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********** PocketD Plus v3.0 - New features since v1.67 ***********
PocketD has now been around for about a year (as v1.67). I have
listened hard to requests, and have produced a new version which
incorporates most of the features that users wanted, and much more.
The key improvements can be summarised as:
1. Greatly improved ease-of-use, through the new program MenuD
2. Increased power through 10% more options (now over 200)
3. Improved speed
4. Improved support of other products (4DOS, LANtastic, OS/2)
5. Improved and completely re-worked documentation
6. Hundreds of cosmetic improvements
7. Security. PocketD v3.0 now protects itself against Virus Attack
>>>>> MAJOR NEW FEATURES!...
***** The New MENUD.EXE program (New with v3.0)
This 60 menu/400 option program provides a menu-driven interface
to the D.EXE program. This has got to be the fastest way to learn
the complex command-line interface. It also functions as a
"Utility Factory" for users who know what they want. MENUD can
also be used as the sole means of access to D.EXE, providing a
safe and easy to use menu-driven tool.
***** 4DOS Support
PocketD now supports 4DOS comments during copy and move. 4DOS
users can therefore take advantage of PocketD's substantially
more powerful COPY/MOVE facilities, without having to abandon
file comments.
***** OS/2 Support (New with v3.0)
PocketD now supports OS/2, allowing the full OS/2 extended
attributes and date/time information to be retained after
copy/move. This frees the user from depending on the somewhat
restricted powers of OS/2's Program Manager.
***** Scanning of SFX (self-uncompressing archives) (v3.0 improved)
PocketD adds SFX scanning to the existing ZIP, LZH, ZOO, ARC, PAK
and ARJ archive support. These include SFX archives created by
PKZIP 1.X/2.X (default and compact types), LHA, LHARC and ARJ
(default and compact types). D.EXE now supports 12 distinct
archive file formats!
***** Directory and Archive browsing
PocketD new /Q option allows user to freely browse through
subdirectories and archives (as if they were also
subdirectories), using a full-screen scrolling display. Combined
with PocketD's other options, this provides a browsing facility
of exceptional power. PocketD's file viewer with v3.0 has also
been very substantially improved.
***** Full scrolling template execution
The user can now create scrolling menus using the template
facility, making PocketD a very flexible command-line menuing
tool. See ARCVIEW.BAT for a good example of this.
***** More color control and easier configration
v3.0 provides the new SETCOL.EXE program for easy color
configuration. v2.0 extends the number of configuration options
from 12 to 19, allowing control of the colors used during file
viewing and also background colors.
***** Virus Protection
PocketD v3.0 will detect if it has been modified by a virus. You
can now experiment with the shareware version with greater
confidence that you are not using an infected product. (Run MENUD
to check the disk. It will report if D.EXE or MENUD.EXE have been
tampered with.)
***** New Low Cost Group and Network Licence
PocketD now provides a low cost bridge between Site and
multiple/single unit purchase which allows a network or office to
use PocketD for as little as $144.
******* OTHER NEW FEATURES
>>> NEW WITH VERSION 2.0 (For exclusive distribution with DOS 6 SECRETS)
New template parameters
$c Current date
$k Current time
$R Space remaining
$<n>=x Output "x" "n" times
New COPY sub-options
"f" Inhibit final summary
"q" Query if overwrite
"b" Brief path format
"z" Output override
Support for all date formats, not just US and UK.
More feedback provided during Searching.
/~ now accepts a limit e.g. /~.30 (as option /K.30).
@C in string search now does not match TAB, CR and LF as CTRL chars.
/e sub-option "." to allow single extension matches to show the
full name.
/qq new query sub-option.
/.n inhibit scrolling (for v1.67 compatabiiity).
/.i inhibit use of file viewing option.
Query "delete" now available when running templates.
Case-insensitive search during file view.
Support for DIET v1.44 exec.
/q can now be used with /m.
Templates can now be used when deleting files and during copy.
D_COL can be extended by D_CO2 D_CO3 etc.. for more configuration.
Buffered file output is up to 50 times faster.
PocketD can now be aborted by holding down the CTRL and
LEFT-SHIFT keys. This is preferable to using CTRL+break
which could cause problems when PocketD is running other
programs.
There are also very many other minor improvements to PocketD.
>>> NEW WITH VERSION 3.0 (including v2.0 features)
"f" New sort option (separating files & dirs)
/!K /K now allows: All but 1st "n" matches
/J Allows the user to specify a "no matches" template.
":" New TEMPLATE parameter for input of any ASCII value
"x" is a synonym for "e" in TEMPLATE (as SORT)
Browsing has been greatly improved with the addition of horizontal
scrolling and maintenance of markers in multiple files.
Screen handling has also been optimised to improve general
screen updating during browsing.
Extra filespec "::" which matches "Free Space on drive", allowing
the user to easily test free space left on any drive.
String search during HEX file view now supported.
String searching allows test for NULLs (+better display of HEX matching)
Delete no longer drops off end of list after deletion of last match
Buffered file input is up to 3 times faster.
The default display is now color, not monochrome.
>>>>> Withdrawn features
Backward compatability is very important, however the following
exception has been made.
Bestfit can no longer be used with /t (Bestfit's use of /t
irritated and confused more people than it helped).
>>>>> Bug Fixes, including (among others):
PocketD now fully works with LANtastic. (The new version has a
workaround for a LANtastic 4.0 bug).
Numeric Template parameters formatted to a width >15 digits used
to crash. Formatting now truncates to a maximum of 40 digits.
Shell out during file viewing (v2.0 bug) now no longer crashes.
Colors now work correctly with /t format.