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K-Free(tm)
Copyright 1990 by Dragons Eye Software(tm). All rights reserved.
Current version 2.1
Document Updated 08/13/90
This document is Copyright 1990 by Dragons Eye Software
Disclaimer of warranty
DRAGONS EYE SOFTWARE hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this
software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any
implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
DRAGONS EYE SOFTWARE will not be liable for any special, incidental,
consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other
reason, even if DRAGONS EYE SOFTWARE or an agent of DRAGONS EYE SOFTWARE has
been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall DRAGONS
EYE SOFTWARE's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the
license to use the software, regardless of the form of the claim. The person
using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the
software.
Product Support
Primary product support is provided through the Compuserve Information
Service. I check Compuserve each day and respond to any and all messages
directed to ID number [76057,101]. I will respond to your message usually
the same day.
If you absolutely require faster service you may dial 817-695-1058 from 8 am
to 10 pm Central time 7 days a week and leave a message in the Dragons Eye
Software mailbox. I will return your call usually within a few hours. Please
leave your full name and phone number (with area code) and a short
description detailing the type of help you require.
Use and Registration
You are hereby granted permission to use K-Free for a trial period no longer
than 21 days. If, after the trial period expires, you continue to use K-Free,
you MUST register the program. Registration entitles you to one free upgrade
of the program and will disable the registration screen. You will also be
notified when new products from Dragons Eye Software are available. Please
see the file: ORDER.DOC for registration and volume discount information
This program may not be used in a corporate, business, organizational or
agency environment without a negotiated site license. For site license
information please see the file ORDER.DOC
K-Free commands
To Open the Options menu:
With the mouse: Double click with the left mouse button while the mouse
cursor is inside the K-Free window.
With the Keyboard: While the K-Free window has the focus (is on top of all
other windows on the screen) press ALT-O.
To move the K-Free window:
With the mouse: Place the mouse cursor within the K-Free window and press
the CTRL key While holding down the left mouse button. The cursor will
change to a four pointed cursor and you may move the K-Free window anywhere
on the screen while holding down the left mouse button.
With the keyboard: While the K-Free window has the focus (is on top of all
other windows on the screen) press ALT-F7. The cursor will change to a four
pointed cursor and you may move the K-Free window anywhere on the screen
using the cursor keys. Press the return key when you have moved it to its
new position.
To close K-Free:
With the mouse: Double click with the right mouse button while the mouse
cursor is anywhere within the K-Free window.
With the Keyboard: While the K-Free window has the focus (is on top of all
other windows on the screen) press ALT-F4.
K-Free display options
K-Free has several display options that can be chosen from the Options menu.
They are as follows.
1. Memory
In Memory mode K-Free displays the total amount of memory available in white
text and, if you have EMS memory in your system, the amount of EMS memory
that is available, along with the EMS driver version.
2. Drive
Drive mode causes K-Free to display the number of bytes free on the selected
drive(s) in either kilobytes or megabytes depending on the actual amount
free. If you have less than 10 Meg free on the selected drive then K-Free
will display the number as K, otherwise you will see the amount represented in
Meg. You select the drive or drives to monitor from the Options menu by
selecting Drive mode and clicking on one or more drives in the listbox.
3. Win Info
K-Free displays what mode Windows is in (either Real or Protected and Standard
or Enhanced), what type of CPU you have in your machine (8086 through 80486),
and if you have a math coprocessor installed.
4. Largest Block
When this option is selected K-Free will display the largest block of memory
that is available to Windows applications. This value is often a more
accurate indicator of available memory than the number that is available
through the Program Manager as it represents the largest contiguous block of
memory that may be requested by applications running under Windows.
Saving the current settings
Selecting "Save Settings" from the Options dialog will cause K-Free to save
the current settings to the KFREE.INI file when K-Free is exited. This
option should be used when you move K-Free to another part of the screen or
you change one of the display options, so that K-Free will display these
settings when you next execute K-Free.
Command Line Parameters
The command line syntax for K-Free is as follows:
KFREE [drive...]
where [drive...] is one or more optional drive letters followed by colons.
These drives will be monitored by K-Free upon startup.
For example; choosing "Run" from the Program Manager and typing in the
following line:
KFREE C: D: E:
will cause K-Free to begin executing in Drive and Memory mode and will begin
to monitor drives: C:, D: and E: and display the bytes free for each drive.
If no parameters are put on the K-Free command line, then K-Free will begin by
displaying current memory free and the amount of disk space free on the
current disk drive.
*********************************** !! NOTE *********************************
If you try to enter the above example on either the "RUN=" or "LOAD=" lines
in the WIN.INI file you will get error messages from Windows. These messages
are due to the fact that Windows expects program names ONLY on these lines.
If you want K-Free to be running when you start Windows, then you should use
"Run", from Dragons Eye Software. Run allows you to execute one or more
programs at the same time and give each program it's own command line. The
documentation and program for Run is included with K-Free.
KFREE.INI Options
There are several options which may be set within the KFREE.INI file. These
options and their usage are outlined below.
CommandLine= should be set to the options that you want K-Free to use when
K-Free is started with a blank command line. Any option that is valid for
the normal K-Free command line may be used here. All commands should be
enclosed in quotes. CommandLine= by default, is set to "C:" in the
distributed INI file.
Xloc= is the X location of the upper left corner of the K-Free window.
Generally you should not alter this line although you can safely set it to
"0" as it is by default.
Yloc= is the Y location of the upper left corner of the K-Free window.
Generally you should not alter this line although you can safely set it to
"0" as it is by default.
Memory= should be set to 1 if you want K-Free do display available memory upon
startup or 0 if you do not want memory information displayed.
Drive= should be set to 1 to display drive information or set to 0 to turn the
drive option off.
LBlock= should be set to 1 to display the largest block information or set to
0 to turn Largest Block off.
Winfo= should be set to 1 to display Windows information or set to 0 to turn
Windows information off.
*** When you exit from K-Free the current settings will be saved to the INI
file only if you have selected "Save Settings" in the Options dialog box
during the current K-Free session.
if you have any suggestions or comments please send a message to:
Dragons Eye Software
2537 Thomason Cir #175
Arlington, TX 76006
or send an EasyPlex message to CIS [76057,101]
For product support and upgrade information or ordering please call:
(817) 695-1058 from 8 am to 10 pm Central time 7 days a week.