TASKS Version 1.0 (07/25/90) Copyright 1990 by LyWhit Software TASKS INFORMATION TASKS is a Windows 3.0 Application that can display the following information: - Number of currently executing tasks - Type of processor (8086, 80186, 80286, 80386) - Math coprocessor existance - Mode Windows is executing in (Real, Standard, Enhanced) - Protected mode status - EMS type (Small or Large Frame) - Available Windows memory - Installed and available EMS memory - EMS driver version loaded TASKS can also display the following information in an Icon: - Number of currently executing tasks - Available Windows memory - Available EMS memory USING TASKS TASKS has three ICONS available for you to choose from the properties menu. These ICONS are the LyWhit Software logo, RAM FREE and TASKS. You can choose the ICON that displays the picture that best describes what you want to use TASKS for. When TASKS is started the box will appear at the top left corner of the display. The default is to display all the information. EMS memory installed, EMS memory used and EMS Driver version will only be displayed if you are in an EMS mode. TASKS has two main menu options: "Options" and "Help". Help has three choices for "Exit", "About" and "Help". "Exit" will terminate and "About" will display the version number of TASKS. "Help" will display a message that will tell you to read this file. On-line help will be implemented with the next version of TASKS. The Options menu has two choices for "Update Rate..." and "Icon is...". "Update Rate" will allow you to change the rate at which TASKS updates its information. The times range from .10 seconds to 60 seconds. The default rate is .10 seconds. "Icon is" will allow you to choose what TASKS will display when it is an ICON. The choices are "Tasks", "Windows Memory Free" or "EMS Memory Free". The default choice is Tasks. If you are not in an EMS mode the "EMS Memory Free" choice is disabled. When you minimize TASKS to an ICON it will display the number you requested in the ICON. This number will continue to be updated at the Update Rate that you selected. When the TASKS ICON is enlarged all the information will be displayed once again. COMMAND LINE You can also pass command line options to TASKS. These command line options tell TASKS which information you want to see in the icon. The default is Tasks. The other options are: /W - Show Windows memory available in Icon. /E - Show EMS memory available in Icon. The command line option will let you have three sets of TASKS icons available. Each of the three could have a different option that would display different information in the Icon. PROBLEMS, QUESTIONS or COMMENTS If you have problems or questions about TASKS please contact us at Compuserve ID 71511,1072 Or at the address below. SEND US ONE DOLLAR ($1) AND WE WILL WRITE MORE We are releasing TASKS and DRIVES into Shareware at the same time. We are asking for One Dollar for each of these programs. We are considering this a type of Vote. If we receive $200 nationwide we will consider it a YES vote to Windows utilities. If we don't receive $200 nationwide for these two programs we will consider it a NO vote to Windows Utilities If we can't get 200 people to send in $1 across the whole country then we will consider the interest to be too low to justify writing any more programs. If the vote is YES we will attempt to release 10 utilities for Windows 3.0 over the next year. We will ask for One Dollar apiece for these utilities or $10 for all of them. These will include Program Launch, Memory Management and various other utilities. Currently available Windows Utilities for 3.0 are selling for over $100. If you would like to vote YES please send One Dollar to : LyWhit Software 7107 East 131st Street Grandview, MO 63030 You may also send questions or comments to us at the above address or Compuserve ID 71511,1072.