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MANUAL FOR !Partition (Application)
This file describes the program Partition which gives single click access to
upto four harddisk partitions (eg.a DOS parition for a PC card/emulator).This
program runs on the 32 bit Risc OS platform using Risc OS 3.10 or better.
The manual and software are (C)1997 SPROW
INSTRUCTIONS-
Having installed the software onto a harddisk simply double click on the
drive shaped !Partition icon.After a couple of seconds it will appear on the
left of the icon bar.
During use,right clicks on its icon cycle through the currently setup
partitions on you disk,and a left click opens the respective partition.
At any time,if you should add a new partition or rename/remove an old then
clicking menu over its icon will reveal a 'Setup...' option.
Once opened,this window presents buttons to look through the 4 partitions
allowed,numbered surprisingly one to four.
Enter in the 'Path' box where the partition appears,this may also be filled in
by dropping the partition onto the setup window.
Enter in the 'Name' box what name you wish to refer to the partition.This text
must however appear under the icon,so it can't be too long!
Choose 'Save settings' when satisfied,as using the close button in the top
left of the window will result in settings being lost when the computer is
turned off.
EXIT MESSAGES-
"The partitions you have created have no paths associated with them" - this
is caused because you have not typed anything in the 'Path:'
boxes.The setup window will remain open.
"The 'Setup' file for this application has been damaged" - when reading in
you old settings,the pointers were found to be inconsistent
with the length of the file.The record which was being read
in at the time will be set to say 'Broken'.If the damaged
record was not the last in the file,all file access is
stopped and the rest of the records will then be set to
just blanks.Setup box opens.
"No settings have been made yet for 'Partition' so it cannot be used" - this
appears on first running the program or if the 'Setup' file
is deleted.Setup box opens.
KNOWN PROBLEMS/FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS-
No known problems.
Pressing return with the setup window open should have the same effect as
pressing the 'Save settings' button.
HISTORY-
V0.90 Internal version,not released
V1.00 First released version to Jaffa Software support web page
V1.10 Allows dropping of partition's directory onto the setup box to prevent
repetitive strain injury from typing in very long path names.
Error boxes are non-multitasking now,so F12 wont put you at the command
line.This results in the Templates file becoming much smaller.
At each stage the existance of at least one valid partition is checked,
if none exists,then the user is now prompted for one.
V1.15 Text 'Damaged' changed to 'Broken' so that it fits under the iconbar icon
when the setup file is damaged.Icon is also shaded if the program is not
properly set up.