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- FileStar Install.txt
- 7/23/94
-
- V0.99D UPGRADE INSTALLATION:
- 1. Copy the FILESTAR.EXE and FILESTAR.HLP files to the directory
- in which FileStar is installed.
-
- 2. Your existing FILESTAR.INI and FILESTAR.DAT files should work
- with this version.
-
- NEW INSTALLATION:
-
- 1. Copy FILESTAR.EXE, FILESTAR.HLP, and BPMCC.DLL to the
- directory of your choice.
-
- 2. Drag the "Program" object from "Templates" (usually found
- in the OS/2 system object). The settings notebook will
- appear.
-
- 3. In the "Path and file name" box, enter X:\PATH\FILESTAR.EXE
- where X: is the Drive and PATH is the path.
-
- 4. In the "Parameters" box enter the two drive\directories that you
- want read into the two file windows, i.e.
- D:\WHATEVER E:\MYAPPS. Leave a space between them.
-
- 5. Go to the "General" tab and enter FileStar in the "Title" entry
- field.
-
- STARTING:
-
- FileStar can be started in one of four ways:
-
- 1. Double click with the mouse on FileStar's desktop icon.
-
- 2. At an OS/2 command prompt, type "X:\PATH\FILESTAR dir1 dir2"
- and Enter. The program will log in the directories listed on the
- command line.
-
- 3. Put BPMCC.DLL in the LIBPATH, FILESTAR.HLP in the OS/2 HLP
- directory and the directory containing FILESTAR.EXE in the path.
- Type "filestar" at a command prompt and Enter.
-
- 4. Change to the directory with FILESTAR.EXE and from a command line,
- type "filestar" and Enter.
-
- FIRST TIME START:
-
- FileStar will be slower than normal on the initial startup. It reads the two
- directories into a disk file, creates an FILESTAR.INI and a WORKDIR
- subdirectory. After startup, any drive not read into the disk file is added
- when that drive is accessed. From this point on, refer to the online help.
- Click in a window, press F1 for help. For General Help, press F4 then F1.
- General Help has links to about all you need to know. There are seven
- popup menus in the primary window. Be sure you find them all to fully
- evaluate the program. You must have Info-ZIP's ZIP.EXE (v2.0.1) and
- UNZIP.EXE (v5.1) to evaluate the zip interface (which is quite nice).
-
- Jim Read
- CIS 74312,3103