If you are using xoblite:
To load Glue, you simply need to select Load plugin... in the Configuration/Plugins menu
(this item is also available in the Slit menu), locate Glue.dll, and click "Open". Simple, eh? :)
If you are using Blackbox for Windows:
To load Glue you need to add the relative path of the plugin (from your Blackbox directory) to the Blackbox configuration file plugins.rc (located in the Blackbox directory).
For example, if you installed Blackbox into c:\Blackbox, and Glue.dll is located in c:\Blackbox\plugins\Glue, you should add the line...
plugins\Glue\Glue.dll
...to plugins.rc.
All configuration is performed using the right-click plugin menu (it should be pretty self-explanatory what each menu
item does). For additional information, see below! :)
I have included a default sticky windows configuration file - glue.ini - in the .zip, but if a configuration file for some reason (e.g. you deleted it! <g>)
can not be found at startup (Glue will first search for it in the UserAppData/Blackbox directory, then in the same directory as the plugin, then in the Blackbox directory),
Glue will automatically create one for you in the same directory as the plugin. The syntax used is very simple:
application1.exe: false
application2.exe: true
...i.e. the name of the .exe followed by a colon, then a boolean specifying if the application should be made sticky (=true) or not (=false).
However, I do not refer to Glue as an "advanced sticky windows plugin" for nothing: You don't have to bother with this file at all! =]
Just enable Glue's built-in learning mode, and it will automatically ask you if an application should be made sticky or not when one is launched. When you are satisfied with your setup, exit learning mode. And if you later want to tweak the setting for a specific application, no problem, you can change it easily using the "sticky list" submenu. No manual editing of configuration files is necessary! :D
I have included a default configuration file - glue.rc - in the .zip, but if a configuration file for some reason (see above!)
can not be found at startup (Glue will first search for it in the UserAppData/Blackbox directory, then in the same directory as the plugin, then in the Blackbox directory),
Glue will automatically create one for you in the same directory as the plugin. Normally, you do not need to edit this file manually - use the right-click plugin menu instead!
glue.x: 0 X position
glue.y: 0 Y position
glue.alwaysontop: false AlwaysOnTop?
glue.snapwindow: true Snap Glue window to screen edges?
glue.transparency.alpha: 255 Alpha transparency value (value 1-255; 255 being opaque)
glue.dockedtoslit: false Docked to the slit? (i.e. slit mode if true, plugin mode if false)
glue.hidewindow: false Hide the Glue window? (i.e. control Glue using bro@ms only)
glue.learningmode: false Should learning mode be enabled?
Finally, you can control Glue using the following broadcast messages (bro@ms)...
@Glue ShowMenu
@Glue ToggleLearningMode
@Glue ToggleSticky <executable>
@Glue ToggleWindow
@Glue ToggleAlwaysOnTop
@Glue ToggleSnapWindowToEdge
@Glue ToggleDockedToSlit
@Glue SetTransparency <alpha>
...which are equivalent to the items in the Glue plugin menu. Hmm, I guess that's it! :D
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