Progman-Groups V1.10, Copyright 1992 by Andreas Furrer

This is version 1.10 of Progman-Groups.


Progman-Groups gives you the possibility to have groups in
groups in the progammanager of Windows.
Because PRGGRP uses normal progman groups, you don't have 
any limitations.

The use is very simple.

1) Copy PRGGRP.EXE and PRGGRPH.DLL into your windows-directory

2) Make sure you don't have checked 'minimize on use' in the
   programmanager

3) Place PRGGRP.EXE in the Startup-Group and restart Windows.
   
4) Now, if you want to have for example a group Tools with subgroups
   Graphic-Tools, System-Tools, Printer-Tools and File-Tools,
   you create a group Tools and the four subgroups with the
   NEW-Command of programmanager. 
!  The first character of the subgroup-name MUST be a SPACE ' ' OR the 
   last character MUST be a POINT '.'. 
   (E.g. ' Graphic-Tools',' System-Tools','Printer-Tools.','File-Tools.')
	  !                !                            !             !
   This must be so, because the program PRGGRP watchs the groupnames 
   because it must distinguish between groups and subgroups.

5) Now, you create four items in the group Tools.
   Each item you give the name of one of the four subgroups
   and the command: PRGGRP.EXE Groupname.
   The parameter Groupname MUST be the same as the name of the groups in 4)!
   (A leading space is automatically inserted, but if the groupname
    has a point at the end you must include it)
   For example: Item1: Name:    Graphic-Tools
		       Command: PRGGRP.EXE Graphic-Tools               
		Item2: Name:    System-Tools
		       Command: PRGGRP.EXE System-Tools               
		Item3: Name:    Printer-Tools.
					     !
		       Command: PRGGRP.EXE Printer-Tools               
		Item4: Name:    File-Tools
		       Command: PRGGRP.EXE File-Tools.
						      !
6) The last thing you have do is to save the progman configuration now
   by simply pressing <ALT>+<SHIFT>+<F4>.

Now, if you minimize a subgroup, it will disappear and if you doubleclick
at the his icon in the group tools, it will be visible again.


The program PRGGRP is very simple. 
If you start it with a parameter, then tt only sends a command to
the programmanager to show the group which is named by the parameter.
This is done, if you doubleclick e.g. at the symbol Graphic-Tools in
the group Tools

If you minimze a group window, then PRGGRP checks if the group is
a subgroup. (A subgroup has a blank as the first or a point
as the last character of the name). If the group is a subgroup
then the PRGGRP hides the icon. 

You can have as many subgroups you want, but they must all have an
unique name and a name WITHOUT blanks inside (e.g. not 'File tools'!).

Also you can have a group in a group in a group.... in group.


IF you start PRGGRP twice you can see an icon with a systemmenu.
(If you like the icon, you can place TWO PRGGRP-icons in the
startup group and you always will have the icon.)

In the systemmenu you can do the following things:
- Temporarily disable:
    You disable the procedure to hide the icon. It will be
    usefull, if you want to change the properties of the subgroup
- Show hidden groups
    This shows all hidden groups. It will be usefull, if you want 
    to change the properties of the subgroup
- Hide hidden groups
    This hides all normaly hidden groups. It will be usefull, if you 
    have disabled PRGGRP for a time, or if you have shown all hidden
    groups
- About
     

PRGGRP works very fine, but there are two little restrictions
- cou can't have progmans 'minimize on use' enabled, because
  every time if you start PRGGRP to show a subgroup by doubleclicking
  one icon, progman will be a symbol.

- the submenu 'windows' of progman shows ALL groups and not only
  the visibles. 
  (But the dialog 'more window' will only show visible windows!)


You can use and distribute PRGGRP free, as long as the following files are 
not changed and you distribute all files together

- prggrp.exe
- prggrph.dll
- prggrp11.txt

I am programming PRGGRP because I have fun and not to make any profit. That's 
why PRGGRP is free and you don't have to pay more or less high registration 
charges.I think it is a bad habit, that more and more program authors want to 
have money even for the smallest programs.

Long lives the Freeware!


If you have problems, comments, suggestions or you detect one error, 
please E-Mail to

s_furrer@ira.uka.de


(c) 1992 by Andreas Furrer


Version history

1.10: The first good version of PRGGRP:
      Now, subgroup icons will disappear.
      You can now arrange your icons and have progmans 'arrange 
      automatically' enabled.
1.00: First version of PRGGRP.
      This was a only a simple version of PRGGRP.