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- RADFind 96 Version 1.0
- ----------------------
-
- Thank you for trying RADFind 96! We hope
- that you will find RADFind 96 to be a
- useful and productive utility for your
- daily file management chores.
-
- This section of the readme file will
- explain to you the essentials of how to
- use RADFind 96 effectively.
-
- (1) RADFind 96 is activated by a pressing
- a user defined 'hot key' from within any
- Edit control in Windows 95.
-
- (2) RADFind 96 can also be activated by
- clicking on its 'tray' icon. The 'tray'
- icon is located in a recessed region on
- the extreme right-hand side of your
- Windows 95 taskbar. RADFind 96's tray icon
- is a magnifying glass over a file.
-
- (3) The default value of the 'hot key' is
- F12. You can customize this setting at any
- time by selecting the Set Hot Key menu
- option from the File menu.
-
- (4) Once you have activated RADFind 96 by
- pressing it's hot key, or clicking on its
- tray icon, you simply type in the name of
- the file that you wish to search for.
-
- (5) You can use any valid combination of
- DOS wildcard characters to help in your
- search.
-
- The ? symbol will match any SINGLE
- character in a filename.
- The * symbol will match one or more
- characters in a filename.
-
- For example, suppose that we only have the
- following files on your hard disk:
-
- abc.txt
- aac.txt
- bcc.txt
- def.exe
-
- (i) If you type in abc.txt, you will
- only find the abc.txt file.
-
- (ii) If you type a?c.txt, you will find
- abc.txt and aac.txt.
-
- (iii) If you type ??c.txt, you will find
- abc.txt, aac.txt and bcc.txt.
-
- (iv) If you type *.txt, you will find
- abc.txt, aac.txt and bcd.txt.
-
- (v) If you type *, you will find all the
- files.
-
- (6) You can search for all files under a
- specific subdirectory on your hard drive
- by entering a pathname before the filename
- that you are looking for. RADFind 96 will
- search the subdirectory and all of its
- subdirectories for matching files.
-
- For example,
-
- (i) c:\windows\*.dll
-
- will return all DLL's in your windows
- directory, and all of the subdirectories
- under the windows directory on drive c.
-
- (ii) c:*.exe
-
- will return all EXE's on drive c.
-
- (iii) *.exe
-
- will return all EXE's on all of your local
- hard disks.
-
- (7) If you want to search for directories
- on your hard drive, simply preface the
- directory that you want to search for with
- a period (.). You can use any of the
- wildcard characters mentioned above in
- sections (5) and (6). You can use this
- feature to rapidly change directories in a
- file open dialog box.
-
- (8) You can sort your search results list
- by filename or pathname. Simply click on
- either the Filename or Path headings of
- the search results list to sort by that
- category.
-
- (9) You can run any application simply by
- typing its filename. Remember to include
- the `.exe' ( or .com as the case may be )
- extension.
-
- (10) For further help, please consult
- RADFind 96's comprehensive help file.
-
-
- KNOWN ISSUES
- ------------
-
- RADFind 96 uses a sophisticated caching
- technology to achieve its tremendous
- performance. However, there are some known
- problems that can cause the cache to
- become out of sync with the files stored
- on your hard disk.
-
- (1) Installation programs that generate a
- WININIT.INI file will cause files to be
- renamed before RADFind 96 starts up. The
- files that are renamed by the WININIT.INI
- file will remain in cache, but will no
- longer be on the disk. However, since
- these files are usually system DLL's with
- unusual names like kernel32.dlb, it is
- highly unlikely that you will ever need to
- search for these files. In any event,
- selecting the Scan Drives menu option
- under the File menu will re-synchronize
- your filename cache.
-
- (2) Norton FPROTECT will also rename
- temporary files that are created by
- Windows 95 during the startup process.
- This is due to the fact that these files
- are created / renamed by FPROTECT before
- RADFind 96 starts up. However, it is
- highly unlikely that you will ever need to
- search for these files. There is no
- current workaround for this problem.
-
- WHAT'S NEW IN 1.0a
- ------------------
-
- RADFind 96 Version 1.0a adds a number of
- minor enhancements, and fixes several bugs
- in Version 1.0.
-
- Enhancements:
-
- - Support for Office 97
- - Additional links to online technical
- support and product information have
- been added to the Help menu
-
- Bug Fixes:
-
- - The problem with sorting null result sets
- has been fixed
- - Several minor user interface blemishes
- have been fixed
- - An obscure Access Violation that occurs
- under a certain set of conditions (usually
- during installation of new software) has
- been fixed
-
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- -----------------
-
- Registered users can obtain technical
- support from our web site at
- www.naleco.com.
-