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WordGrab 1.4
Copies Words From DOS Screen to Command Line
Copyright (c) 1995-1996 by David M. Wincelberg
Table of Contents
I. Introduction ............................................ 1
II. How to Use .............................................. 2
III. Tips for Better Use ..................................... 4
IV. Free Upgrade Policy ..................................... 5
Appendices:
A. Command Line Switches ................................... 5
B. Initialization File (WRDGRB.INI) ........................ 7
C. Registration-Reminder Screen ............................ 8
D. Troubleshooting ......................................... 9
E. Other FileJockey Software Products ..................... 10
F. License Agreement ...................................... 10
I. Introduction
WordGrab is a 23K memory-resident program for quickly copying
text from the DOS screen to the command line using a mouse.
After displaying a directory list, you can paste a filename to
the command line in the form required by DOS using a double click
followed by a single click (for confirmation). WordGrab also
works in a full-screen DOS session under Windows.
This program is safe to run on a Pentium processor since it
does not perform any floating-point divisions of large numbers.
In addition, FileJockey Software does not release products with
known bugs.
If you decide to keep this program, paying the $10 license
and registration fee will result in your receiving:
1) a code to bypass the registration-reminder screen,
2) technical support,
3) notices of upgrades and bug fixes, and
4) eligibility for a free upgrade.
In addition, you will be promoting continuing product development
and using this program legally. Otherwise, you may not keep the
individual files on your PC. But, you may keep the .ZIP file. A
registration form containing my postal address is provided for
you in the file WRDGRB.REG. On CompuServe, you may GO SWREG
(#5571) to register on-line.
Please send comments, suggestions and problem reports to me
at 71573,1023 by CompuServe e-mail, at 71573.1023@compuserve.com
by Internet e-mail, or at my postal address, even if you are not
currently a customer. By the third quarter of 1996, my e-mail
address should also be FileJockey@compuserve.com.
WordGrab requires an installed mouse, DOS 3.3 or later, and
a hard disk with drive letter C. (It does not have to be
installed on this disk.)
II. How to Use
II.A. Installing to Memory
To install WordGrab, enter
WRDGRB
at the DOS prompt. You may wish to install this program from
your AUTOEXEC.BAT start-up file. Do not install this program
when you are using the go-to-DOS feature of an application
program unless you remove WordGrab from memory before returning
to that program. See Appendix A for program options.
II.B. Unloading from Memory
To remove WordGrab from memory, enter
WRDGRB /U
at the DOS prompt. Then, WordGrab sends an unload/deactivate
order to its in-memory copy, prints the first part of the status
message:
WRDGRB is ...
and returns to the DOS prompt. Within one second, the program
will finish the status message with either "unloaded" or
"trying". "trying" will be changed to either "unloaded" or
"deactivated" within another 1.5 seconds, depending on whether or
not any programs loaded after WordGrab are still in memory.
If the "deactivated" message is printed and you still want
to unload WordGrab, remove any subsequently loaded programs and
issue the unload command again. To reactivate the program, enter
WRDGRB again.
II.C. At the DOS Screen
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When you see a filename, word or other text that you want to copy
to the command line, press <Ctrl>-<Right shift>-W to activate
WordGrab and the mouse cursor. Use the mouse cursor as you
normally would to highlight text.
For example, position the cursor at the start of a word,
press and hold down the left button, and drag the cursor to the
right one space past the word. As you do so, the word will be
highlighted. Release the mouse button. At this point, you may
type text to go before the highlighted word. (You may also type
text after activating WordGrab but before highlighting text.)
Then, click the left mouse button to copy the selected text
to the command line or the right button to cancel the selection.
In either case, the highlighted text will be restored to how it
was if you don't change its position by pressing <Enter>, for
example. If you double left or right click, the selection will
be handled as above but the mouse cursor will re-appear to wait
for another selection. See the table below.
Left Button | Right Button
-------------------------------------------------
Single click | send text | cancel |
----------------------------------------------------------------
Double click | send text & | cancel & |
| wait for more text | wait for more text |
-------------------------------------------------
You can also highlight an entire word at once by double
left-clicking on it. (A word is defined to be a sequence of
valid DOS filename characters plus dot (.), question mark (?) and
star (*). See your DOS manual for a complete list.) The mouse
cursor jumps to one space past the word. Then you can deselect
characters from the end of the word by moving the mouse cursor
back toward the beginning of the word while continuing to hold
down the left mouse button. Once you have double clicked on a
word, you can highlight text to the right by continuing to hold
down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse to the right.
If you highlight a filename and its extension that is part
of a directory listing, WordGrab will send the name to the
command line in the form FILENAME.EXT. In other words, the
intermediate space(s) will be changed to a single period. One
way to highlight a filename is to double-click on its basename --
the part before the dot and extension. If you also highlight the
space to the right of the file extension, that space will be
copied to the command line. This is useful for placing two or
more filenames on the command line.
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WordGrab works in the 25 x 80, 43 x 80 and 50 x 80 text-
screen modes.
II.D. In a Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 DOS-Session
WordGrab works in a full-screen Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 DOS-
session. However, you may need to add the line
MouseinDOSBox=1
to the [NonWindowsApp] section of Windows's SYSTEM.INI file. If
you install WordGrab after starting Windows, be sure to remove it
before closing the DOS window.
II.E. Copying to an Application Program
Although WordGrab can be used with some application programs, it
is not