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- 'n Act
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- A Freeware utility by RĂ¼diger Hanke
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- I. What is Drop'n Act?
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- Drop'n Act will install an AppIcon on your Workbench. Whenever you drop
- a file on the icon, it will analyse the file - if it's a picture, it will
- show it, if it's a module, it will play the music etc.
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- II. Installing Drop'n Act
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- Installation is fairly easy. Just copy the Drop'n Act program file to
- your harddisk. If you want Drop'n Act to be active immediately after
- booting, you should copy it to your WBStartUp-drawer.
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- III. Configuring Drop'n Act
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- After double-clicking the Drop'n Act icon, an AppIcon will appear on your
- Workbench screen. If you do not like the icon's position on the screen, you
- can set its position using the XPOS and YPOS tooltypes.
- Drop'n Act uses external programs for viewing pictures, playing music,
- etc., so you'll have to tell Drop'n Act where these programs are.
- Double-click the AppIcon on your screen, and you'll see the preferences
- window. The left half of the window is occupied by a list of the filetypes
- recognized by Drop'n Act. Choose one type and enter in the Command-gadget
- on the left a string Drop'n Act will execute when a file of this type is
- dropped upon the Drop'n Act icon.
- There are four special format codes you can use:
- %s : %s will be replaced by the name of the file that was dropped
- on the AppIcon.
- \n : Drop'n Act will create and execute a batch-file in your T:
- directory. This batch-file may have multiple lines. Use \n
- to seperate the lines.
- {f$...} : Whenever this is encountered in the command string, a file
- requester will pop up and allow the user to choose a file.
- The three dots (...) stand for the title of the requester.
- After that, the sequence will be replaced by the filename
- (plus path).
- {d$...} : Just as {f$...}, but it cuts off the filename (path only).
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- An example:
- C:LhA x %s {d$Choose a drawer to unpack to:}\nWait 2\nEndShell
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- After dropping an LhA-archive on the AppIcon (e.g. "Archives/Test.lha")
- a file requester entitled "Choose a drawer to unpack to:" will pop up.
- After choosing a drawer (e.g. "Work:UnArced/"), Drop'n Act will execute
- the following lines:
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- C:LhA x "Archives/Test.lha" "Work:UnArced/"
- Wait 2
- EndShell
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- I suggest you copy the Drop'n Act.Types file from the s-directory to your
- S: directory. This file contains my configuration, but I think with
- slight modifications, you can use it on your system, too.
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- Normally, no Shell window will be opened. If you want Drop'n Act to open
- one for you, enable the NewCLI switch.
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- SavePrefs will save the current configuration, LoadPrefs will load the
- last-saved one.
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- When done, click OK to continue, or click Quit if you want to exit
- Drop'n Act.
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- IV. To Do
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- For the next version, I've only planned user-defined file types, but feel
- free to send ideas how to improve the program, bug reports or just letters
- stating that you like my program to:
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- RĂ¼diger Hanke
- An der Marienlinde 10
- D-48291 Telgte
- GERMANY
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