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- File Plus Ver 1.81
- Copyright (C) 1993-1995 Carl W. Moore
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- ! IMPORTANT !
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- File Plus Ver 1.8 incorporates a bunch of changes that have been
- a long time in coming, including the changing of the primary
- executable file from "DISKUTIL.EXE" to "FILEPLUS.EXE".
-
- If you're upgrading from a version of File Plus prior to Ver 1.8,
- please do the following before starting the Setup Program:
-
- (1) - Delete any Win95 Shortcuts associated with File Plus
- (3) - Delete any groups for Windows or Win95 that File Plus
- previously made on your system.
-
-
- What's New?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Ver 1.81
- My apologies to those patching from 1.6D or earlier versions,
- The setup program, doesn't convert the Configuration files from
- really old versions of File Plus properly.
-
- File Plus will now create new configuration files if they don't
- exist.
-
- Also if you want to use a set of default configurations:
- Delete "FILEPLUS.INI" and "FPFTC.INI" from your File Plus
- current directory and, if they exist, from your Windows
- directory.
- When you re-run File Plus, it will prompt you to create a new
- set of files.
- Ver 1.8
- New Function--- File Search! Search for strings or hex values in files
- spanning your system.
- Major bugs fixed in the select by pattern routines.
- File Plus will now check its current directory for its .INI files
- A common-use Tool Bar and info line now appears above the windows.
- Tree Mode displays iconic folders (prettiness feature).
- Clicking on the iconic folders in the tree window will have the same
- effect as double-clicking the entry.
- Added a browse button to the Configure Button Panel, makes tracking
- down that program you want to run a lot easier.
- Directory and Tree window sizes are now adjustable with mouse
- drag in Tree Mode.
- New window size code introduced, should eliminate ALL problems
- associated with window locations and sizes.
- Configure Button mode now blocks input to the directory windows.
- New Icon for File Plus
- Main executable file changed to FILEPLUS.EXE.
-
- Ver 1.7
- Full Color Support Now added!
- You can now customize the colors of the Directory and Tree windows.
- Includes: Seperate coloring schemes for Files, Directories, and Trees.
- New Function:
- Clone Files/Dirs
- Allows you to make copies of files or directories within the
- same directory.
-
- New Features:
- Button Copy function.
- Button Exchange Function.
-
- Ver 1.6D
- Added very powerful file finding functions. Allows you to search
- ALL the drives on your system for an occurance of a file or a
- group of files.
-
- Several small inconsistencies and bugs noted by various users have
- been fixed.
-
- Ver 1.6C
- Several minor changes made to the text file printing functions.
- Now handles TABs properly.
-
- Ver 1.6B
- Cleaned up some window sizing bugs.
-
- Ver 1.6A
- Major cleanup bugs fixed; These problems wouldn't normally be seen
- unless File Plus was started up and shut down about 50 times in
- one Windows session.
-
- Addition of Hotkey support. See the Hotkey section for details.
-
- Directories are now sorted alphabetically in the Tree Mode View.
-
- You can now extract or delete selected files from within the internal
- Zip File Viewer.
-
- Ver 1.6
- Another directory changing problem fixed for starting Windows apps.
-
- Exploded the Left and Right directory filter functions. They now
- contain several defaults (*.EXE,*.BAT,*.TXT,*.DOC, & *.*), and
- added the facilities for up to 256 user filters.
-
- Ver 1.52D
- Fixed minor bug in printing routine.
-
- Setup program will now create the Program Group and Items.
-
- Fixed directory change problems in SMART_EXECUTE and other user functions.
-
- Ver 1.52C
- Completetly re-wrote the Directory Print function.
- Now allows you to print either the left or the right directory, the tree
- window, and includes info such as: total bytes on volume and total bytes
- in printed directory.
-
- Added new function: Print Files.
- Allows you to print one or more text files to your default printer.
-
- File Plus will now ask you if you want to save your configuration on exit,
- if you've modified it during your current session.
-
- Ver 1.52B
- Added a new .ZIP file viewer. This allows you to view the contents of .Zip
- files without the little trip to DOS. See the manual for notes on how to use
- this new feature (check the section on Viewing ZIP files).
-
- Ver 1.52A
- Every dialog box has been re-designed, this should cure the inconsistencies
- over different display drivers. The new dialogs look better as well.
-
- Added commas to all the file sizes and spacefree status bars.
-
- File Plus now remembers where it was located last on your display if it is
- not maximized.
-
- Ver 1.52:
- Corrected Several Multiple Application lockup bugs that have been
- occuring at seemingly random times.
-
- New user function added: SMART EXECUTE. See the Manual for explanation.
-
- Ver 1.51:
- Fixed many Tree Mode bugs and visual problems
- (including a very nasty General Protection Exception).
-
- Button painting now allows for definition of custom colors.
-
- Improved setup program.
-
- Custom font usage for Registered version.
-
-
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-
-
-
- Important Notes
- for
- File Plus
-
-
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- This program provides the easiest user interface to date to manipulate
- almost all aspects of day-to-day managment of files and directories.
-
- As a result, it's also EXTREMELY easy to point-and-click thousands of
- files and directories into oblivion if you don't pay attention to the built in
- safeties.
-
- As a general rule, all functions in File Plus that can cause files and
- directories to be deleted or moved, will ask you for verification first. For
- advanced users, these safeties can be turned off.
-
-
- Shareware:
- File Plus is shareware.
-
- You are authorized to use this copy of File Plus for 21 days, if you like it,
- then register it!
-
- Registered users get:
-
- (1) - Full support. I believe in registered users also getting a say in
- improvements and enhances. If you have ideas, let me hear them!
-
- (2) - Fully operational Custom File Typing.
-
- (3) - Customizable Font support.
-
- (3) - Free upgrades whenever new features are added.
-
- (4) - No irritating "About" and "Please Register" requesters.
-
- (5) - Peace of mind.
-
-
-
-
- Disclaimer:
- The author of this software (Carl W. Moore) assumes no responsibility for any
- damage to your files or hard disks, or any other storage media you may damage by using
- this software.
-
- This program has been in testing and development for over a year, and
- so far no computers have suddenly leapt out the window as a result of this
- program.
-
-
- Requirements:
- File Plus requires Microsoft Windows Ver 3.1, Win95, or ????.
- A 486 or better processor.
- 4 Meg of ram or virtual memory (8 or better is recommended).
- A mouse. (Virtually impossible to use with a keyboard alone).
- ((Don't even try it))!
-
- Installation:
- Files included in this archive are:
-
- README.1ST This File
- FILEPLUS.RTF Current Manual for File Plus
- REGISTER.DOC How to get a registered version of File Plus
- FILEPLUS.EXE The executable for File Plus
- SETUP.EXE The installation program for File Plus
- FILEPLUS.HLP Context sensitive help
-
- BWCC.DLL Borland C++ Custom Control Library
-
- FUNC.PIF Windows Program Information File for DOS functions
- launched from within File Plus
-
- FPFTC.DEF \
- FILEPLUS.DEF / Default Configuration files for File Plus
-
-
- (1) Before beginning the Setup program insure that all of the above files are
- in the same directory.
- (2) Use the RUN command from Windows to start SETUP.EXE.
- (3) Follow the instructions given in the SETUP program.
- (4) File Plus is now ready to run. Double-Click its icon.
-
-
-
- Please read FILEPLUS.WRI for planned upgrades.
-