Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!gatech!prism!romeo!cchapman From: cchapman@msd.gatech.edu (Chuck H. Chapman) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: alt-tab using usher without progman. Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 91 13:07:35 GMT References: <1991Apr1.144537.29395@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1991Apr2.133528.29408@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Lines: 31 In <1991Apr2.133528.29408@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2fmmempty@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >In article , cchapman@msd.gatech.edu (Chuck H. Chapman) writes: >> Perhaps I don't understand what you want to do but Alt-Tab still works with >> Usher. You can hold down the Alt key and each time you hit tab, Windows >> cycles to the next program. For full screen DOS programs, Windows puts a >> red title bar at the top of the screen with the name of the application that >> will become active when you release the Alt key. It seems to work the same >> way it did when I was using Progman. >The alt-tab function works fine for me as long as I have progman loaded (it >doesn't have to be the shell, just loaded.) What I want to do is use Usher for >my shell, not load progman, and still have the alt-tab function. >I suspect that when you use the alt-tab function you either have progman >loaded, or another program is duplicating the effect ( I have a suspician >file manager will do this.) I do not have file manager or program manager loaded. I use Usher as my shell. The only other programs I have loaded are Screen Peace, WinClock and WinPost and I seriously doubt if any of these programs is handling Alt-Tab. Alt-Tab is not handled by file manager or program manager. -- Charles H. Chapman (GTRI/MATD) (404) 528-7588 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ************************************************************** * Home of the 1990 National Champion Ga. Tech Yellow Jackets * ************************************************************** uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!msd!cchapman Internet: cchapman@msd.gatech.edu