Space Hound 32            Please Read This Document Completely

This document is called README.RTF and is located within the application's directory.  WORDPAD or other word processing programs such as Microsoft Word can open it if you need to refer to it later.

How to use this program:

Space Hound 32 is extremely easy to use once you understand it’s basic design.  Learn how to manipulate a file in one section, you will know how to perform the same function in other sections.  Before performing any file maintenance functions such as deleting or moving files, please review the program’s Help File.   

There is also a feature called Novice Help, which is turned on by default the first time the program is launched.  Novice Help is a scrollable area located just below the button bar that changes as you enter and leave various sections of the program.

Overview:

Space Hound 32’s primary task is the creation of “lists”.  Defining specific search parameters in advance of the collection process fills these lists.  For example, you may choose to limit the search by restricting it to files that are larger than one megabyte. 

There are several primary Lists that you can create.  The simplest is the Files Display.  Once defined by the selection criteria, the list is filled with all of the files that match the criteria. 

You can perform additional examinations of an item in a list by highlighting it.  Some file types allow extended capabilities within the program.  For example when a sound file is highlighted you will see a button appear at the bottom of the display that says “Play Sound”.  If the file contains embedded version information than it is displayed on the lower part of the display also.

A variety of other functions are available to you once you have selected one or more files in the current displayed List.  These include such features as deletion, moving, copying, zipping, launching, etc.  Don’t forget to try the right mouse button.  Right clicking on a file list item, you can see additional functions and extended information on files.

Some lists have a left and right side.  These include Lists such as the Duplicate Files and Extensions Report.  The left side is a summary lists and the right side reflects the current left side selection.  As you select a new summary item on the left, the right side is updated with files that belong in that summary group. 

Printing capabilities are extensive and lists can be printed as complete reports or partial reports limited to only the current set of highlighting groups or files.  Exporting is similar in usage.  Exporting is an idea way to extend the functionality of the program using such tools as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access.

If there are elements of the program that you don’t understand, please contact Fineware Systems via email.  We try our best to answer each and every question until the user is able to use the program without our assistance.

What to do if you spot a bug or other problem:

The policy at Fineware Systems is to investigate all bug reports, working with the submitter if possible in order to produce the most bug free product possible.  When problems are found, a new revision of the program will be placed online at the Fineware Web site at http://www.fineware.com.  A list of changes and updates to the product since it's initial release will be included at the bottom of this document each time we release a new revision of the program.  

Most important: It is extremely helpful if you include a brief narrative when reporting problems.

There are four types of bug reports:

    1) Error within the program - These are errors caused by programming mistakes or omissions within Space Hound 32 itself.  A message box that informs you that an error log has been created and asks that you forward this error report to Fineware normally accompanies these.  The error log (errors.log) is plain text and can be opened by any text editor such as NOTEPAD, WORDPAD, or any full-fledged Word Processor such as Microsoft Word.   You can simply copy the contents of this file into an email message or send the errors.log file itself to fineware@fineware.com.

    2) Errors in Windows - These are errors where a program function causes a failure in an external dynamic link module.  These errors are generally referred to as General Protection Faults, Page Faults, and system halts where no error message is displayed.  These are often difficult to isolate and occasionally are the result of previous program activity unrelated to Space Hound 32 at all.  When an error of this nature occurs, the suggested procedure is to close all existing programs including Windows itself, then reboot the machine and attempt to repeat the sequence of events in Space Hound 32 that led to the error.  If you cannot duplicate the problem it is unlikely that we will be able to.  However, please send reports including any information provided by the operating system to fineware@fineware.com.

    3) Documentation or functionality - This category includes everything from spelling errors to failures to produce an expected result.  If you encounter functionality errors, please verify that your own steps are in the proper order and include the techniques (mouse clicks, keyboard commands, steps taken, etc) used.  As stated above, if you cannot duplicate the problem it is unlikely that we will be able to.  However, please send reports including any information provided by the operating system to fineware@fineware.com.

    4) Comments or Suggestions - Fineware is always receptive to comments both critical and approving.  We will add your suggestions regarding enhancements and improved functionality to a list for future consideration. Please send all comments to fineware@fineware.com.

State of this Release:  Please Make Note of the Version Number by choosing Help | About on the pull down menu.

 August 31, 1997 - Initial Release Date - Version 2.0.268

v2.0.273: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Cosmetic - Directory Map display wasn't displaying files grid vertical scrollbar when initially loaded.
•	Bug - Setting minimum file size on search parameters to sizes over approx 2 1/2 gigabyte caused an overflow error.
•	Bug - Searching multiple disk drives for a Directory Map which finds zero hits caused an error.
•	Misc. - Miscellaneous Help File related improvements
•	Bug - Ending window states were not being saved for some forms
•	Bug - Search music wouldn't play under certain circumstances
•	Feature - Enabled the ability to exclude selected directories from a search.

v2.0.276: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Feature - Enabled the ability to exclude Novell File Attributes on demand as a performance option.
•	Component Update - Install includes newer version of file Stamin32.DLL.  
•	Component Update - Install includes newer version of file SSDATB32.OCX
•	Cosmetic - Move/Copy form now retains previously used target drive & directory between uses.
•	Misc. - Miscellaneous Help File related improvements
•	Bug - Deleted files displayed as DELETED: DELETED: and then the file name instead of DELETED: File Name
•	The Directory Map Display caused a Key is not unique in this collection -35602 error when searching multiple starting points.

v2.0.277: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Feature - Imported modules table can be seen for any file which utilizes external modules (DLLs) by using the right mouse button on a highlighted file.
•	Component Update - Install includes newer version of file Stamin32.DLL.  

v2.0.278: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Deleted files did not show as DELETED: in some displays.
•	Bug - A search, which excluded one or more specific file mask patterns, excluded files without extensions.

v2.0.283: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Component Update - Install includes newer version of file Stamin32.DLL.  

v2.0.303: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - A search which finds files that are "associated" with a program that is stored in a directory that no-longer exist or is not currently available caused an error 52 followed by an error 10 and a page fault.
•	Improved - Various file access problems when accessing Novell NetWare volumes have been addressed.
•	Improved - Additional error diagnostic reporting functionality added.
•	Improved - Performance on accessing embedded version information from files.
•	Bug - Using the pull down menu to Select All caused an error 438 when performed against a Duplicates, Tree, or Extensions display.
•	Bug - The horizontal to vertical view button was broken in a previous build.
•	Improved - Search performance was improved slightly.
v2.0.312: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Novell edition would hang on launch when run under WindowsNT.
•	Bug - Quickview File Viewer was not launching under WindowsNT.
•	Bug - Printer orientation combo boxes under Miscellaneous Options - default not set under WindowsNT.
•	Bug - Lack of installed printer produced an erroneous error message when opening Miscellaneous Options dialog.
•	Bug - Designer backgrounds under WindowsNT was not working.
v2.0.313: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Version 2.0.312 bug fix caused evaluation edition to fail on launch with error 53.
v2.0.322: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Some problems found in the NetWare edition where file attributes were not being read have been corrected.  Others remain. Note:  Users of the NetWare edition should verify that the Disable NetWare File Attributes Access option is Unchecked also.
•	Some updates in the included support files including MFC42.DLL and MSVCRT.DLL
v2.0.336: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Cosmetic Bug - Scroll bar on Directory Map display of files would not move all the way to the bottom of the list when the list had more than a couple of hundred items in it.
v2.0.347: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Component Update - Install includes newer version of file Stamin32.DLL and the Zip/Unzip components
v2.0.352: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - The Novell version had developed problems in displaying file ownership in the Directory Map display.
•	Cosmetic Bug - Some internal routines that were no longer used were eliminated resulting in a small decrease in the size of the program.
v2.0.367: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Right mouse click on .LNK and .PIF files did not work.
•	Automation error--2147417848 could occur when setting various property settings.
v2.0.368: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Directory Tree display did not terminate cleanly when the search produced “No Hits Found”
•	Bug - A Directory Tree display against a volume with no directories caused an error 380 - Invalid Property.
•	Bug - Zip file contents display would only select the first 100 rows when clicking on the row/column header area.
v2.0.370: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Saved search parameters were not correctly reloaded when only one drive was selected and it was not the first drive and a starting directory other than the root was specified.
•	Feature - File type has been added to the duplicate file search summary table for duplicate search types File Name & Exact Duplicates.
•	Cosmetic Bug - Continuation dots, used to indicate a cell contains more information than is visible, was not working right.
•	Bug - Zip files with stored directory information was not being extracted out into separate directories.
•	Feature - Added support for Quikview Plus.   
•	Cosmetic Bug - Multiple sets of Max, Min, & Close icons were displayed when a maximized displayed report (such as the Files Display) was used to launch a zip file contents viewer. 
v2.0.372: The following items have been fixed or changed 
•	Bug - A  'segment not present' GPF error could occur when very small files were highlighted.
v2.0.428: The following items have been fixed or changed 
•	Bug - Saved parameters files not correctly reloaded when multiple starting directories were included in .FSP file.
•	Feature - Proximity searching feature added.  Allows you to find files where one text string is within a specified number of characters of another text string.
•	Feature - A new display which allows exploring of your hard disk without running a preliminary search has been added.
•	Feature - Support for passwords when zipping & unzipping files has been added.
•	Feature - An icon viewer has been added.  A scrollable viewport showing all icons within a selected file can be displayed.  Icons within the viewport can be copied to the Windows’ clipboard for further processing.
•	Feature - An image viewer supporting many standard formats has been added.  Images can be printed or copied to the clipboard for further processing. 
•	Feature - A hex dump viewer as been added.
•	Feature - A function to delete temporary and zero size files and to purge the recycle bin has been added.
•	Component Update - Install includes newer version of file Stamin32.DLL.
•	Component Update - Install includes newer version of zip/unzip modules.
•	Misc. - Some support files which were no longer needed have been eliminated from the installation.
•	Bug - a number of minor bugs have been found and fixed in this release.
v2.0.431: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - New delete .TMP feature was not selective.  It would perform all functions regardless of which ones were selected.
•	Bug - It was possible to choose Select All from the popup menu when the Compare Files grid was the current form.  Single selection only is allowed on this form.
v2.0.438: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Some problems with the new TEMP file delete program function were addressed.
•	Feature - Ability to delete .GID files added to the TEMP file delete program function.
•	Feature - A new Slack Space column has been added to most displays.
•	Cosmetic - Some column sizing problems were addressed where resizing would not expand the amount of data shown in the column.
v2.0.439: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Version 2.0.438 introduced a TYPE MISMATCH error when run on a PC running WindowsNT.
v2.0.441: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Launching problem that caused a TYPE MISMATCH was encountered in some non-English environments.
•	Bug - Attempts to rename a file to a name already in use or to rename an open filed caused an error which terminated the program.
v2.0.463: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Feature - An option has been added to turn off Slack Space reporting if desired. 
•	Misc. - Reorganization and rewrite of some internal programming routines for reusability in other products.   
v2.0.465: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - error 426 occurred when a displayed report was still open and the program was shut down from the X button on the title bar.
•	Bug - Buttons associated with a particular display were not restored when one of the secondary view windows (fonts, icons, images) was displayed and closed.  Also occurred when Miscellaneous Options dialog was opened on top of an existing displayed report.
•	Bug - A problem loading Saved Parameters was fixed.

v2.0.466: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - version 2.0.463 caused a problem (error 91) in NetWare editions.
v2.0.468: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - an error on saving search parameters when multiple directories was fixed.
•	Bug - an error which kept the program in memory and inhibited a subsequent launch has been fixed in the evaluation version.
v2.0.469: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - the NetWare edition would not report NetWare file attributes unless the drive was mapped to the root directory.
v2.0.474: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Misc. - Reorganization and rewrite of some internal programming routines for reusability and standardization in other products.
v2.0.479: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Cosmetic - A change was made in the method used to show abbreviated path names in displays.  When the option to show dots in grid cells is selected, the original method was to truncate trailing characters and show the continuation dots.  Now, the drive is shown, then the dots followed by as many of the trailing characters as possible.
•	Feature - The Directory Grid can now be exported.
v2.0.481: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Cosmetic - Additional improvements in the display of data which is too wide to fit within a grid’s column.
v2.0.482: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Making a column (which holds path names) too small could cause an error 5 or error 6.
v2.0.489: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Feature - An alternative method for creating a Directory Map has been added.  This new method is designed to allow the program to map very large volumes (example: 1,000,000 files) using substantially less memory.
v2.0.490: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Misc - A 3rd party component shipped with version 481 thru 489 caused “Dispatcher 
•	initialisation error 11” error.  The component has been updated.
v2.0.500: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Misc - Additional programming to isolate some rarely encountered errors.
v2.0.502: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Use of the option Large Volume Support was causing some confusion because it removed three out of the four tabs on the file selection form.  Using this option should not have effected anything but directory maps.  Other displays such as Duplicates also removed the three tabs. 
•	Bug - Invalid dates within a zip file would cause an invalid type error when the zip file contents was displayed. 
v2.0.503: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - An error (Array Locked) occurred when a Directory Map was created using limitations such as a specific file extension only.
v2.0.506: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Attempts to sort the columns of the files in a Directory Display with no entries caused a type mismatch.
•	Bug - Minimizing a graphic display window could cause an error 380.
v2.0.507: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - If the user reduced the size of a column all the way down to it’s minimal size, the program would hang.
v2.0.511: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Misc - Additional programming to help isolate a reported error.
•	Bug  - One of the fixes in v506 caused a type-mismatch in the Directory Map under certain circumstances.
•	Bug  - Changes to selected options during an export could cause errors. Display now disabled during export.
•	Feature - A cancel option has been added to the Export and Printing functions   
v2.0.514: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - Selecting an empty directory on a Directory Map was causing a type mismatch error.
•	Bug – A Parameter Col is invalid error was occuring in the Novell Edition.
v2.0.517: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – switching between vertical and horizontal displays could cause an error 380 if one of the sides was totally out of view.
•	Feature – A user option to reset all program settings and default to their original settings has been added.
•	Component Update - Install includes newer version of file Stamin32.DLL.
v2.0.526: The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – Problems with setting printer orientation on oversized reports was corrected
•	Feature – The Open Files Display has 4 additional information fields.  The extra fields included in the printed report and ascii export also.
•	Feature – Added ability to review program’s ReadMe file to the pull down menus
•	Bug – Selecting directories in the Directory Map and the Space Hound 32 Explorer would cause a general protection fault against KERNEL32 in rare occasions. 
•	Cosmetic – The function of adding and renaming directories through the Space Hound 32 Explorer made to correspond to Windows standards.
v2.0.527 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug - erroneous sort error message generated on exact duplicate searches.  Caused by a minor change in version 526.
•	Bug – a problem with the NetWare edition when viewing open files on a volume with no open files was fixed.
v2.0.531 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Feature – Design change based on customer feedback.  The exit button on the button bar will terminate the program only when no displays are active.  If one or more displays are visible then only the current one is closed.
•	Feature – Design change based on customer feedback.  The default appearance settings for the various result grids have been changed to equal the user’s default window background and text settings.
v2.0.539 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Feature – Design change based on customer feedback.  Grid divider options expanded to vertical, horizontal, both, or none.
v2.0.558 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – The Directory Tree Display had an error in the way it calculated nested sub-directories totals when directory names were similar.
•	Cosmetic – Switching between a Directory Map display with file size/count totals and one without now remembers which directory was selected and returns display to that point.
•	Cosmetic – Various other small interface improvements were made.
•	Misc – Some improvements to one of the support files was made which will help in problem resolution.
 v2.0.561 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – The Directory Tree Display would cause error when switching between a display with directory totals and one without if no directory had been previously highlighted. 
•	Cosmetic – Various other small interface improvements were made as part of an ongoing process to improve user satisfaction.
v2.0.563 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – Moved files would show correctly when first moved in Duplicate Files and other two sided displays but would not show the new location when reselected.
•	Cosmetic – Expanding or contracting a Directory Map display now remembers which directory was selected and returns display to that point.
v2.0.578 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – a number of minor interface issues were addressed.
v2.0.581 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – some hot keys assignment on the pull down menu conflicted with standard assignments used by Windows to select NEXT Window.
•	Bug – the hot key to launch the Open Files list was still active when the Open Files list was already displayed.
v2.0.587 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Cosmetic – Various other small interface improvements were made as part of an ongoing process to improve user satisfaction.
v2.0.596 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – Printer orientation could not be changed in some environments. 
v2.0.609 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – Export routine was failing to include header information
•	Cosmetic – Various small interface improvements were made.
v2.0.619 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Cosmetic – Various small interface improvements were made and additional error trapping logic added.
v2.0.620 The following items have been fixed or changed
•	Bug – Previous update introduced an error 0 when searching for duplicates