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- Version 1.01 - Shareware
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- Copyright (c) 1992 by T. H. E. Computer Enterprises.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Last Updated: May 5, 1992
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- T. H. E. Computer Enterprises
- 1502-5949 Yonge Street
- Willowdale, Ontario
- CANADA M2M 3V8
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- Phone: (416)225-3212
- CompuServe: 76645,2310
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- The FileADMIN program and documentation are provided "AS IS" and
- without warranties as to performance of merchantability and any
- other warranties, expressed or implied. In the course of testing
- the program for compatibility and suitability to purpose, the
- user must assume all risks of using FileADMIN.
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- While much care has been taken in the preparation of FileADMIN
- and it's documentation, the author shall assume no responsibility
- for defects in the program and/or errors or omissions in the
- documentation.
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- FileADMIN v1.01 Copyright (c) 1992 by T. H. E. Computer Enterprises
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- This program is dedicated to my wife Heather and my son Shawn.
- During these hard economic times, they have put up with my many
- late nights and the countless weekends of work, to make ends meet
- at T. H. E. Computer Enterprises.
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- I would like to thank Mr. Kevin Pitts and Mr. Richard Long for
- their valuable comments and suggestions on this project.
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- Terry Engel
- Owner
- T. H. E. Computer Enterprises
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- FileADMIN v1.01 Copyright (c) 1992 by T. H. E. Computer Enterprises
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- LICENSING
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- FileADMIN is copyright and has been released for distribution as
- SHAREWARE. You are granted a license to try FileADMIN for a
- reasonable trial period without risk. If, after this time, you
- find this program useful and intend to continue to use it, you
- are expected to register.
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- The base registration fee is $7.00. This will entitle you to
- continue to use FileADMIN beyond a reasonable trial period as
- well as entitle you to program support. Upon registration, you
- will receive the current version of the FileADMIN program with-
- out the Shareware opening and closing screens, plus detailed pro-
- gram use documentation on disk. The registration document can be
- found in REGISTER.DOC.
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- Please keep in mind that I must have a copy of the registration
- form on hand before I can offer product support.
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- Operators of electronic bulletin boards (Sysops) are encouraged
- to post FileADMIN for downloading by their users.
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- FileADMIN v1.01 Copyright (c) 1992 by T. H. E. Computer Enterprises
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- GETTING STARTED
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- WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED
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- FileADMIN is distributed in the form of a "ZIP" file created
- using PKWare's PKZip (v1.10) archiving utility. This file should
- contain the following three files:
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- FADMIN.EXE - The FileADMIN program file.
- FADMIN.DOC - This document you are reading.
- REGISTER.DOC - The registration form for this product.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- IBM PC/XT/AT or PS/2 or true compatible computer.
- DOS v3.30 or higher.
- AT least one floppy drive and a hard drive, or two floppy drives.
- 512k installed memory with at least 330k of free RAM.
- Monochrome or colour video display.
- The directory(s) containing COMMAND.COM, FORMAT.COM and
- DISKCOPY.COM must be in the PATH statement.
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- GENERAL INFORMATION
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- FileADMIN was originally created for use in an educational LAN
- environment. Therefore, it has certain qualities that are not
- usually found in other file administrative type programs (ie. the
- ability to limit recognition/access of certain drive letters).
- When FileADMIN starts up it defaults to recognizing only A: and
- B: drives. As well, certain file administrative qualities have
- been left out (ie. file attribute changing, the listing of or
- access to system or hidden files).
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- Before you run FileADMIN, make sure that the directory(s)
- containing COMMAND.COM, FORMAT.COM and DISKCOPY.COM are located
- in your current environment PATH setting. Please refer to your
- DOS documentation for instructions on how to amend your PATH
- statement if necessary. If FileADMIN is unable to locate these
- three files, you will not be able to use the DOS interface to do
- diskcopying or diskette formatting.
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- FileADMIN v1.01 Copyright (c) 1992 by T. H. E. Computer Enterprises
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- STARTING FileADMIN
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- FileADMIN is started from the DOS command line by issuing the
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- FADMIN [optional parameters]
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- - where optional parameters may include any of the following:
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- /M this command line switch forces FileADMIN to
- display in monochrome, even if the computer
- uses a colour video. Normally, this program
- will detect the attached video hardware and
- display accordingly. Some video adapters
- emulate colour and make FileADMIN difficult
- to view on monochrome screens. If this situa-
- tion occurs, use this parameter.
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- /A this switch overrides the default option of
- allowing access to only A: and B: drives, to
- allow access to all available drives.
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- /E this switch was implemented at the request of
- a set of LAN administrators who were using
- this product on a LAN. They did not want
- users to have any kind of access to files on
- LAN drives F: thru Z:, but be able to access
- all files on drives A: thru E:. This switch
- will override the /A switch above.
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- /D dddd this switch is used to provide FileADMIN
- with a list of drives installed and possibly
- support. If this switch is not used it will
- default to A: and B: drives only. If one of
- these drives is not physically installed, the
- results could be unpredictable. The "dddd"
- would be replaced by the drive letters you
- would want to access (eg. /D bceg would allow
- drives B: C: E: G: to be accessable by the
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- FileADMIN v1.01 Copyright (c) 1992 by T. H. E. Computer Enterprises
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- SCREEN LAYOUT
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- ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
- │╒════════════════════════════╡ FileADMIN v1.01 ╞════════════════════════════╕ │
- ││ ■ Copy Move Rename Delete direcTory dIskcopy Format Quit │ │
- │╘═══════════════════════════ ^ ════════════════════╒════════════╕═══════════╛ │
- │ ^ └─── Menu Item(s) │ 1 - A to A<─── Sub-Menu │
- │ └─── Main Menu │ 2 - A to B │ Item(s) │
- │ Sub-Menu ───>│ 3 - B to B │ │
- │ │ 4 - B to A │ │
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- │ <---- MENU MESSAGE BAR ---> │
- │ <-- PROCESS MESSAGE BAR --> │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- MENU ITEMS ON MAIN MENU BAR OR SUB-MENU BAR
- (see screen layout diagram for location of Menu Items)
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- All menu items (from either main menu bar or a sub-menu) repre-
- sent process commands. These process commands will be described
- in detail later in this document.
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- MENU MESSAGE BAR
- (see screen layout diagram for location of Menu Message Bar)
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- As each menu item is hi-lited, a message will appear in the Menu
- Message Bar. This message gives a brief description of the cur-
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- PROCESS MESSAGE BAR
- (see screen layout diagram for location of Process Message Bar)
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- Provides brief messages pertaining to a current process in
- progress. For example, a "Please wait ..." message, or an infor-
- mation message advises which keystrokes are valid for a current
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- SELECTING AN ITEM FROM MAIN MENU BAR OR SUB-MENU BAR
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- Hi-lite the various individual menu items by pressing the left
- and right arrow keys then press the <Enter> key.
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- Press the hi-lited character within the menu item name.
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- SELECTING OR DESELECTING FILES
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- SELECT FILE(s)
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- Move the hi-lite bar, using the up and down arrow keys, over the
- file you wish to select. Then press the <Space Bar>. This will
- select a file. A selected file can be identified by ">","<"
- characters around the file name. For multiple file processing,
- you may repeat this routine to select more files.
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- DE-SELECT FILE(s)
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- Move the hi-lite bar, using the up and down arrow keys, over the
- selected file you wish to de-select. Then press the <Space Bar>.
- This will de-select a file. You will note that the de-selection
- action will remove the ">","<" characters around the file name.
- For multiple file processing, you may repeat this routine to de-
- select more selected files.
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- PROCESSING SELECTED FILE(s)
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- After you have selected the files, press the <Enter> key. This
- will start the process requested.
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- NOTE: If there are no files selected for
- processing, and the <Enter> key is pressed,
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- MENU ITEMS IN BRIEF
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- Displays an information window about your copy of FileADMIN
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- Copy
- Displays a list of files in the current directory which can be
- selected/deselected for copying.
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- Move
- Displays a list of files in the current directory which can be
- selected/deselected for moving.
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- Rename
- Displays a list of files in the current directory which can be
- selected/deselected for renaming.
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- Delete
- Displays a list of files in the current directory which can be
- selected/deselected for deleting.
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- Diskcopy
- Provides an interface for copying diskettes using DOS's DISKCOPY.
- COM utility.
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- Format
- Provides an interface for formatting diskettes using DOS's FOR-
- MAT.COM utility.
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- Quit
- To exit the FileADMIN program.
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- MENU ITEMS IN DETAIL
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