Active Text Notes

Granted, notes come in all shapes and sizes, depending on your needs, working style and preferences. While some users will not give up on the paper sticky notes, others might require a flexible tool that is capable of automating operations associated with records and the clipboard.

Active Text Notes is an application that enables you to run generate and display the output text file of any application you want to run directly on the desktop, so you can be up to date with possible changes it is responsible for.

The setup is a straightforward process that entails decompressing the archive. Upon launch, you can view a medium-sized window appears in a fixed position on your desktop. Unfortunately, you cannot alter the color for the background or text, a feature that could be included for extra convenient.   Moreover, you should know that you cannot move the window around to a location where it could not distract you. If you want to modify its position on the desktop and increase or decrease its size, you can do so by specifying the appropriate parameters from the Settings menu.

It would have been nice if you could change the color palette, alter the transparency level and move the sticky-note-like window with your mouse. Because the idea is to be the least distracting, it could come with a lock and unlock feature, so you can avoid moving it accidentally.

Since this is not your usual clipboard app, it is recommended that you check out the Readme text file and understand what the program does. For instance, you cannot use it to make manual notes, but rather you need to specify the executable file of the application you want to run.

It is important to note that the program does everything automatically. To put it simply, it runs the designated application at the interval you specify, generates and displays the output text file.

In case you are involved in projects that entail analyzing apps' behaviors and identify potential bugs, then perhaps Active Text Notes might lend you a hand with revealing the output text file.