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- WinOne - Super Command Shell for Windows 3.1
-
-
- History of Features
- -------------------
-
- WinOne v1.02 includes the following :- (First Release)
-
- 1. Colour and ANSI graphics.
- 2. Support for Archive files (.ZIP .LZH .ARC).
- 3. Supports file extension associations.
- 4. Number of extra commands (eg. WHERE etc).
- 5. Extra wild cards support for all commands
- (eg. *y.* etc.).
-
- WinOne v1.03 includes the following :-
-
- 1. New commands (eg DUMP, ACS etc).
- 2. Command line macro's using the MACRO command.
- 3. File extension associations can now be deleted
- at the command line.
- 4. The full IBM character set, including all the
- graphics characters.
- 5. Support for .ARJ archive files. Command ARCH
- will display the files inside most popular
- archive files.
- 6. Easier to see colours.
-
- WinOne v1.04 includes the following :-
-
- 1. Improved command line.
- 2. Saving of the history buffer.
- 3. improved EXIT command.
- 4. New command TREE.
-
- WinOne v1.05 includes the following :-
-
- 1. Sub-directory processing for many commands,
- including RMDIR and DEL. This allows for smart deletion
- of sub-directories and files in sub-directories.
- 2. Many new commands (eg. VOL, DATE, TIME, ...).
- 3. Improved file handling. In previous versions of WinOne I
- assumed that directories could not have an extension. As a
- result, file names that did not include a dot, were assumed to
- be directories. Since this is not the case, WinOne now makes
- no such assumption.
- 4. User definable Buttons introduced. There are now 5 user
- definable buttons that can be used to run programs. There are
- also an addition 3 system buttons that can not be altered
- (ie. EXIT, DOS SHELL and HELP). The images for buttons are
- non-moving, except for the eyes button image, which tracks
- the cursor when the cursor is moved inside the window.
-
- WinOne v1.06 includes the following :-
-
- 1. A vertical scroll bar, that can display the last 7 screens, given
- a screen size of 80 x 24. This scroll bar is also real time.
- That is, when the thumb position is moved the screen is updated
- immediately.
- 2. Variable font sizes. The system menu contains the "Fonts..." option,
- which will allow different font sizes to be chosen. When using
- windows 3.0 there are only 4 different font sizes, and under
- windows 3.1 there are 10 different font sizes.
- 3. Lock now uses SPX library's, thus allowing 24 different screens to
- be displayed when using Lock. The system menu contains the
- "Lock Setup..." option that will allow the user to select and config
- the different screens. The SPX library's are free public domain
- software, which are originally written for Screen Peace, which is
- in itself an excellent screen saver.
- 4. Built in Screen Saver.
- 5. The BUTTON command has been remove and now all functions (i.e list,
- edit, insert and delete) dealing with buttons are conducted via
- the system menu. This greatly simplifies the manipulation of
- buttons.
- 6. New Button images. There are now 43 button images that can be
- displayed inside a button. The order that WinOne stores these
- images is different from version 1.05. This means that users will
- have to edit their buttons.
- 7. The tab key is now part of the command line edit keys. The tab key
- will expand partial paths or file name entered on the command line.
-
- WinOne v1.07 and v1.08 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. System Configuration edit. Allows easy editing of AUTOEXEC.BAT,
- CONFIG.SYS and all .INI files in the windows directory. The system
- menu contains the "System" option.
- 2. Auto-Raise for partially hidden windows.
- 3. The mouse can now be used with the SPX modules.
- 4. Program Manager access using the GROUP command. This command can
- insert program files into Program Manager groups.
- 5. Command TASKS now accepts string arguments.
-
- WinOne v1.09 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. Improved TAB expansion for incomplete path and file names, which
- includes command and macro names. Also CTRL + TAB displays a
- list of all names that complete the incomplete name being typed
- at the WinOne prompt.
- 2. New DISK command, displays the number of bytes used for all
- sub-directories.
- 3. New Status Bar, displays the time, free bytes in the windows
- global heap and a percentage done indicator for commands.
- 4. WinOne is now more multi-tasking, by checking for unprocessed
- messages more often.
-
- Major Version 2.1 (Not Released)
- -----------------
-
- 1. The size of the WinOne executable program has been reduced.
- 2. Previous versions of WinOne had limits set on the number of
- files per directory and the number of directories that
- commands would operate on. Now WinOne handles any number
- of files per directory and any number of directories, so
- long as there is enough memory available.
- 3. WinOne now supports batch files, that will, when executed, be
- displayed in the main WinOne Window. All standard batch
- commands (eg. IF, FOR, GOTO, CALL, ECHO, PAUSE, REM, SHIFT)
- are supported, along with replaceable parameters %0 to %9 and
- environment variables.
- 4. Many useful enhanced batch commands have also been included.
- 5. Registered user can still use there old registration numbers
- with all 2.x versions of WinOne.
-
- WinOne v2.2 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. WinOne is now compiled for windows 3.1 only.
- 2. Improved execution for DOS programs. See DOS Command Execution
- and Precedence in the main help file for more information.
-
- WinOne v2.3 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. WinOne allows multiple commands to be entered on a single
- command line.
- 2. WinOne supports standard input and output redirection, for both
- internal WinOne commands and DOS programs and commands.
- 3. Improved DEL command. Delete is now very fast when deleting all
- files in a directory or sub-directories. That is :-
-
- DEL *.*
- DEL *.* /s
- DEL directory_name
- DEL directory_name /s
-
- 4. New LABEL command to set volume labels.
- 5. Command REN can be used to rename directories.
- 6. A new MONO mode has been added to the command COLOUR.
-
- WinOne v2.4 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. Status bar will not disappear when the main WinOne window is
- minimised.
- 2. Buttons selection has been improved.
- 3. WinOne now uses a small dynamic link library to catch all
- keyboard input and any mouse activity. This improves the
- functionality and speed of Auto Window Raise.
-
- WinOne v2.5 includes the following:-
-
- 1. Command GROUP can be used to display all Progman groups and
- files within these groups.
- 2. File descriptions of up to 40 characters. File Descriptions
- can be modified using the DESCRIBE command. See the help
- file for more information.
-
- WinOne v2.6 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. There are now up to seven user definable buttons. This
- depends on the size of the desktop window.
- 2. The screen buffer can now store up to sixteen 80x24 screens.
- 3. New VIEWICON command that can be used for browsing through bulk
- icon files (ie. .ICO, .EXE, .DLL files).
- 4. GROUP command will now insert into Progman group any file that
- has a file extension association.
-
- WinOne v2.7 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. Improved WHERE command, which now displays the file
- description, if one exists, for any file located.
- 2. Two new commands TOFILE and TODISK which copies floppy disks
- in a single pass. Command TOFILE copies a floppy disk to a
- file, and command TODISK copies this file back to a floppy
- disk.
-
- WinOne v2.8 and v2.9 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. Bug fix which occasionally caused WinOne to crash.
- 2. Internal optimisations.
-
- Major Version 3.1 (Not Released)
- -----------------
-
- 1. Registered users will no longer be able to use there old
- registration numbers. An update fee of $20 will be charged
- for a new registration number. See the file REGISTER.FRM.
- 2. New command FIND. Which will locate text strings inside files.
- 3. New command WALLPAPER, which sets or clears the desktop
- bitmap wallpaper.
- 4. Located two new SPX modules :-
-
- 1. SPERM.SPX
- 2. SPINNER.SPX
-
- 5. WinOne now supports Multiple File Extension Associations. See
- the help file for more information.
- 6. Accelerator keys can now be used with all dialog boxes.
-
- WinOne v3.2 includes the following:-
-
- 1. WinOne now supports Copy and Paste to/from the clipboard. See
- the main help file for more information.
- 2. There is now a maximum of seventeen user definable buttons
- that may be programmed.
-
- WinOne v3.3 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. Bug Fixes :-
-
- 1. Trying to exit before the screen has finished
- redrawing.
- 2. Clipboard drawing problems.
- 3. Last 4 button images missing.
- 4. Some minor bugs.
-
- 2. Importing and Exporting button images. See the main WinOne
- help file for more information.
- 3. Added a browse button to the Change Group Icon dialog box.
- 4. New verbose mode for command ARCH, which will display the
- original size, compressed size, percentage, date and time
- for files inside an archive.
-
- WinOne v3.4 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. Support for external commands that execute inside the
- main WinOne window. These commands are true windows
- programs that use a simplified DDE protocol to
- communicate with WinOne. The library needed to write these
- commands has been distributed to registered users, and
- will be made available to non-registered users shortly.
- 2. New external command SPLIT, which splits a file into two
- parts.
- 3. New external command TOUCH, which touches the date and time
- for specified files.
- 4. Command TODISK no longer formats disks. See Command TOFILE
- and TODISK in the main help file for more information.
-
- WinOne v3.5 includes the following:-
-
- 1. New external command DECOMP, which decompresses UNIX
- compressed files.
- 2. New external command DETAR, which detars UNIX tar files.
- 3. New external command FUNC, which allows Windows API
- functions to be called at run time.
- 4. Moved the separate help files for external commands into
- the main WinOne help file. This allows help to be
- displayed using the HELP command, from the WinOne prompt.
- For example, to get help for the external command DECOMP,
- enter at the WinOne prompt :-
-
- HELP DECOMP
-
- 5. New Status Bar option, that will keep the Status Bar in
- front of all other windows.
- 6. New command CMP, which compares the contents of two files,
- byte by byte and displays the differences between them.
-
- WinOne v3.6 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. The Windows Screen Saver is now automatically disabled when
- WinOne starts up and is re-enabled when WinOne exits. This
- means that the Windows Screen Saver can be left enabled, so
- that it will still work when WinOne is not running.
- 2. Windows that are set to "keep in front", will now be covered
- when the WinOne Screen Saver is activated.
- 3. New command MODULES, which displays the modules currently
- loaded into memory.
- 4. New switches for command EXIT, including :-
-
- 1. /r - Restart Windows.
- 2. /b - Reboot the computer.
-
- 5. New external command AUTOGEN (currently only available to
- registered users) produces all the files needed to program
- an external command. The files generated include :-
-
- 1. Definition file (.DEF)
- 2. Project file (.PRJ)
- 3. Disk file (.DSK)
- 4. Resource file (.RC )
- 5. C++ file (.CPP)
- 6. Header file (.H )
- 7. Batch file to clean up files (CLEAN.BAT)
-
- 6. All external commands now contain an icon. This icon has black
- text on a white background. To view the icon used the VIEWICON
- command.
- 7. All External commands now include a /v switch which displays the
- respective commands version information.
-
- WinOne v3.7 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. Improve ^C checking for command COPY, which checks for ^C while
- a file is being copied. Previously ^C was only checked before
- and after a file has finished copying.
- 2. New /Y switch for command DEL, which assumes yes for all
- questions.
- 3. Two new hot-spots for the built in screen saver. Leaving the
- mouse cursor in the top left hand corner will never active the
- screen saver and leaving the mouse cursor in the top right
- hand corner for 2 seconds will active the screen saver.
- 4. Replaced 2 SPX modules with :-
-
- 1. FOREST.SPX
- 2. SKY.SPX
-
- WinOne v3.8 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. New External banner commands, which displays small text
- characters to the screen, including :-
-
- 1. GOTHIC - Horizontal Gothic style characters.
- 2. SBANNER - Horizontal characters.
-
- 2. New External Command MERGE, which merges to files together.
- 3. Random Desktop Wallpaper support, when enabled changes the
- desktop wallpaper each time WinOne is run.
-
- WinOne 3.9 includes the following:- (Not Released)
-
- 1. A new Unix Mode feature, which will give WinOne a look and feel
- similar to the Unix Operating System when activated. For example,
-
- Under DOS:-
- DIR C:\WIN_ONE /OWL
-
-
- Under Unix:-
- dir c:/win_one -owl
-
- See the main WinOne help file for more information about this
- feature.
- 2. New command PRINT, which can be used to print text files via the
- Printer Manager. This command can also be used to setup the
- printer.
- 3. Two new external commands DOSUNIX and UNIXDOS, which converts DOS
- text files to Unix text files and visa-versa.
-
- Major Version 4.1
- -----------------
-
- 1. Registered users will no longer be able to use there old
- registration numbers. An update fee of $20 will be charged
- for a new registration number. See the file REGISTER.FRM.
- 2. WinOne now includes the WOIO library package, which allows
- external commands to be programmed. External commands use
- the main WinOne window for there output and generally give
- the impression of running inside the main WinOne window. The
- library includes the following files :-
-
- 1. WOIO.HLP - Help file that contains all the information
- needed to used this package.
- 2. WOIO.H - header file
- 3. WOIOS.LIB - Small model library
- 4. WOIOM.LIB - Medium model library
-
- 5. Source code example files for external commands :-
-
- a. SPLIT
- b. TOUCH
-
- The WOIO library package requires either Borland or Turbo
- C/C++ compilers for Windows 3.0 or above.
-
-
- Not Released Versions
- ---------------------
-
- Versions of WinOne marked as Not Released are offered to registered users
- only.
-
- System Requirements
- -------------------
-
- This program requires Windows 3.1 and DOS 5.0 or higher and needs about 720K
- of RAM (ie. memory) to operate.
-
- WinOne performs best in Protected Mode or 386 Enhanced Mode.
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- To install WinOne from a DOS prompt, type the following :-
-
- WIN INSTALL
-
- INSTALL will only create one directory and one sub-directory and copy all the
- relevant files into these directories, then a Program Manager group is created
- and the WinOne icon is placed inside.
-
- To uninstall WinOne, simply delete all the files in the directories in which
- WinOne was installed, and delete the group that the WinOne icon was placed in.
-
- More Help
- ---------
-
- WinOne includes a comprehensive help file, that can only be displayed while
- WinOne is running. Simply use the mouse and click on the GREEN question mark
- button. This help file contains all the information needed to describe all
- the WinOne commands and all the features (including pictures) described in
- the History of Features above.
-
- This help file has taken a considerable amount of time to put together, so
- please read it, after WinOne has been installed.
-
- Contents of archive
- -------------------
-
- This archive contains the following files :-
-
- 1. WIN_ONE.EXE - Main executable
- 2. WOLIB.DLL - WinOne library file
- 3. WOEXT.EXE - WinOne multiple file extension associations
- 4. WIN_ONE.HLP - WinOne help file
- 5. REGISTER.FRM - Registration form
- 6. WIN_ONE.TXT - This file
- 7. INSTALL.EXE - Installation program
- 8. APPSETUP.INF - Used by INSTALL.EXE
- 9. *.SPX - Screen Saver and Terminal Lock DLL's
- 10. DESCRIPT.ION - WinOne file descriptions
-
- 11. SPLIT.EXE - External command SPLIT
- 12. TOUCH.EXE - External command TOUCH
- 13. CMP.EXE - External command CMP
- 14. DETAR.EXE - External command DETAR
- 15. DECOMP.EXE - External command DECOMP
- 16. FUNC.EXE - External command FUNC
- 17. GOTHIC.EXE - External command GOTHIC
- 18. SBANNER.EXE - External command SBANNER
- 19. AUTOGEN.EXE - External command AUTOGEN
-
- 20. ARRANGE.BAT - Batch command ARRANGE
- 21. CASCADE.BAT - Batch command CASCADE
- 22. TILE.BAT - Batch command TILE
-
- 23. WOIO.HLP - WOIO library help file
- 24. WOIO.H - WOIO library header file
- 25. WOIOS.LIB - WOIO small model library
- 26. WOIOM.LIB - WOIO medium model library
-
- 27. External command SPLIT source files.
- 28. External command TOUCH source files.
-