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Q D I S K
~~~~~~~~~
(Query Disk)
Version 1.1
COPYRIGHT © 1993 N.J. Baccari
Compiled with SASC V6.3
Program Icon Designed By JOHN WASZCZAK
Thanks To Michael Sinz For The Tips
Interface Designed With
GadToolsBox V2.0 by JAN VAN DEN BAARD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COPYRIGHT
~~~~~~~~~
This program is NOT public domain. This program may be freely
distributed as long as the following guidelines are observed.
There are no charges other than for media and / or mailing.
The program is not used for commercial gain or included as
part of any other software without permision from the author.
This program and the doc file remain intact,unalterd and distributed
together.
QDisk is classed as FREEWARE. All I ask,is that you let me know of
any problems or bugs you might encounter, or just let me know what
features you think QDisk should have.
WHAT IS QDISK?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QDisk can best be described as a WorkBench equivalent of the CLI
INFO command and more. It will monitor your DOS space usage at
defined intervals set in TOOL TYPES (AUTO_UPDATE).
NEW FOR QDISK V1.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
° General overall cleanup of interface. Some of the "fluff" has
been removed. Window info has been rearranged. Byte counts are
now formated with commas.
° Window X/Y Zoom position can now be set with tool types.
° Added new info display type, "HASH GRAPH".
° Improved accuracy. QDisk was periodically off by 1% because
of rounding (the lack of it).
° You can now set the main info display that QDisk boots up with.
° Auto Updates via timed interval that can be set with tool types.
° Updates on IDCMP_WINDOWACTIVE
USING QDISK
~~~~~~~~~~~
QDisk requires WB2.04 or better. To use QDisk simply double click on
the program icon or you can place QDisk in you WBStartUp drawer. You
will then be presented with the main window on the WorkBench. In it
will be a list of AMIGA DOS devices you are currently using. If you
have more than 5 such devices you can scroll with the scroll gadget
to see them. A single click on one of these devices will bring up a
second window with more in depth information. The main QDisk window
supports 3 different information formats(see CYCLE gadget below).
QDISK WINDOW GADGETS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABOUT - Provides information on version, author,tooltypes etc.
- Will also show the update interval time.
UD - To update the information displayed by QDisk. The insertion
- or removal of floppy disks or activation of the main window
- will automatically update the main display window.
CYCLE - The cycle gadget is used to cycle the main window display
- between "VOL NAMES", "FREE BYTES" or "HASH GRAPH".
QUIT - Terminates QDisk.
QDISK TOOL TYPES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MAIN_WIN_TOP=<number>
MAIN_WIN_LEFT=<number>
INFO_WIN_TOP=<number>
INFO_WIN_LEFT=<number>
ABOUT_WIN_TOP=<number>
ABOUT_WIN_LEFT=<number>
Set the top edge and left edge of the window in question where
<number> is the windows x/y position.
Defaults to 0.
FLAG_AT=<number>
You can tell QDisk to let you know when any device has reached
a usage percentage. If you set it to 95, then QDisk will
mark with an asterik on the side of the display, any device that
has reached a 95 percent usage. Setting this tool to 0 will turn
it off.
Defaults to 85.
SHOW=<FREEBYTES | HASHGRAPH | VOLNAMES>
Setting SHOW to one of these options will cause QDisk to use
that option for its main display when it starts up. FREEBYTES
will display the available space in bytes for each DOS drive.
VOLNAMES displays volume names and HASHGRAPH is a rough graph
showing usage with hash marks. Each hash mark represents 5% usage.
Defaults to VOLNAMES
AUTO_UPDATE=<TRUE | FALSE>
Turns on or off auto updating.
Defaults to on.
UPDATE_SECONDS=<number>
Number of seconds between updates (when auto update is on).
Minimum is 5 seconds, maximum is 900 seconds (15 minutes).
Default is 5 seconds.
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
normb@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca
Otherwise Snail Mail Will Do...
Norman Baccari
ALGONQUIN SOFTWARE
35 Walmer Road, Suite 201
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA
M5R 2X3
TORONTO AMIGANAUGHTS USER GROUP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Amiganaughts is a registered, Toronto based, AMIGA user group
dedicated to helping Amiga users share information and awareness
of the AMIGA and its potential. We have a broad user spectrum
covering areas like MIDI, graphics, DTP,Video & programming. If you
would like to contact the AmigaNaughts you may do so via my EMAIL
address or write to...
THE AMIGANAUGHTS
C/O DeskTop Studio
85 Bartlet Ave
Toronto Ontario.
CANADA
M6H 3E8
QDISK HISTORY
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** > 19930401 v1.0 -Initial release.
** > 0701 v1.1 -Program size: 30860
** > -Removed "OK" gadget from info window.
** > -Removed recessed border in info window
** > -Moved "gas gage" to bottom of info window.
** > -Removed the font drop shadow in info window.
** > -List View is only re-rendered on disk insertion
** > or disk removal.
** > -Auto Update via timer.device toggled on/off
** > with AUTO_UPDATE tool type.
** > -UPDATE_SECONDS Tool type to set UD interval seconds.
** > -New INFO display mode, HASHGRAPH
** > -Rounding added to space usage for better accuracy.
** > -ZOOM_X & ZOOM_Y tool types added for positioning
** > window when zoomed.
** > -Update on IDCMP_WINDOWACTIVE
** > -SHOW tool type defines display format for boot-up.