fitwell wrote:
p.s., what's not needed is a launcher that goes into the systray or
that's like an additional start menu or that does what regular program
launchers do - these are very restrictive though admittedly very
useful for many things.
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http://powerpro.webeddie.com/
what can Powerpro do?
This is a general summary of PowerPro's features:
· Powerpro provides many user actions for launching programs and
commands, such as bar buttons, menu items, hotkeys, mouse actions,
scheduled commands, or from a script.
· Whichever user action you choose to launch an application, you can
also choose how it will be launched. For example PowerPro has a "Switch
to if active" checkbox (which prevents accidentally starting a program
twice); you can start an application maximised, minimised, hidden, etc;
specify whether it should have OnTop status; define its exact window
size and position. You can even automate sending commands to an
application every time it starts, such as switching Explorer to Details
view.
There are other ways to start programs (such as ordinary toolbar
programs, or Desktop shortcuts, or the Start Menu) but PowerPro can
start programs with more customisable options.
· PowerPro offers several ways to control a running program, such as
sending simulated keystrokes to a specified window, or simulating mouse
clicks and movements anywhere on the screen.
· Powerpro provides many ways to switch between tasks. You can make an
"active bar" as an improved substitute for the Windows TaskBar; or if
you prefer, create your own Task Switching Menu, shown by a hotkey perhaps.
· Powerpro offers many ways to configure and control the Windows system
and Windows features such as Explorer, the Clipboard, the Desktop, etc.
· Powerpro bars can be positioned, colored and sized in many ways. You
can even apply skins to bars.
· The menus you create with Powerpro are also very customisable in
appearance with submenus and conditional sections.
· The variety of results you can set for clicking a bar button or a menu
item is limited only by your imagination of what you would like it to
do. Read here about the demonstration bars.
· Powerpro can retrieve a wide range of information about the system and
running programs, then display that information however you wish. Or use
the retrieved information as parameters in your commands.
· It can be set to monitor the computer for various conditions then
respond with a warning message or an action, such as automatically
starting your email program and a timer whenever the modem connects.
· Powerpro can replace many small utilities such as a tray utility, a
virtual desktops program, a sticky notes program and more. By using
PowerPro's tray features, vdesks, notes, etc, instead of dozens of small
programs, you can integrate all of these into a single user interface of
your own design. Also the parts can be made to interact with each other
in more interesting ways.
· Not only is there unlimited variety to what different users create
with PowerPro. There is also variety in how they create it. One user
will develop a comprehensive setup without writing a single script, only
using the GUI dialogs. Another will prefer to use their text editor to
create file based scripts and .ini files to define their configuration.
tip
PowerPro has an exceptionally large set of features. Nobody can learn to
use all of it in one day. Therefore it is best to start by using just
one or two features which you need most, then gradually develop a more
complicated PowerPro configuration.
I hope you will find PowerPro useful in many practical ways, and enjoy
discovering what you can do with it.
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