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Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 1993
04/04/94
Group Folder - Dan Kehn (74140,3263)
Introduction
To handle the problem of getting to an object in a folder, many
users create a special folder to hold objects that they frequently
use. But often this new folder becomes filled with objects, some
of which are only used once a month while others are used hourly.
Locating a desired object in such a folder can be like trying to
find "a needle in a haystack".
To solve the retrieval problem, Group Folder allows you to create
visible subsections within a given folder. Thus, you have more
control over the organization of the contents of folders. The
grouping of related objects helps you locate the object you want
more quickly.
Here's an example Group Folder:
+---+--------------------------------+---+---+
| - | Stuff - Group View | V | A |
+---+--------------------------------+---+---+
| Folder View Selected Help |
+--------------------------------------------+
| Groups Contents of Fun Games |
| +-+ +-+
| System |A| +-----+ +-----+ |A|
| Printers +-+ | | | | +-+
|\\Fun Games\\| | +-----+ +-----+ | |
| | | Tank Moon | |
| | | Landing | |
| | | | |
| | | +-----+ +-----+ | |
| | | | | | | | |
| +-+ +-----+ +-----+ +-+
| |V| Solitaire Chess |V|
+-------------+-+--------------------------+-+
But some things are better seen than described. To see how the
Group Folder's Group View can be used to organize a collection of
objects in a folder, select "Create standard groups" from the menu
bar and an example set of groups based on the objects installed
with OS/2 will be created.
Installation
First copy your GFOLDER.DLL file to a disk. For example,
C:\OS2\DLL. Copy the Group Folder help file, GFOLDER.HLP, to your
help directory, for example, C:\OS2\HELP.
Then start the installation program, GFINST.EXE. It will prompt
you for the path where your copied the GFOLDER.DLL. When the
installation is complete, a new folder object called "Group Folder" will
appear on your desktop.