Photo shows WatchCat directory (with new add-on) on @Macarlo's Warp 3.0 where
WatchCat works with CAD Commander
WATCHCAT HIDEWINDOW HAS ARRIVED No More Window Freezed on
Warp with Netscape 2.02!!!
by @Macarlo, Team OS/2 Registered Great news, OS/2 user! Are you fanatic user of Netscape Navigator
2.02
like me? Well, if you are, no more problems with freezed window during
the famous Netscape crash! Chris Wohlgemuth, author of wkill9.dll, the add-on for
WatchCat performs the XFree kill signal, just releases a new add-on, called hidewindow,
that occult immediatly the window freezed on WPS! Wich this innovation you can solves
the Netscape crash simple hiding the black window formed on the WPS. You simple
starts the WatchCat prompt, selecet netscape.exe and click the new add-on!
This addon DLL for watchcat 2.1 gives you an additional item in the addon menu to
hide windows of crashed processes. This works even if a process hangs in the exitlist
and the window blocks your screen (in most cases).
The crashed program is removed from the window list so it cannot be brought back
onto the screen accidentally.
This utility is released under the GPL and comes with full source. HIDEWIND.DLL
V1.00 (wcat-hidewindowaddon_v101.zip, 34,5Kb) is available from Chris Wohlgemuth
homepage at
Well, now OS/2 users have the choice for Comm/4 (Netscape Communicator 4.04)
but same users prefer Netscape Navigatort 2.02 because it is more fastly. The problem
of this browser is Java difficulties and the famous irrecoverable crash, when Netscape
freezes and a black window persits on the WPS. At this time any killer solves the
problem. I tryed all kills of WatchCat, PM Patrol, OSRM2 Lite, Task Manager of Chris
Graham, the Kill of FM/2 and others and...nothing! The only solution is the reboot.
Now, with this add-on hidewindow, I tested the crash solution and have success!
The black windows is really hided an I can follow working on the WPS.
Installation
1.Copy the HIDEWINDOW.DLL into your watchcat directory.
2.Copy hidewindow.exe anywhere into your PATH.
That's all. After restarting of watchcat the new menu entry is avaiable.
Compilation
You need VAC++3.00 to recompile. EMX should also work. The
author was used gnu-make 3.76.1 but any other make-utility will do the job, too.
Be sure you've got the wcapi.zip package from the Watchcat 2.1 distribution. Unzip
this package into the source directory.
Just type 'make' in the source directory.
History
V1.00 30.10.98:
-First public version.
V1.01 04.11.98:
-Program wasn't removed from window list in V1.00 as README stated. Added this function
in V1.01 of Hidewindow.exe. Added licence and description to hidewindow.c source
file.
