WarpBar v. 0.91 released


Developer Alex Spanidis just released new version (0.91) of freeware WarpBar. The archive warpbar091.zip (80,057k) was uploaded onto Hobbes. This utility shows info on a bar such as Date/Time, available Virtual and Physical Memory, Swap size, system Up time, Pop mail, CPU Usage, Disk Free Space and TCP/IP statistics. For OS/2 Warp 3.0 with fixpak 32 or later.

Click here to see photo of WarpBar in version 0.90





Requirements

* Warp 3.0 with Fixpak #32 or later and Warp 4.0+
* EMX Runtime. You may find it at hobbes as emxrt.zip


Tips

* Click with mouse button 2 on the WarpBar brings up the popup menu.

* Change the font, the text color or background color using os/2's drag'n'drop from the font and color palette respectively e.g. while pressing the CTRL key drag'n'drop a color to change the text color or just drag'n'drop a color to change the background color.

* Click with mouse button 1 on the cpu button toggles the graph's appearance.



Known bugs or limitations to fix

+ The Background option doesn't work ok on all systems.
+ TCP/IP statistics may not work on systems with IBM TCP/IP 3.0 or earlier.
+ WarpBar may not start on systems without MMOS2 (multimedia support) installed.
+ Display refresh isn't good enough.


Credits and Thanks

+ Michael Bock <bock@rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de> for his help on the TCP/IP
statistics. Michael is the author of IP Speed.

+ Trevor Hemsley, London, UK. <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>
for his help on programming the CPU graph meter. Trevor is the author of
Cpu Monitor.

+ Taneli Leppõ <taneli@netlabs.org> for the available C source code for EMX
on CPU load and TCPIP programming tips on his pages.

+ All the people who sent feedback and new ideas. :)

Said Spanidis:

" Feel free to send your suggestions, new ideas, exciting features or wishes to me and I'll do my best to offer it with a new release".

CONTACT AUTHOR:

Alexandros I. Spanidis
alexspan@med.auth.gr


@Macarlo, Inc.
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