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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Getting Started ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

NFNF v1.1

Copyright (c) by Gary L. Robinson, 1996

NFNF stands for New File, New Folder.  It is so named due to the fact that most
of its functionality results from subclassing the file and folder classes.

The primary goal of NFNF is to make the OS/2 user more productive by adding new
items to the popup menus of files, folders and the Desktop.

Two tabs in the Desktop's settings notebook contain all the options for these
additions - the New File tab (with three pages) and the New Folder tab (with
four pages).

A template for zip files is placed in the Templates folder.

Each portion of NFNF may be independently activated or deactivated.

o   Settings Help - Graphical navigation for 1024x768 or higher resolution
    Desktops

o   Settings Help - Text-only navigation for 800x600 and lower resolution
    Desktops

o   Registering and Ordering

o   Features

o   What's New in this Version?

o   Navigating a Settings Notebook

o   License

o   Installation

o   Uninstallation

o   Other Topics


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Features ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

What are the features and functions NFNF adds?

o   Popup items for zipping and unzipping files and folders with many useful
    options

o   Drag/Drop zipping via a ZIP object template

o   Add to zip files via Drag/Drop or a menu item

o   User selected icon for all ZIP files

o   Automatic display of statistics in the titlebar of a folder (not recursive)

o   Popup item for statistics for folders (recursive or not recursive) or files

o   Popup item for command line opened from object's directory

o   Automatic Drag/Drop prompt (copy, move, shadow and create program reference)

o   Menu filtering with the ability to redisplay the filtered items

o   Popup item for the New Object dialog, which allows a new directory or any
    type of object for which there is a template in the templates folder to be
    created (replaces the old Create folder dialog)

o   Popup menu item for the Get Files dialog, which allows opening remote
    folders, copying or moving files, creating program references or shadows

o   New options for closing folders via the keyboard + mouse or via a popup
    item

o   Options for closing, showing or hiding all folders on the Desktop

o   Option for setting all Desktop objects to "No Drag"

o   Option to always sort all folders

Note:  For a complete list of all the features and their options, just page
through the New File and New Folder tabs of your Desktop's settings notebook or
the equivalents in this help file.  The only item which does not show up in the
settings notebook is the template for zip files, new.zip.

Note:  In NFNF, the words folder and subfolder are interchangeable with the
words directory and subdirectory.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Navigating a settings notebook ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Navigating a Settings Notebook

Click on any tab on the right hand edge of the notebook to change to a
different section.  Each section may have any number of pages, but the majority
of sections have just one page.  Sections (tabs) with more than one page
display, for example, "Page 1 of 4" in their lower right hand corner.  This
lets the user know how many pages a particular section (tab) has.  Sections
(tabs) with only one page do not display any page notifications.

Click on the right pointing arrow (in the lower right hand corner) to go
forward (down) one page in the settings notebook.  For example, to go from
"Page 1 of 3" to "Page 2 of 3" of a tab, you would use this arrow.  This arrow
will also go to the first page of the next tab if the current page is the last
(or only) page of the current tab.  The arrows are always visible, even if a
given tab has only one page.

Click on the left pointing arrow (in the lower right hand corner) to go
backward (up) one page in the settings notebook.  For example, to go from "Page
2 of 3" to "Page 1 of 3", you would use this arrow.  This arrow will also go to
the last page of the previous tab if the current page is the first (or only)
page of the current tab.

If there are more tabs than can be displayed on the right hand side of a
notebook, small, light grey double arrows will appear above and below the tabs.
Pressing the arrows above the tabs will make any tabs above the currently
visible ones come into view.  Pressing the arrows below the tabs will make any
tabs located below the currently visible ones to come into view.  Increasing
the size of the window in which the settings notebook appears will also cause
more tabs to come into view.

Note:  In the graphics which depict settings notebook pages within this help
file, you must double-click to change to a different page or tab.  On an actual
settings notebook, a single-click is all that is needed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> What's New? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

History

o   June 7, 1996 - Version 1.1 - New release

    Improved layout of settings notebook pages

    Added support to Drag/Drop prompt for INF object and Program reference
    creation

    Improved dialogs for install and uninstall

    Uninstall no longer required before updating

    Beep on completion option added

    User selected icon for zip files

    US or European date/time format for stats

    Menu filtering recall for files and folders

    Separate checkboxes for zip folder and zip tree

    Separate checkboxes for folder and tree stats

    Close folder from open icon menu item and hotkey

    Close/show/hide all folders

    Always sort all folders

    New Object dialog (replaces the old Create folder dialog)

    Query Templates folder at boot up for New Object

    Get Files dialog

    Drag/No Drag option for Desktop objects

    Easy enable/disable of entire NFNF package

    Information screen displayed (after first boot only)

    Help file rewritten

    Bug fix - file stats now shows updated values

    Bug fix - eliminated interaction problems with Object Desktop's Object
    Packager

    Bug fix - install no longer has problems on systems with no fixpaks present

o   Jan 22, 1996 - Version 1.02 - Bug fix only

    Version 1.01 fixed one bug and created another on some OS/2 stations. 1.02
    fixed this "new" bug. The installation program improved to work for all
    versions and flavors of Warp.

o   Jan 15, 1996 - Version 1.01 - Bug fix only

    Fixed bug in install so it would install properly on all desktops including
    non-English versions of Warp and desktops with different names. Also
    changed default destinations for zipping and unzipping. No new features in
    this version.

o   Jan 8, 1996 - Version 1.0 - Initial release


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> License ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Shareware

This program is shareware and the unregistered version expires after 45 days.
Double-click here for more information on registration.

Distribution

This program can be freely distributed by any means as long as all the original
files remain together and are not altered. It cannot be used for any commercial
purpose or sold without first obtaining the author's permission.

Disclaimer

This package is provided "as is", without any guarantees or warrantees
whatsoever. The author is not liable or responsible for any loss or damage of
any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, losses of a financial,
physical, emotional, marital, social, or mental nature that may result from the
use or the purported use of anything in this package, for any purpose
whatsoever.  (Thanks to Michael Shillingford for the wording).

Registration

Double-click here for registration information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Installation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Requirements

o   Any one of the versions of Warp must be in use.

o   A copy of zip.exe and/or unzip.exe need to be in a directory referenced in
    your path statement, only if you want to use any of the zipping and/or
    unzipping features of NFNF.

Zip.exe and unzip.exe are available from InfoZip for free.  One site on the
internet which contains the latest versions of these two files is the
/pub/archiving/zip directory at ftp.uu.net. You will need to change the names
of the two files from zip*.exe and unzip*.exe (where the * represents the
version numbers) to zip.exe and unzip.exe.  As of May 20, 1996, the latest
archives for 32 bit versions of these programs for OS/2 were zip21x2.zip and unz520x2.exe.

Installation

Create a new directory and unzip the zip file containing NFNF into this new
directory.  (This would be very easy if you already had NFNF installed.)

Double-click on nfinst.exe (with the rose icon -  ) to start the automatic
installation.  (If you have a previous version of NFNF installed, the install
program will install the new version over the old one.)  Do not try to install manually.

Enter your registration number (if you have one), click on the Install button,
follow the prompts and then reboot when instructed to do so.

After rebooting, open up the settings notebook of your Desktop and modify the
settings on the pages within the New File and New Folder tabs, until they are
as you want them to be.

Note:  If the two new NFNF tabs on your settings notebook are not visible after
you have successfully installed NFNF, scroll the tabs up and down by clicking
on the small, light grey double arrows above and below the tabs, or try
resizing your notebook so that the NFNF tabs will be exposed.

Save the files in the directory you installed from. They will be needed if you
uninstall and/or reinstall, but they are not required for NFNF to work, once
installation is complete.

For the more curious - the following things occur when install runs: Five DLLs
(newdold.dll,  newfold.dll, newres.dll, newzip.dll and newzres.dll) will be
copied to the \OS2\DLL subdirectory on your boot drive. Three new classes -
newdfold, newfold and newzip - will be created and registered with OS/2. An
entry in OS2.INI named NEWFOLD is created, which stores the settings for NFNF.
The help file (nfnfv11.hlp) is copied to the \OS2\HELP subdirectory.

Double-click here to see a listing of the Package Contents.

Updating

When updating, follow the steps for regular installation.  To prevent the
"Evaluation period has expired" dialog from displaying when you reboot, be sure
to enter your registration number in the entryfield in the Install dialog
before pressing the install button.  There is no need to uninstall before
updating.  You will have to reenter all of the settings, since NFNF does not
save them.  (Newer versions could have their settings stored in a different
order or some new settings could be interspersed between the old ones, making
the new ones incompatible with the old.)


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Package Contents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The files contained within the NFNF archive are:

file_id.diz      - short description for BBS use
newdfold.dll     - dynamic link library
newfold.dll      - dynamic link library
newres.dll       - dynamic link library
newzip.dll       - dynamic link library
newzres.dll      - dynamic link library
nferase.exe      - called by nfinst.exe during uninstall
nfinst.exe       - install/uninstall program
nfnfv11.hlp      - documentation (you are reading it now)
nfnote.exe       - checks for efficacy of uninstall
readhelp.cmd     - executable file to enable reading nfnfv11.hlp file
readme.now                  - IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO READ FIRST
orderfrm.doc     - easily printed order form
bmtorder.doc     - easily printed order form for BMT Micro

If all these files are not present when the archive is unzipped, please notify
the sysop where you downloaded the archive from.

Note:  The file nfinst.ini will be created in the directory from which NFNF was
installed at installation time.  This file may be used in the future if you
uninstall and or reinstall.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Uninstallation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Uninstallation

Double-click on nfinst.exe (with the rose icon -  ) to get the NFNF
installation dialog displayed above.  Press the uninstall button.  Reboot when
instructed to do so.  After the reboot, click the OK button on the dialog box
informing you that NFNF has been successfully uninstalled.

That's it.

Do not try to uninstall simply by deleting the files contained in the ZIP file.
(You won't hurt anything - you just won't accomplish your goal.)

For the more curious - the following things occur when uninstalling:  The three
new classes created by NFNF are deregistered, the help file, nfnfv11.hlp is
deleted.  On reboot, before the Desktop loads, the DLLs that were copied to
\OS2\DLL to are  deleted via a RUN statement in config.sys.  (This must be done
before the desktop is functioning, since once the desktop is up, the DLLs are
in use and cannot be deleted.)  The entry in OS2.INI for NFNF (NEWFOLD) is also
erased.  (If you reinstall, you must reenter all your settings and choices,
since no settings are saved when NFNF is uninstalled).  Nfnote.exe checks to
see that all the items to be deleted actually were deleted.  If some items were
not able to be deleted, a popup dialog informs the user that manual
uninstallation may be necessary.

Note:  Manual uninstallation is not recommended.  However, in the event that
the built-in uninstall fails, it should be used.  Double-click here for
information on how to uninstall manually.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Manual Uninstallation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Manual Uninstallation

If, for whatever reason, you must uninstall manually, take the following steps:

o   Boot from floppies or boot from a separate partition from the one that you
    want to uninstall from and go to a command line.
      - OR -

o   Press Alt-F1 when the small white rectangle is in the upper right hand
    corner of the screen while OS/2 is booting.  A screen with recovery choices
    will appear.  Press the letter c to go to a command line.
       THEN

o   change to the \OS2\DLL subdirectory on the partition from which you want to
    uninstall NFNF from, by typing the drive letter of this partition with a
    colon (for example, c:),  press the enter key, then type cd \os2\dll, press
    the enter key again then type the following commands, pressing the enter
    key after each one:

    del newdfold.dll

    del newfold.dll

    del newres.dll

    del newzip.dll

    del newzres.dll
The system should say "1 file deleted" after each of these actions, to tell you
that the operation was successful.  This will remove the functioning portions
of NFNF from your system.

The help file, nfnfv11.hlp, may also be deleted from the \os2\help subdirectory
in a similar fashion, by pressing the enter key after typing in each of the
following commands:

    cd \os2\help

    del nfnfv11.hlp


Press Control-Alt-Delete to reboot.

The following steps can also be taken to totally remove NFNF from your system,
even though performing just the above steps will to return your system to
normal operation.

o   Delete the original files from the directory that you unzipped NFNF into.
    (See Package Contents for a listing.)  If that directory is empty, it can
    also be deleted.  Delete the zip file containing NFNF.

o   The three classes NFNF creates should also be deleted.  To do this, you
    will need some sort of an INI editor or class modifier, such as UniMaint
    (commercial software), WPSClean (archive = WPSClean.zip) or DeRegister
    (archive = dereg04.zip, freeware)  Following the directions that come with
    whatever package you choose, delete the following three classes:

    newdfold

    newfold

    newzip

o   Use an INI editor to remove the NEWFOLD application from the OS2.INI file.
    (This entry stores the settings for NFNF.)

Due to the complexity of all this, it is recommended that uninstall be
performed by pushing the "Uninstall" button on NFNF's install utility's screen.
If the built-in uninstall does not work, please let the author know, so the
problem can be corrected.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Settings Help - Graphical ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Resolutions of 1024x768 or higher are recommended for use of the Graphical
navigational pages in this help file.  If you resolution is 800x600 or lower,
it is recommended that you double-click here for Text-only navigational pages.
Graphics will still be shown on the informational pages no matter which
navigational option is selected.

o   Page 1 - New File Tab

o   Page 2 - New File Tab

o   Page 3 - New File Tab

o   Page 1 - New Folder Tab

o   Page 2 - New Folder Tab

o   Page 3 - New Folder Tab

o   Page 4 - New Folder Tab

o   Other Topics

o   Back to Getting Started


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Settings Help - Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Text-only navigational pages may be used with any resolution Desktop.  If
your resolution is 1024x768 or higher, the Graphical navigational pages may be
more fun to navigate.  Double-click here if you would like to switch to the
Graphical navigational pages.  Graphics will still be shown on the
informational pages no matter which navigational option is selected.

o   Page 1 - New File Tab

o   Page 2 - New File Tab

o   Page 3 - New File Tab

o   Page 1 - New Folder Tab

o   Page 2 - New Folder Tab

o   Page 3 - New Folder Tab

o   Page 4 - New Folder Tab

o   Other Topics

o   Back to Getting Started


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New File Tab - page 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on the setting for which you require assistance;   Use the arrows
and tabs to navigate to other NFNF pages;  Use the back arrow to return to the
Getting Started page;  Press <Ctrl+C> anytime to go back to the Table of Contents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New File Tab - page 1 - text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click an item for help:

o   Default Directory for Unzipping

o   Enable Unzip popup menu item for .ZIP files

o    Create shadow for destination folder

o     Create shadow for destination subfolder

o    Open destination folder on UNZIP completion

o     Open destination subfolder on UNZIP completion

o    Show UNZIP session, Autoclose, Beep

o   User selected icon for .ZIP files

o   Go forward to page 2 of the New File Tab

o   Go back to the Getting Started page


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Default Destination for Unzipping ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Default Destination for Unzipping - DD4U

Enter the directory (full path) that you desire the unzipped files to be placed
into.  When a file is unzipped, it will not be placed directly in this
directory.  A subdirectory with the same name as the zip file (without the
.zip) will be created for the unzipped files to be placed into.  This newly
created directory will be placed in the "Default Destination for Unzipping".

For example - say that h:\unzipped is entered as the DD4U and a file by the
name of foo.zip is to be unzipped. Just select "Unzip" from the popup of
foo.zip (click mouse button number two - usually the right one - on foo.zip to
get the popup).  A directory with the name foo will be created and foo.zip will
be unzipped into the directory foo.  Foo will be a subdirectory of h:\unzipped
(h:\unzipped\foo).

Note:  A word of caution concerning real files and the Desktop. It is a good
habit to develop to never leave actual files on the Desktop.  Instead, only
shadows of files and directories and program references should be placed on the
Desktop.  This speeds the loading of the Desktop, since these objects do not
have any appreciable size.  Also, in the rare instance that there is a problem
with the Desktop, the actual files and directories will not be lost, only the
references to them will be lost.  Additionally, a backup of a Desktop which has
no actual files on it will be faster time-wise and smaller size-wise, than a
backup of a Desktop which contains actual files, regardless of the program
which performs the backup.

So, if you pick a new directory to have the unzipped files' folders placed
into, make sure it does not have the Desktop as its parent.  Or, if it does,
make sure that you move the new directory and its files to another location,
without waiting too long.

Note:  When a zip file is unzipped, the zip file is left intact - in its
original location - before, during and after the unzipping process. It is not
destroyed or altered by using the "Unzip" menu choice or by unzipping via other programs.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Unzip popup menu item for .ZIP files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Unzip popup menu item for .ZIP files

This setting places a menu item "Unzip" on the popup for all zip files.
Clicking this entry causes the contents of the zip file to be placed in a new
subdirectory.  The name of this new subdirectory is the same as the name of the
zip file, but without the .zip at the end.  This new directory is created as a
subdirectory of the location entered in the "Default Destination for Unzipping"
entry field.  Enabling this setting makes it easy to unzip any zip file - just
select "Unzip" for the popup menu and NFNF does all the rest, even opening the
related directories, if so desired.

Note:  This feature makes it painless to unzip zip files which are not on your
hard drive.  For example, if you have a floppy with zip files on it, just get a
popup from the one you want to unzip and select the "Unzip" menu item.  NFNF
does all the rest.  There is no need to copy the file to the hard drive first
or make a directory for it.  The same thing works for zip files on a CD or
other removable media.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Create shadow for destination folders ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Create shadow for DD4U folder

This setting will create a shadow of the destination folder on the desktop. In
the example, a shadow of h:\unzipped would be created on the Desktop.  This
allows easy access to all the subdirectories which contain the unzipped files.
(If the DD4U is changed to the Desktop, this choice does not function).

Create shadow for new destination subfolder

This setting will cause a shadow of the newly created subfolder to be placed on
the Desktop. In our example of unzipping foo.zip, a shadow of the foo
subdirectory would be created on the Desktop.  This would allows easy access to
all the files which it contains.  However, leaving this setting on can result
in increased Desktop clutter if many zip files are unzipped at once or if the
shadows of previous unzippings are allowed to remain.

Note:  A closed shadow of a folder is just a pointer to a real folder. Deleting
a closed shadow of a folder only deletes the pointer to the real folder; it
does not delete the real folder and/or its contents.  However, when the folder
shadow is double-clicked, it is the real folder which opens, not the shadow.
This open folder is real, as are the objects contained within it.  Deleting the
folder which is displayed as a result of opening a folder shadow will delete
the actual folder and all its contents.  Deleting a file within a folder which
displayed as a result of double clicking a shadow of a folder will delete that
actual object.  A common misconception is thinking that since a shadow of a
folder was created, everything within it is also always automatically a shadow.
This is just not true.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Open Destination folder on UNZIP completion ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Open DD4U folder on UNZIP completion

This setting causes the folder entered as the "Default Destination for
Unzipping" to open on the desktop each time a file is unzipped. It is not
necessary for the "Create shadow for destination folder" to be selected for the
open function to work, since a view of the actual folder is opened.

In the example, this would cause the h:\unzipped directory to open on the
desktop whenever a file was unzipped via the "Unzip" popup menu item.  This
allows easy access to the new subdirectories which were created for each of the
newly unzipped zip files, without cluttering up the Desktop.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Open subfolder on UNZIP completion ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Open new subfolder on UNZIP completion

This setting causes the new subfolder just created as a result of unzipping a
zip file to open on the Desktop.  This allows easy access to the files within
the new subdirectory - for instance, a read.me could be double-clicked for
information or an executable could be started.  The "Create shadow for
destination subfolder" setting does not have to be on for this setting to work,
since it is the actual folder which will be opened.  If multiple files are
unzipped, turning this setting on can result in the potential for Desktop clutter.

In the example, the newly created foo subdirectory (h:\unzipped\foo) would be
opened on the Desktop, if this setting were on and foo.zip were unzipped.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Show UNZIP session, Autoclose, Beep ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Show UNZIP session

This setting opens a VIO window (OS/2 command line window), showing the
progress of the unzipping session.  A benefit of having the session visible is
that it can be seen if there are any errors during unzipping or any errors
within the zip file itself (caused by a problem during downloading, for example).

Autoclose UNZIP session when finished

This setting closes the VIO (command line) window (which was showing the
progress of the unzipping session) as soon as the unzipping is complete.  A
benefit of not  having this setting checked is that you'll have time to read
the progress of the unzipping, without worrying about trying to catch it before
it disappears.  A disadvantage to leaving this setting unchecked, is that you
will have to close the VIO window yourself.

Beep on completion

This setting causes a beep to be sounded when the unzipping session is
completed.  This is independent of the setting of Show UNZIP session and
Autoclose session.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> User selected icon for .ZIP files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

User selected icon for .Zip files

This setting allows the user to specify an icon which will appear as the icon
for all zip files.  When checked, it will override the icon which would be
normally be assigned to zip files if an association between zip files and some
other program were in place.  If you have already assigned an icon you like to
zip files system-wide (by establishing an association between *.zip and
unzip.exe and assigning an icon to unzip.exe), this setting is not for you.

The full path to the icon must be entered in the entryfield and the system must
be rebooted for this to take effect.

Note: This feature is not disabled with the One click Enable/Disable feature.
This is due to the confusion that could result having some .zip files with the
user selected icons and some with the default icon for the file.  This feature
has to be disabled through approrpiate settings page check box.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New File Tab - page 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on the setting for which you require assistance;   Use the arrows
and tabs to navigate to other NFNF pages;  Press <Ctrl+C> anytime to go back to
the Table of Contents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New File Tab - page 2 - text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on an item for help:

o   Enable Drag/Drop on .ZIP files

o   Show Drag/Drop session, Autoclose, Beep

o   Enable Zip this file menu item

o   Enable Add to .ZIP menu item

o   Enable Stats popup menu item (US, Euro)

o   Enable Menu filtering recall

o   Enable Menu filtering

o   Go forward to page 3 of the New File Tab

o   Go back to page 1 of the New File Tab


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Drag/Drop on .ZIP files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Drag/Drop on .ZIP files to add new objects

This setting allows adding files to existing zip files simply by dragging and
dropping the files to be added onto any existing zip file.  Folders, including
all their subfolders and any files the subfolders or the main folder may
contain, can also be added, simply by dropping.  If a shadow of a file or
folder is dropped, the original file or folder is considered to have been
dropped.  Program references cannot be added to zip files, but no harm will
come from dropping them on a zip file - just nothing will happen.

This setting must be enabled so that new.zip, the zip object template, can function.

Note:  Files or folders on HPFS drives with line feeds in their names (i.e. -
names spanning more than one line) cannot be added to zip files via this
method, since zip.exe does not recognize the OS/2 line feed character.  There
are a few other characters which OS/2 will allow in a filename that zip.exe
will not allow.  If you are having trouble adding a file to an existing zip
file, please make sure that the problem is not with its name.  Try renaming it
to a "plain" name, one which consists of only letters or numbers and fits in an
8.3 format.  If the file with a "plain" name works, then the problem lies with
the name.  If the "plain" named file also fails to be added, please contact
the author.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Show Drag/Drop session, Autoclose, Beep ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Show Drag/Drop session

This setting makes a VIO window (OS/2 command line window) visible, which shows
the progress of zip.exe during the addition of the dropped files or folders to
an existing zip file.  A benefit of having the session visible is that it can
be seen if there are any errors during the zipping operation.

Autoclose session

This setting closes the VIO (command line) window (which was showing the
progress of the zipping session) as soon as the zipping is complete.  A benefit
of *not* having this setting checked is that you'll have time to read the
progress of the zipping, without worrying about trying to catch it before it
disappears.  A disadvantage to leaving this setting unchecked is that you will
have to close the VIO window yourself.

Beep on completion

This setting causes a beep to sound when the zipping session is completed.
This is independent of the settings for Show Drag/Drop session and Autoclose session.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Zip this file menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Zip this file menu item

This setting causes a menu item "Zip this file" to be added to the popup for
all files.  Selecting "Zip this file" from the popup causes the file to be
compressed.  The resulting zip file (with a name generated by adding .zip in
place of the original extension the file had) will be placed in the directory
specified by the "Default Destination for Zipping" entry field.  The original
file will remain in its current location, unchanged.

Note:  Files on HPFS drives with line feeds in their names (i.e. - names
spanning more than one line) cannot be zipped via this method, since zip.exe
does not recognize the OS/2 line feed character.  There are a few other
characters which OS/2 will allow in a filename that zip.exe will not allow.  If
you are having trouble zipping a file, please make sure that the problem is not
with its name.  Try renaming it to a "plain" name, one which consists of only
letters or numbers and fits in an 8.3 format.  If the file with a "plain" name
is works, then the problem lies with the name.  If the "plain" named file also
fails to be zipped, please contact the author.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Add to .ZIP menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Add to .ZIP menu item for all files

This setting causes a menu item "Add to .ZIP" to be added to the popup for all
files.  A dialog box opens, which allows you to specify which zip file you want
the given file to be added to.

Use the down-pointing arrow to the right of the Drive display to expose a list
of available drives and click on the one to be used.  Double-click on a
directory in the Directory window to show the files it contains as well as any
subdirectories below it.  (To display the files within a given directory, be
sure to double-click it.  Having it highlighted is not enough.)  Then click on
the zip file you would like to add to in the Files list, so it is highlighted.
Click on the "Add To" button and you're all done.

Note:  Often, it is easier to have "Enable Drag/Drop on .ZIP files" active and
to just drop the file you want to add onto the zip file you want to add it to.
NFNF extends the number of ways that a given task can be performed, giving you
the option to use the one (or ones) you find most convenient.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Stats popup menu item for all files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Stats popup menu item for all files

This setting places a menu item "Stats" on the popup for all files.  (There is
a similar menu item for folders on page 1 of the New Folder tab, but the folder
stats display contains different information.)  When "Stats" for a file is
selected, the stats dialog pops up:

The times and dates may be displayed in US format (times: 12 hours with a.m.
and p.m.; dates: month/day/year) or European format (times: 24 hour; dates:
day/month/year).  May 26, 1996 at 5 minutes past three in the afternoon would
be represented by 5/26/96 3:05 p.m. in US format or 26/05/96 15:05 in European
format.  The graphic above shows US formatting.

The stats display shows the file name in the titlebar and full path in the
scrollable field just below.  (This makes it very easy to tell which directory
a file is located in, especially when you are dealing with two or more files
with the same name.)  The file size, extended attributes size, time and date of
creation, time and date of last write (modification), time and date of last
access (last time the file was used) are displayed next.  At the bottom, the
attributes are shown - A for archive, H for hidden, R for read only and S for
system.  A "+" (plus sign) or a "-"  (minus sign) follows each attribute,
indication whether it is on (plus) or off (minus).  For example, H- means a
file  is not hidden and R+ means a file is read only.  To change any of the
attributes, just click on the one you want to change and it will change.  The
new status of the attribute will now be displayed.

This is much, much easier than the way OS/2 allows access to this information.
Without NFNF, you must select settings from a popup menu, select the file tab
and then change to page two by clicking the arrow in the lower right hand
corner.  With NFNF, just select "Stats" from the popup, and the information is displayed.

NFNF file stats are more accurate than details view

NFNF's file stats updates the data that will be displayed before it is
displayed.  The stats on page two of the File tab of a standard OS/2 settings
notebook also update themselves before being displayed.  The stats displayed in
a details view of a folder are not updated before being displayed, so they are
not always accurate and should not be relied upon for critical work.  The stats
for any individual file in a details view folder are only updated at boot time
or whenever the settings notebook for that file is opened (whether or not it is
turned to page two of the File tab).  An HPFS drive is required to see this phenomenon.

Try this test:  Open any folder containing a text file (or any other type of
file - it's just easy to demonstrate with a text file) and switch to details
view.  Note the last access time and date for any particular text file.
Double-click on that file's icon and it should open in a text editor.  Close
the file - no need to make changes.  Note the time and date of the last access.
It did not change from the old time first noted, ignoring this recent access.
Closing the folder and reopening it does not correct the error.  Selecting NFNF
stats (which will display the correct information) or simply opening the text
file's settings notebook (which will display the correct data) will correct the
inaccurate times and dates.  It would make sense for any folder opened in
details view to update each of its entries before displaying the data (or when
refresh is selected), but it does not happen that way.

Note:  Stats are not available for the active swap file, swapper.dat.

Note:  On drives with the FAT file system, OS/2 does not keep three time/date
combinations for each file.  Only the last write (modification) time/date is
kept track of.  (Create date and last access date are listed as 0/00/80 and the
corresponding times are listed as 12:00am, when stats are requested from a file
which resides on a FAT drive.)  This  is one of many reasons for using HPFS
(High Performance File System) instead of FAT.  Since additional overhead is
needed for HPFS, it should only be used on systems with enough RAM.

There are many other differences between HPFS and FAT, but they will not be
discussed here.  For most users, the benefits of HPFS far outweigh the added
overhead, but YMMV (your mileage may vary).

Note:  File stats is an excellent way to check for the presence of R+ or S+ on
a file without a "Delete" menu item or a file which the Shredder will not
accept.  Just change the R+ ot R- and the S+ to S- and the file should usually
be able to be deleted.  Often, files copied from CD-ROM drives end up with an
R+ attribute, since a CD-ROM drive is usually read-only, which is the only
thing preventing them from being able to be deleted or sometimes moved.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Menu Filtering recall ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Menu Filtering Recall for files

Enabling this item allows all the items in the Menu Filtering section which are
checked to reappear on the popup menu when a modifier key is held.  Select the
modifier key from the choices in the drop-down list box at the end of the line.
In the graphic, F4 is selected as the modifier key.  The possible choices for
modifier keys are F2-F9.  To see the entire menu, hold down the modifier key
which you have selected while getting the popup for the file.  If this
particular key is not being held while the menu is called, then the items with
check marks on the Menu Filtering list will not appear.  In the example in the
graphic, if F4 is held down while getting a popup menu, "Copy", "Move", "Help",
"Create Shadow" and "Pickup" will appear, even though they have been filtered.

This setting allows you to be more ruthless in removing seldom used items form
your menus.  On the rare occasions that a filtered item is needed, just hold
down the modifier key and the full popup will appear.

Note:  There are a few other settings in NFNF which call for a function key to
be used.  It is not required that the same key be used as a modifier in all
cases, but it is much easier to remember the one key if all are set to the same
value, instead of trying to remember three different ones and the times that
each are used.

Note:  The setting for enabling menu filtering recall for folders is separate
from the setting for enabling menu filtering recall for files.  Usually, if one
is enabled, it makes sense to enable the other and use the same modifier key.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Filtering (for files) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Menu Filtering for files

Checking one (or more) of these items causes it to be removed from the popup
menu for files.  (There is a separate Menu Filtering section for folders on
page 2 of the New Folder tab.)  Checking an item does not prevent the
associated action from occurring by other means.  OS/2 has many ways to do most
tasks.  Pretty much any action which can be done by selecting a menu item, can
be also done by using the keyboard alone, or the keyboard in combination with
the mouse.

For example, if "Delete" is checked, "Delete" will not appear on the popup for
a file, but that will not prevent a file from being able to be deleted by
dragging it to the shredder or deleting it from a command line.

This feature helps cut down on the clutter caused by having menu items appear
on the popup which are rarely used.  A popup is most helpful when it contains
items which represent the most common tasks to be performed.  A popup should
not be so long that it takes an extended period of time to find a given choice.

Don't worry about removing a choice which you use only occasionally.  On the
times that is it needed, it can be returned to the popup via Menu Filtering recall.

Note:  Some files have been created with an undeletable style.  "Delete" will
not appear on the popup for this type of file, regardless of whether the
"Delete" checkbox under Menu Filtering is checked, or not.  These files are not
deletable via the command line or dragging to the shredder.

Note:  Please be sure to read the section on "Enable menu filtering recall".


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New File Tab - page 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on the setting for which you require assistance;   Use the arrows
and tabs to navigate to other NFNF pages;  Press <Ctrl+C> anytime to go back to
the Table of Contents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New File Tab - page 3 - text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on an item for help:

o   Enable Command line session menu item

o   Enable Show .ZIP contents menu item

o    Use external .ZIP viewer

o    Editor for Show .ZIP contents menu item

o    Verbose output for Show Contents

o   Go forward to page 1 of the New Folder Tab

o   Go back to page 2 of the New File Tab


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable command line session menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Command line session menu item for files

This setting causes a menu item "Command line" to be added to the popup for all
files.  Selecting "Command line" from the popup causes a VIO (command line)
window to open, with the directory that the file is located in as the current
directory.  If the file is a shadow, the directory the original file resides in
is made the current directory, not the directory the shadow is located within.

Command Processor

Enter the full path to the command processor of your choice.  (If the command
processor is located in a directory  referenced by the SET PATH statement in
CONFIG.SYS, then just the filename (without the full path) needs to be
entered.)  This will be the command processor whose window will be opened when
the "Command line" menu item is selected.  CMD.EXE is the default.  4OS2.EXE is
a very popular alternate, due to its more numerous features.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Show .ZIP contents menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Show .ZIP contents menu item

Enabling this setting causes the "Show .ZIP contents" menu item to be added to
the popup for all zip files.

Note:  "Show Zip contents", as well as "Unzip" and most other NFNF popup menu
items works fine for files and folders which are on removable drives.  This
comes in handy when dealing with a CD-ROM or a floppy.  There is no need to
copy the file(s) to the local hard drive first.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Use External .Zip viewer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Use External .ZIP viewer to display zip file contents

If the "Use external .ZIP viewer" checkbox is checked and the full path to your
desired viewer is entered in the entry field, the archive will be opened in
that particular .ZIP viewer.  This allows full manipulation of the zip file,
limited only by the particular viewer you are using.  The only restriction on
the viewer is that it must be able to take command line parameters for the path
of the zip file to be opened.  (ZipMe [archive = zipme121.zip] and Zip Control
[archive = zipct230.zip] are just two of the many such viewers which will work
with NFNF.)

Important Note:  ZipMe v1.21 (and earlier versions) and Zip Control v2.29 (and
earlier versions) do not work properly with the latest versions of the zip
executables, zip.exe (zip21x2.exe) and unzip.exe (unz520x2.exe).  They do work
properly when older versions of the zip executables are used.  Zip Control
v2.30 does works properly with the latest zip executables, as well as the older
ones.  Zip Control v2.30 was just released to take care of these new changes in
the zip executables.  An update to ZipMe is most probably on the way.

The following graphics show the contents of nfnf109b.zip using Zip Controlv2.30
and ZipMe v1.21 (using the older zip executables).  This should not be
construed as a recommendation for these archive viewers or a lack of
recommendation for other viewers which are not shown.  These two are just shown
for informational purposes.

Zip Control is shown above; ZipMe (using the older zip executables) is shown below.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Editor for Show .ZIP contents menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Editor for Show .ZIP contents

If the "Use external .ZIP viewer" box is not checked, the contents of the zip
file are displayed using the text editor whose full path is entered in the
"Editor for Show Zip contents menu item" entryfield, whenever the "Show .ZIP
contents" menu item is selected for a zip file.  (Actually, the results of the
command unzip -l <zip file> or unzip -v <zip file> are written to a temporary
file which is then opened by the selected text editor.  If the text editor is
closed without saving the results, the temporary file is deleted.)  The default
editor is E.EXE, the OS/2 System editor, but this may be changed to your
favorite editor, either PM or text-mode.  (If the editor is located in a
directory referenced by the SET PATH statement in CONFIG.SYS, then just the
filename (without the full path) needs to be entered.)

Double-click here to see zip file contents displayed in a text editor.

Note:  Since the "Show .ZIP contents" information is arranged in columns, it
will be much easier to read if you change the font to a monospaced font.  This
will cause the columns to line up properly.  To change the font for E.EXE, just
select "Options" and then "Set font..." from the menu bar.  An acceptable
choice of font is System Monospaced, Normal style, 10 point size, but pick any
combination that looks good to you.  Courier also works well.  OS/2 offers you
great flexibility - use it.

Note:  You may also want to select an editor you don't use often or make a copy
of your favorite editor (naming it something else), and entering the path of
the copy in the entry field.  This allows you to size the window and keep the
font monospaced for zip file contents viewing, while allowing a differently
sized window with a more attractive proportional font to be saved for use by
the original editor when doing "normal" editing tasks.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Verbose output for Show Contnets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Verbose output when using editor for "Show .ZIP contents"

The display of the zip file contents using the text editor can be normal mode,
showing only the full path of the zip file; the size unzipped, date, time and
name of the individual files within the zip file and the total size of the
entire zip file unzipped, as shown immediately below.

If "Verbose output for Show Contents" is checked, the method of zipping, the
zipped size, the ratio between the zipped and unzipped sizes and a CRC-32 value
are displayed for each individual file, in addition to the normal information.
It is sometimes interesting to see the ratio of compression and a comparison of
the uncompressed vs. compressed sizes of the various files, as shown below in
the verbose display.

Note:  Both of these displays use the 8 point Courier font.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New Folder Tab - page 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on the setting for which you require assistance;   Use the arrows
and tabs to navigate to other NFNF pages;  Press <Ctrl+C> anytime to go back to
the Table of Contents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New Folder Tab - page 1 - text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on an item for help:

o   Default Destination for Zipping

o   Enable Zip menu items:  Folder, Tree

o    Create shadow for destination folder

o    Open folder on zip completion

o    Show Zip session, Autoclose, Beep

o   Enable Add to . ZIP menu item

o   Enable Stats menu items:  Folder, Tree

o   Enable Stats on open folder titlebar

o   Go forward to page 2 of the New Folder Tab

o   Go back to page 3 of the New File Tab


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Default Destination for Zipping ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Default Destination for Zipping

This entry field sets the location for where zip files will be placed on
creation.  If this location does not exist, it will be created.  The default
location is a directory named nfnfzips, located as a top level directory on the
boot drive.  Please read the discussion in the "Default Destination for
Unzipping" subsection before changing this location.

If f:\nfnfzips is the "Default Destination for Zipping", any time a zip file is
created by selecting "Zip this file", "Zip tree" or "Zip folder" from a popup
menu, the new zip file will be placed in f:\nfnfzips. Depending on the other
settings, a shadow of f:\nfnfzips will or will not be placed on the Desktop,
the command line session which shows the zipping action will or will not be
visible, will or will not close itself and a beep when the zipping is completed
will or will not sound, and f:\nfnfzips will or will not open when the zipping
is completed.

Note:  If files are zipped or unzipped from the command line, the "Default
Destination for Zipping" and the "Default Destination for Unzipping" will not
be recognized and folders will not automatically be created for unzipped files.
The zipped or unzipped files will, instead, be placed in the location specified
by the zip or unzip command.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Zip menu items (for folders) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Zip menu items for folders

Enabling either (or both) of these settings places a corresponding menu item
("Zip folder" and/or "Zip tree") on the popup for all folders (including
shadows), except for the root folders of all drives.  "Zip tree" will not
appear on the popup for a folder which does not have any subdirectories.
Instead, a "Zip tree*" menu item will appear.  (This is independent of the
setting for "Zip folder".)  In the graphic on the left, both menu items were
enabled and the text folder has subfolders, so "Zip folder" and "Zip tree" are
displayed.  In the graphic on the right, only Tree stats were enabled and,
since the gfc folder does not contain any subdirectories, "Zip tree*" appears,
instead of "Zip tree".

Note:  If a zip menu item is selected from the popup of the shadow of a folder,
the actual folder is considered to be the target of the operation.

Note:  Zipping folders or trees (or files) always leaves the originals in
place.  They are not moved into the zip file by NFNF, they are only copied to it.

Zip folder

Selecting "Zip folder" causes the files within the 'root' of a given folder
(not within any of its subfolders) to be zipped.  The resulting zip file will
have the name of the folder followed by .zip for its name, and it will be
placed in the "Default Destination for Zipping".  So, if a folder named foo
contained read.me and foo.exe and two subfolders foo2 and foo3, each containg
the files file1 and file2, selecting "Zip folder" would create a zip file named
foo.zip which contained only read.me and foo.exe.  It would not contain foo2 or
foo3, nor would it contain any files from either foo2 or foo3.

Zip tree

Selecting "Zip tree" causes the entire contents of a folder, including all its
subfolders, to be zipped.  The directory structure of the tree is maintained.
If there are no subfolders, the action of "Zip tree*" is the same as that of
"Zip folder".  In the preceding example, if "Zip tree" were selected, the
resulting zip file, again named foo.zip, would contain \foo2, \foo2\file1,
\foo2\file2, \foo3, \foo3\file1, \foo3\file2, as well as read.me and foo.exe.

Note:  The way OS/2 works, if multiple objects are selected and a popup menu is
called from any one, only the menu items on every object will be shown on the
popup.  So, if multiple folders are to be zipped (each into its own zip file)
at the same time and some of the folders had subdirectories and some of them
did not, the "Zip tree" menu item would not be on the 'combined' popup.  NFNF
gets around this situation by having the "Zip tree*" menu item appear on the
combined popup for all of the folders (unless they all have subdirectories, in
which case "Zip tree" would appear.)  This makes it possible to zip multiple,
entire folders at one time, irrespective of whether they contain subdirectories
or not.  If it were not desired to have any subdirectories included in the zip
files, the "Zip folder" menu item should be enabled and selected from the
'combined' popup instead.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Create shadow for destination folder ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Create shadow for destination folder for zipping

This setting creates a shadow of the "Default Destination for Zipping" and
places it on the Desktop.  If a shadow of the DD4Z already exists there, a
second one is not created.

In the example graphic, a shadow of the f:\nfnfzips directory would be placed
on the Desktop.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Open folder on ZIP completion ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Open DD4Z folder on ZIP completion

This setting opens the "Default Destination for Zipping" each time a zip file
is created by an NFNF menu selection.

In the example graphic, the f:\nfnfzips directory would be opened each time a
zip file was created.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Show ZIP session, Autoclose, Beep ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Show ZIP session

This setting makes a VIO window (OS/2 command line window) visible, which shows
the progress of zip.exe during the addition of the dropped files or folders to
an existing zip file.  A benefit of having the session visible is that it can
be seen if there are any errors during the zipping operation.

Autoclose session

This setting closes the VIO (command line) window (which was showing the
progress of the zipping session) as soon as the zipping is complete.  A benefit
of *not* having this setting checked is that you'll have time to read the
progress of the zipping, without worrying about trying to catch it before it
disappears.  A disadvantage to leaving this setting unchecked is that you will
have to close the VIO window yourself.

Beep on completion

This setting causes a beep to sound when the zipping session is completed.
This is independent of the settings for Show ZIP session and Autoclose session.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Add to .Zip menu items ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Add to .Zip menu items for folders

This setting causes two menu items to be added to the popups for folders - "Add
folder to .ZIP" and "Add tree to .ZIP".  Pressing either of these menu items
displays the Add to zip dialog.  (See the help for the "Enable Add to .ZIP menu
item" for a picture of the dialog.)  "Add folder to .ZIP" is similar to "Zip
folder" in that it acts upon only the files which are immediately within the
given folder.  It is not recursive.  These files in the 'root' of the folder
are the ones which will be added to the zip file which is selected from the
list box on the right.  Pressing the "Add to" button completes the adding
process, while pressing the "Cancel" button cancels the process.  The
references to the parent folder are included in the zip file when a folder is added.

If a folder has subfolders, "Add tree to .ZIP" is also added to the popup.  If
there are no subfolders, it is not added.  "Add tree to .ZIP" is similar to
"Zip tree" in that it acts upon all objects which have the given folder as a
parent.  It is recursive.  All files within the folder, all subfolders within
the folder as well as any files or subfolders the subfolders might contain are
added to another zip file.  The directory information is preserved.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Stats menu items (for folders) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Stats menu items for folders

Enabling either (or both) of these settings - Folder (for "Folder stats") or
Tree (for "Tree stats") places the corresponding menu item(s) on the popup for
all folders, including shadows.

Folder stats

When selected,  "Folder stats" displays the same information as is displayed in
the titlebar when titlebar stats for open folders are enabled. This information
is the number of subdirectories within the folder, the total number of files
within the given folder itself (not in subdirectories) and the total size of
the files in the given folder itself (not in subdirectories).  Folder stats is
not recursive.

Tree stats

When selected, "Tree stats" shows the same information as "Folder stats",
except it is recursive.  This means that it totals the numbers of all of the
directories and all of the sizes of all files in all of the subdirectories
below the given folder, in addition to those immediately within the given folder.

Note:  In a large directory or one with many subdirectories, displaying "Tree
stats" could take quite a few seconds or more, depending on the speed of the
computer and the type of hard drive it has. (This is why titlebar stats only
displays information about files in the opened folder itself, not all of its
subdirectories as well.)


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Stats on open folder titlebar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Stats displayed on an open folder's titlebar

Enabling this setting changes the display of the titlebar for all folders.
Since the Titlebar Stats are not recursive, selecting this option does not add
an appreciable delay to the display of a folder.

The first item displayed is the folder name, as it is without this feature
enabled.  In the graphic, the folder name is nfnf109b.

This is followed by "files: " and the number of files within the folder (but
not counting any files in any subdirectories).  There are 12 files in the
example, not counting any files within the bitmaps subdirectory so 12 is shown
for the number of files. Shadows of files and program references (such as the
"Enhanced Editor") are not included in the totals.  However, hidden files are included.

Next is the word  "bytes: " and the number of bytes these files (including the
hidden ones) occupy.  The 12 files (not including any files within the bitmaps
subdirectory) occupy 641,497 bytes, so 641,497 is shown after "bytes:".

Then "dirs:" and  the number of subdirectories immediately within the given
folder is displayed.  Since there is only one subdirectory within the nfnf109b
directory, the value for dirs is 1.  Subdirectories below the bitmaps
subdirectory are not included in this count.  Shadows of folders (such as the
"Games" folder) are not counted.

The full path of the folder, enclosed within square brackets is next.
H:\unzipped\nfnf109b is the path for the folder in the graphic.  This is a
handy feature for the times that multiple directories with the same name but a
different path are displayed concurrently.  The full path is not shown for the
root directory of a drive.

The type of view is the last item displayed, the same as within a stock
titlebar for a folder.

Note:  The stats displayed do not represent the stats of the selected or
highlighted objects within the given folder.  The stats are for all files and
subdirectories immediately within the folder itself, highlighted or not.

Note:  Hidden files and hidden subdirectories will be included in the stats
display, even though the objects are not currently visible.  Program references
and shadows of files or folders will not be included in the totals.  If the
titlebar stats do not agree with what you see in the folder, check for these
types of objects.

Note:  Titlebar stats do not cause any interaction problems with the portion of
other applications which places buttons in the titlebar, such as Xit or the
close button from NPS or Object Desktop.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Notes for Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Pushing the "Help" button from the actual settings notebook will open the help
file you are reading right now.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New Folder Tab - page 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on the setting for which you require assistance;   Use the arrows
and tabs to navigate to other NFNF pages;  Press <Ctrl+C> anytime to go back to
the Table of Contents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New Folder Tab - page 2 - text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on an item for help:

o   Enable Command line session menu item

o   Enable Drag/Drop auto-prompt dialog box

o   Enable Menu filtering recall

o   Menu Filtering

o   Go forward to page 3 of the New Folder Tab

o   Go back to page 1 of the New Folder Tab


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable command line session menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Enable command line session menu item for folders

This setting causes a menu item "Command line" to be added to the popup for all
folders.  Selecting "Command line" from the popup causes a VIO (command line)
window to open, with the directory of the folder as the current directory. If
the folder is a shadow, the directory of the original folder is made the
current directory.

In the example graphic, a command line with the full path to the sbdriver
folder as the current directory would be opened.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable drag/drop auto-prompt dialog box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Drag/drop auto-prompt dialog box for all objects

Enabling this setting causes a dialog box to pop up every time an object is
dragged and dropped from one folder to another.  The dialog does not appear if
objects are just moved within their own folder or moved from one spot on the
Desktop to another.  The default for OS/2 is to move an object which is dragged
and dropped.  Instead of moving the object, NFNF causes a dialog box with five
buttons on it to pop up.  The five choices are "Copy", "Move", "Shadow",
"Migrate program object to folder" and "Cancel".  No action is taken until a
button is pressed.

Pressing "Copy" copies the dropped objects to the new folder, "Move" moves them
there, "Shadow" creates a shadow of each object in the new location.  "Cancel",
of course, cancels the entire operation.

"Migrate program object to folder" causes a program reference object to be
created at the new location.  The name of the program reference is the same as
the executable, but without the extension.  This button is active only for
objects whose extensions are "exe", "cmd" or "bat".

The auto-prompt dialog can be overridden by using the keyboard at the same time
the object is dragged and dropped. The keys used are the same as the standard
keys for copy and shadow as OS/2 normally uses:  <control+drag> = copy;
<control+shift+drag> = create shadow).  To move a file without the prompt,
<shift+drag> is used.

Note:  The drag/drop auto-prompt is very useful for laptops and other
situations where a traditional mouse is not used.  It is also helpful in
allowing new users to get a feel for OS/2, without having to worry about what
is going to happen when they drag an object.  Additionally, it is useful when
you don't want to use the keyboard.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable menu filtering recall (for folders) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Menu Filtering Recall for folders

Enabling this item allows all the items in the Menu Filtering section which are
checked to reappear on the popup menu when a modifier key is held.  Select the
modifier key from the choices in the drop-down list box at the end of the line.
In the graphic, F4 is selected as the modifier key.  The possible choices for
modifier keys are F2-F9.  To see the entire menu, hold down the modifier key
which you have selected while getting the popup for the file.  If this
particular key is not being held while the menu is called, then the items with
check marks on the Menu Filtering list will not appear.  In the example in the
graphic, if F4 is held down while getting a popup menu, "Copy", "Help", "Move",
"Create Shadow" and "Pickup" will appear, even though they have been filtered.

This setting allows you to be more ruthless in removing seldom used items form
your menus.  On the rare occasions that a filtered item is needed, just hold
down the modifier key and the full popup will appear.

Note:  There are a few other settings in NFNF which call for a function key to
be used.  It is not required that the same key be used as a modifier in all
cases, but it is much easier to remember the one key if all are set to the same
value, instead of trying to remember three different ones and the times that
each are used.

Note:  The setting for enabling menu filtering recall for folders is separate
from the setting for enabling menu filtering recall for files.  Usually, if one
is enabled, it makes sense to enable the other and again, use the same modifier key.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu filtering (for folders) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Menu filtering for folders

Checking one (or more) of these items causes them to be removed from the popup
menu for folders.  It does not prevent the associated action from occurring by
other means, including the command line.  OS/2 has many ways to do most tasks.
Pretty much any action which can be done by selecting a menu item, can be also
done by using the keyboard alone, or the keyboard in combination with the
mouse.  For example, if "Delete" is checked, "Delete" will not appear on the
popup for a folder, but that will not prevent the folder from being able to be
deleted by dragging it to the shredder.  Similarly, the setting for copy has no
bearing on whether a file can be copied by dragging while holding the <control>
key down.

Note:  NFNF has separate menu filtering checkboxes for folder popup menu
filtering and file popup menu filtering.  If, for example, you did not want to
have the "Copy" choice visible on either type of object, you would have to put
a checkmark in the menu filtering section for folders, as well as in the menu
filtering section for files.

Note:  Some folders have been created with a certain type of style, for example
"No Delete".  Menu Filtering settings will not override these special styles.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New Folder Tab - page 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on the setting for which you require assistance;   Use the arrows
and tabs to navigate to other NFNF pages;  Press <Ctrl+C> anytime to go back to
the Table of Contents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New Folder Tab - page 3 - text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on an item for help:

o   Enable Close folder from icon

o   Enable Close folder menu item

o   Enable Close/show/hide all folders menu item

o   Enable New Object menu item (Global)

o    Query Templates folder at boot time

o   Enable Get File(s) menu item (Global)

o   Enable NO Drag Objects menu item

o   Enable "NFNF is Active" note at boot up

o   Always sort all folders

o   Enter code to register NFNF

o   Go forward to page 4 of the New Folder Tab

o   Go back to page 2 of the New Folder Tab


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable close folder from icon ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Close Folder From Icon

Enabling this setting allows an open folder to be closed from it icon.  Hold
the modifier key down while double-clicking the open folder's icon will close
the open folder.

The modifier key is selected from the drop-down list box at the end of the
line.  In the graphic, F4 is selected as the modifier key.  The possible
choices for modifier keys are F2-F9.  This method of closing a folder will not
be the most commonly used one, but it will be available whenever you would feel
that it would be useful.  One benefit from using a utility such as NFNF, is
that it allows additional ways to accomplish a given task.

See also "Close folder" menu item.

Note:  The menu filtering recall settings in NFNF also call for a function key
to be used.  It is not required that the same key be used as a modifier in all
cases, but it is much easier to remember the one key if all are set to the same
value, instead of trying to remember three different ones and the times that
each are used.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable close folder menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Close folder menu item

Enabling this setting causes a "Close folder" menu item to be added to the
popup for all open folders.  This allows folders to be closed from their open
icon via the menu.  This setting can be used at the same time as the "Close
folder from icon" hotkey combination, giving yet another way to close a folder.

Note:  When this setting is enabled, "Close folder" will appear on the popup
called for from an open folder's icon as well as the popup called from within
the open folder itself.  On the popup from the actual opened folder, there is
already a "Close" menu item at the bottom, so there will be two such entries
after enabling this one.  This is a small inconvenience for being able to have
a "Close folder" menu item on the popup called from the open folder's icon.  If
there is a way to avoid this duplication, a modification will be made to a
future version of NFNF.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable close/show/hide all folders menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Close/Show/Hide all folders

Enabling this setting place the cascaded "Close/Show/Hide" menu item on the
popup for the Desktop.

"Close all folders" closes all folders, first unhiding any that may be hidden
or minimized.  "Show all folders" will make all hidden or minimized folders
visible, whether they were minimized by NFNF or not.  "Hide all folders" will
make all folders disappear from view, without closing them.  Each of these menu
items affects only the current set of folders.  Folders manipulated after the
selection of one of these menu items will have their behavior changed in any
way.  These menu items may be repeated at any time to reapply their effects to
any new folders.

Note:  Since "Close all folders" makes minimized folders visible before closing
them, it may be used after selecting "Hide all folders" without requiring the
use of "Show all folders" in between.  If hidden folders were not made visible
before closing, the next time a folder which was closed from a hidden position
was opened, it would open again in a hidden position.  This is usually not the
desired scenario.  To watch hidden folders become visible before closing, open
a number of folders, select "Hide all folders" and then select "Close all
folders".  Each folder will surface and then close.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable New Object menu item (Global) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

New object menu item for all folders

Enabling this setting places a "New object..." menu item on the popup for all folders.

Create folder

There are two portion to the dialog.  The lower portion, which has the focus
when the dialog first opens, concerns creating a new folder only.  Enter a new
name for the folder, if desired, and click on the "Create folder" button (or
press the <enter> key) and a new folder will be created below the current
directory.  Enter the full path to a new location (g:\utils\editors\text) and
whatever portion of the tree does not exist will be created there (instead of
in the current folder).  Enter a relative path (newdir1\newdir2) and the folder
or tree section will be created (where necessary) below the current folder.
Quotes are not necessary for folder or paths containing spaces.

Note:  Do not place a backslash, " \ " , in front of the name for a folder or
in front of a relative path.  Using a leading backslash results in the
operation being canceled, but no errors will occur.

Create object

The upper portion of the New object dialog concerns creating objects other than
folders.  Use the drop-down list box to select the "Object type", enter the
name for the object and then press the "Create object" button.  The object will
always be created within the current directory.  The available "Object types"
are whatever templates are located within the Templates folder.

Note:  The entire list is not always displayed in alphabetic order.  Usually,
the beginning is in order, but more recent entries are just included at the
end, instead of in their correct position.  Be sure to scroll to the end to
find find additional object types.

Refresh List

If a new template has been added since the Templates folder was last checked,
press the "Refresh" button to add it to the list.  See also the "Query
Templates folder at boot time" setting.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Query Templates folder at boot time ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Query Templates folder at boot time

Enabling this setting allows NFNF to record the types of templates that are
located within the Templates folder at boot time.  This will slow the boot up
process only by a second or two, depending on the number of templates, but it
will speed up the display of the "New object" dialog the first time it is
called.  If this setting is not enabled, the Templates folder will not be
checked until the first time the "New object" dialog is called.  This results
in a slightly faster boot, with a correspondingly slower display of "New
object" only for the first time it is called.  The results of the query, be it
from boot time or from first use of the dialog, are remembered until the system
is rebooted.  Subsequent displays of the dialog will be equally speedy,
regardless of the status of this setting.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable Get File(s) menu item (Global) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Get file(s)... menu item for all folders

Enabling this setting allows the "Get file(s)..." menu item to appear on the
popup menu for all folders.

The "Get file(s)..." dialog allows a shadow of the selected remote folder to be
created in the current directory or the actual selected folder to be opened on
the Desktop.  If, instead, a remote file (or files) are highlighted they may be
copied or moved to the current directory, or have shadows created in the
current directory.  If the highlighted files have extensions of "exe", "com",
"bat" or "inf", program references for the remote files may be created in the
current directory.  The path to the remote directory is shown in the titlebar
of the dialog.

If the operation is a copy or a move, a beep or a dialog box (or both or
neither) may be selected to notify the user that the operations were completed
successfully.  This is sometimes useful when large sized files or large numbers
of files are being manipulated.

Any selected remote folder can also be opened in an icon view by selecting the
Open current folder button.

Note:  The two folder buttons operate on the directory whose files are
displayed on the right portion of the dialog, not the directory which is
highlighted.  Sometimes these are the same directory, but not always.  It is
possible to highlight a directory without having its files displayed, simply by
single-clicking on it.  This will result in the previously double-clicked
directory being the target of the "Open current folder" or "Create folder
Shadow" buttons, not the highlighted one.  Double-click the directory you are
interested in to ensure that it will be the target.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable NO Drag Objects menu item ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Drag/No Drag menu item on the Desktop's popup menu

Enabling this setting allows the cascaded menu item "Drag/No Drag" to be placed
on the popup menu for just the Desktop.

Selecting "Disable drag objects (Desktop)" changes the style for all objects
currently on the Desktop, preventing them from being able to be dragged.  It
does not effect object which are not yet on the Desktop.  If "Disable drag" has
been selected, "Enable drag objects (Desktop)" will reverse its effects.  With
a regular system, the default style is to allow all objects to be dragged.
There is no need to select the "Enable drag" setting to allow object to be
dragged when the system first starts up.

Note:  "Disable drag" will not prevent the "Sort" or "Arrange" menu items on
the Desktop's popup from changing the position of objects on the Desktop or
effect the move, copy, and delete menu items.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enable "NFNF is ACTIVE" note at boot up ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

NFNF is ACTIVE note at boot time

Enabling this setting allows the NFNF IS ACTIVE banner (shown below) to appear
as the Desktop is loaded at boot time.  If this setting is turned off, the
banner is not displayed at boot time, but NFNF is still loaded.

NFNF status menu item on the Desktop's popup menu

Regardless of the setting for the "NFNF is ACTIVE note at boot time" option,
the status of NFNF will always appear on the popup menu of the Desktop.  If
NFNF is operational, the menu item will read "NFNF is ACTIVE".  If NFNF is
turned off, the menu item will read "NFNF is INACTIVE".  To reverse the current
status of NFNF, just click on this menu item.  When NFNF is turned off via this
item, the dialog below is displayed.  When NFNF is turned on via the menu item,
the dialog shown above is displayed (identical to that seen at boot time).

Note:  This allows for an easy way to determine if NFNF contains any useful
features for you.  Turn NFNF on and modify the settings to suit your style and
use it for a week or two.  Then, turn NFNF off via this setting.  Repeat.  If
it takes longer to do certain tasks or if you keep on wishing that the missing
menu items could be returned, then NFNF is for you.  If you don't see any
difference, then your particular style does not benefit from NFNF's features.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Always sort all folders ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Always sort all folders

Enabling this setting causes all folders on the entire system to keep their
contents sorted at all times.  Turning this option off after it was enabled
will turn the sorting option off for all folders on the system.  If, for
example, 5 folders out of a total of 1000 folders were set to "Always maintain
sort order" on the "Sort" tab of their settings notebooks and then NFNF's
"Always sort all folders" were turned on, all 1000 folders would stay sorted.
If the NFNF setting were then turned off, then no folders would stay sorted.
The sort setting for the 5 folders which were previously set to stay sorted
would not be remembered upon deactivation of this menu item.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Enter code to register NFNF ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Enter code to register NFNF

Enter your registration code here to allow NFNF to function beyond the 45 day
trial period.  If the trial period ends and NFNF has not been registered, NFNF
will pop up an IRRITATING message every time you open a folder and many NFNF
features will be disabled.  Your system will work just as it did before you
installed NFNF, except that you will have to press OK to close the dialog
notifying you that your trial period has expired.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New Folder Tab - page 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on the setting for which you require assistance;   Use the arrows
and tabs to navigate to other NFNF pages;  Use the forward arrow to see help
for Other Topics;    Press <Ctrl+C> anytime to go back to the Table of Contents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New Folder Tab - page 4 - text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Double-click on an item for help:

o   BMT Micro registration

o   Compuserve and other modes of registration

o   Author's name and addresses

o   Web site for latest versions

o   Go to forward to the Other Topics page

o   Go back to page 3 of the New Folder Tab


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Other topics ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Select one of the following topics by double-clicking:

o   New.zip Template for .ZIP Files

o   One click Enable/Disable NFNF feature

o   Registering and Ordering

o   Contacting the Author

o   Multi-National Issues

o   Latest Versions

o   Interactions and Bugs

o   Possible Future Enhancements

o   Other Products by the Author

o   Credits

o   Return to Graphical page 4 of the New Folder Tab

o   Return to Text only page 4 of the New Folder Tab

o   Return to the Getting Started page


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> New.zip template for zip files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

NEW.ZIP template for zip files

The setting for Drag/Drop on .ZIP files on page two of the New File tab must be
enabled for the new.zip objects to function.

NFNF creates a zip file template in the templates folder, named new.zip.
Additional copies of this template can be created at whatever locations they
are desired.  Creating another template is done simply by dragging a 'sheet'
off the existing new.zip template and dropping it where you want the new
template to be, opening the settings notebook for this object, changing to the
"General" tab and placing a check mark in the template box near the bottom of
the page.  Just make sure the name of the template is new.zip.  If you
accidentally delete your only copy of the template, just drag a sheet off the
data file template, name it new.zip and put a checkmark in the template box.

To use a new.zip template, simply drag a 'sheet' off the template and drop it
where you would like to have the new zip file created.  (Or, open the "New
object..." dialog and select new.zip as the object type and press "Create
object".)  Any object may be dropped onto the zip file to be included in it.
(The original copy of the dropped object remains unchanged and stays in its
original location.)  If a shadow is dropped, the original item is considered to
have been dropped.  If a folder is dropped, all the files within the folder are
zipped (including any subfolders and any files they may contain), with the
directory structure preserved, from the folder's point of view.  The drive of
the folder you are dropping and any parents it might have will not be included
in the information in the zip file.  Attempting to zip a program references
will cause zip.exe to display an error message stating that there is nothing to
do.  Just ignore this error message, but remember that nothing will happen when
a program reference is added to a zip template object.

Either before or after adding objects to a zip template object, it may be
renamed.  Simply press and release mouse button 1 while the mouse pointer is on
the object to be renamed while holding down the <alt> key.  This allows direct
editing of the name of the zip file.  When editing is complete, click mouse
button 1 on the background of the folder the zip file is in to set the new name.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Registering and Ordering ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

How to register:

NFNF is shareware - software which is free to try, but it is expected that if
you use it beyond a reasonable trial period (45 days), you will register it. If
you don't register NFNF within 45 days of its installation, most of it will
cease to function, notifying you that your trial period has expired and
generally bug you to distraction. Your support allows further development of
NFNF and other projects for OS/2.

The following are the current registration options (all payments must be made
in US funds):

o   $10 - normal registration. Registration code will be returned via E-mail
    (or snail mail IF requested).  NO disk. Send your check or money order
    (must be drawn on a US Bank), with some type of a return address, to Gary
    L. Robinson.  If you send an e-mail address PLEASE MAKE IT LEGIBLE.  I
    can't send the registration if I can't read the address or if the address
    is incorrect.

o   $12 - CompuServe SWREG registration. Registration code will be returned via
    E-mail. (Price is higher since CompuServe gets a percentage). NO disk

o   $15 - gives you a diskette with NFNF and is available from BMT Micro.  They
    will send it anywhere, worldwide (including Internet addresses).  BMT Micro
    accepts credit cards.

Registration for a given version includes all interim releases, up to, but not
including, the next major revision. Registering any 1.x or 1.xx version will
automatically register you for all 1.x and 1.xx releases. When version 2.0
arrives, you will need to re-register and pay an upgrade fee.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> BMT Micro order form ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Ordering from BMT Micro

Note:  Each registration of NFNF comes with only one license for NFNF.
Multiple copies of NFNF require one user name for each copy ordered.

 Mail Orders To: BMT Micro
 PO Box 15016
 Wilmington, NC  28408
 U.S.A.

 Voice Orders: 8:00am - 7:00pm EST (-5 GMT)
 [phone] (Orders only)
 [phone] (Orders / Order Inquires)

 Fax Orders: [phone] 24 hours, 7 days a week
 (800) 346-1OS2 24 hours, 7 days a week

 Online Orders via BBS: [phone] 10 lines, all 14.4K
 [phone] 28.8k v.FC

 via Compuserve: 74031,307
 via Internet: [e-mail]
 via AOL   : bmtmicro

 BMT Micro accepts Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, Diner's Club,
money order, cashiers checks, and personal checks.  We also accept DM and
British currency via registered mail.

 Personal checks are subject to clearance.

 Name: ____________________________________________________________

 Company: _________________________________________________________

 Address: __________________________________________________________

       __________________________________________________________

 City: __________________________  State/Province: ___________________

 Country: ____________________________ Postal Code: __________________

 Phone: ____________________________________________________________

 Fax: ______________________________________________________________

 Email: _____________________________________________________________



 Product         Price     Quantity   Total
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 NFNF version 1.xx   $15.00  x  ________ =  $____.___
       (Funds are in US dollars)

 Shipping (check one):

   ___ Email

   ___ 1st Class Mail

 For credit card payment only:

   Circle one: VISA / Master / Discover / AMEX / Diner's Club

   Credit card number: _____________________________________________

   Expiration date: ___/___

   Authorization signature: _____________________________________________


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Contacting the author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

For support or to make suggestions, please contact me at:

   E-mail:

      CompuServe: 76547,503

      Internet: [e-mail]

   Snail Mail:

      P.O. Box 359

      Christiansburg, OH 45389

      USA

   Web Site:

      http://www.coax.net/people/grobin/

Thank you for supporting NFNF and the other shareware programs I have written.

   Gary L. Robinson


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Multi-National Issues ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

A special apology!

I want to apologize to all my fellow European and/or non-Englsih speaking OS/2
friends for not being more cosmopolitan with my initial release of NFNF. I will
endeavour to make this program as friendly as possible for ALL OS/2 Warp users.

Some things that have been done to correct this situation are:

- With version 1.01 and beyond, install will not fail when the Desktop is not
named Desktop.

- With version 1.09 and beyond, European date/time format is an option for stats.

Note:  If anyone has other language specific requests or would like to
translate the help, menu item names, descriptions and dialog boxes into their
native language, please contact the author.  Work on a German version and a
Spanish version translation will be started directly after the release of the
English version.  The help file will be translated first and made available and
then all NFNF screens will be translated and released in separate DLL's.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Latest Versions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The latest versions of NFNF and other software the author has written may be
downloaded from:

o   Gary L. Robinson's home page - <http://www.coax.net/people/grobin/>, (Beta
    versions will also be available at this site.)

o   cdrom.com - <ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming>, later moved to wpsutil

o   hobbes - <ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/incoming>, later moved to wpsutil

o   CompuServe - OS2BVEN, Lib 1 or Lib 20

o   BBS -  The OS/2 Shareware BBS (Pete Norloff's) 703-385-4325 or telnet
    bbs.os2bbs.com

o   "Must-Have" list - <http://www.os2.hammer.org/uhtml/Warp/h3/h3index.html>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Interactions and bugs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Interactions and bugs

It has been reported that there are some problems when the program Icon Heaven
is used when NFNF is active.  While these problems are being investigated, it
would be advisable to turn NFNF off before using Icon Heaven and then turn it
back on after finishing with Icon Heaven.

It has been reported that NFNF does not work well when Object Desktop's
keyboard launchpad is enabled.  A solution or work-around is being sought for
this problem.

It has been reported by one user of Object Desktop v1.0 that if NFNF v1.02 was
used with Object Desktop's Object Navigator, a desktop crash could occur.  This
is being investigated but has not been confirmed as of the writing of this
document.  This does not appear to occur with Object Desktop v1.5 and NFNF
v1.09b and later.

Depending on the individual options selected for both Object Desktop and NFNF,
some features of NFNF may be disabled when a similar Object Desktop feature is
enabled.  Both programs are trying to do the same thing in different ways, but
only one of them can be in control.  (Due to the way it is written, Object
Desktop overrides NFNF in areas of conflict.)  Just a few of NFNF's features
overlap with Object Desktop's, so this should not present any major concerns.

If Object Desktop and NFNF are to be used together (which many users do), it
has been reported that there are fewer interactions problems if Object Desktop
is installed first.

NFNF does not have any known interaction problems with other OS/2 file and
folder class replacement applications.  For example, NFNF and WPClsExt (archive
= wpcls137.zip) may be used together, with all functions of both operational.

The SDS Essentials Trash Can can cause a system lockup if used with NFNF.  This
only happens while accessing a popup menu of an item inside the trash can and
it only happens with the SDS Essentials version of Trash Can, not the shareware
version.  The trash can can still be run with NFNF but just remember not to
access a popup of any objects it.  It does seem to eliminate the problem if you
don't activate menu filtering for the Copy and Move items for a file object
(page 2 of New File Settings).

Note:  Trashcan v2.4 (the stand-alone version which is not part of OS/2
Essentials by SDS) does not  have this problem.

Solutions to these situations are being pursued.  If and when solutions are
found, updates will be released.  Please report any other problems to the author.

Note:  When reporting an interaction problem or a bug, please include ALL the
detail you possibly can.  The most aggravating thing in the world is getting a
report from a user saying "your program doesn't work. Can you please fix it!".
Programming, especially fixing problems, can be like detective work. The more
facts that are made available - the easier it is to solve the mystery!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Future Enhancements ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Possible Future Enhancements

Some or all of the following items may be incorporated into a future release of
NFNF:

1.  Inclusion of .SUBJECT EAs or 4OS2 descriptions on the file stats display or
    a button to push to see the subjects, comments,  key words and/or history
    for a file.

2.  Built in support for loaddsk/makedsk, xdfcopy, img files, unpack and
    similar schemes.

3.  Support for other compression programs, including PKZIP, possibly with all
    archive related menu items placed on an "Archive..." cascaded menu item.

4.  Entryfield for ZIP/UNZIP parameters.

5.  Separate settings for "Add folder to zip" and "Add tree to zip".

6.  DOS command line menu option.

7.  Drag/No Drag option for any file.

8.  Cascaded menu item with sort options for folders.

9.  User selected icon for all folders (closed state and opened state).

10. Sort all objects listed in the "New object" dialog alphabetically.

11. Shift focus to "Create object" when "Object type" or "Object name" are
    clicked on the "New object" dialog.

12. Remove "Close folder" from the popup called from within an open folder when
    "Close folder menu item" is enabled.

13. Remember old settings when updating or reinstalling.

14. Accelerator keys for NFNF added menu items.

15. Support for program references, so menu items may be added to their menus.

16. User defined menu items, perhaps with user defined menu item names.

17. Rename menu item.

18. Display multiple file stats concurrently when called at the same time.

19. More rearranging of settings notebook pages and perhaps a separate settings
    notebook for NFNF located in the OS/2 System -> System Setup subdirectory.

20. Help buttons on all dialogs and settings notebook pages, with context
    sensitive links, so the correct portion of the help is displayed.  F1 will
    also call proper help page from any NFNF dialog.

21. Resources translated into languages other than English, German and Spanish.
    If interested in helping, please contact the author.

22. Your suggestions here.

Note:  NFNF is 'user driven software'.  If enough users want a feature and it
can be added without adversely impacting system performance and the OS/2
A.P.I.'s cooperate, it will be done!  So, don't be bashful if you would like to
see any of the above ideas implemented or if you have any other good ideas -
let the author know.  Many of the existing features were the direct result of
user input.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Other Products ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

There is more!

NFNF is not the only piece of software Gary L. Robinson has written.  Please
download and evaluate his other applications:

PadHD      a note pad / note organizer which makes it easy to store and
           retrieve information. Don't deal with scraps of paper any longer!
           Current (Jan 96) version is 2.0, current archive is padhd20.zip.  An
           update is planned for the summer of 1996.

CBTU       Clipboard Text Utility is a clipboard that allows appending, saving
           to file, or printing the contents of your clipboard.  Current (Jan
           96) version is 1.01, current archive is cbtu101.zip.  Version 1.2
           will be finished and released in the near future, most probably with
           the archive name cbtu12.zip.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Credits ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

A very special thanks!

This release of NFNF would not be available at this time OR have all the
features that are in it without the aid of beta tester extraordinaire Martin S.
Hanoian.  Martin has been an invaluable and energetic booster, idea source,
reality checker, critic, and general 'fire under my tail' to get this thing to
where it is.  He wrote the readme for version 1.0 and has written and designed
the help you are reading now.  Without his help, the original and subsequent
releases of NFNF would not have been finished in a timely fashion.  If you like
NFNF, then salute Martin for his fantastic help!

This release, or indeed any release, of NFNF would not have been likely without
the help, support, and constant stream of good ideas from local OS/2 guru
extraordinaire (and good friend) Junior R. Thompson.  He is a consumate power
user who has become quite an expert on the ins and outs of the Workplace Shell
and the OS/2 operating system.  Thanks junior!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Arrows for scrolling tabs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Note:  These small light grey arrows appear only when there are more tabs
within a settings notebook than there is room to display.  Each time the "up"
arrow (the one above the tabs) is pressed, a tab above the ones already visible
will come into view, until the uppermost tab is the firs tab in the notebook.
Conversely, pressing the bottom arrows causes one more tab below those already
displayed, to become visible, until the bottom tab is the last tab in the
notebook.  Enlarging the window the notebook is displayed in will also cause
more tabs to be displayed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Zip file contents display options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Show .ZIP contents menu item

Enabling this setting causes the menu item "Show .ZIP contents" to be added to
the popup for all zip files, as shown in the graphic below.

Display of .ZIP contents

The way the contents are displayed depends on the settings of the next items.
If the "Use external .ZIP viewer" is checked and the full path to your desired
viewer is entered in the entry field, the archive will be opened in that
particular .ZIP viewer.  This allows full manipulation of the zip file, limited
only by the particular viewer you are using.  The only restriction on the
viewer is that it must be able to take command line parameters for the path of
the zip file to be opened.  (ZipMe [archive = zipme121.zip] and Zip Control
[archive = zipct230.zip] are just two of the many such viewers which will work
with NFNF.)

Note:  ZipMe v1.21 and Zip Control v2.29 do not work properly with the latest
versions of zip.exe (zip21x2.exe) and unzip.exe (unz520x2.exe).  They do work
properly when older versions of the zip executables are used.  Zip Control
v2.30 does works properly with the latest zip executables, as well as the older
ones.  Zip Control v2.30 was just released to take care of these new changes in
the zip executables.  An update to ZipMe is most probably on the way.

If the "Use external .ZIP viewer" box is not checked, the contents of the zip
file are displayed using the text editor whose full path is entered in the
"Editor for Show Zip contents menu item" entryfield.  (Actually, the results of
the command unzip -l <zip file> or unzip -v <zip file> are written to a
temporary file which is then opened by the selected text editor.  If the text
editor is closed without saving the results, the temporary file is deleted.)
The default editor is E.EXE, the OS/2 System editor, but this may be changed to
your favorite editor, either PM or text-mode.  (If the editor is located in a
directory referenced by the SET PATH statement in CONFIG.SYS, then just the
filename (without the full path) needs to be entered.)

The display of the zip file contents using the text editor can be normal mode,
showing only the full path of the zip file; the size unzipped, date, time and
name of the individual files within the zip file and the total size of the
entire zip file unzipped.  Or, if "Verbose output for Show Contents" is
checked, the method of zipping, the zipped size, the ratio between the zipped
and unzipped sizes and a CRC-32 value are displayed for each individual file,
in addition to the normal information.

Note:  Since the "Show Zip contents" information is arranged in columns, it
will be much easier to read if you change the font to a monospaced font.  This
will cause the columns to line up properly.  To change the font for E.EXE, just
select "Options" and then "Set font..." from the menu bar.  An acceptable
choice of font is System Monospaced, Normal style, 10 point size, but pick any
combination that looks good to you.  OS/2 offers you great flexibility - use it.

Note:  You may also want to select an editor you don 't use often or make a
copy of your favorite editor (naming it something else), and entering the path
of the copy in the entry field.  This allows you to size the window and keep
the font monospaced for zip file contents viewing, while allowing a differently
sized window with a more attractive proportional font to be saved for use by
the original editor when doing "normal" editing tasks.

Note:  "Show Zip contents", "Unzip" and most other NFNF popup menu items works
fine for files and folders which are on removable drives.  This comes in handy
when dealing with a CD-ROM or a floppy.  There is no need to copy the file(s)
to the local hard drive first.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> One click Enable/Disable feature ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 One click Enable/Disable feature

Almost all of of NFNF's features can be disabled or enabled by a single click
of the mouse button.
This is accomplished on the popup menu for the Desktop with the menu items
shown below.

When "NFNF is ACTIVE" is selected almost ALL NFNF features are disabled and the
"NFNF is NOT ACTIVE" menu  item  is the ONLY NFNF menu item left showing on the
system.  Titlebar stats, zip/unzip features, etc. are also disabled.  The only
two things not disabled are the "NFNF is NOT ACTIVE" menu item and the user
selected icon for .ZIP files (if it was enabled in the settings page).  These
two menu items above toggle back and forth as the user enables and disables
NFNF's features.  They also serve as an indicator of the present status of
NFNF.

This enables the user to disable NFNF's features easily and quickly if desired
thus minimizing any incompatability issues with other WPS utilities or programs
installed.  It does not, however, unload the NFNF dll files or deregister any
NFNF object classes.

Also see "NFNF is ACTIVE" note at boot up section.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Order form ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ




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  check or money order to the address below.  Please make all checks and
  money orders for funds payable to Gary L. Robinson.

  Current price (U.S. dollars) is $10.00 for a single copy.  Please contact
  me for additional information on multiple registration price listings or for
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