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File Finder for Windows <ASP>
"After using File Finder once, I deleted all other pretenders."
Earl A. Watt
The Computer Power Station
"I have several ways that I can search for a file, but File Finder for Windows
does it much faster and has the ability to cross drives and even looks into
compressed directories - it's great!"
Ken L. Walker
"Find Files in Windows Just Like on a Mac!"
John Sklar, editor
Milwaukee Educational Computing Association Newsletter
Simian Id Software is an Author Member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). See sharewar.txt and ombudsman.txt for more details.
Short Description:
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File Finder for Windows is a file search program for Windows 3.1. It searches
all drives, archives and network drives. Search on various pattern types, and
date, time, and size ranges.
Long Description:
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File Finder for Windows is a file-find program for Windows 3.1. It can search
all drives, and can search the most popular archive types. (ARC, ARJ, ZIP, ZOO,
LBR, LZH, PAK, PKA.) The list of files can be printed or copied to the
clipboard. Many other useful features, including printing and copying file
lists to other applications. Search for files using a standard DOS search
string, a substring, or a "regular expression." Search for files based on date
time, or size. You can even launch applications based on filetype.
Suggested archive name:
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WFIND30.ZIP Powerful File Finder for Windows 3.1 <ASP>
Hardware and software requirements:
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Microsoft Windows version 3.1
History:
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08/22/94 - Version 3.0:
Add File Save features
Allow background processing
Add Beep When Done option (Mag. Editor suggestion)
Add Stop at First File option (Mag. Editor suggestion)
Put options in a dialog box
Remove Search type list and add File Name Type Radio buttons
If no files found, display a message box
Format Date,Time,Size by Windows settings
Add Windows-selection formatting to output
Font bitmaps in Printer setup font list
06/24/94 - Version 2.3:
Update timer between archives (User suggestion)
Add date and time to search printout (User suggestion)
Add 'quickbuttons' (User suggestion)
3-Dimensionalize (Mag. Editor suggestion)
Changed Search Archives default to NO
02/26/94 - Version 2.2:
Improve disk selection (User suggestion)
Added User's name to About Box (User suggestion)
Made Dialog boxes smaller (User suggestion)
Added Printer Setup to File Menu
Improve archive search robustness
Use standard windows format WFIND.INI file
08/24/93 - Version 2.1:
Regular expression and substring search option
Search by date, time and size (with reset button)
Double-click to launch instead of single
Better keyboard control
Fixed "lost focus" problem
Better ouput window sizing
Renamed to File Finder for Windows
CTRL-TAB to flip between output window and main
03/26/93 - Version 2.0a:
Position dialog within window
Color output window
Parts of handle of magnifying glass are transparent and should
be grey.
International language support
02/03/93 - Version 2.0:
Added support for ARJ subdirectories
Added option to skip bad archives
Better drive/directory selection with start directory for each drive
Re-design of interface
Display search time
Save and Load last settings
Solve full-list problem - now list can be as large as memory
Fixed bug searching ZIP files with embedded subdirectories
Handle embedded subdirectories in all archive types
Handle multiple searches
Launch applications from output list based on associations
02/08/92 - Version 1.1 -> 11/11/92 - Version 1.7
(Information available upon request)
01/30/92 - Version 1.0 of WFind released
Comparison table:
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Product File Find- Filer Fast- Hunter WRU WinFind
Name Finder It 1.5 Find 3.0 3.1.1 1.0
3.0 3.1 1.0
Online Excellent Yes Very No Good Good Very
Help Limited Limited
Archives ARC,ARJ, ARC,ARJ, None None None ARC,ARJ None
Supported ZIP,ZOO, ZIP,ZOO, ZIP,ZOO
LBR,LZH, LZH (4)
PAK,PKA
Embedded Yes (2) N/A N/A N/A (3) N/A
Subdirs
Max. File Limited 1000 2000 2500 Limited Limited 256
Count Only by Only by Only by
(Approx.) Virtual Virtual Virtual
Memory Memory Memory
Relative 13 sec 13 sec 85 sec 31 sec 16 sec 16 sec (failed)
Speed (1) 22 sec (failed) (failed) (failed) 34 sec 69 sec (failed)
Starting Yes No No No No No No
Directories
Shows File Yes Yes No No No No No
Attributes
Save/ Yes No No No Yes Yes No
Restore
Settings
Substring Yes No No No No No No
Searches
Regular Yes No No No No No No
Expression
Searches
Date/Time/ Yes Yes No No Date& Date& No
Size Searches Size Size
Launch Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes
Applications
Print List Yes No Yes No No Yes No
Copy List Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Advanced Yes Yes No No No No No
List Process'g
International Yes No Partial Yes Partial Partial Yes
Language Suppt
Registration $20 $15 $0 $9 $15 $29.95 $5.95
(1) The first number is the seconds to find 311 DOC files on a hard drive
containing 8091 files. The second number is the length of time to list
all 8091 files. These numbers should be used for relative comparison only.
(2) Unable to determine if Find-It supports embedded subdirectories, since only
registered users get the version which scans archives.
(3) WRU lists files in embedded subdirectories, but doesn't indicate that
the files are in embedded subdirectories.
(4) Corrupted ZOO files cause WRU to fail with a General Protection Fault.
Differences between shareware and registered versions of File Finder:
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The "beg" screen is removed for registered users.
The "beg" line in the printout is removed.
User's name is displayed in the About box.
Features and Benefits of File Finder:
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- No more lost files!
- Searches all of the popular archive types.
- Searches on DOS standard filenames, regualr expressions, or substrings.
- Searches on date, time or size.
- File Finder can generate LONG file lists- about 60,000 on a machine
with 8M virtual RAM. Users with more memory can generate longer lists.
- File Finder is easy to use- see the testimonials at the beginning of
this file.
- File Finder has thorough online help.
- File Finder can print a file list, copy a list, and save a list to a file.
- File Finder has full international language support.
- File Finder is the fastest of all the available file search programs.
Registration incentives:
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Current Version
Technical support
Printed user's manual
Elimination of "beg" screen at program start-up
Discounts on upgrades
Distribution policy:
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Dear Shareware Vendor:
Simian Id Software has a simple distribution policy: You have permission to
distribute our shareware in its original form as long as you:
- Identify it as shareware (with an appropriate definition.)
- Leave all intellectual property (copyright) notices intact.
.. and as long as we do not request that you stop.
That's it.
You may archive our programs, unarchive them, include/exclude optional files
(like this one), include them with other programs on the same diskette, and
do essentially anything you want as long as you follow these simple rules.
We want the widest possible distribution, and don't want to stand in your way
as long as you are honest with our mutual customer.
We suggest that you include all files that are one this diskette, except that
you may want to remove this file (vendor.doc).