Short:    Switch between screens quickly and easily.
Author:   Kristian Hesketh (kristiangk@aol.com)
Uploader: Angus Manwaring (angus@angusm.demon.co.uk)
Type:     util/wb
Version:  1.24

ScreenSwitch v1.24
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ท Much faster than any other switching program!
ท Simple and instinctive switching routines.
ท Gfx Card Support.
ท Small 10k program.
ท Low CPU usage.


Function
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1. Run the program in your startup-sequence. E.g. RUN <>NIL: SCREENSWITCH.
2. Open up more than one screen.
3. Now simply shove the mouse into the top right hand corner of the screen
   to switch to the next. Easy and simple.

Just run it and try it. It's far quicker than all the other ways of
switching I have seen.

It should work with all the resolutions that you throw at it.

If you wish to quit it (why??) then simply move the mouse into the top left
corner of the currently used screen and hold it there for 2-3 seconds.
A message will appear confirming the quit.


Background
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Switching between screens on the Amiga usually requires a nasty hotkey
combination of LAmiga and M or physically clicking the icon in the top
righthand corner of the screen. Some screens do not even have the icon,
so it can be hard work. 

It is nicer on the PC with ALT and TAB and there are many patches for the
Amiga to make it "easier" to do it.

I had a browse through and most of them just opened an ugly window under the
mouse pointer which you then had to click on. This takes longer than
stretching for the key combination. :(

All I wanted was a program that would make it easier and quicker to switch
screens.

ScreenSwitch was born. 

Having been messing around with Blitz2 for ages and ages without having
come out with one useful program, it was quite a surprise. Originally it was
a nasty little program that had to been run every time you needed to switch
screens, but by v1.2 it had become a fully-fledged useful program.

I use it all the time.


Problems
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If you change resolution while using the program please restart so it
re-adjusts to the new dimensions.

If you use Executive and the program it a bit sluggish sometimes, just don't
schedule it. It hardly uses CPU time anyway. Executive is a great program!!

If there are other problems make sure you type "RUN <>NIL: SCREENSWITCH".
There really should be no problems :)


History
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v1.0   ScreenSwitch is a small tool which switches the screens when called.
       It grinds the HD every single time you wish to switch. Grrr....
       WBFind is also included which works in the same way, but just brings
       the workbench screen to the front.

v1.1   ScreenSwitch and WBFind are brought toghether into one program.
       CLI parameters inform the program which one is launched.

v1.2   Program redesigned.
       Now stays in memory and waits for the mouse to move into the corner.
       Quit feature included.
       WBFind removed from package.

v1.21  CPU usage reduced from 100% to around 0.3%.

v1.22  Improvements to screen switching routines. Small bugfixes.
       Gfx Card Support added.
       
v1.23  Gfx Card Support optimized. 
       Should work automatically with all resolutions.
       Executable size reduced.

v1.24  The size of the switching area reduced. 
       Less chance of accidental switching.
       Executable size reduced by 4 whole bytes.


Development
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All work by me in Blitz2 :)

If you think that 10k is not a small executable, it IS when you code in
Blitz. The executable has been crunched with StoneCracker v4 too ;)
If you want the source code, then mail me. I might just send it.

A1200T 
68060@75Mhz
16Mb RAM
8x CDROM
EZ-VGA Mk2 Plus
SVGA Monitor


[G]NiOB 2000


N.B. It is pronouced Gee-Nee-Ob. You know Genies --> Magic, all that.....
     And it is Boing backwards. Where do I come up with these things???  
     Now that you know, I won't bother writing this again. Ever. So there.