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Power Scanner (tm) Version 3.1
Copyright (c) 1991-1992
All Rights Reserved
by
William Ned Miller
7504 Saffron Court
Hanover MD 21076
(410) 766-2365
Section Page
1.0 Introduction ............................................... 1
1.1 Document Layout ......................................... 2
2.0 System Requirements ........................................ 3
2.1 Hardware Requirements ................................... 3
2.2 Operating System Limitations ............................ 3
3.0 Installation ............................................... 4
4.0 Program Options ............................................ 5
4.1 Directory Movement Keys ................................. 5
4.1.1 Directory Down (F1) ................................ 5
4.1.2 Directory Up (F2) .................................. 5
4.1.3 Directory Page Down (F3) ........................... 5
4.1.4 Directory Page Up (F4) ............................. 5
4.1.5 Directory Top (F5) ................................. 5
4.1.6 Directory Bottom (F6) .............................. 6
4.2 Directory Modifications ................................. 6
4.2.1 Add Directory (F7) ................................. 6
4.2.2 Delete Directory (F8) .............................. 7
4.2.3 Rename Directory (F9) .............................. 7
4.3 Verify (V) .............................................. 7
4.4 PS Exit (F10) ........................................... 7
4.5 File Movement Keys ...................................... 7
4.5.1 Up Arrow ........................................... 8
4.5.2 Down Arrow ......................................... 8
4.5.3 Left Arrow ......................................... 8
4.5.4 Right Arrow ........................................ 8
4.5.5 Home ............................................... 8
4.5.6 End ................................................ 8
4.5.7 Page Up (PgUp) ..................................... 8
4.5.8 Page Down (PgDn) ................................... 8
4.6 Directory Rescan (Alt-F1) ............................... 9
4.7 Screen Refresh (Alt-F2) ................................. 9
4.8 Free Space (Alt-F3) ..................................... 9
4.9 Change Drive (Alt-F4) ................................... 9
4.10 Directory Tree Dump (Alt-F5) ........................... 9
4.11 Display Colors (Alt-F6) ................................ 10
4.12 Touch Files (Alt-F7) ................................... 11
4.13 Standard Defaults (Shift-F1) ........................... 11
4.14 Executable Links (Shift-F2) ............................ 13
4.15 Directory Links (Shift-F3) ............................. 14
4.16 File Protection (Shift-F4) ............................. 15
4.17 System Equipment (Control-F1) .......................... 16
4.18 System Drives (Control-F2) ............................. 17
4.19 ASCII Table (Control-F3) ............................... 17
4.20 System Environment (Control-F4) ........................ 17
4.21 Calendar (Control-F5) .................................. 18
4.22 Phone Book (Control-F6) ................................ 19
4.23 Note Pad (Control-F7) .................................. 20
4.24 Disclaimer (Control-F8) ................................ 20
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Section Page
4.25 Change File Attributes (A) ............................. 21
4.26 Change File Attributes For Tagged Files (Alt-A) ........ 21
4.27 Copy Files (Alt-C) ..................................... 22
4.28 Delete Tagged Files (Alt-D) ............................ 22
4.29 Find File(s) (Alt-F) ................................... 23
4.30 Extended Help (Alt-H) .................................. 24
4.31 Program Information (Alt-I) ............................ 25
4.32 Show Program Version And ID (Alt-L) .................... 25
4.33 Move Files (Alt-M) ..................................... 25
4.34 Show Licensed Owner (Alt-O) ............................ 26
4.35 Password (Alt-P) ....................................... 26
4.36 File Renaming .......................................... 26
4.36.1 Rename File (Alt-R) ............................... 27
4.36.2 Control File Renaming (Ctl-R) ..................... 27
4.37 File Selection & Sort (Alt-S) .......................... 27
4.38 Tagging & Untagging (T)/(U)/(Alt-T) & (Alt-U) .......... 28
4.38.1 Single Tag (T) .................................... 28
4.38.2 All Tag (Alt-T) ................................... 28
4.38.3 Single UnTag (U) .................................. 28
4.38.4 All UnTag (Alt-U) ................................. 28
4.38.5 Control Tagging ................................... 28
4.39 Volume ID (Alt-V) ...................................... 29
4.40 Edit (E) ............................................... 29
4.41 Help (H) ............................................... 29
4.42 List (L) ............................................... 30
4.43 Print Tagged Files (P) ................................. 30
4.44 Word Processor (W) ..................................... 30
4.45 Execute File (X) ....................................... 31
4.46 Command Entry (Z) ...................................... 31
4.47 EGA 43 Line Mode (Ctl-E) ............................... 31
4.48 TAB .................................................... 31
5.0 Power Scanner Files ........................................ 32
6.0 Power Scanner Error Messages ............................... 33
7.0 List Of Bug Fixes .......................................... 34
8.0 Whats New .................................................. 35
9.0 Licensing .................................................. 37
10.0 Disclaimer ................................................ 38
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1.0 Introduction
Power Scanner, PS, is a DOS Shell program that provides the user a
tree representation of the directories on the current disk drive. This
tree is displayed on the left side of the Power Scanner main screen. Files
of the current directory are exhibited on the right side of the screen.
The top right portion of the display shows total disk size, bytes in use,
bytes free and the percentage of free space along with user defined
attributes about displayed files. The user is also provided with the
amount of free core available for other program execution. The current
time is provided in the top right corner of the display, the time can be
displayed in either 4 or 6 digit time. The information below the amount of
free core is information about the current directory. Power Scanner shows
how deep the highlighted directory is off of the root directory and it also
shows how many subdirectories there are in the highlighted directory.
Function keys allow movement up and down through the directory tree
while pressing the enter-key enters the current "highlighted" directory.
When the enter-key is pressed, appropriate files for the selected directory
are displayed on the right side of the display.
The user may link their favorite editor, word processor and file
lister to execute against the current "indicated" file. A print utility
may also be specified for ASCII files to be printed.
The following diagram presents the display for Power Scanner.
█C:\Current█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
CC:\ █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ ├─ADA █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █
█ │ ├─BIN █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█ │ └─LIBRARY ██Name████Size███Date███Time█████Attr████████
█ ├─DOS █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█ ├─NED █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█ │ ├─ADA █ File .7 █ █ █
█ │ │ ├─NPRINT █ █ █ █
█ │ │ └─PS █ █ █ █
█ │ └─DOCS █ █ █ █
█ └─WINDOWS █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █Files: 7███Bytes 1,023████Tagged: 0█████████
█ █ █
█ █ █
█ █ █
█Directories: 11██████████████DOS: 5.0 PS: V3.1█████████████████████████
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Power Scanner provides a wealth of information about the current disk
drive and system. The top border line will display the complete path of
the selected directory. The bottom line of the border is used to display
the total number of directories on the disk. It also shows the version of
DOS and Power Scanner. The line between the files and directories is used
to indicate if NUM-Lock, CAP-Lock or SCR-Lock keys are active. The line
above where the filenames are displayed, detailed information about the
current indicated file is provided. The line below the files displays the
total number of files in the selected directory, their total size and the
size of any and all tagged files.
Power Scanner was developed in the programming language Ada with about
100 lines of assembly language and tested under DOS versions 3.10, 3.30 and
5.00.
1.1 Document Layout
The remainder of this document is as follows:
Chapter 2 - Hardware Requirements
Chapter 3 - Installation Procedures
Chapter 4 - Program Options
Chapter 5 - Power Scanner Files
Chapter 6 - Power Scanner Error Messages
Chapter 7 - List Of New Features
Chapter 8 - List Of Bug Fixes
Chapter 9 - Licensing
Chapter 10 - Disclaimer
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2.0 System Requirements
This chapter describes the system requirements necessary to execute
Power Scanner.
2.1 Hardware Requirements
Power Scanner is compatible with the XT, AT, PS2 models and other 100%
compatible systems.
Power Scanner has been built to run on the 8086/8088 instructions set.
Upon request, Power Scanner can be built to run in real mode. This is for
machines based on the 80826/80386/80486 or similar compatible systems.
These versions tend to be smaller than programs compiled using normal
8086/8088 instructions.
Power Scanner currently will allow the user to display 250 directories
and 300 files in any one directory. Upon request users can obtain copies
of the program with these limits increased.
2.2 Operating System Limitations
Power Scanner has been designed to execute on systems with DOS
versions 3.00 through 5.00.
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3.0 Installation
The following procedures allow the user to easily install Power
Scanner on their system. The following procedures make the assumption
that you have a hard disk as drive "c" and boot up off that drive.
1. Make a subdirectory "PS" under the "C:\" (root) directory.
2. Copy all PS files to this new "C:\PS" directory.
3. Set up a path to the new "C:\PS" directory in your
"autoexec.bat" file:
PATH c:\;c:\ps;....
^^^^^
4. The command "set PS=..." command is also required. This will
tell PS where it's files reside. This command should be
inserted in your "autoexec.bat" file. If this commands is not
executed before Power Scanner, an error will be displayed.
SET PS=C:\PS
^^^^^^^^^^^^
4. Reboot the computer. (ie: Ctrl-Alt-Del)
5. Type "ps" at the DOS prompt or insert "ps" as the last line in
your "autoexec.bat" file.
6. Users with previous version of Power Scanner should delete the
the following files:
- ps_std.def
- ps_pro.def
- ps_glb.def
- ps_X_dir.log {Where X is the name of a logged drive}
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4.0 Program Options
This chapter will explain each of the options available with the Power
Scanner program.
4.1 Directory Movement Keys
The function keys F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 and F6 allow the user to move the
highlighter from directory to directory. Moving the highlighter does not
put the user in that directory, that is fulfilled by pressing the enter
key. When the enter key is pressed, files in that directory will be
presented on the right side of the display. If there are no files in the
directory then "Empty" will be displayed in the files display area. If
there are more that 300 files in the selected directory a plus "+" will be
displayed to the left of the total files count otherwise a "-" will be
presented.
The arrow keys will also perform the same function for the user. They
can be activated by pressing the Shift-TAB keys. The small arrow in the
center of the display indicates the direction that the arrow keys are
currently targeted against. In either case the Function Keys F1-F6 still
operate as described above.
4.1.1 Directory Down (F1)
The F1 function key allows the highlighter to move down through the
directory tree one directory at a time. If the highlighter is at the
bottom of the window then the directory tree is scrolled up one line.
4.1.2 Directory Up (F2)
The F2 function key allows the highlighter to move up through the
directory tree one directory at a time. If the highlighter is at the top
of the window then the directory tree is scrolled down one line.
4.1.3 Directory Page Down (F3)
The F3 function key allows the highlighter to page down through the
directory tree (10 directories at a time).
4.1.4 Directory Page Up (F4)
The F4 function key allows the highlighter to page up through the
directory tree (10 directories at a time).
4.1.5 Directory Top (F5)
The F5 function key positions the highlighter at the top of the
directory tree.
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4.1.6 Directory Bottom (F6)
The F6 function key positions the highlighter at the bottom of the
directory tree.
4.2 Directory Modifications
The directory modification options will allow the user to add,
delete and rename subdirectories. All prompts and error messages will be
displayed in the working area. If a directory is renamed or added and the
user is sorting his directories, that directory will be placed in its sort
sequence.
4.2.1 Add Directory (F7)
The F7 function key will allow the user to create a new subdirectory
on the disk and modify the tree display to include the addition.
1. The user must highlight the PARENT directory where the new
directory will be added, press F7 and then enter the name of the new
directory at the prompt.
2. The addition is denied if the current number of directories is
already at the maximum directory limit. The Alt-L option indicates the
maximum number of directories allowed.
3. The new directory name must be valid.
4. The new directory name must have a full pathname less than 64
characters (DOS Limitation) and a screen print name less than 33
characters.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █
█║ Add ║ Dir:_ │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
If the directory can't be added then the following message will be
displayed in the working area:
Directory Could Not Be Added
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4.2.2 Delete Directory (F8)
The F8 function key will delete the specified directory from both the
disk and tree display. The parent directory of the directory to be deleted
MUST be selected and then with the directory movement keys position to the
desired subdirectory to be deleted and press the F8 function key.
1. Deletion is denied if the user is currently in the specified
directory. The parent directory must be the selected directory.
2. Deletion is denied if the highlighted directory is not empty (ie:
has subdirectories, files still attached or if the directory is substituted
or joined).
3. Deletion is denied if the highlighted directory is the root
directory.
If the directory can't be deleted then the following error message
will be displayed in the working area:
Directory Could Not Be Deleted
4.2.3 Rename Directory (F9)
The rename directory options allows the user to rename a specified
directory. To rename a directory, select the directory to be renamed and
press the F9 key. At the prompt, enter the desired name of the directory.
At this point the disk and directory tree will be updated to reflect the
change.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ OldDir To: NewDir █
█║ RDIR ║ █
█╚══════╝ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.3 Verify (V)
"V" is the verify key that is used to verify various functions before
they are carried out. Verification is required when copying, moving and
deleting files. Power Scanner will prompt when verification is needed.
4.4 PS Exit (F10)
Pressing the F10 key will allow the user to exit Power Scanner and
return to the DOS prompt.
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4.5 File Movement Keys
Upon entering a directory, by pressing the enter-key, that contains
one or more files, the first file in the directory is indicated by two
small triangular indicators, on the left and right side of the file name.
It indicates which file is the current "indicated file", and further file
information about the file is presented at the top of the display screen
just above the file display area. Files are presented in pages, 45 at a
time, to the user. To indicated which page the user is on, the page number
is provided to the right of the files displayed.
To change the "indicated file" the file indicator is moved from file
to file through the use of the arrow keys on the numeric keypad.
The arrow keys will also allow the user to manipulate the directory
tree. They are activated by pressing the Shift-TAB keys, which acts as a
toggle. The small arrow in the center of the screen points in the
direction that the arrow keys are currently targeted against. If the arrow
points to the left, then they work on the directory tree and to the right
against the files. The following is the list of the arrows keys when
directed against the directory tree:
Dn Arrow - Go down in the directory structure (Same As F1)
Up Arrow - Go up in the directory structure (Same As F2)
PgDn - Page down through tree (Same As F3)
PgUp - Page up through tree (Same As F4)
Home - Top of tree structure (Same As F5)
End - Bottom of Tree structure (Same As F6)
4.5.1 Up Arrow
The up arrow key will move to the previous file.
4.5.2 Down Arrow
The down arrow key will move to the next file.
4.5.3 Left Arrow
The left arrow key will move to the file left of the indicated file.
4.5.4 Right Arrow
The right arrow key will move to the file on the right of the
indicated file.
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4.5.5 Home
The home key will move to the first file on the first page.
4.5.6 End
The end key will move to the first file on the last page.
4.5.7 Page Up (PgUp)
The Page Up key will move to the previous page of files.
4.5.8 Page Down (PgDn)
The Page Down key will move to the next page of files.
4.6 Directory Rescan (Alt-F1)
The directory rescan option will rescan the directories of the
current drive. This option may be necessary if you switch floppies in a
floppy drive. It will also be necessary on a hard disk if you add or
delete directories without using the directory modification (F7, F8 and F9)
options. If the "EXPAND" or "Directory Sort" options from the Standard
Defaults (Shift-F1) are modified, then a Rescan will be required to change
the look of the directory tree. The following will be displayed in the
working area during the Re-Scan operation:
███████████████████████████████████████████
█ Scanning Directories █
█ xxx █
█ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.7 Screen Refresh (Alt-F2)
The refresh screen option will allow the user to redraw the entire
screen. This may become necessary should a DOS message like "Abort, Retry
or Ignore" disrupt the screen.
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4.8 Free Space (Alt-F3)
This option will allow the user to find out the available space (free
bytes) of any drive without having to leave the current drive or Power
Scanner. This option would most appropriately be used when tagging files
on the current drive to copy to another drive. This way the user can get a
rough estimate as to how many files can be tagged and copied to the target
drive. The number of free bytes will be displayed on the lower box border.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █
█║ Free ║ Drv:_ │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.9 Change Drive (Alt-F4)
This option will allow the user to change from drive to drive without
leaving Power Scanner. All valid drives attached to the system are listed
on the left side of the main display. Further information about those
drives can be obtained by using System Drives option, Ctl-F2.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █
█║ DRV ║ Drv:_ │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.10 Directory Tree Dump (Alt-F5)
The activation of this function will dump into the file "ps_tree.dmp"
in the root directory of the current drive. The directory tree will be
printed out in one of two formats Expanded or Non-Expanded. The format
will depend on the setting of the "EXPAND" option from the Standard
Defaults display, Shift-F1. The following is an example of the output:
C:\ C:\
├─ADA ├ADA
│ ├─BIN │├BIN
│ └─LIBRARY │└LIBRARY
├─DOS ├DOS
├─NED ├NED
│ ├─ADA │├ADA
│ │ ├─NPRINT ││├─NPRINT
│ │ └─PS ││└─PS
│ └─DOCS │└DOCS
└─WINDOWS └WINDOWS
Expanded Non-Expanded
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4.11 Display Colors (Alt-F6)
This option will allow the user to change the colors of the Power
Scanner display. Upon entering this option, the border, foreground and
background colors may be modified. These changes are logged into one of
Power Scanners files, so that every time Power Scanner is activated the
user will retain his color settings.
████████████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗F1 - ForeGround F2 - BackGround █
█║COLORS║F3 - Border F4 - ReSet Mono █
█╚══════╝F5 - Update & Exit ESC - Update & Exit█
████████████████████████████████████████████████
4.12 Touch Files (Alt-F7)
This option will allow the user to modify the date and time of all
tagged files to the current system date and time.
If there are no tagged files then the following will be displayed in
the working area:
No Files Tagged To Touch
4.13 Standard Defaults (Shift-F1)
The Standard Defaults option will allow the user to define a number of
default parameters. The user can specify the default editor (depressing
the "E" key), the default lister ("L" key), the default Word Processor "W"
key, and default printer ("P" key) programs. The initial defaults for the
editor, lister, word processor and printer are "edit", "type", "word", and
"print", but may be changed by the user. Upon selection of this option,
the user is presented with a display of the current defaults. The user
should specify a complete pathname for the desired editor, lister, word
processor and print programs. For example, if the desired editor is
"edit.com" in the "dos" directory on the "c:" drive, then specify
"c:\dos\edit" rather than just "edit".
This option will also allow the user to specify which drives the
program will maintain "log" files. These log files make it possible so
Power Scanner will not have to rescan the entire disk each time on startup
to determine the directory tree information. The log files are kept in the
directory pointed to by the environment variable "SET PS=" as described in
chapter three. Log file names have the following format:
ps_X_dir.log {where X is the drive being logged}
1) The "startup" parameter allows the user of Power Scanner to
identify the directory where the program will first be set. If
this parameter is not filled in then the program will place the
user in the directory where Power Scanner was started up.
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2) The expand option allows the user to specify how the directory tree
will be displayed. A value of "N" indicates the structure will be
drawn tightly together and a "Y" means to space out the directory
tree. It may be necessary to condense the directory display if the
directory paths become to long to display.
3) The Directory Sort option allows the user to have the directory
tree display sorted. Any value other "N" will cause the display to
be sorted.
4) The Z-Prompt option allows the user to determine if a prompt of
"Press Enter Key To Return To PS" is to be displayed after pushing
to DOS.
5) The "seconds" options will allow the program to display the seconds
in the upper right corner of the main display. A value of "Y"
turns this option on and any other value and only the hour and
minutes will be displayed.
The following shows the display when the Standards Default options is
selected:
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ Standards Defaults █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=465K█Help = H █
█Startup = C:\Startup_Dir █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█ █████████████████████████████████████████████
█Editor = EDIT █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█Lister = TYPE █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█Printer = PRINT █ File .7 █ █ █
█WP = WORD █ █ █ █
█Drives = CE █ █ █ █
█Expand = Y █ █ █ █
█Sort = Y █ █ █ █
█Z-Prompt= Y █ █ █ █
█Seconds = Y █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█BASIC = QBASIC █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █████████████████████████████████████████████
█ █ █
█ █ █
█ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █
██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
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4.14 Executable Links (Shift-F2)
The Executable Links option allow the user to assign certain
executable task to the keys Alt-1 through Alt-9. For example, the user may
want to assign the executable task PMAP to the Alt-1 key. Any time the
user wishes to execute PMAP, all that has to be done is a key press Alt-1.
This option also allows the user to specify a number of macro codes
with the task to be executed. The following table delineates the macro
options:
%P -> Prompt The User Before Returning To Power Scanner
%C -> Allow The User To Enter Command Line Arguments
%T -> Process Tagged File(s)
%I -> Process Current Indicated File
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ Executable Defaults █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █
█Alt1= C:\MISC\CENV █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█Alt2= C:\MISC\PMAP %P █████████████████████████████████████████████
█Alt3= _ █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█Alt4= █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█Alt5= █ File .7 █ █ █
█Alt6= █ █ █ █
█Alt7= █ █ █ █
█Alt8= █ █ █ █
█Alt9= █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ █ █ █
█▒%C-Command Line Entry ▒█ █ █ █
█▒%I-Process Indicated File ▒█ █ █ █
█▒%T-Process Tagged File(s) ▒█ █ █ █
█▒%P-Prompt Before Returning▒█ █ █ █
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██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
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4.15 Directory Links (Shift-F3)
The Directory Links options allow the user to assign certain
directories to the keys 1-9. For example, the user may want to assign the
PS directory to key 1. Any time the user wishes to go to the C:\PS
directory all that has to be done is a key press of 1. The following
display shows two examples:
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ Link Directories █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █
█1= C:\PS █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█ █████████████████████████████████████████████
█2= C:\NED\ADA\PS\POWER █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█ █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█3= █ File .7 █ █ █
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██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
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4.16 File Protection (Shift-F4)
The File Protection option will allow the user to give some protection
to his System and Hidden files. By default, the user will not be able to
Move, Delete, Rename or Tag System and Hidden Files. Any value other than
"Y" filled in this display will not allow these actions to take place.
There is sort of double protection built into this option.
For example, if the "Move System Files" is given a value of "Y" and
"Tag System Files is not "Y" then system files still can't be moved.
Because System files can't be tagged and the MOVE function requires file to
be moved to be tagged, there is no way for them to be moved.
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ File Protection █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █
█Move System Files = N █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█Delete System Files = N █████████████████████████████████████████████
█Rename System Files = N █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█Tag System Files = N █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█Move Hidden Files = N █ File .7 █ █ █
█Delete Hidden Files = N █ █ █ █
█Rename Hidden Files = N █ █ █ █
█Tag Hidden Files = N █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
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█ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █
██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
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4.17 System Equipment (Control-F1)
This option will list the currently installed equipment on the system.
It will show how many printer ports are installed on the system and
indicated if there is a serial printer port. The user can see if a mouse
is installed on the system and if there is DMA. The display also shows how
many RS232 ports, diskettes, if there is a game port, the amount of system
RAM and if there is a math coprocessor installed. The user will see the
initial video mode along with the current video mode. The last entry will
show the current status of the printer connect to LPT1:
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ Computer Equipment █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=468K█Help = H █
█Printers = 2 Serial = Yes █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█ █████████████████████████████████████████████
█Mouse = No DMA = No █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█ █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█Game Adaptor = No █ File .7 █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█RS232 Ports = 2 █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█Diskette Drives = 2 █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█Initial Video Mode = Mono 80█ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█System Ram = 16 █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█CoProcessor = Yes █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█Current Video = Mono_80 █████████████████████████████████████████████
█ █ █
█Printer Available █ █
█ █ █
██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
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4.18 System Drives (Control-F2)
This Power Scanner option will allow the user to display all of the
drives on the system. That is the drives defined up to the LASTDRIVE
statement in the CONFIG.SYS file. If there is no LASTDRIVE statement in
the CONFIG.SYS file, then LASTDRIVE=E is the default. The example below
show room for 15 logical drives, where A:, B: and C: are real physical
drives, there are no drives assigned to D: and O: and E: through N: are
under the influence of the SUBST command. Power Scanner can also detect
NetWork drives and drives connected to a directory by means of the JOIN
command.
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ System Drives █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=468K█Help = H █
█ █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█A:\ Local N:\ SUBST █████████████████████████████████████████████
█B:\ Local O:\ No Drive █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█C:\ Local █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█D:\ No Drive █ File .7 █ █ █
█E:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█F:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█G:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█H:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█I:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█J:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█K:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█L:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█M:\ SUBST █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█Number Of Drives = 15 █████████████████████████████████████████████
█ █ █
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██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
4.19 ASCII Table (Control-F3)
This option will allow the user to get a dump of the ASCII character
set, reference in both decimal and hexadecimal. The up and down arrow keys
will allow movement through the display.
4.20 System Environment (Control-F4)
This option will display the system environment.
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4.21 Calendar (Control-F5)
This option will allow the user to create a calendar for a specified
year in the directory pointed to by the "SET PS=" environment command for
Power Scanner. The output files will be of the following format:
YEARxxxx.OUT {Where xxxx is the year defined by the user}
The following is an example of the output.
1992
January February March
SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA
1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 31
April May June
SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA
1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30
31
July August September
SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA
1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30
30 31
October November December
SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA SU MO TU WE TH FR SA
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 27 28 29 30 31
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4.22 Phone Book (Control-F6)
The Phone Book options allows the user maintain a list of up to 10
phone numbers.
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ Phone Book █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=468K█Help = H █
█ Name Phone █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C; 5 █ █
█ █████████████████████████████████████████████
█1 John Doe 555-5555█>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█2 Jane Doe 555-1234█ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█3 █ File .7 █ █ █
█4 █ █ █ █
█5 █ █ █ █
█6 █ █ █ █
█7 █ █ █ █
█8 █ █ █ █
█9 █ █ █ █
█10 █ █ █ █
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█ █████████████████████████████████████████████
█ █ █
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█ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █
██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
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4.23 Note Pad (Control-F7)
The Note Pad option allows the user to have a 15 line area to keep
notes for himself.
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ Note Pad █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=465K█Help = H █
█ In this area the user can █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█enter any text. This area █████████████████████████████████████████████
█will allow text up to 15 █>File .1 <█ File .2 █ File .3 █
█lines. █ File .4 █ File .5 █ File .6 █
█ Line 5 █ File .7 █ █ █
█ Line 6 █ █ █ █
█ Line 7 █ █ █ █
█ █ █ █ █
█ . █ █ █ █
█ . █ █ █ █
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█ ESC To Abort/F10 To Update █ █
██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
4.24 Disclaimer (Control-F8)
This option will print for the user the program's disclaimer.
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4.25 Change File Attributes (A)
This option allows the user to change four of the attribute bits on
the indicated file. Upon activation, the user can turn on/off the
read-only bit, system bit, hidden bit and the archive bit by toggling the
"r", "s", "h" and "a" keys respectively. Changing the file's attribute
bits only takes effect when the "enter" key is depressed. The following is
an example of the display in the working area:
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ Read Only ON/OFF System ON/OFF █
█║ATTRIB║ Archive ON/OFF Hidden ON/OFF █
█╚══════╝ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.26 Change File Attributes For Tagged Files (Alt-A)
This option allows the user to change four of the attribute bits on
all tagged files. Upon activation, the user can turn on/off the
read-only bit, system bit, hidden bit and the archive bit by toggling the
"r", "s", "h" and "a" keys respectively. Changing tagged file attributes
bits only takes effect when the "enter" key is depressed.
If there are no tagged files then the following will be displayed in
the working area:
No Files Tagged For Change
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4.27 Copy Files (Alt-C)
The copy tagged files option will copy those files that are tagged
(see "tagging" below) to a specified directory, name or disk. If the user
desires to make a second copy of a file in the same directory, specify only
the new name of the file. If the user specifies only a drive specification
such as "a:", the program will copy the tagged files to the current
directory on that drive. If the user does not specify a destination
directory but simply enters a carriage return, the program will copy the
tagged files to the directory which is currently highlighted. When
choosing this last method of specifying, the destination directory, prior
to entering the carriage return the user may change the highlighted
directory with the F1 through F6 keys. The program will not allow the
user to copy a file or files to the same directory without specifying a new
filename. In other words, no copy will take place if the user simply
presses the enter-key and the highlighted directory also happens to be the
current directory. This prevents the system from trying to copy a file
onto itself and consequently clobbering itself.
When copying files from one drive to another and the size of all the
files to be copied are too much for the target drive, the operation will
NOT be carried out. The user will be presented with the message "Not
Enough Space" and the operation aborted. At this point, the user should
get the amount of free space on the target drive, via the Free Space option
Alt-F3, and tag only files that will fit on the target drive or take some
appropriate action.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █
█║ COPY ║To:_ │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
If no files have been tagged then the following message will be
displayed in the working area:
No Files Tagged To Be Copies
4.28 Delete Tagged Files (Alt-D)
The delete tagged files option allows the user to delete those files
tagged (see Option "T" below). Reference File Protection Option Shift-F4.
If no files have been tagged then the following message will be
displayed in the working area:
No Files Tagged To Be Deleted
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4.29 Find File(s) (Alt-F)
The find file option allows the user to search all directories for a
specified file specification. The users file specification will be
displayed in the lower right corner of the display.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ ┌────────────┐ █
█║ Find ║ Find:_ │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
Once the specified file(s) are found, the user will be given the
following set of options to choose from:
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ F1 - Continue Searching █
█║ Find ║ F2 - Return Org. Directory █
█╚══════╝ Return - Stop & Enter Directory █
███████████████████████████████████████████
F1 will allow Power Scanner to continue searching for the file
specification, F2 will stop the find operation and return the user to the
directory where find was started and a return will stop the find operation
and leave the user in the current directory. If the entire directory
structure has been searched the user is returned to the original directory.
There are a few other keys available while the find operation is
active. The user can access the arrow keys on the key pad and the users
editor, word processor, lister and execution options are also available.
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4.30 Extended Help (Alt-H)
This option will provide the user with some extended help concerning
the functions of Power Scanner. Help can be obtain on the requested
function ny using the up, down, left or right arrow keys on the numeric key
pad.
█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████18:00█
█ Extended Help █Total: 44,203,000█Disk 37% Free█Name L ^ █
█ █Used: 30,608,207█Free Core=440K█Help = H █
█ Add Dir Free Space █Free: 13,432,003█ D: 1 C: 5 █ █
█ Attributes Move Files ██████████████████████████████████████████████
█ Copy Files Owner Lic █ Sort Criteria <Alt-S> █
█ Change Drive Password █ █
█ Color Change Print File █ The Sort criteria option allows the user█
█ Control Options Program ID █to choose how files are to be displayed. The█
█ Delete Dir. Program L █user has the option to sort by name, date,█
█ Delete Files ReScan █extension, size or no-sort at all. The sort█
█ Dir. Links ReFresh █can be ascending or descending and the case█
█ Dir. Dump Rename Dir █of the files can also be chosen. The user█
█ DOS Command Sort Crit █can choose the file specification to be█
█ EGA 43 Line Std Dflts █displayed, the default is all files. If any█
█ Execute Tag █file specification other than *.* is█
█ Edit Defaults Touch Files█specified then the file specification will█
█ Edit Files Untag █be display at the bottom of the display. █
█ Exit Verify █ █
█ File Protection Volume Lab ██████████████████████████████████████████████
█ Find Files Word Proc █ █
█ █ █
█ ^ Up ESC To Exit Down █ █
███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
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4.31 Show Program Version And ID (Alt-I)
This option will display the author, version, version date and
the copyright date for Power Scanner.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ William Ned Miller █
█║ ID ║ V3.1 February 1st █
█╚══════╝ Copyright 1991-1992 █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.32 Program Limit (Alt-L)
This option will display certain program defaults and system
information about the computers memory. First, it shows the number of
directories that PS will process and the number of files that can be
displayed for any one directory. Second this option shows the amount of
base memory, extended memory and the size of Power Scanner.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ Directories: 250 Base 640K █
█║Limits║ Files: 300 Extended 1024K █
█╚══════╝ Size 108K █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.33 Move Files (Alt-M)
The move tagged files option allows the user to move those files
tagged (see "tagging" below) to another directory on the same drive. The
user may change the highlighted directory with the F1 through F6 keys prior
to entering the carriage return. Additionally, the highlighted directory
must be different from the current directory (the one in which the tagged
files are in) for this option to work.
The user should be careful when using this option. System files in
the root should never be moved unless the user knows what he/she is doing.
Reference File Protection Option Shift-F4.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ ┌───────────┐ ┌────────────┐ █
█║ MOVE ║ │V To Verify│ │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ └───────────┘ └────────────┘ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
If no files have been tagged then the following message will be
displayed in the working area:
No Files Tagged To Move
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4.34 Show Licensed Owner (Alt-O)
The owner option will show the licensed information for the authorized
user of Power Scanner. This information will be displayed on the bottom
border of the display.
4.35 Password (Alt-P)
This option gives the user the ability to lock out other users from
accessing the system. The password can be any alphanumeric string up to 25
characters. Using the password option does not prevent someone from
rebooting the system and gaining access.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█ █
█ Password 1 = _ █
█ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
Once a password has been entered the following will be displayed
waiting for the same response as entered in the option displayed above:
███████████████████████████████████████████
█ █
█ Password 2 = _ █
█ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.36 File Renaming
Power Scanner provides the user the ability to rename the indicated
file or all Tagged files.
4.36.1 Rename File (Alt-R)
The rename file option allows the user to rename the indicated file to
a new name.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ Indicated File ┌────────────┐ █
█║RENAME║ To │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ _ └────────────┘ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
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4.36.2 Control File Renaming (Alt-R)
The control rename files option allows the user to rename all Tagged
files. The user will be prompted for a new file name for each tagged file
upon activation of this option. Reference File Protection Shift-F4.
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ Tagged File ┌────────────┐ █
█║ CREN ║ To │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ New File Name └────────────┘ █
███████████████████████████████████████████
4.37 FIle Selection & Sort (Alt-S)
The file selection and sort option allows the user to specify sort
criteria for files in a directory. The user may sort on the Name,
Extension, Size, Date or choose no sort at all. Depressing the arrow keys
will allow sorting to be ascending or descending. The user may also choose
the case that the files are to be displayed in. The user may also choose
the type of files to be display under the selection option. The new sort
and file select filter take effect upon termination of the sort/select
option, pressing of the enter key. After terminating this option, the new
sort option will be displayed in the top box of the display. All
information in this options is save in the file "PS_STD.DEF" so that every
time Power Scanner is activated the options will continue to be in affect.
The following show the keys to activate any particular field:
S - Choose sort field (Rotate Through All Fields)
C - Choose the case
E - Enter editor for file selection (Enter To Exit
Editor)
Up Arrow - Ascending
Down Arrow - Descending
If the selection of files is anything other than "*.*", the selection
criteria will be displayed on the bottom border of the display.
The following is an example of the prompts in the data area when this
option is selected:
███████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗Sort: None Name Ext Size Date █
█║ SORT ║Case: Upper Lower Way: ^ █
█╚══════╝Select: *.* █
███████████████████████████████████████████
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4.38 Tagging & Untagging (T)/(U)/(Alt-T) & (Alt-U)
The tagging and untagging allows the user to select files that will be
processed by another function. For example the user can delete all tagged
files. Reference File Protection Shift-F4.
4.38.1 Single Tag (T)
The tag option is used to tag a file. When this option is selected,
the current indicated file is tagged by highlighting the file. At this
point the next file down will become the indicated file.
4.38.2 All Tag (Alt-T)
The tag all files option allows the user to tag all the files in the
current directory in preparation for execution of another function.
4.38.3 Single UnTag (U)
The UnTag option allows the user to untag a file that has been tagged.
4.38.4 All UnTag (Alt-U)
The untag all files option allows the user to untag all the files that
are currently tagged.
4.38.5 Control Tagging (Ctl_T)
The Control Tagging allow the user to Tag files according to a date
specification. The option of Today will tag all files that have the date
of the computers date. The Before option will tag all files with a date
before the specified and the after option will tag files with a date after
the specified date.
The right arrow key is used to move through the various options. When
the Before or After options is highlighted the prompt "Date: <E>" will be
displayed. This indicates that the "E" key is to be pressed so that the
Power Scanner editor can be accessed to enter a specified date. The date
must be of the form YYMMDD. If an invalid date is enter the user is given
an error message and given the chance to re-enter the correct date.
████████████████████████████████████████████████
█╔══════╗ Off Today Before After┌────────────┐ █
█║ CTAG ║ Date: <E> │ESC To Abort│ █
█╚══════╝ └────────────┘ █
████████████████████████████████████████████████
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4.39 Volume ID (Alt-V)
The volume ID toggle option will display the volume label of the
default drive. The volume ID will be on the bottom line of the display
over the DOS and PS version values. If the volume has no label then the
message "No Label" will be displayed.
4.40 Edit (E)
The edit option will allow the user to edit the current "indicated
file". The user must supply and identify the desired editor to the PS
program. PS does not provide an editor of its own, but simply attempts to
execute a ".com", ".exe" or ".bat" file that has been defined in the
"Shift-F1" option as the default editor. The user should specify a full
pathname for the desired editor with the "Shift-F1" option. If the user
has not previously defined their own favorite editor to the PS program, the
program will attempt to execute a file by the name of "edit.com",
"edit.exe", or "edit.bat". Upon termination of the editing process, the PS
program resumes where it left off.
4.41 Help (H)
The help menu will display a one page summary of all available
options. The following is an example of the help display:
William Ned Miller Power Scanner HELP Screen V3.1
<<<Alt Continue>>> <<<Shift>>>
F1 - Dir Down |A - Attributes |F5 - Tree Dump |F1 -Edit Defaults
F2 - Dir Up |E - Edit File |F6 - Colors |F2 -Exe Defaults
F3 - Dir Top |H - Help |F7 - Touch Files |F3 -Link Directories
F4 - Dir Bottom|L - List Files |A - Tag Attributes |F4 -File Protection
F5 - Pg Dir Dn |P - Print |C - Copy Tag Files |TAB-Toggle Arrow
F6 - Pg Dir Up |R - Rename File|D - Delete Tag Files|
F7 - Add Dir |T - Tag File |F - Find Files | <<<Control>>>
F8 - Delete Dir|U - UnTag File |I - Program ID |F1 - Sys Equipment
F9 - Verify |W - WP |L - Program Limits |F2 - Sys Drives
F10- Exit |X - Execute |M - Move Tag Files |F3 - ASCII Table
Home - 1st Pg |Z - Cmd Line |O - Owners Licensed |F4 - Sys Environment
End - Last Pg | |P - Password |F5 - Calendar
PgUp - Next Pg | |S - Sort Criteria |F6 - Phone Book
PgDn - Prev Pg | <<<Alt>>> |T - Tag All Files |F7 - Note Pad
Left - Prv File|F1 - ReScan |U - UnTag All Files |F8 - Disclaimer
Rght - Nxt File|F2 - Refresh |V - Volume Label |E - 43 EGA Line Mode
Up - Prv File|F3 - Free Space| |R - Control Rename
Down - Nxt File|F4 - Change Drv| |T - Control Tagging
<TAB> Letter - TAB To First Directory Off Of Main DIrectory
1 - 9 - Link Directories
Alt1 - Alt9 - Executables Links
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4.42 List (L)
The list option will allow the user to list the contents of
the current "indicated file". The user must supply and identify the
desired lister program to the PS program. The PS program does not provide
a lister program of its own, but simply attempts to execute a ".com",
".exe" or ".bat" file that has been defined by the "Shift_F1" option as
the default lister. The user should specify a complete pathname for the
desired lister program with the "Shift-F1" option. If the user has not
previously defined a lister program to the PS program, the program will use
the DOS TYPE command against the file.
4.43 Print Tagged Files (P)
The print tagged files option allows the user to send to the print
program all tagged files. This option simply sends to the user-specified
"print" program the tagged files. The user specifies the desired print
program through the use of the "Shift-F1 standard defaults option. If the
user has not previously defined a print program to the PS program, the
program will use the DOS PRINT command against the file(s). Before files
are sent to the printer, the status of the printer is checked. The
following two messages could be presented to the user:
Printer Turned Off/Off Line
or
Printer Out Of Paper
If there are no tagged files to print the following message will be
display in the working area:
No Files Tagged To Print
4.44 Word Processor (W)
The Word Processor option will allow the user to edit the current
"indicated file" with their favorite word processor. The user must supply
and identify the desired word processor to the PS program. PS does not
provide a word processor of its own, but simply attempts to execute a
".com" or ".exe" file that has been defined by the "Shift-F1" option as
the default word processor. The user should specify a full pathname for
the desired word processor with the "Shift-F1" option. If the user has
not previously defined their own favorite word processor to the PS program,
the program will attempt to execute a file by the name of "word.com",
"word.exe", or "word.bat". Upon termination of the editing process, the PS
program resumes where it left off.
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4.45 Execute File (X)
The execute file option allows the user to execute the current
indicated file if its extension is ".bas", ".com", ".exe", or ".bat".
Prior to the execution of any file, the user has the option to enter
command line arguments which are passed to the indicated program as it goes
into execution. IF a ".bas", basic program, is to be executed then a basic
program has to be defined. The name of the basic interpreter is entered in
the Standards Defaults options, Shift-F1. The default is "BASIC", but if
GWBASIC, BASICA or QBASIC is to be used then the BASIC name must be
changed.
4.46 Command Entry (Z)
The command entry option allows the user to enter any command they
would enter at the normal DOS command prompt. Whatever is entered by the
user is passed on to a second copy of "command.com". Upon depressing the
"z" key the main display is scrolled and the following message will appear:
Enter 'EXIT' To Return To Power Scanner
The DOS command line prompt will be the current path. Users may
enter as many commands in sequence as they desire, returning to PS
by entering 'EXIT' at the DOS Command Line Prompt.
4.47 EGA 43 Line Mode (Ctl-E)
This option allows the user to switch to a 43 line mode if the user
system has either a EGA, VGA or some other compatible type of monitor.
This function acts like a toggle the first press of Ctl-E will switch to 43
line and a second press of Ctl-E will switch back to 25 line mode.
4.48 Shift-TAB
The TAB key will allow the user to position the directory tree
selector to the directory off of the main directory. For example:
<TAB a> will allow the user to position the directory selector to the
first directory off of the main directory.
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5.0 Power Scanner Files
This section will describe all of the files required by Power Scanner
during execution.
1) ps.exe - Power Scanner main program
2) ps_stand.exe - Power Scanner support file
3) ps_help - Power Scanner extended help
4) ps_std.def - Power Scanner standard defaults
5) ps_glb.def - Power Scanner color definitions
6) ps_pro.def - Power Scanner file protection definitions
7) ps_adr.adr - Power Scanner phone book listings
8) ps_note.pad - Power Scanner note pad file
9) yearxxxx.out - Power Scanner calendar
{where xxxx is the year of the calendar}
10) ps_X_dir.log - Power Scanner directory log file
{where X is the drive being logged}
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6.0 Power Scanner Error Messages
Power Scanner has three error messages. If the user does not set
up a "SET" environment the following error will be displayed:
1) PS -F- PS Path Not Set In Environment
Reference chapter 3.0 for installation of Power Scanner.
2) PS -F- Incorrect DOS Version
DOS Version must be 3.0 or higher.
3) PS -F- Illegal Video Mode
Power Scanner will not execute if the initial video mode is for a 40
column setup.
4) PS -F- Unknown Error
This error message will be display if Power Scanner aborts when an
unknown error occurs. These types of errors should be reported to the
author with the condition(s) that caused the error.
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7.0 List Of Bug Fixes
The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 1.0 to 1.1;
1) Corrected problems will Allocation and Deallocation of memory
when change drives and when performing a directory rescan.
2) Fixed the Total Bytes and Tagged Bytes displayed.
3) Fixed the display of the current directory on the top border line.
4) Corrected the way the startup drive indicator was displayed.
5) Clear all tagged files when changing disk drives.
The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 1.1 to 1.2;
1) Correct a bug in the way the execute links are done.
2) Correct the way the options work in the "FIND" option
3) Fixed the Directory Sort
4) Added check to make sure selected directory exists
5) Update directory line when deleting directories
6) Corrected the way directories are added
7) Turn off cursor when copying files in the copy options
The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 1.2 to 2.0;
1) Corrected the way colors are updated
The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 2.0 to 2.1;
1) After leaving Power Scanner, output to the terminal would not process
all characters. For example performing a "dir /w" the TAB key would
printed as " ".
The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 2.1 to 3.0;
1) Corrected the way disk status is checked when accessing other
drives.
2) The detection of the B: drives is now detected correctly when the
drive is not ready.
The following is a list of bug fixes from PS version 3.0 to 3.1;
1) The down arrow key processing has been corrected to access
the following pages of files the first time Power Scanner is
executed.
2) Better testing for files being copied to them self in the same
directory.
3) Fixed the cursor when switching to EGA 43 line mode.
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8.0 Whats New
Power Scanner V1.1
This file contains the new features to Power Scanner V1.1.
1) The ability to dump the tree structure with the Alt-F5 function key.
2) The ability to link directories to the keys 1-9. The Shift-F8 function
key allows the user to assign directories to these keys.
3) The ability to link executable tasks to the keys Alt1-Alt9. The
Shift-F9 function key allows the user to assign executables to these
keys.
4) The program has the option to find a specified file specification on the
entire disk.
5) A TABing function that will allow the user to TAB to the first directory
off of the root directory.
6) Add the "EXPAND" option in the Standards Defaults (Shift-F10) option.
This option will allow the user to squeeze the directory tree display.
Power Scanner V1.2
This file contains the new features to Power Scanner V1.2.
1) The program now has the option to change attributes for all tagged
files.
2) Add the "Z-Prompt" option in the Standards Defaults (Shift-F10) option.
This option will allow the user to have the prompt "Press Enter Key To
Return To PS" after each command entered.
3) "HELP = H" is now shown on the PS main display.
4) Added NPRINT Option
5) Added Password feature
6) Add the options so that the directory tree will be in sort order.
7) Added Clock
8) Display equipment on the system
9) Number of drives that can be logged has been increased to 20.
10) Colors for color monitors
Power Scanner V2.0
This file contains the new features to Power Scanner V2.0.
1) Change spacing character between file listings on main display
2) Increased display speed
3) Removed NPRINT option
4) Add ASCII table character set <Control-F2>
5) Added disclaimer <Control-F3>
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Power Scanner V2.1
This file contains the new features to Power Scanner V2.1.
1) Extended Help <Alt-H>
2) User define scheme where the user can protect his/her system and hidden
files.
Power Scanner V3.0
This file contains the new features to Power Scanner V3.0.
1) The command line option, "Z", has been updated.
2) Addition help has been added to the Extended Option, "Alt-H".
3) Controlling Tagging has been added.
4) Many routines have been Re-Written and more dynamic allocation of
memory is used to reduce the size of the executables.
5) A Phone Book feature has been added. This options allows the user
to keep on line the phone numbers for 10 different people.
6) A Calendar option has been added. This will print a hardcopy calendar
in the directory defined by the 'SET' Environment variable in the
'AUTOEXEC.BAT' file.
7) A Note Pad options had been include so that the user can keep on-line
a small amount of information.
8) With this version of Power Scanner the user is given the capability to
Rename directories.
9) This version of Power Scanner provide the capability to rename all
tagged files.
10) Power Scanner now provides the capability to detect all of the types
of drives in the system.
11) For systems with EGA or VGA monitors, the Control-E options will allow
the use to select the 43 line mode.
12) Power Scanner will execute "BASIC" files with a file type of ".BAS"
with the X option. Because of the different basic interrupters, the
user must define theirs through the Standard Default option, Shift-F1.
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Power Scanner V3.1
1) This version of Power Scanner allows the user to see the system
environment (Control-F4).
2) The internal editor within Power Scanner has been re-worked
so that the data fields will be in the border color instead
of what ever DOS color is set.
3) The option to touch all tagged files and set the file's date and
time to the current date and time.
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9.0 Licensing
* A $17 shareware contribution is requested for using the
program.
* The author retains the sole right to sell the program.
* The author grants users the right to copy and distribute
the program within the following constraints:
- All program files remain unaltered and are distributed
together.
- No attempt is made to sell the program, or to make
money from it or any modified version of it.
- The program is not bundled with any other hardware or
software transactions without the author's permission.
* Continued use of the program (more than 3 weeks) by any
individual, corporation or institution without a single
user or site license is prohibited.
* Single user licenses are obtained by sending in the $17
shareware contribution.
* Corporations and other institutions (including government
and educational) which desire using the program should
refer to the last page of this document for site licensing
information.
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10.0 Disclaimer
The author disclaims all warranties expressed or implied as to the
quality or performance of this program. The author will not be held liable
for any lost profits, lost savings or any other direct, indirect,
incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of this program.
Your use of this program constitutes your agreement to this disclaimer and
your release of the author from any form of liability or litigation.
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Power Scanner (tm) Version 3.1
Copyright (c) 1991-1992
All Rights Reserved
William Ned Miller
7504 Saffron Court
Hanover MD 21076
(410) 766-2365
Single User Registration Form
Registration will provide the user with a Single User registration
serial number. (Alt-O)
To register your copy of Power Scanner please fill in the following
information and send it along with $17 (US) to:
William Ned Miller { Please only send }
7504 Saffron Court { checks drawn on }
Hanover MD 20176 { U.S. banks or }
{ postal money }
{ orders. }
Name: ____________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
System Type: 8088/8086______ 80x86_______________
Disk Type: 5.25___________ 3.50________________
Phone: (Optional) ( )______-__________________________________
Power Scanner (tm) Version 3.1
Copyright (c) 1991-1992
All Rights Reserved
William Ned Miller
7504 Saffron Court
Hanover MD 21076
(410) 766-2365
Site License Agreement Order Form
Max # Users Purchase Price Cost/Workstation
1 - 20 ........... $340.00 $17.00
21 - 40 ........... $560.00 $14.00
41 - 60 ........... $720.00 $12.00
61 - 80 ........... $880.00 $11.00
81 - 100 ........... $1000.00 $10.00
Make check payable to: {All prices in U.S. dollars}
William Ned Miller
7504 Saffron Court
Hanover MD 21076
Site License Provides
1. Legal right to use Power Scanner on the specified number of
workstations.
2. Two (2) floppies containing the next release of the program.
All additional copies of the program, up to the limit ordered,
will be made by the purchaser.
3. Site registration serial number. (Alt-O)
Ordering Information
Site License desired for a maximum of ______ workstations.
To be sent to: ____________________________________________ Please
Print
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