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- Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 1993
- 04/12/93
- Group Folder - Dan Kehn (74140,3263)
-
- Introduction
-
- To handle the problem of getting to an object in a folder, many
- users create a special folder to hold objects that they frequently
- use. But often this new folder becomes filled with objects, some
- of which are only used once a month while others are used hourly.
- Locating a desired object in such a folder can be like trying to
- find "a needle in a haystack".
-
- To solve the retrieval problem, Group Folder allows you to create
- visible subsections within a given folder. Thus, you have more
- control over the organization of the contents of folders. The
- grouping of related objects helps you locate the object you want
- more quickly.
-
- Here's an example Group Folder:
-
- +---+--------------------------------+---+---+
- | - | Stuff - Group View | V | A |
- +---+--------------------------------+---+---+
- | Folder View Selected Help |
- +--------------------------------------------+
- | Groups Contents of Fun Games |
- | +-+ +-+
- | System |A| +-----+ +-----+ |A|
- | Printers +-+ | | | | +-+
- |\\Fun Games\\| | +-----+ +-----+ | |
- | | | Tank Moon | |
- | | | Landing | |
- | | | | |
- | | | +-----+ +-----+ | |
- | | | | | | | | |
- | +-+ +-----+ +-----+ +-+
- | |V| Solitaire Chess |V|
- +-------------+-+--------------------------+-+
-
- But some things are better seen than described. To see how the
- Group Folder's Group View can be used to organize a collection of
- objects in a folder, select "Create standard groups" from the menu
- bar and an example set of groups based on the objects installed
- with OS/2 will be created.
-
- Installation
-
- First copy your GFOLDER.DLL file to a disk. For example,
- C:\OS2\DLL. Copy the Group Folder help file, GFOLDER.HLP, to your
- help directory, for example, C:\OS2\HELP.
-
- Then start the installation program, GFINST.EXE. It will prompt
- you for the path where your copied the GFOLDER.DLL. When the
- installation is complete, a new folder object called "Stuff" will
- appear on your desktop.