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Power Scanner (tm) Version 4.2 Copyright (c) 1991-1992 All Rights Reserved by William Ned Miller 7504 Saffron Court Hanover MD 21076 (410) 766-2365 Section Page 1.0 Introduction ............................................... 1 1.1 Document Layout ......................................... 3 2.0 System Requirements ........................................ 4 2.1 Hardware Requirements ................................... 4 2.2 Video Adapters .......................................... 4 2.3 Operating System Limitations ............................ 4 3.0 Installation ............................................... 5 4.0 Program Options ............................................ 6 4.1 Directory Movement Keys ................................. 6 4.1.1 Directory Down (F1) ................................ 6 4.1.2 Directory Up (F2) .................................. 7 4.1.3 Directory Page Down (F3) ........................... 7 4.1.4 Directory Page Up (F4) ............................. 7 4.1.5 Directory Top (F5) ................................. 7 4.1.6 Directory Bottom (F6) .............................. 7 4.2 Directory Modifications ................................. 7 4.2.1 Add Directory (F7) ................................. 7 4.2.2 Delete Directory (F8) .............................. 8 4.2.3 Rename Directory (F9) .............................. 9 4.3 Verify (V) .............................................. 9 4.4 PS Exit (F10) ........................................... 9 4.5 File Movement Keys ...................................... 10 4.5.1 Up Arrow ........................................... 10 4.5.2 Down Arrow ......................................... 11 4.5.3 Left Arrow ......................................... 11 4.5.4 Right Arrow ........................................ 11 4.5.5 Home ............................................... 11 4.5.6 End ................................................ 11 4.5.7 Page Up (PgUp) ..................................... 11 4.5.8 Page Down (PgDn) ................................... 11 4.6 Directory Rescan (Alt-F1) ............................... 12 4.7 Screen Refresh (Alt-F2) ................................. 12 4.8 Free Space (Alt-F3) ..................................... 12 4.9 Change Drive (Alt-F4) ................................... 13 4.10 Directory Tree Dump (Alt-F5) ........................... 14 4.11 Display Colors (Alt-F6) ................................ 14 4.12 Touch Files (Alt-F7) ................................... 15 4.13 Standard Defaults (Shift-F1) ........................... 15 4.14 Executable Links (Shift-F2) ............................ 18 4.15 Directory Links (Shift-F3) ............................. 20 4.16 File Protection (Shift-F4) ............................. 21 4.17 Mouse Parameters (Shift-F5) ............................ 22 4.18 Dump Disk (Control-F9) ................................. 23 4.19 System Equipment (Control-F1) .......................... 25 - i - Section Page 4.20 System Drives (Control-F2) ............................. 26 4.21 ASCII Table (Control-F3) ............................... 26 4.22 System Environment (Control-F4) ........................ 27 4.23 Calendar (Control-F5) .................................. 27 4.24 Phone Book (Control-F6) ................................ 28 4.25 Note Pad (Control-F7) .................................. 29 4.26 Disclaimer (Control-F8) ................................ 29 4.27 Change File Attributes (A) ............................. 30 4.28 Change File Attributes For Tagged Files (Alt-A) ........ 30 4.29 Copy Files (Alt-C) ..................................... 31 4.30 Delete Tagged Files (Alt-D) ............................ 32 4.31 Find File(s) (Alt-F) ................................... 32 4.32 Extended Help (Alt-H) .................................. 33 4.33 Program Information (Alt-I) ............................ 34 4.34 Show Program Version And ID (Alt-L) .................... 34 4.35 Move Files (Alt-M) ..................................... 34 4.36 Show Licensed Owner (Alt-O) ............................ 35 4.37 Password (Alt-P) ....................................... 36 4.38 File Renaming .......................................... 36 4.38.1 Rename File (Alt-R) ............................... 36 4.38.2 Control File Renaming (Ctl-R) ..................... 37 4.39 File Selection & Sort (Alt-S) .......................... 37 4.40 Tagging & Untagging (T)/(U)/(Alt-T)/(Alt-U) & (Ctl-T) .. 38 4.40.1 Single Tag (T) .................................... 38 4.40.2 All Tag (Alt-T) ................................... 38 4.40.3 Single UnTag (U) .................................. 38 4.40.4 All UnTag (Alt-U) ................................. 38 4.40.5 Control Tagging (Ctl-T) ........................... 39 4.41 Volume ID (Alt-V) ...................................... 39 4.42 Edit (E) ............................................... 39 4.43 Help (H) ............................................... 40 4.44 List (L) ............................................... 40 4.45 Print Tagged Files (P) ................................. 41 4.46 Word Processor (W) ..................................... 41 4.47 Execute File (X) ....................................... 41 4.48 Command Entry (Z) ...................................... 42 4.49 43/50 Line Mode (Ctl-E) ................................ 42 4.50 Mount/Dismount Directories (Alt-F8) .................... 42 4.50.1 Dismount Directories .............................. 43 4.50.2 Mount Directories ................................. 43 4.51 Mouse Help (Ctl-H)... .................................. 43 4.52 TAB <letter> ........................................... 43 4.53 Escape (ESC) ........................................... 43 4.54 Enter .................................................. 43 - ii - Section Page 5.0 Mouse Support .............................................. 44 5.1 Mouse Popup Menus ....................................... 47 5.2 Main Popup Menu ......................................... 47 5.3 SubOption Menus ......................................... 47 5.3.1 Cancel ............................................. 47 5.3.2 Directory .......................................... 47 5.3.3 Files .............................................. 48 5.3.4 Drives ............................................. 48 5.3.5 Power .............................................. 49 5.3.6 Edit ............................................... 49 5.3.7 Information ........................................ 49 5.3.8 Exit ............................................... 50 5.4 Examples Using The Mouse ................................ 50 5.4.1 Copying Files ...................................... 50 5.4.2 Deleting Files ..................................... 50 5.4.3 Change Drive ....................................... 51 5.4.4 Push To DOS ........................................ 51 5.4.5 Mouse Help ......................................... 51 5.4.6 Status Of All Drives ............................... 51 6.0 Windows Setup .............................................. 52 6.1 Automatic Installation .................................. 52 6.2 Non-Automatic Installation .............................. 52 6.3 Power Scanner ICON ...................................... 53 7.0 Power Scanner Files ........................................ 54 8.0 Power Scanner Error Messages ............................... 55 9.0 List Of Bug Fixes .......................................... 56 10.0 Whats New ................................................. 57 11.0 Licensing ................................................. 62 12.0 Disclaimer ................................................ 63 13.0 Where Power Scanner Can Be Found .......................... 64 14.0 Power Scanner AUTOEXEC.BAT Setup Program .................. 65 - iii - 1.0 Introduction Power Scanner, PS, is a Directory/File Management program that provides the user a tree representation of the directories on the current disk drive. This tree is displayed on the left side of the Power Scanner main screen. Files of the current directory are exhibited on the right side of the screen. The top right portion of the display shows total disk size, bytes in use, bytes free and the percentage of free space along with user defined attributes about displayed files. The user is also provided with the largest amount of free core available for other program execution. The current time is provided in the top right corner of the display, the time can be displayed in either 4 or 6 digit time. The information below the amount of free core is information about the current directory. Power Scanner shows how deep the highlighted directory is off of the root directory, how many subdirectories there are in the highlighted directory and if the directory has been dismounted. Power Scanner also includes a screen saver feature that will blank the screen after a specified time period determined by the user. Function keys allow movement up and down through the directory tree while pressing the enter-key enters the current "highlighted" directory. When the enter-key is pressed, appropriate files for the selected directory are displayed on the right side of the display. The user may link their favorite editor, word processor and file lister to execute against the current "indicated" file. A print utility may also be specified for ASCII files to be printed. Power Scanner was created to allow users to find, link, copy, move and delete directories/files easily. Other options allow you to run programs, execute commands, and edit/list files directly from PS, then return to PS exactly where you left off. When you use PS, you are able to skim through your directory and tag all the files you want to be moved, copied, or delete. If you have lots of files to delete, you can delete them all at once. If you want to copy selected files onto a diskette, you can copy them all at once. The following is a list of Power Scanner's highlights: 1) Quick Backups - Copy tagged files from one diskette to another or from a harddrive to a diskette. There is an option so that a date option can be specified when tagging files. 2) Quick Cleanup - Delete selected files from any drive. 3) Free Space - Obtain the amount of free space on one or all drives. 4) File List - List only certain files within a directory. 5) Execute File - Execute files without leaving Power Scanner and return to Power Scanner at the point you left off. If a basic files is to be executed then the user has the option to specify their favorite basic interpeter. - 1 - 5) Rename Files - Rename a single file or a group of files. 6) Attributes - Change the attribute of any file or group of files. 7) Assign Links - Assign directories to the keys 1-9. 8) Executables - Assign executables programs to the Alt1-Alt9 keys. 9) Mouse - The user can configure the mouse to meet their needs. 10) Help - The user has three choices of help. A) Quick key board help B) Quick mouse help (shows hot spots) C) Extended help 11) System - The user can view the system environment and equipment. 12) Phone Book - The use can keep upto 45 phone numbers at their finger tips. 13) Disk Dump - The user can dump files on the current disk drive to a specified file. The following diagram presents the display for Power Scanner. █C█C:\Current███████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █C:\ █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ ├─ADA █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █ █ │ ├─BIN █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 * █Saver On █ █ │ └─LIBRARY ██Name████Size███Date███Time█████Attr████████ █ ├─DOS █>File .1 <D File .2 U File .3 █ █ ├─NED █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █ │ ├─ADA █ File .7 █ C █ █ │ │ ├─NPRINT T E █ █ █ │ │ └─PS _ █ D █ █ │ └─DOCS _ L █ █ █ └─WINDOWS _ █ M █ █ W █ █ █ B █ T █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ X █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Files: 7███Bytes 1,023████Tagged: 0█████████ █ █ █ █ █ WORKING AREA █ █ █ █ █Directories: 11██████████████DOS: 5.0 PS: V4.2█████████████████████████ - 2 - Power Scanner provides a wealth of information about the current disk drive and system. The top border line will display the complete path of the selected directory. The bottom line of the border is used to display the total number of directories on the disk. It also shows the version of DOS and Power Scanner. The line above where the filenames are displayed, detailed information about the current indicated file is provided. The line below the files displays the total number of files in the selected directory, their total size and the size of any and all tagged files. Power Scanner was developed in the programming language Ada with about 100 lines of assembly language and tested under DOS versions 3.10, 3.30 and 5.00. 1.1 Document Layout The remainder of this document is as follows: Chapter 2 - System Requirements Chapter 3 - Installation Procedures Chapter 4 - Program Options Chapter 5 - Mouse Support Chapter 6 - Windows Setup Chapter 7 - Power Scanner Files Chapter 8 - Power Scanner Error Messages Chapter 9 - Bug Fixes Chapter 10 - Whats New Chapter 11 - Licensing Chapter 12 - Disclaimer Chapter 13 - Where Power Scanner Can Be Found Chapter 14 - Power Scanner AUTOEXEC.BAT Setup Program - 3 - 2.0 System Requirements This chapter describes system requirements necessary to execute Power Scanner. 2.1 Hardware Requirements Power Scanner is compatible with the XT, AT, PS2 models and other 100% compatible systems. Power Scanner has been built to run on the 8086/8088 instructions set. Upon request, Power Scanner can be built to run in real mode. This is for machines based on the 80826/80386/80486 or similar compatible systems. These versions tend to be smaller than programs compiled using normal 8086/8088 instructions. Users must register the program to obtain a copy built for the 286,386 or 486 systems. Power Scanner will allow the user to display 250 directories and 150 files in any one directory. The Standards Defaults option (Shift-F1) will allow the user to redefine these defaults. Both of these values can be changed to process a minimum or 100 directories/files or up to a value of 500. If by any chance anyone has more than 500 files in anyone directory or more than 500 directories for a drive, users can obtain copies of the program with these limits increased. The Mount/Dismount option (Alt-F8) will allow pruning of the directory tree. 2.2 Video Adapters Power Scanner will operate with all type of video adapters. It has been designed and tested with Monochrome, EGA, CGA and VGA adapters. 2.3 Operating System Limitations Power Scanner has been designed to execute on systems with DOS versions 3.00 through 5.00. - 4 - 3.0 Installation Procedures The following procedures allow new users to easily install Power Scanner on their system. The following procedures make the assumption that you have a hard disk as drive "c", boot from that drive and will be using "PS" as the directory for the program. 1. Make a subdirectory "PS" under the "C:\" (root) directory. 2. Copy all PS files to this new "C:\PS" directory. 3. Set up a path to the new "C:\PS" directory in your "autoexec.bat" file: PATH c:\;c:\ps;.... ^^^^^ 4. The command "set PS=..." command is also required. This will tell PS where it's files reside. This command should be inserted in your "autoexec.bat" file. If this commands is not executed before Power Scanner, an error will be displayed. SET PS=C:\PS ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 4. Reboot the computer. (ie: Ctrl-Alt-Del) 5. Type "ps" at the DOS prompt or insert "ps" as the last line in your "autoexec.bat" file. 6. Users with previous version of Power Scanner should delete the following files: - ps_std.def - ps_pro.def - ps_glb.def - ps_X_dir.log {Where X is the name of a logged drive} NOTE Reference Chapter 13 for using the "Power Scanner Setup" program. - 5 - 4.0 Program Options This chapter will explain each of the options available with the Power Scanner program. 4.1 Directory Movement Keys The function keys F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 and F6 allow the user to move the highlighter from directory to directory. Moving the highlighter does not put the user in that directory, that is fulfilled by pressing the enter key. When the enter key is pressed, files in that directory will be presented on the right side of the display. If there are no files in the directory then "Empty" will be displayed in the files display area. If there are more than the maximum allowed files in the selected directory, a plus "+" will be displayed to the left of the total files count otherwise a "-" will be presented. The arrow keys will also perform the same function for the user. They can be activated by pressing the Shift-TAB keys. The small arrow at the top and center of the display indicates the direction that the arrow keys are currently targeted against. In either case the Function Keys F1-F6 still operate as described above. The user can use their mouse to move through the directory tree. In the center of the screen the user will be presented with a display like the following. If the mouse pointer is placed on the indicated area and the left mouse button pressed, the action will be carried out. ┌─┐ │T│ -> Directory Top │_│ -> Directory Up │_│ -> Page Up │_│ -> Page Down │ │ -> Directory Down │B│ -> Directory Bottom └─┘ 4.1.1 Directory Down (F1) The F1 function key allows the highlighter to move down through the directory tree one directory at a time. If the highlighter is at the bottom of the window and there are more directories, then the directory tree is scrolled up one line. - 6 - 4.1.2 Directory Up (F2) The F2 function key allows the highlighter to move up through the directory tree one directory at a time. If the highlighter is at the top of the window and there are more directories, then the directory tree is scrolled down one line. 4.1.3 Directory Page Down (F3) The F3 function key allows the highlighter to page down through the directory tree (10 directories at a time). 4.1.4 Directory Page Up (F4) The F4 function key allows the highlighter to page up through the directory tree (10 directories at a time). 4.1.5 Directory Top (F5) The F5 function key positions the highlighter at the top of the directory tree. 4.1.6 Directory Bottom (F6) The F6 function key positions the highlighter at the bottom of the directory tree. 4.2 Directory Modifications The directory modification options will allow the user to add, delete and rename subdirectories. All prompts and error messages will be displayed in the working area. If a directory is renamed or added and the user is sorting his directories, that directory will be placed in its sort sequence. 4.2.1 Add Directory (F7) The F7 function key will allow the user to create a new subdirectory on the disk and modify the tree display to include the addition. 1. The user must highlight the PARENT directory where the new directory will be added, press F7 and then enter the name of the new directory at the prompt. - 7 - 2. The addition is denied if the current number of directories is already at the maximum directory limit. The Alt-L option indicates the maximum number of directories allowed. The dismount option will allow the user to prune the directory tree and therefore allow the addition of more directories. (Reference Standard Defaults for increasing the number of directories Power Scanner will process) 3. The new directory name must be valid. 4. The new directory name must have a full pathname less than 64 characters (DOS Limitation) and a screen print name less than 33 characters. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █ █║ Add ║ Dir:_ │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ If the directory can't be added then the following message will be displayed in the working area: Directory Could Not Be Added 4.2.2 Delete Directory (F8) The F8 function key will delete the specified directory from both the disk and tree display. The parent directory of the directory to be deleted MUST be selected (pressing enter key) and then with the directory movement keys or the mouse, position to the desired subdirectory (don't press enter key) to be deleted and press the F8 function key. 1. Deletion is denied if the user is currently in the specified directory. The parent directory must be the selected directory this is accomplished by pressing the enter key. 2. Deletion is denied if the highlighted directory is not empty (ie: has subdirectories, files still attached or if the directory is substituted or joined). The addition will also be denied if there is a path to the directory. The Environment option can be used to see if a path is pointing to the directory. The Drives option can be used to determine if a drive is SUBST to a directory. - 8 - 3. Deletion is denied if the highlighted directory is the root directory. The root directory can never be deleted. If the directory can't be deleted then the following error message will be displayed in the working area: Directory Could Not Be Deleted 4.2.3 Rename Directory (F9) The rename directory options allows the user to rename a specified directory. To rename a directory, select the directory to be renamed and press the F9 key. At the prompt, enter the new name of the directory. At this point the disk and directory tree will be updated to reflect the change. Renaming directories is only allowed with DOS 3+ and is not supported with DOS 2.x. The root directory can't be renamed. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ OldDir To: NewDir █ █║ RDIR ║ █ █╚══════╝ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ 4.3 Verify (V) "V" is the verify key that is used to verify various functions before they are carried out. Verification is required when copying, moving and deleting files. Power Scanner will prompt when verification is needed. The user can use his mouse to verify those options that required verification. The verification prompt will be displayed in the working area. The user will place the mouse pointer within the verification box and press the left mouse button. The following is an example of the verification prompt: ┌───────────┐ │V To Verify│ └───────────┘ ^ |---- "V" will be in reverse video 4.4 PS Exit (F10) Pressing the F10 key will allow the user to exit Power Scanner and return to the DOS prompt. - 9 - 4.5 File Movement Keys Upon entering a directory, by pressing the enter-key, that contains one or more files, the first file in the directory is indicated by two small triangular indicators, on the left and right side of the file name. These indicate which file is the current "indicated file", and further file information about the file is presented at the top of the display screen just above the file display area. Files are presented in pages, 45 at a time, to the user. To indicate which page the user is on, the page number is provided to the right of the files displayed. To change the "indicated file" the file indicator is moved from file to file through the use of the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. The mouse can also be used to change the indicated file and page through the file pages. To change the indicated file, position the mouse pointer over the desired file and then press the left mouse button twice. At this point, the desired file will become the indicated file. In order to page through the files there are two mouse hot spots. The one marked "D" will allow the user to page down through the files and the one marked "U" will allow paging up through the files (Paging will only occur if there are more than one page of files.) The arrow keys will also allow the user to manipulate the directory tree. They are activated by pressing the Shift-TAB keys, which acts as a toggle. The small arrow in the center and top of the screen points in the direction that the arrow keys are currently targeted against. If the arrow points to the left, then they work on the directory tree and to the right against the files. The mouse can also be used to changed the arrows keys. Position the mouse pointer on the arrow at the top center of the display and press the left mouse button. The following is the list of the arrows keys when directed against the directory tree: The page up and down keys are active only when the currently displayed directory has more files than will fit on a single page. Dn Arrow - Go down in the directory structure (Same As F1) Up Arrow - Go up in the directory structure (Same As F2) PgDn - Page down through tree (Same As F3) PgUp - Page up through tree (Same As F4) Home - Top of tree structure (Same As F5) End - Bottom of tree structure (Same As F6) 4.5.1 Up Arrow The up arrow key will move to the previous file. - 10 - 4.5.2 Down Arrow The down arrow key will move to the next file. 4.5.3 Left Arrow The left arrow key will move to the file left of the indicated file. 4.5.4 Right Arrow The right arrow key will move to the file on the right of the indicated file. 4.5.5 Home The home key will move to the first file on the first page. 4.5.6 End The end key will move to the first file on the last page. 4.5.8 Page Down (PgDn) The Page Down key will move to the next page of files. - 11 - 4.6 Directory Rescan (Alt-F1) The directory rescan option will rescan the directories of the current drive. This option may be necessary if you switch floppies in a floppy drive. It will also be necessary if you add, delete or rename directories without using the directory modification (F7, F8 or F9) options. If the "EXPAND" or "Directory Sort" options from the Standard Defaults (Shift-F1) are modified, then a Rescan will be required to change the look of the directory tree. The following will be displayed in the working area during the Re-Scan operation: Mouse users can position the mouse pointer on the "Directories" word at the bottom left of the main display and press the left mouse button. This will rescan the current drive. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █ Scanning Directories █ █ xxx █ █ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ All files that have been dismounted will become mounted after the rescan. Those directories will have to be dismounted again if so desired. 4.7 Screen Refresh (Alt-F2) The refresh screen option will allow the user to redraw the entire screen. This may become necessary should a DOS message like "Abort, Retry or Ignore" disrupt the screen. 4.8 Free Space (Alt-F3) This option will allow the user to find out the available free space of any drive without having to leave the current drive or Power Scanner. This option would most appropriately be used when tagging files on the current drive to copy to another drive. This way the user can get a rough estimate as to how many files can be tagged and copied to the target drive. The number of free bytes will be displayed on the lower box border. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █ █║ Free ║ Drv:_ │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ - 12 - If the user is checking free space on a drive that has removable disks and the drive is not ready then the following message will be displayed in the Working Area. Drive Not Ready To check the free space using the mouse, the possible drives to select from are on the left side of the Power Scanner display. Move the mouse pointer over the desired drive and press the right mouse button. The information will be displayed on the bottom of the main screen. The following is an example of the drives on the left side of the display: ┌──────────────────────────────── │C C:\PS │ ┌────────────────────────────── │A│ │B│ │C│-> Position the mouse pointer over "C" │ │ and press the right mouse button the │E│ free space will be displayed on the │ │ lower border of the display │ │ │ │ 4.9 Change Drive (Alt-F4) This option will allow the user to change from drive to drive without leaving Power Scanner. All valid drives attached to the system are listed on the left side of the main display. Further information about those drives can be obtained by using System Drives option, Ctl-F2. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █ █║ DRV ║ Drv:_ │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ If the user is switching to a drive that has removable disks and the drive is not ready then the following message will be displayed in the Working Area. Drive Not Ready To change drives using the mouse the possible drives to select from are on the left side of the Power Scanner display. Move the mouse pointer over the desired drive and press the left mouse button. - 13 - ┌──────────────────────────────── │C C:\PS │ ┌────────────────────────────── │A│ │B│ │C│-> Position the mouse pointer over "C" │ │ and press the left mouse button the │E│ drive will change │ │ │ │ │ │ 4.10 Directory Tree Dump (Alt-F5) The activation of this function will dump the tree structure into the file "ps_tree.dmp" in the root directory of the current drive. The directory tree will be printed in one of two formats Expanded or Non-Expanded. The format will depend on the setting of the "EXPAND" option from the Standard Defaults display, Shift-F1. The following is an example of the output: C:\ C:\ ├─ADA ├ADA │ ├─BIN │├BIN │ └─LIBRARY │└LIBRARY ├─DOS ├DOS ├─NED ├NED │ ├─ADA │├ADA │ │ ├─NPRINT ││├─NPRINT │ │ └─PS ││└─PS │ └─DOCS │└DOCS └─WINDOWS └WINDOWS Expanded Non-Expanded 4.11 Display Colors (Alt-F6) This option will allow the user to change the colors of the Power Scanner display. Upon entering this option, the border, foreground and background colors may be modified. These changes are logged into one of Power Scanners files, so that every time Power Scanner is activated the user will retain his color settings. While changing colors, the colors in the working area will not change. This will allow the user to see his original colors before starting this option. - 14 - ████████████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗F1 - ForeGround F2 - BackGround █ █║COLORS║F3 - Border F4 - ReSet Mono █ █╚══════╝F5 - Update & Exit ESC - Update & Exit█ ████████████████████████████████████████████████ 4.12 Touch Files (Alt-F7) This option will allow the user to modify the date and time of all tagged files to the current system date and time. If there are no tagged files then the following message will be displayed in the working area: No Files Tagged To Touch The mouse can be use to touch all tagged files with a single click of the left mouse button. The second line in the file area contains the letter "T". Pressing the left mouse button in this area will touch all tagged files. There must be tagged files for this option to work. 4.13 Standard Defaults (Shift-F1) The Standard Defaults option will allow the user to define a number of default parameters. The user can specify the default editor (depressing the "E" key), the default lister ("L" key), the default Word Processor "W" key, and default printer ("P" key) programs. The initial defaults for the editor, lister, word processor and printer are "edit", "type", "word", and "print", but may be changed by the user. Upon selection of this option, the user is presented with a display of the current defaults. The user should specify a complete pathname or have a path set to the directory for the desired editor, lister, word processor and print programs. For example, if the desired editor is "edit.com" in the "dos" directory on the "c:" drive, then specify "c:\dos\edit" rather than just "edit". This option will also allow the user to specify which drives the program will maintain "log" files. These log files make it possible so Power Scanner will not have to rescan the entire disk each time on startup to determine the directory tree information. The log files are kept in the directory pointed to by the environment variable "SET PS=" as described in chapter three. Log file names have the following format: ps_X_dir.log {where X is the drive being logged} 1) The "startup" parameter allows the user of Power Scanner to identify the directory where the program will first be set. If this parameter is not filled in then the program will place the user in the directory where Power Scanner was started up. - 15 - 2) The expand option allows the user to specify how the directory tree will be displayed. A value of "N" indicates the structure will be drawn tightly together and a "Y" means to space out the directory tree. It may be necessary to condense the directory display if the directory paths become to long to display. 3) The Directory Sort option allows the user to have the directory tree display sorted. Any value other "N" will cause the display to be sorted. 5) The "seconds" options will allow the program to display the seconds in the upper right corner of the main display. A value of "Y" turns this option on and any other value and only the hour and minutes will be displayed. 6) The Maximum Directories option will allow the user to define the maximum number of directories that Power Scanner will Process. Whenever this option is changed, the user must exit Power Scanner and restart the program before the modification will take effect. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to position the cursor to this option. At this point using the '+' and '-' keys will allow the value to change in increments of 25. 7) The Maximum Files option will allow the user to define the maximum number of files that Power Scanner will process. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to position the cursor to this option. At this point using the '+' and '-' keys will allow the value to change in increments of 25. Whenever this option is changed, the user must exit Power Scanner and restart the program before the modification will take effect. 8) The "BASIC" option allows the user to define the basic program to execute against their ".BAS" files. Over the years there have been many basic interpreters, Power Scanner provides the capability for the user to define theirs. 9) The "PS Saver" option allows the user to turn on the screen saver option provided with the program. The user can define the number of minutes before the option will take effect. If the value is zero then the screen saver option will be turned off and any numeric value other that zero will turn the option on. This screen saver is NOT a TSR, the option will only work while the main display is active. In the upper right corner of the main display is the current status of the screen saver option, either "on" or "off". Power Scanner is in an idle mode when the clock in the upper right corner is updating. - 16 - The following shows the display when the Standards Default options is selected: ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Standards Defaults █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=465K█Help = H █ █Startup = C:\Startup_Dir █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 * █Saver Off█ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █Editor = EDIT █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █Lister = TYPE █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █Printer = PRINT █ File .7 █ █ █ █WP = WORD █ █ █ █ █Drives = CE █ █ █ █ █Expand = Y █ █ █ █ █Sort = Y █ █ █ █ █Seconds = Y █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Maximum Dir (+ or -): 150█ █ █ █ █Maximum Files (+ or -): 150█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Basic = QBASIC █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █PS Saver= xx Minute(s) █ █ █ █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █C:\PS (Startup Directory) █ █ █ █ █ █ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ The entries from this option are stored into one of Power Scanner files so that when the program is executed the user attributes will be in effect. - 17 - 4.14 Executable Links (Shift-F2) The Executable Links option allows the user to assign certain executable task to the keys Alt-1 through Alt-9. For example, the user may want to assign the executable task PMAP to the Alt-2 key. Any time the user wishes to execute PMAP, all that has to be done is a key press Alt-2. This option also allows the user to specify a number of macro codes with the task to be executed. The following table delineates the macro options: %P -> Prompt The User Before Returning To Power Scanner %C -> Allow The User To Enter Command Line Arguments %T -> Process Tagged File(s) %I -> Process Current Indicated File ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Executable Defaults █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █ █Alt1= C:\MISC\CENV █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 * █Saver On █ █Alt2= C:\MISC\PMAP %P █████████████████████████████████████████████ █Alt3= C:\DOS\MEM /C %P █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █Alt4= █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █Alt5= █ File .7 █ █ █ █Alt6= █ █ █ █ █Alt7= █ █ █ █ █Alt8= █ █ █ █ █Alt9= █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Macro Definitions █ █ █ █ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ █ █ █ █▒%C-Command Line Entry ▒█ █ █ █ █▒%I-Process Indicated File ▒█ █ █ █ █▒%T-Process Tagged File(s) ▒█████████████████████████████████████████████ █▒%P-Prompt Before Returning▒█ █ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ █ █ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ The entries from this option are stored into one of Power Scanner files so that when the program is executed the user attributes will be in effect. - 18 - The following shows a few examples of macro usage: wp %I - Execute wordperfect against the current indicated file. When wordperfect is exited the user is returned to Power Scanner. pkunzip %I%P - Execute pkunzip against the current indicated file. When pkunzip has finished executing the user will be prompted before returning to Power Scanner's main screen. dir /w %I - Do a wide directory listing on the current selected directory and prompt the user before returning to Power Scanner's. del %T%I - Delete all tagged files and prompt the user before returning to Power Scanner's main screen. list %C - Execute the list program but allow the user to enter an argument before the list program goes into execution. - 19 - 4.15 Directory Links (Shift-F3) The Directory Links option allows the user to assign various directories to the keys 1-9. For example, the user may want to assign the PS directory to key 1 then any time the user wishes to go to the C:\PS directory all that has to be done is a key press of 1. Power Scanner will also allow directories on other drives to be linked. In this case Power Scanner will switch to the specified drive and place the user in the specified directory. If the directory on the other drive does not exist then the user will be placed in the root directory. The following shows a few examples: ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Link Directories █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █ █1= C:\PS █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 █Saver On █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █2= C:\NED\ADA\PS\POWER █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █ █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █3= A:\ █ File .7 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █4= B:\BACKUP █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █5= █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █6= █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █7= █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █8= █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █9= █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ The entries from this option are stored into one of Power Scanner files so that when the program is executed the user attributes will be in effect. - 20 - 4.16 File Protection (Shift-F4) The File Protection option will allow the user to give some protection to their System and Hidden files. By default, the user will not be able to Move, Delete, Rename or Tag System and Hidden Files. Any value other than "Y" filled in this display will not allow these actions to take place. There is sort of double protection built into this option. For example, if the "Move System Files" is given a value of "Y" and "Tag System Files is not "Y" then system files still can't be moved. Because System files can't be tagged and the MOVE function requires files to be moved to be tagged, there is no way for them to be moved. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ File Protection █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █ █Move System Files = N █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 █Saver On █ █Delete System Files = N █████████████████████████████████████████████ █Rename System Files = N █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █Tag System Files = N █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █Move Hidden Files = N █ File .7 █ █ █ █Delete Hidden Files = N █ █ █ █ █Rename Hidden Files = N █ █ █ █ █Tag Hidden Files = N █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ The entries from this option are stored into one of Power Scanner files so that when the program is executed the user attributes will be in effect. - 21 - 4.17 Mouse Parameters (Shift-F5) The Mouse Parameter option is for those mouse users that would like to change a few of the mouse's characteristics. There are five things that the user can modify. 1) Pressing the "C" key will allow the mouse pointer to change to one of the various mouse pointers. 2) Pressing the "O" key will allow the user to toggle the on/off status of the mouse. "ON" means the mouse will operate with the program and "OFF" will mean the mouse will not work with the program. When the status of the mouse is turned off, the mouse pointer will be turned off. 3) Pressing the "S" key will allow the user to toggle the left and right mouse buttons switch functions. 4) Pressing the "X" key will allow the user to modify the X coordinate value that indicates how fast the mouse cursor moves along the X axis. 5) Pressing the "Y" key will allow the user to modify the Y coordinate value that indicates how fast the mouse cursor moves along the Y axis. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Mouse Parameters █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=468K█Help = H █ █Mouse Installed: Yes █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 * █Saver On █ █Mouse Buttons: 3 █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █Mouse Cursor: C █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █ █ File .7 █ █ █ █Mouse On/Off: Yes █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Mouse Switch: Left Right █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █X Coordinate: 8 █ █ █ █ █Y Coordinate: 16 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ The entries from this option are stored into one of Power Scanner files so that when the program is executed the user attributes will be in effect. - 22 - 4.18 Dump Disk (Control-F9) The Dump Disk option will allow the user to dump specified file from the current disk drive. The output will be written to a user specified file in the directory pointed to by the 'ps' environment variable. The following is the list of options associated with this function: 1) Dump Filename - This will be the name of the output files that will contain the list of files. The default output file is 'files.dmp'. 2) Specification - This will be the type of files that will be dumped to the output file. The default '*.*' is to dump all files on the current disk. 3) Lower Case - This option will allow the user to choose lower case for the files being dumped. The default is upper case. 4) Current - Putting a 'Y' in this option will indicate that the current drive is to be dumped. 5) SubDirectories - Putting a 'Y' in this option will indicate that the current directory and all subdirectories off of the current directory is to be dumped. 6) Entire Disk - Putting a 'Y' in this option indicates that the entire disk is to be dumped. The following is an example of the output produced by the Dump Disk option. ************************************************************************** * Dumped Files *.* * * * * Directory: \ * * command.com wina20.386 config.sys autoexec.bat * * Total Files: 4 * * * * Directory: \ps * * ps_std.def ps_adr.adr ps.exe ps.ico ps.pif * * ps_help.exe ps_setup.exe ps_stand.exe strip.doc ps_c_dir.log * * ps_glb.def files.dmp * * Total Files: 12 * * * * * * All Files: 16 * ************************************************************************** - 23 - The following display will be presented to the user when the Dump Disk option is choosen. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Dump Disk █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=468K█Help = H █ █Dump Filename: files.dmp █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 * █Saver On █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █Specification: *.* █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █ █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █Lower Case: N █ File .7 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Current: N █ █ █ █ █SubDirectories: N █ █ █ █ █Entire Disk: N █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Directories: 123 █ █ █ █ █Files: 1823 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ - 24 - 4.19 System Equipment (Control-F1) This option will list the currently installed equipment on the system. It will show how many printer ports are installed on the system and indicate if there is a serial printer port. The user can see if a mouse is installed on the system and if there is DMA. The display also shows how many RS232 ports, diskettes, if there is a game port, the amount of system RAM and if there is a math coprocessor installed. The user will see the initial video mode along with the current video mode. The status of the printer connected to LPT1: is also given. The last line in the display will display the status of a Microsoft Network Compatible Network. If the line is blank there is not one, otherwise "MicroSoft Compatible Network" will be displayed. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Computer Equipment █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=468K█Help = H █ █Printers = 2 Serial = Yes █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 * █Saver On █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █Mouse = Yes DMA = No █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █ █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █Game Adaptor = No █ File .7 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █RS232 Ports = 2 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Diskette Drives = 2 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Initial Video Mode = Mono 80█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █System Ram = 16 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █CoProcessor = Yes █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █Current Video = Mono_80 █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █ █ █Printer Available █ █ █ █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ - 25 - 4.20 System Drives (Control-F2) This Power Scanner option will allow the user to display all of the drives on the system. That is the drives defined up to the LASTDRIVE statement in the CONFIG.SYS file. If there is no LASTDRIVE statement in the CONFIG.SYS file, then LASTDRIVE=E is the default. The program will print out the number of free bytes on all non-SUBST drives. Power Scanner can also detect Microsoft Compatible NetWork drives and drives connected to a directory by means of the JOIN command. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ System Drives █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=468K█Help = H █ █ █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █Saver On █ █A:Physical J:No Drive S: No █████████████████████████████████████████████ █B:Physical K:No Drive T: No █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █C:Physical L:No Drive U: No █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █D:No Drive M:No Drive V: SUB█ File .7 █ █ █ █E:No Drive N:No Drive W: No █ █ █ █ █F:SUBST O:No Drive X: No █ █ █ █ █G:SUBST P:No Drive Y: No █ █ █ █ █H:No Drive Q:No Drive Z: SUB█ █ █ █ █I:SUBST R:No Drive █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █A: Drive Not Ready █ █ █ █ █B: Drive Not Ready █ █ █ █ █C: 4,354,048 Free Byte█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ 4.21 ASCII Table (Control-F3) This option will allow the user to get a dump of the ASCII character set, reference in both decimal and hexadecimal. The up and down arrow keys will allow movement through the display. Positioning the mouse pointer over the desired option will allow the user the move through the ASCII table and exit the option. - 26 - 4.22 System Environment (Control-F4) This option will display the system environment. Pressing the ESC key or the left mouse button will exit this option. The following is an example of the data that will be displayed: 1 COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM 2 PS=C:\PS 3 PATH=C:\MOUSE;C:\WINDOWS;C:;E: ;F:;G: 4 TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP 5 PROMPT=$P$G 4.23 Calendar (Control-F5) This option will allow the user to create a calendar for a specified year in the directory pointed to by the "SET PS=" environment command for Power Scanner. The output file will be of the following format: YEARxxxx.OUT {Where xxxx is the year defined by the user} The following is an example of the output. 1992 January February March SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 31 April May June SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 - 27 - 4.24 Phone Book (Ctl-F6) The Phone Book option allows the user to maintain a list of up to 45 phone numbers on three pages. The up and down arrows will allow the user to move up and down on a page and the page-up and page-down will allow movement through the pages. Pressing F10 will update the users file and pressing the ESC key will abort the option. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Phone Book Page 1 of 1 █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=468K█Help = H █ █ Name Phone █Free: 13,432,003█D: 1 C: 5 * █Saver On █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █1 John Doe 555-5555█>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █2 Jane Doe 555-1234█ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █3 █ File .7 █ █ █ █4 █ █ █ █ █5 █ █ █ █ █6 █ █ █ █ █7 █ █ █ █ █8 █ █ █ █ █9 █ █ █ █ █10 █ █ █ █ █11 █ █ █ █ █12 █ █ █ █ █13 █ █ █ █ █14 █ █ █ █ █15 █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ The entries from this option are stored into one of Power Scanner files so that when the program is executed the user attributes will be in effect. - 28 - 4.25 Note Pad (Ctl-F7) The Note Pad option allows the user to have a 15 line area to keep notes for himself. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Note Pad █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=465K█Help = H █ █****************************█Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █Saver On █ █* *█████████████████████████████████████████████ █* Power Scanner *█>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █ █* V4.2 *█ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █ █* *█ File .7 █ █ █ █* November 1st 1992 *█ █ █ █ █* *█ █ █ █ █* *█ █ █ █ █* *█ █ █ █ █* *█ █ █ █ █* *█ █ █ █ █* *█ █ █ █ █* *█ █ █ █ █* *█ █ █ █ █****************************█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █████████████████████████████████████████████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ The entries from Note Pad are stored into one of Power Scanner files so that when the program is executed the user attributes will be in effect. 4.26 Disclaimer (Control-F8) This option will print for the user the program's disclaimer. This disclaimer is listed in chapter 12 of this document. Pressing the ESC key or the left mouse button will allow the user to exit this option. - 29 - 4.27 Change File Attributes (A) This option allows the user to change four of the attribute bits on the indicated file. Upon activation, the user can turn on/off the read-only bit, system bit, hidden bit and the archive bit by toggling the "r", "s", "h" and "a" keys respectively. Changing the file's attribute bits only takes effect when the "enter" key is depressed. The following is an example of the display in the working area: ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ Read Only ON/OFF System ON/OFF █ █║ATTRIB║ Archive ON/OFF Hidden ON/OFF █ █╚══════╝ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ The mouse user can also use the mouse to select the File Attributes option. Pressing the left mouse button over the attribute field of the current indicated file will select this option. 4.28 Change File Attributes For Tagged Files (Alt-A) This option allows the user to change four of the attribute bits on all tagged files. Upon activation, the user can turn on/off the read-only bit, system bit, hidden bit and the archive bit by toggling the "r", "s", "h" and "a" keys respectively. Changing tagged file attributes bits only takes effect when the "enter" key is depressed. If there are no tagged files then the following will be displayed in the working area: No Files Tagged For Change The mouse user can also use the mouse to select the change file attributes for tagged files. In order for this option to work there must be at least one tagged file. Position the mouse pointer over the attribute field and press the left mouse button and then this option will become active. - 30 - 4.29 Copy Files (Alt-C) The copy tagged files option will copy those files that are tagged (see "tagging" below) to a specified directory, name or disk. If the user desires to make a second copy of a file in the same directory, specify only the new name of the file. If the user specifies only a drive specification such as "a:", the program will copy the tagged files to the current directory on that drive. If the user does not specify a destination directory but simply enters a carriage return, the program will copy the tagged files to the directory which is currently highlighted. When choosing this last method of specifying, the destination directory, prior to entering the carriage return the user may change the highlighted directory with the F1 through F6 keys. The program will not allow the user to copy a file or files to the same directory without specifying a new filename. In other words, no copy will take place if the user simply presses the enter-key and the highlighted directory also happens to be the current directory. This prevents the system from trying to copy a file onto itself and consequently clobbering itself. While files are being copied, the total file count will be displayed along with a count of the files all ready copied. When copying files from one drive to another and the size of all the files to be copied are too much for the target drive, the operation will NOT be carried out. The user will be presented with the message "Not Enough Space" and the operation aborted. At this point, the user should get the amount of free space on the target drive, via the Free Space option Alt-F3, and tag only files that will fit on the target drive or take some appropriate action. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █ █║ COPY ║To:_ │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ 3 Of 46 └────────────┘ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ If no files have been tagged then the following message will be displayed in the working area: No Files Tagged To Be Copied The mouse can be use to select the copy function with a single click of the left mouse button. The second line in the file area contains the letter "C". Pressing the left mouse button in this area will activate the copy option. - 31 - 4.30 Delete Tagged Files (Alt-D) The delete tagged files option allows the user to delete those files that are tagged (see Option "T" below). Power Scanner will not allow the user to delete files that are Read-only. While files are being deleted, the total file count will be displayed along with a count of the files all ready deleted. Reference File Protection option Shift-F4. If no files have been tagged then the following message will be displayed in the working area: No Files Tagged To Be Deleted The mouse can be use to select the delete all tagged files with a single click of the left mouse button. The second line in the file area contains the letter "D". Pressing the left mouse button in this area will select the delete option. 4.31 Find File(s) (Alt-F) The find file option allows the user to search all directories for a specified file specification. The users file specification will be displayed in the lower right corner of the display. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █ █║ Find ║ Find:_ │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ Once the specified file(s) are found, the user will be given the following set of options to choose from: ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ F1 - Continue Searching █ █║ Find ║ F2 - Return Org. Directory █ █╚══════╝ Return - Stop & Enter Directory █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ F1 will allow Power Scanner to continue searching for the file specification, F2 will stop the find operation and return the user to the directory where find was started and a return will stop the find operation and leave the user in the current directory. If the entire directory structure has been searched the user is returned to the original directory. - 32 - There are a few other keys available while the find operation is active. The user can access the arrow keys on the key pad and the users editor, word processor, lister and execution options are also available. 4.32 Extended Help (Alt-H) This option will provide the user with some extended help concerning the functions of Power Scanner. Help can be obtain on the requested function by using the up, down, left or right arrow keys on the numeric key pad. The mouse can be used to select the desired option by clicking the left mouse button over the desired selection. The user can also scroll up and down through the menu options by positioning the mouse pointer over the desired arrow above the display area and pressing the left mouse button. To exit this option position the mouse pointer over the "ESC" word and press the left mouse button. █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█ █ Extended Help █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █ █ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █ █ Add Dir Free Space █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █Saver On █ █ Attributes Mount/DisM ██████████████████████████████████████████████ █ Author Move Files █ Sort Criteria <Alt-S> █ █ Copy Files Owner Lic █ █ █ Change Drive Password █ The Sort criteria option allows the user█ █ Color Change Print File █to choose how files are to be displayed. The█ █ Control Options Program ID █user has the option to sort by name, date,█ █ Delete Dir. Program L █extension, size or no-sort at all. The sort█ █ Delete Files ReScan █can be ascending or descending and the case█ █ Dir. Links ReFresh █of the files can also be chosen. The user█ █ Dir. Dump Rename Dir █can choose the file specification to be█ █ DOS Command Sort Crit █displayed, the default is all files. If any█ █ EGA 43 Line Std Dflts █file specification other than *.* is█ █ Execute Tag █specified then the file specification will█ █ Edit Defaults Touch Files█be display at the bottom of the display. █ █ Edit Files Untag █ █ █ Exit Verify █ █ █ File Protection Volume Lab ██████████████████████████████████████████████ █ Find Files Word Proc █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ - 33 - 4.33 Show Program Version And ID (Alt-I) This option will display the author, version, version date and the copyright information for Power Scanner. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ William Ned Miller █ █║ ID ║ V4.2 November 1st 1992 █ █╚══════╝ Copyright 1991-1992 █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ The mouse can also be used to select this option. Position the mouse pointer over the "V" in V4.2 at the bottom of the Power Scanner display and press the left mouse button. 4.34 Program Limit (Alt-L) This option will display certain program defaults and system information about the computers memory. First, it shows the number of directories that PS will process and the number of files that can be displayed for any one directory. Second this option shows the amount of base memory, extended memory and the size of Power Scanner. Only the amount of available extended memory will be displayed. For example if a RAM drive is installed, using all of extended memory, then extended memory will show up with a value of zero. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ Directories: 250 Base 640K █ █║Limits║ Files: 300 Extended 1024K █ █╚══════╝ Size 108K █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ The mouse can also be used to select this option. Position the mouse pointer over the "PS" in PS: at the bottom of the Power Scanner display and press the left mouse button. 4.35 Move Files (Alt-M) The move tagged files option allows the user to move those files tagged (see "tagging" below) to another directory on the same drive. The user may change the highlighted directory with the F1 through F6 keys prior to entering the carriage return. Additionally, the highlighted directory MUST be different from the current directory (the one in which the tagged files are in) for this option to work. Files can't be moved across drives. While files are being moved, the total file count will be displayed along with a count of the files all ready moved. - 34 - The user should be careful when using this option. System files in the root should never be moved unless the user knows what they are doing. Reference File Protection Option Shift-F4. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ ┌───────────┐ ┌────────────┐ █ █║ MOVE ║ │V To Verify│ │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ └───────────┘ └────────────┘ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ If no files have been tagged then the following message will be displayed in the working area: No Files Tagged To Move The mouse can be used to verify or abort this option. Placing the mouse pointer over the "V To Verify" and pressing the left mouse button will verify the operation. Placing the mouse pointer over the "ESC To Abort" and pressing the left mouse button will abort this operation. The mouse can be used to select the move all tagged files with a single click of the left mouse button. The second line in the file area contains the letter "M". Pressing the left mouse button in this area will activate the move files option. 4.36 Show Licensed Owner (Alt-O) The owner's option will show the licensed information for the authorized user of Power Scanner. This information will be displayed on the bottom border of the display. All users that register the program will receive instructions to remove the initial time delay and insert their name and registration number. - 35 - 4.37 Password (Alt-P) This option gives the user the ability to lock out other users from accessing the system. The password can be any alphanumeric string up to 15 characters. Using the password option does not prevent someone from rebooting the system and gaining access. The directory area will clear and the following will be displayed in that area: Password 1 = _ Once a password has been entered, the following will be displayed waiting for the same password as entered in the prompt displayed above: Password 2 = _ 4.38 File Renaming Power Scanner provides the user the ability to rename the indicated file or all Tagged files. 4.38.1 Rename File (Alt-R) The rename file option allows the user to rename the indicated file to a new name. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ Indicated File ┌────────────┐ █ █║RENAME║ To │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ _ └────────────┘ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ - 36 - 4.38.2 Control File Renaming (Ctl-R) The control rename files option allows the user to rename all Tagged files. The user will be prompted for a new file name for each tagged file upon activation of this option. Reference File Protection Shift-F4. ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ Tagged File ┌────────────┐ █ █║ CREN ║ To │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ New File Name └────────────┘ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ 4.39 File Selection & Sort (Alt-S) The file selection and sort option allows the user to specify sort criteria for files in a directory. The user may sort on the Name, Extension, Size, Date or choose no sort at all. Depressing the arrow keys will allow sorting to be ascending or descending. The user may also choose the case that the files are to be displayed in. The user may also choose the type of files to be display under the selection option. The new sort and file select filter take effect upon termination of the sort/select option, pressing of the enter key. After terminating this option, the new sort option will be displayed in the top box of the display. All information in this options is save in the file "PS_STD.DEF" so that every time Power Scanner is activated the options will continue to be in affect. This information is displayed in the upper right corner of the main display. The following shows the keys to activate any particular field: S - Choose sort field (Rotate Through All Fields) C - Choose the case E - Enter editor for file selection (Enter To Exit Editor) Up Arrow - Ascending Down Arrow - Descending If the selection of files is anything other than "*.*", the selection criteria will be displayed on the bottom border of the display. The following is an example of the prompts in the working area when this option is selected: ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗Sort: None Name Ext Size Date █ █║ SORT ║Case: Upper Lower Way: ^ █ █╚══════╝Select: *.* █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ - 37 - 4.40 Tagging & Untagging (T)/(U)/(Alt-T)/(Alt-U) & (Ctl-T) The tagging and untagging options allow the user to select files that will be processed by another function. For example, the user can delete all tagged files. Reference File Protection Shift-F4. 4.40.1 Single Tag (T) The tag option is used to tag a file. When this option is selected, the current indicated file is tagged by highlighting the file. At this point the next file down will become the indicated file. The total of all tagged files will be accumulated and displayed in the lower right part of the display. Placing the mouse pointer over the desired file and pressing the left mouse button will tag that file. 4.40.2 All Tag (Alt-T) The tag all files option allows the user to tag all the files in the current directory in preparation for execution of another function. Placing the mouse pointer over the "Tagged" word just above the working area and pressing the left mouse button will tag all files. 4.40.3 Single UnTag (U) The UnTag option allows the user to untag a file that has been tagged. Placing the mouse pointer over the desired tagged file and pressing the left mouse button will untag that file. 4.40.4 All UnTag (Alt-U) The untag all files option allows the user to untag all the files that are currently tagged. Placing the mouse pointer over the "Tagged" word just above the working area and pressing the left mouse button will untag all files if they are already tagged. - 38 - 4.40.5 Control Tagging (Ctl-T) Control Tagging allows the user to Tag files according to a date specification. The option of Today will tag all files that have the date of the computers date. The Before option will tag all files with a date before the specified date and the after option will tag files with a date after the specified date. The right arrow key is used to move through the various options. When the Before or After options are highlighted the prompt "Date: <E>" will be displayed. This indicates that the "E" key is to be pressed so that the Power Scanner editor can be accessed to enter a specified date. The date must be of the form YYMMDD. If an invalid date is enter the user is given an error message and given the chance to re-enter the correct date. ████████████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ Off Today Before After┌────────────┐ █ █║ CTAG ║ Date: <E> │ESC To Abort│ █ █╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █ ████████████████████████████████████████████████ 4.41 Volume ID (Alt-V) The volume ID toggle option will display the volume label of the current drive. The volume ID will be displayed on the bottom line of the screen over the DOS and PS version values. If the volume has no label then the message "No Label" will be displayed. 4.42 Edit (E) The edit option will allow the user to edit the current "indicated file". The user must supply and identify the desired editor to the PS program. PS does not provide an editor of its own, but simply attempts to execute a ".com", ".exe" or ".bat" file that has been defined in the "Shift-F1" option as the default editor. The user should specify a full pathname for the desired editor with the "Shift-F1" option. If the user has not previously defined their own favorite editor to the PS program, the program will attempt to execute a file by the name of "edit.com", "edit.exe", or "edit.bat". Upon termination of the editing process, the PS program resumes where it left off. The mouse can be use to edit the current indicated file. The first line in the file area contains the letter "E". Pressing the left mouse button in this area will edit the current indicated file. - 39 - 4.43 Help (H) The help menu will display a one page summary of all available options. The following is an example of the help display: William Ned Miller Power Scanner HELP Screen V4.2 F1 - Dir Down |E - Edit File |F7 - Touch Files |F3 -Link Directories F2 - Dir Up |H - Help |F8 - Mount/Dismount |F4 -File Protection F3 - Dir Top |I - Program ID |A - Tag Attributes |F5 -Mouse Parameters F4 - Dir Bottom|L - List File |C - Copy Tag Files |TAB-Toggle Arrow F5 - Pg Dir Dn |P - Print |D - Delete Tag Files| F6 - Pg Dir Up |R - Rename File|F - Find Files | <<<Control>>> F7 - Add Dir |T - Tag File |I - Program ID |F1 - Sys Equipment F8 - Delete Dir|U - UnTag File |L - Program Limits |F2 - Sys Drives F9 - Verify |V - Verify |M - Move Tag Files |F3 - ASCII Table F10- Exit |W - WP |O - Owners Licensed |F4 - Sys Environment Home - 1st Pg |X - Execute |P - Password |F5 - Calendar End - Last Pg |Z - Cmd Line |S - Sort Criteria |F6 - Phone Book PgUp - Next Pg | <<<Alt>>> |T - Tag All Files |F7 - Note Pad PgDn - Prev Pg |F1 - ReScan |U - UnTag All Files |F8 - Disclaimer Left - Prv File|F2 - Refresh |V - Volume Label |F9 - Dump Disk Rght - Nxt File|F3 - Free Space| |E - 43/50 Line Mode Up - Prv File|F4 - Change Drv| <<<Shift>>> |H - Mouse Help Down - Nxt File|F5 - Tree Dump |F1 - Edit Defaults |R - Control Rename A - Attributes |F6 - Colors |F2 - Execute Links |T - Control Tagging <TAB> Letter - TAB To First Directory Off Of Main Directory 1 - 9 - Link Directories Alt1 - Alt9 - Executables Links 4.44 List (L) The list option will allow the user to list the contents of the current "indicated file". The user must supply and identify the desired lister program to the PS program. The PS program does not provide a lister program of its own, but simply attempts to execute a ".com", ".exe" or ".bat" file that has been defined by the "Shift_F1" option as the default lister. The user should specify a complete pathname for the desired lister program with the "Shift-F1" option. If the user has not previously defined a lister program to the PS program, the program will use the DOS TYPE command against the file. The mouse can be used to list the current indicated file. The first line in the file area contains the letter "L". Pressing the left mouse button in this area will list the current indicated file. - 40 - 4.45 Print Tagged Files (P) The print tagged files option allows the user to send to the print program all tagged files. This option simply sends to the user-specified "print" program the tagged files. The user specifies the desired print program through the use of the "Shift-F1 standard defaults option. If the user has not previously defined a print program to the PS program, the program will use the DOS PRINT command against the file(s). Before files are sent to the printer, the status of the printer is checked. The following two messages could be presented to the user: Printer Turned Off/Off Line or Printer Out Of Paper If there are no tagged files to print the following message will be display in the working area: No Files Tagged To Print 4.46 Word Processor (W) The Word Processor option will allow the user to edit the current "indicated file" with their favorite word processor. The user must supply and identify the desired word processor to the PS program. PS does not provide a word processor of its own, but simply attempts to execute a ".com" or ".exe" file that has been defined by the "Shift-F1" option as the default word processor. The user should specify a full pathname for the desired word processor with the "Shift-F1" option. If the user has not previously defined their own favorite word processor to the PS program, the program will attempt to execute a file by the name of "word.com", "word.exe", or "word.bat". Upon termination of the editing process, the PS program resumes where it left off. The mouse can be used to access the specified word processor and edit the current indicated file The first line in the file area contains the letter "W". Pressing the left mouse button in this area will edit the current indicated file. 4.47 Execute File (X) The execute file option allows the user to execute the current indicated file if its extension is ".bas", ".com", ".exe", or ".bat". Prior to the execution of any file, the user has the option to enter command line arguments which are passed to the indicated program as it goes into execution. IF a ".bas", basic program, is to be executed then a basic program has to be defined. The name of the basic interpreter is entered in the Standards Defaults options, Shift-F1. The default is "BASIC", but if GWBASIC, BASICA or QBASIC is to be used then the BASIC name must be changed. - 41 - The mouse can be used to execute the current indicated file. The second line in the file area contains the letter "X". Pressing the left mouse button in this area will execute the current indicated file if it is an executable file. 4.48 Command Entry (Z) The command entry option allows the user to enter any command they would enter at the normal DOS command prompt. Whatever is entered by the user is passed on to a second copy of "command.com". Upon depressing the "z" key the main display is scrolled and the following message will appear: Enter 'EXIT' To Return To Power Scanner The DOS command line prompt will be the current path. Users may enter as many commands in sequence as they desire, returning to PS by entering 'EXIT' at the DOS Command Line Prompt. When this option is in effect do not use the DOS SET command, because it will not remain in affect when Power Scanner it exited. Placing the mouse pointer over "DOS" at the bottom of the Power Scanner display and pressing the left mouse pointer will push the user to DOS. 4.49 EGA 43/50 Line Mode (Ctl-E) This option allows the user to switch to a 43/50 line mode if the user system has either a EGA, VGA or some other compatible type of monitor. This function acts like a toggle the first press of Ctl-E will switch to 43/50 line mode and a second press of Ctl-E will switch back to 25 line mode. 4.50 Mount/Dismount Directories (Alt-F8) This option will allow the user to mount and dismount directories from the directory tree. The following selection will be display in the working area upon the activation of this option: ███████████████████████████████████████████ █╔══════╗ F1 - Dismount Directories █ █║ DMOU ║ F2 - Mount Directories █ █╚══════╝ ESC - Exit █ ███████████████████████████████████████████ - 42 - 4.50.1 Dismount Directories The dismount option allows the removal of directories from the tree display. The directories and files associated with the dismounted directories are NOT deleted from the drive. Once activated, a press of the F1 key will dismount all directories below the current directory. If there are no subdirectories to dismount the following message will be displayed in the working area: No Subdirectories To Dismount 4.50.2 Mount Directories The mount option allows previously dismounted directories to be mounted. The directory to be mounted must be the selected directory. An '*' will be displayed under the "Free Core=" data in the upper right corner of the main display when a directory has been dismounted. If there are no directories to mount the following message will be displayed in the working area: This Directory Has Not Been Dismounted 4.51 Mouse Help (Ctl-H) This option will provide to the user, an on-line pictorial representation of the hot spots on the Power Scanner Screen. Reference chapter 5 for more information. 4.52 TAB <letter> The TAB key will allow the user to position the directory tree selector to the directory off of the main directory. For example: <TAB d> will allow the user to position the directory selector to the first directory off of the main directory that is less than or equal to "d". 4.53 Escape (ESC) The Escape key allows the user to cancel all functions initiated from the working area. Once this key is pressed, the working area will be cleared to indicated that the operation has been canceled. 4.54 Enter When the enter key is pressed the user will enter the current highlighted directory. - 43 - 5.0 Mouse Support Power Scanner now provides mouse support for users that prefer to use a mouse. This chapter contains information on the use of the mouse with the Power Scanner program. Pressing the right button brings up the popup menu then select the "Mouse" suboption by clicking on it with the left mouse button. The following diagram shows the mouse hot spots for the various options. If the mouse buttons have been switched then the mouse referenced in the rest of this chapter will be reversed. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ C:\ADA\PS\BACKUP │ │ A ┌────────────────────┐ ┌──────────┬─────────┬────┐ │ │ B │C:\ │<H>│ │ │<T> │ │ │ C │ ├─ABC │ │ │ │ │ │ │ D │ ├─ADA │ └──────────┴─────────┴────┘ │ │ . │ │ ├─PS │ <R> │ │ . │ │ ├─BACKUP │ ┌──────┬─┬────────┬─┬─────┐ │ │ . │ │ └─NPRINT │<3>│ │9│ │A│ │ │ │<1>│ └─NED │<4>│ │ │ │M│ │ │ │ │ │<5>│ │J│ │N│ │ │ │ │ │<6>│ │K│ │O│ │ │ │ │ │<7>│ │L│ │P│ │ │ │ │ │<8>│ │ │ │Q│ │ │ │ │ │ └──────┴─┴────────┴─┴─────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ <F> <G> │ │ │ │ <2> │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────┘ │ │ <C> <D><E> <S>│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ <1> Pressing the left mouse button on the desired drive letter will allow Power Scanner to change to that drive. Pressing the right mouse button on the desired drive letter will allow Power Scanner to display the amount of free space on the specified drive. <2> Pressing the left mouse button to the right of a directory name will position the directory selector in that directory. The user will not enter the directory. Pressing the left mouse over or to the left of the directory filename will place the use in that directory. The user will be placed in the directory. <3> Pressing the left mouse button in this area will position the directory selector at the top of the directory tree. - 44 - <4> Pressing the left mouse button in this area will scroll the directory selector down one file. <5> Pressing the left mouse button in this area will page the user down the directory tree. <6> Pressing the left mouse button in this area will page the user up the directory tree. <7> Pressing the left mouse button in this area will scroll the directory selector up one file. <8> Pressing the left mouse button in this area will position the directory selector at the bottom of the directory tree. <9> Pressing the left mouse button in this area will page down through the files. <A> Pressing the left mouse button in this area will page up through the files. Pressing the left mouse button in this area allows the user to tag/untag all files. <C> Pressing the left mouse button over "DOS" at the bottom of the main display will push to DOS. <D> Pressing the left mouse button over "PS" at the bottom of the main display will allow the user to display the program's limits. <E> Pressing the left mouse button over the "V" in V4.2 at the bottom of the main display will allow the user to display the program's version. <F> Pressing the left mouse button in this area during a copy, move or delete operation will allow the operation to be verified. <G> Pressing the left mouse button in this area during a copy move or delete operation will allow the operation to be aborted. <H> Pressing the left mouse button over the arrow will allow the arrow keys to switch between the directory and file area. Pressing the left mouse button over the "Directories" will allow the user to rescan the current disk drive. - 45 - <J> Pressing the left mouse button over the 'E' will allow the user to use their specified editor against the current indicated file. <K> Pressing the left mouse button over the 'L' will allow the user to use their specified file lister the current indicated file. <L> Pressing the left mouse button over the 'W' will allow the user to use their specified word processor against the current indicated file. <M> Pressing the left mouse button over the 'C' will allow the user to copy all tagged files to the specified location. <N> Pressing the left mouse button over the 'D' will allow the user to delete all tagged files. <O> Pressing the left mouse button over the 'M' will allow the user to move all tagged files to the specified location. Pressing the left mouse button over the 'T' will allow the user to move all touch all tagged files to the system's current date and time. <Q> Pressing the left mouse button over the 'X' will allow the user to execute the current indicated file if that file is executable. <R> If there are no tagged files and the left mouse button is pressed the attributes can be changed for the current indicated file. If there are any tagged files then the attributes can be changed for all of those files. <S> Pressing the left mouse button in the lower right corner of the main display will allow the user to toggle between 43/50 line mode and 25 line mode. <T> Pressing the left mouse button over the "HELP = H" in the upper right corner of the display will display the key board help screen. Pressing the right mouse button over the "HELP = H" in the upper right corner of the display will display the mouse help screen. Pressing the left mouse button over the startup drive in the upper left corner will display the status of all drives in the system. - 46 - 5.1 Mouse Popup Menus Power Scanner provides the user the options to use popup menus to select their options. 5.2 Main Popup Menu Pressing the right mouse button out of the drive area will bring up the main Power Scanner mouse menu. It will be displayed at the top of the Power Scanner screen with the following format: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Cancel Directory Files Drives Power Edit Information Exit│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 5.3 SubOption Menus Placing the mouse pointer over the desired option from the main popup menu will display the options from the suboption menu. 5.3.1 Cancel Positioning the mouse pointer over the "Cancel" option will cancel the main popup menu and restore the screen to its original contents. 5.3.2 Directory Positioning the mouse pointer over the "Directory" option will popup the submenu options. The following shows the format: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Cancel Directory Files Drives Power Edit Information Exit│ └───────╔══════════════╗──────────────────────────────────┘ ║Add ║ ║Delete ║ ║Links ║ ║Mount/Dismount║ ║Rename ║ ║Rescan ║ ║Tree Dump ║ ╚══════════════╝ - 47 - 5.3.3 Files Positioning the mouse pointer over the "Files" option will popup the submenu options. The following shows the format: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Cancel Directory Files Drives Power Edit Information Exit│ └─────────────────╔══════════════╗────────────────────────┘ ║Attributes ║ ║Control Rename║ ║Control Tag ║ ║Copy ║ ║Delete ║ ║Dump Disk ║ ║Execute File ║ ║Execute Links ║ ║Find ║ ║Move ║ ║Print ║ ║Protection ║ ║Rename ║ ║Sort ║ ║Tag All ║ ║Tag Attributes║ ║Touch ║ ║Untag All ║ ╚══════════════╝ 5.3.4 Drives Positioning the mouse pointer over the "Drives" option will popup the submenu options. The following shows the format: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Cancel Directory Files Drives Power Edit Information Exit│ └───────────────────────╔══════════════╗──────────────────┘ ║Change Drive ║ ║Free Space ║ ╚══════════════╝ - 48 - 5.3.5 Power Positioning the mouse pointer over the "Power" option will popup the submenu options. The following shows the format: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Cancel Directory Files Drives Power Edit Information Exit│ └──────────────────────────────╔══════════════╗───────────┘ ║43 Line Mode ║ ║Colors ║ ║Defaults ║ ║Mouse Settings║ ║Password ║ ║Refresh ║ ║Volume ID ║ ╚══════════════╝ 5.3.6 Edit Positioning the mouse pointer over the "Edit" option will popup the submenu options. The following shows the format: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Cancel Directory Files Drives Power Edit Information Exit│ └────────────────────────────────────╔══════════════╗─────┘ ║Edit ║ ║List ║ ║Word ║ ╚══════════════╝ 5.3.7 Information Positioning the mouse pointer over the "Information" option will popup the submenu options. The following shows the format: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Cancel Directory Files Drives Power Edit Information Exit│ └─────────────────────────────────────────╔══════════════╗┘ ║ASCII Table ║ ║Calendar ║ ║Environment ║ ║Drives ║ ║Equipment ║ ║Extended Help ║ ║Help ║ ║Mouse Help ║ ║Note Pad ║ ║Owner ║ ║Phone Book ║ ╚══════════════╝ - 49 - 5.3.8 Exit Positioning the mouse pointer over "Exit" and pressing the left mouse button option will allow the user to Exit Power Scanner. 5.4 Examples Using The Mouse The following shows a few examples using the mouse. 5.4.1 Copying Files The following example shows how to copy files from one directory to another. 1) Tag file(s) to be copied. 2) Select directory that files are to be copied to. 3) Press right mouse button to obtain menu bar. 4) Move the mouse pointer over the "FILES" selection and press the left mouse button. The files submenu will be displayed. 5) Move the mouse pointer over the "COPY" option and press the left mouse button. 6) The copy prompt will be displayed in the working area and at this point press the "enter" key. All tagged files will be copied to the desired directory. 5.4.2 Deleting Files The following example shows how to delete files. 1) Tag file(s) to be deleted. 2) Press right mouse button to obtain menu bar. 3) Move mouse pointer over "FILES" and press the left mouse button. The files submenu will be displayed. 4) Move the mouse pointer over the "DELETE" option and press the left mouse button. The verify prompt will be displayed in the working area. 5) Position the mouse pointer over the "V To Verify" in the working area and press the left mouse button. The tagged file(s) will be deleted. - 50 - 5.4.3 Change Drive This section provides an example for changing drives using the mouse. 1) Move the mouse pointer to the desired drive letter that is provided on the left side of the main display. 2) Press the left mouse button. Power Scanner will change to the selected drive if it is ready. 5.4.4 Push To DOS This section gives an example of how to push to DOS. 1) Move the mouse pointer to the word "DOS" that is presented at the bottom of the Power Scanner display. 2) Press the left mouse button. The program will push to DOS. 5.4.5 Mouse Help This section provides am example of how to get mouse help. 1) Move the mouse pointer to the section in the upper right corner of the display that read "Help = H". 2) Press the right mouse button. Mouse help will be displayed. 5.4.6 Status Of All Drives This section explains how to obtain the status of all drives on the system. 1) Press the right mouse button to obtain the menu bar. 2) Position the mouse pointer over the "INFORMATION" option on the menu bar and press the left mouse button. The information submenu will be displayed. 3) Position the mouse pointer over the "DRIVES" option off of the submenu and press the left mouse button. The status of all drives on the system will be presented. - 51 - 6.0 Windows Setup This chapter will allow window users to install Power Scanner as a Non- Windows application. The user is given instructions for two different ways to install the program. 6.1 Automatic Installation The file ps.pif has been include with the distribution kit so that Window users can use Power Scanner as a Non-Windows application. To allow Power Scanner to be installed every time the Windows setup option is executed, Power Scanner needs to be known to Windows. The following line needs to be added to the Window's file "setup.inf. ************************************************************* * "Power Scanner", ps.exe, ps.pif, "", 128, n, n, n, n, 6 * ************************************************************* This line needs to be added after the "[pif]" header, around line 480, within the "setup.inf" file. Along with the "ps.pif" file provided with Power Scanner, the program can easily be installed. 6.2 Non-Automatic Installation The following instructions will allow the user to installed Power Scanner from the Windows screen. 1) Select the group that Power Scanner is to reside in 2) Select the FILE option in the upper left corner 3) Select the NEW option in the upper left corner 4) In the dialogue box select PROGRAM ITEM and OK 5) In the dialogue box for Description enter Power Scanner Command Line enter c:\ps\ps.exe At this point Power Scanner should have been installed into Windows with a DOS ICON. The next section will explain how to change the DOS ICON to the Power Scanner ICON. - 52 - 6.3 Power Scanner ICON This section will explain how to change the DOS ICON associated with Power Scanner to the ICON supplied with the distribution kit. 1) Select Power Scanner 2) Select FILE in upper left corner 2) Select PROPERTIES in the upper left corner 3) Select CHANGE ICON 4) Change Filename to c:\ps\ps.ico Once this option has been executed correctly a small Power Scanner screen will be displayed. The following is an example: ┌───┬──────┐ │ ├─┬──┬─┤ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─┴──┴─┤ └───┴──────┘ - 53 - 7.0 Power Scanner Files This section will describe all of the files required by Power Scanner during execution. Some of these files are created during the execution of the program. The files tagged with a "*" are create while selecting various Power Scanner options. 1) ps.exe - Power Scanner main program 2) ps_stand.exe - Power Scanner support file 3) ps_help.exe - Power Scanner extended help 4)* ps_std.def - Power Scanner standard defaults 5)* ps_glb.def - Power Scanner color definitions 6)* ps_pro.def - Power Scanner file protection definitions 7)* ps_adr.adr - Power Scanner phone book listings 8)* ps_note.pad - Power Scanner note pad file 9) ps.pif - Windows Interface File 10 ps.ico - Windows ICON for Power Scanner 10)* yearxxxx.out - Power Scanner calendar {where xxxx is the year of the calendar} 10)* ps_X_dir.log - Power Scanner directory log file There will be one for each logged drive {where X is the drive being logged} 11) ps_setup.exe - Modifies the users AUTOEXEC.BAT file to set up the environment for the PS environment and PATH 12) file_id.diz - Power Scanner description file to be used on PCBoard based BBSes - 54 - 8.0 Power Scanner Error Messages Power Scanner has five error messages. The following delineates the list: If the user does not set up a "SET" environment the following error will be displayed: 1) PS -F- PS Path Not Set In Environment Reference chapter 3.0 for installation of Power Scanner. 2) PS -F- Incorrect DOS Version DOS Version must be 3.0 or higher. 3) PS -F- Illegal Video Mode Power Scanner will not execute if the initial video mode is for a 40 column setup. 4) PS -F- Unknown Error This error message will be display if Power Scanner aborts when an unknown error occurs. These types of errors should be reported to the author with the condition(s) that caused the error. 5) PS -F- Program Has Been Corrupted This error will occur if Power Scanner detects one of its checksum values is incorrect. - 55 - 9.0 List Of Bug Fixes The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 1.0 to 1.1: 1) Corrected problems will Allocation and Deallocation of memory when changing drives and when performing a directory rescan. 2) Fixed the Total Bytes and Tagged Bytes displayed. 3) Fixed the display of the current directory on the top border line. 4) Corrected the way the startup drive indicator was displayed. 5) Clear all tagged files when changing disk drives. The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 1.1 to 1.2: 1) Correct a bug in the way the execute links are done. 2) Correct the way the options work in the "FIND" option 3) Fixed the Directory Sort 4) Added checks to make sure selected directory exist 5) Update directory line when deleting directories 6) Corrected the way directories are added 7) Turn off cursor when copying files during the copy options The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 1.2 to 2.0: 1) Corrected the way colors are updated The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 2.0 to 2.1: 1) After leaving Power Scanner, output to the terminal would not process all characters. For example performing a "dir /w" the TAB key would printed as " ". The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 2.1 to 3.0: 1) Corrected the way disk status is checked when accessing other drives. 2) The detection of the B: drives is now detected correctly when the drive is not ready. The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 3.0 to 3.1: 1) The down arrow key processing has been corrected to access the following pages of files the first time Power Scanner is executed. 2) Better testing for files being copied to themselves in the same directory. 3) Fixed the cursor when switching to EGA 43 line mode. - 56 - The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 3.1 to 3.2: 1) A correction has been made for options that concerns tagged files that have a size of zero(0). 2) Correct the way the disk statistics are calculate on a disk rescan. On large disks the total disk size was not calculated correctly. 3) Corrected the copy command. 4) Correct "Free Disk" display for large hard disks. 5) The highlighting of directory filenames in the directory tree area has been corrected. Directory names greater than 9 nine characters would not be highlighted correctly. The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 3.2 to 4.0: 1) Corrected a problem with the File Protection Option (Shift-F4). 2) Fixed the problem on a Re-Scan (Alt-F1) when displaying the number of files in a directory. The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 4.0 to 4.1: 1) Correct the problem with the drives option (Ctl-F2). If there were more than 12 drives the ps_stand.exe program would abort. 2) Corrected a problem where switching the left and right mouse button. 3) Corrected a problem when the mouse menu bar is up and the right mouse button is pressed again. The wrong area would be restored if a submenu was up. The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 4.1 to 4.2: None reported or found - 57 - 10.0 Whats New Power Scanner V1.1 The following is the list of new features to Power Scanner V1.1: 1) The ability to dump the tree structure with the Alt-F5 function key. 2) The ability to link directories to the keys 1-9. The Shift-F8 function key allows the user to assign directories to these keys. 3) The ability to link executable tasks to the keys Alt1-Alt9. The Shift-F9 function key allows the user to assign executables to these keys. 4) The program has the option to find a specified file specification on the entire disk. 5) A TABing function that will allow the user to TAB to the first directory off of the root directory. 6) Add the "EXPAND" option in the Standards Defaults (Shift-F10) option. This option will allow the user to squeeze the directory tree display. Power Scanner V1.2 The following is the list of new features to Power Scanner V1.2: 1) The program now has the option to change attributes for all tagged files. 2) Add the "Z-Prompt" option in the Standards Defaults (Shift-F10) option. This option will allow the user to have the prompt "Press Enter Key To Return To PS" after each command entered. 3) "HELP = H" is now shown on the PS main display. 4) Added NPRINT Option 5) Added Password feature 6) Add the options so that the directory tree will be in sort order. 7) Added Clock 8) Display equipment on the system 9) Number of drives that can be logged has been increased to 20. 10) Colors for color monitors Power Scanner V2.0 The following is the list of new features to Power Scanner V2.0: 1) Change spacing character between file listings on main display 2) Increased display speed 3) Removed NPRINT option 4) Add ASCII table character set <Control-F2> 5) Added disclaimer <Control-F3> - 58 - Power Scanner V2.1 The following is the list of new features to Power Scanner V2.1: 1) Extended Help <Alt-H> 2) User define scheme where the user can protect his/her system and hidden files. Power Scanner V3.0 The following is the list of new features to Power Scanner V3.0: 1) The command line option, "Z", has been updated. 2) Additional help has been added to the Extended Option, "Alt-H". 3) Controlling Tagging has been added. 4) Many routines have been Re-Written and more dynamic allocation of memory is used to reduce the size of the executables. 5) A Phone Book feature has been added. This options allows the user to keep on line the phone numbers for 10 different people. 6) A Calendar option has been added. This will print a hardcopy calendar in the directory defined by the 'SET' Environment variable in the 'AUTOEXEC.BAT' file. 7) A Note Pad options had been include so that the user can keep on-line a small amount of information. 8) With this version of Power Scanner the user is given the capability to Rename directories. 9) This version of Power Scanner provides the capability to rename all tagged files. 10) Power Scanner now provides the capability to detect all of the types of drives in the system. 11) For systems with EGA or VGA monitors, the Control-E options will allow the use to select the 43 line mode. 12) Power Scanner will execute "BASIC" files with a file type of ".BAS" with the X option. Because of the different basic interrupters, the user must define theirs through the Standard Default option, Shift-F1. - 59 - Power Scanner V3.1 The following is the list of new features to Power Scanner V3.1: 1) This version of Power Scanner allows the user to display the system environment (Control-F4). 2) The internal editor within Power Scanner has been re-worked so that the data fields will be in the border color instead of what ever DOS color is set. 3) The option allows the user to touch all tagged files to set the file's date and time to the current date and time. Power Scanner V3.2 The following is the list of new features to Power Scanner V3.2: 1) The user now has the ability to mount and dismount directories from the directory tree. 2) The Phone Book Options has been increased from 10 to 15 entries. 3) The Directories Link option will now allow the user to access other drives other than the current drive. 4) This version of Power Scanner provides the user with a screen saver option. 5) The System Equipment option (Ctl-F1) will now detect if a Microsoft Compatible Network is installed. 6) This version of Power Scanner includes the program "ps_setup.exe" that will update the users AUTOEXEC.BAT on the drive where Power Scanner is to be installed. Power Scanner V4.0 The following is the list of new features to Power Scanner V4.0: 1) This version of Power Scanner now includes mouse support. Reference Chapter 5 for further information. The (Control-H) option will provide on line help for the mouse user. 2) The drives option (Ctl-F2) will now print out the amount of free space for all Non-SUBST drives. 3) The Setup program has been modified so that the user can specify what directory is to be used. - 60 - 4) The phone book option (Ctl-F6) has been updated so that the program can hold upto 45 phone numbers. 5) Power Scanner will now allow the user to define the number of directories that the program will process. (Reference Standards Defaults Shift-F1) 6) Power Scanner will now allow the user to define the number of files that the program will process. (Reference Standards Defaults Shift-F1) 7) Power Scanner will now allow those video monitors capable of displaying 50 lines to do so. (Ctl-E) Power Scanner V4.1 1) The user now has the capability to adjust how fast the mouse cursor will move along the X and Y axis. (Option Shift-F5) 2) Mouse support has been added to more functions. Power Scanner V4.2 1) The user is now provided with the capability to dump a specified file specification on the current disk. 2) Power Scanner will now keep track of the directory where the program was started up from. This information can be displayed from the Standard Defaults option (Shift-F1). 3) On the copy, move and delete operations the total number of files being processed will be displayed. - 61 - 11.0 Licensing * A $17 shareware contribution is requested for using the program. * The author retains the sole right to sell the program. * The author grants users the right to copy and distribute the program within the following constraints: - All program files remain unaltered and are distributed together. - No attempt is made to sell the program, or to make money from it or any modified version of it. - The program is not bundled with any other hardware or software transactions without the author's permission. - Only the original "non-cloned" version of the program with the startup time delay is distributed. - Recognized user groups may charge a maximum $7 duplication or distribution fee. * Special modified versions of the program can be created by the author for different system configurations or desires. Contact the author for details. * Continued use of the program (more than 3 weeks) by any individual, corporation or institution without a single user or site license is prohibited. * Single user licenses are obtained by sending in the $17 shareware contribution. * Corporations and other institutions (including government and educational) which desire using the program should refer to the last page of this document for site licensing information. - 62 - 12.0 Disclaimer The author disclaims all warranties expressed or implied as to the quality or performance of this program. The author will not be held liable for any lost profits, lost savings or any other direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of this program. Your use of this program constitutes your agreement to this disclaimer and your release of the author from any form of liability or litigation. - 63 - 13.0 Where Power Scanner Can Be Found The latest version of Power Scanner and other products developed by this author can be found on the following BBS: The Programmer's Corner Columbia Maryland 301-596-7692 through 7697 301-995-6873 through 6877 301-621-3424 and 3436 - 64 - 14.0 Power Scanner AUTOEXEC.BAT Setup Program The Power Scanner setup file "ps_setup.exe" will make modifications to the users AUTOEXEC.BAT so that Power Scanner will be able to execute on the users system. The program adds two pieces of information to the AUTOEXEC.BAT, first the "PS" environment is defined and second the PATH statement is updated to point to Power Scanner. Before the users AUTOEXEC.BAT file is modified, a copy will be made and called AUTOEXEC.OLD. If the user does not have an AUTOEXEC.BAT file on their system, then one will be created in the users root directory. ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* ** Please pass this program on to your friends and upload it to *** ** other BBSes *** ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* ****************************** * Power Scanner INSTALLATION * ****************************** Users with versions of Power Scanner before version 4.1 must delete the following files: - ps_adr.adr - ps_std.def - ps_pro.def - ps_gbl.def - ps_X_dir.log {Where X Is A Logged Drive} 1) Create a directory on the disk where Power Scanner is to be installed (ie: md c:\ps) 2) Copy all Power Scanner files to the directory created above (ie: copy *.* c:\ps) 3) Modify AUTOEXEC.BAT with PS environment variable and update PATH (ie: ps_setup c:\ps) 4) Re-Boot System (ie: Ctl-Alt-Del) 5) Enter PS at DOS prompt after Re-Boot (ie: PS) ************************************************************************** ** "ps_setup.exe" Can Be Deleted After Power Scanner Has been Installed ** ************************************************************************** - 65 - Power Scanner (tm) Version 4.2 Copyright (c) 1991-1992 All Rights Reserved William Ned Miller 7504 Saffron Court Hanover MD 21076 (410) 766-2365 Single User Registration Form Registration Provides: 1) Notification of the next release of Power Scanner 2) Instructions on how to remove the time delay and 17$ shareware request message and receive their own registration serial number. (Alt-O) To register your copy of Power Scanner please fill in the following information and send it along with $17 (US) to: William Ned Miller { Please only send } 7504 Saffron Court { checks drawn on } Hanover MD 21076 { U.S. banks or } { postal money } { orders. } Name: ____________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Phone: (Optional) ( )______-__________________________________ Where Did You Get Power Scanner __________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Comments: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Power Scanner (tm) Version 4.2 Copyright (c) 1991-1992 All Rights Reserved William Ned Miller 7504 Saffron Court Hanover MD 21076 (410) 766-2365 Site License Agreement Order Form Max # Users Purchase Price Cost/Workstation 1 - 20 ........... $340.00 $17.00 21 - 40 ........... $560.00 $14.00 41 - 60 ........... $720.00 $12.00 61 - 80 ........... $880.00 $11.00 81 - 100 ........... $1000.00 $10.00 William Ned Miller { Please only send checks } 7504 Saffron Court { drawn on U.S. banks or } Hanover MD 21076 { postal money orders } Site License Provides: 1. Legal right to use Power Scanner on the specified number of workstations. 2. Two (2) floppies containing the next release of the program. All additional copies of the program, up to the limit ordered, will be made by the purchaser. 3. Site registration serial number. (Alt-O) Ordering Information Site License desired for a maximum of ______ workstations. To be sent to: ____________________________________________ Please Print ___________________________________________________________ or Type Legibly ___________________________________________________________ Point of Contact: __________________________________________ System Type: 8088/8086 _____ 80x86_____________ Disk Type: 5.25___________ 3.50______________ Phone: (____)_______-__________________