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“READ ME” for GetInfo, version 1.0
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Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
March 5, 1992
Font: Geneva 12
This document must go wherever GetInfo goes. Please do not distribute
GetInfo without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
REGISTERING GETINFO AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES
=============================================
GetInfo is not free. This utility must be registered just as you would buy
commercial software. So please send a few dollars if you use this program.
Or you can consider the following.
7.0 PLUS Utilities is a package of all (more than 25) System 7.0 utilities
I have written. You can get the disk with all of them NOW (not wait until
I decide to upload the next program) by sending $29.95 to me. This will
register you for all the software, will get you a disk of the software, and
an update to the PLUS Utilities when it rolls around. It’s a pretty good
deal. You should register your software, anyway, so why not do it
like this? And it’s a lot cheaper this way.
See the documentation which should accompany this file for more information
on the 7.0 PLUS Utilities. A registration form should also accompany this file.
Please use it to register the software.
USING GETINFO
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• If you use GetInfo, please please please send me a note. My addresses
(post and e-mail) are given below in “About the Author”. Also, read the
information in the above section on registration.
What Does GetInfo Do?
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• GetInfo, a drag-and-drop utility (Drop Rob-Box), lets you view and change
file info for selected items. You can modify the name type, creator, finder
flags, and locked bit of items just by dragging them over the application
icon, or through a standard get file dialog. GetInfo requires System 7.
Using GetInfo
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• Drag items (files and/or folders) to be modified over GetInfo’s icon, just
as you would drag those items into a folder. GetInfo will then show the
information for that item, allowing you to edit the modifiable attributes.
• Double-click on GetInfo to see the about box information. You can also
modify files in manual mode by double-clicking on the icon and selecting
Get info from the File menu.
• Since the Finder resolves all aliases when you drop them into a Drop Box,
GetInfo can only think that you dropped the target (not the alias)
in to be modified. So when you get info on an alias, you are really getting
the info on the target.
File Information
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• If you have a color monitor, click on the file’s icon to select what depth and size of
icon you wish to view.
• As you modify the file type and creator, the icon and file owner information
change accordingly, so you can see what effect your changes will have on the
files. For this reason purposely does not show the custom icons for files.
Besides, you can see the custom icon for a file in the Finder, anyway.
• Choose the Same As... button to get info on a specific file. The File Settings
will be set up to reflect those of the chosen file.
• You cannot modify the type and creator of folders or disks.
• The Finder flags are self-explanatory. If you don’t know what they do, you
probably shouldn’t use them. Hold down the option key before the window
opens, or click on the zoom box to hide the finder flags.
• The Finder is a bit eccentric about modifying some bits. It may not test the
bits until the next time the Finder is launched, so don’t worry if you set, say,
the Stationery bit, and nothing happens.
USING DROP BOXES
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Drop Boxes are applications (drag-and-drop utilities) which can take advantage
of System 7.0’s Apple Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application
icon just as you would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory.
The Drop Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits.
You can also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in
just one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any
combination of the three, and dump them in. Any aliases dropped directly into
a Drop Box (not inside a directory) are resolved by the Finder and thus their
target (parent) is modified.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
Robert Gibson E-Mail:
RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
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This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
BBSs and on-line services (e.g. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
include this document, unmodified.
GetInfo copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.