exe modifier

[paulm]

Anyone know of any free exe / projector modifiers that will allow me to not allow scaling of the window. I have been fooling around with ResHacker and ExeScope, but am not quite sure that they can do it. If anyone knows any free programs that can do this, or how to do it with either of those apps, that'd be great to find out.

Thanks guys, later

[northcode]

Flash and fscommand("allowscale", "false") are all you need to disable scaling. If you're talking about disabling the min/max buttons on a projector, you can't do that with EXE hacking tools but it can be done if you remove the "chrome" (border and title bar) from your EXE. I wrote a utility that can do that, but I'm about to change the name of it and release a more powerful tool. If you want a copy of the existing tool, go to Flash Kit and search for "ncstart" and you'll find the download link. It doesn't modify your projector, it's a tool that lets you launch EXE files and modify their behavior at startup.

[paulm]

i've tried that and it doesn't appear to work. Within the app I was working on, it simply broke the resizing of my objects on the stage. I then created a blank document just with that one line of code, and it still did not restrict resizing of the window. Am I doing something wrong?

[northcode]

The allowscale command just disables resizing of your content, it doesn't prevent the user from resizing the window itself.

[paulm]

and that is the problem. I would think it is a simply switch to allow scalling or not, but I cant seem to find any free exe modifiers that allow you to do it. I know of 2 paid ones that can do it, but cost like 300, and I do not want to have to purchase one piece of software for one action.

Does any know of any more free exe modifiers, besides ResHacker or exeScope?

[northcode]

Ahem...

I wrote a utility that can do that [...] If you want a copy [...] go to Flash Kit and search for "ncstart" and you'll find the download link. It doesn't modify your projector, it's a tool that lets you launch EXE files and modify their behavior at startup.It doesn't do EXACTLY what you want (modify the EXE) but it will make your wndow non-resizable and the price sounds right. It's FREE.

You get what you pay for :)

[paulm]

k I found it thanks. How exactly am I using this though, run commands? I didn't quite understand the doc file included. If it is, will I have to use that method everytime or can I save it to the exe somehow.

[northcode]

ncstart modifies the window of the application it launches so you can't save the changes, you have to use ncstart to aunch your exe