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- Folder Builder, v1.4
- (c) Robert M. Ryan, 29 January 1992
-
- When using Windows, there are icons for programs, but usually there
- are no icons for documents. Thus, when you create a, say, Word for
- Windows document, if you want to edit it again, you must start Word
- for Windows and then use the "Open..." command to retrieve it.
-
- This program is designed to provide you with a facility to build
- folders (or groups) of documents. Thus, in these special document
- folders, there will be an icon for each matching filename. For
- example, using Folder Builder you can create a "Documents" folder of
- all C:\WINWORD\*.DOC files. The system will assign icons to files
- based upon their extension. ICONS.ZIP contains sample icon files for
- Word for Windows and Excel files. Feel free to add your own.
-
- It should be appreciated that this is a rough 'n' ready program, and
- has it's limitations. Nevertheless, I find it useful. You may or
- may not.
-
- Included in this zip file are:
-
- BUILDER.TXT - This file
- BUILDER.EXE - The Windows 3.0 program
- ICONS.ZIP - A small collection of icons. It is recommended that
- These be put in a directory C:\WINDOWS\ICONS, but that
- is completely up to you.
-
- In addition to these basic files, there are several application based
- macros which allow the application to add the icon for a single file
- (the currently open file) to the program manager window. These are:
-
- ADDTOPM1.TXT - A text file with a Word for Windows (v1.1) macro that
- adds the current document to some group. Instructions
- on installation can be found in the beginning of the
- file.
- ADDTOPM2.DOC - A Word for Windows (v2.0) macro that installs the
- AddToProgMan macro automatically. Simply copy it into
- your WINWORD directory (the one with all of the files
- *.DOT) and load it into W4W from there.
- ADDTOPM.XLM - An Excel 3.0 macro which adds current sheet/macro/graph
- to some group.
-
-
- Changes since v1.0 include:
-
- 1. Improved button handling.
- 2. Improved icon file searching.
-
- Changes since v1.1:
-
- 3. Also, v1.2 allows you to define multiple paths for a single icon.
- Thus, by defining one group called "Documents" with a mask of
- "C:\WORD\TEXT\*.DOC" and another called "Documents" (i.e. the
- same name) with a mask of "C:\WINDOWS\*.WRI", both Word for
- Windows and Write documents can be included in a single window.
- Clearly, they will be given different icons, but they can be in
- the same group if you want.
- 4. Use of hourglass icon while in process.
-
- While the program hasn't changed between v1.3 and v1.4, v1.4 includes:
-
- 5. W4W (both v1.1 and v2.0) macros provided to add a single document's
- icon to the program manager.
- 6. Excel v3.0 macro to provide similar facility.
-
- This program is free and may be distributed freely for non-commercial
- use as long as my name stays on the program. I would appreciate
- comments from users, especially notes on any bugs or problems, but
- cannot guarantee any quick resolution to problems. Additionally,
- while I cannot forsee any problems, I am not liable for any damage or
- problems resulting from the use of this program.
-
- Internet: Robert_Ryan@brown.edu or st802200@brownvm.brown.edu
- Bitnet: ST802200@BROWNVM
- CompuServe: 70324,227 (or, from internet, 70324.227@CompuServe.Com)
-