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Disk Filer 2.5 is an upgrade from the original release of version
1.9 which did only diskettes and only stored on C: drive and diskettes.
Disk Filer (DF) 2.5 now allows you to store the Storage file on A, B,
C, D, and to file A, B, C, D, E. There is a few main principles to
remember while using DF. After you type in your response to a question
press the Enter key or CR key. You will find a brief description in the
menus prior to the Selection Bar. When you go from here you will hear
a beep and then see a "Drive Setup Menu". This beep is one of the few
beeps that will NOT mean a mistake has been made. These beeps were
placed so as to Alert you to a major step and to make the right choices,
or for reminders. Of course there are those for mistakes as well.
To know what response to type in you will see an UPPERCASE Letter(s)
between two symbols: (<) less than, and (>) greater than. For Example:
<MD> means type uppercase M and D and then press Enter. You can use
-MD- to make a new subdirectory and/or to make a new Storage File for
either diskette or hard drive. If one already exists it will not harm
it. Remember DF can work with either high or low Density diskettes of
any size. When you use the -R- option you will go to the "Drive use
Menu" and make your New selection. There is one Golden Rule you need
to keep in mind: When doing diskettes - stay in the Diskette Menu.
When doing hard drive work - stay in the Hard Drive Menu. Though they
may appear alike, they are different in most operating respects. This
is one reason why you can NOT go from the Diskette Menu to the Hard
Drive Menu, or vice versa, without using the -R- command.
When you use the -N- option you will make one of two types of Storage
Files. One is for Diskettes and the other is for the Hard Drive.
Again it will make the appropriate one according to the Drive Setup
you selected, and correspondingly by which Menu you are in. This
procedure is also available in the second step of the -MD- option.
To File a diskette or hard drive choose the -A- option and then you will
be prompted for either a "Diskette Label Identifier" (DLI) or a
"Hard Drive Date Identifier" (HDDI). I use the following method:
Three alpha characters, a # or -, and three numbers. I use the
# (pound symbol) to denote High Density Diskettes. Then I use the
- (dash) to denote Low Density Diskettes. An Example would be:
DSK#001 then DSK-002 .
I let the first 3 characters denote category, then Density, and keep
the number sequence going according to the category and NOT the Density.
You will find a file called; PREF-ID2.TXT that is an ASCII file of a
form you can print out on any printer to keep track of last used number
in a certain category. On the HDDI I use an alpha character and a
numerical date format. Example: C092191 or T092191
I use the alpha character to denote the hard drive that was filed and
the date done. In the first above example it would read as: C-drive,
09-Month, 21-day, 91-year. There is one Rule which MUST BE followed
for DF to work right. There MUST BE 7 characters, NO Less and NO More.
Also the first character MUST BE Alpha, a letter like c, a, z, s, q,
or whatever. When you choose the -F- option you will be prompted for
some characters in which you are searching for. Again the first
character must be Alpha. Then any combination thereafter. Also all to
be in uppercase for Alpha characters. A guideline as to the amount of
characters is given above the prompt. The -F-ind feature is flexible
and therefore is what helps to make DF a versatile program in getting
the most out of your collected data. When you need to delete an ID#
(Identification number) simply choose the -D- option. If you want to
REDO an already filed diskette simply delete it's ID# and then choose
-A- option and supply it's ID# again to have it put back into the
Storage File and updated. If you choose the -L- option it will simply
let you see the files where you chose in the "Drive Setup Menu" for
the Storage File to be stored, and/or the program files as well.
Choosing -CF- will put you into a little Sub-Program that will
increment a filename with numbers in the 7th and 8th positions to the
next 2 numbers higher. Example: D_STOR00.DTA and it will come up
with it renamed to; D_STOR02.DTA. In this version it is generic and
will let you supply whatever filename meets the requirements to be
increased. When done, you will return either to DF or back to DOS.
This you can do by selecting either -Q- to return to DF, or by
selecting -F- to go to DOS.
PLEASE DO NOT ALTER IN ANY WAY THE *.BAT FILES.
THEY ARE FOR DISK FILER'S USE ONLY!
ANY ALTERATION(S) WILL CAUSE DISK FILER TO WORK IMPROPERLY!