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- “READ ME” for SetInfo, version 1.0
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- Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
- February 17, 1992
- Font: Geneva 12
-
- This document must go wherever SetInfo goes. Please do not distribute
- SetInfo without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
-
- IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE YOU READ THE INFORMATION REGARDING ALIASES
- ---------- FURTHER IN THIS DOCUMENT.
-
- REGISTERING SETINFO AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES
- =============================================
- SetInfo is not free. Sites using this software in business MUST
- register it. Contact the author for site licensing information. If it is for
- personal use only, please send a few dollars. Or you can consider the
- following.
-
- 7.0 PLUS Utilities is a package of all (more than 25) System 7.0 utilities
- I have written. You can get the disk with all of them NOW (not wait until
- I decide to upload the next program) by sending $29.95 to me. This will
- register you for all the software, will get you a disk of the software, and
- an update to the PLUS Utilities when it rolls around. It’s a pretty good
- deal. You should register your software, anyway, so why not do it
- like this? And it’s a lot cheaper this way.
-
- See the documentation which should accompany this file for more information
- on the 7.0 PLUS Utilities. A registration form should also accompany this file.
- Please use it to register the software.
-
- USING SETINFO
- ==============
- • If you use SetInfo, please please please send me a note. My addresses
- (post and e-mail) are given below in “About the Author”. Also, read the
- information in the above section on registration.
-
- • Read further if you plan to use SetInfo with aliases.
-
- What Does SetInfo Do?
- --------------------
- • SetInfo, a drag-and-drop utility (Drop Rob-Box), sets file info for selected
- items. You can modify the type, creator, label, finder flags, and locked
- bit of files and folders just by dragging them over the application icon.
- It also works with System 6.0.X.
-
- Using SetInfo
- ------------
- • Drag items (files and/or folders) to be modified over SetInfo’s icon, just
- as you would drag those items into a folder. SetInfo will then modify the
- selected information. You can set the information in the File Settings
- item in the File menu.
-
- • Double-click on SetInfo to see the about box information and to modify the
- File Info Settings and the Preferences. You can also modify files in manual
- mode by double-clicking on the icon (so this program can be used by
- pre-7.0 Systems).
-
- • Hold down the shift key to bypass the warning alert. Depress the option
- key to modify the preferences, and hold option-shift to modify the file
- info settings.
-
- SetInfo and Aliases
- ------------------
- • Since the Finder resolves all aliases when you drop them into a Drop Box,
- SetInfo can only think that you dropped the target (not the alias)
- in to be modified. The way to overcome this problem is to put the aliases
- you wish to modify into their own directory and drag that folder into the
- Drop Box. If you don't want the folder to be modified, hold down the option
- key so you can modify the appropriate preferences. The rule with Drop Boxes
- is that if you drop in an alias, the target is modified. If an alias is inside
- a directory that is dropped in, the alias is modified.
-
- USING DROP BOXES
- =================
- Drop Boxes are applications (drag-and-drop utilities) which can take advantage
- of System 7.0’s Apple Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application
- icon just as you would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory.
- The Drop Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits.
- You can also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in
- just one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any
- combination of the three, and dump them in. The Drop Box will scan for
- files of the required type and modify them accordingly. All files in all
- directories within those dropped in will be modified. Any aliases dropped
- directly into a Drop Box (not inside a directory) are resolved by the Finder
- and thus their target (parent) is modified.
-
- Preferences
- -----------
- • The first time you try to modify a file using the program, the preferences
- dialog will come up, just to make sure the correct parameters have been
- set up. You can modify these if you wish. If you don't want to see that
- window again, just say OK. You will have to explicitly ask for for the
- Preferences window the next time you wish to change anything. The
- preferences apply ONLY to Drop Box mode. They are not consulted when in
- Manual mode.
-
- • The preferences are fairly self-explanatory. You can choose to show an
- alert before modifying anything. By choosing to modify directories, you
- have decided that folders themselves can be modified. You can modify files
- and folders inside those folders which you have dropped in by checking the
- Modify contents box. For example, if you drop in a folder containing three files
- and another folder, and have Modify contents on but Modify directories off, the
- folders’ info will remain unmodified, but the info for all contained files
- (including those inside the second folder) will be changed.
-
- • To show the Preferences dialog on-the-fly in Drop Box mode, hold down the
- option key while the program is launching.
-
- FILE INFO SETTINGS
- ==================
- • Hold down the option key while clicking on a check box to tell SetInfo to
- leave that bit alone (it won’t be changed).
-
- • Click the None button to make SetInfo leave files unmodified. This way you
- start with a clean slate to make the desired modifications to files.
-
- • Buttons with gray inside tell SetInfo to leave the given bit unmodified when
- working on a file. Checked buttons tell SetInfo to set the bit, and clear
- buttons tell SetInfo to clear that bit.
-
- • Choose the Same As... button to get info on a specific file. The File Settings
- will be set up to reflect those of the chosen file.
-
- • The bits are self-explanatory. If you don’t know what they do, you probably
- shouldn’t use them.
-
- • The Finder is a bit eccentric about modifying some bits. It may not test the
- bits until the next time the Finder is launched, so don’t worry if you set, say,
- the Stationery bit, and nothing happens.
-
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ==================
- If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
- other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
-
- Robert Gibson E-Mail:
- RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
- Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
- KØK 1LØ
-
- This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
- BBSs and on-line services (e.g. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
- written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
- include this document, unmodified.
-
- SetInfo copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.