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- !File_ID v0.23 - Filetype identification
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- Copyright © A J Snell 1998
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- This program follows in the footsteps of previous applications such as
- !FileTypes (Mark Thompson) and !FileIconz (Jon Noble). If you have a file
- that is unrecognised by the system and hence does not have an icon, drop it
- onto the !File_ID window or iconbar icon. If the filetype is one of the
- 1695 types currently recognised by the program then appropriate information
- will be displayed together with the corresponding icon - much as the previous
- programs did. The advantage of this program is that all known alternative
- uses of the filetype are also displayed - clicking on their icons then gives
- the relevant information about them. If your hand does not want to leave
- your mouse, then a hex keypad is available for numeric input - just click on
- the small keypad icon. A fairly unsophisticated search facility is available
- as a menu item - just type in the word or phrase that you want to search the
- database for and click on 'search'.... The search is restricted to a total of
- 25 characters. Repeat the button click to find further matches. Some of the
- data originates from the list maintained by Denis Howe in the Free On-Line
- Dictionary of Computing - http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/acorn/doc/filetypes.
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- Use the program at your own risk - extensive testing has not been carried
- out and many bugs are no doubt present. It is known to work on both an A410
- and a RiscPC (with or without StrongArm) without major problems and should be
- fairly intuitive to use.
- The data is stored as a series of sprite files, with the corresponding textual
- information stored in CSV files. The format of these is more or less self
- explanatory if you want to add further filetypes. The filetype information
- is thought to be reasonably accurate, but there are no guarantees :-).
- The sprite data is all held as mode 20 sprites, so if you don't have a high
- resolution monitor, the display is not too wonderful. As the program was
- written for my own use, many of the sprites have been adapted to suit my
- personal idea of what they should look like - apologies to anybody who is
- upset by this.
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- Any e-mailed additions or corrections to the database (or bug reports) are
- welcome, as are suggestions for improvements and better programming technique.
- (The sprite handling routines are a bit of a kludge at the moment...)
- The most recent version will be at http://www.valleyfield.demon.co.uk
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- This program is public domain, and no warranty, express or implied, is given
- of the suitability of this software for any purpose whatsoever. Under no
- circumstances will liability for any damage or indirect or consequential
- loss arising out of use of the software be accepted etc.
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- The MenuUtils module was written by Alex Petrov. (APetrov@misis.msk.su)
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- Tony Snell
- April 1998
- tony@valleyfield.demon.co.uk
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- Brief History
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- v0.11ß - put on web site, Aug 1996
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- v0.12ß
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- v0.16ß - small bugfixes and extra filetypes
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- v0.17ß - can now cope with 10 variations of one filetype
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- v0.18ß - MenuUtils module added
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- v0.19ß - simple search procedure added
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- v0.21 - search procedure improved
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- v0.22 - hex keypad added
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- v0.23 - now shows registered filetypes
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