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- Version: V1.1a
- Short: A file deletion program
- Author: Kevin Mckenna
-
-
- WBWipe is a file deletion program, designed for use on the workbench screen.
- It overwrites and deletes files so they can NOT be recovered in their original form!
-
- The program opens a window, placed by specifying the tooltypes. In this window
- is 2 buttons, the first is to pick which files are to be wiped, and the other actually
- wipes them, the button marked Wipe will be disabled until a file (or files) are
- selected.
-
- Usage
-
- Clicking on the first button will open a Reqtools requestor, which will allow you to
- select multiple files (hold down shift while selecting), then, when selected, you can
- hit the Wipe key.
-
- When this key is hit, anothe requestor will ope, asking for confirmation, you can
- select Ok or Cancel, cancelling will close the requestor and return you to its
- original state. Selectign Ok will open a new window (in roughly the middle of the
- screen), with a progress indicator, when the wiping of one file is completed (assuming
- you have selected more than one file), the window will close, and begin again for each
- file you have selected. When the wiping has finished a final requestor will open
- telling you that the file(s) has been wiped, just select Ok to return to normal.
-
- Usage of the program is set by tooltypes from the icon information.
- With my default icon, the tooltypes should be set at
-
- (DRAG)
- PLACE=3
- WBW=Data/WBWipe1.shanim
- PATH=Sys:
- PATTERN=#?
-
- DRAG
- Drag basically puts a drag bar on the window allowing you to move it around.
- (Just remove the brackets to activate)
-
- PLACE
- The PLACE tooltype was brought into use, as the XPOS and YPOS tooltypes were much
- more difficult to set up (both for the user and me), I used them on my clock program,
- and found many annoyances, mostly that selecting too low or high a number, would quite
- often bugger up the program and cause it to close (many times while testing it, the
- damn thing GURU'd on me most the time), so I decided to use the PLACE tooltype.
-
- PLACE puts the window at one of four pre-defined places on the screen, if you want to
- move it elsewhere, you'll have to use the DRAG tooltype.
-
- PLACE works like so:
-
- PLACE=1 (top left of the screen)
- PLACE=2 (top right of the screen)
- PLACE=3 (bottom left of the screen)
- PLACE=4 (bottom right of the screen)
-
- Putting anything else into the PLACE tooltype will cause it to use PLACE=3, this is
- by defualt and cannot be changed!
-
- WBW
- WBW is the file requestor button, which is an animbrush (made with DPaint 4), by
- default Data/WBWipe1.shanim is used (.shanim = shape anim) you can change this, to one
- you have made yourself is you like, just change the tooltype to match the path and
- filename you have. (It must be about the same size, 4 colours and be 2 frames long)
- If you move the ones I have supplied, change this to keep it working.
- If no files are found (or the path or filename is wrong), a button will appear instead
- (Because I hate when programs wont run without a supporting file)
- The button has an X and works the same as the animbrush.
-
- PATH
- Path is the path which the requestor is preset to, I use Sys: pick your own!
-
- PATTERN
- Pattern chooses whic hfilename extensions should be chosen, by default #? is used to
- indicate all files (though .info files aren't shown [press the info button on the
- requestor] all others are shown though)
-
- Thats it for the usage, though I'll probably add more with the next version, see the
- To Do list for more info!
-
-
- History
-
- The program started off as an exercise in opening and managing numerous windows, quite
- a while back (I still have the original (cringe), which was, well, it was pretty
- awful, then when I got the full version of Blitz 2.1, I started to play around with
- CLI programs, and made a similar program without any GUI, though this suffered because
- you could only choose one file at a time, and it could only be run from CLI, and some
- people (apparently) dont like to use CLI.
-
- I decided to make WBWipe a couple of days ago (thats how long it took) because I felt
- like making a program which is more configurable, also, I had wanted to learn how to
- use AppWindows, though this idea was dropped after I got fed up with persistent probs
- which I couldn't get ny head around, though by then, most of the code was written,
- in fact, I really only had the tooltypes left to do, (as I was able to pinch most of
- the source code from my previous programs), so today I have been working on the
- getting the tooltypes sorted out. Oops almost forgot the pulldown menus, which I also
- nicked from previous source code.
-
- Anyway, there you have it, version 1.1a of WBWipe, see the To Do list for info about
- Version 1.2
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-
- To Do
-
- Heres a list of things I'd LIKE (no promises here) to get done for version 1.2 or
- maybe even 1.3 if I start stuffing more and mor stuff into it 8}
-
- AppWindow support - you know, drag and drop
-
- Access to different file requestors - Like ASL or the one supplied with Blitz (ughh)
-
- Nicer interface - most of the development went on keeping it small
-
- More changable buttons - like the file requestor one (maybe for QUIT ABOUT or HELP)
-
- Changing the buttons to 8 colours (Magic WB colours)
-
- AppIcon support - put the program to sleep, to be awankened by clicking the Icon
-
- Commodity support - this almost made it, I'll admit it I couldn't be bothered
-
- External config file - to save on tooltypes
-
- CLI support - or maybe use cli parameters
-
- How about a multifunctional program - clock, file copying, wiping etc. all to sit on
- the workbench in a small window?
-
- I'd appreciate and suggestions!
-
-
-
- Installation
-
- Installation is easy, just copy the program, and the Data drawer to whereever you want
- pick the icons you want to use, and you should be ready to go!
-
-
- Registration
-
- There is no registration for this program, for the monent anyway, though I would
- appreciate a letter so I can gauge how well my program is doing. You can send
- all letters, suggestions and bug reports to:
-
- Kevin Mckenna
- 11 Louis Braille Close
- Netherton
- Liverpool
- L305SN
-
-
- Thanks and Greets
-
- Thanks and greets to:
-
- Synapse of Synergy (for numerous bits and bobs)
- The rest of Synergy
- Acid Software (for Blitz)
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