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║ Visual Control Center 2.0 ║
║ SHAREWARE VERSION ║
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║ by ║
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║ Veeder South IV ║
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║ D O C U M E N T A T I O N ║
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║ (c) Copyright 1996 by Veeder South IV ║
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║ All Rights Reserved ║
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║ Table of Contents ║
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║ 1. About VCC 2.0 ║
║ 2. Required Hardware ║
║ 3. Features ║
║ 4. Registering VCC ║
║ 5. VCC Keys and Capabilities ║
║ 6. The Configuration File (VCC.INI) ║
║ 7. Tips on VCC Usage ║
║ 8. Things to Avoid ║
║ 9. How the Batch File Works ║
║ 10. Running VCC Under Windows ║
║ 11. Future Updates ║
║ 12. Bugs ║
║ 13. Legal information ║
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║ (1) About VCC 2.0 ║
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Visual Control Center was originally programmed for my own purposes.
Dealing with directories and files in large numbers can be a daunting
task at times. Finding files, weeding out select files from a large
number of files, changing file attributes, compressing and decompressing
ZIP'ed or ARJ'ed files, and many other tasks can be very tedious
sometimes. Of course there's always Microsoft's Windows but even that can
be difficult to work with. That is why I created VCC--to make everything
much faster and simpler, to give me total control over all my files,
to have a platform to run everything else from, and finally to be able
to use my mouse.
There are a million nice little DOS utilities out there to do
everything you could possibly imagine with your computer. But there are
few programs that tie everything together and allow you to run
everything else at the click of the mouse or the push of a button.
So I developed VCC. Being a programmer and knowing the
limitations of DOS, I incorporated new features into the program as
the needs arose, making sure to keep it quick and simple. I gave copies to
my friends to use and eventually, I got to thinking that this utility would
be helpful to anybody using DOS, so I released it as shareware. I hope
you find this the most useful of your DOS utilities. I appreciate any
suggestions or comments for future versions!
-Veeder South IV
vsouth@primenet.com
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║ (2) Required Hardware ║
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You will need the following in order to run VCC:
* 386 PC or better
* Color monitor (EGA 16 colors or better)
* About 115k of free conventional memory
* MS-DOS 5.0 or higher / Windows 95 DOS
* A two button rodent (mouse) is highly recommended!
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║ (3) Features ║
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* Uses mouse or keyboard
* Displays date and time
* Displays memory usage (Lower/XMS/EMS)
* Displays free space on current drive (in MB or KB)
* Displays full directory info
* Shows all files/directories in specified colors.
* Horizontal or vertical file listing
* Runs user-specified program when file is clicked on.
* DOS command window
* Built-in DOS functions + keys
-COPY (ALT-C)
-DELETE (DEL key)
-DELTREE (DEL key)
-RMDIR (DEL key)
-MOVE (ALT-M)
-RENAME (ALT-R)
-FIND (ALT-F)
-MKDIR (INS key)
-CD (TAB key, ENTER)
-A:/B:/etc (ENTER)
-ATTRIB (ALT-A)
* Mouse Quick Menu on right side of screen
* User definable function key macros (F1...F12)
* Built-in ZIP/ARJ unarchiving (you need to have Arj and Pkunzip)
* Page down/page up through large numbers of files
* TAB/Right-Mouse changes to root directory (CD ..)
* HOME key/LFT+RT Mouse Click --> help screen
* END key runs screen saver or blanker
* Configuration file for personalization
* Easy to use setup program
* 12/24 hour time format
* Change the date and time
* Screen blanker or user definable screen saver
* Mouse use on most functions
* Left-handed mouse setting
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║ (4) Registering VCC ║
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If you find this program useful and plan on keeping it, please
consider registering it. Registration costs only $10 US dollars plus $2
shipping and handling (if applicabl