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Idea: Utility to allow user to set delay for AutoHide toolbar activation

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mouser:
My LaunchBar Commander program has docks that can be set to unhide only after a delay (though for simplicity this delay time is not configurable).

skwire:
Have you tried this?

http://pmdevigne.free.fr/programmes_e.html#ActiveTache

Review here: http://proreviewer.com/2008/03/20/taskbar-activate-control-windows-taskbar-autohide-features/

mbrazil:
Have you tried this?

http://pmdevigne.free.fr/programmes_e.html#ActiveTache

Review here: http://proreviewer.com/2008/03/20/taskbar-activate-control-windows-taskbar-autohide-features/
-skwire (February 10, 2010, 02:36 AM)
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Thanks, skwire.

Yes, I have been using it (see my initial post at the start of this thread). It works pretty well for the taskbar. However, even though it has options to control other Windows toolbars, it has no effect whatsoever on any toolbars docked at any of the other three screen edges, and I've experimented with all the settings the program provides.

BTW, there was supposed to have been an update to Taskbar Activate in 2003 (Ver. 2.5 -- see http://pmdevigne.free.fr/), but it doesn't seem to be available for download anywhere. From the author's website:

What's new ?
 23-fév-2003
      Updated  Taskbar Activate  (version 2.5).
   - Works better with XP and 2000.
   - Several internal enhancements.

Unfortunately, all the download links both on this site and all the other locations google found for me have only ver. 2.4. If anybody has ver. 2.5 or can point me to a download location for it, I'd really appreciate it. I'm hoping that maybe a newer version might resolve the issue with it not working for anything but the taskbar.

Mike

mbrazil:
My LaunchBar Commander program has docks that can be set to unhide only after a delay (though for simplicity this delay time is not configurable).

-mouser (February 10, 2010, 02:28 AM)
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I just downloaded it and will give it a try. I guess the name threw me off previously, and I never considered it might solve my issue.

Thanks!

mbrazil:
I'm VERY disappointed  :(  >:( that none of the excellent coders here would take on my request. I've tried all the solutions I can find including the ones suggested here, and there is nothing out there that completely solves my problem without introducing other unacceptable annoyances. Apparently, it's not all that difficult to write some code that would solve my issue, since Taskbar Activate (http://pmdevigne.free.fr/programmes_e.html#ActiveTache) can do this quite well for the taskbar, but unfortunately, although it is supposed to do the same for other Windows XP toolbars that you create, it has no effect on them at all, and the promised new version of the app has never materialized. This is the first time I've posted an idea/request in the Coding Snacks forum, and having no one even make an attempt at writing some code to see if this can be done has me doubting the value of being a member of DonationCoder.com.  :down:  >:(

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