IDYLE TRAY MINIMIZER (C) 1997 by Damien Ramé ============================================================ Mail: idyle@usa.net WWW: http://pages.infinit.net/idyle/idyle-soft/ ============================================================ 1. WHAT IS IDYLE TRAY MINIMIZER ? ------------------------------ Ever tired up of those app that were designed for Windows 3.1 and would be very cool to have in the tray? Ever asked yourself why the programmer of this app didn't put the option to minimize to the tray, because you are using often enough and would like it? Well, now, the choice is all *yours*. Idyle TrayMinimizer will execute an application (.exe, .com, .lnk or .bat) and give it the ability to minimize to the tray it didn't have before! It will be minimized using the progam's main icon, and its main window name. Really as if it was natively minimized!! Try the examples in 'Idyle TrayMinimizer' folder in the Start Menu after installation, and see for your self. Oh! By the way, did I mention it? Idyle TrayMinimizer is totally *free* of use, so why not use it ?! 2. WHAT APPS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH TRAY MINIMIZER ? ---------------------------------------------- Well, I couldn't put an exhaustive list of all apps, but so far, *many* (in fact, all but one) have worked no problems, including big boys like MS Word. There is one I know of who won't work, it's Internet Explorer 4.0 (beta). As this one is more integrated in the system, it can't be controled as the others are. 3. HOW TO USE IDYLE TRAY MINIMIZER ------------------------------- To use Idyle TrayMinimizer, you only have to launch it with the filename of the program to launch, and its parameters. For example, to create a trayed 'Dos Prompt', you'd launch that with this command: > TrayMinimizer C:\Command.Com To launch a trayed notepad, you'd do that: > TrayMinimizer C:\Windows\Notepad.Exe "C:\Program Files\MyDoc.Txt" Please note that the complete path to the application must be included. You can also put as many parameters as you wish. Since it can be long to type all this all the time, you would want to create shortcuts to your most favorite now-trayed apps, for example, create a shortcut with this properties in your Startup folder: Target: C:\Idyle TrayMinimizer\TrayMinimizer.Exe C:\Command.Com Another useful way is to create a TrayMinimizer shortcut on your desktop, and drag-and-drop programs/shortcuts on its icon. See your Windows 95 documentation on how to create shortcuts. 4. REQUIREMENTS ------------ To use Idyle TrayMinimizer, you need a machine on which Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 is installed. The program takes very little space, so you'll only need about 400kb of free hard disk space. 5. INSTALLATION ------------ To install Idyle TrayMinimizer, just double click on the file 'itmsetup.exe' and follow the online instructions. This program will normally create a group and short cuts you can use as examples. 6. UNINSTALLATION -------------- To uninstall Idyle TrayMinimizer, run the 'Uninstall Idyle TrayMinimizer' item in your start menu. You can also simply delete the directory where you installed Idyle TrayMinimizer. Please note that Idyle TrayMinimizer is a very clean installation/uninstallation system. No registry bothering, no Windows system directory butchering. 7. SUPPORT ------- Idyle TrayMinimizer is free, but you won't get any support for it. If you know of to make a shortcut, then you're all set. If you don't, consult your Windows 95 manual. If you think you found a real bug, feel free to leave me an e-mail. If you want to give good comments, click that email client you minimized to the tray ;-) Please feel free to visit Idyle's web site at : http://pages.infinit.net/idyle/idyle-soft/ as you might find new versions, or other products you might like ! 8. OTHER SOFTWARE FROM IDYLE SOFTWARE ---------------------------------- Idyle Phone Book 97 / Idyle Phone Book PRO 97 : A personal/business contact manager you'll want to take a look at. Available in both french and english, it will allow you to keep your addresses, phones, internet info as well as businesses on one nice user interface. You'll also be able to import/export data to/from popular formats and print nice booklets to keep with you when away from your computer. Idyle Nosey Neighbor 97 : Coming soon! 8. DISCLAIMER ---------- THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY. THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL I, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.