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Quick See is Copyright 1992-93 by RBK Software. Non-registered users of this program are granted a limited two-week license to Quick See to evaluate the program's suitability for their requirements. Any usage of Quick See beyond the evaluation time period requires registration of each copy of the program used. Use of non-registered copies of Quick See beyond the original evaluation period of two weeks is prohibited. Quick See may NOT be modified in any respect, for any reason, including but not limited to, de-compiling, disassembling, or reverse engineering of the program. All proprietary program output must never be altered, removed, bypassed or modified by any means. You are free to distribute the PUBLICLY AVAILABLE shareware version of Quick See to others subject to the above restrictions and also the following: A. No fee is charged for its use. B. No renumeration may be accepted for Quick See. This does not apply to computer access charges the system operators (Sysops) of or organizations owning bulletin board systems systems, online services, etc... charge subscribers. C. Quick See must be copied in unaltered form, complete with files containing license information, the FULL documentation and all accompanying files. D. All shareware houses/distribution firms must make explicitly clear that the diskette purchase containing any shareware program has NOT registered the shareware with RBK Software. System Operators may make Quick See available for download only if the above conditions are met. The archive (QSEE220.ZIP) distributed by RBK Software or an equivalent archive may be made available only in complete form. (See QSFILES.LST for file listing with descriptions.) -ii- W A R R A N T Y RBK Software hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether expressed or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. RBK Software will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if RBK Software or an agent of RBK Software has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall RBK Software's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the license to use software, regardless of the form of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software. -iii- R E G I S T E R I N G Quick See version 2.20 is distributed under the "Shareware" concept. This method of marketing provides an opportunity to try software before buying it. You are encouraged to use the software for a two-week trial period and then register it if you find it meets your requirements. When you register Quick See version 2.20, you will receive: ˛ Shipment of latest version (minus shareware message) on 5.25" disk (additional $2 for 3.5" disk) ˛ Single-user site license ˛ 6-month program support ˛ Pre-printed program documentation ˛ First notice of new releases and special offers As a registered user, you will be notified when any new versions are released and where you can obtain other useful programs released by RBK Software. Support can be obtained through Compuserve mail, US mail, or by telephone during regular business hours (EST). Our support hotline is available only to registered users. All registered users are added to our mailing list. Anouncements of new offerings, updates, releases will be sent as available. Registered users receive discounted rates on future registrations of other products distributed by RBK Software and are given "preferred" priority on support services and shipping. Registrations help keep us going so we make every attempt to keep all registered users satisfied. Your comments, ideas, and suggestions are always welcome and are vital to our future success. To register this program: Completely fill out the order form on page -v- or print the separate QSEEFORM.DOC file, attach the appropriate fee and mail. -iv- - O R D E R F O R M - Remit to: RBK Software Form#029322021 280-13 Belmore Avenue East Islip, NY 11730-1300 USA Compuserve 70714,3020 ****** Quick See version 2.20, February 1993 ****** Call for info. on quantity discounts and multiple-user licenses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RBK Software, send me: ____ Quick See 2.20 Registered User Pack Includes: ˛ Shipment of latest version on 5.25" disk. ˛ Single-User Site License, ˛ Full program support for 6-months ˛ Advance notice of future releases by RBK Software. ˛ Printed program documentation $24.95 ... $ ______ 3.5" disks add $2.00 ... $ ______ TOTAL (U.S. Funds drawn on U.S. Bank) $ ______ Payment by: ( )CHECK ( )MONEYORDER Name: __________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ : __________________________________________________________ : __________________________________________________________ -v- I N T R O D U C T I O N Your disk space "real estate" is one of the most important (and costly) areas of your PC system. The software that makes your PC a useful and timesaving device resides here. As time marches on, your need for different software and storage change. On shared systems and local area networks where there are multiple drives and drive partitions that often hold an abundance of software, it is extra important to keep tabs on how much of your disk drive storage space is being utilized. Features of Quick See: * Quick See allows you to quickly get a view of the relative space usage on your system's disk drives in easy to read formats. * The actual byte counts calculated from the disk drives' file allocation tables also displayed for more exacting needs. * The QSEE report generator can create a report of every drive found on your system on disk or to your printer. * When in Auto Mode, the program can continually monitor all drives available to a given system. * QSEE can be set warn you when any drive reaches a certain level of used storage space. Features new to version 2.20: * QSEE may be started in "quiet" mode by following QSEE with a 'q' or a 'Q' at the DOS prompt upon startup. This will start the program with the Effects option OFF. * The Auto-mode delay time may now be changed by pressing F5. Formerly fixed at 10 seconds, the delay now can be set from 1 to 99 seconds. -1- S E T U P Requirements: ˙ IBM-PC and Compatibles. ˙ DOS version: 2.0 and up. ˙ Display: All There are 6 files in the QSEE220 archive: File Purpose ------------ ----------------------------------------------------- QSEE.EXE ....... QSEE main executable file. QSFILES.LST .... List of QSEE v2.20 files. QSEE220.DOC .... Manual for QSEE v2.20 (this file). QSEEFORM.DOC ... Blank registration order form. RFDIR.EXE ...... A useful companion utility from RBK Software. RFD110.DOC ..... Documentation for the RFDIR program. FILES created by QSEE v2.20 program: File Purpose ------------ ----------------------------------------------------- QSEE.RPT........ On-disk report file. QSEE.BAK........ On-disk report file backup. To use Quick See, the above files should be in the current directory or copied to a directory found in your search path. The search path is defined by the PATH statement, usually placed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you have any problems running this program please inform us. -2- R U N N I N G Q U I C K S E E At the DOS prompt type: QSEE [q|Q] (followed by Enter) The optional 'q' or 'Q' will start the program in "quiet" mode. You will see that the Effects option has been set to 'OFF' when started with the 'q' parameter. What happens: The program will scan the system building a drive list of all floppy and hard drives found. The existence of the drive is verified by performing a look at the File Allocation Table (FAT) of the particular drive the program is seeking. QSEE v2.20 is capable of reading and storing in memory the FAT information of as many as 26 drives (A-Z). Quick See will then go back to the default drive, re-read it's FAT and display the results found for your default drive. At this point you may hear two hi-pitched beeps and the "Capacity Warning" message may appear in the center of your screen. This indicates that your used disk space exceeds 90% of the total storage space available on that drive. The "Capacity Warning" defaults to 90% upon program startup can be easily changed to suit your needs. See "Quick See Commands" pp.4, for details on changing this value. A list of all drives found is then displayed on the bottom line of the screen. An arrow above the letter of your default drive will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen. The program will then be ready to take commands. The command box displayed in the center of the screen provides a list of "Hot-Keys" for adjusting the program's parameters and to pop-up the reporting window. -3- Q U I C K S E E C O M M A N D S F1 - Effects toggle 'Effects' refers to the sound and the method in which the bar graph is displayed. The effects may be toggled as desired. When the effects are toggled OFF, the display is extremely fast and no sound is heard. Please note that this will not suppress the sound made by the Capacity Warning feature. Quick See can be started with the Effects 'OFF' by adding the quiet parameter following QSEE at the DOS prompt. (QSEE q -or- QSEE Q) F2 - Automode Pressing F2 will toggle Quick See's automatic mode. Automode will start a scan of all the FIXED DISKS on a system with one keystroke. QSEE will begin with the first fixed disk and display the results found. After pausing ten seconds, the next fixed disk is displayed and so on... When the last fixed disk is presented, QSEE recycles back to the first fixed disk and will continued until the ESC key is pressed. This feature is particularly useful on LANs or on systems where there are multiple fixed disks present. QSEE can perform as an effective drive monitoring tool. The default ten second delay time can be changed via the F5 key (see below). The Effects, Capacity Warning, and Delay Time settings are not accessible during Automode and should be set prior to activating. F3 - Capacity Warning As QSEE performs it's calculations, it compares the percent of used disk space against the Capacity Warning level. If it is equal to or greater than the Capacity Warning level, two hi-pitched tones will sound and the message "Capacity Warning" in red will appear in the center of the screen. Press F3 to change the the percent used level (1-99%). F4 - Report / Print Pressing F4 invokes the report generator. A pop-up menu appears with 3 options. You may choose to produce a singular drive report, a report including all drives, or to quit. The next option, assuming a reporting option has been chosen, allows you to decide where the report output is to be directed. The report can be either written to a disk file or directly to a printer. -4- Q U I C K S E E C O M M A N D S (c o n t ' d) If the disk file option is chosen, QSEE looks for an existing backup file and if found deletes it. Next, if there is an existing report file, it renames that to a backup file. It then writes the new report file. (See "Setup" pp.2 or QSFILES.LST more information) F5 - Delay Time To change to amount of time Quick See pauses between displaying drives in Automode, use this option. When F5 is pressed, you will be prompted to enter a new pause value between 1-99 seconds. This new pause time will be valid the next time the program enters Automode. [driveletter] To instantly view the storage use on any drive listed in the drive list, press the letter of the drive to update the screen. ESC Pressing ESC will exit the program. (If QSEE is in Automode, pressing ESC will terminate Automode, pressing ESC a second time will then terminate the program.) -5-