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Documentation UFO 96 - Universal File Operator ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── U·F·O 96 - Universal File Operator The Windows 95/DOS file manager ┌─────────┐ ┌─────┴───┐ │ (R) ──│ │o │────────────────── │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of │ │ │─┘ Shareware └───│ o │ Professionals ──────│ ║ │──────────────────── └────╨────┘ MEMBER Copyright (c) 1995-1996 by Deus Ex Machina Communications (Fabian Hansmann, Sascha Wildgrube and Gabriel Yoran) Made in Frankfurt am Main, Germany Documentation & Reference 0 CONTENTS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1 Introduction 1.0 For whom we developed UFO 96 1.1 Credits 2 Before getting started 2.0 Specification 2.1 Legal stuff 2.1.1 The shareware principle 2.1.2 Warranty and liability limitations 2.1.3 Conditions of distribution 2.1.4 Copyright 2.2 Installation 2.3 Hardware and software requirements 3 How does it work? 3.0.1 General hints about using UFO 3.0.2 Quick search in the file window 3.1 Selection 3.2 Why use two windows? 3.3 The use of buttons and switches 3.3.1 Checkboxes 3.3.2 Radiobuttons 3.4 The mouse 3.5 Pull-Down menus 4 Summary of the functions 4.1 Functions of the "Left"- and "Right"-menus 4.2 Functions of the "Files"-menu 4.3 Functions of the "Commands"-menu 4.4 Functions of the "Tools"-menu 4.5 Functions of the "Archive"-menu 4.6 Functions of the "Options"-menu 5 Additional Functions 5.1 UFO in networks 5.2 Recognition of Windows programs 5.3 Supporting the Windows 95 file system (VFAT) 5.4 The integrated start menu 5.5 Warning at executing AUTOEXEC.BAT 5.6 The UFO-TSRWatch 6 Finally... 1 INTRODUCTION ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1.0 FOR WHOM WE DEVELOPED UFO 96 █ Are you undecided if you should install Windows 95 or you have already █ done it? How would you like a file manager which provides the comfort of long file names in Windows 95 but which can be used as fast as a DOS program; a file manager which has the Windows 95-Start Menu integrated but which still runs in a DOS box. █ You are surfing the net or visiting BBSs? In this case a file manager which automatically displays the "file_id.diz" info files in archives is made for you. You need a file manager which treats archives like subdirectories and which supports the four most important archiver programs (ARJ, PkZip, LHArc and RAR). Your file manager has to allow you to view and modify files directly in archives. An intergrated UUencoder/decoder would be very helpful when sending data through the internet. █ You have to do much file organisation and you need fast and solid file █ management functions? We have for you a file manager which provides time estimations during the copying of files, which calculates the size of subdirectories in the background, which provides a skilled FileFind and which searches for all necessary archiver programs and installed application by itself. █ Security has the highest priority for you? Your file manager should keep a logfile, it should warn you if programs residently stay in the memory, if you want it it should delete files irrevocably so that they cannot be restored. A display of remaining Laptop battery energy can revent bad surprises. █ Or do you just need a reliable file manager? For you we have developed UFO 96, the DOS file manager which supports Windows 95. The change to UFO 96 is easy; you will regain standards in UFO 96 to which you are used to from other products. █ Additional functions SAA concurring multifile editor, System info tool ("PC Equipment"), extensive Online-Help, Drag & Drop, Display of file infos at HTML, WAV, GIF, PCX, BMP, MOD, and S3M-files. █ Support Via Fax, CompuServe mail, Internet E-Mail, FidoNet, and numerous support BBSs. 1.1 CREDITS At this point we'd like to thank all the UFO users for their constructive critics and improvement suggestions. Special thanks go to (in alphabetical order): ■ Ralf Brown (for his orginal interrupt list) ■ Isidro Costantini (for suggestions without end) ■ Jens Driese (Best Driese in Town) ■ Carsten Jendro (for his bug slideshows) ■ Andreas Lieser (how knows how a bug report has to look like) ■ Siegfried Moersch (who nearly dreams of error 204) ■ Walter Oney (whose LFN code prevented us from sleeping) ■ Olaf Wachendorf (for his reliable support) ■ David Langley (for his spontaneous help) 2 BEFORE GETTING STARTED ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 2.0 SPECIFICATION Make sure that you received an original UFO software package! The following files must be included: INSTALL .EXE Installation and configuration program UFO .EXE Executive program of UFO UFOPROG .EXE The Universal File Operator UFOPROG .OVR More UFO functions (overlay) UFO .PIF Program Information File for Windows 95 (not 3.1) UFOEDIT .EXE Editor for UFO PCE .EXE PC Equipment - System information and diagnosis AB .EXE AnimByte 96 - informs about your drives TT .EXE TempTerminator 96 - deletes temporary files UFO .HLP The UFO help file UFO .MNU Example for the user menu file UFO .DOC This documentation UFO .FAQ Frequently asked questions about UFO UFO .REF Keyboard reference for UFO ORDER .FRM Order form for UFO SUPPORT .TXT How and where to get support HISTORY .TXT History - News from version to version OMBUDSMN.ASP The Ombudsman-Statement of the ASP FILE_ID .DIZ Brief description of UFO for BBSs VENDINFO.DIZ Vendor information UFO .ICO Windows icon for UFO PCE .ICO Windows icon for PC Equipment TT .ICO Windows icon for TempTerminator AB .ICO Windows icon for AnimByte INSTALL .ICO Windows icon for the installation program VIEWERS .EXT Viewers extension file EDITORS .EXT Editors extension file In addition the installation program creates the following files: UFO .INI Configuration file adapted to your system UFO .EXT Extension file adapted to your system 2.1 LEGAL STUFF 2.1.1 THE SHAREWARE PRINCIPLE UFO is shareware. You may evaluate UFO for 30 days. If you still like it you have to purchase UFO, meaning that you will get a "registered" version of the program. All shareware indications are left out in the registered version. You may - you even should - share the unregistered test version. The program itself, the documentation and all the other files must be passed in their original, unchanged form. The registration costs only $25, no matter if you are a private or commercial user. For details of how to order please read the ORDER.FRM file. 2.1.2 WARRANTY AND LIABILITY LIMITATIONS Although the programers and beta testers have tested the programs ("software") with their best intentions, it is always possible that a small problem may still exist which has not been detected. The developers do not guarantee for the suitability of this program for a specified application or configuration. They are not liable for any damage caused by use or the inability to use this product. This includes the loss of business profits, the interruption of business processes, the loss of data, and all kinds of material or mental deficits and their consequential damage. Even if the developers are particularly informed about the possibility of occurence of these damages. Moreover the developers are not liable for any damage caused by viruses transported by this program. If you encounter an error we would naturally like to repair it! BY USING THIS PROGRAMS THE USER DECLARES HIS AGREEMENT TO THE WARRANTY AND LIABILITY LIMITATIONS MENTIONED ABOVE. 2.1.3 CONDITIONS OF DISTRIBUTION See the VENDINFO.DIZ file for distribution information. If this UFO.DOC is inside a registered UFO package it is not allowed to distribute this UFO package in any way. 2.1.4 COPYRIGHT ARJ Copyright (c) by Robert K Jung PkZip Copyright (c) by Pkware Lharc Copyright (c) by Haruyasu Yoshizaki RAR Copyright (c) by Eugene Roshal OS/2 Copyright (c) by IBM PlayFLC Copyright (c) by Trilobyte F-PROT Copyright (c) by Frisk Software International Duke Nukem 3D Copyright (c) by 3D Realms Bleifuss Copyright (c) by Graffiti Doom Copyright (c) by id Software Norton Disk Doctor Copyright (c) by Symantec Windows, Windows 95, MS-DOS, Word, Edit, MemMaker, DoubleSpace, ScanDisk Copyright (c) by Microsoft All other company or product names herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies even if they are not marked as such. The routines and procedures used to provide archive support are copyright (c) 1990-1995 by Martin Austermeier. 2.2 INSTALLATION Simply call the program INSTALL.EXE and obey to the instructions on the screen. The installation program checks out if there are all necessary files available and breaks if not. Please examine the list (Topic 2.0 Specification) and see if you have recieved all files. 2.3 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS UFO needs at least: Software: MS-DOS 3.3 Hardware: EGA graphic adapter, MFII-keyboard For some of the functions a little disk space is required to swap data. UFO supports: Software: Windows, Windows 95, 4DOS, NDOS, OS/2 (Warp too) To provide the archive support: ■ ARJ (Version 2.41 or higher) ■ PkZip, PkUnzip (Version 2.04g or higher) ■ LHArc (Version 2.55b or higher) ■ RAR (Version 1.50 or higher) For the long filenames (VFAT) and the start menu: ■ Windows 95 Hardware: Mouse, CD-ROM, APM-Bios, VGA-Adapter, Printer, memory above 1 Mb configured as EMS. 3 HOW DOES IT WORK? ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3.0.1 GENERAL HINTS ABOUT USING UFO When you start UFO you will see a screen reminding you to register UFO. Confirm by hitting "OK" or choose "Info" to inform you about UFO. What you will see next are two file windows. They show the contents of the current directory. The name, size, date and time are displayed. One file or directory (later on called "entry") is in a highlighted color. The highlighted entry is called the "file cursor". You can move it by pressing the cursor keys (the keys with the arrows on it). If the file cursor is at the bottom of a file window it is not an indication of the file list ending there. Use the following keys to navigate through the file list: HOME Beginning of file list END End of file list CURSOR UP Previous entry in file list CURSOR DOWN Next entry in file list PAGE UP Page up in file list PAGE DOWN Page down in file list TAB Toggle active window CURSOR LEFT Toggle into left window CURSOR RIGHT Toggle into rigth window If the file cursor is on an executable file (EXE, COM or BAT) you can run it by pressing <RETURN>. To return to the parent directory move the file cursor on the entry named ".." and press <RETURN>. Normaly this entry is placed at the beginning of the file list. It can be faster to use the following keys: RETURN/ENTER Execute file at cursor or change directory CTRL-PAGE UP Change to parent directory CTRL-HOME Change to root directory Below the file windows you can see a command line similar to the DOS prompt. You may directly enter DOS-commands and execute them. However in this case there are kotkeys which speed up your work, too. CTRL-RETURN Puts the file at cursor into the command line CTRL-BACKSPACE Delete previous word in the command line CTRL-LEFT Command line cursor on previous word CTRL-RIGHT Command line cursor on next word CTRL-K Delete command line from cursor to the end of the line 3.0.2 QUICK SEARCH IN THE FILE WINDOW You search a certain file in the current directory? In this case you may like to use the intelligent quick search feature. Hold down the ALT key and press the first character of the name of the searched file. If there is at least one file beginning with this character the file cursor jumps to the the first of these files. You may enter more characters to find the file you are looking for. UFO only accepts the input of actually existing files. You can abort the quick search by pressing <ESCAPE> 3.1 SELECTION The basic principle of using UFO is very simple: Most of the functions you use work on a specified group of files - the SELECTED files. If you want to delete some files, SELECT them and DELETE them. SPACE/INS Selects or de-selects the current file A selected file is displayed in a different color and can easily be de-selected by repeated selection. If there is no file selected UFO operates with the file at the file cursor. 3.2 WHY USE TWO WINDOWS? Let's say you have ten files which you want to copy into another directory. To do this, select the files in one window and change into the directory you want to copy to in the other window. Choose the window with the selected files again and press F5 to copy. You will be asked if you want to copy these files. The directory UFO chooses as target refers to the directory in the inactive window. Press <RETURN> or hit the "OK" button to start copying. 3.3 THE USE OF BUTTONS AND SWITCHES 3.3.1 CHECKBOXES Using UFO you will often encounter fields like this (so called "Checkboxes"): ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Use mouse │ │ [ ] Display hidden files │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ A "X" means that the switch is active. In this case "Use mouse" is active. The mouse will be used. If you do not want to use the mouse move the flashing cursor on the field by pressing the arrow keys and finaly hit <SPACE> to deactivate the switch. Switches can be toggled around that way. You may alter the switches by the mouse, too - if it is active. Move your mouse on the switch and press the left mouse button to activate or de-activate the switch. 3.3.2 RADIOBUTTONS These fields you may encounter, too (so called "Radiobuttons"): ┌─── Archivers ──┐ │ () ARJ │ │ ( ) PKZip │ │ ( ) LhArc │ │ ( ) RAR │ └────────────────┘ You can proceed nearly like using Checkboxes. The only difference is that there can be only ONE switch be activated at a time. 3.4 THE MOUSE If there is a mouse connected to your PC and a valid mouse driver is installed, UFO automatically uses the mouse. You will not have to activate this feature separately. Normaly you use buttons and switches by pressing the left mouse button. For windows without buttons notice the following: ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ <ESCAPE> = right mouse button = Cancel │ │ <RETURN> = left mouse button = OK │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ 3.5 PULLDOWN-MENUS Many functions in UFO can be accessed by a so called "PullDown Menu" Press F9 or move the mouse to the top of the screen and press the left mouse button. Choose the menu option by using the arrow keys. Press <RETURN> to open the specified menu. If you use the mouse move it to the desired menu option and press the left mouse button. 4 SUMMARY OF THE FUNCTIONS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 4.1 "LEFT"- AND "RIGHT"-MENU 4.1.1 FULL DISPLAY If this mode is active, in the corresponding file window four columns are displayed: Name of file, size, date and time of last modification. The "Brief Display" and the "Windows 95 Display" are the alternatives. 4.1.2 WINDOWS 95 DISPLAY With this mode active you get two columns in each window: One for the long filenames and another for their size. This mode goes without displaying the date and time attributes to save more space for the name string. The "Full Display" and the "Brief Display" are the alternatives. 4.1.3 BRIEF DISPLAY If this mode is active the corresponding file window has three columns of file names. There is no information about size, date and time, but you can navigate in the file list by the cursor left and cursor right keys and you have much more filenames than in "Full Display". 4.1.4 DIRECTORY TREE When you choose this option the corrsponding file window is used to display a so called directory tree. ▌\▐ On your left you can see a directory tree. ├──CSERVE It shows the different levels of directories │ ├──CCD on the current drive so that you can get │ │ └──OUTBOX an idea of the directory structure. │ ├──DOWNLOAD │ ├──ENGLISH You can navigate in the tree by the usual │ ├──FCABINET keys, just like a file list. │ │ ├──BASKET │ │ └──CABINET In the opposite window the directory is │ ├──FRENCH adapted to the chosen in the tree. │ ├──GERMAN To gain more speed at accessing your │ ├──SCRIPTS directory structures, UFO saves it into │ ├──SUPPORT special files. (UFO_TREE.x, where x stands │ ├──WINCIM for the corrsponding drive). │ └──WINSIGN The tree is updated when you create or delete ├──INTERNET a directory by UFO. └──TOUR You can navigate through the tree by the PLUS- and the MINUS-key on the numeric keypad: Press PLUS to access the next directory on the same level. Press MINUS to reach the previous directory in the same level. The quicksearch (refer to chapter 3.0.2) does also work on the directory tree. Though your input refers to directory names, not file names. 4.1.5 INFO-WINDOW (Ctrl-L) This command toggles a file window to an info window in the opposite side (the currently inactive window). In this info window you find information about the current drive and general data about your system. In addition to that, the "dirinfo"-file is displayed in the lower part of this window. You may alter the name "dirinfo" in the menu option "Configuration" in the "Options"-menu. 4.1.6 WINDOW ON/OFF (Ctrl-F1 for the left, Ctrl-F2 for the right window) By this command you can de-activate the corresponding file window to make UFO show the DOS screen laying behind. 4.1.7 SORT FILES BY NAME (Ctrl-F3) Choose this method to sort the files in the active window by their filenames alphabetically. 4.1.8 SORT FILES BY FILE-EXTENSIONS (Ctrl-F4) Choose this method to sort the files in the active window by their extensions alphabetically. 4.1.9 SORT FILES BY DATE/TIME (Ctrl-F5) Choose this method to sort the files in the active window by the date of their last change. If there are files with the same date they are alphabetically sorted in the list. 4.1.10 SORT FILES BY SIZE (Ctrl-F6) Choose this method to sort the files in the active window by their size. The biggest file is always on the top of the list. If there are files with the same size they are sorted alphabetically in the list. 4.1.11 NO SORTING (Ctrl-F7) Choose this command to display the files in the active window without sorting them. The order is the same as if you call DIR without any parameters. This way you get an intricate file list, but it is faster. 4.1.12 REREAD DIRECTORY (Ctrl-R) This command forces UFO to read again the directory in the active window. If you eject a disk from a drive and nothing happens at first. You may use the command to update the file list. 4.1.13 FILE FILTER (Ctrl-F) You may cause UFO to display only certain files. Choose "All files" to make UFO display all files. Choose another filter, e.g. "Graphics" if you just want to see graphic files. Choose "User defined" to enter your own filter, e.g. "*.wad", in the input field. This is a list of which files belong to which group. ■ Executables COM,BAT,EXE,BTM ■ Graphics GIF,BMP,RLE,WMF,PIC,WPG,WPB,TIF,ICO,PCX,GRF,DRW,CLP,MSP,TGA,BIF,CUT, IFF,HAM,LBM,MPG,AVI,FLC,FLI,ST,JPG,CEL,GL ■ Sounds MOD,S3M,DMF,669,WOW,ULP,MID,VOC,CMF,XM,WAV,ULT,SMP,SND,DGP,SOU,FAR, STM,MTM,NST,SID,HSC,HSP ■ Text TXT,DOC,DOK,LST,BRF,1ST,FRM,ME,NOW,NFO,INF,ASC,LOG,FAQ,SAM,WPS,WS7, JW,WRI,VW4 ■ Archives ARJ,ZIP,LZH,LHA,SQZ,ZOO,ARC,PAK,RAR ■ Sourcecodes CPP,C,HPP,H,RC,PAS,BAS,ASM ■ Database WDB,DBF,RXD,DB,DTF,RBF ■ Spreadsheets WKS,WKQ,WK1,WK3,WKT,WRL,WQL,VPP,WRK,XLS ■ Backup files BAK,SIK,OLD 4.1.14 DRIVE (Alt-F1 left window, ALT-F2 right window) By this command you choose a new drive for the corresponding window. HINT: If you want to change drives faster press <SHIFT>, <CTRL> and the letter of the drive at the same time. 4.2 "FILES"-MENU 4.2.1 HELP (F1) You may use this at any time because UFO has got a context sensitive OnLine-Help. No matter where you are in UFO - press F1 and get help about the subject. 4.2.2 USER MENU (F2) This command opens a user menu if you have one. The user menu is a menu which you can define by yourself. It is very useful if you call the same programs very often. You can enter them into your user menu. You can also use submenus. The menu file has the following format: ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [MainMenu] ────┼───── Keyword at the beginning │ │ of the main menu. │ DOS-programs = [DOSProgs] ────┼───── In the menu appears │ │ "Dos-programs". It is a │ │ reference to a [submenu] │ │ named DOSprogs. │ My games = [Games] ─────┼───── In the menu you │ │ will see "My Games", the │ │ submenu is "Games". │ Word processing = cd c:\word ─────┴───┬─ Dos commands are run │ word.exe ─────┬───┘ directly here. │ │ │ [DOSProgs] ─────┼───── This is the submenu │ │ "DOSProgs" which is │ │ accessible by the main menu. │ ;And now: the execution of the editor │ Comments, started by ; │ DOS-Editor = edit ─────┼───── In the menu you will see │ │ "Dos-Editor". The command │ │ "edit" is executed. │ DoubleSpace = dblspace ─────┴────┐ │ MemMaker = memmaker │ │ │ │ [Games] ├── More examples │ DOOM = cd c:\games\doom │ │ doom │ │ Ultima Underworld = cd c:\games\uw │ │ uw │ │ Ultima 7 = cd c:\games\u7 │ │ ultima7 ─────┬────┘ │ [MenuEnd] ─────┼──── This must stand in the │ │ last line of the menu file. └────────────────────────────────────────┘ There is a maximum of 30 menu levels. Every menu can have 16 entries. THE {Currentfile} KEYWORD If UFO finds the {Currentfile} keyword in the menu file it is replaced by the currently highlighted file. E.G.: The file cursor is on the file UFO.DOC. In the menu file is the line: type {Currentfile} UFO runs the command : type UFO.DOC If UFO can find a file named UFO.MNU in the current directory UFO will use this file. This is called the LOCAL USER MENU. If there are none of these files UFO uses the UFO.MNU file in the UFO directory. In this case it is called the GLOBAL USER MENU. If you write the keyword in capital or small letters does not matter. 4.2.3 VIEW FILE (F3) This command displays the file currently highlighted in the file list as a text. Normally the internal UFO file viewer is used. If you want to use another file viewer, alter the setings at the "configuration" dialogue in the "Options"-menu. Of course you can view files directly from archives. (If you have configured the archive support; turn to "Options|Compression..."). The following keys are of importance in the file viewer: HOME Beginning of file PAGE UP One page up ENDE End of file PAGE DOWN One page down CURSOR UP One line up CURSOR DOWN One line down CURSOR RIGHT One column to the right CURSOR LEFT One column to the left F2 ASCII-Table F3 Only display letters and figures F4 Toggles between text and hex display modes F6 Toggles between DOS- and Windows-texts (ANSI) F7 Search for text string Ctrl-F7 Find next match F8 Display EXE-header (only in hex mode) ESC/F10 Leave the file viewer The UFO file viewer provides even more functions which are all accessable from the number block on your keyboard: Here is a list of them: NumKeyPad + increase ASCII-Codes (Base) by 1 NumKeyPad - decrease ASCII-Codes (Base) by 1 NumKeyPad * increase value to be xorred with ASCII-Codes by 1 NumKeyPad ÷ decrease value to be xorred with ASCII-Codes by 1 NumKeyPad ENTER Reset value to be xorred with ASCII-Code and base to zero The use of those functions you can learn from these two examples: ■ The help file of the Norton Commander (NC.HLP) is XOR encrypted. When you press the MULTIPLICATION-key (*) on the numblock 26 times, you can decrypt it. ■ The password of the DosShell from Microsoft is encrypted by base shifting: Press the PLUS-key (+) on the numblock 6 times to decrypt it. (Search for "password" in the file DOSSHELL.INI). 4.2.4 EDIT FILE (F4) This command calls an editor and opens the file at the file cursor. Normally the UFO-Editor UFOEDIT.EXE is used. If you want to use another editor you can change the setting in the "configuration" panel in the "options"-menu. 4.2.5 COPY (F5) This command copies all selected files and directories in the currently active window. After the call a window appears in which you can enter the target directory. HINT: There is more fun using "Drag & Drop". You simply draw the selected files from one window into the other and release them. To do it this way press the left mouse button on a file to be copied, hold down the button, move the mouse in the opposite window and release the mouse button. 4.2.6 RENAME/MOVE (F6) This command moves all files and directories selected in the currently active window. After the call a window appears in which you can enter the target directory. HINT: There is more fun using "Drag & Drop". You simply draw the selected files from one window into the other and release them. To do it this way press <SHIFT> and the left mouse button on a file to be moved, hold down the button, move the mouse in the opposite window and release the mouse button. 4.2.7 CREATE DIRECTORY... (F7) Use this command to create a new directory. It is quite the same as the DOS command "MD" or "MKDIR". 4.2.8 DELETE... (F8) This command deletes all selected files and directories in the active window. 4.2.9 EDIT NEW FILE (Shift-F2 or Shift-F4) By this command you can start an editor with a new file - you can edit the new file and you will be asked for a name when you save your file. 4.2.10 PRINT FILE(S)... (Ctrl-F9) Choose this command to print all selected files on the printer connected to the LPT1 port. 4.2.11 ATTRIBUTES AND TIME... (Ctrl-A) Use this function to alter the file attributes of the file at the file cursor or all selected files. Select the attributes you want to set and de-select the attributes you want to delete. The input format of the file's date is DD-MM-YY (D = Day, M = Month, Y = Year). The input format of the file's time is HH-MM-SS (H = Hour, M = Minutes, S = Seconds). 4.2.12 SELECT GROUP... (NumKeyPad +) Use this command to select a hole group of files more quickly. Enter the file's names by using wildcards (?.*) of the files to be selected. If you want to select more than one group of files at once you can enter multiple wildcard strings separated by spaces. ■ "*.EXE" selects all files with the "EXE" extension. ■ "*.EXE *.DOC" selects all files with the "EXE" and the "DOC" extension. "NumKeyPad +" is the plus key on the numeric keypad. 4.2.13 DESELECT GROUP... (NumKeyPad -) Use this command to de-select a hole group of files more quickly. Enter the file's names by using wildcards (?.*) of the files to be de-selected. If you want to de-select more than one group of files at once you can enter multiple wildcard strings separated by spaces. ■ "*.EXE" de-selects all files with the "EXE" extension. ■ "*.EXE *.DOC" de-selects all files with the "EXE" and the "DOC" extension. "NumKeyPad -" is the minus key on the numeric keypad. 4.2.13 INVERT GROUP (NumKeyPad *) Choose this function to invert the current selection of files. All files being selected will be de-selected and vice versa. "NumKeyPad *" is the multiplication key on the numeric keypad. 4.2.14 CANCEL GROUP (NumKeyPad ÷) Using this command you de-select all files at once. "NumKeyPad ÷" is the division key on the numeric keypad. 4.2.15 ABOUT UFO & PRODUCT INFORMATION Product Information about the lastest version. Choose "Info" to display more detailed information about UFO. 4.3 "COMMANDS"-MENU 4.3.1.1 SEARCH FILE(S) (Alt-F7) Choose this function to search specified files with a specified contents on specified drives. Enter the file(s) to be searched at "filename". You may use DOS-wildcards (?,*). If you search for files containing a very specific character string enter the text to be searched at "search string". UFO only finds files with the specified "filename" AND which contain the specified "search string" at least once. Choose "current drive" for a local search on the current drive. "Cur. dir. and subdir.": UFO searches the current directory and all its subdirectories. "Only current directory": UFO searches only the current directory. Choose "all drives" to make UFO search on all available drives. (If a disk is not inserted, this drive is ignored). Choose "user defined" to choose the drives to be searched in the text field. (The default is "ABC"). Choose "No disk drives" to avoid disk drives at a multi-drive search. Choose "No CD-ROM drivbes" to avoid CD-ROM drives at a multi drive search. Choose "OK" to start the search with the specified options. By the "Cancel" button you leave the UFO file search. 4.3.1.2 ANALYSE SEARCH RESULS You can move the file cursor through the list and execute several functions - even when UFO is still searching. Move the cursor through the list by the cursor keys. You can use the same keys as in the "normal" UFO file windows. Press F3 to view the highlighted file. Press <RETURN> to make UFO change to the directory in which the highlighted file was found and highlight this file in the normal file window. Press <ESCAPE> or F2 to reconfigure the search options and restart the search. 4.3.1.3 CREATE FILE LISTS Press F4 when the search has ended to create a list of all located files and to save it into a file. In addition you can enter a text to be placed in front of and a text to be placed behind the actual filename in the list. But what is that for? Well, you can create e.g. a slideshow: ■ Search all e.g. *.GIF-files on your hard drive. ■ Press F4 to create a file list. ■ Enter a name for the file list e.g. "PICTURES.BAT". ■ As a "text before filename" use a call for a picture viewer, e.g. VPIC. ■ As a "text after filename" you can specify possibly neccessary options. After you have clicked on "Create" you have a batchfile which you only have to run for viewing all GIFs on you hard drive. Two lines from this file could look like this: ┌───────────────────────────────────────── │ VPIC C:\GRAPHIC\PICS\LANDSCP.GIF │ VPIC C:\GRAPHIC\PICS\ROSE.GIF └───────────────────────────────────────── 4.3.2 COMMAND HISTORY The command history knows about the command lines formerly executed by you and displays them in a window. Press <RETURN> on a command to execute it again. 4.3.3 EGA-MODE (43/50 LINES) (Alt-F9) By this function you turn from the the normal 25 lines display to the EGA mode (43/50 lines) and back. HINT: This mode is very useful with monitors of 17 inches of size or even bigger even. 4.3.5 FILE WINDOW ON/OFF (Ctrl-O) By this command you can toggle the UFO screen and the DOS screen. The DOS screen shows the output of programs executed by you. 4.3.6 MENU LINE ON/OFF (Ctrl-M) By this command you can show or hide the menu line at the upper edge of the screen. If you turn it off it will not be displayed until you activate the menu (F9). This option only influences the outward appearance of UFO an does not alter the functionality. 4.3.7 STATUS LINE ON/OFF (Ctrl-B) The status line at the bottom of the screen can be toggled an or off by this command. This option only influences the outward appearance of UFO an does not alter the functionality. 4.3.8 COMPARE DIRECTORIES... This function selects all files in the right window which do not exist in the left window and vice versa. At files existing in both directries it is checked out if they have date and time information. In these cases the younger file is selected. This function is very useful at synchronising two directories - that means to adjust them by copying files. 4.3.9 EDIT MENU FILE (LOCAL) By this command you can create or edit a local user menu. Local means that this menu is only available by pressing F2 in the directory in which it has been created in. 4.3.10 EDIT MENU FILE (GLOBAL) By this command you can create or edit a global user menu. Global means that you can access this user menu from all directories which do not contain a local user menu. 4.3.11 EDIT EXTENSION FILE By this menu option you can edit the extension files. The extension files allow you to connect programs to specified file extensions. Normally you can only execute files wich have the COM, EXE or BAT extension. By the extension file you can start Word with a file with the "DOC" extension by pressing <RETURN>. The corresponding line in the extension file would look like this: ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ DOC : c:\word\word.exe !:!\!.! │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ You may enter an asterix "*" for the extension. This executes all files with the specified application no matter what extension they might have. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ *: c:\tools\norton\de.exe !:!\!.! │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ EXTENSION FILES FOR EDITORS AND VIEWERS The extension files for editors and viewers are new: They work exactly like the normal extension file but they do not refer to the execution of a file by <RETURN> but by <F3> or <F4> For example enter the following into the extension file for viewers: ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ GIF: vpic.exe !:!\!.! │ └─────────────────────────┘ When you press <F3> this line forces UFO not to run the internal viewer if the file cursor highlights a file with the "GIF" extension but to call the file viewer VPIC (which is not included in the UFO package). If the file cursor highlights a file with any other extension and you press <F3> the internal file viewer is executet or the external file viewer is executed if you have specified on at "Options|Configuration". With the extension file for editors it is just the same. an example: ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ DOC : c:\word\word.exe !:!\!.! │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ When you press <F4> this line forces UFO not to run the internal editor if the file cursor highlights a file with the "GIF" extension but to call the file viewer VPIC (which is not included in the UFO package). If the file cursor highlights a file with any other extension and you press <F4> the internal file editor is executet or the external file editor is executed if you have specified on at "Options|Configuration". In all extension files the following codes are valid: ┌──────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ! │ The file at the file cursor without extension │ │ !.! │ The file at the file cursor with name and extension │ │ !: │ The current drive letter including a colon (:) │ │ !\ │ The current path including a backslash (\) at the end │ └──────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you want to use these links in archives you always have to include the path ("!\"). This ensures that the extracted file can be found in the temporary data directory. Empty lines and lines beginning with a semicolon (;) are ignored. If you use Windows 95 and you want to use a "long" file name or path you have to quote them: bmp: "D:\Program Files\Paint Shop Pro 32 Bit\psp.exe" !:!\!.! 4.3.12 SCAN FOR APPLICATIONS... Surley you know about the problem with the extension file: Before you really know what program is linkable to which extension and before everything is entered correctly somehow a long time passes... But this is over now: By this function you can make UFO to search by itself for applications to be linked to the correct kind of file automatically. For instance: If you have installed Word for Windows, this program - including its path - will be linked to DOC in the extension file. When you choose "Scan for applications..." UFO calls its installation and configuration program INSTALL.EXE which searches for the applications and writes into the file UFO.EXT. To create a new extension file (UFO.EXT) the old one has to be deleted. You are asked if you agree. Choose "Yes" if you do not need the old UFO.EXT or if you have made a backup. If you are a software developer yourself and you think that the files of "your" application should be supported, contact us! 4.3.13 DIRECTDIR ON/OFF (Alt-F6) By this menu option you can activate and deactivate DirectDir. DirectDir computes the size of the directory and all its subdirectories the cursor is currently standing on. HINT: If not absolutely necessary you should not use DirectDir on CD-ROM-drives. CD-ROM-drives are very slow and the directories are very big, so it could cause delays. 4.3.14 SCREEN SAVER AT ONCE (Ctrl-S) This command starts the screen saver immediately - no matter on which value the activation time is set. HINT: Use this command to lock up your system briefly - for doing this enter a password at "Safety & Security" in the "Options"-menu. 4.3.15 ENERGY SAVING MODE (Ctrl-G) This command puts your system into the energy save mode as far as your system's BIOS supports this function. To "wake up" your system just press a key. 4.3.16 OPEN/CLOSE CD-ROM (F12) By this function you can open and close your CD-ROM cartridge if your CD-ROM-drive supports this function and if the MSCDEX device driver is installed. 4.4 "TOOLS"-MENU 4.4.1 TEMP TERMINATOR (Shift-F3) This menu option calls the program "TempTerminator". This program deletes temporary files or unnecessary backup files. If you execute this command a window will open and you are asked for the extensions of the files to be deleted. 4.4.2 ANIMBYTE (Shift-F4) This menu option calls "Animbyte". This tool displays how much space is occupied by files with a particular extension on the current drive. If you execute this command a window will open and you are asked for the extensions of the files to be displayed. 4.4.3 PC EQUIPMENT (Shift-F10) By this menu option you run the UFO tool "PC Equipment". PC Equipment is an extensive program for system information and diagnosis. It provides information about the following components: ■ Processor, BIOS ■ Data carrier (disk drives, hard drives, CD-ROMs) ■ Input units (keyboard, mouse, joystick) ■ Multimedia (graphic adapters and sound boards) ■ National information ...and a lot more! Since the PC has been developing for more than a decade and though there is no standardization for seeking system information in some partial areas, it is possible that part of the offered information is not available or incorrect. Certainly we are working to minimize those effects. You can help us by informing us if you encounter incorrect information. 4.4.4 UU-ENCODE FILE... This command encodes virtually every file into the UU-format which allows file tarnsfer by e-mail through the Internet. UU-encoded files can also be distributed in Usenet-usegroups. An UU-encoded file can be decoded by the "Tools|UU-decode file" command. If you want to send multiple files or very huge files it is strongly recommended that you use an archiver program (F11) before encoding by UUencode. 4.4.5 UU-DECODE FILE... (Shift-F12) This command decodes a file which has been created by UUencode. You can find such files in the Internet (Usenet, e-mail) These files are often archived by an archiver program in order to save transfer time. 4.4.6 AUTO-INSTALL (Shift-F7) Auto-Install helps at the installation of new software. It searches on all replaceable devices (discs and CD-ROMs) for programs named SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.EXE next to it. A command line including that program is supposed and all you have to do is press <RETURN> to execute the installation program. You will save a lot of time when you let UFO search for the installation program. 4.4.7 ASCII-TABLE (Shift-F6) This command shows you an ASCII-Table in which you can navigate both by the mouse and the keys. Information like the ASCII-Code or the binary format of the current character are displayed. By the way: ASCII stands for "A"merican "S"tandard "C"ode for "I"nfomation "I"nterchange. 4.5 "ARCHIVE"-MENU 4.5.1 CREATE ARCHIVE (F11) By using this command you can create an archive with the currently selected group of files and directories. You may choose your favourite archiver. The archive name is the file name the archive will have. The target directory is the directory the archive will be created in. If you want to encrypt your archive you may enter a password. 4.5.2 EXTRACT ARCHIVE (Shift-F11) This command is only available if there is an archive displayed in the current window or if the cursor of the current window marks an archive. The hole contents of the archive (including it's directory structure) will be extracted into the directory of the opposite window. 4.5.3 EXTRACT FILES... (F5 in an archive) You can use this command just as the "copy"-command from the "Files"-menu. Selected files are extracted and saved into the indicated directory. 4.5.4 ADD FILES... (F5) You can use this command just as the "copy"-command from the "Files"-menu. Selected files and directories are compressed and saved into the archive in the non-active window. 4.5.5 MOVE FILES FROM ARCHIVE... (F6 in archive) You can use this command just as the "rename/move"-command from the "Files"-menu. Selected files are extracted and saved into the indicated directory. Afterwards these files no longer exist in the archive. 4.5.6 MOVE FILES TO ARCHIVE... (F6) You can use this command just as the "rename/move"-command from the "Files"-menu. Selected files and directories are compressed and saved into the archive in the non-active window. Afterwards the files no longer exist in their original location. 4.5.7 DELETE FROM ARCHIVE... (F8 in archive) You can use this command just as the "delete"-command from the "Files"-menu. 4.5.8 ADD ARCHIVE COMMENT... (Ctrl-F11) By this function you can add a comment to an existing archive. This function does not affect LHA-archives. 4.5.9 DELETE ARCHIVE COMMENT (Ctrl-F12) By this function you can delete the comment of an archive if there is one. This function does not affect LHA-archives. 4.5.10 GET TYPE OF ARCHIVE (Alt-F11) This function checks the current file of being an archive or not. If it is an (supported) archive UFO gets into the archive. Otherwise a message is displayed. 4.6 "OPTIONS"-MENU 4.6.1 CONFIGURATION (Ctrl-K) At this menu option you can alter general settings about UFO. These are the switches in detail (The switches in this documentation are showed in the default state): ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Display hidden files │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ If this switch is activated even files with the hidden-attribute are displayed. You can recognise them by the ░ character in the file list. If the switch is deactivated these hidden files are not displayed - just like calling DIR. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] *.* at group selection │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ You can specify the default of teh input field of the dialogue window of the following functions ■ Group selection by NumKeyPad + ■ Group de-selection by NumKeyPad - ("NumKeyPad" is for the keys on the numeric keypad.) If this switch is activated UFO always offers you *.* as a default wildcard. If not UFO remembers your last input and offers it. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [ ] Select directories │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ This options refers to the functions of selecting, de-selecting and inverting of file groups. If it is activated directories are included at calling these functions. If not directories are ignored. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Display file-info │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If this switch is activated UFO displays additional information on some particular files (e.g. BMP and MOD) down in the file window. If this function is not fast enough on your system you may deactivate it. In the moment UFO identifies the following file types: ■ MOD, S3M, MTM, STM : music files (Name of song) ■ BMP, GIF, PCX : Graphic formats (Resolution and color depth) ■ WAVE (WAV) : Samples (Length, sample-rate and depth, channels) ■ HTML (HTM) : HyperText Markup Language (Titel of HTML-page) If you are a software developer and you are of the opinion that the files of "YOUR" application are worth to be supported here please contact us! ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Fast mouse reset │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Every time a prorgam is terminated and UFO returns the mouse has to be reinitialized. If the switch "Fast mouse reset" is active, a so called software-mouse- reset is used. This reset is much faster and allows UFO to return much faster to the screen. However, this fast reset is not available on every PC. So if there are problems related to the fast mouse reset you can deactivate it here. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Display clock │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If you are annoyed by the clock in the upper right corner of the screen you can turn it off by this switch. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [ ] Save setup automatically │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If this switch is activated all settings will be saved automatically when you leave UFO. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [ ] Key after dos command │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ To prevent UFO from placing its file windows over the DOS screen you can make UFO wait for a keypress after a program's execution. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Use mouse │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If a mouse driver is installed and this switch is activated you can use the mouse in UFO. If you do not need the mouse you can deactivate this switch. This is useful if you don't like the short delays after a programs' execution. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [ ] User menu at start │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ This switch controls if the user menu appears at starting UFO without pressing F2. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [ ] Windows on/off by <ESCAPE> │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Normally you can toggle the DOS and the UFO screen by pressing Ctrl-O or ALT-F5. If this switch is activated you may also use <ESCAPE>. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Save selection │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ With this button activated UFO remembers which files are selected when an external program is called. In ordr to do that the names of the selected files are temporarily written to a file. Because of this function may cause a reduction of speed on slow computers this function is optional. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [ ] Use UFO-TSRWatch │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ With this function activated UFO warns you if it is possible that a program remains in memory. Viruses may be decloaked this way. TSRWatch may cause a false alarm thats why you can deactivate it. There is a more detailed destricption of the UFO-TSRWatch in chapter 5.6. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Estimate copying time │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Normally UFO estimates the time necessary to complete the operation of copying. For doing this it is necessary to count the files to be copied. By displaying the two bars (one for the current file and the other one for all files) the whole operation seems to be faster but it is actually slower. Consider that you can always survey the operation even if they are more extensive. If you do not want that deactivate the switch. This option also refers to the drive to drive moving of files. ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ External Viewer (F3) │ │ _________________________________ │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ If you do not want to use UFO's internal file viewer you may enter your favorite viewer here. In contrast to the extension file it is not necessary to give control characters (!.!). Example: hiew.exe_______________ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ External editor (F4) │ │ _________________________________ │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ If you do not want to use UFO's internal file editor you may enter your favorite editor here. In contrast to the extension file it is not necessary to give control characters (!.!). Example: q.exe__________________ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Command at starting UFO │ │ _________________________________ │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ The command entered here is executed at each start of UFO. You may enter a mouse device driver here which you only need in UFO. You can enter all programs you can also run by the command line. Do not forget to specify the path to the programs if necessary. If you do not want to run a program at starting UFO leave the field free. HINT: If you do not want to execute the specified program by way of exeption hold down the <SHIFT> key at starting UFO. See as well: Command at leaving UFO. ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Command at leaving UFO │ │ _________________________________ │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ The command entered here is executed at each time you leave UFO. You may call a backup software or deinstall a mouse device driver which you only need in UFO. You can enter all programs you can also run by the command line. Do not forget to specify the path to the programs if necessary. If you do not want to run a program at leaving UFO leave the field free. HINT: If you do not want to execute the specified program by way of exeption hold down the <SHIFT> key at ending UFO. See as well: Command at starting UFO. ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Temp directory │ │ C:\TEMP__________________________ │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ Under some circumstances the space in the DOS memory is not enough to hold all necessary data. In this case UFO has to swap data to one of your drives (hard drive, RAM disk, diskette). This data is stored in the directory specified here. They will be deleted when you have left UFO, of course. If you do not enter a path here UFO uses the path specified in the enviroment variables TEMP or TMP. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File in info window (in directories) │ │ dirinfo_________________________________ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ If UFO finds the specified file in the current directory it is displayed in the info window (Ctrl-L). ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File in info window (in archives) │ │ file_id.diz_____________________________ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ If UFO finds the specified file in an archive it is extracted and displayed in the info window (Ctrl-L). HINT: Mainly for persons who use BBS this feature is of special interest because the file file_id.diz is often used to describe the contents of archives in mail boxes. 4.6.2 SAFETY & SECURITY At this menu option you can alter settings about safety. One example is the Log-file. The switches in detail: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Request before deleting at every file │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If the function is activated you will be asked at every file if you actually want to delete it. This refers to the files in selected subdirectories, too. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Request at copying/moving by Drag & Drop │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If this function is active you will be asked if you really want it at each operation of Drag & Drop. You may deactivate this security measure if you are familiar with Drag & Drop. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Query at leaving UFO │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you do not want to be asked if you really want to leave UFO after pressing F10 you can deactivate this function. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Always delete irrevocably │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If this function is activated files are not just deleted (so that e.g. Undelete is able to recover them) - they are overwritten multiple times. In addition to that the corresponding area of the data carrier is physically cleaned afterwards. This function does not only refer to deleting by F8. Also when moving files from drive to drive (by F6) these files will be irrevocably deleted on the source drive. Even the UFO temp-files are deleted in this way. This may slow down UFO. HINT: Press Ctrl-F8 instead of F8 and deactivate this switch if you want to delete the current selection of files by way of exception. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Screen saver password / repetition │ │ ________________________________________ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ Enter the password to be asked for when leaving the screen saver. Repeat your input at the "repetition"-field. ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ [ ] Keep the log file │ └───────────────────────────────┘ Activate this function to make UFO keeping a log on all important operations carried out by UFO and save it into the file UFO.LOG. By this you can find out from which diskette a virus could have entered to your system - or if your employees spend more time in playing DooM(TM) than in working on their spreadsheets. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Name of system user │ │ UNKNOWN_________________________________ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ Enter your name or handle here. It is used in the Log-file. This of special interest in networks. 4.6.3 COMPRESSION (Ctrl-Q) At this menu option you can alter settings about the use of the archive support. The switches are: ┌─ Std. archiver ─┐ │ () ARJ │ │ ( ) PKZip │ │ ( ) LhArc │ │ ( ) RAR │ └─────────────────┘ Choose the archiver to be used by default in the "Create archive"-window (F11). ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Use archive support │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ If this function is active you can enter archives like subdirectories, copy and move files into and out of archives and delete files from them, execute programs by extension references and more. If this switch is not active you can use archives like ordinary files. So they can also be connected to programs by extension references. ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [X] Display as directory │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ If this function is active supported archives are sorted in the file list right behind the directories - before all other files. If this function is not active archives are sorted in alphabetically just like all other files. ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [ ] Archives in small letters │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ This option only refers to the optic. Normally archives are displayed in capital letters. If this option is activated archives are shown in small letters. ■ At "Additional parameters" and "paths to the archivers" you can alter more options. For further information please turn to the on-line help you can always access by pressing F1. 4.6.4 SCREEN SAVER By this option you can alter the setting for the screen saver. The options are: ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ Test screen saver │ └─────────────────────────────┘ Press this button to execute the saver specified in the "External screen saver" field at once. ┌───────────────┐ │ Delay │ └───────────────┘ Choose the time to be passed before the screen saver is to be called. Choose "Off" if you do not actually want a screen saver. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ External screen saver │ │ ________________________________________ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ In the field you can name a program which is to be used as a screen saver. Example: playflc final.flc_______ 4.6.4 WINDOWS & COLORS Choose your favorite color set, change the layout of the windows, change the size of the two file windows... All this you can do by the menu option of "Windows & Colors". The options in detail: ┌─────────────────┐ │ Window Layout │ └─────────────────┘ You may choose different layouts for the windows in UFO. Some layouts only affect dialogue windows, so the file windows may reside unchanged. You will have to display a dialogue window to see if you like it. ┌──────────────┐ │ Color Set │ └──────────────┘ UFO provides three different color sets. ■ Standard : The colors, you know about. ■ Monochrom : For B/W monitors, LCD- or Plasma-Displays or Black/White-Lovers... ■ Alternative (VGA) : You will need a VGA card for this color set. ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ Change file window's size... │ └───────────────────────────────┘ Choose this button to alter the size of both the file windows by the cursor keys. ┌─────────────┐ │ Colors... │ └─────────────┘ If the switch "Green directories" is active all directories are displayed in green color. This improves the efficiency of display - above all in the Windows 95 Display. If the switch "Gray prompt" is active the command line prompt is displayed in discreet gray. 4.6.5 SCREEN SAVER By this menu options you can configure the screen saver. The options are: ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ Test screen saver │ └─────────────────────────────┘ Press this button to start the screen saver specified in the "External screen saver" field or, if this field is clear, to execute the internal screen saver. ┌───────────────┐ │ Delay │ └───────────────┘ The screen saver will wait until the time entered here has passed without a key pressed or the mouse used. Choose "Off" if you do not want a screen saver. Please note that UFO must be active for the screen saver being able to activate. You can start the screen saver by pressing Ctrl-S. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ External screen saver │ │ ________________________________________ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ You may enter an executable program in this field which will be used as a screen saver. For example: playflc final.flc_______ If you want UFO to use the built-in screen saver just leave this field clear. 4.6.6 SAVE SETUP (Shift-F9) Choose this menu option to save all settings currently active. They will be saved into the file UFO.INI. 5 ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 5.1 UFO IN NETWORKS You can use UFO in a network. However on every network node should exist individual INI-, MNU- and EXT-files. To specify the path where UFO is to save these files use the UFONET environment variable. Further information about environment variables you can find in the MS-DOS documentation. If the environment variable is not set, UFO takes the directory in which the files UFO.EXE and UFOPROG.EXE are. 5.2 RECOGNITION OF WINDOWS PROGRAMS UFO recognizes if an EXE-program is only executable under windows. If you run one of these programs (No matter if by <RETURN> or by a double click) UFO displays a window in which you can choose from three methods: ■ Start Windows ■ Execute under DOS ■ Cancel Choose "Start Windows" to start windows with the application. This is equal to a command line containing the following: WIN Name of program with path └───────┬───────────────┘ └ For instance: C:\WINDOWS\WRITE.EXE Choose "Execute under DOS" if you expect UFO having recognized a DOS program as a windows program. The program is executed in the conventional way. Choose "Cancel" not to execute the program. If you run a windows program in the command line you won't get this requestor. If you use Windows 95, programs that are recognized as Windows programs are executed without "WIN" in front of it, because with Windows 95 it is possible to execute Windows programs from DOS windows. 5.3 SUPPORTING THE WINDOWS 95 FILE SYSTEM (VFAT) UFO 96 supports the Windows 95 file system (VFAT). That means file and directory names can be up to 255 characters long and may contain blank characters. UFO provides the complete luxury of this file system in a DOS box. You can copy, move, view and edit files with long filenames. There are a few things you should pay attention at: ■ Because of archiver programs can not (yet) handle long filenames UFO uses this short version of the long filename when creating a new archive (F11). To each file having a long filename a short name is adapted to provide access for programs which do not support the VFAT file system or to use files even if the VFAT support is not installed. ■ If UFO scans the drives for applications and archiver programs always the short version of a long filename is used to make sure that UFO finds the connected applications or archiver in the MS-DOS-Mode, too. 5.4 THE INTEGRIERTD START MENU UFO 96 provides full access to the windows 95 start menu - without leaving the text mode. Ctrl-TAB or a mouseclick in the lower-left corner and you have the start menu as you know it from Windows 95. This function is only available in the MS-DOS-Box of Windows 95 - not in the MS-DOS-Mode. 5.5 WARNING AT EXECUTION OF AUTOEXEC.BAT If you execute the file AUTOEXEC.BAT you are asked if you really want to run it. This is not always meaningful because AUTOEXEC.BAT is executed automatically every time you start your computer. (If you are using MS-DOS or related operating systems.) Confirm by pressing "Yes" if you want to run this file. Choose "No" or press <ESCAPE> not to run this file. If you run the file AUTOEXEC.BAT in the command line you won't get the requestor. 5.6 THE UFO-TSRWATCH The UFO-TSRWatch is a function integrated in UFO which checks out if a resident program is installed OR deinstalled in certain time intervals. If the message "UFO supposes that a resident program is (de)installed" is displayed this is caused by one of the following reasons: ■ The program executed resides in the memory (it could be virus but this is not sure). ■ The program executed is not terminated properly or does not work without errors. ■ You have deinstalled a resident program. Becuase of the UFO-TSRWatch sometimes producing false alarms you can deactivate it at "Options|Configuration|Use UFO-TSRWatch". "TSR" is a short cut for "Terminate and Stay Resident" and it is used on resident programs. Experts only: UFO creates a checksum of the interrupt-vector-table which is placed in the first KB of the RAM. If at least one interrupt is "hooked" ("placed" on another function) the checksum changes and TSRWatch sounds the alarm. 6 FINALLY... ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── We wish you great success with UFO - and do not forget: ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ A software worth being used by you │ │ is also worth being bought by you! │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ The developers Frankfurt am Main, August 96