This is the documentation for QZapAPPL™, an application that changes the file type of other applications from ‘APPL’ to ‘rsrc’ and back. This document was prepared using TeachText 7.0 so as to make it readily available to all users. If you distribute a non- TeachText copy of this documentation, please include this copy as well. Thanks!
WHAT DOES QZAPAPPL™ DO?
QZapAPPL™ presents a dialog box which allows you to select applications (type ‘APPL’) and resource files (type ‘rsrc’) for “conversion” to the other type.
WHAT DO I NEED TO USE QZAPAPPL™?
Good question (bad answer). At this time, I have personally tested QZapAPPL™ in the following environments:
• Mac SE running System 7.0.
I have plans for testing it on a Mac IIsi at my next opportunity. As people try it out on other Macs and with other Systems and let me know what works and what doesn’t, I’ll update the documentation.
WHY USE QZAPAPPL™ IN THE FIRST PLACE?
If you’ve read the documentation for QTrash™, you’ve heard that I’m picky about certain things. One of those things is commercial software. As I currently do not own a printer, I have to either give a copy of the file I want printed to someone who can print it, or take it to a shop that rents Mac time and do it myself. Recently, the local shop I’ve been using acquired some additional security and accounting software for their Macs. It keeps track of the time (and money) you spend on the Mac, and also prevents you from deleting applications. This is good for them, as it keeps users from accidentally deleting their applications. However, I don’t like the idea of having to leave a copy of one of my registered commercial applications lying around their shop, waiting for the only supervisor with the access password to come in and delete it. GodOnlyKnows if they’ll really delete it and/or how many copies will be made and/or passed around before they do.
This is why I wrote QZapAPPL™. By changing the file type from ‘APPL’ to ‘rsrc’, I should be able to delete my own files again. The reverse has been provided in case you change an application by mistake (or just change your mind and not want to reload it).
WHAT’S THIS SHAREWARE STUFF ABOUT?
People like me occasionally come up with what we think are “neat ideas”, and then do something about them. When we’ve done the best we think we can, we upload them to information services, hoping that others will also find them useful. Although we have no means of forcing people to pay for our work, we trust that most people are basically honest and will register their copy if they find it useful. Normally, the ShareWare fee isn’t much; it’s more of an incentive to the author to improve on existing programs and to think up new ones as well. I have a few other ideas floating about in my head, but for right now, I’ll see what happens with this one.
If you don’t find QZapAPPL™ useful, that’s OK. I didn’t intend for this to be the next most-requested downloadable. Please destroy, or better yet, give your copy to someone else that might. Thanks for taking the time to look it over. Perhaps you’ll drop me a note as to what you didn’t like.
If you are one of those people who find QZapAPPL™ useful, great! I hope it will help take a little more stress out of your life as well.
If you are also one of those people that registers their ShareWare, even better! The ShareWare fee for QZapAPPL™ is U.S. $5.00, or $10.00 if you’d like a copy on diskette. If you want the diskette, please specify whether you’d prefer 400K, 800K, or 1.4MB. Yes, it’s only a 4K file (and this document isn’t that large either, although it is larger than the application!), but you are in effect paying for the diskette as well, so you might as well get one you can make good use of. However, I don’t want to send you a diskette you can’t read, either, so diskettes will be single-sided and formatted as 400K unless otherwise specified. Also, if you want the diskette, you can get a copy of QTrash™ 1.1 for an additional $5.00; I’ll put it on the same diskette. If you want separate diskettes, send $10.00 for each one.
Please make checks or money orders payable to:
Jon L. Grushka II
PO Box 214
Addison, IL 60101-0214
I can also be reached on the following information services.
CompuServe @ 72377,2004
GEnie @ J.GrushkaII1
SHAREWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT:
Yes, this should be fairly serious, but ShareWare should be fun too.
1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Payment of the ShareWare fee for QZapAPPL™ (the “SOFTWARE”) grants to you the right to use the SOFTWARE on as many CPUs as you have at one site. You may network the SOFTWARE or otherwise use it on more than one computer or computer terminal at the same time, provided you do not allow access to the SOFTWARE from off-site computers, terminals, or networks. This does not include information services (see INFORMATION SERVICES below). Basically, I’m not going to ask for $5 per Mac — that would be silly. However, it isn’t fair to me if an organization has a nation-wide network and only pays for a single copy. So let’s keep things reasonable, okay? BTW, “unlimited” licenses can be had...
2. COPYRIGHT. The SOFTWARE belongs to Jon L. Grushka II (that’s me) and I retain all rights to the SOFTWARE at all times. This includes the source code, object code, icon, and name. Basically, I wrote it, so it’s MINE. This excludes portions of this code derived from the THINK C libraries, which belong to Symantec. They do nice work!
3. DISTRIBUTION. You may NOT rent or lease the SOFTWARE, nor distribute the SOFTWARE for ANY fee (reasonable or otherwise). This includes distribution sources such as EduCorp. You may give away the SOFTWARE to any of your friends or associates, as long as you include the documentation (this file). If I find QZapAPPL™ being distributed in any unapproved manner or form or by anyone not authorized to do so, I will not be happy.
IN ADDITION: Shops which rent/loan Macs or usage of Macs may NOT use QZapAPPL™ beyond the 15 day trial period without registering their copy. If I find or hear of the existence of such copies, I will not be happy. Please read the above section on GRANT OF LICENSE, and have the appropriate person contact me if multiple copies/unlimited use licenses are desired. Thanks!
4. INFORMATION SERVICES. The SOFTWARE is NOT, I repeat, NOT to be uploaded, transferred, or otherwise made available to information services without the express WRITTEN permission of the author (Jon L. Grushka II). I have friends on other networks (and they told two friends, and so on,...) that will let me know if they find it. I won’t be happy if they do. If you are a SYSOP or other BBS or information service manager, please contact me by mail, on CompuServe, or on GEnie if you wish to make QZapAPPL™ available to your users. BTW, I check GE-Mail most often.
EXCEPTION 1: Any information service that I personally upload these files to has my permission to evaluate these files themselves, and post them (or not) in their software library(s).
5. TIME AND OTHER LIMITATIONS. In general, I don’t believe in time-locked software. There are enough people out there already that don’t care what day their Mac thinks it is. Of course, how many time-locks have low AND high limits... Anyway, here’s the deal. Try QZapAPPL™ for 15 days. If you like it and continue to use it, please register your copy. If not, please destroy or give away your copy. BTW, unregistered copies are unsupported copies.
6. NO PROMISES, NO WARRANTIES, NO GUARANTEES, NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, NO FRUIT CUP! The user assumes all liability and responsibility for using the SOFTWARE. You should always follow good backup and anti-virus procedures. I’ve checked out QZapAPPL™ with Disinfectant™ myself, and detected no viruses as of the time this file was distributed. My original source, project, and resource files are kept on a locked floppy away from my Mac (and magnetic fields, heat, humidity, direct sunlight, and cat hair).
Any similarities between QZapAPPL™ and any other file-type-changing utility, fictitious or non-fictitious, past, present or future, alive or dead, is purely coincidental. So there. : )
