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File Plus Ver 2.0 Beta 7
Copyright (C) 1993-1995 Carl W. Moore
All Rights Reserved
What's New?
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Ver 2.0 Beta 7
Icons! File Plus now integrates itself into the system registry
under Win95.
Left-Clicking an icon has the same effect as double-clicking
the text portion of the file listing.
Right-Clicking an icon brings up a popup menu with associated
File Types, some Explorer options, and basic file functions.
See the new options in the Configuration Menu.
Multiple associations for a single file available by right-
clicking an icon.
Many more bugs found and fixed in the user program routines.
File typing system now fully active in Shareware version.
Ver 2.0 Beta 6
Possible Hotkey conflict between simple hotkeys and popups corrected.
WINDOWS_FUNC removed from user functions (File Plus will now automatically
scan .EXE files to determine if they're Windows or DOS);
Use old 8.3 file nameing convention added to user function for backward
compatibility with programs that don't understand long-file names.
Optimized the initialization routines to decrease File Plus's startup time.
Win32s and NT Specific Fixes:
Severe resource thrashing problem corrected.
DOS program launching code re-written.
Found and fixed some GDI calls to functions that work well under Win95
but not so well under Win32s and NT.
Ver 2.0 Beta 5
Windows NT startup problems fixed.
Right mouse button window scrolling routines re-written.
Finally caught up on the online help documentation.
Hard crash when doing a byte count on directories with more than
nine chars in the name has been squashed.
Ver 2.0 Beta 4
New Tool bar customization routines.
Ver 2.0 Beta 3
Multiple fixes to small Win95/Win32 bugs.
Ver 2.0 Beta 2
Another Make Directory function added that automatically steps
into the new directory after creation.
File Plus now supports polymorphic operations on .ZIP files.
Use the internal .ZIP viewer to view a .ZIP file. The contents
of the file will appear in your directory window, now you can
copy files to/from, delete and view files within the archives.
Ver 2.0 Beta 1
File Plus is now a full 32-bit Win32s/Win95/NT application.
Long-File name support is now operational.
Ver 1.9 Beta 3
Groups of small interface bugs fixed. Too numerous to list.
Ver 1.9 Beta 2
Fixed <SRC> & <TGT> confusion when File Plus is re-activated.
Ver 1.9 Beta 1
Several Small Bugs fixed in right mouse button routines.
File Commenting system!!!!
Menu bar can now be customized with 10 user menus.
ToolBar along top of file windows can now be turned off and on.
Numerous minor bug fixes and additions.
INI File path problems fixed.
Unknown file types will load up into text editor if they're determined
to be text.
New Directory sorting features.
File Plus can now sort your directories by NAME,EXT, and the natural
order that they're read from disk. You can also change the
order of Files and Dirs in the listers.
28 new path buttons added as Right Mouse Button functions under
the existing path buttons.
Ver 1.81
My apologies to those patching from 1.6D or earlier versions,
The setup program, doesn't convert the Configuration files from
really old versions of File Plus properly.
File Plus will now create new configuration files if they don't
exist.
Also if you want to use a set of default configurations:
Delete "FILEPLUS.INI" and "FPFTC.INI" from your File Plus
current directory and, if they exist, from your Windows
directory.
When you re-run File Plus, it will prompt you to create a new
set of files.
Ver 1.8
New Function--- File Search! Search for strings or hex values in files
spanning your system.
Major bugs fixed in the select by pattern routines.
File Plus will now check its current directory for its .INI files
A common-use Tool Bar and info line now appears above the windows.
Tree Mode displays iconic folders (prettiness feature).
Clicking on the iconic folders in the tree window will have the same
effect as double-clicking the entry.
Added a browse button to the Configure Button Panel, makes tracking
down that program you want to run a lot easier.
Directory and Tree window sizes are now adjustable with mouse
drag in Tree Mode.
New window size code introduced, should eliminate ALL problems
associated with window locations and sizes.
Configure Button mode now blocks input to the directory windows.
New Icon for File Plus
Main executable file changed to FILEPLUS.EXE.
Ver 1.7
Full Color Support Now added!
You can now customize the colors of the Directory and Tree windows.
Includes: Seperate coloring schemes for Files, Directories, and Trees.
New Function:
Clone Files/Dirs
Allows you to make copies of files or directories within the
same directory.
New Features:
Button Copy function.
Button Exchange Function.
Ver 1.6D
Added very powerful file finding functions. Allows you to search
ALL the drives on your system for an occurance of a file or a
group of files.
Several small inconsistencies and bugs noted by various users have
been fixed.
Ver 1.6C
Several minor changes made to the text file printing functions.
Now handles TABs properly.
Ver 1.6B
Cleaned up some window sizing bugs.
Ver 1.6A
Major cleanup bugs fixed; These problems wouldn't normally be seen
unless File Plus was started up and shut down about 50 times in
one Windows session.
Addition of Hotkey support. See the Hotkey section for details.
Directories are now sorted alphabetically in the Tree Mode View.
You can now extract or delete selected files from within the internal
Zip File Viewer.
Ver 1.6
Another directory changing problem fixed for starting Windows apps.
Exploded the Left and Right directory filter functions. They now
contain several defaults (*.EXE,*.BAT,*.TXT,*.DOC, & *.*), and
added the facilities for up to 256 user filters.
Ver 1.52D
Fixed minor bug in printing routine.
Setup program will now create the Program Group and Items.
Fixed directory change problems in SMART_EXECUTE and other user functions.
Ver 1.52C
Completetly re-wrote the Directory Print function.
Now allows you to print either the left or the right directory, the tree
window, and includes info such as: total bytes on volume and total bytes
in printed directory.
Added new function: Print Files.
Allows you to print one or more text files to your default printer.
File Plus will now ask you if you want to save your configuration on exit,
if you've modified it during your current session.
Ver 1.52B
Added a new .ZIP file viewer. This allows you to view the contents of .Zip
files without the little trip to DOS. See the manual for notes on how to use
this new feature (check the section on Viewing ZIP files).
Ver 1.52A
Every dialog box has been re-designed, this should cure the inconsistencies
over different display drivers. The new dialogs look better as well.
Added commas to all the file sizes and spacefree status bars.
File Plus now remembers where it was located last on your display if it is
not maximized.
Ver 1.52:
Corrected Several Multiple Application lockup bugs that have been
occuring at seemingly random times.
New user function added: SMART EXECUTE. See the Manual for explanation.
Ver 1.51:
Fixed many Tree Mode bugs and visual problems
(including a very nasty General Protection Exception).
Button painting now allows for definition of custom colors.
Improved setup program.
Custom font usage for Registered version.
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Important Notes
for
File Plus
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This program provides the easiest user interface to date to manipulate
almost all aspects of day-to-day managment of files and directories.
As a result, it's also EXTREMELY easy to point-and-click thousands of
files and directories into oblivion if you don't pay attention to the built in
safeties.
As a general rule, all functions in File Plus that can cause files and
directories to be deleted or moved, will ask you for verification first. For
advanced users, these safeties can be turned off.
Shareware:
File Plus is shareware.
You are authorized to use this copy of File Plus for 21 days, if you like it,
then register it!
Registered users get:
(1) - Full support. I believe in registered users also getting a say in
improvements and enhances. If you have ideas, let me hear them!
(2) - Fully operational Custom File Typing.
(3) - Customizable Font support.
(3) - Free upgrades whenever new features are added.
(4) - No irritating "About" and "Please Register" requesters.
(5) - Peace of mind.
Disclaimer:
The author of this software (Carl W. Moore) assumes no responsibility for any
damage to your files or hard disks, or any other storage media you may damage by using
this software.
This program has been in testing and development for over a year, and
so far no computers have suddenly leapt out the window as a result of this
program.
Requirements:
File Plus requires Microsoft Windows Ver 3.1, Win95, or NT.
NOTE: you must install the Win32s system from Microsoft if you
are still running Windows 3.1 or lower.
A 486 or better processor.
4 Meg of ram or virtual memory (8 or better is recommended).
A mouse. (Virtually impossible to use with a keyboard alone).
((Don't even try it))!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! IMPORTANT !
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
File Plus Vers 1.8 & up incorporate a bunch of changes that have been
a long time in coming, including the changing of the primary
executable file from "DISKUTIL.EXE" to "FILEPLUS.EXE".
If you're upgrading from a version of File Plus prior to Ver 1.8,
please do the following before starting the Setup Program:
(1) - Delete any Win95 Shortcuts associated with File Plus
(3) - Delete any groups for Windows or Win95 that File Plus
previously made on your system.
Installation:
Files included in this archive are:
README.1ST This File
FILEPLUS.RTF Current Manual for File Plus
REGISTER.DOC How to get a registered version of File Plus
FILEPLUS.EXE The executable for File Plus
SETUP.EXE The installation program for File Plus
FILEPLUS.HLP Context sensitive help
BWCC.DLL Borland C++ Custom Control Library
BWCC32.DLL
FUNC.PIF Windows Program Information File for DOS functions
launched from within File Plus
FPFTC.DEF \
FILEPLUS.DEF / Default Configuration files for File Plus
(1) Before beginning the Setup program insure that all of the above files are
in the same directory.
(2) Use the RUN command from Windows to start SETUP.EXE.
(3) Follow the instructions given in the SETUP program.
(4) File Plus is now ready to run. Double-Click its icon.
Please read FILEPLUS.WRI for planned upgrades.