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- File Finder for Windows <ASP>
-
- "Never lose files again."
- Superior Shareware
- Windows Magazine
-
- "After using File Finder once, I deleted all other pretenders."
- Earl A. Watt
- The Computer Power Station
-
- "I have several ways that I can search for a file, but File Finder for Windows
- does it much faster and has the ability to cross drives and even looks into
- compressed directories - it's great!"
- Ken L. Walker
-
- "Find Files in Windows Just Like on a Mac!"
- John Sklar, editor
- Milwaukee Educational Computing Association Newsletter
-
- Simian Id Software is an Author Member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). See sharewar.txt and ombudsman.txt for more details.
-
- Short Description:
- ------------------
- File Finder for Windows is a file search program for Windows 3.1. It searches
- all drives, archives and network drives. Search on various pattern types, and
- date, time, and size ranges.
-
- Long Description:
- -----------------
- File Finder for Windows is a file-find program for Windows 3.1. It can search
- all drives, and can search the most popular archive types. (ARC, ARJ, ZIP, ZOO,
- LBR, LZH, PAK, PKA.) The list of files can be printed or copied to the
- clipboard. Many other useful features, including printing and copying file
- lists to other applications. Search for files using a standard DOS search
- string, a substring, or a "regular expression." Search for files based on date
- time, or size. You can even launch applications based on filetype.
-
- Suggested archive name:
- -----------------------
- WFIND30.ZIP Powerful File Finder for Windows 3.1 <ASP>
-
- Hardware and software requirements:
- -----------------------------------
- Microsoft Windows version 3.1
-
- History:
- --------
- 08/22/94 - Version 3.0:
- Add File Save features
- Allow background processing
- Add Beep When Done option (Mag. Editor suggestion)
- Add Stop at First File option (Mag. Editor suggestion)
- Put options in a dialog box
- Remove Search type list and add File Name Type Radio buttons
- If no files found, display a message box
- Format Date,Time,Size by Windows settings
- Add Windows-selection formatting to output
- Font bitmaps in Printer setup font list
-
- 06/24/94 - Version 2.3:
- Update timer between archives (User suggestion)
- Add date and time to search printout (User suggestion)
- Add 'quickbuttons' (User suggestion)
- 3-Dimensionalize (Mag. Editor suggestion)
- Changed Search Archives default to NO
-
- 02/26/94 - Version 2.2:
- Improve disk selection (User suggestion)
- Added User's name to About Box (User suggestion)
- Made Dialog boxes smaller (User suggestion)
- Added Printer Setup to File Menu
- Improve archive search robustness
- Use standard windows format WFIND.INI file
-
- 08/24/93 - Version 2.1:
- Regular expression and substring search option
- Search by date, time and size (with reset button)
- Double-click to launch instead of single
- Better keyboard control
- Fixed "lost focus" problem
- Better ouput window sizing
- Renamed to File Finder for Windows
- CTRL-TAB to flip between output window and main
-
- 03/26/93 - Version 2.0a:
- Position dialog within window
- Color output window
- Parts of handle of magnifying glass are transparent and should
- be grey.
- International language support
-
- 02/03/93 - Version 2.0:
- Added support for ARJ subdirectories
- Added option to skip bad archives
- Better drive/directory selection with start directory for each drive
- Re-design of interface
- Display search time
- Save and Load last settings
- Solve full-list problem - now list can be as large as memory
- Fixed bug searching ZIP files with embedded subdirectories
- Handle embedded subdirectories in all archive types
- Handle multiple searches
- Launch applications from output list based on associations
-
- 02/08/92 - Version 1.1 -> 11/11/92 - Version 1.7
- (Information available upon request)
-
- 01/30/92 - Version 1.0 of WFind released
-
- Comparison table:
- -----------------
- Product File Find- Filer Fast- Hunter WRU WinFind
- Name Finder It 1.5 Find 3.0 3.1.1 1.0
- 3.0 3.1 1.0
-
- Online Excellent Yes Very No Good Good Very
- Help Limited Limited
-
- Archives ARC,ARJ, ARC,ARJ, None None None ARC,ARJ None
- Supported ZIP,ZOO, ZIP,ZOO, ZIP,ZOO
- LBR,LZH, LZH (4)
- PAK,PKA
-
- Embedded Yes (2) N/A N/A N/A (3) N/A
- Subdirs
-
- Max. File Limited 1000 2000 2500 Limited Limited 256
- Count Only by Only by Only by
- (Approx.) Virtual Virtual Virtual
- Memory Memory Memory
-
- Relative 13 sec 13 sec 85 sec 31 sec 16 sec 16 sec (failed)
- Speed (1) 22 sec (failed) (failed) (failed) 34 sec 69 sec (failed)
-
- Starting Yes No No No No No No
- Directories
-
- Shows File Yes Yes No No No No No
- Attributes
-
- Save/ Yes No No No Yes Yes No
- Restore
- Settings
-
- Substring Yes No No No No No No
- Searches
-
- Regular Yes No No No No No No
- Expression
- Searches
-
- Date/Time/ Yes Yes No No Date& Date& No
- Size Searches Size Size
-
- Launch Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes
- Applications
-
- Print List Yes No Yes No No Yes No
-
- Copy List Yes Yes No No No Yes No
-
- Advanced Yes Yes No No No No No
- List Process'g
-
- International Yes No Partial Yes Partial Partial Yes
- Language Suppt
-
- Registration $20 $15 $0 $9 $15 $29.95 $5.95
-
-
- (1) The first number is the seconds to find 311 DOC files on a hard drive
- containing 8091 files. The second number is the length of time to list
- all 8091 files. These numbers should be used for relative comparison only.
-
- (2) Unable to determine if Find-It supports embedded subdirectories, since only
- registered users get the version which scans archives.
-
- (3) WRU lists files in embedded subdirectories, but doesn't indicate that
- the files are in embedded subdirectories.
-
- (4) Corrupted ZOO files cause WRU to fail with a General Protection Fault.
-
-
- Differences between shareware and registered versions of File Finder:
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- The "beg" screen is removed for registered users.
- The "beg" line in the printout is removed.
- User's name is displayed in the About box.
-
- Features and Benefits of File Finder:
- -------------------------------------
- - No more lost files!
-
- - Searches all of the popular archive types.
-
- - Searches on DOS standard filenames, regualr expressions, or substrings.
-
- - Searches on date, time or size.
-
- - File Finder can generate LONG file lists- about 60,000 on a machine
- with 8M virtual RAM. Users with more memory can generate longer lists.
-
- - File Finder is easy to use- see the testimonials at the beginning of
- this file.
-
- - File Finder has thorough online help.
-
- - File Finder can print a file list, copy a list, and save a list to a file.
-
- - File Finder has full international language support.
-
- - File Finder is the fastest of all the available file search programs.
-
-
- Registration incentives:
- ------------------------
- Current Version
- Technical support
- Printed user's manual
- Elimination of "beg" screen at program start-up
- Discounts on upgrades
-
- Distribution policy:
- --------------------
-
- Dear Shareware Vendor:
-
- Simian Id Software has a simple distribution policy: You have permission to
- distribute our shareware in its original form as long as you:
-
- - Identify it as shareware (with an appropriate definition.)
-
- - Leave all intellectual property (copyright) notices intact.
-
- .. and as long as we do not request that you stop.
-
- That's it.
-
- You may archive our programs, unarchive them, include/exclude optional files
- (like this one), include them with other programs on the same diskette, and
- do essentially anything you want as long as you follow these simple rules.
- We want the widest possible distribution, and don't want to stand in your way
- as long as you are honest with our mutual customer.
-
- We suggest that you include all files that are one this diskette, except that
- you may want to remove this file (vendor.doc).
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