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CodeScript · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 4:57 am Post subject: Adding menu to VDS IDE

I was writing a tray helper Utility for VDS.
Its a simple one.
Some features already i have added are:
1. Autolaunch other applications at startup.
2. Global Hotkeys for launching upto 4 applications.
3. Ctrl+Click the tray icon - cursor changes(indicator) Now click any window to set it to ontop position.
4. Ctrl+shift click to Undo -Ontop for any window.
5. Alt+click to Reverse the window buttons - Helpful for those who keep a notepad on the right of the screen to copy etc.
6.Alt+z restores the VDS IDE and minimzes the help file *always*
7.No more worry while pasting code from webpage/VDS help file - Just Ctrl+Alt+V text is pasted clean with all html tags removed !.
8.Text picker to get text of the dialogs - Useful when trying to copy that odd title a window has etc.

I was thinking of addding custom menus to the VDS IDE dialog at RUNTIME and respond to it using message hooks.
I dont know if I will be successful in this but I was wondering if it can create any problem with the license agreements - although it is just simple adding of menu at runtime.
Just wondering Confused

Skit3000 · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 8:23 am Post subject:

I don't think this can harm the copyright license, as long as you mention that it is a custom menu which isn't supported by Commercial Researches. Question

Tommy · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 11:38 pm Post subject:

I don't think it would involve any copyright/licensing problems either, though I would
think too that it would be most fair to for instance include a disabled menu item in the top
of the drop-down menu indicating that you are the author of it, rather than Commercial
Research.