Well... I can't sleep at night.

[boxig]

Here is the "Readme" file that tells all:

"DontRunTwice.exe" Utility

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By: Granot

Free

Important:

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If you use "Windowed mode" without border this utility will not work.

What

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Sometimes big files take long time to open. When you give a CD with

no autorun, user click on show file and waits long time. If he thinks

something is wrong, he click again. That makes the presentation to

open twice. If he don't notice, there will be two applications runnig

and consuming PC power. This can result in poor performance of your

show.

Or,

You put a button to run another show or EXE and user click on it

twice. The program will open twice.

"DontRunTwice.exe" Utility will prevent this.

How

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First use - one Presentation.

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1. When making presentation in PTE go to "Project options",

"Screen" tab, "Caption of window" and write any name you

like but add a _ sign to the Name.

It will look like this:

"My Trip" will be: "My Trip_" , or " _My Trip" , or "My_Trip"

"Wedding" will be: "Wedding_" , or "_Wedding"

2. Save your presentation as: Presentation.exe

3. Now change the name of "DontRunTwice.exe" to the original name

of your presentation.

Example:

"DontRunTwice.exe" will be:

"My Trip.exe" or "Wedding.exe".

4. You have now two files:

"Wedding.exe" and "Presentation.exe" when:

"Wedding.exe" is the utility with its new name.

"Presentation.exe" is your original show.

5. Include both in same folder.

Second use - Two presentations

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If you make a presentation = "A" with a link button to another

presentation = "B", do the same like above, but this time with

the second presentation. At the button give order to run

"DontRunTwice.exe" and not your second presentation.

Where it is ?

I can't see it !

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Yes, I know.

The utility window is only 10 x 10 and it terminates

itself less than a second after start running.

Please some comments, better good, or my wife will kill me

(who want to take her from me ? )

Enjoy

(with the utility I mean)

[Guest guru]

Wait a moment, Granot!

FIRST, I think your wife is right if she's angry...

SECOND, where on the earth is your utility???

THIRD, try to sleep the night, it's more healthy.

[boxig]

Dear Guido,

My wife looks stupid T.V. series till 24.00 and my two dogs force me out at 05.00. If I don't take my dogs, they will bite me, and if I will not let my wife see T.V., she will bite me. So since they don't let me sleep, I'm 20 hours with my best friend, the PC.

I uploaded the utility so we wait for bill to upload to his site.

By the way, I finished version 5 of PresentationList and added editor for all the files that should be edit. This includ HTML editor. (Promissed not to make new version this year so I'll upload next year).

[Guest guru]

Well, I see a solution for you... A sleeping pill with a little tisane after the supper for your wife, and two (pills, not wifes) for your dogs when you are going to sleep...

As for your new utility, I have not well understood the "second use" with two presentations. Why should I link DontRunTwice.exe to second presentation? Or maybe you refer to a presentation with a little "Menu presentation" at beginning?

[boxig]

Guido,

I have better idea - sell the TV, take a new young wife and let her take the dogs out.

As for the second use: When one presentation is running and some other applications, and you have a button that opens another presentation, it may take some time, so the user may click twice if he is unpatient, or even by mistake. So if you use the utility for the second show, it will not open twice.

[Guest guru]

An excellent idea, Granot, very interesting - I think it can be a final solution!

But your answer to my question looks not so satisfatory to me. Surely, the second presentation can take some time to start, but what about first? Maybe it could be better to link your program to this (first), and end it with a message like "Wait a little please - Next presentation will start within few seconds (or minutes, or hours...)".

[boxig]

Yes Guido, I agree, it is made for first show but... sometimes people click twice and depend also on mouse settings. Did you see the very beautiful (and useful) autolink of Stu ?

[Guest guru]

Sure I did, Granot... An excellent utility, unforgettable!

For "newbies" of this forum (like HvK, slau, ADB, cottage, Danabw, JSlugman, Casey, fitzner3, Leif... ), I wish remind all that this utility is still available on Cottage site, page 3.

[JSlugman]

Yes, I guess I am a "newbie" since my messages aren't WAY up into the 80's...LOL!!!!

[fitzner3]

For me I still just prefer the making of the old menu page and linking the little pictures to the presentation. This way a customer has control of the presentations. I just tell them on the menu page LEFT CLICK ONE TIME ONLY

[quietstorm]

For "newbies" of this forum (like HvK, slau, ADB, cottage, Danabw, JSlugman, Casey, fitzner3, Leif...

whew...

I thought I was a "newbie"..guess not!!

I got to learn alot "here and there " I guess!!

Don't feel bad..James!

My number are not in the Top 20!

Bart