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- // File Manager StepUp
- // for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1 or later
- // Version 1.0
- // Shareware Edition
- // Copyright (c) 1994, ChaoSoft.
- // All rights reserved.
- //
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-
- This file provides information for Shareware Distributors and Disk
- Vendors who wish to distribute the FM StepUp package.
-
- The following paragraph is an extract from the license agreement
- regarding the distribution of the Shareware version of FM StepUp:
-
- 3. Distribution. You are allowed to make as many copies of the
- Shareware version of the SOFTWARE as you wish; give exact copies
- of the original Shareware version to anyone; and distribute the
- Shareware version of the SOFTWARE in its unmodified form, as long
- as the product is not distributed for profit (handling fees up to
- $5.00 ok). You are not allowed to bundle the SOFTWARE with other
- products without prior written permission from ChaoSoft. If you
- distribute the SOFTWARE, you agree to:
-
- a) distribute all the associated files on the diskette together
- as a group;
-
- b) send us, at least once a year, a copy of a piece of
- promotional literature that you use to promote our programs;
-
- c) inform the buyer that they are paying not for the software,
- but for your distribution services, and if they (the buyer)
- continue to use the program beyond the evaluation period,
- that they are obligated to pay the registration fee to
- ChaoSoft.
-
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- //
- // Suggested One Line Program Description:
-
- File Manager StepUp for Windows 3.1 or later
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- //
- // Suggested Compressed File Name:
-
- FMSTEPUP.ZIP
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- //
- // Suggested Keywords:
-
- File Manager StepUp Extender Windows Shareware
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- //
- // Suggested Short Description:
-
- File Manager StepUp v.1.0 for Windows 3.1 or later - just makes
- the File Manager work better. Provides the standard File Manager's
- dialogs with additional useful elements ('history' lists, 'verify'
- checkboxes, etc.); shows the dialogs with 3D effects; brings the
- Quick Menu with ready-to-do commands; allows to easily view, edit,
- or print arbitrary files; contains a set of useful utilities
- (calculating the size of directories including their subdirs,
- etc.), detailed context-sensitive Help, animated logo... FM StepUp
- makes the File Manager an actually user friendly application. Try
- it - and you won't believe you worked without FM StepUp before.
- The way Windows should be!
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- //
- // Suggested Long Description:
-
- How many times you wanted to run a program with specific
- parameters through Run command of the File Manager and were forced
- to type all the command line options again and again? Ever wished
- the File Manager to have the ability to remember the previously
- entered command lines?
-
- How many times you copied files on a floppy and regretted not
- being able to quickly turn the VERIFY mode on to be sure that the
- information has been actually stored on the disk?
-
- How many times you wanted to quickly view a file with a
- non-standard extension (like README.NOW), and were forced to
- activate the Program Manager, open the Accessories group,
- double-click on the Notepad icon, click on File, then click again
- on Open... So many clicks and so many seconds spent just to take a
- look at a file! Why did the guys from Microsoft not make their
- software a little bit more convenient? Maybe Windows 4.0 will be
- finally a user friendly system?
-
- You don't need to wait so long. Just install the File Manager
- StepUp and your wishes come true! Here is the list of the features
- the File Manager gets with the FM StepUp:
-
- 1. The following standard File Manager's dialog boxes: Run, Create
- Directory, Search, Select Files, Label Disk, Format Disk, By File
- Type, are getting the 'History' fields remembering the strings you
- typed into the dialog boxes before. You are able now to recall any
- of them and edit it, if necessary, without typing from scratch.
-
- 2. The following dialog boxes: Move, Copy, Copy Disk, Make System
- Disk, are getting the 'Verify' check boxes which enable you to
- easily set the verify mode on or off (with the same effect as
- entering command VERIFY ON/OFF at the DOS command prompt) before
- performing the operations.
-
- 3. The following dialog boxes: Run, Move, Copy, are getting an
- additional button, 'Browse', in case you forgot the name of the
- file to execute or the directory to copy/move the files. And the
- Print dialog is now provided with 'Copy to PRN' check box, making
- you able to print quickly plain ASCII files.
-
- 4. All the dialog boxes of the File Manager are now displayed
- using 3D effects (like that of Excel and some other applications).
-
- 5. The main menu of the File Manager is getting a new item,
- StepUp, containing a number of additional commands:
-
- New File - to instantaneously create a new file;
-
- View, Edit - to view or edit the contents of a file with
- arbitrary extension;
-
- Special - to perform some useful operations, such as
- calculation of the size of all the selected files
- and directories, including all the subdirectories;
- changing the date and/or time of the selected
- files; quick reloading the extensions, returning
- to DOS, restarting Windows, or rebooting the
- system;
-
- Preferences - to customize the FM StepUp: change the default
- viewer and/or editor; set the size of the
- 'history' lists; enable/disable Quick Menu; set up
- the desired appearance of the dialog boxes;
-
- Help - to get detailed information on how to use the
- features of the FM StepUp.
-
- 6. The right button of the mouse is now used to activate the Quick
- Menu - a set of frequently used commands, so that you are able to
- spend less time executing them now.
-
- Try it - and you won't believe you worked without FM StepUp
- before.
-
- The way Windows should be!
-
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- //
- Other Information
-
- Requirements: Windows 3.1 or later, 200 kB of free disk space,
- latest video drivers.
-
- Registration: up to $19.95 per copy plus shipping and handling to
- receive disk with the latest version of the
- software and be eligible for 50% discount when
- upgrading to next versions. Please see file
- ORDERFRM.TXT for discount and site license
- information.
-
- Author: ChaoSoft, P.O.Box 43, Old Town, ME 04468-0043
-
- Thank you for distributing File Manager StepUp!
-