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From: Technovators on 21 Jan 2008 14:51
I have just completed my first application using Authorware and everything
works fine. The only thing I noticed is that when I launch the application from
the computer desktop, "Authorware" first appears in the task bar for about a
second before the title of my application appears. Looking at the timing of its
appearance, I believe it may have something to do with the use of the cover
function which was placed at the start of the application. Is there a way to
prevent that from happening?

From: Steve Howard on 25 Jan 2008 19:08
>I have just completed my first application using Authorware and everything
> works fine. The only thing I noticed is that when I launch the application
> from
> the computer desktop, "Authorware" first appears in the task bar for about
> a
> second before the title of my application appears. Looking at the timing
> of its
> appearance, I believe it may have something to do with the use of the
> cover
> function which was placed at the start of the application. Is there a way
> to
> prevent that from happening?

Sort of. It's not a recommended thing, but you can do it fairly easily.

Find a Resource String Editor. Use it to open your packaged Authorware file.
You should find, towards the very top of string table, the name Authorware
that you can edit to something else. Note that there is a tight limit on the
permitted number of characters - go over that and you break the executable
file completely and must repackage your application.

Note that there are ways for you to control the title seen once the file has
launched, but they suffer from the same issue you already see - Authorware
is seen initially in the title bar.

Most people will not notice, or will simply not care.

Steve

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