matonga Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 What: This program is just one more option to reserve an edge of the screen. Why: This program has been developed with resource consumption and ease of use in mind. It consumes no resources and requires no .NET framework. By "it consumes no resources" I mean: you open the app, draw the desired work area and press Apply, the application will apply the desired work area and then it will quit. There is no need to keep the app open. Also when you tell it to run at startup it will do this at startup: 1. Load the last work area specified by user. 2. Apply the work area. 3. Quit. So again, no resource consumption at all after the app has finished it's job. If this doesn't suit to you, you can choose among other alternatives, even in this same forum you have for example DesktopBar which I haven't tried. Update: Now you can tell Work Area to run in the background. It sits there, consuming 4 MBytes of RAM , waiting for the screen resolution to change, and when that happens, it automatically reapplies the settings. This may or may not suit your needs, so it is an optional setting, to enable it just check the Keep running in the background option (disabled by default). Screenshot: Download: http://matias.securityconsultant.com.ar/WorkArea-release.rar Extract .rar contents to C:Program filesWorkArea (or wherever you want to). Don't run the .exe from inside the .rar file and then tell it to run at startup, it just won't work. Don't force me to write a version with installer. Artwork: An icon is greatly welcome. The one included was pixel-drawn by myself with a notebook touchpad, also I'm horrible as a designer. Link to comment
lostspyder Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 It's a great idea, but a bit buggy. You need an option to undo a "work area option" Drawing work areas is really buggy, I have to trick it to make a work area that doesn't have a corner in the middle. Mabie have a setting file that someone could load. It doesn't support dual monitors. It would be really awesome if you fixed these problems This is an application I could see myself using every day. Link to comment
schmrom Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 My problem was, with tools which made it just like yours, that when I locked the screen, the space is gone Link to comment
matonga Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 I'm writing the next version for this program, with new features. Not uploaded yet. Stay tuned. @lostspyder: 1. Maybe an option to restore it to windows default workarea? 2. Don't understand. Just in case in next version you can see the middle parts of the screen in the preview. 3. Settings are currently stored in the registry to avoid problems with Vista, maybe a Load/Save settings from/to file? 4. Available in next version, not only dual monitors but any number of monitors @schmrom: Tested what you say. Yes, work area settings are lost on screen lock I'll try monitoring WM_SETTINGCHANGE and restoring the work area when such message is received but this would imply the app will have to stay loaded and running Edit: Uploaded new version with multimonitor support. Download with first post link. Link to comment
schmrom Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 @matonga:I don't understand why people are complaining about 1,2M of ram usage Link to comment
tengshj Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 a problem; once the resolution is changed, the space gone.and once a full screen game run, the space gone. Link to comment
schmrom Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 a problem; once the resolution is changed, the space gone.and once a full screen game run, the space gone.That's the same thing as with locking the screen, I've written that before. Link to comment
Peskat Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 I have an issue with the startup feature. I have selected it to run on startup, and it does run,(I use a tweak program that can display those programs), but it doesn't apply the workarea I have chosen. It works again once I've manually started the program and hit apply.Also as lostspyder mentioned, drawing the work-area is buggy. If I make the mistake of clicking twice, it makes a box in the middle, and moves that. Also the "box" shifts when the held-down cursor crosses the middle lines... It's so weird that I can't even describe it. The only way I've found so far is to only click once, hold the button down and draw the desired area. Anything else leads to failure.By the way, so far great app. I'm confident that it will only get better. Link to comment
firecracker6 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 hey matonga, what visual style are you using? Is it a VS or WB? Link to comment
matonga Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 It is a VS called LeopardXP. Ok, here is the .rar file (Leopard_XP_Visual_Style_by_nobodyuse.rar), it says:----===LeopardXP V1.0===---- (msstyle for Windows XP)Made by NobodyUsehttp://www.trucsenvrac.com[...]Edit:Now I remember I got it from DeviantArt:http://nobodyuse.deviantart.com/art/Leopar...-Style-81776516 Link to comment
dennisalcayde Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 hi Mat.... you are one great genius... Link to comment
dennisalcayde Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 and one more thing....its good to know we use the same VS... thanks to that NobodyUSe Link to comment
dennisalcayde Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 have to delete this post, absolutely useless comment Link to comment
dennisalcayde Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 sorry for double posting... Link to comment
tengshj Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 any news?Are you going to program a backgroud version? Link to comment
matonga Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 @tengshj: News: background version. Link to comment
siik Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Best app ever matonga! Link to comment
tengshj Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 resolution changed, workarea lost.It would be great that if it can reserve workarea in relative way nomatter the size or resolution has been changed or not.Is it possilble? Link to comment
matonga Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 resolution changed, workarea lost.It would be great that if it can reserve workarea in relative way nomatter the size or resolution has been changed or not. Is it possilble? Possible? It is relative. If you don't believe me, load workarea, apply, then change screen resolution, reload workarea and reapply. If you want workarea to automatically reapply settings when changing screen resolution, use the "Keep running in the background" option. Link to comment
tengshj Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Possible? It is relative. If you don't believe me, load workarea, apply, then change screen resolution, reload workarea and reapply. If you want workarea to automatically reapply settings when changing screen resolution, use the "Keep running in the background" option. I am using the "keep running in the background", but it seems can not reserve the screen edge while the resolution is changing. I tested it in this way: I set a certain margin at 1280*800, everything is fine. then the resolution was changed to 800*600, the margin lost. then I changed the resolution back to 1280*800, margin has gone. Link to comment
matonga Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 I am using the "keep running in the background", but it seems can not reserve the screen edge while the resolution is changing. I tested it in this way: I set a certain margin at 1280*800, everything is fine. then the resolution was changed to 800*600, the margin lost. then I changed the resolution back to 1280*800, margin has gone.Mmm... strange.1. Are you using WIndows Vista?2. If you go to the task manager, is there a process called workarea.exe? (This, I mean, while workarea is closed and running in the background). Link to comment
tengshj Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Mmm... strange.1. Are you using WIndows Vista?2. If you go to the task manager, is there a process called workarea.exe? (This, I mean, while workarea is closed and running in the background).1. I am using windows xp pro.2. the workarea.exe was running while all this happened. Link to comment
frukt Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 thank you very much, now it's fully comfortable Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Great little app, it ignores the dock at the bottom(ObjectDock) but does not ignore the Yahoo Dock on the side is there a way for it to ignore it also? It pushes the dock up and then makes the controls for the dock off screen. Link to comment
scissorhands7 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 This is awesome matonga! Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now