1¾«ˆ8AABCDERunTime Version 1.0 Page:  RunTime Version 1.0 CopyRight © 1991 David Dickson Overview RunTime provides the ability to manage programs that you want to automatically LOAD or RUN at Windows startup. RunTime permits optional startup-time cancellation of any or all RUN and LOAD commands, as well as management of the candidate RUN and LOAD programs without editing the WIN.INI file. Installing RunTime To install RunTime, copy both RunTime.EXE and VBRUN100.DLL to your Windows directory, or to a directory in your PATH. If RunTime.EXE is not placed in a directory in your PATH, then the complete path to the program must be supplied (in lieu of just the name) in the following installation procedures. RunTime will not execute if VBRUN100.DLL is not in a directory in the PATH. Follow the two installation procedures below. WIN.INI File: Open the WIN.INI file (within your Windows subdirectory) using either NOTEPAD or SYSEDIT. Edit the LOAD= and RUN= lines to look as follows. LOAD= RUN=RUNTIME Program Item: Open the Group window where you wish to install RunTime (Windows Utility is suggested). Select NEW from the FILE menu. Select PROGRAM ITEM from the NEW PROGRAM OBJECT menu. Enter "RunTime" as the DESCRIPTION, "RUNTIME STANDBY" as the COMMAND LINE, and select OK. The RunTime icon will now appear in the Group window. Using RunTime After following the installation procedures above, RunTime may be executed in two ways. At Windows Startup: When Windows is started, RunTime will automatically be executed to RUN and LOAD the programs which you have specified. In this mode (Timer mode), RunTime waits for a specified number of seconds (See Time under Options below) before RUNing or LOADing programs. This interval provides you the opportunity to intervene in order to cancel or change what is to be RUN or LOADed. Note, if RunTime is started with no enabled programs in its RUN or LOAD inventory, then RunTime defaults to Standby mode rather than to Timer mode. Clicking the RunTime Icon: When you click the RunTime icon, RunTime starts in Standby mode. In Standby mode, RunTime will not RUN or LOAD programs unless you explicitly START the process. Standby mode is useful for adding and deleting programs from RunTime's RUN and LOAD inventory, and performing other RunTime functions as described below. Timer Mode Control When RunTime is automatically initiated at Windows startup, it appears in Timer mode. In this mode, RunTime waits a specified number of seconds before automatically RUNing and LOADing the programs in its RUN and LOAD inventory. Timer mode may be interupted and placed in Standby mode in any of four ways. 1. Clicking on any part of the Timer display. 2. Clicking on the Options menu. 3. Clicking on the RunTime window minimize control. 4. Pressing ALT+O (upper or lower case) on the keyboard. Standby Mode Control In Standby mode, there are a variety of control options available. Exit Button Exit from RunTime Depending on the parameters under Shell, the program manager shell is restored on exit. Start Button Start the RUN/LOAD process Enabled programs in the RUN and LOAD inventory are started. Depending on the parameters under Shell, the program manager shell is restored after LOADing and before RUNing enabled programs. Options Menu Select Options to control RunTime. The Options menu may be selected by clicking on the menu name or holding down the ALT key and pressing the "O" key on the keyboard. An option submenu or command may be selected by clicking on the submenu or command name, or when the name contains an underlined letter, by pressing that letter on the keyboard. Load Select Load to add, delete or edit programs in the LOAD inventory. An "*" to the right of Load indicates that at least one program is enabled for LOADing during the current run. Add Add programs to the LOAD inventory. Enter the complete path to the program to be LOADed. By default, the program is enabled for save and the current run. Select OK to save, Cancel to cancel. Disable Temporarily disable all LOAD programs. This has the same effect as clearing the "Enable this run" checkbox for each LOAD program. name Edit named LOAD program settings. A check to the left of the program name indicates the program is enabled for the current run. All fields may be edited. "Save as enabled" determines how the program is saved in RunTime's permanent inventory. "Enable this run" determines whether the program will be LOADable during this run of RunTime, and has no effect on the permanent saved setting. Select OK to save changes, Cancel to cancel. Select Delete to erase the program from the inventory. Run Select Run to add, delete or edit programs in the Run inventory. An "*" to the right of Run indicates that at least one program is enabled for RUNing during the current run. Add Add programs to the RUN inventory. See Add under Load. Disable Temporarily disable all RUN programs. See Disable under Load. name Edit named RUN program settings. See name under Load. Shell Select Shell to add, delete or edit a program manager shell. Add Specify a program manager shell When Windows executes RunTime at startup, Windows minimizes the program manager shell. If the control name of the program manager shell used is specified here (usually "Program Manager"), RunTime will restore the shell after LOADing. The control name must be entered exactly as it appears under the minimized icon for the program manager shell. If "Exit Enable" is selected, RunTime will also restore the shell when Exit is chosen after interuption of the Timer mode. Delete Delete the program manager shell. name Edit the named program manager shell settings. See Add above. Time Set the Timer mode interval. The Timer Mode interval may be set from 5 to 60 seconds. If not set, the interval defaults to 10 seconds. 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