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- !Help for !Find (Version 1.0)
- -----------------------------
-
- Docs (12/6/90)
-
- Included :-
- !Boot
- !Run
- !RunImage
- !Sprites
- !Help (this file!)
- Templates
-
- Put all these files in a dir called !Find and click on it
- in the desktop!
-
- Purpose
- -------
-
- To find a wildcarded filename on an adfs disc in the RISC
- OS environment
-
- Useage
- ------
-
- Once installed on the desktop a click on the !Find icon
- calls up a small window called 'Find File'. From here the
- drive number can be selected and the wildcarded filename
- entered (ie # and *). When return is pressed (as long as
- the caret is in the 'Find File' window of course!) the
- search begins. When the search finishes a window opens
- called 'Search Results List' (if there are any results!)
- and this contains any matched files with full pathnames. A
- click on any of these files will open the filer directory
- window that the clicked file resides in.
-
- Notes
- -----
-
- I wrote this app about one and a half years ago and it
- shows! I sent it to BAU and they said that they were
- 'interested' in publishing it but then released their in
- house one. Well so I am releasing it now PD. The code is
- shabby and slow but I have learnt a great deal so I intend
- to do a rewrite soonish and will put a much better, faster,
- fully tasking version PD. Watch this space!
-
- (You may wonder how this app has a date of 17 Aug 89 when I
- most plainly modified it at the date above - well wait
- until the release of !Set-Type v1.04!)
-
-
- The program has been heavily squashed (using a BASIC
- squasher written in 6502 code!, haven't seen one anywhere
- near as good for the Arc - any offers?) to save memory
- because technically a filename can be VERY long. On average
- I have left 170 characters per filename (on a stack so
- short names cancel out long names). Exceeding 170 chars
- over 50 files (the maximun number stored before the mc
- routine aborts saying too many files) is quite difficult
- (!) but if you might you could change the variable
- 'charsperitem' to something larger (on line 60) and set the
- wimpslot command in '!Run' to 40k.
-
- Conditions of Use
- -----------------
-
- This application is supplied free to everyone 'as is', I
- do not give any guarantee that it is free of bugs, or
- supply any warranty about its suitabliliy for use. However
- if there are any problems with it and you notify me of them
- then I probably will do my best to recify them.
-
- You are may give this application to anyone, via any
- medium, so long as :-
-
- 1) It is delivered with ALL the supplied files and
- unaltered (except !Run & !Boot files) .
-
- 2) It is not supplied on a disc you are charging
- for (except for media and postage costs).
-
- You have permission to use any part or the whole
- application in a project you intend to place in the public
- domain, as long as I am fully credited. If you wish to use
- these routines in a program that is for sale (for however
- much and for whatever reasons) or released as copyright
- material then my express permission in writing must be
- obtained. I maintain copyright on all the material
- supplied and reserve the right to amend these conditions in
- cases where I deem misuse.
-
- A large number of hours of work have gone into the
- production and maintenance of this application and although
- I have supplied the application free donations will be
- gratefully received (and if over 7 pounds I will send you a
- disc with updates of this and all other pd stuff I have
- written. Please include a letter telling me which apps of
- mine you use and their version numbers).
-
-
- Contacts
- --------
-
- My address:
-
- 6 Parklands Place,
- Guildford,
- Surrey GU1 2PS.
-
- BBSs I call frequently:
-
- Archive BBS [0603 745932] mbx 23
- Arcade BBS [01 654 2212] mbx 23
- The World of Cryton [0749 679794] mbx 273
-
-
- © Emmet Spier 1990 - USE and Enjoy!
-