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- Short documentation to HFRemove
- -------------------------------
- Disclaimer
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- HFRemove is Copyright 1996-98 by Jens Weyer.
- This program is FREEWARE. Feel free to
- spread and copy it as long as no profit
- is charged.
-
- The program is provided "as is". The
- author will not pay for any soft- or
- hardware damages. You use this at your
- own risk !
-
- Requirements
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Hardware:
- CPU: 68000
- RAM: 512 Kb
- HD: Prg: No FMS: Yes
- OS: 3.x
-
- Software:
- Device: fmsdisk.device (v3.0)
- Command: Assign [Workbench]
-
-
- History
- ~~~~~~~
- V 1.0 : Written using MaxonC++ 3.10 LIGHT
- first public release
- V 1.1 : Rewritten using MaxonC++ 4.0 PRO
- second public release
- V 1.2 : Little bug corrected
- (If the name of a device contained
- spaces, the name has to be put in '"',
- that the OS recognizes, that it
- belongs together)
- V 1.3 : New function added, with it you can
- remove now all mounted fms-devices
- at once.
- third public release
- V 1.4 : Program localised
- fourth public release
- V 1.5 : New option (QUICKEXIT)
- Quits the program without any
- interaction with the user,
- if 'Quit', CLOSEWINDOW-Gadget
- is selected.
- The next new ToolType is 'HFMount'
- where you can specify the path
- of the hfm program. So you can
- launch this program while you're
- working with HFRemove. (Default: C:HFM)
- The new menuitem 'Info' outs the
- actual device-id (HFx:) and it's name.
- fifth public release
- V 1.6 : Iconify-option added
- In this mode you can unpack dms archives
- by dropping them onto the appicon
- sixth public release
- V 1.7 : New ToolType added (ICONIFIED), which
- let start the program in Sleep-Mode
- Support of Lha and Lzx archives added
- by request
- seventh public release
- V 1.74: Found a little bug in the unpack
- function - handling dms archives...
- If you selected a device and selected
- cancel the unpack-process was started :(
- V 1.8 : Fixed a bug in the Remove function
- (hard work to find it :) )
-
-
- Usage
- ~~~~~
- Simply double-click the icon to start.
- After that a window will be opened, where
- you can select and remove a fms-device,
- if mounted.
-
- The program can be left by clicking the
- menuitem 'Quit' or by clicking on the
- CLOSEGADGET.
-
- The menuitem 'About' will give you some
- information.
-
- The menuitem 'Info' outs the diskname of
- the actual device. This is very useful, if
- more devices were mounted and you just know
- their names, but not which device has what
- name, because the system just displays the
- disk-names.
-
- The menuitem 'HFMount' let's you start the
- HFM program, with it you can mount the units.
- You can specify the path of this tool, by
- editing the tooltypes and alter the 'HFMount'
- type. Default is C:HFM.
- (Example: HFMount=C:HFMount)
-
- The menuitem 'Sleep' let you iconify the program.
- The program isn't useless in this mode ! Take
- the icon of a dms, lha or lzx archive and let it
- drop onto the appicon and select the device or dir.
- It will be unpacked automatically !
- You can also take more than one archive !
-
- Background
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Once a day i discovered the HFM-archive and
- was very enthuiastic in using virtual floppies
- on my hd. So i decided to use this program in
- my system. But the concept had one disadvantage -
- i wasn't able to remove these disks from system again
- whithout using a shell and many commands and chars.
- So i wrote a little cli command, which should do
- all the work in one cycle. But i still had to use
- a shell, what i didn't like as a satisfied workbench
- user. So i created a gui for the command and
- HFRemove v1.0 was born.
- But i didn't like the split into two seperate
- programs and one of them (IFMSDR-Command) was
- written in a basic, what wasn't an advantage,
- neither for the size nor for the memory usage.
- So i decided to link these two parts in one
- program - and i think i did the work well -
- in version 1.1 of HFRemove...
-
- Address
- ~~~~~~~
- Autor:
- Jens Weyer
- Am Mühlgraben 23
- 66453 Gersheim
-
- GERMANY
-
- email: stealth@sol.de
- stealth-idsd@geocities.com
-
- hp: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1204/
-
- Used programs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - MaxonC++ 4.0 PRO
- - GadToolsBox 2.1
- - SimpleCat 1.2
-