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PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:44 pm 
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is there a guide to create modules ?

also is there a way to have multiple desktops ? like 3-4 workspaces ?


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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 3:23 am 
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triplefff wrote:
is there a guide to create modules ?


All Winstep modules are native, not user-made plug-ins. You can't create new modules/docklets, sorry.

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also is there a way to have multiple desktops ? like 3-4 workspaces ?


I guess Windows 10 now offers that ability natively? Not worth re-inventing the wheel.

Otherwise there are excellent third party applications that excel at that kind of stuff: Dexpot comes to mind, for instance. I heard a lot of good things about it.

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:37 pm 
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winstep wrote:
triplefff wrote:
also is there a way to have multiple desktops ? like 3-4 workspaces ?


I guess Windows 10 now offers that ability natively? Not worth re-inventing the wheel.

Otherwise there are excellent third party applications that excel at that kind of stuff: Dexpot comes to mind, for instance. I heard a lot of good things about it.

Windows 10 does, but you apparently have to click Task View to make it work, which isn't visible if you have the windows start bar hidden by NS. I'll look at Dexpot.

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:36 pm 
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vectornut wrote:
Windows 10 does, but you apparently have to click Task View to make it work, which isn't visible if you have the windows start bar hidden by NS.


Tsk tsk Paul. :) That's only because you installed Windows 10 over a previous version of Windows with Xtreme already running too. When you install Xtreme on a Windows 10 machine you get a couple of Quick Launch icons specific to Windows 10.

Look for the 'Task View' internal command and add that to your Quick Launch area.

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:14 am 
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Clean install? What's that?

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:31 am 
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vectornut wrote:
Clean install? What's that?


Lol. Bet your current installation of Windows goes all the way back to Windows 3.1. :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:54 am 
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3.1 ?
I didn't realise that winstep worked on windows 3.1 or windows 3.11 for Workgroups
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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:39 am 
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Jorge, maybe I'm missing something, but using Dexpot, I have to copy the NS Tasklist to each desktop to get it to show up. Is there a way to get it to automatically show up on all desktops? Same thing with WS Clock. And maybe the systray portion of the taskbar?

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:36 pm 
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Jorge, since this has gotten a bit off the original topic of creating modules, should I have started a new thread with my last question? Or is your silence a way of saying what I want to do can't currently be done?

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
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My silence means I somehow missed your post. :)

Look, problem is that even though I heard great things about Dexpot, I'm not familiar with it. I assume you're using a tasklist detached from the NextSTART taskbar?

And by WsClock you mean the Desktop Clock module right? What about it? Doesn't Dexpot have an option to automatically move some windows to new desktops?

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 5:55 am 
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winstep wrote:
My silence means I somehow missed your post. :)

Look, problem is that even though I heard great things about Dexpot, I'm not familiar with it. I assume you're using a tasklist detached from the NextSTART taskbar?

And by WsClock you mean the Desktop Clock module right? What about it? Doesn't Dexpot have an option to automatically move some windows to new desktops?

Well, you know I'm not a programmer, so there's much I don't understand. In my feeble mind, the system would know there are multiple desktops and report that to programs, but I could be completely wrong about that. What I was hoping for was to be able to have the tasklist and taskbar show up on all desktops automatically, as well as the clock module. I currently have to tell Dexpot to copy the tasklist (which also copies the taskbar because I don't have them detached from each other) and the clock module to each desktop any time I reboot. Which I try to avoid, but occasionally have to do. Especially since it's winter and we lose power during pretty much every storm.

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
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Paul, the problem is that I don't know how Dexpot works. Plus, you might want it to work like that, but other people might not.

And by the way: have you thought about getting an UPS? Besides providing battery backup power, it would protect your system from power surges and would allow you to enjoy the Winstep Battery module. :)

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
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winstep wrote:
And by the way: have you thought about getting an UPS?

I have one [whisper]but I need to get a new battery for it[/whisper].

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 Post subject: Re: creating modules
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No, you can't do that (yet), sorry.

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