Copyright: Copyright Enriva Developement 1998-1999


Overview

What is Magellan Explorer (TM)?

Magellan Explorer is a Windows file, archive and FTP management utility.

It has a familiar, dual window interface that makes copying and comparing files a breeze. The integrated FTP and archive clients means that internet sites and compressed archives, such as Zip files, can be opened if as they were normal folders. Move seamlessly between them using Bookmarks, History and Back/Forwards buttons just like in your web browser.

The built-in tool chest gives you the ability to display the size of highlighted folders, find files, synchronize folders, time stamp files and much more with a single click.

It is possible to configure almost every aspect of Magellan Explorer, from how you select files down to the color of individual buttons.

The Last Voyage - Name change

Magellan Explorer was previously known as Enriva Voyager 98, or just Voyager. The name was changed in order to avoid any confusion with the similarly named FTP Voyager from Rhino Software.

If you have used Voyager 98 before, you will find Magellan Explorer to be better in almost every aspect. This new version contains more features, more options and improved performance and ease of use. Please see New in v2.0 for more details.

More information about upgrading from Voyager 98 1.x to Magellan Explorer can be found here.

The Help system

If you have questions about installing the application please read the readme.txt file found in your Magellan Explorer folder.

Remember that in most cases you can press F1 to get help with what you are currently working on.

To learn more about how the help system is organized please read the Help on Help section.


Help on Help

This short text will explain the layout of the help system.

If there is anything you can't figure out, or you suspect a bug/error in Magellan Explorer don't hesitate to contact us. You will find the numbers and addresses on the Customer Support page.

Getting Started

It is recommended that new users who are not familiar with the way Magellan Explorer works read through this section. In particular the topic Working with Magellan Explorer, as it explains how you perform all the basic operations.

Step by Step Guides

Contains walk-through guides for the novice user to some of Magellan Explorer's features.

Reference

Divided into elements, this section describes every part of Magellan Explorer. It also contains a list of the default keyboard shortcuts.

Order Information

If you have downloaded the program from the Internet or copied it from a CD-ROM it is most likely just an evaluation version and it will expire after 30 days of use. Read more about this on the Order Overview page.

The section also contains extensive information on how and where you can buy your copy of  Magellan Explorer.

Glossary

Explanations of the terms used in the help file. These are linked into the text wherever they are used.

Support

If you are in need of support you will find all the relevant addresses here. Additionally it contains the license agreement and contact information.


Contact Information

You can use one of the following addresses to contact us:

Visiting address

Enriva Development DA

Bardehvalveien 19

N-9100 Kvaløysletta

Norway

Postal address

Enriva Development DA

P.O. Box 757

N-9258 Tromsø

Norway

E-Mail

info@enriva.com

Web

http://www.enriva.com

We always welcome feedback on our products. Please drop us a line at feedback@enriva.com if you are connected to the internet.


Our web site

We recommend that you stop by our web site if you are connected to the Internet. There you will find the latest version of Magellan Explorer as well as other related items.

The address is http://www.enriva.com/


Acknowledgements

Magellan Explorer incorporates compression code from the Info-ZIP group. There are no extra charges or costs due to the use of this code, and the original compression sources are freely available from the following addresses:

http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/

The following copyright applies to unzip32.dll and zip32.dll (distributed with UnZip version 5.2 and later):

* Copyright (c) 1996 Mike White.

* Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use,

* copy, or redistribute this software so long as all of the original

* files are included, that it is not sold for profit, and that this

* copyright notice is retained.

All copyrights to UnRAR.dll are exclusively owned by the author Eugene Roshal.

UnACE.dll is Copyright (c) 1998 Marcel Lemke. All Rights Reserved.

Magellan Explorer incorporates CAB compression code from the Microsoft Cabinet Software Development Kit. All copyrights for these libraries are exclusively owned by Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft, MS, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks, and Windows, Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the USA and other countries.

Some of the images used on the web site and in the applications are copyright http://www.arttoday.com.


Customer support

In order for us to give you a quick and accurate solution it necessary that you supply us with some standard information about your system.

Please record the following information

  ·   Magellan Explorer version number

  ·   Windows version

 ·   Basic  hardware specification (RAM size, display adapter and CPU type and speed).

Send this information along with a detailed description of your problem to support@enriva.com and we will try to help you as soon as possible.


License agreement

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Order Overview

You may order Magellan Explorer using a wide range of payment methods. Please click on the country closest to yourself to get information on how to place an order.

Full version

When you purchase a license you can download the full version. This version can be used for an unlimited period of time and will not display the Evaluation notice on startup. The name of the license owner will also appear in the About box. In addition there are several bonus features available in the full version.

Click here to learn about the about the bonus features!

Pricing information

There are quantity discounts available when ordering Magellan Explorer. The single user license USD 29.95.

 5 user license 	USD 120.00

10 user license 	USD 210.00

25 user license 	USD 450.00

To purchase more than 25 licenses or a site license, please send an inquiry to sales@enriva.com. If you don't have access to e-mail ask your local reseller to get a quote.

Upgrade information

Please click here if you already own a 1.x copy.

Purchase information

Online Ordering

Phone/Fax

Cash

Money Orders / Checks

List of international resellers

Australia

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Hungary

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States


Working with Magellan Explorer

This topic will explain how to perform the basic file operations in Magellan Explorer. They only apply if you use Normal/Magellan Mode. If you use Explorer Mode, the behavior will be exactly like Windows Explorer.

How to copy files

First you need to open the folder which contains the files you want to copy (called the source window).  Double-click on then hard drive in My Computer and the double click on the correct folder until you reach your destination.

A folder window.

Once you have found the files you want to copy, you need to select them. This can be accomplished in variety of ways. If you use the Magellan Explorer default you only need to click on the files you want to copy once.

As you can see on this screenshot, two of the files are selected.

The next step is to open the destination folder in the other folder window. Use the same procedure as you did when finding the source folder.

An active label box

Now you need to click on the label box above the SOURCE folder window (you can also press TAB once) to make it active. This is indicated by a change of color on the label box.

The final step is to click on copy in the Button Panel (as seen on the screenshot above).

How to open files

You open files in the same way as in Windows Explorer, by double clicking on their name.

How to delete files

First find the files using the same procedure as outlined under the How to copy text. Next select the files you want removed. Make sure ONLY the files you want deleted are selected. Then click on the Delete button between the Move and View buttons on the Button Panel.

If you have selected more than one file or a folder you will be asked to confirm the operation.

Important: Once deleted it may be impossible to recover the files. Keep backups of your data!


Copy

Copies all the selected files and folders from the active folder window to the destination folder.

If the active folder window contains an archive and not a folder, a copy operation extracts the selected files into the destination folder.

Similarly, if it is an FTP folder, the files/folders are downloaded into the destination folder.

Important: When using the Explorer Mode the copy operation is performed as in Windows Explorerâ. Use the following procedure to copy files/folders

1. Select the files you want to copy

2. Right click to get the context menu, and choose copy or click on Copy on the Button Panel.

3. Open the destination folder and right click on the label box. Choose Paste from the menu.

The Copy function can only be added to the Button Panel. The default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+C.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Folder Window

The term "folder window" is used about the window that contains the file/folders (the screenshot above is of the upper part of a folder window).

An active folder window (source window) is the window that has the label box colored (blue on the screenshot).


Selected files


Destination folder

The destination folder is the folder that is open in the folder window which doesn't have a colored label box, as on the screenshot above.


Button Panel

The Button Panel is one of the most central and important elements in Magellan Explorer. Almost every file operation may be accomplished by clicking on the appropriate tool on the panel.

Accessing all the tools on a button

Some of the buttons have a drop down arrow to the right of the caption. These indicate that the button has more than one tool assigned to it. By clicking on the arrow a list of tools will appear. Simply select the tool from the list to use it.

If you want it is possible to access one of the secondary tools on a button by clicking with the right mouse button on that particular button. It is necessary to configure this yourself as the default setup doesn't have these assignments.

Modifying the Button Panel

Just about everything on the panel may by customized, some options even individually for each button. This includes color, font, tools and icons. For more information about this see the Preferences help.


Archive
An archive is collection of files and folders which are compressed and packed into one file. Popular archive formats includes, but is not limited to, Zip, Rar, Arj and Lha.


FTP
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a method for transferring files on the Internet. Normally the end-user will connect to a remote computer (a.k.a. server or site) set up by a company or organization and download files.


Normal
Normal Mode

By Normal Mode we mean using two independent folder windows. This is the default choice in Magellan Explorer.

If you would like information on how to perform basic file management in normal mode the topic Working with Magellan Explorer covers this.


Explorer
Explorer Mode

When operating in this mode Magellan Explorer behaves similarly to Windows Explorer. The left folder window displays a tree while the right folder window reflects the folder selected in the tree.

Please note that although most functions work in Explorer Mode, there are some that do not.

The default mode is Normal Mode.

To switch to Explorer mode either select it from the View menu.


Multi


Drop down buttons on Button Panel
Clicking on the arrow will display a list of all the other tools on the button.


Default keyboard shortcuts

Magellan Explorer Mode shortcuts

All	Ctrl+A

Copy	Ctrl+C

Delete	Delete

Find	F3

Folder Size	Space

FTP Connect	Ctrl+F

Group Rename	Ctrl+F2

Invert	Ctrl+I

Move	Ctrl+M

My Computer	F4

New folder	Insert

None	Ctrl+N

Parent	Backspace

Quit	Alt+F4

Refresh	F5

Rename	F2

Select	Ctrl+S

Windows Explorer Mode shortcuts

All	Ctrl+A

Copy	Ctrl+C

Delete	Delete

Find	F3

My Computer	F4

New folder	Insert

Parent	Backspace

Quit	Alt+F4

Refresh	F5

Rename	F2

Stop	Esc

Commander shortcuts

All	Ctrl+Numpad +

Clone	Shift+F5

Copy	F5

Delete	F8

Deselect	Numpad -

Edit	F4

Extract	Alt+F9

Find	Alt+F7

Folder Size	Space

FTP Connect	Ctrl+F

Invert	Numpad *

Move As	F6

New folder	F7

None	Ctrl+Numpad -

Quit	Alt+F4

Refresh	F2

Rename	Shift+F6

Select	Numpad +

Synchronize	Shift+F2

Stop	Esc


All
Select All

Selects all the files and folders in the active folder window.

It can be added to the Button Panel and the QuickBar. The default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+A.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the QuickBar

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Quick Bar

Functions and tools used to manipulate the contents of the folder window may be placed in the Quick Bar for simple and fast access.

Tools in the Quick Bar will only affect the folder window it belongs to. This means that the history function in the Quick Bar will only contain folders you have opened in same folder window.

If you want to have global history use the history tool on the Nav Bar.

Related topics

   Preferences: Quick Bar


Attribute

Displays this dialog box containing the attributes of the selected file or folder. You may change the different attributes by checking (sets the attribute) or unchecking (removes the attribute). Click on OK to commit the changes (or Cancel to discard the changes).

If you select more than one file/folder the dialog is displayed once for each file/folder. Click on Abort to cancel the entire operation.

If you use the Attribute function on files/folders placed on a remote FTP system the above permission (chmod) dialog is displayed.

If you have write access to the file you may change who should be allowed to read, write and/or execute the file/folder by clicking on the checkmarks. You can also change the permissions by typing in the octal number in the Manual box.

For ease of use the three most common permission levels are instantly accessible as Private, Public and Open. Please note that a Public file has the Read permission set (744) while a folder has both Read and Execute (755).

The Attribute function can only be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Hotkeys
Keyboard Shortcuts

Every tool in Magellan Explorer may be given a user specified, unique keyboard shortcut.

Tools and functions

To assign a shortcut to a tool first find it in list, and make sure it is selected.  Next set the focus to the hotkey box below the list. There are two ways of doing this, you can either press Tab once, or click on the box. A blinking cursor will appear in the box, indicating the focus.

Now you can press the keyboard combination you would like to set as a shortcut.

Special keys and functions

The other check boxes enables you to assign keyboard shortcuts that the hotkey box won't accept and other, special functions.

The spacebar may have three different functions assigned to it, Folder Size, changing of active folder window or toggling of the active keyboard selection entry.

Click here to see a list of the default Keyboard shortcuts

Related topics

   Themes


Overview

If you have a page open in the preferences you can jump directly to its help topic by pressing F1.

General

Themes

Bookmarks

Progress

Performance

Shell Integration

Internet

Archivers

Zip

Rar

Ace

Arj and Lha

FTP

General

Advanced

Proxy

Folder Windows

General

Appearance

Advanced

Appearance

Colors & Fonts

Gradient

Display

Advanced Display

User Interface

Defaults

Keyboard Shortcuts

Confirmations

Selections

Advanced Selection

Toolbars

Button Panel

Nav Bar

Quick Bar

Drive Bar


Copy As

Copies all the selected files and folders from the active folder window to the destination folder and gives them a new name. A dialog is displayed for each file asking for the new name.

Copy As function behaves as Copy in Explorer Mode.

If the active folder window contains an archive and not a folder, a copy operation extracts the selected files into the destination folder.

Similarly, if it is an FTP folder, the files/folders are downloaded into the destination folder.

The Copy As function can only be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Adding tools to the Button Panel

Step 1: Select Preferences from the menu.

Step 2: Click on the Toolbars button to the left

Step 3: Click on the button you want to add the tool to on the preview in the middle of the dialog.

Step 4: Choose the tool/function you want to add in the list called tools.

Step 5: Click on the button called Add to button.

Optional step

Step 6: If the button already had a tool assigned to it you can make the new tool appear on the button by selecting it in the Selected button list and clicking on the arrow up button.

Click on OK at the bottom of the dialog and you're done!


Move

Moves all the selected files and folders from the active folder window to the destination folder.

If the active folder window contains an archive and not a folder, a move operation extracts the selected files/folders into the destination folder and deletes them from the archive.

Similarly, if it is a FTP folder, the files/folders are downloaded into the destination folder and deleted from the FTP site afterwards.

Important: When using the Explorer Mode the move operation is just as in Windows Explorerâ. Use the following procedure to move files/folders

1. Selected files you want to move

2. Right click to get the context menu, and choose Cut or click on Move on the Button Panel.

3. Open the destination folder and right click on the label box. Choose Paste from the menu.

The Move function can only be added to the Button Panel.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Move As

Moves all the selected files and folders from the active folder window to the destination folder and gives them a new name. The dialog is displayed for each file asking for the new name.

Move As is works just as Move in Explorer Mode.

If the active folder window contains an archive and not a folder, a move operation extracts the selected files into the destination folder.

Similarly, if it is a FTP folder, the files/folders are downloaded into the destination folder (and deleted from the FTP site afterwards).

The Move As function can only be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Clone

Makes another copy of a file in the same folder as the original. The dialog box is displayed asking for the name of the new file (two files can't have identical names if they are both in the same folder).

The Clone tool can only be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Delete

Removes all the selected files and folders in the active folder window and places them in the Recycle bin.

You may configure when you should be asked for confirmation on the Confirmation tab in the Preferences.

The Delete function can only be added to the Button Panel. The default keyboard shortcut is Delete.

Tip: Hold down the Shift key while clicking on Delete to side-step the Recycle Bin.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Folder Size

Calculates the space the selected folders (and their respective sub folders) occupy on the hard drive and displays the size in the Size column.

Note: Folder Size will add the size of hidden and system files to the total even if you have chosen not to display them.

It does not work on folders inside an archive.

The Folder Size tool can be added to the Button Panel and the Tools menu. The default keyboard shortcut is Spacebar.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Filter

Important: If you open the Filter dialog using the Quick option, it will look slightly different.

Filter

This tool will allow you to control which files Magellan should display in the folder window. You may add a new filter by clicking on Add, and tying in a name. Use the tabs (Name & Location, Date modified and Size) to set the criteria the filter should use.

If you would like to edit an exisiting filter select it from the list to the left. The modified version will be saved by clicking on OK.

The selected filter will become active once you press OK. When you no longer wish to use the filter you can select No filter from the filter menu.

Named

Specify the file name(s) of the file(s) you want to find using wild cards. You can list several names by separating them with either a comma or a semicolon.

Containing text

If you want to narrow down the filter matching to files that include a specific phrase or a word it is possible by typing it here. The spelling must be correct to yield any result and the use of wild cards or regular expressions are NOT allowed.

Warning: These criteria will be ignored on FTP sites.

Date

You may limit the filter to files modified at specific dates. There are two ways of doing this. The default choice is to give a date interval (e.g. include all files which are modified between date X and date Y). You may also include files which are XX months and YY days old or newer.

Size

As with dates, you can instruct Filter to only include files with a given size.

Options

Ignore case - If checked the case of the text to be found doesn't matter (e.g. FILE mAnageR is equal to file manager).

Show folders - This option only will show all folders whether they match the filter criteria or not.

Filter can be added to the Button Panel and the Tools menu. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the QuickBar

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Adding tools to the Quick Bar

Step 1: Select Preferences from the menu.

Step 2: Click on the Toolbars button to the left

Step 3: Click on the Quick Bar tab

Step 4: Choose the tool/function you want to add and select it.

Step 5: Click on the button called Add to the Quick Bar.

Optional step

Step 6: Move the new item to its desired place by clicking on the arrow that points to the left.

Click on OK at the bottom of the dialog and you're done!


Column: Size

Click on it to sort the folder window after the size of the files


Tools

The Tools menu contains some of the less frequently used tools. Selecting them your the menu will achieve the same as clicking on the same tool on the Button Panel.

Disk Tools

Format, Scandisk, Defrag and Backup

These options will start the given system disk tools if present.

Map Network Drive

Maps a network drive as logical disk with a drive letter on your system. More information can be found by pressing F1 once you have opened the dialog.

Disconnect Network Drive

Displays a list of mapped drives. Press F1 or click on the Help button when you have the dialog open to get more help.

System Tools

System information, Edit registry and Edit system files

These options will start the given system tools if present.

Command Prompt from here

Opens a command line window with the path from the active folder window.

Magellan Explorer Tools

Attribute

Describe

Time Stamp

Clone

Extract

Folder Size

Group Attribute

Group Rename

Print Folder

Find

Folder Syncronize

Virtual Folder


Adding tools to the Tools menu

Step 1: Click on Preferences in the menu.

Step 2: Click on the Toolbars button to the left

Step 3: Click on the Tools menu tab

Step 4: Choose the tool/function you want to add and select it.

Step 5: Click on the arrow pointing towards the preview (<--)

Optional step

Step 6: Move the new item to it's desired place by clicking on the Move left button.

Click on OK at the button of the dialog and you're done!


Themes

Themes

Themes is a quick and easy way to configure Magellan Explorer to your liking if you don't want to spend time fine-tuning the set up.

Just follow the instructions on the tab to apply a theme.

Options

You can specify which area of your configuration the theme should cover.

Configuration Wizard

Another way to quickly set up Magellan Explorer is to use the Configuration Wizard. Just follow the instructions given to complete the setup.


Quit

Closes the application. If there are any file operations still ongoing you will be asked to confirm.

Note: Clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the window have the same affect.

The Quit function can be added to the Button Panel. The default keyboard shortcut is Alt+F4.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut

Step 1: Select Preferences from the menu

Step 2: Click on the User Interface button

Step 3: Click on the tab names Hotkeys

If you want to modify/add a shortcut to a Tool

Step 4: Select the tool in the list in the upper left corner

Step 5: Click on the box below the list.

Step 6: Press the keyboard combination you would like to assign to the tool.

If you want to modify/add a shortcut to a Navigation tool

Step 4: Select the tool in the list in the lower left corner

Step 5: Click on the box below the list.

Step 6: Press the keyboard combination you would like to assign to the tool.

Click on OK and you're done!


Select

Displays this dialog box asking for a wild card pattern. If Select is clicked files/folder in the active folder window affected by this pattern are selected. Similarly, if Deselect is clicked files that are affected and selected will have their selection removed.

Note: Files and folders that was selected/unselected prior to this operation will keep their state if they were not affected by the pattern.

If you want to select/deselect ONLY the files affected by the pattern make sure all the files/folders are either selected or unselected (the former applies if you want to deselect).

The select function can be added to both the Button Panel and the QuickBar. The default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+S.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the QuickBar

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Wild card
The term wild card is often used about a pattern used to identify a group of files. A star (*) is used to indicate "all files" (thus * or *.* includes every file)

Examples

*.exe - All files with the extension exe

a*     - All filenames starting with an a


Rename

Renames the selected files or folders. The dialog box is displayed which asks you to type in the new name of the file or folder.

If you select more than one file/folder the dialog is displayed once for each file/folder. Click Abort to cancel the entire operation.

Note: If you would like to rename a batch of files using wild cards you are able to do this with Group Rename.

The Rename function can be added to the Button Panel The default keyboard shortcut is F2.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Group Rename

If you would like to change the extension on a batch of files it can be done easily with this tool. Specify the new extension in the box and click OK. All selected files will get the new extension.

Example of usage: renaming all your .htm files in a folder to .html.

The Group Rename function can be added to the Button Panel. The default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+F2.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


New folder

Displays this dialog box asking you for the name of the new folder. It is created in the folder/drive displayed in the active folder window.

The function can only be added to the Button Panel. The default keyboard shortcut is Insert.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


None
Select None

Deselects all the files and folders in the active folder window.

It can be added to the Button Panel and the QuickBar. The default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+N.

Note: It is possible to let a single click with the left mouse button on an empty area in the folder window equal a None operation. You'll find this option on the Selection tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the QuickBar

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Invert

Inverts the selection in the active folder window. All files that are selected becomes deselected and visa versa.

It can be added to the Button Panel and the QuickBar. The default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+I.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the QuickBar

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


My Computer

Displays a list of all the resources (harddrives, removable devices, network etc) on the system and your bookmarks in the active folder window.

Note: You may also access your resources from the DriveBar.

If you relabel a disk you must restart Magellan Explorer to see the change. Use the Refresh tool to see other changes (it's default hotkey is F5).

My Computer can be added to the Button Panel and the QuickBar. The default keyboard shortcut is F4.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the QuickBar

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Drive Bar

Using the Drive Bar you have single-click access to all your local drives, mapped network drives and the Network Neighborhood.

To refresh the Drive Bar to reflect any changes click on it (or any other bar or menu) using the right mouse button and choose 'Refresh Drive Bar' from the menu.

You may also turn it on or off from the same menu by toggling the Drive Bar item.

Related topics

   Preferences: Drive Bar

   Tools: My Computer


Virtual Folder

A Virtual Folder contains links to the files/folders, and does not physically store the files in the folder.

When using Find to search for files it will open a Virtual Folder where it will place all the matching files.

The Virtual Folder function can be added to the Button Panel and the Tools menu.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


FTP

You can configure which default values Magellan Explorer should use when opening a new connection.

Important! Changes made on this tab will not affect connections that are already open.

E-Mail

When connection to a site using Anonymous login it is required that use supply your E-mail address as password.

Port

Most normal FTP sites use port 21. If you are not familiar with ports it is recommended that you leave this value to its default number.

Login type

Most FTP sites offer you to log on even if you don't have an account on the particular site. This is called Anonymous login. Personal login requires a login name and password.

Transfer type

There are two different ways of transferring files from (or to) a FTP site. These are called binary and ASCII. As general rule it is always wise to use binary when transferring data files and ASCII when transferring text files.

When setting the transfer type to Auto detect Magellan Explorer will switch between these modes depending on the extension of the file being transferred. You can configure the which extensions should be transferred as ASCII on the FTP Advanced tab.

Retires

If you for some reason are unable to connect to a site (it is busy etc) Magellan Explorer may try to connect again either a fixed number of times or infinitely. You may also specify how long it should wait before trying again.

Please note that setting the delay to a low value and the number of retires to a high number or infinitely (also called hammering) is not considered to be "good nettiquette" and may provoke a reaction from the FTP site maintainer.

Clipboard URL monitoring

When you cut and paste text in Windows they are stored in the clipboard. Magellan Explorer can monitor the clipboard after any lines that start with ftp://, indicating that it is a ftp address.

Double-click action

You can specify what type of action should occur when double-clicking on a file placed on a FTP server. Magellan Explorer can either download the file and start the application associated with the file type or just download the file.


FTP Advanced

This tab contains options to fine-tune the FTP sessions. If you are new to the world of FTP it is recommended that you leave all the options in their default state.

Auto detect

If you aren't familiar with FTP transfer types please read the short introduction found here first.

To add an extension enter it in the edit box (example: txt) without using any wild cards and click Add.

You may remove any of the extensions by selecting it in the list and clicking on Remove.

Advanced defaults

Case

Unlike the Windows filesystem(s), the file system on UNIX ftp servers are usually case sensitive. This means that text.txt and Text.txt are two different files. If you would like Magellan Explorer to force the case of any files you upload to a particular format you can choose so here.

Misc

Add downloaded files to Documents menu

The Documents menu is located on the Start button. Please note that only files with registered file types/extensions will be added.

Keep idle connection alive by sending NOOPs every 90 seconds

Normally you will get disconnected from a FTP server if do not perform any commands over a fixed period of time. By checking this option Magellan Explorer will keep the connection active by sending a NOOP (NO OPeration) command to the server every 90 second.

Please note that this is very unpopular (and even prohibited) on some FTP servers. If you use this feature it is recommended that you read through the Welcome Message every time you connect to a new site to see if they have a policy on this area.

You may turn this option of for the active connection only in the FTP menu.

Clear the password from history after logon

If you prefer to type in your password at the time of login and avoid saving the password to the disk check this option.

Always show files beginning with '.'

This option controls whether hidden files (files beginning with .) are shown on FTP sites or not.


Files
File

Start new Magellan Explorer

Launches another copy of Magellan Explorer

Please note that this features is only available in the full and adware versions. More information about this can be found on the Bonus features topic.

To get more information on how to purchase the full version license click here.

The File menu also contains the context menu of the selected file(s), folder(s) or drive(s).

Quit

Closes the application. If there are any file operations still ongoing you will be asked to confirm.


View

Toolbars

You can enable and disable all the toolbars by selecting them on this submenu.

Grippers

Toggles the grippers. These are the vertical lines seen to the left of each bar. When holding the mouse pointer above a gripper the cursor changes to a move/size symbol. This means that you can move the bar around by clicking on the gripper and holding the left mouse button down while dragging the bar to the desired position.

Note: This feature is only available with COMCTL32.DLL version 4.71 or higher. Please visit use the following link to download the latest version of this system library: http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/ie401/patch/comcontrol/en/401comupd.exe.

Progress Window

Selecting this item will open the Progress Window.

Preview Mode

The Preview Mode was designed to let you view files easily and quickly. When you select it the View window will open and all files you select will be opened automatically inside it.

Please note that if you just want to view one file you can use the View tool instead.

Views

The Views sub menu let you choose between displaying files as Large Icons, Small Icons, List, Details and Treeview. Please note that in all modes except Details the selection method is the same as in Explorer regardless of your configuration.

Setting a folder window to Treeview will not engage the Explorer mode. I.e, if you are in Normal Mode the folder windows will still be independent of each other.

Normal and Explorer

Toggles between Normal and Explorer mode. Click on the links to read more about the modes.

Filter

You can turn filters on/off and switch between them from this submenu. To read more about filters click here.

New/Edit filter

Opens the Filter dialog, allowing you to create a filter or edit an existing filter.

Quick

Opens the Filter dialog, allowing you to quickly set a filter that won't be saved.

No filter

Turns off any filters that are applied.

List of filters

The list of filters that you have created. Selecting one will apply it.

My Computer

Refresh

Updates the contents of the active folder window.

Stop

Aborts any ongoing file operation.


Bookmarks

Add current folder

You may bookmark the current folder even if it's on a ftp site or inside a zip archive.

Edit bookmarks

Opens the Edit Bookmarks dialog where you can manage your bookmarks.


Options

Preferences

Opens the Preferences.

Wizard

Selecting this menu item will launch the Configuration Wizard.

Save window position

Sets the current window position and size as default.

Save divider position

Sets the current divider position as default. The divider is the vertical line separating the two folder windows.

Button Panel

You may change the location of the Button Panel by selecting one of the options on this submenu.

Current Folder window

Items in this submenu uses the active folder window to change the settings.

Set as startup folder

Loads the folder in the active folder window every time the program starts.


FTP

Connect to site...

Opens the FTP Connect dialog.

Disconnect

Logs you off from the connection in the active folder window.

Current Session

Changes made here applies only to the current connection.

Keep connection alive

You may toggle Keep connection alive and change the transfer mode. For more information on these topics see FTP and FTP Advanced.

Use more than one connection

By default Magellan Explorer will try to upload and download files in a separate thread. If the site allows this, you are able to continue browsing the site while the transfers are progressing.

Magellan Explorer will only try to open a new connection once before using the main connection. If you want to avoid using more than the main connection turn this option off.

Transfer type

You can switch between Ascii, Binary and Auto.

There are two different ways of transferring files from (or to) a FTP site. These are called binary and ASCII. As general rule it is always wise to use binary when transferring data files and ASCII when transferring text files.

When setting the transfer type to Auto detect Magellan Explorer will switch between these modes depending on the extension of the file being transferred. You can configure the which extensions should be transferred as ASCII on the FTP Advanced tab.

Upload case

Unlike the Windows filesystem(s), the file system on UNIX ftp servers are usually case sensitive. This means that text.txt and Text.txt are two different files. If you would like Magellan Explorer to force the case of any files you upload to a particular format you can choose to do so here.

Connections

This submenu gives you a list of all active connections. Just select one of them to open it in the active folder window.

Note: You may have up 10 connections at the same time.

Please note that this features is only available in the full and adware versions. More information about this can be found on the Bonus features topic.

To get more information on how to purchase the full version license click here.

Log window

When connected to one or more ftp sites you may view all the ftp commands being sent and received by turning on the Log window.


Help

Help Contents

Displays an overview of the help system.

Step by Step Guides

Gives you a list of available guides.

Order Wizard

Starts the Order Wizard. It will give you the appropriate order information.

Recommend Magellan Explorer

If you enjoy using Magellan Explorer and would like to recommend it  to someone you know this Wizard makes it easy. Just follow the instructions given once you start it.

Please note that this requires a MAPI compatible mail client (most modern clients are MAPI compatible).

Contact Us

We love to hear from you. If you have a support question, a comment or suggestion, a sales inquiry or just a question feel free to use this wizard to contact us. Just follow the instructions given once you start it.

Please note that this requires a MAPI compatible mail client (most modern clients are MAPI compatible).

Enriva Development web site

Opens our web site with the default web browser if you are connected to the internet.

About Magellan Explorer

Displays a dialog box containing credits, acknowledgements and copyright information.


Group Attribute

This tool work similar to the way attributes are set on multiple files/folders in Windows Explorerâ.

The checkboxes have three states:

Checked     All the files and folders selected have this attribute set

Unchecked  None of the files and folders selected have this attribute set

Grayed       Some of the files and folder selected have this attribute set

Group Attribute can only be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


FTP Connect

Use this tool when you want to connect to a new FTP site.

Tip: To avoid retyping all the information for sites you frequent it is recommended that you bookmark your entry folder as soon as you have logged on.

Tip: Writing ftp://ftp.sitename.com or just ftp:// in the Path Box will bring up the FTP Connect dialog.

Address

The address of the site (e.g. enriva.com). You may also specify it using the ftp://enriva.com format.

You may set the default value of the following options in the Preferences

Login type

Most FTP sites offer you to log on even if you don't have an account on the particular site. This is called Anonymous login. Personal login requires a login name and password.

Username and password

If you have chosen Anonymous login the password should be your e-mail address. Magellan Explorer will encrypt the password when using Personal login before it's saved to disk. The algorithm used is NOT waterproof and is only meant to keep the password from appearing as clear text.

Do not remember password

If you prefer to type in your password at the time of login and avoid saving the password to the disk check this option.

Port

You may configure the port the connection should use. Most normal FTP sites use port 21. If you are not familiar with ports it is recommended that you leave this value to its default number.

Case

Unlike the Windows filesystem(s), the file system on UNIX ftp servers are usually case sensitive. This means that text.txt and Text.txt are two different files. If you would like Magellan Explorer to force the case of any files you upload to a particular format you can choose so here.

Keep connection alive

Normally you will get disconnected from a FTP server if do not perform any commands over a fixed period of time. By checking this option Magellan Explorer will keep the connection active by sending a NOOP (NO OPeration) command to the server every 90 second.

Please note that this is very unpopular (and even prohibited) on some FTP servers. If you use this feature it is recommended that you read through the Welcome Message every time you connect to a new site to see if they have a policy on this area.

You may turn this option off for the active connection in the FTP menu.

Retries

If you for some reason are unable to connect to a site (it is busy etc) Magellan Explorer may try to connect again either a fixed number of times or infinitely. You may also specify how long Magellan Explorer should wait before trying again.

Please note that setting the delay to a low value and the number of retires to a high number or infinitely (also called hammering) is not considered to be "good nettiquette" and may provoke a reaction from the FTP site maintainer.

FTP Connect can only be added to the Button Panel. It is also available from the FTP menu.  The default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+F.

Clear the password from history after logon

If you prefer to type in your password at the time of login and avoid saving the password to the disk check this option.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut

   Step by Step Guide: Connection to an FTP site

   Preferences: FTP

   Preferences: FTP Advanced


Find

Named

Specify the file name(s) of the file(s) you want to find using wild cards. You can list several names by separating them with either a comma or a semicolon.

Containing text

If you want to limit your search to files that include a specific phrase or a word it is possible by typing it here. The spelling must be correct to yield any result and the use of wild cards are NOT allowed.

Warning: This criteria will be ignored on FTP sites.

Search area

Find will only search in the area specified here.

Selected files and folders - If you have selected any files, folders or drives in the active folder window prior to clicking on Find this options will appear as default.

Current folder - Searches only in the folder open in the active folder window.

Current drive - Searches every folder on the hard drive.

Local drives - Searches every disk local to your system (e.g. not network drives)

Date

You may limit your search to files modified at a specific dates. There are two ways of doing this. The default choice is to give a date interval (e.g. include all files which are modified between date X and date Y). You may also include files which are XX months and YY days old or newer.

Warning: This criteria will be ignored on FTP sites.

Size

As with dates, you can instruct Find to only include files with a given size.

Options

Ignore case - If checked the case of the text to be found doesn't matter (e.g. FILE mAnageR is equal to file manager).

Include subfolders - This option only affects your search if the Search Area is set to "Selected files and folders" or "Current folder".

Find can be added to the Button Panel and the Tools menu. The default keyboard shortcut is F3.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Connecting to a FTP site
Connecting to an FTP site

Step 1: Click on FTP on the menu.

Step 2: Click on Connect

Step 3: Type in the address of the FTP site in the Address field

Step 4: If it's an Anonymous site skip step 5

Step 5: Choose Personal and type in the username and password

Optional

Step 6: Type in the port number of the site (advanced users only)

Click on OK and you should be connected to the FTP site within seconds! To avoid retyping all the information it's often wise to bookmark the site.


Refresh

Updates the active folder window with new and/or changed files.

Folders on your local hard drive should be automatically refreshed when a change is done. However there will be times when folder contents is out of synch.

Magellan Explorer will not automatically detect changes made by other programs/users on FTP sites and network drives. If you suspect that the content of such folders have been modified use the Refresh tool to bring the folder up to date.

Important: Leaving and entering a folder will NOT refresh the contents.

It can be added to the Button Panel, the QuickBar and the NavBar. The default keyboard shortcut is F5.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the QuickBar

   Step by Step Guide: Modifying the NavBar

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Nav Bar

The NavBar is used to hold navigation aids, like back, forward  and history. In addition it may contain the Filter and Refresh tool and the Explorer Mode button.

History and Filter are global if used from the Nav Bar. This means that any filter will affect both folder windows and a folder visited in one window may be in the history of the other folder window.

Related topics

   Preferences: Nav Bar


Modifying the NavBar

Step 1: Click on Preferences in the menu.

Step 2: Click on the Toolbars button to the left

Step 3: Click on the Nav Bar tab

Step 4: Choose the tool/function you want to add and select it.

Step 5: Click on the button called Add to the Nav Bar.

Optional step

Step 6: Move the new item to it's desired place by clicking on the arrow that points to the left.

Click on OK at the bottom of the dialog and you're done!


Time Stamp

Using Time Stamp you may change any of the three time/dates associated with files and folders.

You may either set the time and date to a arbitrary time by typing it in the Time and Date boxes, or set it to the current time.

Click on Apply to all if you want all the selected files to get the same time stamp.

The Time Stamp tool can be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Folder Syncronization

This tool will select files according to criteria you define. If you want to synchronize two folders you need to copy the files after Folder Synchronization has selected them. Please note that it is necessary to be in Normal Mode (dual windows) to perform this operation.

The Synchronize tool provides two main options, "Select files that exists in both folders" and  "Select files that exists in one folder only".

The first option allows you to set which criteria should be used to select files. Files matching the criteria will then be selected in the active folder window. For instance you may want to select files with a newer date/time and then copy them manually to the destination folder afterwards. To synchronize in both directions you will have to perform this operation on both folder windows.

The second option makes Magellan Explorer select files in both folder windows that do not have a matching file (a file with the same name) in the opposite folder window. Thus this function selects files that exist only in one of the two folder windows.

The Folder Synchronization tool can be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Log window

When connected to one or more ftp sites you may view all the ftp commands being sent and received by turning on the Log window in the FTP menu.

If you right-click on the window the FTP menu will appear.


Progress window

The progress windows allows you to monitor and control any ongoing file operation.

The types of operations that can be run in the background and viewed in the Progress window are Copy, Copy As, Move, Move As, Find, Delete, Download, Upload, Archive and Unarchive.

The window can configured to three different modes to reflect your need, Compact, Normal and Advanced.

Compact

In this mode the window uses little screen estate while in many cases still giving sufficient progress information.

   An icon will appear in the upper left area indicating the type of operation (Copy, Move etc).

   The filename of the file being currently copied is displayed.

   The progress bar show how much of the total operation is done.

   The operation drop down allow you to select for which operation you want to view progress.

   Clicking on Abort will stop the operation being displayed.

   The Settings menu let you switch between the different modes, or hide or minimize the window. You may reopen a hidden window by selecting it from the View menu.

Normal

In Normal mode the window has two progress bars. The first displays the progress for the current file being processed, and the second show the progress of the total operation.

If you have turned on additional progress information in the Preferences you may also see the speed of the transfer, given in kilobytes per second, and the time remaining.

Advanced

The Advanced mode gives you complete control of the operations and enable you to schedule any queue of operations that you have.

General

This tab is the same as in Normal mode.

FTP Advanced

This page contains a detailed list of all FTP jobs in the system. You can view the individual progress for each file and prioritize them by moving them up or down.

Up, Down

Moves the selected file(s) in the list. Magellan Explorer starts at the top of the list when selecting the next file to transfer.

Abort

If you would like to abort the download of a file select it and click this button.

Play All

If you click on this button Magellan Explorer will attempt to transfer all files in the queue window above simultaneously.

Pause All

If you click on this button Magellan Explorer will attempt to pause all ongoing transfers. Please note that a FTP operation cannot be paused for a long while without getting aborted.

Abort All

Aborts all the transfers remaining.

Queue Schedule

This tab gives you and overview of all the jobs in the queue, and the possibility to play, pause or abort any job.

Please note that a FTP operation cannot be paused for a long while without getting aborted.


Archive

New archive menu

Displays a submenu where you can select the type of archive you want to create. Please note that you need to have set up external compression programs in order to create Rar and Ace files. You can to this in the Preferences.

New archive dialog

This dialog asking for the name of the new archive. The file is placed in the folder open in the active folder window.

Compression Options

This dialog allows you to use non-default values when creating a new archive.

Compression level

This is tradeoff between speed and size. If you set the compression level to none or a low value the zip operation will be faster, but the archive size bigger. The scale goes from 0 to 9, where 6 is the default value.

Modified time and date

You may specify which date Magellan Explorer should set on the archive when adding files.

After the file is created, it will be opened in the active folder window.

Use "Solid" compression

When this option is checked Rar will merge all files in the archive to archive a better compression ratio. However, this will among other things slow down the decompression.

Use "Multimedia" compression

Enhances the compression ratio when used on media files.

Install

Today many applications are distributed in a Zip archive. The Install feature makes it easy to setup such programs on your system by automatically extracting the archive to a temporary folder and starting the installer.

Important: The archive should contain a file called either Install.exe or Setup.exe. If there aren't any such files a dialog box asking you to type in the complete name of the install file will be displayed.

After starting the installer, Magellan Explorer will display a dialog box. You should press OK only after you are sure the installation is completed. Magellan Explorer will then delete the temporary folder made earlier and resume normal operation.

Checkout

When you select CheckOut, Magellan Explorer will create a temporary folder and extract all the files within the open archive to this folder.

Add selected files to archive

This functions works just as Copy into a folder with one exception. It will prompt you with the Compression Options dialog, allowing you to use non-default values when compressing the selected files.

Make archive self-extractable

If you want to make a Zip file self-extractable (i.e. an EXE file which extracts its contents when run) use this option.

You can either select all the Zip files you want to change, or use it when inside an archive.

Note: If you use the former method, or leave the Zip file you made self-extracting, you cannot open it as a folder in Magellan Explorer any more.


Internet

New versions

Magellan Explorer is able to check for new versions of itself when connected to the Internet.

This is highly recommend as it consumes little bandwidth and saves you from manually checking for updates.

News

Once in a while we will publish a very brief newsletter containing the latest news and updates on features, bugs, special offers and other important events.

We also run and open, unmoderated mailing list.

Click on subscribe and select the format you want to subscribe to. Magellan Explorer will place the subscription mail in your mail client's outbox. Please note that this requires a MAPI compatible mail client.


Bookmarks

Please note that some of the features on this tab are only available in the full and adware versions. More information about this can be found on the Bonus features topic. To get more information on how to purchase the full version license click here.

Add/Remove

To add a new bookmark you must first choose where to place it. If you select Bookmarks, at the top of the tree to the left, it will saved in the root folder. You may also organize the bookmarks into subfolders. To  place the new bookmark in a subfolder select the name of the folder in the tree.

After clicking on Add you will be asked for the name of the new bookmark.

If you want to remove a bookmark select it in the tree and click on Remove. You may also remove a folder and its contents. Please note that you will NOT be asked to confirm this.

New Folder

If you want to group together some bookmarks, all your FTP sites say, you can do this by creating a subfolder. As with bookmarks you must select the folder on the tree to the left where you want to place the subfolder.

Name

You may modify the name of a bookmark at any time.

Path

The path may be modified at any time. If it's a new bookmark you can either type in the complete path manually, or click on the Browse button to select the desired folder from a tree.

Note: If it's a new FTP site bookmark you can't use the browse button.

FTP Sites

If you're creating a new FTP site bookmark you must check the box next to FTP site. Click on FTP settings to configure the connection.


Gradient

Using a gradient in the titlebar instead of a single color have become popular and is in fact standard on MS Windows 98. Regardless of your Windows version or type you may choose to use a gradient not only on the titlebar of Magellan Explorer, but on the label boxes as well.

Magellan Explorer will use your Windows default titlebar color when making the gradient for the titlebar.

On the label boxes you may specify the color to be used on the Colors and Fonts in the Preferences.


Folder Window
Advanced

You may alter the appearance of different elements in the folder windows.

Time & Date

You have the choice of using the Windows default date format or specifying your own. Use the following format codes when customizing the time and date.

%a Abbreviated weekday name

%A Full weekday name

%b Abbreviated month name

%B Full month name

%c Date and time representation appropriate for locale

%d Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31)

%H Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23)

%I Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12)

%j Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366)

%m Month as decimal number (01 – 12)

%M Minute as decimal number (00 – 59)

%p Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock

%S Second as decimal number (00 – 59)

%U Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 – 51)

%w Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0)

%W Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 – 51)

%x Date representation for current locale

%X Time representation for current locale

%y Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99)

%Y Year with century, as decimal number

%z, %Z Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown

%% Percent sign

Scroll bar position

If you would like to have the scrollbars centered (the scrollbar in the right folder window on the LEFT edge, and the scroll bar in the left folder window on the right edge as normal) it is possible.

General Options

If you set the Delayed folder update Magellan Explorer won't refresh the content of the folder windows when changes occur outside Magellan Explorer until you make it the active application (set focus).

Spacing

When using Magellan Explorer with a very large font the space between the lines in the folder window may be excessive. Using a lower value will decrease the spacing.


Confirmations

Delete

Deleting files and folders are sometimes an irreversible action (this is always the case when working on FTP sites).

It is recommended that inexperienced users leave these options in their default state.

By default Magellan Explorer will ask for confirmation when deleting more than one file [or one or more folder(s)]. You may change these settings by checking the appropriative boxes.

You may have files selected outside the viewing area  of the folder window that you are unaware of (this is especially true with when using sticky selection). Magellan Explorer can warn you every time you try to delete files that are outside the viewing area if you check this option.

Rename, Copy As, Move As and Clone

If you change the extension of a file you change the way Windows and your application interprets the contents, and may therefore render it useless by accident.


Label box

This box has two purposes. First of all it displays the label of the drive the folder is located in (or the name of the FTP site) in addition to the free space in MB. Secondly it indicates which of the folder windows are active by coloring it.


Button Panel

If you want to learn more about the Button Panel please use this link.

The Button Panel configuration is divided into three parts. To move from one to another click on the buttons at the top of the dialog.

Add/Remove

In this section you can add or remove tools from the buttons.

How to add a tool

First find the tool you want to add in the Tools list.

Next click on the button you want to add the tool to on the preview of the Button Panel in the middle of the dialog. Then click on Add to button under the list of tools.

The selected tool should now appear in the list Selected button.

If the button was empty before you added the tool the preview should now reflect the change.

As stated in the dialog you may have more than one tool assigned to each button. The first tool in the list will appear on the button and will be accessible by a normal left mouse click.

All other tools will be on a drop down list unless they are configured as right mouse button tool. To make a tool available with the right mouse button, click on the mouse icon.

How to modify a button

You may move tools up and down the drop down list clicking on the arrows. A right mouse button tool cannot be the first entry.

How to remove a tool

Select it in the Selected button list and click on the delete button.

Appearance

The size of the Button Panel may be set from 4x1 to 16x4. You may also completely remove it by checking Turn off Button Panel. If you choose not to use icons text labels will be forced on.

Tooltips

Displays the name of the tool if you hold the mouse pointer above the icon/word for a few seconds.

Show hotkeys on buttons

Magellan Explorer can print the selected keyboard shortcut for tool in front of its name. E.g. "Ctrl+C Copy".

Colors

To change the color of a button select it in the preview of the Button Panel in the middle of the screen and click on either the foreground or background drop down and select the color you want.

Use the instruction to the right in the dialog when applying the color.

Tools

Editor

You can specify which editor Magellan Explorer  should use to edit files with the Edit tool.


Selection

You may completely customize the way you select files in  Magellan Explorer.

Up through the years several different methods have been used in a variety of products so it seems that everyone have their favorite way of selecting files and folders. By changing the settings on this tab you can emulate most of them.

Please note that changed made on this tab and Advanced Selection effect each other.

One-Click Configuration

If you have previously used and prefer the selection method of Windows Explorer or Norton Commander you may use it by clicking on one of the buttons. To restore the settings to factory default click on Normal.

Details display

To be able to support different selection methods Magellan Explorer comes with its own, custom folder window. The look and feel of this is different from the standard Explorer/Windows folder window in some respects.

If you want Magellan Explorer to behave similar to Windows Explorer please choose the Explorer details option.

File selection

Select using

If you prefer to use the right mouse button when selecting files use this option. When using the right mouse button for selection the context menu can be displayed by holding the right mouse button down for approximately one second.

Mouse Dragging

Moving the mouse while holding down the button is called a drag. You can configure Magellan Explorer to either do a drag 'n drop action or select all the files you move the mouse cursor over.

Selection of multiple files

When doing file management it is often necessary to select more than one file. By default this is easy in Magellan Explorer as you just select the files you want one after one (and your previous selections will remain). This is called sticky selection.

On the other hand, you may prefer the way Windows does this, using the Ctrl and Shift keys. Unless you're holding down either Ctrl, Shift or both, a new selection will clear any other selections you may have made.

When holding down the Shift key all the files and folders between your old selection and the new selection will be selected (including the two mentioned). If you hold down the Ctrl key the selection becomes sticky.

Holding down both will expand the selection with the files between the already selected files and the file you click on.

Keyboard selection

If you want to use the keyboard to select files then enable this option. If you only want the keyboard selector (a black box) to appear when you press on one of the arrows keys use option number two.


Bookmark
Bookmarks offer a convenient means to retrieve folders whose path or URL you've saved.  The permanence and accessibility of bookmarks make them invaluable for personalizing your hard drive and FTP access.

You store your bookmarks in a list that's saved on your hard disk. Once you add a bookmark to your list, the item stays until you remove it.


Nav Bar

If you want to learn more about the Nav Bar use this link.

Insert and remove items

To insert a tool select it from the list named Tools and click on the arrow pointing towards the preview of your Nav Bar.

If you want to remove something from your Nav Bar select it on the preview and click on the Delete button.

Order

Modifying the order of the items on your Nav Bar is simple. Select the item you want to move and click on either the Move left or Move right button.

Icons

You may choose the use either large, small, or no icons at all. If you use the latter text labels are automatically turned on.

Tooltips

Displays the name of the tool if you hold the mouse pointer above the icon/word for a few seconds.


Quick Bar

If you want to learn more about the Quick Bar use this link.

Insert and remove items

To insert a tool select it from the list named Tools and click on the arrow pointing towards the preview of your Quick Bar.

If you want to remove something from your Quick Bar select it on the preview and click on the Delete button.

Order

Modifying the order of the items on your Quick Bar is simple. Select the item you want to move and click on either the Move left or Move right button.

Icons

You may choose the use either small or no icons at all.

Tooltips

Displays the name of the tool if you hold the mouse pointer above the icon/letter for a few seconds.


Drive Bar

Auto detect

If there are certain drives you don't want included in your Drive Bar you may exclude them by removing the checkmark next to that drive letter.

Icons

You may choose the use either large, small, or no icons at all. If you use the latter, and Volume label is unchecked, Drive letter will automatically be set.

Labels

Specify whether you would like the drive letter, the volume label, both or none to appear on the Drive Bar.

Tooltips

Displays a textbox with the drive information (drive letter and volume name) when you hold the mouse over a drive for some seconds.


Defaults

This tab gives you the option to set the default state of some settings.

Drag and Drop

When using drag 'n drop you can set the default action to either Copy or Move.

You can also choose to deselect files after performing an drag and drop action with them.

Find/Filter

Ignore case - If used the case of the text to be found doesn't matter (e.g. FILE mAnageR is equal to file manager).

Include subfolders - This option only affects your search if the Search Area is set to "Selected files and folders" or "Current folder".

Default Startup Mode

If you prefer, Magellan Explorer can be configured to use Explorer Mode as the default mode.

Removable Drives

On some systems the auto detection of insertion of new disks will cause it to slow down to a complete crawl. If this happens please turn it off using either this option or the command line option /NOAUTO (e.g. start Magellan Explorer with "Magellan Explorer /NOAUTO").

If you have Folder Memory turned on and auto detection disabled it is necessary to manually refresh the content of the folder window after disk changes.

We recommend that you try turning auto detection on and see if it works as there is only a small percentage of systems that encounter problems with this feature.

Misc

Enable Popular menu - Removing this check mark will disable the Popular menu.

Compression attribute - If this option is unchecked Magellan Explorer will ask you each time you change the compress attribute.


Overview
Step by Step Guides - Overview

The guides contain walkthrough's for the novice user to some of Enriva Magellan Explorer's features.

Available guides

   Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Adding tools to the QuickBar

   Adding tools to the Tools menu

   Modifying the NavBar

   Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut

   Connecting to a FTP site

If you would like a explanation on how to perform basic operations such as Copy, Delete and open files, the topic Working with Magellan Explorer contains further information.


Zip

Internal unzip

If you have already installed an archive manager and wish to continue using it set this option to Use registry association.

Compression level

This is tradeoff between speed and size. If you set the compression level to none or a low value the zip operation will be faster, but the archive size bigger. The scale goes from 0 to 9, where 6 is the default value.

Modified time an date

You may specify which date Magellan Explorer should set on the archive when adding files.

Always install when double clicking Install.exe or Setup.exe

Today many applications are distributed in a Zip archive. The install feature makes it easy to setup such programs on your system by automatically extracting the archive to a temporary folder and starting the installer.

Make archive self-extracting when renaming from Zip to Exe

When this option is used Magellan Explorer will make the zip file a self-extracting archive (i.e. an EXE file which extracts its contents when run) if it's extension is changed to exe with the Rename tool.


Display

Display in

You may configure Magellan Explorer to minimize itself to either the taskbar (standard Windows behavior), the system tray (located to the left of the taskbar) or both.

When resident in the system tray you can single click or double click to restore Magellan Explorer. If you right click the icon a menu will be displayed.

Please note that this feature is only available in the full and adware versions. More information about this can be found on the Bonus features topic. To get more information on how to purchase the full version license click here.

Tooltips

Checking this option will turn tooltips on or off globally.

Titlebar

By default Magellan Explorer will display the name of the current folder after the dash in the title, but if you prefer it can print the complete MS-DOS path.


Colors and Fonts

To change the color or font of something in Magellan Explorer first choose the general element in the Screen element list.

Next choose which sub item you want to edit in the Item list.

Please note that you cannot change all three attributes (foreground color, background color and font) on all the items.

Your settings for the selected item is displayed in the Preview box.


Archive managment
Archive management

By default Magellan Explorer will open archives as they were folders. This means that when you double click on a file with the extension Zip, Cab, Rar, Ace, Lha or Arj the application you previously used (if any) will NOT be started.

When inside an archive you may use most of the basic tools on the files as if they were in a real folder.

Example: To extract a file select it and click on Copy. The file will then be placed in the destination folder.

If you prefer to continue using your old archive management application you may do so by changing the settings in the Archive group in the Preferences.

You can also use the Extract tool. It will extract the contents of all selected archives in the active folder window into the destination window.


Parent

If you want to navigate the folder window one step up in the file system use this tool.


Root

Navigates the folder window to the first level (root) of the current drive.


Extract

If you want to extract files from one or more archives you can use the Extract tool. First open the destination folder (i.e. where you want to have to files you are about to extract) in one of the folder windows. Then open the folder containing the archive(s) in the active folder window. Select the archive(s) and click on Extract.

Archives supported

Zip, Rar, Ace, Lha and Arj.

The Extract tool can be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Treeview

Jumps from Details mode to treeview.


History

A list of recently accessed folders, archives and ftp sites.


Back

Navigates the folder window back to the last folder you had open.


Forward

Navigates the folder window forward if you have gone back.


Stop

Stops ongoing foreground operations that occur in the active folder window.


Unarchive
Arj and Lha

Internal UnArj

If you have already installed an archive manager and wish to continue using it set this option to Use registry association.

Always install when double clicking Install.exe or Setup.exe

Today many applications are distributed in a Arj  archive. The install feature makes it easy to setup such programs on your system by automatically extracting the archive to a temporary folder and starting the installer.

Internal UnLha

If you have already installed an archive manager and wish to continue using it set this option to Use registry association.

Always install when double clicking Install.exe or Setup.exe

Today many applications are distributed in a Lha archive. The install feature makes it easy to setup such programs on your system by automatically extracting the archive to a temporary folder and starting the installer.

Internal UnCab

If you have already installed an archive manager and wish to continue using it set this option to Use registry association.

Always install when double clicking Install.exe or Setup.exe

Today many applications are distributed in a Cab archive. The install feature makes it easy to setup such programs on your system by automatically extracting the archive to a temporary folder and starting the installer.


Belgium

Phone/Fax

You can order using credit cards. Call, fax or mail your order details to Mensys Belgium bvba using the addresses or numbers listed below.

Mensys Belgium bvba

Crayenestersingel 65

Oostmallebaan 7

2980 Zoersel, Belgium

32-(0)3-312-46-11 (Voice)

32-(0)3-312-47-51 (Fax)

mensys@ping.be

Online orders/Bank transfers/Checks/Etc

If you would like to order online, or by using a direct bank transfer, cash, cheque or deposit cheques (all in Belgian Francs) contact BTSoftware. You can do so by either visiting their website, or sending a fax, e-mail or letter.

Online Orders

Website http://www.btsoftware.com/order.htm

Offline Orders

Make sure your order contains the name of the user it should be licensed to (normally yourself), your e-mail or postal address, the country in which the payment will be made and of course the name of our product, "Magellan Explorer". You can find the order form by clicking on the link or open the file Orderform-BT.txt in your Magellan Explorer folder.

BTSoftware

Postbus 4911

5604 CC  Eindhoven

The Netherlands

+31 40 2906460 (fax)

order@btsoftware.com

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Denmark

Non-Credit card Orders

You can order Magellan Explorer directly from our reseller. Use the numbers or addresses listed below to contact them.

Payments are accepted in Danish kroner by cheque drawn on a Danish Bank, Moneytransfer to Bank account 5211 2651101 (SWIFT-code AMB The prices include 25% tax).

Moneytransfering from outside Denmark, please add DKK 50,- to cover the fee of the Danish bank.

Berggreen Service v/Knud Berggreen

Lodsgården A 111

DK-2791 Dragør

+45 3253 7654 (Voice and fax)

info@berggreen.dk

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.htmland read the order details there.


Finland

Non-Credit card Orders

You can order Magellan Explorer directly from our reseller. Use the numbers or addresses listed below to contact them.

Payments are accepted by cheque in Finniosh Mark drawn on a Finnish Bank or to Giroaccount 800059-1088759 in Helsinki. The prices include 25% tax.

Berggreen Service v/Knud Berggreen

Lodsgården A 111

DK-2791 Dragør

+45 3253 7654 (Voice and fax)

info@berggreen.dk

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


France

If you would like to order online, or by using a direct bank transfer, cash, cheque or deposit cheques (all in French Francs) contact BTSoftware. You can do so by either visiting their website, or sending a fax, e-mail or letter.

Online Orders

Website http://www.btsoftware.com/order.htm

Offline Orders

Make sure your order contains the name of the user it should be licensed to (normally yourself), your e-mail or postal address, the country in which the payment will be made and of course the name of our product, Magellan Explorer. You can find the order form by clicking on the link or open the file Orderform-BT.txt in your Magellan Explorer folder.

BTSoftware

Postbus 4911

5604 CC  Eindhoven

The Netherlands

+31 40 2906460 (fax)

order@btsoftware.com

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Germany

Phone/Fax

You can order using credit cards. Call, fax or mail your order details to Deckarm & Co using the addresses or numbers listed below.

Deckarm & Co

Maxplatz 10

66386 St Ingbert

Germany

+49 68 94/92 93 0 (Voice)

+49 68 94/92 93 94 (Fax)

info@softwareshop.com

Online orders/Bank transfers/Checks/Etc

If you would like to order online, or by using a direct bank transfer, cash, cheque or deposit cheques (all in German Marks) contact BTSoftware. You can do so by either visiting their website, or sending a fax, e-mail or letter.

Online Orders

Website http://www.btsoftware.com/order.htm

Offline Orders

Make sure your order contains the name of the user it should be licensed to (normally yourself), your e-mail or postal address, the country in which the payment will be made and of course the name of our product, Magellan Explorer. You can find the order form by clicking on the link or open the file Orderform-BT.txt in your Magellan Explorer folder.

Website http://www.btsoftware.com/order.htm

Account Information

Generale Bank Germany

Postfach 101615

D-41016, Mönchengladbach

Account Number: 3-3056512-95

BankLeitZahl : 370 10 600

BTSoftware

Postbus 4911

5604 CC  Eindhoven

The Netherlands

+31 40 2906460 (fax)

order@btsoftware.com

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Hungary

You can order Magellan Explorer directly from our reseller. Use the number or the addresses listed below to contact them (they accept all major credit cards).

OpenBlue Bt.

Bosnyak u. 1./a III./3

H-1145 Budapest

Hungary

36-1-363-5875 (Voice)

shareware@openblue.telnet.hu

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Italy

You can order Magellan Explorer directly from our reseller. Use the number or the addresses listed below to contact them (they accept all major credit cards).

Ososoft

Via Prospero Fontana

16-40135 Bologna

Italy

39-51-6151233 (Voice)

39-51-6149753 (Fax)

staff@ososoft.com

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Netherlands

Phone/Fax

You can order using credit cards. Call, fax or mail your order details to Mensys using the addresses or numbers listed below.

Mensys

Crayenestersingel 65

2012 PG Haarlem

The Netherlands

31-(0)23-548-2030 (Fax)

31-(0)23-548-2020 (Voice)

mensys@euronet.nl

Online orders/Bank transfers/Checks/Etc

If you would like to order online, or by using a direct bank transfer, cash, cheque or deposit cheques (all in Dutch guilders) contact BTSoftware. You can do so by either visiting their website, or sending a fax, e-mail or letter.

Online Orders

Website http://www.btsoftware.com/order.htm

Offline Orders

Make sure your order contains the name of the user it should be licensed to (normally yourself), your e-mail or postal address, the country in which the payment will be made and of course the name of our product, Magellan Explorer. You can find the order form by clicking on the link or open the file Orderform-BT.txt in your Magellan Explorer folder.

Website http://www.btsoftware.com/order.htm

BTSoftware

Postbus 4911

5604 CC  Eindhoven

The Netherlands

+31 40 2906460 (fax)

order@btsoftware.com

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Norway

Non-Credit card Orders

You can order Magellan Explorer directly from our reseller. Use the numbers or addresses listed below to contact them.

Payments are accepted by cheque in Norwegian kroner drawn on a Norwegian Bank or to Giroaccount 0806 1908510 in Oslo.

Berggreen Service v/Knud Berggreen

Lodsgården A 111

DK-2791 Dragør

+45 3253 7654 (Voice and fax)

info@berggreen.dk

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Sweden

Non-Credit card Orders

You can order Magellan Explorer directly from our reseller. Use the numbers or addresses listed below to contact them.

Payments are accepted in Swedish kroner by cheque drawn on a Swedish Bank or to Giroaccount 190 44 64-3 in Stockholm.

Berggreen Service v/Knud Berggreen

Lodsgården A 111

DK-2791 Dragør

+45 3253 7654 (Voice and fax)

info@berggreen.dk

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Switzerland

You can order Magellan Explorer directly from our reseller. Use the number or the addresses listed below to contact them (they accept all major credit cards).

Minzloff Data

16 Leonhardsberg

CH-4051 Basel

Switzerland

41-61-261-4459 (Voice)

41-61-261-4451 (Fax)

minzloff@minzdat.ch

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is strongly recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


United Kingdom

Online orders/Bank transfers/Checks/Etc

If you would like to order online, or by using a direct bank transfer, cash, cheque or deposit cheques (all in UK pounds) contact BTSoftware. You can do so by either visiting their website, or sending a fax, e-mail or letter.

Online Orders

Website http://www.btsoftware.com/order.htm

Offline Orders

Make sure your order contains the name of the user Magellan Explorer should be licensed to (normally yourself), your e-mail or postal address, the country in which the payment will be made and of course the name of our product, Magellan Explorer. You can find the order form by clicking on the link or open the file Orderform-BT.txt in your Magellan Explorer folder.

BTSoftware

Postbus 4911

5604 CC  Eindhoven

The Netherlands

+31 40 2906460 (fax)

order@btsoftware.com

Important: If you are connected to the Internet it is recommended that you go to http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html and read the order details there.


Australia

You can purchase Magellan Explorer directly from our Australian publisher, Aquarian Technologies. The price is AUD $49.95, which includes S&H.

Dial 1800-240-774 today!

They accept the following payment methods;

 * Visa, MasterCard, BankCard, American Express

 * Cheque drawn on an Australian Bank

 * Postal Money Order

 * Purchase Order (from approved organizations)

 * Cash or Bank Transfer.

Inquires you may have regarding your order should be sent to sales@aquatee.com. You can find the order form by clicking on the link or open the file Orderform-Australia.txt in your Magellan Explorer folder.

Contact Information

Aquarian Technologies

P.O. Box 820

Castlemaine VIC, 3450

Sales	1800-240-774

Phone	(03) 5470-6812

Fax	(03) 5470-6803


United States

You can purchase Magellan Explorer directly from our publisher in the US, BMT Micro. They accept orders online or by phone, fax and postal mail.

Dial (800) 414 4268 today!

The fastest and most convient way is to use their secure online order forms. Go to our order page (http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/order.html) and click on "Magellan Explorer" under Order Online.

If you don't want to order over the net or using credit cards you can contact them for further instructions, or send them the normal order form using fax or postal mail. You can find the regular order form by clicking on this link or open the file called Orderform-US.txt in your  Magellan Explorer folder.

Contact Information

BMT Micro

5019 Carolina Beach Road, Suite 202

Wilmington, NC 28412, USA

Sales        (800) 414-4268

Phone	(910) 791-7052

Fax	(910) 350-2937

(800)-346-1672

Email	orders@bmtmicro.com


Edit

The Edit tool will open all selected files in an editor of your choice. By default Magellan Explorer uses Notepad (supplied with the default installation of MS Windows).

You can change the editor by clicking on Tools on the Button Panel tab in the Preferences.

The Edit tool can be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Bonus features

The bonus features are only available in the full and adware versions of Magellan Explorer.

¨ Support for super-fast loading of JPEG, TIFF (CCITT 1D, G3 and G4), PNG, Window Metafile (WMF), Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF), PCX, DCX BMP, DIB PIC and TARGA formats using the View tool.

¨ Greatly enhanced bookmark support. You can have an unlimited number of bookmarks and create sub folders to categorize them into groups. Management is easy using drag & drop.

¨ Ability to minimize Magellan Explorer to the system tray. Use the taskbar, tray or both to display the application icon.

¨ Up to ten simultaneous FTP connections. Stop single-tasking your FTP sessions, have several sites opened at the same time! You can quickly switch between them from the list in the FTP menu.

¨ Possibility to have multiple copies of Magellan Explorer running at the same time making your complex file management tasks a lot easier.

¨ Up to 100 Custom Tools. Harness the power of your existing utilities by integrating them into the Magellan Explorer interface.

More information about the adware version is available by clicking here.

Click here to get more information on how to purchase a full version license.


Orderform - US

     _____________________________________________________________________

  Enriva Magellan Explorer Order Form

   United States - International customers

     _____________________________________________________________________

                  Mail Orders To: BMT Micro

                                  PO Box 15016

                                  Wilmington, NC 28408

                                  U.S.A.

                    Voice Orders: 8:00am - 7:00pm EST (-5 GMT)

                                  (800) 414-4268 (orders only)

                                  (910) 791-7052

                      Fax Orders: (910) 350-2937  24 hours / 7 Days

                                  (800) 346-1672  24 hours / 7 Days

                    via Internet: orders@bmtmicro.com

                                  telnet@bmtmicro.com

                                  http://www.bmtmicro.com

           Secure Ordering: http://www.bmtmicro.com/info/placeorder.html

     Ordering and general ordering questions:

                            Via AOL: bmtmicro

                    Via Compuserve: 74031,307

     We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, Diners

     Club, Carte Blanche, Cashiers Check, Personal Check.   Personal

     checks are subject to clearance.  Eurochecks in DM are welcome.

     DM, Sterling, and US Currency is welcome but send only by

     registered mail, return receipt requested.   We cannot be liable

     for lost cash sent through the mail.

     If you reside in a country with an unconvertible currency please

     contact us for alternatives.

     Purchase orders are welcome, subject to approval.   The minimum

     amount is $250.00.

     Information for our German customers is explained in the last

     paragraph of this order form.

     _____________________________________________________________________

     Company:_____________________________________________________________

     Name:________________________________________________________________

     Address:_____________________________________________________________

             _____________________________________________________________

     City: _______________________________State/Province: ________________

     Postal/ZIP Code: ____________________Country:________________________

     Phone:_______________________________________________________________

     Fax:  _______________________________________________________________

     E-Mail #1____________________________________________________________

     E-Mail #2____________________________________________________________

     Product                                     Quantity Price      Number of copies

     _________________________  ______________  ________________

     ______________________  ______________  x ____________ = + $ _______

     _________________________  ______________  x ____________ = + $ _______

     Latest Version on CD _____ _____$10.00___  x ____________ = + $ _______

     North Carolina Residents add 6% Sales Tax                     $ _______

     Shipping and Handling (no quantity limit / see below)         $ _______

       Registration Shipping Options:

       ------------------------------

       Email - Subject to Credit Card Verification     Free

       CD Shipping Options:

       --------------------

       2nd Day Priority, USA Only ................ $   4.00 US

       US Postal Service International Express

         (Including Canada and Mexico), allow up to

         7-10 days ............................... $  25.00 US

       Airborne Select Delivery  (USA Only)        $   8.00 US

     Total:                                                      $ _______

      For credit card payment only

      Circle one: VISA / Master / Discover / American Express / Diners

      Credit card number: _____________________________________________

      Expiration date: ________________________________________________

      Authorization signature: ________________________________________

                   ORDERING FROM INSIDE GERMANY ONLY

                   =================================

Persons in Germany wishing to order shareware may also transfer funds

into our account with Deutsche Bank.   Once the money is deposited you

may either fax a confirmation to us with proof of deposit or wait until

Deutsche Bank notifies us of the transaction (usually 10-18 business days).

Account information is as follows:

Deutsche Bank / Frankfurt Branch

Empf„nger:  Thomas Bradford

Konto-Nummer: 0860221

Bankleitzahl: 500-700-10

When you make the transfer, be sure to put your name and the program you

are registering on the transfer.

Current exchange rates can be obtained by sending an email to

dm_to_us@bmtmicro.com.   An automated reply will return todays exchange

rates.

It is very important that you send us a completed order form by

either email or fax if you deposit money into this account for a

registration.  Fill the order form out as usual except in the credit

card number field put "DEUTSCHE BANK".   We will file the order and

use it to match against the deposit information we receive from the

bank.

                               IMPORTANT!

                               ----------

When you email us your order form, we will reply with an

acknowledgement.   If you do not get an acknowledgement within 24 hours

please send your order again in case it was lost.  This extra bit of

caution can save a lot of confusion.

If you are concerned that your order is taking too long to process, feel

free to check with us about the status of your order.   It's important

to all of us that you feel safe doing business with our company and

please feel free to suggest ways we can improve our service to you.


Orderform - BT Software

_____________________________________________________________________

     Magellan Explorer Order Form

  The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and The United Kingdom

_____________________________________________________________________

BTSoftware European Shareware Registration and Distribution Service

Registration, via BTSoftware, may be arranged by one of

the following methods:

1.  Visit BTSoftware at www.BTSoftware.com and fill in the

order form.  BTSoftware will send you an order confirmation

with banking details.

2   E-mail BTSoftware at order@BTSoftware.com and we will

mail you the information required to order the software.

3.  Fax or mail this form to the address below and we will

send you an order confirmation form with our banking details

for your country.

When you receive the order confirmation, simply pay for the

software you ordered by a local bank transfer to our bank

account in your country or send us a eurocheque. On receipt

of your payment we will send you the registration number

Enriva Magellan Explorer Order Form

==============================================================

Name:

--------------------------------------------------------------

Company:

--------------------------------------------------------------

Street:

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City:                                 Postal Code:

--------------------------------------------------------------

Country:

--------------------------------------------------------------

Email:

==============================================================

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               Unit Price          Quantity       Sub Total

--------------------------------------------------------------

Enriva Magellan Explorer 	   $29.95        X            =

--------------------------------------------------------------

                   VAT (BTW/MSTW)17.5%        =

--------------------------------------------------------------

                                       Total

==============================================================

You will be sent an order confirmation in your local currency.

Post to:

          BTSoftware

          Postbus 4911

          5604 CC Eindhoven

          The Netherlands

Or Fax:	+31 (0)40 2906460

At present, BTSoftware has bank accounts in The Netherlands,

Belgium, France, Germany and The United Kingdom.  If your

country is not listed, please check our site as we will be

opening accounts in other European countries in the near future.

Thank you for registering.

BTSoftware

The Netherlands

E-mail:	order@BTSoftware.com

Site: 	http://www.btsoftware.com


Order form - Aquarian

_____________________________________________________________________

     Magellan Explorer Order Form

    Australia - Aquarian Technologies

_____________________________________________________________________

Please use this form when ordering by fax or mail:

Name        _____________________________________________

Company     _____________________________________________

Address     _____________________________________________

            _____________________________________________

City/Town   _____________________________________________

Country     _______________________   Post Code ___________

Telephone   ________________________________

EMail       ________________________________

                   [ ] Cheque   [ ] Money Order

                   [ ] BankCard [ ] VISA [ ] MasterCard

Name on Card    _______________________________________

                    (Only if different from Name above)

Credit Card Number ____________________________________

Expiration Date  _____ /_____

Signature   _______________________

____ Copies of  Magellan Explorer  @ $AUD 49.95 = $_______

Where did you hear about Magellan Explorer?

_______________________________________________________

What new features would you like to see ?

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Please make cheques payable to: Aquarian Technologies.


FAQ
Frequently asked questions

Q: Wasn't this application called Enriva Voyager before?

A: Yes, we have changed the name to Magellan Explorer.

Q: ADC Systems PicaView is not displaying thumbnails in my context menus.

A: Check 'Compatibility Mode' in PicaView's options.

Q: I am using the right mouse button to select files, how do I display context menus?

A: Hold down the right mouse button for approximately one second and the context menu will be shown.

Q: I get an error message when I try to start the Order Wizard and Filter tool, how come?

A: If you have the original versions of some system libraries that shipped with the first release of Microsoft Windows 95 Magellan Explorer is unable to display the Filter dialog and all the Wizards.

To correct this problem please update your Windows Common Control libraries. You can do this by download and installing this file:

http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/ie401/patch/comcontrol/en/401comupd.exe.


View

The View tool will open all selected files using the built-in Magellan Explorer File Viewer. The following formats are supported:

  ·  ASCII files

  ·  Hex viewing of any files

  ·  Rich Text Format (RTF)

  ·  JPEG

  ·  TIFF (CCITT 1D, G3 and G4)

  ·  PNG

  ·  Window Metafile (WMF)

  ·  Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF)

  ·  PCX and DCX

  ·  BMP

  ·  DIB

  ·  PIC

  ·  TARGA

  ·  Microsoft Office documents (1)

  ·  HTML (2)

  ·  PDF files through the Acrobat ActiveX control (2)

(1) Requires Microsoft Office ActiveX components and Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

(2) Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

The window will not resize properly when viewing GIF files. To learn more about the View window click here.

Please note that some of the formats are only available in the full and adware versions. More information about this can be found on the Bonus features topic. To get more information on how to purchase the full version license click here.

The View tool can be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Rar

Internal UnRAR

Just as Zip archives you can open Rar files as folders. If you wish to continue using your former application set this options to Use registry association.

Compression level

This is tradeoff between speed and size. If you set the compression level to none or a low value the operation will be faster, but the archive size bigger. The scale goes from 0 to 5, where 3 is the default value.

Archiver

If you have Rar.exe installed Magellan Explorer can use it to add files to existing archives and make new ones.

The Search button will automatically search all resources for the correct files.

Please note that rar.exe is an independent application and need to be registered according to the license information if used beyond its evaluation period.

Show command line

You can choose whether you like the command line output to be displayed while adding or deleting files from an archive.

Modified time an date

You may specify which date Magellan Explorer should set on the archive when adding files.

Always install when double clicking Install.exe or Setup.exe

Today many applications are distributed in a Rar archive. The install feature makes it easy to setup such programs on your system by automatically extracting the archive to a temporary folder and starting the installer.

Please consult the Rar documentation for more details on the following:

Use "Solid" compression

When this option is checked Rar will merge all files in the archive to archive a better compression ratio. However, this will among other things slow down the decompression.

Use "Multimedia" compression

Enhances the compression ratio when used on media files.


Ace

Internal UnAce

Just as Zip archives you can open Ace files as folders. If you wish to continue using your former application set this options to Use registry association.

Compression level

This is tradeoff between speed and size. If you set the compression level to none or a low value the operation will be faster, but the archive size bigger. The scale goes from 0 to 5, where 3 is the default value.

Archiver

If you have ace.exe installed Magellan Explorer can use it to add files to existing archives and make new ones.

The Search button will automatically search all resources for the correct files.

Please note that ace.exe is an independent application and need to be registered according to the license information if used beyond its evaluation period.

Show command line

You can choose wether you like the command line output to be displayed while adding or deleting files from an archive.

Modified time an date

You may specify which date Magellan Explorer should set on the archive when adding files.

Always install when double clicking Install.exe or Setup.exe

Today many applications are distributed in a Ace archive. The install feature makes it easy to setup such programs on your system by automatically extracting the archive to a temporary folder and starting the installer.

Please consult the Ace documentation for more details on the following:

Use "Solid" compression

When this option is checked Rar will merge all files in the archive to archive a better compression ratio. However, this will among other things slow down the decompression.


Custom Tools

Please note that some of the features on this tab are only available in the full and adware versions. More information about this can be found on the Bonus features topic. To get more information on how to purchase the full version license click here.

Magellan Explorer gives you the ability to integrate your existing tools into the Magellan Explorer interface. Please note that you have to add the tool to the Button Panel in order to access it (it will not be available from the Tools menu).

Add

Click on add to create a new Tool. The Evaluation version is limited to 3 tools, while in the full version one can have up to a 100 Custom Tools.

Command

Please specify the path of the application you want to run, or use the browse button to select it.

Arguments

The following substitutions can be used in the Arguments box:

%fn	Filename

%FN	Filename with full path

%ff	Filename without extension

%FF	Filename without extension with full path

%fe	Filename extension (without ".")

%sp	Source folder path

%tp	Target folder path

%rs	String requester

%rf	File requester

%rd	Folder requester

%%	Percent sign

Apply tool on selected files

One at a time - Use this option if you want the tool to open the files one at a time, in series. I.e., the tool will be opened with the first file, and when you close the tool it will open again with the second file and so on.

All at once (individually) - This will start the tool once for each file in parallel. E.g. if 5 files were selected the tool will be launched 5 times (simultaneously) each with one of the files.

All at once (as a group) - By using this option the tool will only be started once and given all the files as arguments.

Start folder

You can choose to start the application/tool either from the active folder window or the destination folder window. If you use the latter option it is important that you use %FN (full path), otherwise the tool won't find the files.

Window mode

The application can be started either as Normal, Maximized or Minimized.

Options

Include subfolders - Checking this option will include selected folders, but not the files inside them (non-recursive).

Ignore selection - This will start the application without any files as argument regardless of if they are selected.

Wrap filenames in quotes - By checking this filenames will be sent to the application in quotes (e.g. "filename.txt")


Describe

If you have turned on file comments in the Preferences Magellan Explorer can attach a comment to a file. These are shown in the right-most column in the folder window.

By selecting a file and clicking on Describe you will be asked to enter a comment. The comment will be stored in the description file (the name of the file can also be configured in the Preferences).

Describe can only be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut

   Preferences: Folder Windows


New in v2.0

The new version of Magellan Explorer is filled to the brim with new features and options.

Complete drag and drop support!

Magellan Explorer now supports drag and drop regardless of where are dragging to, or from. Create shortcuts by dragging files to the desktop, download files and backup your data, all using this simple method.

You can even drag files from within archives directly onto FTP sites, and the other way around.

New file viewer!

The new version comes with both a small and fast text viewer and an advanced multi-format viewer based on ActiveX technology.

All in all the following formats are supported:

  ·  ASCII files

  ·  Hex viewing of any files

  ·  Rich Text Format (RTF)

  ·  JPEG

  ·  TIFF (CCITT 1D, G3 and G4)

  ·  PNG

  ·  Window Metafile (WMF)

  ·  Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF)

  ·  PCX and DCX

  ·  BMP

  ·  DIB

  ·  PIC

  ·  TARGA

  ·  Microsoft Office documents (1)

  ·  HTML (2)

  ·  PDF files through the Acrobat ActiveX control (2)

Please note that all picture formats are only available in the full and adware versions!  You can read about the other Bonus Features here, or information about obtaining the full version here.

(1) Requires Microsoft Office ActiveX components and Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

(2) Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

All time-consuming file operations now run in the background!

Copy (As), Move (As), Find, Delete, Download, Upload, Archive and Unarchive now all run in the background.

There is also new progress window which gives you all the information and statistics about your file jobs you could wish for. It even comes with a queue scheduler which gives you complete control over all operations. Pause, Stop or Play any file operation!

Improved performance!

Copy and Move is now up to twice as fast as "Windows Explorer" and previous versions of Magellan Explorer. It doesn't stop there. The Find tool is up to 10 times faster the before.

This is made possible by taking advantage of advanced file technology such as overlapped I/O (NT only) and Non-Buffered I/O. The latter enables Magellan Explorer to bypass file system cache, and read and write directly to memory.

Improved archive management!

The integrated compressed archive client in Magellan Explorer now has support for more formats, features and options.

  ·  Internal Cab, Arj and Lha support

  ·  Archive-to-Archive copy

  ·  Archive in treeview as folders

  ·  Auto-Update of files inside archive sites (repacks changed files)

  ·  Rename, New folder and Edit now works inside an archive

  ·  Improved creation of archives

  ·  Magellan can now be associated with supported archives

Improved FTP support!

Just as the compressed archive client, the FTP support sports many new features and options.

  ·  Archive-to-FTP and FTP-to-Archive copy

  ·  Direct FTP to FTP transfers (FXP)

  ·  Treeview available on FTP sites as well

  ·  Auto-Update of files on FTP sites (uploads changed files)

  ·  Faster FTP login and navigation

  ·  Force uppercase/lowercase on uploads

  ·  Detects overwrites and updates the folder window on upload

  ·  Clipboard URL monitoring

  ·  Proxy authentication support

  ·  Folder windows are never locked when transferring files

Enhanced folder windows!

The folder windows are now completely compatible with the Windows standards.

  ·  Special folders such as the Control Panel can now be opened

  ·  Large icons, small icons, list and Explorer style details.

  ·  Spring loaded folders

  ·  Copy/Cut/Paste is available from Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V

  ·  Single-click (QuickEdit) rename in some selection modes

  ·  QuickParent - Click on the frame of the window to go up

More options!

There are now over 100 options in Magellan, allowing you to customize it to suit your needs.

  ·  Back and Forward are now available from the QuickBar

  ·  Magellan Explorer can display true filenames

  ·  Keyboard shortcuts can be displayed on the Button Panel

  ·  Option to move the statusbar to the bottom of the window

  ·  Magellan Explorer in the right-click context menu

  ·  Full path in titlebar

  ·  My Computer customization

  ·  Button Panel can be turned completely off

  ·  Configuration Wizard to guide new users

More features!

General improvements and more and better tools, the list of new features never seem to end.

  ·  Improved keyboard support

  ·  Mouse wheel support

  ·  Print Folder

  ·  Copy selected filenames to clipboard

  ·  Popular menu

  ·  My Computer now includes a drop down with your drives

  ·  Group Attribute is now recursive

  ·  Support for multiple languages

  ·  Contact Wizard

  ·  Recommendation Wizard

In addition there are a number of small features and improvements that didn't make this list.


Popular

The Popular menu gives you quick and easy access to all the resources, such as files and FTP sites, that you use frequently.

It is similar to the History tool with two notable exceptions. First, it includes frequently used rather than recently resources. This means that folders you generally use often, but haven't used lately, will appear in the Popular menu, and not in the History list. Secondly the Popular menu isn't limited to folders, and include applications, files in general and FTP sites.

Selecting Reset will clear out all the items in the menu. You can disable the Popular menu on the Defaults page in the Preferences.


Print Folder

Prints the contents of one or more folders.

Fields to include

You can select which fields you want to include in the printed version. Please note that folders (their name, not content) will always be printed.

Recursive

Include files in sub folders

If you choose this option Magellan Explorer will print all files within the selected sub folders (If you have selected the folder to print in the treeview it will print the content of all sub folders).

Current folder only

If you choose this option Magellan Explorer will only print selected files within the current folder (If you have selected the folder to print in the treeview it will print all files).

Treeview format

The output of sub folders can be formatted in a similar style to the treeview (i.e. the content of subfolders are indented). Select this option if you want this format.

Write files to

Printer

After pressing Ok the standard Windows printer dialog will appear where you can select which printer to use and other settings.

File

You can have the output written to a file instead of the printer. A dialog will appear after you have pressed Ok to request the filename.

Clipboard

If you would like to paste the output into another application you can choose to print the files and folders to the Windows Clipboard. To retrieve it select Paste in the application where you want it.

The Print Folder tool can be added to the Button Panel. There is no default keyboard shortcut, but you may configure one on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab in the Preferences.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut


Progress

Windows behavior

New in version 2.0 is the progress windows. To read more about it click here.

If you choose Bring to front Magellan Explorer will open it as soon as a file operation starts if its not already opened. The window will appear in the position it was last closed in.

Open minimized will add the window to the taskbar, but not open it.

Progress Information

In Normal and Advanced mode Magellan Explorer can display additional progress  information. however, this will increase the size of the progress window.


Performance

Priority

To be able to show progress for sub folder Magellan Explorer must perform a "Folder Size" on them before starting the copy operation. Usually this doesn't take long, and is only a fraction of the total time.

However, if you have a slow system you may want to scarify the progress for optimal performance.

Background Operations

Concurrent local operations

By increasing this value Magellan Explorer will start more file operations, such as Copy and move, simultaneously, rather then queuing them up.

Normally it is recommended that you leave this option at its default state. If your computer has a high performance storage system, such as multi-disk SCSI system, you can increase it better the overall performance.

Concurrent FTP sessions

By increasing this value Magellan Explorer will start more downloads/uploads simultaneously, rather then queuing them up.

If you are connected to the internet using a modem it is recommended that you leave this option in its default state. On the other hand, if you are using internet through a local network or a ISDN connection you may want to increase the number to increase the total performance of your FTP sessions.


Shell Integration

Filenames associations

Associating Magellan Explorer with all archive formats enable you to double click on archives in Explorer and other applications (such as your mail client) and open the file in Magellan Explorer.

Context menu

If you would like to open a folder using Magellan Explorer anywhere on your system, you can choose to have it appear on the right-click context menu.


View window

The built-in file viewer in Magellan Explorer let you quickly and easily view your files. In addition to standard text and hex viewing it supports many popular formats. These include

  ·  ASCII files

  ·  Hex viewing of any files

  ·  Rich Text Format (RTF)

  ·  JPEG

  ·  TIFF (CCITT 1D, G3 and G4)

  ·  PNG

  ·  Window Metafile (WMF)

  ·  Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF)

  ·  PCX and DCX

  ·  BMP

  ·  DIB

  ·  PIC

  ·  TARGA

  ·  Microsoft Office documents (1)

  ·  HTML (2)

  ·  PDF files through the Acrobat ActiveX control (2)

(1) Requires Microsoft Office ActiveX components and Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

(2) Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

Please note that some of the formats are only available in the full and adware versions. More information about this can be found on the Bonus features topic. To get more information on how to purchase the full version license click here.

File

Close

Closes the view window.

Edit

The following commands only work when viewing text files and in Hex display.

Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

Select All

Selects all text in the file.

The following commands only work when viewing text files.

Find

Finds the first occurrence of the string you are searching after.

Find Next

Finds any occurrences after the first.

Options

Hex display

You can view any type of file in hex format by clicking on this item. Click once more to return.  If the Hex mode was used by the Viewer as the default format, it means that this particular format isn't supported. If this is the case Magellan Explorer will switch to view the file as a normal text file if you deselect Hex display.

Please note that you can set up the view window to behave differently for Preview Mode and the View tool (i.e., you can use, say, Automatic Position for the Preview Mode and Remember position on exit for the View tool).

Word warp

If you are viewing a text file you can turn on word wrap to make the View window break lines that are longer than what the window can display.

Save current position as default

If you have a favorite place you would like the View window to be placed you can save both the position and size by using this option.

Remember position on exit

If this option is selected Magellan Explorer will open the View window in the position it was last time you used it.

Automatic position

If you use this option Magellan Explorer when opening a file with the View tool the window will get the same size and position as the main window.

However, if you enter the Preview Mode with this option on Magellan Explorer will try to find a place on your screen, to the right or left of its window, with enough room to display the window.

If there isn't enough room available on either side it will be opened so that it covers half of the Magellan Explorer window.

Please note that the window will not resize properly when viewing GIF files.


Proxy

Proxy server

If your network has a proxy server you may use it when connecting to FTP sites with Magellan Explorer. The Proxy server increases the performance of downloads by keeping a local copy on its hard drive. This means that if you download files other people that are using the proxy have downloaded in the past you will get the file faster than normally.

Ask your system administrator if you are not sure about the address and port and whether or not it requires authentication (this is usually not the case).

Connection type

In passive mode (default) Magellan Explorer will connect to the server and not the other way around. This is useful if you are behind a firewall.

Non-passive means that the server connects to you.


Appearance

Filenames

By default both Magellan Explorer and Windows 'beautifies' filenames by making the first letter upper case and the rest lower case.

Hidden files

By default Magellan Explorer  will display all files, regardless of attribute. If you want to protect your system and hidden files you can check the options and any files with these attributes won't appear in the folder window at all.

File sizes

By default Magellan Explorer displays all the file and folder sizes as bytes. You may change this to kilobytes. A denomination can also be appended (b for byte and KB for kilobytes).


Advanced Display

Status line

The status line contains information about the active folder and the selected files.

Look and placement

With the Standard Windows look the Status line will be sunken and divided into two sections similarly to the one found in Windows Explorer.

File size

The size of the selected files in the active folder window may appear as either kilobytes or bytes.

My Computer

You can customize My Computer to not show anything else than the drives on your system.

Splash screen

If you have the full version of Magellan Explorer you can choose to hide the logo appearing on startup.


Selection Advanced

You may completely customize the way you select files in  Magellan Explorer.

Up through the years several different methods have been used in a variety of products so it seems that everyone have their favorite way of selecting files and folders. By changing the settings on this tab you can emulate most of them.

Please note that changed made on this tab and  Selection effect each other.

One-Click Configuration

If you have previously used and prefer the selection method of Windows Explorer or Norton Commander you may use it by clicking on one of the buttons. To restore the settings to factory default click on Normal.

Details display

To be able to support different selection methods Magellan Explorer comes with its own, custom folder window. The look and feel of this is different from the standard Explorer/Windows folder window in some respects.

If you want Magellan Explorer to behave similar to Windows Explorer please choose the Explorer details option.

File selection

Folder Memory

The following options ONLY affects the folders in the folder memory of Magellan Explorer. You may specify the size of the folder memory at the bottom of the tab. By default Magellan Explorer remembers the contents and selection of the last 10 folders you have opened.

Selection on focus change - If you make the other folder window active and later changes back, Magellan Explorer will remember your selection in the original folder window if this options is checked.

Selection on folder change - If you select some files in a folder, open a new folder in the same folder window, and later come back to the original folder, Magellan Explorer will remember your selection.

Scrollbar position - If you use the scrollbar in a folder, open a new folder in the same folder window, and later come back to the original folder Magellan Explorer will remember the position of the scrollbar.

Sort order - If you change the sort order in a folder (by clicking on one of the columns), open a new folder in the same folder window, and later come back to the original folder Magellan Explorer will remember the position of the scrollbar.

Number of folders to remember - Folders that are in the folder memory of Magellan Explorer will in addition to being able to remember it's state, load faster. However, increasing the size of the folder memory will result in bigger demand of system resources and is not recommended on normal systems. If you have a hi-end machine with over 64MB RAM you may want to increase this value.

Deselect files

When clicking with the left mouse button on a empty area in the folder window - If this option is enabled files will be deselected if you click on the area below the last files if there isn't enough files to fill the folder window completely.

After performing a file operation - By checking this option Magellan Explorer will automatically deselect files after you apply a tool on them (e.g. copy, rename).


General

Drag and drop unto folders

With Spring loaded folders enabled you don't need to open the destination branch before you start dragging the files. Just hold the cursor above the root folder and the root folder will expand.

4Dos description support

Magellan Explorer has the ability to display file comments saved in a file such as 4DOS's descript.ion. This feature can be disabled by clicking on the check box next to it.

If you don't want the file containing the comments to appear in the folder window remove the checkmark next to "Display description file".

You can also specify the name of the file containing the file comments.

General options

Show parent entry ("..") first in every folder

If you use the Parent function to move up in the folder tree you may wish to remove the ".." entry automatically displayed at the top of every folder.

Remember folders on exit

Magellan Explorer can remember the folders you had opened the you last time you closed the program and use them as startup folders.

Enable QuickClick Parent and Root

If you check this options Magellan Explorer will display a parent arrow to the right of the cursor when you move it to the left of the file names. A click with the left mouse button in this state will navigate the folder window one level up (parent).

Enable QuickRename

If you click once on a file after selecting it you can rename the file within the folder window. This feature is found both in Windows Explorer and in Windows in general.


FTP Settings

Login type

Most FTP sites offer you to log on even if you don't have an account on the particular site. This is called Anonymous login. Personal login requires a login name and password.

Username/password

If you use Anonymous login the password should be your E-mail address. Magellan Explorer will encrypt the password when using Personal login before it's saved to disk. The algorithm used is NOT watertight and is only meant to keep the password from appearing as clear text.

Port

You may configure the port the connection should use. Most normal FTP sites use port 21. If you are not familiar with ports it is recommended that you leave this value to its default number.

Retries

If you for some reason are unable to connect to a site (it is busy etc) Magellan Explorer may try to connect again either a fixed number of times or infinitely. You may also specify how long it  should wait before trying again.

Please note that setting the delay to a low value and the number of retires to a high number or infinitely (also called hammering) is not considered to be "good nettiqette" and may provoke a reaction from the FTP site maintainer.

Proxy

If checked all the transfers will go through the proxy server set up on the FTP Advanced tab in the Preferences.

Do not remember password

If you prefer to type in your password at the time of login and avoid saving the password to the disk check this option.

Keep connection alive

Normally you will get disconnected from a FTP server if you do not perform any commands over a fixed period of time. By checking this option Magellan Explorer will keep the connection active by sending a NOOP (NO OPeration) command to the server every 90 second.

Please note that this is very unpopular (and even prohibited) on some FTP servers. If you use this feature it is recommended that you read through the Welcome Message every time you connect to a new site to see if they have a policy on this area.

You may turn this option of for the active connection only in the FTP menu.

Opens FTP command log window

Opens the log window each time you connect to the site.

Case

Unlike the Windows filesystem(s), the file system on UNIX ftp servers are usually case sensitive. This means that text.txt and Text.txt are two different files. If you would like Magellan Explorer to force the case of any files you upload to a particular format you can choose to do so here.


Online Ordering

Online ordering

If you have an internet connection it is recommended that you stop by our order page for the most up to date information. You can also find the price of an upgrade from v1.x to v2.0 and order form to use. Please go to: http://www.enriva.com

Online Order forms

http://www.enriva.com/MagellanExplorer/Order/credit_cards.html


Phone/Fax

If you don't want to order over the Internet you can purchase Magellan Explorer directly from our publisher, BMT Micro Inc.

They accept American Express, Carte Blanche, Diner's Club, Discover, Eurocard, MasterCard, Novus (All variations), Optima and Visa.

Phone

To order by phone, please call one of the number below between 8:00am and 7:00pm EST (-5 GMT).

Sales        (800) 414-4268

Phone	(910) 791-7052

Fax/Mail

You may fax or mail your credit card information. Please complete and include the order form, and fax it or send it to the number/address below.

Fax	(910) 350-2937

(800)-346-1672

Contact Information

BMT Micro

5019 Carolina Beach Road, Suite 202

Wilmington, NC 28412, USA


Cash

If you don't want to order over the Internet you can purchase Magellan Explorer directly from our publisher, BMT Micro Inc.

Cash / Non-USA Funds

We do not encourage that you send cash or currency in the mail but if you choose this method we will only be responsible for delivery if the mail containing your registration and cash require a signature upon receipt of delivery by a BMT Micro employee.

We gladly accept German and British currency in any amount. Eurochecks are welcome but must be made in Deutsche Marks. To get the current exchange rate send a message to dm_to_us@bmtmicro.com.

Contact Information

BMT Micro

5019 Carolina Beach Road, Suite 202

Wilmington, NC 28412, USA

Sales        (800) 414-4268

Phone	(910) 791-7052

Fax	(910) 350-2937

(800)-346-1672

Email	orders@bmtmicro.com


Money Orders / Checks

If you don't want to order over the Internet you can purchase Magellan Explorer directly from our publisher, BMT Micro Inc.

Money Orders / Cashiers Checks

Money orders, cashiers checks, and bank drafts are welcome, and all software purchased using these methods will ship as soon as payment is received. Please remember that all payments should be in U.S. dollars unless arrangements are made in advance.

Personal Checks (US or Canadian Funds)

Personal checks are welcome, but please allow up to two weeks for your check to clear the bank. Canadian Funds must equal the registration amount in US dollars.

Make all checks payable to "BMT MICRO" and write "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY" on the reverse side of the check where it will be endorsed for your protection. In the lower-left edge of your check, please write in the name of the program you are registering.

Contact Information

BMT Micro

5019 Carolina Beach Road, Suite 202

Wilmington, NC 28412, USA

Sales        (800) 414-4268

Phone	(910) 791-7052

Fax	(910) 350-2937

(800)-346-1672

Email	orders@bmtmicro.com


Year 2000 Compliance

Magellan Explorer has been tested extensively for Year 2000 compliance (Y2C). Enriva Development can, however, not give you a legally binding written statement that Magellan Explorer is 100 % Year 2000 compliant. Every complex software contains bugs - this cannot be avoided, because every user uses the software in a different way and a different environment. Magellan Explorer bug fixes can be downloaded for free, and we will of course quickly correct any bugs which are reported to us.


FTP Disconnect

Click on this tool will disconnect you from the ftp site in the active folder window.

Related topics

   Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Button Panel

   Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut

   Step by Step Guide: Connection to an FTP site

   Preferences: FTP

   Preferences: FTP Advanced


Upgrade

All updates to your copy of the full version are free. An update is a small or medium release and usually contain fixes and sometimes new features. E.g., if you bought v1.0 you were entitled to update your copy of Voyager with 1.01, 1.02, 1.1, 1.5 and 1.6. Going along the same line, if you buy a copy of the full version of v2.0 it will give you access to all subsequent v2.x releases for free.

Upgrades on the other hand must be purchased. They are major new versions, symbolized by the change of the first digit in the version number, and contains a range of new features. E.g. if you have bought any of the v1.x releases you need to purchase an upgrade to v2.0.

Single user license	$14.95

5 user license	$59.95

10 user license	$99.95

25 user license	$199.95

Purchase information can be found on here.


Adware version

What is adware?

Adware is a new concept where the user get access to software for free against having an ad placed within the application.

Advantages of using adware

The single biggest advantage of using the adware version is that it's completely free! You can use it for as long as you like and do not need to pay anything.

In addition you get access to the bonus features, which normally are only available in the full version.

How to get rid of the ads

If you do not care for the ads and would like to get rid of them you can do so by purchasing the full version. Click here to get more information on how to purchase a full version license.

How to evaluate Magellan Explorer for FREE without the ads

You can download an evaluation version without the ads from our web site (http://www.enriva.com). Please note that the evaluation version will expire after 30 days of use and does not contain the bonus features.

How to get the adware version

If you are using the evaluation version and would like to try the adware version you can do so by downloading it from our web site. Please go to http://www.enriva.com to get your copy.


New in v2.2
New in v2.3

Improvements and changes

  ·  FTP upload resume is now supported

  ·  More extensive support of different FTP servers (including Netware)

  ·  Archives are now hidden from treeview when registry association is used for archives

  ·  "Copy log to clipboard" added to FTP log window popup menu

  ·  Added "/DIR2" command line options to specify directory to be loaded in the right folder window

  ·  Added "/IMPORT" and "/CONFIGFILE" command line options

Bugs fixed

  ·  Shift+Delete now works correctly on folders

  ·  Drag&drop from FTP intreeview with the right mouse button should now no longer drop into the wrong folder

  ·  Label in titlebar now correctly displayed on the root of network drives

  ·  Parent in QuickBar now works in bookmark sub-folders with ".." entry hidden

  ·  Fixed the column resize bug causing headers and folder window contents to get unaligned

  ·  Resolved a crash occuring when double clicking bookmarks pointing to the root of a mapped drive without a trailing backslash

  ·  Renaming a file in a virtual folder now correctly updates the contents of the virtual folder

  ·  Fixed a file size display bug causing chopped file sizes with certain locale settings

  ·  Fixed a display bug in MyComputer where total disk space would be displayed in kb if free disk space was less than 1MB

  ·  Fixed the 'Delayed folder update' feature

  ·  Fixed a graying bug in the Folder Synchronize dialog

  ·  File sizes are now shown correctly with the number of after the decimal set to other than 2 in Windows regional settings

  ·  Fixed the bug causing default user and password to be "30" in FTP bookmarks

  ·  Move As on folders no longer asks for a new name a second time after moving the folder

  ·  New Folder on an FTP site now correctly adds folder icon

  ·  When the Insert key was used for selection, the folder window would not automatically scroll down

  ·  Fixed a bug where drag&drop onto archives in a folder would not work

  ·  Fixed an archive drag&drop extract bug causing Magellan to crash

  ·  Clicking abort in Overwrite dialog when dragging files to the treeview now actually aborts


Columns

This tab enables you to select which columns you want displayed in the folder windows.


Retail version

European customers can now get a retail version of Magallan Explorer.

This version is the excatly the same version as you can buy online, or through the other options mentioned in the help file.

Please get in touch with CD & E to get your copy. Contact information is found on the right

CD & E Distribution

Phone 	+31 (0)20 4535357

Fax	+31 (0)20 4535711

Web	www.cd-e.com

Email	cde@cd-e.com

cde@xs4all.nl

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Command line options

The following commandline options are available:

/LOG	Enables logging

/DIR1 <dir>	Specifies the left folder window startup directory

/DIR2 <dir>	Specifies the right folder window startup directory

/EXPORT <file>	Exports your settings to a file

/IMPORT <file>	Imports your settings from a file

/CONFIGFILE <file>	Stores configuration in a file instead of in the registry

/NOIE4	Disables use of IE4 common controls

/NOAUTO	Disables automatic removable disk insert detection

/HELP	Displays this help