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File Magician
V2.0
Copyright 1993-1994
by Terry Bullard
for Windows 3.1
Welcome to File Magician version 2.0!! For those of you who viewed v1.0
will see there has been tons of additions added to the program, 90K of.exe
worth! File Magician is a type of program with unlimited growth potential.
As I stated before, my main goal in this and all programs is to make them as
user friendly and fast as possible. I've added a new goal for File Magician,
to put it bluntly, File Magician will (if it hasn't already) totally waste
all current File Management and Archive Management programs available for the
PC. This program will not stop here as many programs do, it will continue to
be an on going part of my life and yours.
There is a couple of questions I have received which probably should be
discussed, first..
Is Trust Mail for Real?
You bet! I'm from a small town where most people trust each other, so why
shouldn't I trust you! I'm sure I'll get burnt but perhaps they need it
more then I do. I have received some bad comments on it from other groups
in starting something new, but I do have confidence it will work!
Can I make Payments?
Yes! Forty dollars at times is a lot of money to come up with! For the
last four years I have gone through seven doctors and have literally ran
up tens of thousands of dollars worth of uninsured medical bills that I'm
still trying to pay on and at times ten dollars is hard to find! The
funny part is that it finally became established a few weeks ago
that my problem is an over active mind. Anyone have a valium? grin.
So I can relate to making payments. When you call to order, tell us what
you can handle at that time and you need not supply a reason as to why.
I should also get this out of the way too. There are a few things you
can do that would help tremendously.
Success of any good program depends upon distribution! We need you to
help do that. Please give a copy of this evaluation program to any
one you know, or upload it to any BBS you call.
Register Now! - Not only will this allow me to devote more time to the
program but will also help me catch up on some past due items!
If you don't like the program.. Call me and tell me why. At my age I
have learned only fools never listen to what other people have to
say.
NOW I have gotten that off my chest its time to talk about File Magician!
What I'm going to do is to insert a lot of the old docs and COMMENT: the
different changes that have been made. After that a NEW ADDITIONS: section.
Also bare with me on this, documentation is a definite short coming for me!
Description (old)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, enough said on that subject! Now to tell a little about File Magician.
File Magician has a similar interface like Disk Master v1.4 for the amiga, if
you own an amiga and don't have Disk Master, get it , it is a must have.
File Magician has two view windows, one is always the 'Source Window' and one
is always the 'Destination' window. Source and Destination can be swapped by
clicking the LMB in the window or in the path bar above the window. The
clicked area will then become the 'Source' window. The 'Source' window will
have a red box around it plus the little toggle bar between the windows at the
top of the screen will also point to it. In the center of the screen between
the two windows will be a column of push buttons. The first six buttons are
for your drive configuations. The program will automatically configure to
your current devices. The following buttons will perform the different
functions as is explained below. Let me add at this point that File Magician
is a shareware program and that it is for evaluation only. Somewhere there
had to be a stopping point with File Magician as an evaluation program.
File Magician can only grow from this point. I have over 50 planned functions
that File Magician will have as time goes on, not counting new ideas that will
be generated by time and user input. Basically File Magician has unlimited
growth potential! User registration increases that potential many times over.
Comment: 50 planned additions might very well be an understatement now. I'm
starting to see many more than a mere 50, not counting what I've already
added.
So Just What Is File Magician?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File Magician is a program that EVERY PC owner must have. If you own a
computer, sometime during your computer lifetime you will Have To make
some type of file or directory adjustment to your hard drive or floppy disks.
File Magician is designed to be as simplistic as possible in allowing you to
manage your files and directories. File Magician is for all levels of users,
beginning to advanced.
Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~
A computer
Windows 3.1
Be Registered
How To Register
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are a couple of ways to register 'File Magician'. First you can send
a check or money order for $40.00 US Funds to:
Terry Bullard
Bullard Software
3291 Mt. View Rd.
Ferndale, Wa. 98248
OR
by Trust Mail.
Trust Mail
~~~~~~~~~~
Trust Mail is a term that I invented. Most places insist you
send money first and then they will send you your requested items. You trust
them to do this after you have parted with your money. With trust mail, we
will send you our software first and when you receive it, we will trust that
you will send us back a check or money order for it. All you need do is to
pick up your phone and dial the number supplied below and then register.
Don't be surprised if you get just a "Hello" instead of "Hello this is Bullard
Software". I have a really hard time being so formal! After you register
we will within 24 hours have 'File Magician' on its way to you, first class
and postage paid by us. As our company grows with your support we will add
additional lines for ordering and support. For now you can order between
4:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time. Keep in mind that there is
three hours difference between here and the east coast.
Also I must keep Trust Mail limited to the USA and Canada. Don't get
me wrong for those that don't live there, I must see how this works out first.
I do hope you understand.
CALL NOW: 1-(206)-384-6740
Now I also have a BBS that you can register through. A local fellow has
agreed to open a special conference just for this. He also has Amiga and IBM
files online. The BBS is a free bbs but does have ratios. It supports baud
rates from 1200 to 19200 and open 24 hours. The Number is 1-(206)-384-2591.
You can get online help there or leave any bug reports.
What You Get
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once you register, we will send you 'File Magician' without the dialog boxes
that appear when any item is first clicked. The program will be the lastest
update of File Magician. The first manual will be soft bound. With the
planned growth of File Magician it is not feasible to have any other type
of manual. The cost of re-printing such would be terribly expensive
and it would be unfair to pass this unneccessary cost on to you..
You will be placed on our mailing list and will be notified immediately
by mail of future updates of File Magician and any new products we develop.
The software package will be sent postage paid by Bullard Software.
Comment: Also registered owners who have paid in full will receive the
first update free, postage paid. If you are on a payment plan,
before you receive a free update you must be paid in full.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEW:
First and Most important before running File Magician!
For Best results..
1. Double Click on Window's pif editor.
2. Select 'Open' from the File Menu.
3. Select _default.pif from the selection box, then press 'OK'.
4. Locate 'Windowed' button and select to ON. This is a radio button
and if a dot appears in the middle of the circle it is then on.
5. Locate 'Close Window On Exit' button and select to ON. This
is an X type button and an 'X' in the square is on.
6. Now from the File Menu select 'Save As'.
7. The filename and path "C:\Windows\_default.pif" should be hi-lited
in the file name box, if so, press 'OK', if not enter in your
windows path adding the _default.pif filename and click 'OK'
8. A Dialog box will appear and inform you the file already
exists and ask you if you wish to 'Replace existing file?'. Select
'Yes'
Doing this is the only windows adjustment that you must make. You may then
decide where you wish place File Magician and what icon you may want it to
have.
NEXT Important thing.. File Magician's Configuration..
Nothing to it really but it might seem a bit complicated at first. V1.0
had a seperate configuration program, it was scrapped in favor of using
multiple dialog boxes and just to avoid confusion.
The configuration is done within the program during runtime. When the
configuration is saved, a file called Magic.dat is created which contains your
configuration in binary form. This can be changed at anytime and resaved.
Included in the archive should be a sample of the configuration that I use,
examine it if you wish and change it to suit your needs. When the program
first boots up it will search for the Magic.dat file, once finding it, it will
then load the settings. If the file is not available a requester will inform
you of such and switch automatically to a default settings mode.
Next click on the 'Config' button, a rather large dialog box should appear.
The three boxes to the left of the dialog contain configurations for Pkzip,
Pkunzip, Lharc, and Arj. To use these compression programs you must have the
compression programs located in your path stream, such as c:\dos etc.
change the default settings you must first have a working knowledge of these
fine programs or accept my usage of them. No attempt to explain their usage
is located within the program. By clicking on the button with the programs
name it will open another dialog box where you may change the current settings
you desire. The Dlbck button in each box tells File Magician to
decompress a file when it is double clicked. (see below on double clicking)
The next box to the right labeled 'Warn' tells the program to warn you if
you are about to 'Copy', 'Delete', or 'Move' Files, if these boxes are not
checked then the operation will commence without giving you the choice of
backing out.
The Next box to the right called 'Paths' is, for this release, a temporary
working directory for the program. Here File Magician will sometimes write
necessary files for its operation when handling dos assignments. The program
will clean up after itself with the exception of two files it re-uses
at times. This directory will not grow, nor is there a real need to worry
about it. BUT it must be there for the program to function properly!!!
The final box for this release is called 'Names'. The top 4 entries are
for Pkzip, Pkunzip, Lha, and Arj. If by some chance you call these programs
by a different name you may enter your name to the right of the original
programs name. The next choice down is 'Read'. There are many fine file
reading programs available and the one I supply hasn't had enough time to
be developed to a full potential, so if you wish to supply a different file
reading program, enter in the programs name in the right box. The other
program must be in the path stream or located in the same directory as
File Magician. The following five boxes are left blank. For now these boxes
can be used as CMDs and follow the same rules for Cmds, a bit further down
will explain Cmds.
Attributes - Pressing this button will display a configuration box that
will allow you to chose what files with what attributes you would like
File Magician to display for your use. The 'Help' button will give you a
very brief description of what each attribute is. 'OK' will allow the changes
to be saved in the configuration save option.
CMDS
~~~~~
CMDS - Short for Commands. File Magician allows you to run other programs,
either dos or windows, ones that operate on files or are stand alone. There
are 10 Command Button Cmds and 10 Menu Command Cmds. After you press the 'Cmd'
button you will see 4 columns of string boxes. The first two columns are for
buttons on the command screen and the second two columns are for the menus.
The first row for either set, labeled 'Prg. Name' is the name of the program
you wish to use and it will be the name that will appear in the button
box or menu box. The .exe extension is not necessary. The second column in
either section labeled 'Argument' is the Path of the program, if it isn't in
the path stream or the program argument that is needed to make the program
run. Most argument type programs work on files and/or have optional settings,
needed to run the program. So in the second column you supply the needed
settings/arguments and if part of those setting require a file name you would
add '%s' without the quotes. This tells File Magician to substitute the %s
with the file that has been selected in the active window.
Again: %s = File selected in active window.
Example Pkunzip (1st col.) -d -$ %s a:\ (2nd col.)
You would click on a .zip and then click the Pkunzip (example name). Pkunzip
would then decompress the selected .zip file to drive a:
Now for a program you like that isn't located in your path stream.
We'll use WFinder.exe as a example
WFinder (1st col.) Path c:\utils\ (2nd col.)
Path tells the program that it is a path file not a argument file.
You may run nearly any type of program using cmds. The power this
configuration set gives you can be pretty awesome indeed!!
Clicking the default button will preset everything back to my orginal
settings. Clicking save will save all the adjustments that you have made to
Magic.dat which will reside in the same directory as where you placed File
Magician, so if you move File Magician, be sure to move the Magic.dat file
as well.
FINALLY...
Now that you have configured File Magician you can put it to work. The
program has all the Copy, Move, and Delete functions of multiple files and
directories (explained below) as a lot of the rest of the management programs
but also has some other goodies.
I should insert here about selecting file(s). File Magician has the ablility
to select (tag) any amount of files at one time. You need not select all or
only one as I've seen a lot of programs do. For those that wonder, I
do NOT use the Windows List Box procedure. It is a good idea and everyone
uses it but I find it too limiting and to tell the truth a bit ugly. So
everything is handled internally with a big glob of extra coding by me.
Yes I know that list boxes can select multible files but like I said I just
don't like it.
Compression:
There are several ways to decompress .zip, .lha, arj files.
1. The File menu. First click on the file to decompress then go to the
menu method and choose 'Extract'. If you only have a source window
active the program will assume you wish to extract to the same directory
as the source window indicates. A dialog box will appear asking you to
'Enter destination path', if you wish to extract there choose 'OK'. If
you wish to extract to a different directory or drive, enter that path
and choose ok. Or you may cancel the operation if you wish.
Now if you have a destination window operational the program will assume
that you wish to extract to that directory. If not you may follow the
same procedure above.
2. Double clicking. Provided that you have set your configuration section
to double clicking you can use this method. Double clicking does not
give you a choice to cancel, it is for fast and dirty work. If you do
not have a destination window operational the program will extract to
the source window. If the destination window is visible the program will
automatically extract to destination window.
This method works for all .zip, .arj, .lha files! File Magician can
determine what type of file it is dealing with by binary means, extensions
mean absolutely nothing and when a program deals with extensions, in my
opinion, is a pretty stupid program.
For .exe compression files, the file will only decompress in the source
window area for now. This will be explored later.
See double clicking below for additional abilities.
3. The Archive Commander... see below..
Archive Commander!
For now the commander deals with .zip files only, later releases will
have additional functions and possibly other compression types.
With the commander you can select up to 30 .zip file for enhanced
handling. The program will do the counting for you so don't worry about
being exact. Select the files you wish to work on and then either
from the menu select 'Archive Commander' or click the push button
'Command'. You will then be presented with a whole new screen.
The two view windows, one called 'Archived Files', which is the big one
on the left, and the other called 'Selected Archives', which is the
smaller one in the center, to the right there will be nine buttons. In the
Selected Archives window there will appear the .zip files you have previously
selected, you may work on only one at a time for now (what I have planned
is totally awesome but damned if I want to give the idea to someone else
right now!). Select a file and click the 'Process' button or just
double click the .zip, same thing, things will hum for a bit and the files
that are within the archive will be displayed in the left view window.
Here you may extract, read, delete any of the files by first selecting
them and then choosing the operation button. If you wish to read or
run a archive file just double click on it, the program determines
the type through a binary method and works accordingly.
To extract a file(s) first pay attention to the 'Destination' button.
This button indicates below the button column as to where the extracted
files will be sent. The options are ..
'Destination Window' - The destination path of the main command screen.
'Source Window' - The Source path of the main command screen.
'Your Specification' - Here a Dialog box will appear and allow you
to type in the path of where you wish the extracted
file to be sent to.
Now Select the File(s) and push the extract button. The selected files will
be sent to where you have set the Destination to be.
The Commanders buttons:
Process - Displays the selected .zip file's contents to the left window.
same as double clicking the .zip file
Extract - Explained above. Extract one or more of the contents of an
archive.
Delete - Deletes one or more of the archives contents. Just select
which files you wish to delete and push this button.
Run - Select a file to run in the left window then push this button.
If the file is a stand alone program it should function
correctly. Double clicking the file will also run it or read
it, if it is a .exe or any type of text file. Extensions DO NOT
apply.
Test - This Calls Pkunzip to test the archive and the File Magician's
'Reporter' displays the results.
All - Selects all the files in the 'Archive Files' Section.
Clear - De-selects any selected file in the 'Archive Files' Section.
Destination - Changes the extraction destination path to either the
previously set 'Source Path', or 'Destination Path' from the
main command screen. OR Allows you to specify a different
path where extracted files should be sent.
Double-Clicking
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File Magician does NOT use the extension method to determine filetypes.
The program will read a binary header from the file and determine what type
of file it is dealing with. Currently File Magician understands .exe, .lha,
.zip, .arj and text files. Much time WILL be spent in expanding the different
filetypes for future updates. This will be one of the many major strengths
File magician will have. Currently you can double click a text file to
read it, an .exe file to launch it and de-compress archived files, as explained
above.
Path Bars
~~~~~~~~~~~
The path bar, which is located above each view window, shows the complete
directory/device path to the current directory the view window is
displaying. With version 2.00 you can revalidate the file listing for that
window just by clicking somewhere in the path bar. This is a lot better then
hitting f2 or f3, which btw are still active for this function.
Split
~~~~~~~
The Split function will split any selected file into two equal parts
without harming the orginal file. Split will use the first four letters
of the filename (or less if the file has less) and create two equal halfs
with the _D1 _D2 tacked on. If the file is a odd byte size the second half
will be 1 byte larger then the first. Files may be text to binary format.
Duplicate
~~~~~~~~~~~
The Duplicate functions will duplicate a file in the same directory as
the selected file. It too will take the first four letter and tack on a
_Dup to the end. The file can then be renamed to something else. This
command works on files only. I have thought about duplicating entire
directories and files but before I do that I would like to hear some
feed back on it if there is a need.
Menus
~~~~~~~
Menus are new in this version of File Magician. In my opinion menus are
nice only when you run out of room for push buttons! grin. With 38 push
buttons on the main command screen and a ton more stuff to add, menus became
necessary.
*** Compression Menu ***
_ Create Archive
/_ Extract Archive
Pkzip--/__ Pkzip Settings
\__ PkUnzip Settings
Create Archive - Select the files in a source window you wish
to compress as one archive. Select this option from
the menu. You will then be asked to supply an archive
name and supply a path for the archive to be created
in if you do not like the default path. The default
path will be the destination window if it is
operational or the source if it isn't. You may
specify whatever path to whatever device you wish.
Selecting 'OK' will start the process.
Extract Archive - Select the file to decompress and then select this
option. A Dialog box will appear and ask you to
enter the destination path. Default paths are the
same as above.
Pkzip Settings - If you wish to alter the current configuration
settings for Pkzip you may select this option to do
so. Altering the settings at the menu DOES NOT save
to the configuration file. The settings will be
active for the current session only.
PkUnzip Settings - The same rules apply here as for Pkzip
__ Creat Archive
Arj--/__ Extract Archive
\__ Arj Settings
__ Creat Archive
Lha--/__ Extract Archive
\__ Lha Settings
For Arj and Lha, the same procedure applies to them as it does Pkzip
*** CMD's ***
See CMDs and The Configuration Section. Once the Cmd configuration for
the menu section is setup and the configuration file is saved, File Magician
will automatically rename the menu items to your specification.
*** Extras ***
Drive status - will access the device that are current to both the Source
and Destination window and display in the Title bar of the
main screen the number of bytes that the disk has free.
This function use to be automatic, using a timer function
but the timer it seems would always go off at the wrong
time and access the drives, therefore slowing down whatever
I was trying to accomplish at the time. So the function was
stuck in a menu called extras. Extras will fill up as time
and demand goes on. Now the only time a byte free function
is called is when it is currently accessing the drive for
some given reason.
Command Buttons
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All of the command buttons on the main view screen are pretty much
described below, not counting the CMD buttons. Also there are seven buttons
that are unaccounted for, so to speak. The first one is in the last position
of the first column of buttons. Currently it has no function attached to it
with this release. The other six are located in the right column starting
with the fourth button from the top. The First of the six is also blank
with nothing attached to it. The next five down have been temporary assigned
as CMDs as explained above. The reason for this is future expansion and
screen layout. The last five buttons that are assigned as CMDs will be
assigned to something else unless public feedback demands that they stay as
they are. If so I'll figure something to attach the assignments too.
With version 1.0 there was only 1 column of buttons with the first 6 buttons
assigned to drive specifications. Now the drive specifications are assigned
to the first 3 buttons of each column.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now the Grit (old)
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now if you haven't already loaded File Magician you are one of a
few. Who reads the docs anyhow? (g) I'll try and keep it as brief as
possible, but please read below on "what you can do for us".
View Windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~
File Magician has two view windows. One is the 'Source' and one is the
'Destination'. The source window will always be the one with the red box
around it. The Source and the Destination window can be swapped. To activate
a 'Source' window, click in the window itself or click in the path bar above
the window. Once a 'Source' window is established the opposite window
automatically defaults to the 'Destination' window. Often a directory will
have more file and directory listings then the view window can display. Use
the scroll gadget to the right of the window to view the additional listings.
The bottom scroll gadget is inactive with this release but it is there for
future compatability.
Selection
~~~~~~~~~~
The left mouse button (LMB) is used to select a file or directory. Clicking
once will select the listing and the listing will be highlighted. Double clicking
a directory will instruct the program to enter and display to the view window
that directory listing. Double clicking a file listing causes No Action with
this release of File Magician. The next release of File Magician will contain a
a smart mode file selection. Smart Mode will be one of the main arteries of
File Magician!
When a file or directory is selected it means that the next command action
will be taken on all files and directories selected. Changing to a different
directory will de-select automatically all of the previous selections.
No action will be taken on any file or directory that has Not been selected.
Title Bar
~~~~~~~~~~
The title bar is used as an action display. There the program will show you
the current action that is taking place such as, copying, deleting, or moving
listings, bytes free on destination and source windows, files selected and
total bytes of selected files. Currently there is a 5 second timer after a
title information display before it defaults back to a byte free display. This
may change to something else, what I'm not sure yet.
Keyboard:
~~~~~~~~~
F1 - F1 activates "help mode". When you active help mode you may then
click with the LMB on any item that you need help on. A brief
help message will appear in the left view window. Help mode will
then deactivate itself. If you require more help you must press
F1 again. To reset the left view window back to the file listings
press F2. This method of help is designed for a 800x600 display.
Comment: Help messages are now displayed in Dialog boxes. It was
more efficent this way to span all display modes.
F2 - F2 will re-display the file and directory listings on the left view
window. This sometimes becomes necessary when de-compressing files
or using the help mode feature.
F3 - F3 will re-display the file and directory listings on the right view
window.
ESC - Will exit the program.
Buttons:
**********
Drive Buttons:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The first six buttons from the top of the screen are reserved for your
drive devices. The program will automatically configure to the first six
drive names in the list. Clicking the LMB on one of these will display the
root contents to the window that is active. The view window will display
yellow text as directories and white text as file. To enter a directory
double click the name of the directory.
COMMENT: Reassignment of the top six buttons is now the top three buttons of
both columns.
Parent:
~~~~~~~
The 'Parent' button will direct the program to reassign the current
directory back one directory. For instance, when you double click a directory
name the program will display the contents of that directory to the view
window, when you click the parent window, the program will re-display the
previous directory. This command is completely harmless. The parent button
only works on the 'Source' window.
All:
~~~~
The 'All' command will select all the files and all the directories that
are in the current directory of the 'Source' view window. If a directory has
more files and directories then the view can be displayed, those files and
directories will also be selected.
Clear:
~~~~~~
'Clear' will de-select any file or directory that has been previously
selected. All files and directories outside of the view window will also be
de-selected.
Copy:
~~~~~
To use the copy function, first select a view window you wish to
become the Destination point. Next go to the opposite window and select the
files or directories you wish to copy. Press the 'Copy' button. Thats
it.
Copy, will copy all files or directories that have been selected to the
Destination device (view window). If a directory has been tagged, the
program will create and copy all files and directories within the selected
directory to the Destination point. This release Does Not have an option to
check first to see if there is enough room in the destination area. The next
registered release will. You may use the 'Byte Req' button on the Source
directory before copying.
Rename:
~~~~~~~
To rename a file or directory first select the item then press the 'Rename'
button. A dialog box will appear. Enter in the new name excluding the full
path, the program keeps track of the location of the listings internally so
just the new name will be enough. Select OK.
Move:
~~~~~
The move function will move all files and directories that have been
selected to the location of the destination area. Moving a selected listing
means that basically the file is copied to destination area and then deleted
from the source area. So once a listing is moved it will no longer reside
in the source area! If a directory is selected, all files and directories
that are buried within that selected directory will also be moved.
Delete:
~~~~~~~
The 'Delete' button will delete all selected files and directories that have
been selected from the 'Source' window. All files and directories that are
buried within a selected directory will Also be deleted. With this version
of File Magician, when the 'Delete' is first invoked, a dialog box will appear
giving you the option of aborting. A later version of the program will allow
you to discontinue this option.
Read:
~~~~~
The 'Read' function is a seperate program File Magician calls to read
a text file. The reason I have done this is for future expandability!
I can think of a zillion different things a read program should do and
I'm sure you can too. So for ease of development I'm doing it this way.
Currently the read function is set to read text files only. It will read
anything, but only text files will display properly. The file size of the text
file is not important, there is not a byte limitation. There are three button
controls 'PageUp', 'PageDown', and 'Quit', also several keyboard controls are
present.
F1 = a brief help screen
PageUp = up a screen page
U = same
PageDown = down a screen page
Space = same
Enter = same
D = same
ESC = exit read function
Q = same
For best results read only one file at a time. Multiple selections are
possible but uses a lot of extra memory and it starts multiple instances of the
read program. Possibly in future versions I might be able to make Windows be
a bit more behaved.
Comment: Read the configuration setting above for a alternate reader.
Byte Req.:
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This function will total the bytes of all selected listings. If a
directory is selected, all the bytes of all the files buried within
that selected directory will be totaled and displayed on the title bar at
the top of the screen. This function is very handy to use before moving
or copying files to another device and just to know how large a directory might
be.
MakeDir:
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'MakeDir' will create a directory in the location that the 'Source'
window is displaying. Push the 'MakeDir' button, a dialog box will appear.
Enter in the name of the new directory you wish to create. Press 'OK'
Run:
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The 'Run' function will attempt to start any program that has been selected.
'Run' works on: .pif , .bat, .exe (dos or windows), .com (dos or windows),
files. A little care must be used when using this command, it is not harmful
but currently it has no way of checking to see how much memory an external
application will use. Good judgement and a knowledge of how much memory your
computer has and how fast your computer is makes a big difference with
the results of this function. Personally I haven't had too much trouble
using a 486(25) with 4 megs of memory and I was actually surprised on just
what it would handle.
Jeez I hope I didn't miss anything (probably did but it should be easy to
figure out, after all that is the idea!)
Current source size is 645,878 bytes. So I'm sure I forgot something.
GRIN
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