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STUDIO ACCESS
Librarian/File Manager for your CD-ROM
Version 1.00
This program is licensed exclusively to Data Express, Inc.
Unauthorized distribution prohibited.
All Rights Reserved
(c) 1993 Vince Sorensen
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 STUDIO ACCESS.
Note: Pressing F1 gives context sensitive help wherever available.
Keyboard Commands for Scrolling Tables
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Press F1 when in a scrolling table for a complete command list.
ENTER - View/Run highlighted file
ESC - Return to previous screen
ARROW DOWN - Highlight next file
ARROW UP - Highlight previous file
CTRL-S - Search for a phrase
CTRL-N - Next occurance of a phrase (specified by the last CTRL-S)
CTRL-X - Run DOS Command (on tagged files, if any; otherwise the
current highlighted file; see below)
SPACE BAR - Tag/Untag highlighted file
F10 - Clear all tags
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).
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Executing Commands:
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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 ║
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║ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ 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.
In some areas, 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.
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.
About File Listing Formats and 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.
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.
Converting from a DOS file listing in one format to another will only
convert the first line of each description, regardless of what multi-line
options (as described below) are selected.
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): 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.
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 (Check floppy for Duplicates,
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.