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================================= “READ ME” for Stationer, version 1.0 ================================= Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved. January 21, 1992 Font: Geneva 12 This document must go wherever Stationer goes. Please do not distribute Stationer without this documentation. Please do not modify this document. REGISTERING STATIONER AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES ================================================ Stationer is not free. Sites using this software in business MUST register it. Contact the author for site licensing information. If it is for personal use only, please send a few dollars. Or you can consider the following. 7.0 PLUS Utilities is a package of all (more than 25) System 7.0 utilities I have written. You can get the disk with all of them NOW (not wait until I decide to upload the next program) by sending $29.95 to me. This will register you for all the software, will get you a disk of the software, and an update to the PLUS Utilities when it rolls around. It’s a pretty good deal. You should register your software, anyway, so why not do it like this? And it’s a lot cheaper this way. See the documentation which should accompany this file for more information on the 7.0 PLUS Utilities. A registration form should also accompany this file. Please use it to register the software. USING STATIONER ================ • If you use Stationer, please please please send me a note. My addresses (post and e-mail) are given below in “About the Author”. Also, read the information in the above section on registration. What Does Stationer Do? ---------------------- • Stationer, a drag-and-drop utility (Drop Box), allows you to quickly and easily toggle the stationery bit on selected files, without the trouble of going through the Get Info window. It can be used on entire groups and directories of files, filtering out those on which the bit should not be modified. Stationery pads are used as templates in System 7.0. • See “What are Stationery Pads?” for more information on using stationery pads with System 7.0. Using Stationer -------------- • Drag sets of files, folders, or disks into the application, “Drop Box- style”. Stationer will scan folders and disks provided, and will modify all files no matter what their depth. Drop Boxes require Apple Events, and thus System 7.0 or higher. • You can also double-click on the application and select files to modify through a standard open file dialog. Double-clicking also gives you access to the Preferences and About dialogs. • When in Manual mode (using the Open... menu item), the file open dialog will appear with several extra buttons. The Stationery check box is checked if the currently selected file is stationery. You can check or uncheck this button as desired. The other two check boxes determine what files to display. Remember that folders are always displayed (regardless of their visibility). The last two extra buttons, All stationery and All standard, allow you to make all files in the current directory either stationery or standard. Stationer does not go any deeper than the current directory when in Manual mode. • If you drop an alias directly into Stationer (not inside a directory), the Finder will resolve it and Stationer will think that you’re dropping in the target (parent) file, folder, or disk. • Double-clicking on files in Manual mode is the same as toggling the Stationery check box. Otherwise (double-clicking on folders or disks), it performs the standard function. • If you attempt to modify an alias in Drop Box mode, the owner file will be modified accordingly (not the alias). • Hold down the shift key to suppress the alert that checks to be sure you want to modify selected items. This is only necessary if you have turned the Show alert preference on. • Hold down the command key while the program is launching to override the Stationery/Standard setting and toggle the bit on all selected files. Stationery files will become standard files, no matter what your Preference, and all standard files will become stationery. • Alerts are very annoying, especially in Drop Boxes. So there aren’t any. As a rule of thumb: if it doesn't work, there must have been an error. • To cancel processing, just type a command-period. Files already processed will remain modified. Preferences ----------- • The first time you try to modify a file using the program, the preferences dialog will come up, just to make sure the correct parameters have been set up. You can modify these if you wish. If you don’t want to see that window again, just say OK. You will have to explicitly ask for for the Preferences window the next time you wish to change anything. The preferences apply ONLY to Drop Box mode. They are not consulted when in Manual mode. • The preferences are fairly self-explanatory. You can choose to show an alert before modifying anything. The Relaunch Finder button lets you select whether the Finder should be quit and relaunched remotely to update icons which may not otherwise be fixed. This is also where you tell Stationer whether files “dropped” in should be made stationery or standard. • To show the Preferences dialog on-the-fly in Drop Box mode, hold down the option key while the program is launching. WHAT ARE STATIONERY PADS? =========================== Stationery pads are special documents used as templates in System 7.0. Opening a stationery pad does not open the document itself; instead, a copy of the stationery pad is made, either by the Finder or by an application which properly supports stationery. If the application supports stationery, a new document is usually made with the contents of the stationery pad. Otherwise, the Finder will copy the file, and force the application to open the copy. • One way to turn a document into stationery is to use Get Info in the Finder and click on the Stationery pad check box in the information window. USING DROP BOXES ================= Drop Boxes are applications (drag-and-drop utilities) which can take advantage of System 7.0’s Apple Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application icon just as you would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory. The Drop Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits. You can also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in just one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any combination of the three, and dump them in. The Drop Box will scan for files of the required type and modify them accordingly. All files in all directories within those dropped in will be modified. Any aliases dropped directly into a Drop Box (not inside a directory) are resolved by the Finder and thus their target (parent) is modified. ABOUT THE AUTHOR ================== If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post. Robert Gibson E-Mail: RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236 Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com KØK 1LØ This program is not to be included in any software collections other than BBSs and on-line services (e.g. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST include this document, unmodified. Stationer copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.