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File Commando II Version 2.01 Copyright (C) 1983-1989 by Progressive Solutions, Inc All Rights Reserved Progressive Solutions, Inc. 1321 Klondike San Antonio, Texas 78245 Voice: (512)-670-1061 BBS: (512)-670-0954 BBS: (713)-955-7211 The Shareware Principle Shareware is one alternative to the increasingly high price of commercial software. Good software is made available for a limited test period to users for their evaluation. Once that test period is over, you should determine if you think the program is useful. If you use the program, you should send the requested contribution to the author of the program. Otherwise, you should delete the software from your machine. This software is not intended as a "freebie". Just as you work hard for a living and do not want people taking advantage of you by not paying you for your work, this is our occupation and it takes a TREMEDOUS amount of time, $$$money$$$, energy, and effort. If software authors are not reimbursed for their work, they will eventually quit writing for the shareware public. Single User On the opening screen of File Commando II, our name, address, Registration telephone number, and requested registration price of $40 is shown. The phone number is only provided for use in registering your copy or for REGISTERED users to call for phone support. We cannot give extensive phone support to unregistered users. If you have a question or a problem, we will try to help you, but if you do not intend to register your copy, please do not call. Registered users receive the latest version, a printed manual, and a key file to disable the shareware notice screen. Single User Alternately, users may opt to license File Commando for a Licensing reduced fee of $25. This entitles you to legally use your existing copy of File Commando. We will send you a special file which eliminates the shareware screen. However, you do not get full phone support or the complete, printed manual. Please note, the documentation file provided with FCII is not the complete, printed manual. This file is only intended to introduce you to File Commando and get you started. For more detailed information about various aspects of the program, use the [F1] Help function. Correspondence If you wish to make any comments or suggestions, we recommend that you write us a letter rather than phone so that we can keep a record. If you are not a registered user and you wish a response to your letter, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). Corporate & Registration is based on the number of users using the program Multiple Copy and the number of systems that the program is installed on. Registration What this means is that the single-user registration fee of $40 does NOT register an entire user group, business, school district, or any other multiple user/computer organization. For cases like these, we have quantity pricing, as follows: Number of machines/users Discount Price per Unit 5 - 10 copies 10% discount $36 11 - 20 copies 15% discount $34 21 - 50 copies 20% discount $32 51 + See ORDER.DOC File Site licenses & bundling/resale agreements are also available. Please call for more information. Unregistered All unregistered copies of File Commando II display the Copies registration information screen every 20 minutes for 10 seconds. When you register your copy of the program, you will receive a version that eliminates this nuisance. Other than this not-so-subtle reminder, File Commando is not crippled or limited in any other way. Registration We accept MasterCard/Visa/American Express by telephone only. If registering by mail, please send your name and address printed clearly along with a check or money order for the registration fee. When ordering outside of the United States, please make certain that your account is on a US bank in US funds. For oversees orders, please add $10.00 for Air mail delivery. Otherwise, we have to send it by boat (and you know how long that can take!). Program Credits File Commando was created by Shane & Sandi Stump for S & S Software, Copyright (C) 1983-1989. This program and manual could not have been written without the significant help of our eight cats: Wickett, Princess, Mr. Moby, Allegro, Panda Bear, Merlin, Toby, and Genghis Khat. A few people also helped along the way. We would like to thank Mike Bryden, Bob Willoughby, Michael Ash, Larry Hayden,& (most of all) Inspector Charles Heineke for their invaluable aid in testing, suggesting, and supporting File Commando. This program was written using Turbo-C and Debugger, Watcom-C, and Microsoft Assembler on the Compaq Portable 80386 and the Toshiba T5200. The manual was written using Lotus Manuscript on an ALR 80386 and a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet. Introduction Program File Commando is a versatile file management tool that lets you Description take charge of your disks. This program provides flexible display capabilities & powerful commands within an easy-to-use interface. * Provides powerful commands in an easy-to-use, menu-driven environment. Quick keys are provided for speedy access to the most often-used commands. * Displays a graphic directory tree showing the hierarchical relationship of the directories of the disk. * Logs multiple drives. * Shows the file contents of all logged drives, a single drive, or the selected subdirectory. * Displays files by name alone, by name-size-date, or by name- size-date-time-attribute. * Sorts files by name, extension, date, size, or leaves unsorted. * Limits displayed files with use of twenty inclusion and exclusion wildcards. * Displays drive, directory, and file information for reference. * Makes, renames,& removes subdirectories at the stroke of a key. * Edits the volume label of a disk. * Formats 5¼ & 3½ inch diskette. As a safety precaution, a fixed disk drive can not be formatted. * A disk editor is provided for more experienced users. This displays the disk information in both hexadecimal and text modes. The disk may be searched for occurrences of text, and sectors may be edited, copied, or compared. * Tags files individually or in groups for use with all file commands. * An individual file or tagged group of files may be copied, moved, deleted, viewed, printed, xcopied, zapped. * Changes the attributes of a file or group of files to Read Only, Read/Write, System, Hidden, or Archive. * Copies files to another disk and duplicates its directory path. * Moves files from one directory or disk to another. * Renames the name of selected files. * A pretty printer option allows various print formatting options to be defined such as page length, page numbers, headers, subheaders, footers, margins, control character stripping, line wrapping, et cetera. * Edits or creates files using the File Commando editor. Its commands include: cut, copy, and move blocks of text, wrap text, enter any ASCII graphics character, jump to any location in the file, search for occurrences of text, format the output to the printer, et cetera. * Your favorite editor may be selected to replace the editor provided by File Commando. * The DOS print spooler has been provided with an extended user interface so that files may be added or removed from the DOS print queue. * Zaps files to reduce the chances of deliberate recovery of file information. Ordinarily, when files are deleted, only the first letter of the file name is changed. By zapping a file, the file data is overwritten by random characters, rendering the original data unreadable by conventional means (unless you happen to work for the CIA or the KGB). * Colors of the screen may be changed and saved to suit your own personal preferences. * File information may be automatically saved for use when File Commando is next run, including the currently logged drives and tagged files. * Defines programs and their data file extensions for easy selection and execution. * Runs highlighted programs and defined data files from the file window. * Control can be passed to the DOS prompt for program and DOS command execution. * A memory map shows the amount of memory used and the programs occupying that memory. * And much more... System To run File Commando, your computer system must meet or exceed Requirements the following specifications: * IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, or 100% PC compatible with at least 384k of main memory, 1 floppy disk drive, and a second disk drive (preferably a hard disk). * MS-DOS 2.10, PC-DOS 2.10, or later version of DOS. * A printer, if the print or spool commands are to be used. * A color monitor is optional. * We recommend the use of a RAM disk for swap file storage. The File When you receive File Commando, the disk should contain the Commando Files following files: FCII.EXE The File Commando program. FCII.OVR The File Commando program overlay. README This contains all last minute program additions, modifications, and hints. FCII.HLP Help for the File Commando program. DIRMAINT.HLP Help for the Directory Maintenance command. DISKEDIT.HLP Help for the Disk Hex Editor command. EDITOR.HLP Help for the text Editor. VIEWFILE.HLP Help for the file View program. HISORY.DOC Changes in the program (bugs/new features). COMING.DOC Planned enhancements for FCII. PRODUCTS.DOC Other Progressive Solutions programs. ORDER.DOC Order form for Commando II series Creation of File Commando creates one or more files which are used to Files store configuration information. FILER.CFG File Commando configuration data file. FCAPPMNU.DEF Applications menu entries. FCMEMORY.VIR Virtual memory swap file. FCSAVE.$$$ Constant memory information. EDITOR.CFG Editor configuration data file. Installing To install File Commando, create a directory on your disk File Commando where File Commando and its data files can be stored, then copy its files to this directory. Once the files have been copied, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file must be modified to contain the following line: SET FCOMMANDO=drive:\directorypath This is used by File Commando to locate its executable files, overlays, help files, and data without having to rely on the vagaries of the DOS PATH command. When entering this line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT, replace the drive:\directory with the drive and directory that was created to house File Commando and its data files. For example, if a directory called FCII is created on drive C: to house File Commando, the SET command would look like this: SET FCOMMANDO=C:\FCII Any text editor that creates ASCII text may be used to modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file or a temporary file containing the SET information may be created and appended to the end of the AUTOEXEC.BAT. To create a temporary file, go to the directory where AUTOEXEC.BAT appears and type the following at the DOS prompt: COPY CON TEMP This opens a file called TEMP and allows you to enter data into it. Now type the SET statement as explained above and press [Enter]. Now press [Ctrl][Z]. This closes the TEMP file. Now append this file to AUTOEXEC.BAT by typing the following: COPY AUTOEXEC.BAT+TEMP To make sure that the file has been created properly, you may wish to use the DOS TYPE command to list its contents. To do this, enter the following at the DOS prompt: TYPE AUTOEXEC.BAT The SET command should appear as the last line of the file. Maximizing Several things can be done to maximize the performance of File Performance Commando. These include using a RAM disk as a virtual swap device, setting the Logging method to FAT (Fast) mode, and resetting CGA snow checking Off if not needed. RAM Disks and The virtual swap device is used to store File Commando the Virtual temporary data files. Storing these files to RAM disk speeds up Swap Disk movement between File Commando, the Editor, the Run commands, and the Applications menu options. Every time File Commando runs a external program, the file and disk information is swapped to disk to lessen the amount of occupied memory. Thus, using a RAM disk can save time. The amount of swap area needed varies by the number of files and disks that you keep logged. As a rule, 16k of memory is needed for each disk logged, plus an additional 32 bytes of memory for each file displayed in the screen. Ordinarily, a 256k RAM disk would be sufficient for storage. Logging Method Another way that File Commando can be speeded up is by changing the Logging method within the Options menu to FAT (Fast) method. The FAT logging method is approximately 50% faster than the Standard (DOS) logging method set as the default. The Standard logging method is only required by those persons with nonstandard disk devices (like some RAM disks) or those persons who use the ASSIGN, JOIN, and SUBST DOS commands to manipulate their disk structure. Network users also need to keep the logging method set to Standard. The logging method is explained in more detail within the Options menu command. CGA Snow The Snow checking option of File Commando alleviates the Checking problem of persistent screen flickering on CGA-based video system. The only problem is that controlling the snow slows down the display of information to the screen. On ordinary CGA systems, it may be a toss-up about which is more important, fast screen displays or annoying flickering. But on many other CGA-based systems (like the Compaq portable computers), snow is not apparent. On these systems, we recommend that you use the Options menu to reset the Snow checking toggle to Off. README File We recommend that you read the README file for last-minute notes about this program. If you have any problems, an extensive help system is included with the program, available when [F1] is pressed. Running File Once File Commando has been installed onto your computer, you Commando should be ready to go. To run File Commando, type the following at the DOS prompt: FCII This begins executing the File Commando program. Running FC After using this program for a while, you may begin to wish to from the have it run automatically every time that you turn your AUTOEXEC computer on. To do this, use our editor (described at the end of this manual) to edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. It should be located in the root directory of your boot disk. This file normally contains information about the path, prompt type, clock, system programs, and other automatically executed programs that you cannot live without. Highlight the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the file window and press [SHIFT][F7] to invoke the Edit highlighted file command. Now move the cursor to the bottom of the file by pressing [End], press [Enter] to start a new line, and enter FCII. If you use the Spool command, you may also wish to install the DOS Print command within the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This must be run before File Commando to be available as a option. File Commando The File When File Commando is first invoked, the main file screen is Commando shown with the File Commando name displayed within the file Screen window region. This remains until the directory and file information of the current drive is read in and sorted, at which time the appropriate disk, directory, and file information is shown. Screen This screen is divided into several notable parts, including Description the Main menu, path, file window, information column,& function key line. The Main menu options are shown at the top of the screen. These are the main command options available under File Commando, selectable when the [F2] Menu key is pressed or when the [Alt] key is pressed simultaneously with the first letter of the menu option. Below the menu line is shown the directory path of the highlighted file or directory. The function key commands are identified at the bottom of the screen. File Window The file window occupies most of the screen and is initialized in Tree & Files window display mode. Tree & Files mode splits the window into two parts, the directory tree of the logged disk, shown in the left half of the window, & the file contents of the highlighted directory, shown in the right half. The volume label of the disk is shown at the top of the directory tree, followed by the root directory of the disk. The files are initially sorted by file name, this sort order may be changed by using the Order option, located under the Window menu. The other three available file display modes allow you to show all files on all logged drives, all files on the currently logged drive, and only the files in the selected directory. These modes do not display the directory tree, instead they provide more room for listing files. Information An information column is shown on the far right side of the Column screen detailing the file statistics for the displayed drive, directory, and highlighted file. These statistics show the displayed drive, number & total size of all files in the area, all files matching the specified wildcard filters, and all tagged files. At the bottom, the file information for the highlighted file is displayed. This information includes the name of the file, the file date and time, the size of the file and its attributes. Using the When File Commando is first invoked, the window display is set Directory Tree to Tree & Files mode. This mode displays the directory tree on the left side of the window, with the file contents of the highlighted directory shown on the right. With this mode, the displayed directory tree may be used to select the desired directory. This is done by using the [Down],[Up],[PgDn],[PgUp], [Home], or [End] cursor key to move the directory selection bar around the tree. Directory Pressing an alphabetic character moves the directory selection Search bar to highlight the first directory in the list beginning with that letter. To search for a particular directory, press [Ins]. You are then prompted for the directory name to be searched for. The entire name does not have to be entered, File Commando can use the first letters entered to search the tree. If the resulting highlighted directory is not the one that you want, press [Ctrl][Enter] to continue searching the tree using the defined search pattern. Tagging the On some occasions, you may find it necessary to manipulate the Contents of a file contents of an entire directory. This may done by tagging Directory the highlighted directory. To tag all of the files within a directory, use the cursor keys to move the selection bar to highlight the desired directory and press the [+] key. Press [-] to untag the contents of the highlighted directory. Moving the As the selection bar moves through the tree, notice that the Selection Bar list of files displayed on the right side of the screen changes Into the to reflect the contents of the highlighted directory. Once the File Window desired directory is highlighted, press [Enter] to move the selection bar into the file window. To return the highlighted selection bar to the directory tree from the file window, press [F10] or [Esc]. File Search Pressing an alphabetic character moves the selection bar down to highlight the first file in the list beginning with that letter. To search for a particular file name in the directory, press [Ins] and enter the all or part of the file name. Once the search pattern is entered, the first match is highlighted. If the highlighted file is not the one that you seek, press [Ctrl][Enter] to continue the search. The File menu Locate command is a separate file search command available for use in searching the current disk or all logged disks for matching files and listing those found to the screen. File Display Three other file display modes are accessible directly from Modes this window. By using the [Enter] key, the display mode can be changed from Tree & Files mode to Subdirectory mode with four columns of files displayed by name only. Pressing [Enter] twice more displays two columns of files in brief mode (showing only the file name, size, and date) and one column of files in full mode (displaying the file name, size, creation date, time, and attributes). Pressing [Enter] once more returns the screen to Tree & Files mode, placing the highlighted selection bar in the directory window. Tagging Files Ordinarily, when you select a file command such as copy or delete, you want it to act on a selected group of files. Most of the time, these files share some obvious, related feature such as having a similar name or sharing today's date. But this may not always be the case. Sometimes you may wish to select a group of files that share no discernible relationship or you may wish to select only some of the files sharing a wildcard grouping. This brings us to the advantages of individual tagging. Under DOS, you are limited to grouping only those files sharing similar name characteristics, whereas under File Commando, you may select any group of files. Tagging files may be done in one of two ways: using the Tag menu options to tag files having similar file characteristics such as name, size, date, attribute,etc, or using the [+], [-], or [Space] key to tag or untag individual files for grouping. The Tag menu options are described in more detail under the Main menu Tag option. Tagging Single To tag an individual file, use the cursor keys to move the Files highlighted file selection bar to the desired file and press the [+] key. Press the [-] key to untag the highlighted file. Press [Space] to invert the tag status of the highlighted file. For example, if the highlighted file is already tagged, pressing [Space] untags it. Selecting a When using a file maintenance program such as File Commando, it Disk is usually necessary to do maintenance chores on several disks. To this end, we have made it possible for you to not only read in the contents of multiple disks, but also list its files to the screen. To select a new drive for use within File Commando, use the Disk menu Log command. This reads in the disk,directory, and file information and displays it to the screen. To display the previously logged disk, press the [Shift][Tab] key. The Log command lets you keep the directory & file information of a disk in memory. But this can consume a large amount of memory if your disks contain many files and/or you have several drives. If memory space is a problem, you should log only those drives that are used repeatedly and to unlog a drive when you have finished using it. Also, it is not necessary to log a diskette when you only wish to copy or move files to it. When several disks are logged, you may wish to show all files on all logged disks on the same screen, regardless of path. This may be done by setting the Window display mode to Global. A similar Window mode exists to show all files on the selected disk, regardless of path. This is the Drive option. Main Menu The Main menu options are shown at the top of the File Options Commando screen. These are as follows: Disk Contains the disk and directory commands. Disk commands include: log, unlog, single disk log, and choose a disk, edit the volume label, edit disk information, format diskette, display disk technical information, and disk space map. The directory commands include: change, make, remove, and rename a directory, rescan and change disks. File Contains the file commands including: copy, delete, edit, locate, move, print, rename, spool, view, xcopy, zap, and change the attributes of selected files. Tag Contains the tag options used to group files including: tag by name, date, size, attribute, tag all, tag today's files, tag modified files, invert tag, and untag. Options Contains the File Commando program settings including: application definition, beep status, color setup, editor, swap drive, logging method, constant memory status, CGA snow checking status, clock, save and retrieve configuration file command. Window Contains the display modes, file listing modes, wildcard selection and sort order. Display modes include Drive, Global, Subdirectory and Tree & Files. File listing modes include Name Only, Brief (showing file name, size, & date), and Full (name, size, date, time,& attributes). Run Contains the shell options including: run highlighted program, goto a DOS prompt to run a command, and run a second copy of COMMAND.COM to run other programs. Applications Contains the user-defined programs, set up under the Options menu. Utilities Contains miscellaneous utilities including: memory map and system information. To enter command mode, press the [F2] Menu key. This places the highlighted selection bar on the first entry on the menu. Use the [Left] or [Right] cursor keys to move the selection bar across to the desired entry. The assigned quick keys may also be used to select the desired Main menu option directly from the file window. Main Menu The quick keys assigned to the Main menu are activated by Quick Keys pressing the [Alt] key and the first letter of the menu item simultaneously. This pulls down the menu for the selected item. The possible Main menu quick keys are as follows: Disk [Alt][D] Window [Alt][W] File [Alt][F] Run [Alt][R] Tag [Alt][T] Applications [Alt][A] Options [Alt][O] Utilities [Alt][U] The Function The function keys are shown at the bottom of the File Commando Keys screen. Most of these keys represent quick keys used to invoke selected File menu commands. The function keys are as follows: [F1] Help Displays the help information [F2] Menu Activates the command mode of File Commando and places the highlighted selection bar at the top of the screen on the Main menu line. [F3] Copy Displays the File Copy options menu. [F4] Delete Displays the File Delete options menu. [F5] Move Displays the File Move options menu. [F6] Rename Displays the File Rename options menu. [F7] Edit Displays the File Edit options menu. [F8] View Displays the File View options menu. [F9] Print Displays the File Print options menu. [F10] Exit Exits File Commando. Function Key Other function key quick keys are available; these keys are Quick Keys selected by pressing either the [Shift], [Alt], or [Ctrl] key and one of the function keys. [Shift][F3] Copy highlighted file [Alt][F3] Copy tagged files [Ctrl][F3] Copy every files [Shift][F4] Delete highlighted file [Alt][F4] Delete tagged files [Ctrl][F4] Delete every file [Shift][F5] Move highlighted file [Alt][F5] Move tagged files [Ctrl][F5] Move every file [Shift][F6] Rename highlighted file [Alt][F6] Wildcard rename [Shift][F7] Edit highlighted file [Alt][F7] Edit new file [Shift][F8] View highlighted file [Alt][F8] View tagged files [Ctrl][F8] View every file [Shift][F9] Print highlighted file [Alt][F9] Print tagged files [Ctrl][F9] Print every file [Alt][F10] Exits File Commando without prompting [F1] Help The [F1] Help key displays information describing the use of selected File Commando options. The screen is divided into two parts. The left side lists all help topics. The right side shows the information available about the highlighted topic. The help text is a compilation of the contents of this manual. To change the help index, use the [Up], [Down], [PgUp], [PgDn], [Home], or [End] cursor keys. Pressing one of these moves the highlighted index selection bar. Press [Enter] to display the help information for the highlighted index. To scroll the help text one line at a time, use the [+] or [-] keys. Use the [Ctrl][PgDn] or [Ctrl][PgUp] key to show the next or previous page of the text. When you have finished reading this information, press [Esc] to exit Help. Using Menus This program was created to satisfy both the novice and the experienced computer user. Pull-down menus were used for the simple reason that almost everyone wants them and they do seem to be relatively easy for people to use. At the same time, we didn't want to burden our more experienced and often impatient users with too many keystrokes and cumbersome sub-menus. So we included many "short-cut" quick keys that can be used to bypass most of the unnecessary menus when you already know what you want to do. Since most novice users become experienced, impatient users within a short period of time, the quick keys are shown to the left of the command options in the menus, where applicable, so that you can become accustomed to them. These quick keys cannot be used while within the command mode, instead they must be used when in the file window. Within File Commando, pull-down and pop-up menus are used extensively. When a menu is displayed, use the [Up] or [Down] cursor keys to move the menu selection bar to the desired option and press [Enter] to select. The highlighted letter may also be pressed to select a menu option. To exit the menu and return to the file window, press [Esc]. Many of the command menus contain one or more toggle options. Toggle options are On/Off commands that control the operation of the command. When a toggle command is selected it switches between On and Off. A toggle is On when a checkmark is shown to the left of the menu entry. Other menus are sprinkled throughout File Commando. These menus usually show the available options along the bottom of the window. Use the [Left] or [Right] cursor keys to move the selection bar to highlight the desired option and press [Enter] to select. The highlighted letter may also be pressed to select the desired option. The [Esc] Key The [Esc] key can normally be used to exit any menu without changing the settings or executing a command. Some data entry windows, however, require you to use [F10] to exit that window without saving the changes made. This is noted at the bottom of affected data entry windows. Exiting File To exit File Commando while in the directory window, press the Commando [F10] key. When pressed, you are prompted to verify your exit request. Press [Y] to exit File Commando, press [N] to return. If the selection bar is within the file window, pressing [F10] first returns the selection bar to the directory tree. You must then press [F10] a second time to exit the program. To exit File Commando without having to go through the exit menu, press [Alt][F10]. This bypasses the verification menu, exits File Commando, and returns control to DOS. Quick keys This program was created to satisfy both novice & experienced computer users. Pull-down menus were used for the simple reason that almost everyone wants them and they seem to be relatively easy for people to use. At the same time, we did not want to burden the more experienced and often impatient users with too many keystrokes and cumbersome sub-menus. So we included many "short-cut" quick keys that can be used to bypass unnecessary menus when you already know what you want to do. Since most novice users become experienced, impatient users within a short period of time, the quick keys are shown to the left of the command options in the menus, where applicable, so that you can become accustomed to them. Quick keys invoke a command directly from the file window without forcing you to wade through the intervening menus. Quick keys usually involve pressing [Ctrl], [Alt], or [Shift] simultaneously with an alphabetic or function key. Please note that the quick keys only operate while in the file window, not in command mode. The program is in file window mode if pressing the cursor keys moves the highlighted file selection bar through the file list & no selection bar is shown on the menu line. The program is in command mode when the selection bar is located on the menu line at the top of the screen or is located within a displayed menu. Quick File or Directory search first letter Search for Directory or File [Ins] Move selection bar into file window [Enter] Move selection bar back to dir tree [Esc] Abort command or menu [Esc] Help [F1] Main menu [F2] Disk menu [Alt][D] Choose [Ctrl][C] Log [Ctrl][L] Next [Tab] Previous [Shift][Tab] Single disk log [Ctrl][S] Unlog [Ctrl][U] Directory commands [Ctrl][D] Format [Ctrl][F] Volume label [Ctrl][V] File menu [Alt][F] Attribute menu [Ctrl][A] Copy menu [F3] Copy highlighted file [Shift][F3] Copy tagged files [Alt][F3] Copy every file [Ctrl][F3] Delete menu [F4] Delete highlighted file [Shift][F4] Delete tagged files [Alt][F4] Delete every file [Ctrl][F4] Edit menu [F7] Edit highlighted file [Shift][F7] Edit new file [Alt][F7] Move menu [F5] Move highlighted file [Shift][F5] Move tagged files [Alt][F5] Move every file [Ctrl][F5] Print menu [F9] Print highlighted file [Shift][F9] Print tagged files [Alt][F9] Print every file [Ctrl][F9] Rename menu [F6] Rename highlighted file [Shift][F6] Wildcard rename [Alt][F6] View menu [F8] View highlighted file [Shift][F8] View tagged files [Alt][F8] View every file [Ctrl][F8] View Help [F1] View Main menu [F2] ASCII table [Alt][A] Block menu [Alt][B] Defines top of text block [F3] Defines bottom of block [F4] Print block of text [Alt][P] Unmark block [Alt][U] Write block to file [Alt][V] Jump menu [Alt][J] Jump to a line [Alt][F6] Set marker [F5] Goto marker [F6] Options menu [Alt][O] ASCII Table [Alt][A] Line numbers [Alt][L] Ruler [Alt][R] Search menu [Alt][S] Find an exact match [F7] Search for a close match [F8] Next Find or Search [F9] Window menu [Alt][W] 7 bit character stripping [Alt][7] 8 bit character display [Alt][8] Exit View [F10] XCopy menu [Ctrl][X] Tag menu [Alt][T] Tag highlighted file [+] Untag highlighted file [-] Invert tag status of highlighted file [Space] Options menu [Alt][O] Window menu [Alt][W] Switch between display modes [Enter] Order [Ctrl][O] Wildcard [Ctrl][W] Run menu [Alt][R] Runs highlighted program [Ctrl][R] Applications menu [Alt][A] Utilities menu [Alt][U] Exit File Commando [F10] Exit File Commando without prompting [Alt][F10] Network A networking version of File Commando II will be available Users at a future date. The program will be identical, with network file support for simultaneous multiple-user access. About the Sandi & Shane Stump are both computer science graduates of Authors Texas A&M. Our family is currently made up of 7 indoor cats, 3 permanent outdoor cats, numerous visiting cats, & a plethora of birds. No dogs, horses, or other critters yet, only because our backyard is not big enough. (Sandi loves animals and I gave up counting)! We began writing utilities for MS-DOS/PC-DOS in 1982, when we released the first version of PC-SWEEP. We issued File Commando in 1984, followed by Desk Commando and Disk Commando in 1985- 1987. We were approached by DTI in 1987, and wrote the commer- cial program "Take Charge!". After leaving DTI in October 1988, we formed Progressive Solutions, Inc., with the idea of writing programs from our users' point of view, rather than from a salesman's point of view. Last A lot of time and thought have been put into the design of File Comments Commando II. There are many features that may not be obvious to the user (they are outlined in detail in the manual). If you have any questions concerning system setup, please don't hesi- tate to call us by voice or on one of our support BBSs. All the Commando Products (currently File Commando II and Menu Commando II) were written and designed by Sandi & Shane Stump. We do this FULL-TIME, not after regular 8:00 to 5:00 jobs; if you use our software, please take the time to register and support our development efforts. We cannot compete against the bigger software companies if we cannot afford to eat!