PUBTECH FILE ORGANIZER 3.0 Software Copyright(c) 1987-1990, Publishing Technologies, Inc. Manual Copyright(c) 1987-1990, Publishing Technologies, Inc. 7719 Wood Hollow Drive, Suite 260 Austin, Texas 78731 Corporate : (512)/346-2835 Support : (512)/682-1700 All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution prohibited. OVERVIEW Welcome to the world of 3.0. In the new PubTech File Organizer, some new features have been added including: - Support for protected mode memory - Proportional font support - New icon look - Color icon support - Motion "effects" when opening windows/dialog boxes - Drag and drop directly onto folder icons for move/copy - Customization of features through FILE.INI and TEXT.INI (also allows network users to have their own customization features) - All disks are always retained on the Desktop, even when "opened" (unless they are hidden by the EXCLUDE= statement in FILE.INI) - Loading of previously saved desktops, including active apps - Customization of logo on opening screen - Default tree mode for opening directories - User-definable default editor SETTING UP FILE ORGANIZER We recommend that you take a look at the FILE.INI file located in your windows directory. It has new several new sections that may be of interest. The following is an explanation: *** Desktop section *** Used to control the desktop. Keywords: Logo file: Used to define the logo used for the opening screen. Font: Used to set the font for icon text. Font name and size have to be used. Sort by: Sets the sort type for open folders where: 0=Name, 1=Kind, 2=Date, 3=Default. Save: If set to 1 File Organizer will save the hot desktop otherwise not. Save open folders: If set to 1 FO will save the open folders on exit. Save applications: If set to 1 FO will save the active applications on exit. Desktop file: Names the file where the hot desktop will be saved. If not given DESKTOP.PT will be used. Expanded tree: If set, the tree will be shown with its branches expanded. Open disks as trees: If set, opening a drive defaults to a tree view. Text editor: Names the text editor that will be run when a generic file is opened. Screen dimmer: Sets the time in minutes the screen dimmer will wait to blank the screen. Notice that a value of zero will turn off this option. Icon spacing: Icon spacing on the desktop can be adjusted from 0%(x),0%(y) to 200%(x),200%(y); the default is 50,50 Icon titles: Icon titles can be set from 1 to 20; icons on the desktop or in open folders will have titles of this length; if the title is longer than that specified, it will be truncated. Desktop clean-up: If set, the desktop will be cleaned up when dragging a group of icons to it, or when changing fonts. Effects off: If set, turns off motion "effects" when opening windows/dialog boxes. Sound effects: If set, turns on sound effects when dragging icons. Logo off: If set, will not display FO opening screen; set automatically by the system to 1 after first use. Example: [Desktop] Logo file=DESKTOP.WMF Font=Helv,10 Sort by=0 Save=1 Save open folders=1 Save applications=1 Desktop file=MYDESK.PT Expanded tree=0 Open disks as trees=0 Text editor=TEXT.EXE Screen dimmer=10 Icon Spacing=50,50 Icon Titles=13 Effects off=1 Sound effects=0 Logo off=1 *** Open folders section *** This section controls the behavior of the FO open folders. Keywords: Vertical or diagonal: If set to 1 open folders will be shown stacked, otherwise they will be cascaded. Close previous: This option overrides the previous one, when set to 1 it closes other previously opened folders in a single disk before opening a new one. Note, that multiple disks can be opened simultaneously in Diagonal format when this option is set. Example: [Open folders] Vertical or diagonal=0 Close previous=0 *** Drives section *** Used to control the drives and files. Keywords: Ask for replace: When set to 1 FO will ask for confirmation whenever a file needs to be replaced. Change directory: If set to 1 FO will change directory when opening a folder. Exclude: Excludes the drives specified, separate each drive with a comma. FO won't show excluded drives. Force drive type: Skips the FO automatic drive detection routines and forces a drive to be treated as a hard, floppy or network drive. Default path: Specifies the path to be shown when opening a drive. Default is the root directory, notice that it is applied to all drives. [Drive letter]: Specifies the path to be shown for the specific drive letter. Example: [Drives] Ask for replace=1 Change directory=0 Exclude=F,J-Z Force drive type=D:Hard disk,E:Network drive C=\WINDOWS Default path= *** Applications section *** Application information and control section. Keywords: Run iconic: If set to 1 application will be run iconic. New window on call: If set to 1 a new instance of the application will be created, otherwise the application will be activated. Show icons: If set, when the APPLICATIONS pull down menu is used, it will display application icons next to their names. [Number]: Defines an application that will be added to the applications menu. Notice that these numbers must be in sequencial order. Example: [Applications] Run iconic=0 New window on call=1 Show icons=0 1=CLIPBRD.EXE,0 2=CONTROL.EXE,0 3=PRINTMAN.EXE,0 *** Icons section *** Defines the extension related to the FO icons. Keywords: Spreadsheet: Shows the files with the extensions given with the spreadsheet icon. DataBase: Shows the files with the extensions given with the database icon. Graphics: Shows the files with the extensions given with the graphics icon. Publish: Shows the files with the extensions given with the publish icon. Project: Shows the files with the extensions given with the project icon. Envelope: Shows the files with the extensions given with the envelope icon. Account: Shows the files with the extensions given with the account icon. Example: [Icons] Spreadsheet=123 wks xl? DataBase=dbf ndx Graphics=pcx msp pic drw Publish=pub pm3 Project=pj Envelope=env let mls Account=acc dat *** Special apps icons section *** Relates icons with applications. Keywords: [Application full path name]: Relates the application with a icon file given. Example: [Special apps icons] C:\COMMAND.COM=C:\PUBTECH\ICONS\COMPUTER.ICO