Stay On Top Copyright (C) Moose O'Malley, ----------- September 2007. +===========================================================+ | T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S | +===========================================================+ | * Introduction | * Using this Program : | * Why did I write this program ? Why is this useful ? | * The Future | * Reviews / Awards / CDs | * Freeware Information | * Warranty | * Amendment History | * Contacting the Program's Author +===========================================================+ Introduction : -------------- Stay On Top for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP, etc. This program is free software. Anyone - any person, any company, or any business - can use this program for free. No fees or payment is required. See "Freeware Information" below. Stay On Top displays a list of all windows programs (and their individual component windows), and allows you to double click on one or more to make that window awlays stay on top of all other windows. The window you place on top will stay on top until another windows is placed on top, and then the previous window will be second from the top. To help you locate a window, you can sort the list of windows by title or ID (which is really the handle of the window), using the "Sort by ..." butons provided. Developed using 32-bit Delphi. Stay On Top will **NOT** run under Windows 3.x (even with Win32 installed) !! Using this Program : -------------------- To use this program, simply run it and observe double click on the window you wish to stay on top - it's as easy as that. To help you locate a window, you can sort the list of windows by title or ID (which is really the handle of the window), using the "Sort by ..." butons provided. Why did I write this program ? Why is this useful ? --------------------------------------------------- When I purchased my new Pentium III PC, it had a video card that I could connect to a VCR, camcorder, etc and watch video / TV on my PC. Watching TV in a window or full screen on my PC was great ! But, there was one problem, the program included with my PC's video card to enable this (TW Video v1.0, by Techwell Ltd) was an incredibly crappy and badly written program - it does not save any of its settings on exit, it does not remember the options you chose last time it was run, it does not stay on top, etc, etc. This meant (among other things) that I could not watch TV in a Window and have it stay on top, so if I wanted to get on and do some work in another program, or play a game or something, I could not have a TV window visible as well. This was a real pain. So, as I usually do, I sat down and thought about things and wrote this program, and now I can watch TV Full screen or in a window and have it on top of all of my other windows. My Stay On Top program made the TW Video v1.0, by Techwell Ltd more usable and user-friendly. In a similar way, this program can be used to make any other application's windows stay on top of all other windows - which is a useful thing to be able to do sometimes. The Future : ------------ In the future, many improvements could be made to this program, such as : - Remember the title(s) of windows you placed "On Top" the last time the program was run, and look for these and automatically make them "On Top" again next time the program is run. (This is not easy though, as many programs change their titles based on their settings, size, version number, date, time, etc). - Ability to resize program windows - specially for badly written programs that don't remember their settings last time they were run. - Show the parent / child relationship between windows. - Show the Thread Id or other details for each program / window. - Do extra things. e.g. make a window the bottom of all other windows, etc - if anyone would like this, let me know. - Anything else ? If you would like any of these improvements, or would like to suggest more, please email me and let me know. How much more work I do on this program depends entirely on what support I get, how many people use the program, how many people have registered, etc. Reviews / Awards / CDs : ------------------------- None so far. Freeware Information : ----------------------- This is free software. Anyone - any person, any company, or any business - can use this program for free. No fees or payment is required. However, if you find the program useful, then please consider making a PayPal donation to support my efforts. (To make a donation, please run the program and select the "About" option under the Help menu, and then click the PayPal link on the "About" screen). Warranty : ---------- This software and the accompanying files are provided "as is" and without warranties as to performance or merchantability or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. The user assumes the entire risk of using this software. If you do find any faults with this program, email me and let me know. Amendment History : -------------------- Vers Date Description 1.0 01-Nov-2001 First Public Release. (10,297 lines of code / comments.) 1.0b 20-Nov-2002 Bring the program up to date with my latest code libraries. (32,879 lines of code / comments.) 1.0f 3-Sep-2007 This program is now FREEWARE - see "Freeware Information" above. If this program was not downloaded from my Home Page, then it is possibly an old version. The latest version of this program is available from my WEB page - see below. Mike "Moose" O'Malley ____________________________________________________ Moose's Software Valley - Established July, 1996. WEB: http://move.to/moose ____________________________________________________