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- Short: File Search and Grouping Utility.
- Author: tim@cribbin.demon.co.uk (Tim Cribbin)
- Uploader: tim@cribbin.demon.co.uk (Tim Cribbin)
- Version: 1.3a
- Type: util/wb
- Requires: OS 3.x, reqtools.library, lha
-
- Enables you to reorganise files and directories into virtual directories
- or 'Groups'. Groups and their contents are displayed to the user in a file
- manager style lister. Files can be accessed using the mouse and user-defined
- actions can be assigned to different filetypes.
-
- Items within a particular Group can be physically stored absolutely anywhere
- (e.g. hard-disk, cd-rom, floppy etc.) yet they appear as if they all belong
- to the same directory. If you have a hard-drive and/or a large collection of
- cd's or floppies, Formation works like a an interactive disk catalogue
- allowing easy cross-referencing of files by theme.
-
- Formation provides a sophisticated search engine which includes filters for
- text strings, dates and filetypes. The results of each search can be saved
- to a Formation Group, copied to a new drawer or archived.
-
- Since v1.1. ... DIRECTORY CACHING option for seamless browsing of removable media!
-
- NEW for v1.3. ...
-
- * Added Drag and Drop support.
-
- Files and directories can now be dropped directly into a 'Group' from
- Workbench or DOpus.
-
- 'Hide' mode now uses an AppIcon instead of the old title bar. This means
- that if (for some strange reason ;-{ ) you prefer to use Opus listers to
- navigate through your directories you can still take advantage of Formation's
- comprehensive filetype handling (as defined in Action Prefs) by just dropping
- a file on to the icon. Doing so will bring up the Actions requester.
-
- * GUI now sports 'cool-look' icon gadgets and changes made in string gadgets
- take effect immediately (i.e. no need to hit the return key). String gadgets
- now respond instantly to input (no need to hit RETURN) and interact with
- Listers.
-
- * I have changed the Formation font (FormFont) to a smaller pitch. It also now
- colour. This only affects the icons that appear in the lister and the select
- file/path gadgets. I think it looks nice and aids readability.
-
- * File size and date information now appears in the main lister when in Browser
- mode or when a directory contained within a Group is selected.
-
- * Various minor bug-fixes and modifications.
-
-
- *** THIS PROGRAM IS SHARWARE ***
-
- Please register if you like it (see 'Formation.guide' for details)
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 0 0 0.0% 09-Nov-97 13:30:06 +default.grp
- 0 0 0.0% 09-Nov-97 13:32:00 +default.prg
- 1636 858 47.5% 09-Nov-97 21:21:02 +fonts.info
- 264 34 87.1% 07-Apr-98 20:03:06 +FormFontc.font
- 5016 1574 68.6% 07-Apr-98 20:03:06 +10c
- 223112 78695 64.7% 20-Apr-98 20:07:20 +Formation
- 41661 16013 61.5% 19-Apr-98 21:02:48 +Formation.guide
- 1432 969 32.3% 06-Nov-97 20:04:58 +Formation.guide.info
- 1837 1336 27.2% 20-Apr-98 22:56:44 +Formation.info
- 2437 1309 46.2% 16-Apr-98 00:30:12 +Formation.readme
- 1880 683 63.6% 02-Apr-98 15:20:16 +Gadgets
- 990 188 81.0% 07-Sep-97 17:43:22 +pointers
- 318 210 33.9% 16-Apr-98 01:21:14 +default.act
- 0 0 0.0% 20-Apr-98 23:04:34 +
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