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- ********** PocketD Plus v4.0 - New features since v1.67 ***********
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- PocketD has now been around since 1992 (v1.34-v4.0). I listen hard
- to requests, and have successively produced new versions to
- incorporate most of the features that users wanted, and much more.
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- This new version has been released earlier than planned to provide the
- frequently requested feature for viewing the contents of files inside
- archives. This new enhancement is so useful that it alone would
- probably have justified the new release.
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- >>>>> The key improvements between v1.67-v3.0
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- 1. Greatly improved ease-of-use, through the new program MenuD
- 2. Full screen directory and archive browsing
- 3. SFX scanning
- 4. Improved support of other products (4DOS, Novell, LANtastic, OS/2)
- 5. Improved and completely re-worked documentation
- 6. Security. PocketD v3.X protects itself against Virus Attack
- 7. Full scrolling execution templates
- 8. Dedicated colour configuration through SETCOL
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- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 3.1 Oct93
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- Support added for COMPACK v4.5 compression (shareware version is
- now also compressed using it).
- Copy option "b" now less zealous. Under some circumstances
- re-named filenames were reported as "empty" names.
- Extra protection within MenuD to prevent inappropriate options
- from being mixed (for delete, view and copy).
- Copy now reports "skipped" in response to user skip.
- Corrections to errors in documentation for v3.0.
- Template $B "backspace" now accepts "n". e.g. $5B "5" backspaces.
- Additional options for registration in Canada.
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- >>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.0 Mar94
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- 4DOS, OS/2 and string-search bug fixes. A serious flaw was
- introduced with v3.1 which caused problems with OS/2 and
- 4DOS. Searching for strings in files also had a problem.
- Browsing is now extended to allow viewing of contents of files
- within archives. These feature is transparent, so unless you
- pay close attention you might not even notice whether a file
- being viewed is from inside or outside of an archive! The
- feature makes the ARCVIEW.BAT script provided with v3.1
- redundant. This extended feature requires the use of PKUNZIP,
- ZOO, LHA, ARJ etc. (not needed for browsing names inside
- archives).
- Browse options also include UNCOMPRESS any archived file or whole
- archive and COPY any file. This can also be modified by the
- new option /.z which allows the user to treat all files as
- potential ZIP archives.
- Browsing now also has a true "user-defined" option that allows a
- command to be added to the browser. Previously the user only
- had the option to simply replace D.EXE's internal viewer by
- Vernon Buerg's list program (or other viewer). This facility
- is now largely redundant as D.EXE's new viewer is very
- capable. The option to use LIST is still there, but is
- overridden by the user command set up by the variable D_LIS.
- The user can now use all the previous commands with their own
- custom option for an editor, archiver or whatever command
- required.
- /Z has been extended to allow D.EXE to treat any file as a
- specific archive type. e.g. some sources may distribute ARJ
- or ZIP files as FILECHKD.001, FILECHKD.002 etc.
- Template is enhanced by $x,y option to set screen coordinates, $K
- files copied, $%X variable formating.
- Copying under networks has been greatly improved to allow timeouts
- on files that cannot be opened. Also improved error trapping
- avoids the few instances when D.EXE could fail when trying to
- read a file while another user attempts to modify or delete
- it. Files that have been deleted during a cyclic copy are now
- abandoned rather than waited for. These enhancements
- significantly improve D.EXE usefulness as a network backup
- tool.
- D.EXE now has its own critical error and break handlers so that
- the user has more than one method for breaking out of the
- program. It is also less vulnerable to network errors
- (above). D.EXE will return errorlevel 0 when a critical error
- causes a copy to be abandonned.
- File viewing now supports unix-type text files.
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- >>>>> NEW WITH 2ND RELEASE VERSION 4.0 Mar94
- Bug fix with virus detection in MENUD failing to find D.EXE (only
- in shareware version)
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