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DiskTree V1.1 (C)1991 Richard Smith
V1.1 Oct/Nov 1991 release.
All trademarks and registered trademarks are acknowledged.
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ReadMe file...
Welcome.... Cheers for trying out DiskTree. If you like it, please
register and help support further development.
This file is intended to list modifications, bug-fixes and anything
else new or missing from the manual.
To print this file or any other DOC file, use the following:
COPY filename PRN <---' (i.e COPY README.DOC PRN)
BEFORE YOU USE DISKTREE, READ CAREFULLY THE FILE 'LICENSE.DOC'.
**** FILES INCLUDED WITH V1.1 OF DISKTREE
The following files should be present in the DiskTree package:
DT.EXE (DiskTree itself)
CONFIG.EXE (DiskTree colour config program)
VSWITCH.EXE (Video mode switching program)
LD.EXE (A dir listing program)
LD.DOC (LD's documentation)
DISKTREE.DOC (DiskTree manual)
README.DOC
REGISTER.FRM (Registration form)
LICENSE.DOC (License agreement)
VENDOR.DOC (Note to potential disk vendors)
**** NOTES ON RESTRICTIONS IN SHAREWARE VERSION
The shareware version of DiskTree V1.1 has mouse support DISABLED and
registration information every 400 files during drive reads. These
restrictions do NOT affect the functionality of DiskTree in any way.
These restrictions are NOT present in the full registered version of
DiskTree.
**** NOTES ON REGISTRATION
The file, REGISTER.FRM, is supplied for you to print and fill in if you
wish to register. It details latest prices and ordering information.
**** DiskTree and MS-DOS 5
DiskTree has now been fully tested on MS-DOS 5 and no errors have been
encountered. In fact, MS-DOS 5 is an ideal launching platform for
DiskTree because of the increase in memory available to applications.
**** VSWITCH
NOTE: You need EGA,MCGA,VGA to make use of this program.
VSwitch is a video mode switching program. It can be used to switch
DOS into 28, 43 and 50 lines text modes. Although it is not essential
to the operation of DiskTree, I have included it to allow you to use
the extended screen resolutions that DiskTree supports.
To run, type:
VSWITCH <---' (Enter, return)
This will list the available parameters.
You may experience problems with certain mouse drivers in that they do
not support the extended screen resolutions. To check if your mouse
driver does, set the screen to either 43 or 50 line mode and run
DiskTree. If you cannot move the mouse cursor all the way down the
screen, the mouse driver you are using is not fully compatible.
The Microsoft Mouse driver V7.0 (EXE) / 6.26 (SYS) or later will work
quite happily.
**** ListDirectory (LD)
Ld is a enhanced version of DIR, supporting tree recursion etc... See
the file LD.DOC for details of its operation.
I included LD as it is quite handy for producing printed listings of
drive trees etc..
**** NOTE: Clearing drives from memory...
It has come to my notice that using the 'Clear drive' from memory
option will not free memory for DOS operations. It will clear memory
for reading other drives etc.. but will not give the unused heap
storage space back to DOS. It is not really a bug in DiskTree but more
of a problem with the Storage system of the Modula-2 compiler that I
use. I shall be attempting to fix the problem in due course.
**** NOTE: Running TSR's
Do not run TSR programmes from within DiskTree. The TSR's will go into
memory at the wrong positions and upon exit from DiskTree, DOS will not
free memory correctly and give inaccurate memory sizes.
END OF V1.0 MODIFICATIONS/ETC...
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DISKTREE V1.1 MODIFICATIONS. 5/9/1991
DiskTree V1.1 has a number of new features plus a few minor bug fixes.
New facilities:
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DiskTrees Options have been separated into sections:
* Options/checks - the 'on/off' type flags such as
deletion checks etc.
* File sort criteria - the way in which files are sorted for display.
* Links to external applications - detailed below.
* Variables/shortcuts - detailed below.
* Context sensitive help system - fully indexed hypertext like help.
* Double click on directories to call file functions or double click
on files to execute or view.
Links to external applications
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Allows automatic execution of applications associated with filenames.
E.G. Suppose you use a word processor which uses the extension 'DOC',
by using these links you can tell DiskTree to automatically execute the
required application, automatically loading the associated file into
it.
Links to PkZip
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Allows you to create Zip archives. Using this facility, you can tag
files or directories and then simply select the DiskTree 'Zip'
function. DiskTree will automatically execute PKZIP with the correct
parameters and filenames. NOTE: DiskTree does not come with PKZIP etc,
so you will need to obtain them from a shareware library, BBS etc...
Enhanced file viewer
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Files can be viewed in hexadecimal format.
Variables & shortcuts ---------------------
Set variables which can be substituted for text in DOS commands etc.
E.G. define '%Z' to mean 'PKUNZIP -X -D' etc.. DiskTree automatically
assigns '%F' to be the currently selected file and '%D' the currently
selected path.
Context sensitive help
----------------------
A hypertext style help system has been included in V1.1 of disktree to
give full help on most aspects of DiskTree's operation.
Minor changes
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Minor bug fixes - better out-of-memory checks, better disk access
checks etc....
Minor enhancements - increase in lengths of commands that can be
entered etc..
END OF V1.1 Modifications.