defaria@hpclapd.HP.COM (Andy DeFaria) (01/08/91)
How can you configure the various Windows 3.0 application to come up sized corretly? I know I can start the clock by setting the run= setting in WIN.INI but I would also like to size it appropriately, place it in a specific place and remove the decorations. When I start clock it comes up as a large (too large!) digitial clock. I constantly have to resize it to be small and place it in the lower right corner, where I want it to reside. Can I modify settings in WIN.INI so that it comes up that way? Also, I would like to remove (or at least make much tinier) the title bar and buttons and perhaps remove the "Settings" menubar as I don't what to change the settings once I've started it. I would also like to size, place and alter things on other applications (such as the progman, solitare, etc) but it is not clear to me from the online help, how to do this.
sisu@ux1.lbl.gov (judy stirkkinen) (01/11/91)
In article <27220005@hpclapd.HP.COM> defaria@hpclapd.HP.COM (Andy DeFaria) writes: >How can you configure the various Windows 3.0 application to come up sized >corretly? I know I can start the clock by setting the run= setting in >WIN.INI but I would also like to size it appropriately, place it in a >specific place and remove the decorations. When I start clock it comes up >as a large (too large!) digitial clock. I constantly have to resize it to >be small and place it in the lower right corner, where I want it to reside. >Can I modify settings in WIN.INI so that it comes up that way? Also, I >would like to remove (or at least make much tinier) the title bar and >buttons and perhaps remove the "Settings" menubar as I don't what to change >the settings once I've started it. > >I would also like to size, place and alter things on other applications >(such as the progman, solitare, etc) but it is not clear to me from the >online help, how to do this. > There is a replacement for clock that you can FTP from cica.cica.indiana.edu, called "clock.zip" (really cryptic, huh?). It should be in the windows utils directory (I'm sure you can find it). The clock comes with its own .ini file which allows you to set its color, its size, its location, an alarm time, and a few more items...its a really neat looking analog clock too! blows that clock from MS away... If a windows application does not specifically look in an .ini file for size and/or location, then an alternative that I've heard mentioned on the net here is command post. I've never tried it so I can't say how well that works. Aside from these two methods, I don't know of any way to place or size a window. Maybe someone else has a suggestion?
town@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Brian R. Town) (01/12/91)
In article <27220005@hpclapd.HP.COM> defaria@hpclapd.HP.COM (Andy DeFaria) writes: >I would also like to size, place and alter things on other applications >(such as the progman, solitare, etc) but it is not clear to me from the >online help, how to do this. > There is a program called LAYOUT.EXE available on cica in the /pub/pc/win3/util directory (I think the file is layout.zip). This program allows you to take a snap shot of the layout configurations (size, placement) of all currently running applications. This layout can then be run at any later time and it will adjust the applications such that they are setup the same as before. I think this will do what you need if you put it in your run= line. Brian Town