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ACCESS
Librarian/File Manager for your CD-ROM
Version 1.00
Unauthorized distribution prohibited.
All Rights Reserved
(c) 1993 Vince Sorensen
Important:
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Always run the program from a floppy or hard drive. If you use any of
the commands that need to call DOS Execute a DOS Command, View Inside
ZIPs), and there is not enough memory to load the extra command in, the
program will swap out to the current drive in order to make room to run
the command. The configuration and file listing format databases have
to be on a floppy or hard drive in order for you to make changes to
them.
An option (ACCESS /nowrite) has been included so that you can run the
program from your CD-ROM without using any hard drive space at all, but
you will be unable to use all the features of the program for the
reasons above. This is *not* recommended. DO NOT RUN THE PROGRAM FROM
YOUR CD-ROM UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIFIED THIS OPTION ON THE COMMAND LINE.
Quick Set-Up
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From your hard drive, type X:\INSTALL where X: is the CD-ROM
drive's letter. Follow the on-screen instructions. The INSTALL program
will copy whatever files are necessary to your hard drive, and create a
batch file so that you can easily access your CD-ROM. You'll need as
little as 27K of hard drive (or floppy) space to use all the features
of ACCESS. For an additional increase in speed, the ACCESS program and
the files database may also be copied to your hard drive. This can
require as much as 3-4 megabytes of free hard disk space. Please be
you have sufficient hard disk space prior to running INSTALL.
Note: Pressing F1 gives context sensitive help wherever available.
Keyboard Commands
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ENTER [F2] - View the contents of the highlighted archive file.
CTRL-C - Copy the file to the default hard disk directory
CTRL-D [F3] - View expanded text description of the archive file.
CTRL-N - Next occurance of a phrase (specified by the last CTRL-S)
CTRL-S - Search for a keyword or phrase in the file lists
CTRL-Z - UnZip the file to the default hard disk directory
CTRL-X - Execute special DOS command on tagged files
SPACE BAR - Tag/Untag highlighted file for further action.
F1 - On-line help information
F10 - Clear all tags
ARROW DOWN - Next file
ARROW UP - Previous file
PGDN - Next page of file listings
PGUP - Previous page of file listings
CTRL-PGDN - End of file listings
CTRL-PGUP - Top of file listings
LETTERS A-Z - Go to Index location specified by the letter(s) entered
BACKSPACE - Delete character to the left of the cursor
ESC - Return to previous screen
Text File Viewing:
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CD-ROM Access contains an internal file viewer, with Search
and Line Jump Functions. However, if you have another text file
viewer you prefer, you can specify it in the Configuration menu.
To return to using the internal viewer, specify INTERNAL or leave
the TEXT VIEWER line blank. Please note that the internal file viewer
tries to load the file into memory - if you are viewing files over
140K in size, it is recommended that you use an external viewer.
Please note that only the file you are highlighting when you
press ENTER will be viewed (and the files it contains, if it is
archived) - tagged files are only used when executing DOS commands
with the CTRL-X key (see below).
Executing Commands:
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1) CTRL-X - executing special DOS commands on an archived file
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You have the option to execute a DOS command from within the program in
a number of places by pressing CTRL-X. When you do, you'll be
presented with the following screen:
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║ EXECUTE COMMAND (up to 130 characters): ║
║COPY C:\001A\42BOOT.ZIP ║
║ ║
║ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ Pressing CTRL-END clears to the end of the line │ ║
║ │ Pressing ESC exits without executing command │ ║
║ │ Pressing ENTER accepts and executes the command │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
║ ^ Indicates "Next command" (Divides multiple commands) ║
║ -> Indicates "Change to this directory before executing command" ║
║ %TAG Indicates execute command for all tagged files ║
║ ║
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You can alter the command (between the symbols and ) however you
wish. Press ENTER, and the program will shell out to DOS and execute
it. The default command is the one you specified in the Configuration
screen, followed by the last path and file name referenced, unless you
have tagged files, in which case the file name is replaced by %TAG.
Tagging notes:
Before calling the command screen, you may select (tag) files using the
SPACE BAR. F10 will clear all tags. When entering commands, put %TAG
where you would normally put the file path and file name. When the
command is executed, the program will execute your command once for
each tagged file, replacing the %TAG with the file path and name.
I.E.
Below shows the results of pressing SPACE on INSTRUCT.ZIP and
INSTRUC3.ZIP. The √ symbol shows that the file is tagged.
INSTRUCT.ZIP√ 64234 01/01/93 Instructions for using this CD-ROM.
INSTRUC2.ZIP 141434 01/01/93 Instructions for getting more CDs from us.
INSTRUC3.ZIP√ 25234 01/01/93 Advanced info for using this CD-ROM.
CTRL-X is pressed, and the following is entered:
COPY %TAG \TEMP
The two tagged files are then copied into the \TEMP directory.
2) CTRL-C and CTRL-Z Copying and Unzipping files to the default directory
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CTRL-C and CTRL-Z are also available. You are still presented with a
default command, but CTRL-C will always begin with COPY instead of your
default command, and CTRL-Z will begin with PKZIP instead of your
default command. In addition, the default target directory you
specified within Configuration will be appended to the end, following a
"->". This way, you can copy, or even unzip the chosen file into a
selected directory within a minimum of keystrokes.
Exporting File Listings:
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Using the Create File Listing option (also know as Create Listing of
Files in a Directory) allows you to generate a formatted DOS file or
printout of the list of files in a directory. As an aid to BBS Sysops,
a variety of output formats can also be generated for use by various
BBS programs.
All FILES.BBS file listings that are created using the "Create/Print
File Listings" option will use one-line descriptions, unless a "~", "|"
is contained within the format name or one of the proprietary formats
(described below - see "Format Conventions") is used.
Format Conventions:
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If the format title contains a "~" character, it indicates that the
format is multi-line. The "~" should be followed by the number of
lines of description allowed per file.
I.E.:
MAXFMT~2 will output 2 line descriptions for each file.
If the format title contains a "|" character, it indicates that the
description should be preceded by a "|". Note that the description is
still placed at the position indicated in the format configuration.
The "|" is placed two spaces before the description.
If both "|" and "~" are in the format title, the "|" is always placed
before the 2nd and following lines, but only before the 1st line if the
"|" precedes the "~".
I.E.:
Taking the format "WILD" and simply changing the format name has the
following results:
If WILD outputs: FILENAME.ZIP 91810 01-01-93 Description
then WILD| outputs: FILENAME.ZIP 91810 01-01-93| Description
and WILD|~2 outputs: FILENAME.ZIP 91810 01-01-93| Description
| Description Line 2
and WILD~2| outputs: FILENAME.ZIP 91810 01-01-93 Description
| Description Line 2
and WILD~2 outputs: FILENAME.ZIP 91810 01-01-93 Description
Description Line 2
Also note that if there are not two spaces between the description and
the previous field, and "|" is used, the previous field will be
over-written.
Special Case (Proprietary Formats):
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If either the "PCBOARD" or "WILDCAT_2" file listing formats have been
specified, special logic comes in to play to ensure the resulting
FILES.BBS looks more like the proprietary formats used by these boards.
I.E.:
PCBOARD
ARJ230.EXE 200363 02-07-92 This is what you'll use to extract files
| that end in the ARJ extension. Its self-
| extracting, so just type in ARJ230, and
| then use the ARJ.EXE that comes out to
| extract other files!
WILDCAT_2
ARJ230.EXE 200,363 02/07/92 | This is what you'll use to extract files
DwnLds: 3 DL Time 00:17:23 | that end in the ARJ extension.
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This software is based on CD-ROM PRO Version 2.0 and above.