History:
Version 1.1 - 10/01/07
- Delay by showing decreased;
- New menu options;
- Bug fixing.
How To Install:
Download and unzip the package. Start the file Setup.exe. Drag’n'drop the file MacSwitch.zip onto dialog window (or select it directly). Click “Install” in the next window - the application will installed. Run the shortcut “MacSwitch.lnk”
How To Use:
Press Alt+Tab. After short delay (see below) you get the main window of application. Navigate with Alt+Tab, Shift+Alt+Tab or directly click the target icon. You can get the float menu with runned tasks any time by Shift+(Middle maus button click) onto screen. To exit or restart application right click the main window. To set new label of runned program or to change the assigned icon, right click the target icon and select “Properties of Item”. The PNG and ICO files are supported. The size 128×128 pixels is recommended. Too small or too large pictures will be resized to 128×128 pixels. The 96×96 and 64×64 pixels pictures will be created automatically. If you add many new PNGs with right names (name_of_executable.exe.png) into the folder Images\128 and select “Resize all” from context menu, all new pictures will be correctly resized and will be added into Images\96 and Images\64 folders. Use additional tags
and
to add the name of the opened document or current folder to the label of runned application. It is maximal 16 characters long. The MacSwitch shows the main window with short delay - it make two screenshots to full emulation of alpha-blending and transparency. Set SimplyGUI=1 in the file MacSwitch.ini to speeding.
Some notes:
If you don’t see the main application window of icons, try to download and copy into main folder the free Microsoft GDI+, To download the DLL, search for the following phrase at www.microsoft.com: gdi redistributable. It is not tested. Be sure that “Write Combining” in your Screen Options is ON.