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fastmenu PLUS DOS/Disk Utility File List Module. ===============================================:> You may access all options in either of two ways. 1)- Press the letter inside the parenthesis of the prompt you want to access. 2)- Point the mouse at the option and then press the left mouse button. Option Reaction to option ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (ESC).................. Using this option will return you to the previous menu. (Up/Dn)................ Use these options to move the highlight bar up and down the file list. One key press will move the highlight bar up or down one file. Holding the key down will fast advance the highlight bar till you release the key or the end if file is reached. (-/+/space)............ Use these options to mark files for later maintenance. An asterisk will appear to the left of the file name of every file that is marked. Marking and Un-Marking Files. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1>- Move the highlight bar to the file you want to mark then press the space bar. If this file has already been marked it will be un-marked. After using the space bar to mark or un-mark a file, the highlight bar will advance to the next file in the file list. 2>- Pressing the plus key will mark all files in the file list. 3>- Pressing the minus key will un-mark all marked files in the file list. (Q)uery................ Use this option to query the file list. DOS wild cards are valid here. NOTE ! The main purpose for including this option was to give you a convenient way of copying or deleting certain groups of files. For example if you wanted to copy all the files with the .DAT extension, you would first query the file list by entering [ *.DAT ] at the (Q)uery prompt. Then mark all these files by pressing the plus key, and then choose the (C)opy option to copy all marked files. Querying the file list with File Spec. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1>- After choosing this option, you will be given a place to enter your query instructions and then press <enter>, after which the file list will again be presented with only the files that meet your query instructions listed. Query Examples: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ *.* ]........ This query will list all files. [ *.EXE ]...... This query will list files with the EXE extension. [ FAST??.* ]... This query will list files that include the letters FAST as the first four letters in the file name. (U)pdate............... Use this option to re-read the disk drive or directory for an updated file list. NOTE ! You may change the disk in a drive while the file list screen is active. To read the new disk, just use the (U)pdate option to get the file list from the newly inserted disk. (S)tart................ Use this option to run applications outside fastmenu. This option is added to give you a way to test run an application or to run applications or games from floppy drives. Any program, game or application that can be run from the DOS prompt can also be run through this option. NOTE ! This option will only accept files with the extension of .EXE, .COM or .BAT. Before you can use this option, you must first mark the file that you want to run. After marking this file, just press the S key to run it. (V)iew................. Use this option to read or view files. It's main purpose is to read ASCII text files. Before you can use this option, you must first mark the file that you want to read or view. After marking this file, just press the V key to view it. (E)dit................. Use this option to edit or create any ASCII text file. To edit an existing file you must first mark it from the file list menu. After marking it, pressing the E key will take you to the editor. This editor has a built in help screen if you need further help with options and commands. To create a new file, just enter the editor without marking any files. After entering the editor you will be asked to enter the name for the new file. You may use any DOS legal file name except names that have extensions of .EXE or .COM. NOTE !! This editor has the ability to edit files with lines 255 characters long. When you first enter the editor the right margin will be set to 255. This allows editing autoexec.bat files with long path statements. If you are editing a document, you may want to reset the right margin before you begin. NOTE !! For mouse users only... If you are running this editor and have a mouse installed you will notice a diamond at the upper left and the lower right corners of the editing screen. If you put the mouse cursor on these diamonds and press the left mouse button, while holding the button down, you can resize the editing screen. This option along with the F4 = Image feature was added to give you a means of creating a picture of the entire editing screen. By pressing the F4 key or clicking on the Image prompt, a picture of the present screen will be stored beneath the work screen. It can then be viewed by pulling the editing screen down. Also a reduced screen can be moved about by holding the mouse button down while the mouse cursor is located on the ruler bar. (C)opy................. Use this option to copy a file or group of files from this directory or disk to another directory or disk. Before using this option, you must first mark the file or group of files you want to copy, using the (Up/Dn) and (-/+/space) keys. 1>- After marking the files you want to copy, just press the C key to start the copy process. 2>- You will be asked to choose the Target Drive (the drive that you want to copy these files to). After choosing the Target Drive, fastmenu will check that drive for any existing directories. 3>- If any directories are found, you will be asked to choose which directory you want to copy these files to. 4>- If no directories exist or after choosing a directory, you will be asked to verify the copying of these files. NOTE ! If you have marked more files than will fit on the Target Drive, you will be prompted so and given the option of either continuing or returning to the file list menu. If you choose to continue, fastmenu will copy as many files to the Target Drive as will fit and then prompt you to insert a new disk, after which fastmenu will continue to copy the remainder of the files marked to this disk. fastmenu will continue this process until all marked files have been copied. This copy routine was added to give you a means of backing up entire directories or groups of files to floppies without the worry of running out of disk space on the Target Drive. (D)elete............... Use this option to delete or remove a file or groups of files. Before using this option, you must first mark the file or group of files you want to delete, using the (Up/Dn) and (-/+/space) keys. 1>- After marking the file or group of files you want to delete, just press the D key to start the deletion process. 2>- At this time you will be asked if you want to verify each file before deletion or continue without verifying each file. (R)ename............... Use this option to rename a file. Before using this option, you must first mark the file that you want to rename. NOTE ! If more than one file has been marked, fastmenu will call up only the first file in the list that has been marked. After marking the file that you want to rename then choosing the (R)ename option, you will be shown the old file name and given a place to enter the new file name. (H)elp................. This help file.