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HERMES' PROTeCTA (Version 1.0)
Copyright (c) 1989 A. G. Kartsatos
(Please See Below Distribution Requirements)
Here is another utility program for my Amiga colleagues out there. This
program allows you to set the Protection Bits and the Comment of a given
file painlessly and ... pleasantly. This program is actually part of the
new HERMES program called DISKoLAB. You can only run it from the CLI. It
would actually be quite useless and ... lonely out there on your Workbench!
To run it, just press: "RUN PROTeCTA" or just "PROTeCTA".
If you attach a filename to the above, like:
"RUN PROTeCTA SUGAR",
the program will list the filename SUGAR in the FILE buffer and will also
list the protection bits and the comment (if there is one) of the file.
The protection bits are listed in the form of highlighted gadgets.
If you want to change the protection bits and/or the comment of a given
file, please do the following:
(1) If the file is already in the FILE buffer, place the information
into the window (click into the appropriate gadgets for the protection bits
and/or enter the comment (filenote) into the COMMENT gadget). Then click
into the DO IT gadget.
(2) If the file is not already in the FILE buffer, just enter the
file name into the FILE gadget and then press RETURN. The current file
info for the file name entered will now appear in your window, and you can
continue as above.
The program will notify you if it cannot set the protection bits and/or
the comment of the file. If the program SAYS NOTHING after you press
DO IT, the desired info HAS BEEN SET. You can of course check that out
by just clicking into the FILE buffer and then pressing RETURN.
The CANCEL gadget returns to the original information for the given
file. The EXIT gadget closes the window and ends PROTeCTA.
I have tried to cover as many possibilities of ... misuse of the
program as I could think of. You will most probably realise this fact when
you make an error (e.g. if you try to list a file that does not exist).
This is why some programs are longer than absolutely necessary. The
programmer has to cover all those cases of possible error.
Well, have fun my friends. If you need any help, write me at the
address below or call me!
@@-->>> HERMES
Programs By HERMES:
ICONLAB2.ARC (The Definitive Work On Icons For The Amiga Computer.
It Supports:
CUT/SAVE ICONS,
ICON->BRUSH,
BRUSH->ICON,
CUT/SAVE BRUSHES,
8-COLOR ICONS,
SPLIT ICONS,
JOIN ICONS,
MODIFYING OF ICON DATA,
CHANGING RESOLUTION ON THE FLY, etc)
[This Is The Demo Version Of The Commercial Program
ICONLAB Available Now From The Address Below At $30.00]
DISKoLAB.ARC (One Of The Greatest Utilities Ever!
Among Other Capabilities,
It Supports 1200 files.
It has A Built In IFF Viewer For All IFF's Including
Brushes And Overscans.
It Has A Built In Icon Viewer For Icons Of Any Size
And Any Colors Up To 16.
It Has A Built In Fast File Reader Which Is Also
Used By Numerous Other Functions.
It Will Find A File Anywhere On The Current Di-
rectory/Drive (Including Subdirectories).
It Will Compute The Size Of The Current Directory/
Volume.
It Will Search Every ASCII File In The Current Di-
rectory For A String.
It Will Show You All Your Mountlist Data From
Memory.
It Will Fix An ASCII File That Contains Binary
Characters.
It Will Extract All ASCII Characters From A Bi-
nary File.
It Will Highlight All Files Whose Name Contains
A given Pattern.
It Will Save The Currently Displayed List Into
A File.
It Will Isolate All The Directories In The Current
Directory In Order To Be Able To Perform Four Diffe-
rent Functions On Them.
It Will Allow You To Display Nicely A File's
Information (Protection Bits And Comment), And Change
It On The Fly.
It Will Allow You To Save The Entire Contents Of
A Drive Into A File. This Catalogue Will Contain the
Exact Paths Of All The Files On It, The Creation Dates
And The Sizes. Hard Disk Drives Are Included.)
[This Is The Demo Version Of The Commercial Program
DISKoLAB Available Now From The Address Below At $30.00]
COLORLAB.ARC (This Is A Nice Update To The PALETTA program. It Allows
The User To Identify All Color Shades Of The Amiga
Computer, Mix Colors, Get Hex Values For The Colors, and
Get Random Colors. It Also Allows The User To Load An
IFF Picture And Modify It At Will (If It Is Of 32 Colors
Or Less) By Throwing On The Screen A Nice Palette. This
IFF Picture Can Also Be Reduced To One In Black & White.
This Last Feature Can Be Accomplished In 13 Different
Ways. All These Pictures Can Be Saved To A File Or
To A Printer)
HERMIT.ARC (This Program Allows You To Save/Cycle Your Front Screen.
It resides In The Background And "Listens" To Your Key-
board For HOT KEYS. Very nice and very useful.)
CALCULA.ARC (An Expression Parser And A Function Evaluator. A Really
Great Calculator For Your Amiga. It Will Evaluate
Millions Of Functions F(x,y,z) (Of Up To Three Vari-
ables). Any Depth Of Parentheses!!!)
OUTCOMM.ARC (This Little Utility Will Actually Eliminate All Com-
ments From Your C Programs. These Are Statements Be-
tween /* And */. It Will Also Delete Any Lines That
Lie Entirely Within These Comments. I Have Found It
Pretty Useful For Beautifying Purposes...)
LISTA11.ARC (Very Useful Directory Lister. Alpha, Bytes, Patterns,
CLI, Refresh. Opens Its Own Window)
SCRIPTA.ARC (Online!-PCP Script Maker. Easy Online! Script Files!)
FORMULA!.ARC (FORMIDABLE 3D-Grapher In C. It graphs z = f(x,y).
Choice Of Colors. 17 Functions Supported. An Artist's
Tool)
FINANCA.ARC (Mortgage, Compound Interest And Annuity In Color!)
CONTOURA.ARC (SPECTACULAR Contour Grapher. Definitely An Artist's
Tool. CENTER, ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT, FLOWING PALETTE,
SCALING. An Important Artist's Tool!)
ARCHA12.ARC (ARC-PAK-ZOO Utility. It Also Has Another 12 Utility
Gadgets And 7 Drive Gadgets. Only 35K, It Can Be Used
As An Efficient Directory Utility.
CYCLER1.ARC (This Program Will Cycle Your IFF Pictures (<=32 Colors)
In Two Different Modes (Straight And Reverse) And Three
Different Speeds. Great For Creating Motion Via
Cycling!)
DUHERM28.ARC (This Is Version 2.8 Of DU-HERMES. This Beautiful dire-
ctory Utility Can Afford A Total Of 72 Gadgets, Out Of
Which 48 Are User-definable! One Of The Major Utilities
For The Amiga Computer. Very Popular And Very Useful.)
SIMPLIC1.ARC (The Simplex Method Of Linear Programming. The
Complete Program Handles Simplexes Of Up To 30 Un-
knowns And Up To 30 Constraints. It Will Also Load
And Save Simplexes. The Best Simplex Program For
Your Amiga.
[This Is The Demo Version Of The Commercial Program
SIMPLICA Available From The Address Below At $30.00]
TAPRiSKA.ARC (Another Nice Utility. It Lists All Your Current Tasks
With Their CLI's, Their Address And Their Priorities.
It Also Allows You To Set The Protection Bits Nicely).
FOR SUPPORT, write to:
A. G. Kartsatos (PLink = HERMES)
8524 Caladesi Island Drive
Temple Terrace, FL 33637-7310, USA
(Telephone 813-985-7624)
DISTRIBUTION
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Feel free to distribute this version of PROTeCTA, with this doc
intact, to any bulletin boards and non-profit establishments in the US
and abroad.
You are also allowed to upload this version to major electronic boards
like BIX, Compuserve, Delphi, GEnie, PLink, etc.
The inclusion of PROTeCTA, or any part of it, in any form in a commercial
package, or its use for any commercial purposes, is illegal without the ex-
plicit permission of the author.
All nationally and internationally sold disks with Amiga software are
considered commercial packages by this author. Only The Amiga User Group
"Disk Of The Month" disks are excluded.
*** If you are planning to use this program commercially, you may
call me using the phone number above. ***
DISCLAIMER:
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The usual disclaimers concerning computer software apply to this
product.
Although this program has been tested extensively for its accuracy and
reliability, the author will accept no liability whatsoever for damage
resulting from the use, misuse, or excessive use of it.