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dbarton:

I was doing a presentation on Sat, and I guess my power cord wasn't plugged in all the way, so I was on battery power. Died halfway thru the presentation in front of 1000 people, and went in hiberation. Bad!!

I use the laptop for audio so they don't see the screen.

I want a small flashing box on my screen every time I'm on battery power so this never happens again.
Anyone seen such a tiny program?

app103:
My daughter uses Yahoo Widgets on her laptop. They have a ton of battery related stuff.

http://widgets.yahoo.com/search/?q=battery

It's pretty much a matter of taste as to which you choose. Some have audio alerts when remaining power goes under a certain threshold, others will popup to topmost level on your screen.

scancode:

I was doing a presentation on Sat, and I guess my power cord wasn't plugged in all the way, so I was on battery power. Died halfway thru the presentation in front of 1000 people, and went in hiberation. Bad!!

I use the laptop for audio so they don't see the screen.

I want a small flashing box on my screen every time I'm on battery power so this never happens again.
Anyone seen such a tiny program?

-dbarton (October 19, 2009, 01:57 AM)
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BatteryStatus.exe (101.5 KB - downloaded 70 times.)
BatteryStatus 1.1.exe (144.5 KB - downloaded 34 times.)



Nag me if you'd like any changes.

V1.1 - Added a small mode, and settings dialog. You can now choose display position and size.
Changed to a more restrictive license as per mrmandala's request.
V1.1.1 - Fixed a bug with docked toolbars. Thx lanux128 for the report.

dbarton:
Excellent.

Ideally I'd like to be able to resize the screen size just a bit.
Sometime just one line high is enough to just see the status.

Maybe right click for a selection of sizes? (command line parameter would be ok)
Can it (maybe by command line switch switch) default to top right?
Can we change poll rate?

Do you offer ahk source?

Still, very usable as is, so very much appreciated.

lanux128:
+1 for resizable window, will help us netbook users.. :)

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