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That’s a really good question. I don’t see an About box. I don’t see anything in the installation directory that reports version information, such as a Readme file. The version information doesn’t appear in the purchase correspondence. It doesn’t appear in the Control Panel Programs applet. There’s no Update function. Ah, the installation file is named 1.30.02. So, I must have the most recent version.
Sorry. I can’t seem to assemble the whole set of proper information. I notice that at one point I even spelled the product name "Breakway" rather than "Breakaway." Attention to detail was never my strong suit.
I’m actually using Breakaway Audio Enhancer in an application intended to flatten the dynamic range of PC audio. It works very well.
As installed, the application is launched using a registry key, which (as far as I know) provides no mechanism for sequencing or delay. It’d be possible, I suppose, to strip that out and launch only after a specified delay. But I’d much prefer identifying the dependency and somehow ensuring that Breakaway isn’t launched until the dependency is satisfied. Delays that work at one point have a nasty habit of not working at another.
Thanks for the reply, Milky.
System information? Duh! Actually, I assumed–wrongly, it seems–that Breakaway is implemented pretty much the same across the various Microsoft platforms on which it runs.
Anyway, I’m using Windows 7 (64-bit), 6.1.7601, Service Pack 1. My CPU is an AMD Athlon II X4; the system board has 8 GB installed RAM. Now you see why I didn’t want to say anything 🙂
If it helps you decide how to approach the problem, I’m a former software developer but not that familiar with Windows internals, specifically including ways of launching programs at startup other than using a service or the Start Up folder. (I suspect, and think I dimly recall, that there are ways of launching programs via registry entries.) Point being, I can probably help a bit more on this end than an ordinary customer and I can cope with general instructions rather than a detailed road map.
Having sat in your seat, though, I know how much more complicated it usually is when dealing with a client who thinks he knows everything. I’ll try to keep a rein on the nuisance factor 🙂
Cheers,
