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- PC-DIRED.EXE
- A Procomm Plus 2.01 Directory Editor.
-
- By Chris Harrington
- Copyright (c) 1991, All Rights Reserved.
-
- 'Procomm Plus' is a registered trademark of
- DATASTORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
-
-
- This program arose out of a need to be able to edit a Procomm
- directory without having to use the 'R'evise entry function. The
- problem with the procomm way is that you cannot edit certain
- fields that are saved to the directory file. I have to credit
- Datastorm for including the HOOK.C file with their distribution
- package. The information found within it was invaluable for
- writing this program.
-
- The program is fairly straight forward at this stage. I plan
- more features for future versions. Place the .EXE file in your
- Procomm directory. You may execute the program in a number of
- ways.
-
- 1. Strap it as META key HOOK program. Select Alt-M from
- the terminal mode. Choose which key to strap it to.
- Hit 'R' to revise the highlighted entry. Set the TYPE
- as to 'HOOK'. Contents will be 'PC-DIRED'. Save the
- keys with 'S'. When you want to run the directory
- editor, just hit the META key you assigned it to.
-
- 2. Shell out to DOS and then execute PC-DIRED. You may
- include the directory name to edit on the command line.
- If you do not, you will be prompted to select the
- directory to edit.
-
- EX:
-
- Enter 'EXIT' to return to PROCOMM PLUS
- C:\PCPLUS> pc-dired pcplus.dir
-
-
- 3. Execute it from the 'C:\PCPLUS>' prompt (or whatever
- your procomm directory is). You may include the
- directory name to edit on the command line. If you do
- not, you will be prompted to select the directory to
- edit.
-
- After you enter the program, Hitting Alt-X at any time will abort
- the program and let you out.
-
- Once you have selected the directory to edit the file will be
- read. You will then be prompted to select the entry to edit with
- the arrow keys. The standard PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End keys will
- work in this selection window. After selecting the entry to
- edit, an editing screen will appear. You may move from field to
- field with either the up/down arrow keys or tab/shift-tab key.
- You may abort editing with the F9 key or save your work with the
- F10 key. The Esc key has been disabled, so use F9 to abort.
- After entering the last field you will be prompted to check the
- entry. The entry will then be written back to the directory file
- and you will be prompted again to select another entry.
-
- If you have PC-DIRED strapped to a META key, in order for the
- changes to reflect in Procomm you will have to load the directory
- again with Alt-D, 'X', and then enter the directory file name.
-
-
-
- History:
-
- Version Comments
- ------- ----------------------------------------------
- 0.01 Still in Beta test, no release version yet.
- 1.00 Release Version
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