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- # WinDir 1.20 for Microsoft Windows 3.0 and above #
- # Copyright (C)1991 Shortdog Inc. #
- # Shareware Version 1.20 #
- # Created By:Sean Bishop #
- # Concept By:Kenny Napier #
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- Release 1.20 Notes:
- The changes in this version and the last are that this version is SHAREWARE,
- which means that if you continue using this program for more than 21 days
- then I wish you would please send $5.00 to register it. When you register
- the program you will be informed of any new versions of this program as soon
- as they are available. If you do use this program and do register then I
- would like for you to send me any suggestions on how to improve all future
- versions of this program. Since the previous versions were not Shareware,
- you might be wondering why I am making this one so, and the reason is easily
- shown when you look at my phone bill for calling long distance BBS's since
- I live in a very small town and need to get the latest information about VB.
- So please don't think that I am just wanting money, I only want it so that
- I can make more great programs that you can use. Thanks for understanding!!!
-
- The main change in the program is that I have fixed it so that you can now
- move around your directories by double-clicking on the one you want to go
- to when you are in the file list form. So if you want to look around your
- drive C: then you would just type C:\ in the input box where you normally
- would type the filename of a program to search for or something. I put this
- feature in after the Sysop of a Windows BBS suggested it, his name is Firas
- Bushnaq and the BBS is WinSig BBS, their number is listed at the end of this
- file along with the BBS you can contact me on. Another tiny thing that was
- pointed out by Firas is that the first version looked very silly in any
- resolution besides 640X480, so I corrected everything and this version and
- version 1.10 work perfect in any resolution.
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- Thank you for taking time to read this documentation, the program is mostly
- self-explanatory but it helps to read this file to make sure you understand
- all the commands and features of the program. The program WinDir was first
- thought of by my friend Kenny Napier who got sick of having to shell out to
- DOS or run some long program just to get a quick directory of path to see
- if the file he needs is there, so he told me to make a program that allows
- you to quickly enter the drive and pathname and then a list of the files in
- that directory will be shown to you. I know this seems like a silly thing
- to some of you but after he recommended that, I realized that I have been
- doing the same thing just to get a quick listing of files in a directory.
- So I just took a few minutes to think about what the program should do and
- how it should do it and then drawed the interface and started programming.
- The program is so simple that the drawing of the dialog boxes took more
- time than writing the code for them to use. This version allows you to do
- many different things, Find a file, Check free disk space, and get a DIR
- of any drive or path. Well now I will tell you how to use the program,
- first put the file into the group it belongs in the Program Manager and
- then just run it. Second you will then see a small command button in the
- lower-right side of your screen, this button will be there until you either
- unload this program or exit windows. Now to get the directory of your drive,
- you just click the little command button anytime and a small dialog box
- will appear in the center of your screen which will allow you to enter the
- full pathname of the directory to display, you can include the drive letter
- also, example C:\DOS. Then after you have typed the name you can hit [ENTER]
- or click on OK and a large window will appear displaying all the files in
- the directory, after you are through looking at the files just click the
- button at the bottom and the form will disappear. While you are on the menu
- to enter the pathname you can hit [ESC] to cancel the operations or click
- on the About button for information on the program. There are two more neat
- little functions I just added for the heck of it, the ability to search the
- path you set in your autoexec.bat file for the file you specify, the other
- the ability to see how much free space you have on a drive. To search for a
- file, just enter the filename of the file to search for, then click on the
- button Find File and the program will search the current drive for the file
- you specified, if it finds the file it will tell you exactly where to find
- it at and what its attributes are, if it does not find the file it tells
- you also. To check how much free space you have on a drive you just enter
- the letter of the drive that you want checked and click on Free Space and
- then you will be shown how much space you have and how much space that you
- have left in Kilobytes. Remember that you only have to enter the letter of
- the drive you want to check, you don't have to enter C:\ to get the free
- space on drive C. From the About menu you can click either the OK button
- or the button that is labeled Remove WinDir, OK will take you back to the
- input form and clicking Remove WinDir will remove the whole program from
- memory. There is no other way of removing WinDir except through the Task
- Manager. If you find using the keyboard easier or faster than clicking with
- a mouse then to select a command you either use the [TAB] button to switch
- between the buttons or hold [ALT] and hit the letter on the command button
- that is underlined. The best way to use this program is to modify the Run=
- command in WIN.INI to load in this program at startup so its always there
- when needed. I hope you enjoy this program, for I have found it to be very
- useful at times myself. If you have any suggestions, comments or DONATIONS
- then please send them to me at the following address, or if you wish to
- send just comments or suggestions you can leave me a message on CYBORG Inc.
- BBS at the number listed below my address. Thank you, Sean Bishop
- NOTE: Special thanks to Kenny Napier for giving me the idea!!
- NOTE: Special thanks to Firas Bushnaq for some great suggestions!!
- Sean Bishop
- 241 Eversole St.
- Hazard, KY 41701
- (606)439-1963
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- CYBORG Inc. BBS
- (606)439-3580
- Sysop: Paul Manning
- 12/2400 Baud
- 24 Hours, 7 Days a week
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- WinSIG BBS
- (714)363-9802
- Sysop: Firas Bushnaq
- 12/2400 Baud
- 24 Hours, 7 Days a week
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