FlashScreens V1 32bit for Windows 95
written by Carlos Moya



CONTENTS
---Installation and required files
---Overview
---Registration and Support
---Bugs
---Version History


**INSTALLATION AND REQUIRED FILES**

Required files:
Microsoft VB4 runtime files. This self-installing package
can be found at the FlashScreens Home Page at
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/1904/stuff.html

Send any questions or comments to be81756@binghamton.edu

To Install, run the Setup.exe program. If you are upgrading from a
previous version make sure to specify the same folder on your hard drive
as the previous version when prompted during the Setup process.


**OVERVIEW**

FlashScreens is a "virtual screens" manager. The program allows you to
have a slew of programs open at one time without cluttering up your
desktop or the taskbar. You can specify a screen for your word processing
tasks, programming tasks, internet browsing, so on and so forth. Whatever
window is opened in the current screen will disappear when you switch to
another screen. Unlike in other virtual screens programs, the window
disappears from the taskbar also! You can move windows from screen to
screen, copy windows to other screens, and specify which windows will
traverse all the screens. Furthermore, each screen has its own
"QuickStart" toolbar, a handy alternative to the Start Menu where you can
create shortcuts to your programs and launch multiple programs and
documents with a single click. The small QuickAccess buttons provide
shortcuts to commonly used functions such as starting the screen saver or
clipboard viewer or temporarily hiding all open windows so you can get at
the desktop quickly and easily. Plus much more.


**Registration and Support**

Visit the FlashScreens Home Page on the Word Wide Web at
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/1904/flashscreens.html

If you have questions regarding FlashScreens or if you wish to receive an
upgrade, I can be reached at the address listed below. If the first
address (mine) is out of order you may send your message to one
of the others.

be81756@binghamton.edu
         -or-
ndiaz@bucknell.edu
ec7986@cnsvax.albany.edu

If you wish to register FlashScreens send
a check or money order for $15 to:

********************************
*  Carlos Moya                 *
*  RE: FlashScreens            *
*  535 West 51 Street #5G      *
*  New York, NY 10019          *
********************************

See the Order.txt file for more information on how to register-
in the FlashScreens options menu click the 'Order...' option.


**Known Bugs**

If the user changes the color of Windows 95's screen elements
while FlashScreens is running, the icons on the QuickStart
toolbar will not reflect any changes made to the background.
Workaraound: after changing the colors add a button (then
delete it) to the QuickStart toolbar to refresh the icons.

When switching screens some applications may hold up FlashScreens.
Hiding or displaying a window is contingent on that window's
responsiveness and if a particular window is busy doing something
else FlashScreens will not be able to continue until that Window
responds by hiding or displaying itself. This is a property of
Windows 95 itself and not FlashScreens.


**Version History**

1.3
-A new MultiStart utility integrates into Windows 95 and allows
you to easily create shortcuts that launch multiple programs and
documents.
-The Move/Mirror/Transcend/Float window functions have been
consolidated into one intuitive and powerful window. Windows are now
listed with their icons and windows from other screens can be
managed even if that screen isn't the current screen.
-A 'Show All Screens' function allows the user to display all the
windows in all the screens as if FlashScreens wasn't running.
-Buttons can now be created by dropping files on to the QuickStart
toolbar.
-Improved keyboard support including the use of 'hot-keys'. 
-Plus many other small bug fixes and improvements. 

1.2.1
-Fixed the program for users running in 'Large Font' mode.

1.2
-The user can now specify several options including which
QuickAccess buttons (Clipboard, Screen Saver, etc.) appear in the
FlashScreens window.
-A Task Manager button added to the FlashScreens window
-The user now has the ability to control whether FlashScreens
appears in the system tray (next to the clock).
-FlashScreens now exits cleanly when Windows shuts down. Previously,
the new runtime files installed by MS Office 97 caused temp files to
remain in the temp folder when FlashScreens shut down due to
Windows shutting down- these files are created by the VB runtime
engine and NOT FlashScreens, however this problem has been corrected
by having FlashScreens identify when Windows is shutting down and
react accordingly.
-And a few other improvements.

1.1
-A convinient show desktop and clipboard feature added
-Fixed an error that occurred when a QuickStart buttons contained
a comma in its properties
-User now has the option to specify whether a screen's icon or name
will be displayed in the FlashScreens bar
-Other small improvements and bug fixes

1.0
-First version


