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- Global Trashcan for Dopus Version 2.1 Public Version 1.0
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- What is it:
- it's a small dopus module that adds an appicon on the desktop where you can drop files.
- It works like the Recycle bin on Windows 95
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- Features:
- * You can drag files dirs. on the icon and they will be moved to the destination
- you have selected.
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- * the files will be automaticly deleted by age after the amount of days you choose.
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- * You can recycle the files and they will be moved to its originale place.
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- * You can select if you want to empty the trash every time you start (if there are any files there)
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- * You can choose the icon you want to use
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- * You can change the name to what ever you like
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- * You can snap shot the icon position
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- * You can doubleclick on the trash icon and you will see
- name on the files in trash the size of the files, and
- finally, but not least the path where the file came from.
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- * You Can Drop files in the lister.
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- * You can drag files from the lister, the file will then
- be moved to the place you drop it.
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- * Device eject like Mac
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- * It will ask if you want to empty trash if Diskspace is less than 5 meg
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- Requirements:
- The Move command in c:
- MUI
- MuiRexx in c:
- Dopus 5.8
- rexxsupport.library
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- Installation:
- Use the install script.
- Or do it manually, but remember to run the config first.
- and copy ENVARC:trash.prefs to ENV:
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- The Config:
- * Ask At Startup - The script will ask if you want to empty the trash dir on every startup.
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- * How Many Days - How many days a file will stay in the trash dir. the script will delete files
- older than the amount of days you have specified in the config.
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- * Name on the Appicon - The name that the appicon should have.
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- * Trash icon path - the full path to the icon you will use as appicon.(don't use the def_trashcan icon in ENV:)
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- * Trash Path - The directory where the files will be moved.(Full path.)
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- * Toolbar path - Usally only the name on the toolbar, but if you have placed the toolbar somewhere
- else than Dopus5:buttons then specifie the full path.
-
- * THERE IS A LITTLE BUG IN THE CONFIG IT WILL SAY THAT THE
- ASK AT STARTUP CHECK MARK IS ALWAYS ACTIVE.
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- Why did I Do it:
- Just for fun!
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- Other:
- You can drop files from the desktop, but the icon will not disepear until you reset the icons. (FIXED)
- You can drop left out's, but same thing will happen the icon will not disepear.
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- Devices will be ejected if you drop them in the lister or on the icon
- the supported devices is:
- atapi.device
- asim_atapi.device
- scsi.device
- ramdisk.device(will come back after reboot)
- trackdisk.device
- mfm.device (nothing happens)
- zip0:
- More to Come.....
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- Ram: is not possible to eject
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- * DON'T DROP ASSIGNS ON THE LISTER OR ICON
- * DON'T EVER COPY FILES DIRECTLY INTO THE DIR YOU HAVE CHOOSEN AS TRASH DIR
- * DON'T EVER JUST COPY FILES FROM THE TRASHDIR
- * DON'T EVER USE THE NORMAL DOPUS COMMANDS ON THE FILES IN THE TRASH DIR
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- the script will probely do somthing strange (or crash) if you don't follow this rules.
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- At the moment you can doubleclick on files in the lister,
- but not on directories.
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- Check out the cool recycle button in images that I have made.
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- Contact:
- Snail Mail:
- Nils-Erik Reklev Skilnand
- Adalsveien 17b
- 3185 Horten Norway
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- E-Mail:
- skilnand@online.no
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- Sorry for the bad doc file. I hate writing doc files.
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- Last Word:
- The script is working on my computer, but if you have any
- kind of problems please tell me....
- A good tip: Hide the trash dir so you can't mess with it.
- It works for me.
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- My computer :
- A4000/EC030 with Apollo4060/66 40 meg mem,picassoIV
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- My The Force Be With You... :)
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