Exclusion Settings

The exclusion settings tab provides you with an easy way to edit the exclusion list. For more information on the exclusion engine within miniMIZE, please see the topic on Exclusions.

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The exclusion editor might look complicated, but it has been designed to allow you to easily add an exclusion to the miniMIZE exclusion list. The exclusion editor is made up of two main parts. The first is the tree view at the top of the dialog that lists the current exclusions. All items that are shown in that list are the windows that miniMIZE will ignore.

Each level within the tree represents a level within the exclusion (see How Exclusions Are Defined), with the root nodes representing the Process exclusion, the next level the Class exclusion and the last the Window exclusions. The icons for each level are shown below.

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Process Exclusion

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Class Exclusion

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Window Exclusion

The second part of the exclusion editor is made up of a number of controls. Firstly, it consists of three text boxes. Each of these represents one of the exclusion types (Process, Class and Window) and it is in these boxes that you enter the exclusion strings.

Next there are three buttons (Add, Update and Remove) which allow you to change the exclusions. Clicking the Add button will add the text in the text boxes to the exclusion list, while clicking Update will update the currently selected node with the text in the text box. To remove an exclusion, select the node you wish to remove and click Remove.

Next, on the right of the text boxes, we have two special controls. The first is a button with three dots on it. This is a browse button and clicking on it will allow you to browse for the application that you want to add as an exclusion. The second is the Finder. The finder allows you to easily add an exclusion to the list, by helping you 'find' the window you want to add.

To use it, click on the finder, and drag it to the title bar of the window you want to add. Then you should see a red border around the window whose title bar you currently have the finder over. Releasing the mouse will populate the text boxes on the exclusion editor with the correct values to exclude that window. Once you have done that, simply click Add to add the exclusion to the list, or edit the strings to your satisfaction.

The final option on the exclusion editor is the Advanced Matching check box. Checking the check box will enable the advanced matching functionality of the miniMIZE exclusion engine.

Once you have added your exclusions, clicking Ok will close the dialog.






Copyright (c) 2005 Stephen Kew