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QUICK HELP SESSION FOR OS2TREE FIRST DRAFT 1.00b OS2TREE is a UTILITY for Managing and Traversing your HARD DISKS. To EXIT from anywhere in OS2TREE, TYPE <ESC> or <F3>. DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS This document describes the most commonly used features of OS2TREE. All commands are activated by a single keystroke or mouse button. The default keys are described, but any command can be assigned to any key by changing the OS2TREE definitions file, OS2TREE.DEF. See the OS2TREE DEFINITIONS FILE document for information on changing the definitions file. In this document, a string enclosed in angle brackets (<>) represents a keyboard key. A single character in angle brackets refers to that character's key, for example <L> for the letter 'L'. <F1> through <F12> are the function keys. <UP>, <DOWN>, <LEFT> and <RIGHT> are the cursor movement keys. A key name preceded by 'A-' means press the 'ALT' key and the specified key. For example, <A-F1> is ALT+F1. A key name preceded by 'C-' means press the 'CTRL' key and the specified key. All commands are case insensitive. Either the lower-case or upper-case key for a command can be used. Many commands will prompt you for input. In most prompt fields, the cursor keys can be used to look at previous inputs, as done at the OS/2 prompt. Moreover, a complete pop-up list of previous inputs can be generated by pressing <C-W>. 1. TRAVERSING THE DIRECTORY TREE You can move about in the tree using either the keyboard or the mouse. The cursor keys can be used to move up, down, left and right. The <PAGE_UP> and <PAGE_DOWN> keys will page up and down in the tree. The <HOME> and <END> keys move to the top or bottom of the current tree. The display will automatically scroll when necessary. Pressing <LEFT> at the leftmost directory will wrap to the rightmost directory and vice versa. To quickly find a desired directory, press the </> key. You will be prompted for the directory name. Enter the name and press <ENTER>. OS2TREE will move to the first occurance of the directory specified. Pressing <C-F> will continue the search to the next occurance of the name. To Move to a directory using the mouse, place the mouse pointer over the desired directory and click the left button. Clicking the left button when the pointer is in the first column of the the screen will cause the cursor to move to the left, scrolling if necessary. Clicking the left button when the pointer is in the last column will move the cursor to the right. The right mouse button will cause movement in the opposite direction. Clicking the left button above the tree will cause the tree to scroll up. Clicking the left button below the tree will cause the tree to scroll down. 2. DIRECTORY LIST To list the files of a directory, first move to the directory using the cursor keys or the mouse. Pressing <L> will generate a list of files in that directory. To list files using the mouse, place the pointer over the desired directory and double click the left button. Pressing the <ENTER> key will display a full screen list of the directory. This list matches the pop-up list, but contains additional information about upload/download capabilities from a mainframe. Pressing <ENTER> again will return to the pop-up list. To limit the scope of the directory listing, the file specification can be changed. The default file spec is "*.*". To change the file spec, press the <F> key. This will prompt you for a new file spec. To change the type of files shown in the directory listing, the file list options can be changed. The default file list options are: READ-ONLY FILES NO HIDDEN FILES NO SYSTEM FILES NO DIRECTORY FILES NO ARCHIVE FILES YES EXCLUSIVE HIDDEN FILES NO EXCLUSIVE READ-ONLY FILES NO To change the file list options, press the <F2> key. This will display a pop-up list of the above options. Move the cursor up and down using the cursor keys or the mouse. The value of each file list option can be toggled by pressing the space bar or double clicking the left mouse button. 3. USING THE DIRECTORY LIST OF FILES The directory file list can be used for printing, copying, deleting or editing files. Commands can be performed on individual files or on a set of marked files. The <UP> and <DOWN> keys can be used to move about in the list. In addition, if the mouse pointer is placed on the arrow heads of the scroll bar on the right side of the list and the left button is clicked the list will scroll up or down correspondingly. The scroll bar is only displayed when the list contains more files than can be displayed at one time. To MARK/UNMARK a file in the list, move to the file by using the cursor keys or the mouse and press the <SPACE> bar. The current file will be marked, signified by changing the color of the file name, and the file list header will be changed to reflect the number of marked files. If the file was already marked, it will be unmarked. Using the mouse, click with the left button to select a file, double click with the left button to mark or unmark a file. The key <A-A> will mark all files in the list. Pressing <A-A> again will toggle between marking and unmarking all files. All of the basic commands operate on either a single file or a group of marked files. Below are some examples: SINGLE FILE MARKED FILES COPY <C> <A-C> MOVE <M> <A-M> DELETE <D> <A-D> RENAME <R> <A-R> PRINT <A-P> EDIT <E> <A-E> VIEW <V> <A-V> EXECUTE <V> <A-V> Type <?> for a list of all available functions. For example, </> is called FIND in the pop-up list. <C> is called COPY FILE. <D> is called DELETE FILE. <A-C> is called COPY MARKED FILES. To refresh the list of files, type <F10>. This will result in a new up-to-date listing of the current directory to be generated. By default, the list is sorted by file name and extension. To sort the list differently, type <A-S>. This will pop-up a sort prompt. The first request is the order of the sort. The default is always displayed along with the current status. Typing a '*' will automatically reset the sort to the default settings. 4. MANIPULATING THE TREE, OS2TREE allows you to easily insert, delete and rename directories, copy or move entire subtrees, and collapse or expand portions of the directory tree display. The following keys are used for tree functions: <INS> - INSERT a new directory. <DEL> - DELETE a directory. <A-C> - COPY a directory or subtree. <A-M> - MOVE a directory or subtree. <C-DEL> - COLLAPSE directory, i.e., remove all subdirectories from the tree display. A '+' will be placed before the directory name to denote that there are directories under this directory that are not show. <C-INS> - EXPAND all directories under the current directory. The RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON will toggle between the EXPAND and COLLAPSE states. If the directory is currently collapsed, it will be expanded, if it is currently expanded, it will be collapsed. To rebuild the entire tree display, type <F12>. You can also use <F11> to build the trees for your hard disks but not the floppy disks. <C-F12> will build the tree for the current disk only, and <F10> refresh the display with a saved tree display. You can use <C-F12> to make a tree of a floppy and then use <F10> to quickly restore the full display of all drives. Additionally, their is a field in the CUSTOM OPTIONS pop-up (see item #9) that allows customization of the entire tree build process. maketree_exclusion_list = "[d:],[E:]" This variable determines which directories in the system to ignore or only build a main root directory tree. "[x:]" - says to only build the main root directory tree, and is very useful for large lan disks. "[X:]" - says to ignore this disk completely. 5. CUSTOM TODO LISTS, OS2TREE allows you to create two lists of up to 50 items that map to indivdual files. OS2TREE defaults this option to contain five basic examples. The purpose of this feature is to allow the user to maintain two to-do lists, i.e., personal and work, which are nothing more then lists of files, with meaningful names. examples: VERY IMPORTANT MATTERS ---> C:\WORK\#very.nte IMPORTANT DATES ---> C:\PERSONAL\dates You can select an entry in the list and edit the corresponding file. Each todo list can have up to 50 items in it. To get todo list 1, press <C-X>. To get todo list 2, press <C-G>. Remember, if you do not like these key assignments, you can define these functions to any key you would like. You can also type '?' and pick the "TODO LIST" feature from the list. Once the TODO list pop-up is displayed, you can insert, delete and rename entries by pressing <INS> to insert, <DEL> to delete, and <R> to rename. Note: When entering the file name for a corresponding TODO list item, it is important to ONLY INCLUDE A PATH if you do not wish to use the default TODO path. In the CUSTOM OPTIONS pop-up (see item #9), three fields exist for each TODO list. Note: TODO LIST ONE is referred to as todo_list. TODO LIST TWO is referred to as generic_list. todo_list_title , generic_list_title todo_list_trailer , generic_list_trailer todo_file_directory , generic_file_directory If the filename contains a path, the default todo file directory is ignored. If the filename does not contain a path, the todo file directory is inserted. Ex. todo_file_directory = "C:\\GENERAL" If the filename entered is: "#WORK", the filename becomes: "C:\\GENERAL\#WORK". If the filename entered is: "C:\\#WORK", the file name remains as "C:\\#WORK". Please note that you must enter a '\' character before any special character (as in the C language). Another commonly used special character is ", entered as '\"'. ex. todo_list_title = " MY \"CUSTOM\" TODO LIST" would yield a title looking like: MY "CUSTOM" TODO LIST The other two fields are used in the TODO pop-up as the TITLE and the TRAILER of the POP-UP. This allows the user to name each TODO pop-up and determine the bottom information line. The defaults include the default key assignments. 6. FILE SEARCH FACILITY. OS2TREE allows you to search a sub-tree, a single disk, or your entire system for all files matching a given file spec. Press <A-X>. At the prompt, enter the desired search file spec. For example, use "*.CMD" to search for all OS/2 command files. At the next prompt press <N> to search only the current sub-tree, <Y> to search all system disks. After the Y or N response, OS2TREE will graphically scan the selected tree structure and inform you of how many matches have been found and how far the search has progressed. Typing 'ESC' at anytime will end the search. Typing any key will stop the search and display a list of files found up to that point. When the search is completed, it will display a list of all the files that matched the filespec. This list is the same as a list generated by typing the <L> key, except that it contains files from many different directories. As you curse down the list, you will notice that the corresponding path to each file is displayed at the top of the pop-up. This list can be manipulated in the same fashion as the <L> list. Files can be copied, deleted, printed, etc. Additionally, there is a field in the CUSTOM OPTIONS pop-up (see item #9) that allows customization of the search directories: showall_disk_exclusion_list = "[VM],[A:],[B:]" This variable determines which directories in the system to ignore when searching for files in the tree. "[X:]" - says to ignore this disk completely. Please note that "[VM]" is a special case representing a disk on a VM mainframe system. 7. CUSTOM PRINT AND FORMATTING FACILITY Press <A-F>. in a file list to display the CUSTOM FORMATTING pop-up. Pick one of the formatting options and follow the directions. Please note, at this time, the custom formatter is unable to handle enbedded printer sequences. This feature will be added in future releases. The most popular use of this feature is the DUAL PAGE PRINTING CAPABILITY. 8. QUICK HELP For QUICK HELP, press <A-F1> or the left mouse mouse button. A help pop-up will appear. This pop-up contains the basic commands for OS2TREE. The help pop-up is completely customizable by using the CUSTOM OPTIONS pop-up (see item #9). 9. MODIFY OS2TREE VARIABLES - CUSTOM OPTIONS POP-UP To modify an OS2TREE variable, press <C-O>. A pop-up list of every variable used in OS2TREE and its current value will be displayed. The variables are described in the OS2TDEF.DOC file included with the documentation. To change a variable, move the cursor or mouse to the desired field and type <ENTER>. A prompt will appear with the current variable value prefilled. Type over the current value and press <ENTER>. This feature can also be selected from the WINDOW OPTIONS pop-up (<C-W>) or the COMMANDS pop-up (<?>). 10. MODIFY SCREEN COLORS To modify the screen colors, type <F9>. A pop-up with every color field used in OS2TREE and its current color will be displayed. The color fields are described in the OS2TDEF.DOC file included with the documentation. To change a color field, move the cursor or mouse to the desired field and type <ENTER>. A pop-up of all available colors will appear. Pick the desired color and type <ENTER>. This feature can also be selected from the WINDOW OPTIONS POP-UP ('CONTROL' & 'W') or the COMMANDS POP-UP ('?'). 11. MAINFRAME SUPPORT A list of mainframe files can be obtained by performing the list function (<L> or double click left mouse button) on the MAINFRAME directory in the tree display. OS2TREE stores the list of mainframe files on the workstation to speed displaying the list; you will be asked whether you want the list to be refreshed. If you answer 'Y', a fresh file list will be downloaded from the mainframe and displayed in an OS2TREE list window. These files can be processed just like workstation files: <D> - will delete the file on the MAINFRAME. <A-D> - will delete marked files on the MAINFRAME. <R> - will rename the file on the MAINFRAME. <A-R> - will rename marked files on the MAINFRAME. - will DOWNLOAD the file to the workstation. also can be used to upload a file from a workstation file list, <A-U> - will DOWNLOAD/UPLOAD marked files. ONE OF THE SPECIAL UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD FEATURES is automatic type conversion, ie. all EXE files are named EXEBIN for example and visa versa. This is accomplished by defining the type conversions in the OS2TREE.DEF file that OS2TREE generates for you on INSTALLATION. Some examples: trans_ext "EXE" "EXEBIN" 1 trans_ext "OBJ" "OBJBIN" 1 trans_ext "PMP" "PMPBIN" 1 trans_ext "SCR" "SCRIPT" 0 trans_ext "BRO" "BROWSE" 0 ** The first example tells OS2TREE to convert all WORKSTATION *.EXE files to * EXEBIN when UPLOADING and convert all MAINFRAME * EXEBIN files to *.EXE when DOWNLOADING. It also tells OS2TREE to perform the UPLOAD and DOWNLOAD processes using the BINARY option. If the last parm is 1 - BINARY mode is used, if 0 - ASCII mode is used. PLEASE NOTE, in order for this feature to work, several OS2TREE variables must be correctly set in the OS2TREE OPTIONS pop-up (<C-O>). The system is defaulted to a simple VM SYSTEM. Please see the OS2TDEF.DOC or call for detailed instructions. 12. ADDITIONAL MOUSE SUPPORT FEATURES In future releases, the mouse buttons will be fully programmable. Currently they are fixed as described above. In addition to the above mouse functions, the following also exist: All selections below refer to the use of the left mouse button: Select the word 'QUIT' in the box at the bottom of the screen and OS2TREE will exit from what ever mode it is in (same as <F3> key). Select the word 'HELP' in the box at the bottom of the screen and OS2TREE will display CUSTOM HELP pop-up (same as <A-F1>). Select the word 'COMMANDS' in the box at the bottom of the screen and OS2TREE will display COMMANDS pop-up (same as <?>). Select a letter from the OS2TREE INFO: string in the BOX at the bottom of the screen and OS2TREE will execute that letter as though that key was pressed. E.g., if you select L, the key <L> will be processed and a list of files will be displayed. QUICK REVIEW <F1> - GENERIC HELP for OS2TREE. <F3> - ESCAPE or EXIT. <ESC> - ESCAPE or EXIT. <A-F1> - POP-UP LIST of user customized HELP <?> - POP-UP LIST of all available FUNCTIONS <A-X> - FILE SEARCH FACILITY <C-X> - POP-UP TODO LIST 1 <C-G> - POP-UP TODO LIST 2 <C-O> - POP-UP LIST of all customizable fields <C-W> - POP-UP LIST of general functions <UP>, <DOWN>, <LEFT>, <RIGHT>, <PAGEUP>, <PAGEDOWN>, <END> and <HOME> - move around the TREE and POP-UP LISTS. <L> - LIST DIRECTORY FILES <R> - RENAME A TREE DIRECTORY <F2> - CHANGE FILE LIST OPTIONS (readonly, hidden, etc.) <F> - CHANGE THE FILESPEC </> - FIND A DIRECTORY or FILE <C-F> - REPEAT FIND A DIRECTORY or FILE. <A-S> - CHANGE THE SORT ORDER <INS> - INSERT A NEW TREE DIRECTORY <DEL> - DELETE AN EXISTING TREE DIRECTORY <C-DEL> - COLLAPSE DIRECTORY TREE <C-INS> - EXPAND COLLAPSED DIRECTORY TREE <SPACE> - MARK and UNMARK files <ENTER> - FULL SCREEN FILE LIST <F12> - GENERATE NEW TREE STRUCTURE <C> - COPY FILE <M> - MOVE FILE <D> - DELETE FILE <R> - RENAME FILE - PRINT FILE <E> - EDIT FILE <V> - VIEW FILE - UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD FILE <F10> - REFRESH FILE LIST PROGRAM OPTIONS -xx number of rows {ex. 43 = 43 line mode} -w number of columns -~ sets first_time_in and fl_lan_check flags OFF -+ sets trace_flag ON -= sets trace_flag ON and trace_thread_flag ON -(a or A) update OS2TREE tree (HARDDISKS & 'A' Drive) -(b or B) update OS2TREE tree (HARDDISKS & 'B' Drive) -(c or C) update OS2TREE tree (CURRENT DRIVE ONLY) -(d or D) force to FULL SCREEN LIST MODE -(i or I) set auto_setup flag=YES -(m or M) set auto_mfmaint flag=YES -(l or L) use last directory OS2TREE was in -(n or N) set new_pc_list, mf_refresh_flag & ask_new_mf_list flags ON -(p or P) set session priority to MAX: (3,+31) -(q or Q) set query flag=YES -(s or S) Suppresse dates reminder -(r or R) set display_tree_roots_only=YES (only roots in tree) -(t or T) force to TREE STRUCTURE MODE -(u or U) set update_keys_def flag=YES -(v or V) force to FULL SCREEN LIST MODE (MAINFRAME MODE) -(z or Z) update OS2TREE tree (HARD DISKS INCLUDING LAN DISKS) -(# or *) update OS2TREE tree (LOCAL HARD DISKS ONLY - NO LAN DISKS)