load into a project and
view, but the file should be regarded as corrupt and most
often certainly will be.

  This utility will not alter your original source code.
  It manipulates copies only.

  Although the files it produces may in some cases work
fine, and in others appear to do so, the files should be
used for temporary purposes only, such as viewing code or
pasting code into other modules, and be destroyed afterward.
These files should not be permanently incorporated into a
project!
  They will all have the extension ".ppr" to help you
distinguish them, and they will all be placed in the "...\temp\"
subdirectory of this app, along with a copy of the original
they were derived from and a ".log" file noting changes.
This directory should be regularly flushed.
  Use the ".ppr" file as a text resource, or save it
as text and reload it before using it as source code.

Other Notes:
	Another problem you may have is with the pasting
behavior of the auto-declarer. It appends declarations to
the end of the 'general'-'declarations' sections, out of
alphabetical or whatever other order you may be using.
I can find no easy way to improve this, so the default is
to paste to the clipboard, which requires you to paste it
in from there.
	Lastly, the files the Autodec reads have been trimmed
of keywords and comments. Provision is made for you to modify
these files and provide three additional user-defined files.
I have included a small utility which can strip the text
files provided with VB to produce files of the needed format.
With a little work, it can also be made to merge such files,
so that version updates can be accomodated.

Other Notes:
	VBWitch is shareware. It is not crippled in any way.
If you like it, you may register it for $10. If you don't, or
have any problems, comments, or suggestions, please pass
them along.
	To register, send 10$ to:

		Sui Ling
		Exile Software
		2816 Shaye Lane
		Ft. Worth, Texas
		76112
	
		or:
		
		Compuserve: 100267,546
	
	You may also register on Compuserve:
		
		(GO SWREG)
		 ID 2383

	You may redistribute the unmodified files.

	This version does not include a help file, but the
operating instructions, shortcut keys, switches, and ini
file settings for the various components are described in
"help.wri", along with a list of all the essential files.