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- FM StepUp Info
- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // Welcome to File Manager StepUp!
- //
- // the File Manager Extender
- // for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11
- // and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11
- //
- // Version 2.50
- //
- // Last updated: July 1, 1994
- //
- // Copyright (c) 1994, ChaoSoft.
- // All rights reserved.
- //
- // _______
- // ____|__ | (R)
- // --| | |-------------------
- // | ____|__ | Association of
- // | | |_| Shareware
- // |__| o | Professionals
- // -----| | |---------------------
- // |___|___| MEMBER
- //
- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- U S E R I N F O R M A T I O N
- --------------------------------
-
- This file contains introductory information regarding the
- FM StepUp package, version 2.50.
-
- Please see on-line Help for detailed instructions on how to use
- this software and all other related information.
-
- Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.TXT text
- file.
-
- BBS SYSOPs: Please refer to the SYSOP.TXT text file for
- information.
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
-
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. About FM StepUp
- 1.2. What's new in version 2.5
- 1.3. How to use the documentation
- 1.4. This is Shareware - Try Before You Buy!
-
- 2. Installing FM StepUp
- 2.1. Using SETUP utility
- 2.1.1. HOW TO QUICKLY TRY OUT THE SOFTWARE
- 2.1.2. Installing on a hard or network disk
- 2.1.3. Uninstalling
- 2.2. Registering your copy of the FM StepUp
- 2.3. Manual installation/deinstallation
-
- 3. How to reach the author of the FM StepUp
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 1. INTRODUCTION
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- 1.1 About File Manager StepUp
- -----------------------------
-
- FM StepUp is the powerful and innovative File Manager extender
- for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11, and Windows for Workgroups
- (tm) 3.11.
-
- "FM StepUp ... does all manner of clever things. It adds 3D
- effects (a la Word 6 or Excel 5) to the dialog boxes, gives you
- a command-line history in all sorts of places ... and provides
- right-click pop-up menus in a variety of useful places ... FM
- StepUp is certainly good enough to try."
-
- Windows User UK, June 1994
-
-
- "The standard dialog boxes gain a history list of recently used
- commands and that attractive 3D look. However ... the best
- thing about this is the pop-up menus. Right click on a file and
- a menu pops up giving you a bunch of options, like viewing the
- file, editing it, running it, printing it, and so on ... once
- you have started using it you'll never want to give them up!"
-
- Australian PC User, June 1994
-
-
- FM StepUp makes the File Manager an actually user friendly
- application. With FM StepUp installed into your system you will
- perform various file management operations easier and faster.
-
- FM StepUp enhances standard dialog boxes of the File Manager,
- providing them with additional useful features (history lists,
- remembering you previous commands; 'verify' check boxes; 'browse'
- buttons; etc.).
-
- FM StepUp allows you to combine most frequently used commands of
- the File Manager into the Quick Menu, so you can access them just
- clicking the right button of your mouse.
-
- FM StepUp makes your able to easily create, view, edit, or print
- arbitrary files, not necessarily associated with an application,
- and you can assign your favorite viewer or editor to do this.
-
- FM StepUp provides you with some unique or hard-to-find commands,
- allowing you, for example, to figure out the total size of a
- directory, including all its subdirectories; change date or time
- of the file; run the default screen saver whenever you want it to;
- etc.
-
- FM StepUp allows you to add your own commands to the File Manager
- and easily execute them. You may use this possibility to launch
- frequently used applications (as Control Panel or Clipboard viewer)
- directly from File Manager menu, or to perform preprogrammed
- operations over files selected in a File Manager's window (like
- UnZip or UnArj).
-
- If you are a network administrator, FM StepUp can help you to
- restrict some of the File Manager's capabilities (in almost the
- same way as you do it for the Program Manager), allowing you to
- prevent your users from performing potentially dangerous or
- undesirable commands.
-
- After all, FM StepUp is highly customizable. You are in charge of
- almost every aspect of its functionality - from the size of the
- history lists to contents of the Quick Menu and Execute Menu.
-
- Try it - and you won't believe you worked without FM StepUp
- before.
-
- The way software should be!
-
- 1.2. What's new in version 2.5
- ----------------------------------
-
- After FM StepUp ver.2.0 :
-
- 1) New SETUP utility - you can activate/deactivate FM StepUp
- whenever you wish; you can quicly take a look at the software
- without actually installing it onto hard or network disk; etc.
-
- 2) New special command added: Run DOS Program, allowing you to
- easily exit Windows, run a specified DOS program, and then
- restart Windows (so that you can now run DOOM 'from' Windows).
-
- 3) Minor improvements: Centered Alingment for the Quick Menu can
- be turned on/off; The About screen on start up can be turned
- off for registered copies; etc.
-
- 4) some changes to documentation made and
-
- 5) some bugs fixed:
- - View File and Edit File menu items are grayed unpredictably;
- - empty disk lists in Copy Disk dialog box for systems with one
- floppy drive;
- - GPF when changing menu name StepUp;
- - wrong behavior of the Cancel button in the Make System Disk
- dialog box for systems with only one floppy drive;
- - GPF when attempting to Delete an empty directory;
- - improper saving of the FM StepUp settings when Windows shuts
- down;
- - improper Printing of large files or large number of files;
-
- If you have registered any previous version of the FM StepUp, you
- can upgrade to the ver.2.5 FREE. To register your copy of the FM
- StepUp you can use the same Registration Number as you used for
- ver.2.0.
-
- In comparison with FM StepUp ver. 1.x:
-
- A LOT!
-
- New features, new documentation, new installation utility, new
- registration encouragement policy.
-
- No new bugs (hopefully!).
-
- The only old thing is the price. Yes, due to success of the FM
- StepUp ver.1.x and support of our registered users, we were able to
- significantly improve FM StepUp and keep the same low registration
- fee.
-
- And as our special thanks for all of you who invested your money
- in FM StepUp - the UPGRADE FROM ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF FM STEPUP
- to version 2.x is FREE! If you are a registered user of the FM
- StepUp ver.1.x, you will get new disk from us shortly, if you have
- not received it yet.
-
- If you tried any of the previous versions of the FM StepUp and did
- not like it by any reason, you should definitely try this one.
-
- SPECIAL NOTE for Windows for Workgroups users: if you had given up
- the FM StepUp ver.1.x because of the conflict between FM StepUp
- and Toolbar, please take a look at the current version. That bug
- has been fixed and they (FM StepUp and toolbar) enjoy each the
- other now.
-
- 1.3 How to use the documentation
- --------------------------------
-
- The complete information on the FM StepUp software, including the
- description of the installation procedure, how to get updates, how
- to register your copy, troubleshooting hints, order forms, answers
- to frequently asked questions, etc., is available in the Windows
- Help format, file FMSTEPUP.HLP.
-
- If you have already installed FM StepUp you can access the
- information by choosing StepUp | Help from File Manager's menu.
-
- Or, double click the 'FM StepUp Help' icon in the FMStepUp group
- created for Program Manager after automatic installation.
-
- Or, choose command 'Run' from Program Manager or File Manager main
- menu, and enter the full name (including complete path) of the
- FMSTEPUP.HLP file. For example, if you have placed the FM StepUp
- files into directory TEMP on your hard disk C, enter the following
- string into the 'Run' dialog box:
-
- C:\TEMP\FMSTEPUP.HLP
-
- and click OK button.
-
- Yet another way to view the file is open the directory window
- with the File Manager and double click filename FMSTEPUP.HLP with
- the mouse.
-
- 1.4. THIS IS SHAREWARE: TRY BEFORE YOU BUY !
- --------------------------------------------
-
- This is NOT a free or public domain software. This is SHAREWARE,
- i.e. copyrighted software which you can "try before you buy".
- Shareware is a great concept and we encourage you to try out File
- Manager StepUp and pass along its copies to your friends.
-
- You may try the program for the evaluation period of up to 14
- days. After that time, you are required to purchase the software
- through registration or else discontinue its use. (please read the
- complete text of License agreement in FM StepUp Help for details).
-
- Unlicensed copies of our products are 100% fully functional. We
- make them this way so that you can have a real look at them, and
- then decide whether they fit your needs or not. Our entire
- business depends on your honesty. If you use it, we expect you to
- pay for it. We feel that if we treat you right, you will treat us
- right.
-
- When you pay for the shareware you like, you are voting with your
- pocketbook, and will encourage us to bring you more of the same
- kinds of products.
-
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTER File Manager StepUp ?
- //
-
- 1. The personal Registration Number, allowing you to remove
- registration reminder and put your name in the About FM StepUp
- screen.
-
- 2. Disk with the latest version of the FM StepUp.
-
- 2. The privilege to be personally informed about new major
- releases of the FM StepUp and other software products from
- ChaoSoft.
-
- 3. 50% discount when upgrading to new versions of the FM StepUp.
-
- 4. FREE 90-days customer support through electronic or regular mail.
-
- //////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // REGISTERING FM StepUp
- //
-
- You can register your copy of the FM StepUp software with a credit card
- (Visa, MC, Amex, or Discover), personal check, money order, or
- cash. Please see topic 'How To Register' in the FM StepUp Help for
- details and order forms.
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
- shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
- member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
- help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does
- not provide technical support for members' products. Please write
- to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427
- USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe
- Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 2. INSTALLING File Manager StepUp
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- Unlike most other Windows applications, FM StepUp is not a
- stand-alone program: there is no special executable file you would
- run to start the FM StepUp. To use the FM StepUp software, all you
- need is properly install it, and it will run automatically every
- time you run the File Manager.
-
- 2.1. Using Setup utility
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- FM StepUp v.2.5 comes with convenient and flexible SETUP utility,
- you can use it if you want to temporarily activate/deactivate the
- software or install it onto your hard or network disk for
- permament use.
-
- 2.1.1. HOW TO QUICKLY TRY OUT THE SOFTWARE
- ------------------------------------------
-
- If you obtained FM StepUp software on a diskette or CD-ROM and
- want to take a look at the FM StepUp without installing it onto
- your hard disk, run SETUP.EXE from the FMSTEPUP directory on the
- diskette or CD-ROM and choose button 'Activate' when prompted.
-
- - to run SETUP.EXE, choose File | Run from main menu of Program
- Manager or File Manager and type into the 'Run' dialog box:
-
- A:\FMSTEPUP\SETUP.EXE
-
- (assuming that the diskette is inserted into the 'A' floppy
- drive)
-
- After that run File Manager: there should appear a new item in its
- main menu: StepUp (if there is no such an item, the FM StepUp has
- not been activated; see below in this file for possible reasons)
- Of course, be sure that the diskette or CD with FM StepUp is
- available during the loading of the File Manager!
-
- Try this:
-
- - place mouse cursor in the File Manager window and click with the
- right button. The Quick Menu should pop up with a number of
- choices; try some of them.
-
- - open StepUp submenu and choose Special; try commands from it;
-
- - open standard dialog boxes of the File Manager: Run, Copy, Move,
- etc. Do they look better with 3D effects? Are the history lists
- next to the editable fields handy?
-
- - choose StepUp | Preferences: what do you want to customize? Try
- buttons: Dialogs; Quick Menu; Execute Menu; try to change the
- menu name 'StepUp' to something else.
-
- Now, if you see that FM StepUp is not what you need, run SETUP.EXE
- and choose 'Deactivate' button. In addition, to completely clean
- your system up, you should delete the FMSTEPUP.INI file from your
- WINDOWS directory.
-
- Otherwise, if you want to give the program more long try and wish
- to install it onto your hard or network disk, you can choose
- button 'Install' when SETUP.EXE prompts you. Please see the next
- section of this file for more information.
-
- 2.1.2. Installing on a hard or network disk
- -------------------------------------------
-
- If you have already placed all the files from the FM StepUp
- package on your hard disk (for instance, you have extracted the
- files from an archive), you can just run SETUP.EXE and choose
- button 'Activate'.
-
- If you don't have the FM StepUp files on the hard disk, choose
- 'Install' button instead and then enter the path to directory
- where you want the FM StepUp be installed. In this case SETUP.EXE
- will copy all the files to new location and then activate them. In
- addition, you will be prompted to create a separate program group
- for FM StepUp. It's not essential to have such a group, but it can
- be convenient. Anyway, the last word is yours!
-
- 2.1.3. Uninstalling FM StepUp
- -----------------------------
-
- To prevent File Manager from loading and using FM StepUp, you can
- run SETUP.EXE and choose 'Deactivate' button. If you decide to
- start using FM StepUp later on, run SETUP.EXE and choose
- 'Activate'.
-
- Otherwise, to completely remove FM StepUp from your system,
- deactivate it with the SETUP.EXE utility (see above) and remove
- all the files from directory on your hard or network disk where
- you have installed FM StepUp. In addition, erase file FMSTEPUP.INI
- from your WINDOWS directory, and delete program group 'FMStepUp'
- from your Program Manager, if your created it during installation.
-
- 2.2. Registering your copy of the FM StepUp
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The first time you run FM StepUp, it displayes a registration
- reminder, and the About FM StepUp screen reads 'Unregistered
- copy'. If you have registered FM StepUp and obtained your personal
- Registration Number from us, you may use it to remove the
- registration reminder from the screen and put your name in the
- About FM StepUp screen: choose Preferences from the StepUp menu of
- File Manager and when a dialog box pops up, click the Register
- button. Now enter your name (exactly as it appears in your
- Registration acknowledgment) and the Registration number.
-
- Be sure to enter your name EXACTLY as it's written in the
- Registration Acknowledgment, including all the spaces, punctuation,
- and entering letters in proper case (upper or lower). If you wish
- your name to be spelled differently please let us know and we
- assign you a new registraion number.
-
- 2.3. Manual installation/deinstallation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If the automatic installation fails by any reason, you can install
- the FM StepUp manually:
-
- 1. Create a directory on a hard disk for FM StepUp, say
- C:\FMSTEPUP, and copy all the files from the FM StepUp
- installation disk into that directory. If you obtained the FM
- StepUp files compressed in an archive, extract all the files
- from it.
-
- 2. Close File Manager.
-
- 3. Copy the file CTL3D.DLL into the Windows SYSTEM directory on
- your hard drive (be sure not to overwrite the newer version of
- this file if you have already got one!). If you are using a
- networked Windows installation and the SYSTEM directory is
- write-protected, put the file CTL3D.DLL into the WINDOWS
- directory.
-
- 4. Open file WINFILE.INI for editing (using Notepad or any other
- text editor). This file is located in the WINDOWS directory on
- your hard disk (or directory you specified when installing
- Windows). Please note: the file you need is WINFILE.INI, not
- WIN.INI.
-
- Find the section [AddOns] in this file and place the following
- string right after the string [AddOns]:
-
- FM StepUp=C:\FMSTEPUP\FMSTEPUP.DLL
-
- (or specify the directory you copied the FM StepUp's files in,
- if other than FMSTEPUP).
-
- The resulting portion of the WINFILE.INI should look like
- this:
-
- ...
- [AddOns]
- FM StepUp=C:\FMSTEPUP\FMSTEPUP.DLL
- ...
-
- (... means other lines of the file). Save the file.
-
- 5. Run File Manager.
-
- You shell find new menu item, StepUp, among the other items of the
- File Manager's main menu, if the installation has been completed
- successfully. If you cannot see the StepUp item in the main menu
- of the File Manager, an error has occurred. Please verify that you
- have done all the steps above, and, particularly, specified
- correct path in the [AddOns] section of the WINFILE.INI file. Make
- sure also that the files have not been corrupted when copying them
- onto your hard disk (do they have the same sizes as the files on
- the installation diskette?)
-
- To manually uninstall FM STEPUP:
-
- 1. Close File Manger and remove string 'FM StepUp=...' from
- WINFILE.INI file (using Notepad, for example). After that you
- can restart File Manager: FM StepUp will not be loaded.
- If you decide later to start using FM StepUp again, place the
- string 'FM StepUp=...' specifying complete DOS path to
- FMSTEPUP.DLL file, in the [AddOn] section of the WINFILE.INI
- file.
-
- There following steps should be completed only if you wish to
- remove the FM StepUp from your system permanently:
-
- 2. Delete all the files from the directory on your hard disk where
- you installed FM StepUp in;
-
- 3. Delete file FMSTEPUP.INI from the WINDOWS directory;
-
- 4. Delete program group 'FMStepUp' in the Program manager window,
- if there is one.
-
- We hope you'll change your mind!
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 3. HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- Please check out the on-line Help to the FM StepUp (i.e. choose
- StepUp | Help from File Manager main menu). In particular, it
- contains section 'Frequently Asked Questions' and you may find the
- answer there!
-
- Otherwise, if you have any questions or suggestions regarding FM
- StepUp, I will be glad to hear from you. You can reach me through
- Internet sending an electronic mail to:
-
- andreib@delphi.com
-
- or you can write to me:
-
- Andrei Belogortseff
- ChaoSoft
- P.O.Box 43
- Old Town, ME 04468-0043
-
- Thank you for using File Manager StepUp!
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
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-
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-
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