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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:32:43 -0000

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 **What's in the .ini file?**
-You need to specify the target executable you want to run and optionally can specify parameters, so you can specify two lines:
+You need to specify the target executable you want to run and optionally can specify parameters, so you can specify these lines:
 run=your\target\executable\here.exe
+
+*optional* configurations:
 params=-additional /params=here
+dir=\target\working\directory
+windowstatus=minimized|maximized|normal|normalnofocus|minimizednofocus|hide
+
+Some operating systems doesn't seem to support running programs other than "normal". appjump cannot do what the operating system doesn't, so if it's not working - bad luck.

 That's all.

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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:53:49 -0000

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 *May I use appjump commercially?*
 **Yes!** You can use appjump for private, educational, commercial or any other use if you want. Just feel free!

+*Can I re-distribute this software?*
+Yep. Read the license :-)

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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:52:56 -0000

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 **License questions**
+*What license is valid for appjump?*
 appjump is released under the GNU General Public License v3 which you can fully read here: https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

-May I use appjump commercially?
-Yes, sure. You can use appjump for private, educational, commercial or any other use if you want. Just feel free!
+*May I use appjump commercially?*
+**Yes!** You can use appjump for private, educational, commercial or any other use if you want. Just feel free!
+

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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:50:25 -0000

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 **Why VB6, and not VB.net?**
 My idea was to keep it simple - especially regarding the requirements. VB.net requires you to have a .net framework installed - VB6 doesn't.

+
+**License questions**
+appjump is released under the GNU General Public License v3 which you can fully read here: https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+
+May I use appjump commercially?
+Yes, sure. You can use appjump for private, educational, commercial or any other use if you want. Just feel free!
+
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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:47:22 -0000

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 - You have multiple identically named ini files in the search path (see top). appjump serves the first successful, then quits.

+**Why VB6, and not VB.net?**
+My idea was to keep it simple - especially regarding the requirements. VB.net requires you to have a .net framework installed - VB6 doesn't.
+
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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:29:58 -0000

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 **What's in the .ini file?**
+You need to specify the target executable you want to run and optionally can specify parameters, so you can specify two lines:
+run=your\target\executable\here.exe
+params=-additional /params=here

+That's all.
+
+**appjump didn't run my application**
+This could have these reasons:
+- The target executable is not reachable (offline network share or disconnected USB drive, etc.)
+- The path to the target executable is simply wrong.
+- You have multiple identically named ini files in the search path (see top). appjump serves the first successful, then quits.

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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:24:42 -0000

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-Welcome to your wiki!
+**What's appjump?**
+appjump is a handy, lightweight tool for starting an application that's elsewhere on your computer. Imagine a folder with hundreds of files (that's ugly and slow on an USB memory stick), so just put appjump with .ini file in another folder, and it will work.

-This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a new page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage].
+appjump works nearly like a .lnk file, but it won't ask if the target exists or not (good for portable storage!). You also can specify relative paths.

-The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/appjump/wiki/markdown_syntax/) syntax.
+
+**What's not?**
+appjump is not a start manager, it cannot start multiple files with one click etc.
+
+
+**Where to put the files?**
+Just put appjump's executable anywhere and give it any name (i.e. myfile.exe). Then, give the .ini file the same name (in this example, myfile.ini) and put it in the same or any direct subdirectory. That's all.
+
+Notice, that you have to put the .ini file into a *direct* subdirectory, but not into a sub-subdirectory. So, if the exe file is i.e. in C:\temp, put it in C:\temp or C:\temp\mydir, but not in C:\temp\mydir\anotherdir. 
+
+This has a very good reason: Imagine, you put it into the root of i.e. your USB memory stick or into C:\ root (whoever would do this... don't!), appjump would crawl the whole drive for a suitable ini file. That's not a good idea, so appjump is limited to *direct* subdirectories.
+
+
+**What's in the .ini file?**
+
+

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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:03:38 -0000

The usage of appjump is quite simple. Just put an .ini file in the same or any direct subfolder with the same name as you named the .exe file.

Example:
You named appjump's executable myfile.exe, so your .ini file must be named myfile.ini
The appjump .exe is on C:\temp\myfile.exe, so put your .ini either in C:\temp\ or any direct subfolder (but not sub-subfolder).

Sub-subfolders aren't supported due to performance reasons. In my example, C:\temp\mydir1 would be fine, but not C:\temp\mydir1\subdir2 and so on.

What's in the .ini file?
You need two lines specified, first match will be served. If you enter more, it'll be ignored.
run=path/to/your/file/you/want/to/run.exe
parameters=-additional /params=here

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Jan "J.J." Kischel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:22:19 -0000

Welcome to your wiki!

This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a new page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage].

The wiki uses Markdown syntax.

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