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- “READ ME” for GetInfo, version 1.0
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- Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
- March 5, 1992
- Font: Geneva 12
-
- This document must go wherever GetInfo goes. Please do not distribute
- GetInfo without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
-
- REGISTERING GETINFO AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES
- =============================================
- GetInfo is not free. This utility must be registered just as you would buy
- commercial software. So please send a few dollars if you use this program.
- 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 GETINFO
- ==============
- • If you use GetInfo, 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.
-
- What Does GetInfo Do?
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- • GetInfo, a drag-and-drop utility (Drop Rob-Box), lets you view and change
- file info for selected items. You can modify the name type, creator, finder
- flags, and locked bit of items just by dragging them over the application
- icon, or through a standard get file dialog. GetInfo requires System 7.
-
- Using GetInfo
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- • Drag items (files and/or folders) to be modified over GetInfo’s icon, just
- as you would drag those items into a folder. GetInfo will then show the
- information for that item, allowing you to edit the modifiable attributes.
-
- • Double-click on GetInfo to see the about box information. You can also
- modify files in manual mode by double-clicking on the icon and selecting
- Get info from the File menu.
-
- • Since the Finder resolves all aliases when you drop them into a Drop Box,
- GetInfo can only think that you dropped the target (not the alias)
- in to be modified. So when you get info on an alias, you are really getting
- the info on the target.
-
- File Information
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- • If you have a color monitor, click on the file’s icon to select what depth and size of
- icon you wish to view.
-
- • As you modify the file type and creator, the icon and file owner information
- change accordingly, so you can see what effect your changes will have on the
- files. For this reason purposely does not show the custom icons for files.
- Besides, you can see the custom icon for a file in the Finder, anyway.
-
- • 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.
-
- • You cannot modify the type and creator of folders or disks.
-
- • The Finder flags are self-explanatory. If you don’t know what they do, you
- probably shouldn’t use them. Hold down the option key before the window
- opens, or click on the zoom box to hide the finder flags.
-
- • 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.
-
- 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. Any aliases dropped directly into
- a Drop Box (not inside a directory) are resolved by the Finder and thus their
- target (parent) is modified.
-
- 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.
-
- GetInfo copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.