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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.
-