MMBMisc Manual

MMBMisc
Multimedia builder plug-in
By Matthew Woodhams - Squash Productions

Commands

   Control Panel
     TaskBar
     StartButton
     Windows
     Console
     Keys
     Mouse
     Screen
     System
     Files
     Inputs
     Messages
     Dialogs
     Internet
     Misc.

About

    Hello all, well this is something that i had promised a while back... I have finally found the time to do it, After some problems I had with MMB plugins in Delphi I have managed to get rid of most of the common bugs that my other delphi plugins had :)
    If you have any ideas of features to add please contact me :)
    Very special thanks to Eric for his great Delphi SDK, it has helped me a lot, and to Mebirok for his excelent mmbmisc demo, thanks!

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Info

   Update 16 Feb 01: Small Update, I have added a few things requested by users, Change file attributes (Hidden, ReadOnly), DelTree (this will imitate DelTree to delete a whole folder and sub folders...) and RunHidden, HideFromTaskbar. ohh and i fixed the control panel bugs... Enjoy!
   Update 25 Jan 01: Big Update!! well I have fixed all of the known bugs (Http, Keyboard settings, Run, StandBy and others...) And i have added some mayor features (Download, Console, MessageBox, System and others!)
     Update 14 Jan 01: After Mebirok excelent demo I fixed some bugs and added some new stuff... thanks Mebirok!
     Update 12 Jan 01: Well i just can't get enough of MMBMisc :), Added some usful features: Encrypt/Decrypt and change Screen resolution.
     Update 10 Jan 01: Hi, Just added some stuff that i forgot to add in the first version, Check for the new hihglights... happy mmb'ing ;)

This plugin allows you to do allows you do all kind of different functions in MMB (hence the name Misc. LOL!) well there are quite a few usful features, below are descriptions and commands for you to get to know the plugin :)
Because this plug-in was done in Delphi it requires no extra files to run and it should work on all Windows 9.x versions and 2000, Me (not tested)

Note: Delphi source is availible for anyone, but please share what you have added ;)

As you all know this plugin is free, but i would really appreciate it if you could donate, specially if you use if for a commercial project, It took me a lot of work to do and it would really help if you would donate. Please click here to find out more about donating and thanks! :)...

Check out the mmbmisc demo by Mebirok here: http://www.sussexvt.k12.de.us/mmb/files/Plugins/MMBMisc/miscdll_demo.zip

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Commands
This plugin has many different command, I will try to explain them all:

Control Panel ~~LOTS OF BUG~~ LOTS OF BUGS FIXED!
This will allow you to run different settings from the control panel folder...

ControlPanel: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ControlPanel")

AddRemove: PluginRun("PlugIn", "AddRemove")

AddHardware: PluginRun("PlugIn", "AddHardware")

TimeDateSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "TimeDateSettings")

RegionalSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "RegionalSettings")

DisplaySettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "DisplaySettings")

InternetSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "InternetSettings")

ModemSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ModemSettings")

MouseSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "MouseSettings")

KeyboardSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "KeyboardSettings")

SystemSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "SystemSettings")

NetworkSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "NetworkSettings")

PasswordSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "PasswordSettings")

SoundSettings: PluginRun("PlugIn", "SoundSettings")

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TaskBar
This is used to Show and hide the taskbar and systray

ShowTaskbar: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ShowTaskbar")

HideTaskbar: PluginRun("PlugIn", "HideTaskbar")

ShowSystray: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ShowSystray")

HideSystray: PluginRun("PlugIn", "HideSystray")

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StartButton
Play arround with the Start button

ShowStart: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ShowStart")

HideStart: PluginRun("PlugIn", "HideStart")

EnableStart: PluginRun("PlugIn", "EnableStart")

DisableStart: PluginRun("PlugIn", "DisableStart")

ClickStart: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ClickStart")

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Windows
Restart, Shutdown, logoff windows...

ShutDown: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ShutDown")

Restart: PluginRun("PlugIn", "Restart")

LogOff: PluginRun("PlugIn", "LogOff")

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Console
This will run the Dos console and allow you to interact with it ;)

Console: PluginRun("PlugIn", "Console")
This must be run for the Write and Read commands to work.

Write: This allows you to print text to the console window

          Write$ = 'Hello MMB Dev World!'
          PluginSet("PlugIn","Write$")
          PluginRun("PlugIn","Write")

Read: This will enable the user to type in the console window, and it will send you the result as a string.

          Write$ = 'Hi, What is your name?'
          PluginSet("PlugIn","Write$")
          PluginRun("PlugIn","Write")
       **This is the write command.
          PluginRun("PlugIn","Read")
          PluginGet("PlugIn","Read$")
          Message("hello","Read$")
          **This is the Read command.

**Remember, Console must be run so that Read and Write can work. BTW when you close the console, your project will close.

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Keys
Disable and enable some hot keys...

The following will enable/disable the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys:
EnableDel: PluginRun("PlugIn", "EnableDel")

DisableDel: PluginRun("PlugIn", "DisableDel")

The following will enable/disable all system keys:
EnableSysKeys: PluginRun("PlugIn", "EnableSysKeys")

DisableSysKeys: PluginRun("PlugIn", "DisableSysKeys")

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Mouse
This will swap the mouse buttons and put them back to normal. good for right clicking (hint hint...)

SwapMouse: PluginRun("PlugIn", "SwapMouse")

NormalMouse: PluginRun("PlugIn", "NormalMouse")

ShowMouse: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ShowMouse")

HideMouse: PluginRun("PlugIn", "HideMouse")

RightClick: PluginRun("PlugIn", "RightClick")

LeftClick: PluginRun("PlugIn", "LeftClick")

MiddleClick: PluginRun("PlugIn", "MiddleClick")

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Screen
Allows you to change the current state of your monitor

StandBy: PluginRun("PlugIn", "StandBy")

MonitorOn: PluginRun("PlugIn", "MonitorOn")

ScreenSaver: PluginRun("PlugIn", "ScreenSaver")

ChangeRes: Change the resolution of your screen!
Example: Uses to other commands (ResX and ResY)

          XRes$ = '800'
          XResInt = VAL(XRes$)
          ** Change X value to Integer
          PluginSet("PlugIn","XResInt")
          PluginRun("PlugIn","ResX")
          YRes$ = '600'
          YResInt = VAL(YRes$)
          ** Change Y value to Integer
          PluginSet("PlugIn","YResInt")
          PluginRun("PlugIn","ResY")
          PluginRun("PlugIn","ChangeRes")
          **Must be a valid Screen Resolution

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System
Get some information about your computer. Unfortunatly i think the free and total size s only works with hard drives bigger than 2 gb...

Serial: This get the drives serial number...

          Drive$ = 'C:\\'
          PluginSet("PlugIn","Drive$")
          PluginRun("PlugIn","Serial")
          PluginGet("PlugIn","data$")
          Message("Your hard drive serial number is: ","data$")

TotalSpace: This get the total space in your computer... in bytes

          Drive$ = 'C:\\'
          PluginSet("PlugIn","Drive$")
          PluginRun("PlugIn","TotalSpace")
          PluginGet("PlugIn","data$")
          Message("The total space in your computer is: ","data$")

FreeSpace: This get the free space in your computer... in bytes

          Drive$ = 'C:\\'
          PluginSet("PlugIn","Drive$")
          PluginRun("PlugIn","FreeSpace")
          PluginGet("PlugIn","data$")
          Message("The free space in your computer is: ","data$")

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Files
Move, Rename, Delete, etc...

FileDelete: This will delete a file from the computer
Example:

       Filename$ = 'C:\Hello.txt'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","DelFile")

FileMove: This will move a file in the computer tip: Move file can also rename a directory...
Example:

       Filename$ = 'C:\hello.txt'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","Filename")
       **Directory must exist
       Moved$ = 'C:\Windows\Desktop\World.txt'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","Moved$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","FileMove")

FileRename: This will rename a file in the computer
Example:

       Filename$ = 'C:\Hello.txt'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","Filename")

       Renamed$ = 'C:\World.txt'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","Renamed$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","FileRename")

FileExist: Example:

      filename$ = 'C:\hello.txt'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","filename$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","FileExist")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","Result$")
      If (Result$ = 'True')
      Message("Yup, hello.txt does exist","")
      end

      If (Result$ = 'False')
      Message("Naaa I can't find it...","")
      end

DirDelete: James: here ya go ;)
Example:

      Filename$ = 'C:\Test\'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","DirDelete")

DirCreate: Creates a folder
Example:

     Filename$ = 'C:\Test\'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","DirCreate")

DelTree: This will imitate the DelTree (delete a whole dir and sub folders...) <------------- NEW
Example:

      Filename$ = 'C:\Test\'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","DelTree")

HideFile This will change the attributes of the file to hidden <------------- NEW
Example:

      Filename$ = 'C:\Test\test.html'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","HideFile")

ReadOnlyFile: This will change the attributes of the file to read only <------------- NEW
Example:

      Filename$ = 'C:\Test\test.html'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","ReadOnlyFile")

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Inputs
Ahhh... this could be usful... InputBox (a la Delphi style) and SelectDirectory. Here's examples of how to use them...

InputBox: Show a little input box...

       Caption$ = 'What is your name?'
       PluginSet("PlugIn","Caption$")
       PluginRun("PlugIn","InputBox")
       PluginGet("PlugIn","Name$")
       Message("Nice to meet you ","Name$")

SelectDir: Show the browse folder box

       Caption$ = 'Please choose a folder'
       PluginSet("PlugIn","Caption$")
       PluginRun("PlugIn","SelectDir")
       PluginGet("PlugIn","FolderName$")
       Message("You choose ","FolderName$")

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Messages
Well this is a fun feature, Its like an updated version of MMBMessage (an old plugin i did just for testing...) This will allow you to show message box's with different icons and buttons!!

MessageBox: this uses 2 other commands (Button and Icon) these are used to set the icons and buttons....

Example1:

       **Set the icon
       Icon$ = 'CONFIRM'
       PluginSet("PlugIn","Icon$")
       PluginRun("PlugIn","Icon")
       **Set the buttons
       Button$ = 'YES/NO'
       PluginSet("PlugIn","Button$")
       PluginRun("PlugIn","Button")
       **Set the message and run
       Msg$ = 'Do you like MMBMisc?'
       PluginSet("PlugIn","Msg$")
       PluginRun("PlugIn","MessageBox")
       **Get the result (True/False)
       PluginGet("PlugIn","Result$")
       if (Result$ = 'True') then
       Message("Thanks man! Enjoy the plugin","")
       end
       if (Result$ = 'False') then
       Message("Ohh well, thats too bad :)","")
       end

Example2:

       **Set the icon
       Icon$ = 'NONE'
       PluginSet("PlugIn","Icon$")
       PluginRun("PlugIn","Icon")
       **Set the buttons
       Button$ = 'OK'
       PluginSet("PlugIn","Button$")
       PluginRun("PlugIn","Button")
       **Set the message and run
       Msg$ = 'Hello MMB Dev world!'
       PluginSet("PlugIn","Msg$")
       PluginRun("PlugIn","MessageBox")

Getting Result: Well if you have 2 buttons (YES/NO or OK/CANCEL) then mmbmisc will return 'True' of OK or YES was pressed or it will return 'FALSE' if CANCEL or NO was pressed (Example1 uses 2 buttons...)

            Icon: This will define the icon, it can be any of the following icons:
            - NONE
            - INFO
            - WARNING
            - ERROR
            - CONFIRM

            Button: This will define the button, it can be any of the following buttons:
            - NONE
            - OK
            - OK/CANCEL
            - YES/NO

Note: Both Button and Icon must be set in uppercase...

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Dialogs
Well these commands might be useful...

ColorDialog: Example:

       PluginRun("PlugIn","ColorDialog")
       PluginGet("PlugIn","Color$")
       Message("You choose the color: ","Color$")
       **Returns the color as an RGB string.

OpenDialog: Example:

       Filter$ = 'Text File (*.txt)|*.txt'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filter$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","OpenDialog")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      Message("You Choose: ","Filename$")

SaveDialog: Example:

      Filter$ = 'Text File (*.txt)|*.txt'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filter$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","SaveDialog")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      Message("You Choose: ","Filename$")

OpenPictureDialog: Example:

      Filter$ = 'All (*.dib;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.bmp;*.ico;*.emf;*.wmf)|*.dib;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.bmp;*.ico;*.emf;*.wmf'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filter$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","OpenPictureDialog")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      Message("You Choose: ","Filename$")

SavePictureDialog: Example:

      Filter$ = 'All (*.dib;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.bmp;*.ico;*.emf;*.wmf)|*.dib;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.bmp;*.ico;*.emf;*.wmf'
      PluginSet("PlugIn","Filter$")
      PluginRun("PlugIn","SavePictureDialog")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","Filename$")
      Message("You Choose: ","Filename$")

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Internet
This will see if the user is connected to internet or not and it will find the type of connection

Connect: PluginRun("PlugIn", "Connect")

Disconnect: PluginRun("PlugIn", "Disconnect")

Connection: Example:

      PluginRun("PlugIn","Connected")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","Result$")
      If (Result$ = 'True')
      Message("Yeah, your connected","")
      end

      If (Result$ = 'False')
      Message("Sorry, your not connected...","")
      end

ConnectionKind: Example:

      PluginRun("PlugIn","ConnectionKind")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","Result$")
      Message("Your connection type is: ","Result$")

Http: This is used to view the text of an html file. Example:

       URL$ = 'http://www.mediachance.com/index.html'
            ** URL$ is the html file you want to view as text
            PluginSet("PlugIn","URL$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","Http")
            PluginGet("PlugIn","Result$")
      Message("Http text: ","Result$")

Download: Well i finally added a download feature :) I hesitated in adding this because Jay has a download plugin. I emailed Jay,
But i could not get a reply, so Jay, if you see this Please contact me if you have any probs with this...

            URL$ = 'Http://www.MediaChance.com/index.html'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","URL$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","URL")
            **Set's the URL
            **-------
            Dest$ = 'C:\Example.htm'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","Dest$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","Download")
            **Set's the destination and Download file
            **--------
            PluginRun("PlugIn","Result")
            PluginGet("PlugIn","Result$")
            Message("Download result: ","Result$")
            **Gets the download result.

CheckURL: This will check to see if an URL existes or not...

            URL$ = 'http://www.SquashProductions.com'
            PluginSet("PlugIn","URL$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","CheckURL")
            **Check if url existes....
            **-------
      PluginGet("PlugIn","Result$")
      If (Result$ = 'True')
      Message("Yup, the site existes!","")
      end
      If (Result$ = 'False')
      Message("Sorry, the site does not existe.","")
      end
            **Gets the result (True, False)
            **-------

GetIP: This will get your current IP

      PluginRun("PlugIn","GetIP")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","MyIP$")
      Message("My IP is: ","MyIP$")

GetHost: This will get your current hostname

      PluginRun("PlugIn","GetHost")
      PluginGet("PlugIn","MyIP$")
      Message("My IP is: ","MyIP$")

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Misc
All different kinds of commands...

EmptyRecycle: PluginRun("PlugIn", "EmptyRecycle")

DisableClose: This will disable to close button of your program. Example:

       Title$ = 'Welcome!'
            ** Title$ is the title of your project
            PluginSet("PlugIn","Title$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","DisableClose")

DisableMin: This will disable to minimize button of your program. Example:

       Title$ = 'Welcome!'
            ** Title$ is the title of your project
            PluginSet("PlugIn","Title$")
            PluginRun("PlugIn","DisableMin")

MinimizeAll: PluginRun("PlugIn", "MinimizeAll")

Explorer: PluginRun("PlugIn", "Explorer")
This will run the Explorer

FindFiles: PluginRun("PlugIn", "FindFiles")
This will run the Search program

Run: Run a file with parameters... ~~BUG~~ FIXED!
Example:

    param$ = 'C:\Test.txt')
    PluginSet("PlugIn","param$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Parameters")
    Filename$ = 'C:\Windows\Notepad.exe'
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Run")

RunHidden: This will run a file (with parameters if you want) hidden <------------- NEW
Example:

    param$ = 'C:\Test.exe')
    PluginSet("PlugIn","param$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Parameters")
    Filename$ = 'ExampleParameter'
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Filename$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Run")

GetTime: This will get the current time on the PC
Example:

            PluginRun("PlugIn","GetTime")
            PluginGet("PlugIn","Time$")
      Message("The time is: ","Time$")

GetDate: This will get the current date on the PC
Example:

            PluginRun("PlugIn","GetDate")
            PluginGet("PlugIn","Date$")
      Message("The time is: ","Date$")

Encrypt: This will encrypt a string variable in MMB
Example: Uses CryptKey (Integer, any number)

      **CryptKey is used to set a key to encrypt and decrypt
    Key$='1'
    value = VAL(Key$)
    PluginSet("PlugIn","value")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","CryptKey")
    Hi$ = 'Hello MMB'
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Hi$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Encrypt")
    PluginGet("PlugIn","Test$")
    Message("the encryption is: ","Test$")
    **This shows the encyrpted data

Decrypt: This will encrypt a string variable in MMB
Example: Uses CryptKey (Integer, any number)

      **CryptKey is used to set a key to encrypt and decrypt
    Key$='1'
    value = VAL(Key$)
    PluginSet("PlugIn","value")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","CryptKey")
    Hi$ = 'Hello MMB'
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Hi$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Decrypt")
    PluginGet("PlugIn","Test$")
    Message("the decryption is: ","Test$")
    **This shows the decyrpted data

Caption: Change the caption of your project on runtime!

    NewName$ = 'Cool huh?'
    ** NewName$ is the title you want it to be changed to...
    PluginSet("PlugIn","NewName$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Filename")
    Title$ = 'Welcome!'
    ** Title$ is the title of your project
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Title$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Caption")

     Flash: This will flash your project's caption (once)

    Title$ = 'Welcome!'
    ** Title$ is the title of your project
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Title$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Caption")

     HideFromTaskbar: This will hide your program from the taskbar    <------------- NEW

    Title$ = 'Welcome!'
    ** Title$ is the title of your project
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Title$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","HideFromTaskbar")

     Terminate: This can terminate any program, just need to know its caption...
    Title$ = 'Welcome!'
    ** Title$ is the title of the program you want to close
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Title$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Terminate")

     Minimize: This will minimize any program, just need to put its caption

    Title$ = 'Welcome!'
    ** Title$ is the title of your project or any other program...
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Title$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","Minimize")

     BringToTop: This will bring any program to the top of the screen, just put its caption

    Title$ = 'Welcome!'
    ** Title$ is the title of your project or any other
    PluginSet("PlugIn","Title$")
    PluginRun("PlugIn","BringToTop")

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**Note: Remember that MMB is case sensitive that that my commands do have caps in the middle... :)
mmbmisc supports <Embedded>, <Windows> and <SrcDir> **

Bugs
I fixed all of the known bugs! But with so many features there has go to be a few bugs ;) so if anyone finds some bugs, please tell me.

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Contact
If you have any questions, comments, sugestions or if you have found a bug, please contact us at Squash@cv.cl or visit our website.

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Donate
Please help us help you.
You can use all our freeware plugins (MMBMisc, MMBPad, MMMessage, MMBCalendar, MMBRegister, MMBPlaylist and others) without paying a penny (or a dime hehe) But if you use our plugin frecuently or really like them :) please donate so we can make even better plugins to enhace MMB!
If you would like to donate please visit:
http://www.SquashPlugins.f2s.com/donate.htm

Thanks a lot, your donation will not go unseen
Note: By no means are you obligated to donate :)

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MMBMisc v.1.0 Beta
By Matthew Woodhams
Squash Productions
Squash@cv.cl
http://www.squashplugins.com