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'n Act
A Freeware utility by Rüdiger Hanke
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.
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.
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$...}, but it cuts off the filename (path only).
An example:
C:LhA x %s {d$Choose a drawer to unpack to:}\nWait 2\nEndShell
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:
C:LhA x "Archives/Test.lha" "Work:UnArced/"
Wait 2
EndShell
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.
Normally, no Shell window will be opened. If you want Drop'n Act to open
one for you, enable the NewCLI switch.
SavePrefs will save the current configuration, LoadPrefs will load the
last-saved one.
When done, click OK to continue, or click Quit if you want to exit
Drop'n Act.
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:
Rüdiger Hanke
An der Marienlinde 10
D-48291 Telgte
GERMANY