Help Contents on CBW IconPad for Windows

CBW IconPad provides a grand new way to help you use Microsoft Windows. There are at least Ten Good Reasons to use CBW IconPad for Windows. This help file includes everything that you need to know about IconPad.

Overviews

About CBW IconPad for Windows

Overview IconPad for Windows 2.0

Functions inside CBW IconPad

Menu for IconPad Window

Menu for Program GroupsProgram Group Property Menu

Program Item Menu

Menu for System Resources Viewer

Program ShortCut (Version 2.0+)

Active Task List

Purchase the Registered Copies of CBW IconPad for Windows

How To

How to Move and Resize IconPad windows

How to Make IconPad Window Stays on Top

How to Make Resources Viewer Stays on Top

How to Show or Hide Program Manager

How to Show or Hide Resources Viewer

How to Run a Program from Command Line

How to Exit IconPad

How to Exit Windows from IconPad

How to Switch to Another Application without Alt-Tab

How To Create a New Program Group

How to Delete a Program Group

How to Change Program Group Properties

How to Create a New Program Item

How to Delete a Program Item

How to Change Properties of the Program Item

About

CBW Technology, Inc.


About CBW IconPad for Windows

CBW IconPad for windows is a grand new windows desktop software. It was built above Microsoft Program Manager. IconPad provides the fastest way to let you access you windows' resources by just click your mouse without using TAB key. IconPad provides the newest software feature --- Click on right button. You can make an action happen right away.

IconPad consists of two windows. One is called IconPad window and another is System Resource Viewer window. The style for IconPad window looks like this

and the System Resources Viewer looks like

You can move and resize the IconPad window. You also can move the System Resources Viewer window.


Functions inside IconPad

Program Groups

Program Items


Functions for Program Groups

In IconPad, the program groups names are shown inside file folders tabs. You can

* click the tab to select the program group that you want to access;

* click the small left arrow button or right arrow button in right bottom of the window to scroll the tab set to left or right if the program group is not shown on the window. And then click that program group;

* push down the right button of your mouse on the tab set area, a menu that contains a list of program groups will be popped up, you can select the program group from the popped menu.

See Also

Functions inside IconPad


Functions for Program Items

IconPad shows icons for all the program items without displaying the program description. When your mouse moves to any one of those icons, you will see a yellow color hint window popped up and tells you the program description.

How to Find a Program

How to Run a Program

Change Properties for a Program Item


How to Find a Program

To find a program you want, you can

* Drag your mouse inside the program icon's area. If you drag your mouse out of the program icons area, the program icons will scroll to left or right;

* click [image] or [image] to scroll the program icons to left or right.

See Also

Functions for Program Items

How to Run a Program

Change Properties for a Program Item


How to Run a Program

Select a program from program icons list and double click it to run. Or you can pop up  shortcut list and run the program from there if appliable.

See Also

Run a Program from Command LineRun a Program from ShortCut Menu


Run a Program from Command Line

Pop up the IconPad System Menu, select Run... menu item. It is same as the Run... function in Microsoft Program Manager. For more information about Microsoft Program Manager, see windows help file \windows\progman.hlp.


Change Properties for Program Items

To change the program properties, you need go to Microsoft Program Manager. IconPad can only read the information from the group files. It can not change anything to group files. IconPad must work with Microsoft Program Manager together.

See Also

How to Activate Program Manager


How to Active Program Manager
How to Activate Program Manager

Initially, Microsoft Program Manager will be hidden after IconPad runs. You can reactivate Program Manager by selecting the menu item Show Program Manager under Options menu in IconPad System Menu.

After you finish working with Program Manager, you can go to Options menu again and select Hide Program Manager menu if you do not like the Program Manager appears in the task switching window.


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CompuServe users can go SWREG to register IconPad for Windows. The registration ID# is 5757. Other users can order CBW IconPad for Windows from CBW Technology, Inc. by payment with check or money order.

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How to Move and Resize IconPad Windows

You can move IconPad window and Resources Viewer window anywhere you want very easily.

To move IconPad window:

Move your mouse cursor to the following indicated area, and hold down the mouse left button. You will see a dot line rectangle appears around the IconPad window. The window is in the moving mode. You can drag your mouse anywhere around screen. At the position you like, release the mouse left button. The IconPad window will be moved over there.

The areas can be used to move the window

To size IconPad window:

You can resize IconPad window in horizontal directions (You can change the width of the window). You cannot resize it in vertical directions (You cannot change the height of the window). To resize IconPad window, hold down your mouse left button on the windows vertical borders as following indicated area. You will see a cursor like this [image] and a dot line rectangle around the window. You can drag your mouse left or right to resize the dot line window. At the position you want, release the mouse left button. The IconPad window will be resized to desired size.

The areas can be used to resize window

To move Resources Viewer window

Move your mouse cursor to Resources Viewer window, and hold down the mouse left button. You will see a dot line rectangle appears around the Resources Viewer window. The window is in the moving mode. You can drag your mouse anywhere around screen. At the position you like, release the mouse left button. The Resources Viewer window will be moved over there.

You cannot resize Resources Viewer window.


Menu for IconPad Window

You can active a popup menu in IconPad window by holding down your mouse right button in following areas.

The menu items in this popup menu are

Run...

Exit IconPad ...

Exit Windows ...

Refresh IconPad

Show(Hide) Program Manager

Show(Hide) System Resources

Options

Always On Top

Alignment

Top

Bottom

Left

Right

Show Hint

Help

Reset menu items are application names for a quick Switch To ... action.


About CBW Technology, Inc.

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PO Box 1354,

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Switch Between Applications

There are a number of ways to switch between applications. You can open Microsoft Program Manager to get more help.

In IconPad, you can select the menu item Switch To... to open Task List. Select the application, and then choose the Switch To button or press ENTER.


Exit IconPad

To close CBW IconPad for Windows, select menu item Exit IconPad... from the popup menu of IconPad window.


Exit Windows

You exit windows directly from IconPad by selecting the menu item Exit Windows... from the popup menu of IconPad window.


Refresh IconPad

If you want to reload the icons in the IconPad window, you can select the menu item Refresh from the popup menu of IconPad window. You seldom need to do that.


Show or Program Manager
Show or Hide Program Manager

You can make Program Manager visible by selecting the menu item Show Program Manager from the popup menu of IconPad window if Program Manager is invisible. Oppositely, you can make Program Manager invisible by selecting the menu item Hide Program Manager from the popup menu of IconPad window if Program Manager is visible. At the first time you run IconPad, Program Manager is invisible.


Show or Hide System Resources Viewer

You can make System Resources Viewer visible by selecting the menu item Show System Resources from the popup menu of IconPad window if System Resources Viewer window is invisible. Oppositely, you can make System Resources Viewer window invisible by selecting the menu item Hide System Resources from the popup menu of IconPad window if System Resources Viewer window is visible. At the first time you run IconPad, System Resources Viewer window is visible.


IconPad Window Stay on Top

You can make IconPad window stay on the top most. Select the menu item Always On Top under menu item Options from popup menu of IconPad window. This is a toggle menu item. You select it again to remove always on top property. The default value is always on top.

If you have some problem with this property, just simply click IconPad window, you can fix it.


Alignment function for IconPad

You can use alignment menu items under Options menu item from popup menu of IconPad window to position IconPad window.


Menu for System Resources Viewer

To activate the menu for System Resources Viewer window, hold down your mouse right button. There is only one menu item in this menu. It is Always on Top.


Resources Viewer Stay on Top

Select the toggle menu item Always on Top to set or clear this property. If you lose this property something, click the Resources Viewer window or IconPad window.


Menu for Quick Jump Between Program Groups

You can activate the program group's menu by hold down your mouse right button within following area.

right here

To quick switch program group, hold down your mouse right button, Select the group you want. Release you mouse right button. IconPad will be jump to the group you selected.


Five Reasons to Use CBW IconPad for Windows
Seven Reasons to Use CBW IconPad for Windows

	CBW IconPad	Program Manager
How to switch to another application?	Hold down your mouse right button on [image] and select the application from the popup menu.	Use Alt-Tab, one, two, three, four, .... Oops, I just passed the one I want, I got do it again. One, two, three, four ...
How do you lunch another program from the current application?	Just a double-clicks on the program icon in CBW IconPad.	1. Switch back to Program Manager; 2. Open the program group if it is not opened; 3. Double-click the program icon.
How can you find out that how many system resources are free in your computer.	You do not need to do anything. IconPad constantly tells you how many system resources are free.	1. Switch back to Program Manager; 2. Select Help drop down menu item; 3. Select About Program Manager menu item; 4. Close About window.
Is mouse right button working?	Yes, you can use your mouse right button to activate the popup menus. This is the feature of all new softwares.	No, not support at all.
Can you constantly access you most favourate programs?	Yes, you can use shortcut functions in IconPad.	No, the shortcut features will be supported in Windows 95.
Does it have 3D GUI?	Yes, it has nice 3D looking.	No.
How do you use menu to switch to a different program group?	No matters how many program groups you have, just hold your mouse right button, move to the group you want and release the right button. That is it. It is as simple as a click.	1. Switch back to Program Manager; 2. Select the drop down menu Window; 3. If you have more than 9 program groups in your windows, you may have to select More Windows... menu; 4. Scroll up or down to find out where is the program group; 5. Push the OK button.
Does it have the scheduler?	Yes, up to 16 scheduled event can be put into schedule list.	Not at all
Does it support the media player?	Yes, support inside the scheduler.	No.
Can it stay on top most?	Yes	Not at all.

After you got familiar with CBW IconPad for Windows, you may find out more benifits to use it. More you use it, more you like it.


How to switch to another application without using Alt-Tab

With IconPad for Windows, you can switch to another application without using Alt-Tab. Its quicker and easier. Just hold down you mouse right button, you will get a popup menu. The applications is listed in the bottom of the menu.


Program ShortCut (Version 2.0+)

IconPad for Windows provides the ShortCut function. You can put the most frequently use programs into a shortcut list. When you lanch those programs, you dont need to go to the group folder to find out where they are. You can simply hold down you mouse right button above the shortcut button [image]. You will see a shortcut program list poped up. You can select the program item from the list to lanch it. To create the shortcut list, you can

* Click the shortcut button [image], specify the program items that you want put them into the shortcut list. It is similar with creating program items in Microsoft Program Manager.

* Click the program items from group folder, hold the Shift key and drag the program item to shortcut button, drop it above the shortcut button.

You also can the appearance order of program items in the shortcut list. To do this --- Drag the small button on the left of Program Description up/down in ShortCut Definition Window to change the order.

See Also

Define Program ShortCut window


Overview IconPad for Windows 2.0

The following picture shows how you can active IconPad functions.

A	Drag here to change the size of IconPad Window;

B	Hold down your mouse right button right here to pop up IconPad menu;

C	Drag here to move IconPad window;

D	Click here to scroll program item list;

E	Double click the program item run launch it;

F	Drag the program item to scroll program item list to left or right;

G	Hold down the shift key and drag the program item to copy the program item to ShortCut list, move program item from one group to another, or change the appearance of program item in the program item list; (When you see a drag and drop cursor appear, you can release the shift key.)

H	Click the program item to select program item;

J	Hold down your mouse right here to pop up the program group list;

K	Hold dow the shift key and drag the group tab to change to appearance of group tabs in the group tab list; (When you see a drag and drop cursor appear, you can release the shift key.)

L	Click the group tab to make the group become the current group;

M	Click here to scroll the groups;

N	Click here to open the IconPad help file;

O	Hold down your mouse right button to see IconPad for Windows Logo;

P	Click here to open the desktop Switch To window;

Q	Hold down your mouse right button to pop up the list of program are running. You can select one to quick switch;

R	Click here to open ShortCut Definition window;

S	Hold down your mouse right button to pop up the shortcut program list. You can select one to run;


Define Program ShortCut

The following figure is Define Program ShortCut window. To active this window you either can click the shortcut button or drag the program item and drop it over the shortcut button. To change the appearance of program items in the shortcut list, you can drap the small gray button on the left of program item description up / down.


Task List (Version 2.0+)

You can use IconPad for Windows to quick switch applications without using Alt-Tab key. To do that, hold down your mouse right button on Tasks button [image]. The task list will be poped up. You can select the task you want right there. Only enabled task will be show in the list.

See Also

Switch between applications


Drag and Drop Groups

You can drag and drop the program groups to reorder their appearance. To enter the drag mode, hold the shift key first. When you see the drag cursor come out, you can release it.

The order will be memorized by IconPad even you restart it.


Drag and Drop Program Items

You can make a program item enter drag mode by holding shift key and drag the program item. After the program item enters dragging mode, you can drag it and drop it over following different places:

1. Drop it over some program item. This action will insert the dragged program item into current program item position;

2. Drop it over some program group. This action will move the program item from original group to another;

3. Drop it over ShortCut button [image]. This action will add this program item into the shortcut list. The Define Program Shortcut will be poped up to let you confirm or do some modification.


How to create a new program group

You can popup the program group properties menu and select menu item New...


Program Group Properties Menu

In Group Tab area, hold the shift key and hold your mouse right button, you will see following menu.

New...

Delete...

Property...


How to delete the current program group

You can popup the program group properties menu and select menu item Delete...


How to Change the Properties of Current Program Group

You can popup the program group properties menu and select menu item Property... to change the properties.


Program Item Popup Menu

In Program Items Grid area, hold your mouse right button, you will see following menu.

New...

Delete...

Property...


How to Create a new Program Item

You can popup the Program Item Menu and select menu item New... to create a new one.


How to Delete a Program Item

You can select the program item that you want to delete, popup the Program Item Menu and select menu item Delete... to delete the program item.


How to Change to Properties of Program Item

You can select the program item that you want to chnage, popup the Program Item Menu and select menu item Property... to change its properties.