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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