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Page 1 of 17 September 15, 1993 DualTools version 1.6s Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 by Frank Sawchuk DualTools is comprised of (DT.EXE, DF.EXE, DTSI.EXE and DTAC.EXE). DualTools may be copied and distributed freely under the general rules of the shareware market. DualTools is updated every four months, Jan., May and Sept. DualTools Started with version 1.0 in February 1992. RESTRICTIONS You may not sell, rent or lease DualTools. You may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble DualTools. DISCLAIMER Frank Sawchuk makes no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to DualTools and the accompanying documentation. Under no circumstances shall Frank Sawchuk the author of this Software be liable for any incidental or consequential damages, nor for any damages. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Minimum) General : IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatibles. : All text video modes are supported. : Keyboard and mouse support. DualTools : 128K Minimum available user memory & DOS 3.0 DualFile : 384K Minimum available user memory & DOS 3.0 DTSI : 64K Minimum available user memory & DOS 3.0 DTAC : 64K Minimum available user memory & DOS 3.0 Page 2 of 17 What's new in version 1.6s DualTools: Maximum of 4300 files per directory. (except root directorys) Maximum file size of 999,999,999 bytes per file. Support for drives A: through Z:. Optimized for use with Double Space, Stacker and Speed Stor. Directory name, first character search. Prune and Graft directory(s). Graft directory(s). Prune directory(s). Archive catalog - Without unarchiving an archive, View a directory of the files contained in the archive. I've also included a viewer for PCX graphics files ( DTAC.EXE ). DualTools automatically Saves the screen colors and file sort order to the file DT16.CNF, when you leave the program. DualTools System Information ( DTSI.EXE ) Mouse support in dialog boxes. Tested with MS-DOS 6.0 & Windows 3.1 DualFile: I have changed the maximum file edit size to 48,000 bytes. Tested with MS-DOS 6.0 & Windows 3.1 Page 3 of 17 Startup for Floppy Disk Systems --------------------------------- This procedure assumes you are using a PC that contains two floppy disks, named A: and B: If you have only one floppy drive, you can still follow this procedure. DOS will prompt you when it is necessary to place the destination disk, normally in Drive B, into Drive A 1. Boot up your system with the DOS disk in drive A. When you receive the A: prompt, place a blank disk in drive B and type the command: FORMAT B:/S (then press the enter key) This creates a formatted disk which contains the basic DOS system. When the formatting is complete, exit the FORMAT program. 2. Replace the DOS disk in drive A with your disk that contains the files, DT.EXE, DF.EXE, DTSI.EXE, DTAC.EXE, DUAL.DOC and PRINTDOC.BAT then, type the command: COPY *.* B: (then press the enter key) This copies all the above files onto the newly formatted disk. 3. Remove the disk from drive B and label it. Startup for Hard Disk Systems ------------------------------- 1. Place disk with the files, DT.EXE, DF.EXE, DTSI.EXE, DTAC.EXE, DUAL.DOC and PRINTDOC.BAT in drive A. Then log onto your hard disk. If your hard disk is C, you would type: C: (then press the enter key) 2. Then go to your root directory by typing: CD\ (then press the enter key) 3. Next type: MD DUAL (then press the enter key) This creates a special directory. 4. Then type: CD DUAL (then press the enter key) This puts you into the DUAL directory. Page 4 of 17 5. Next type: COPY A:*.* (then press the enter key) This will copy DT.EXE, DF.EXE, DTSI.EXE, DTAC.EXE, DUAL.DOC and PRINTDOC.BAT files onto the hard disk in the DUAL directory. 6. Whenever you want to run DualTools or DualFile, you would log onto your hard disk and type the following command: CD\DUAL (then press the enter key) DT, DF, DTSI or DTAC (then press the enter key) However, if you use step 7. you will not need to use this step. 7. You should modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the root directory of your boot disk. What you need to do is use the DOS PATH command to point to the \DUAL directory to find the program files. If you do not already have a PATH command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, use the one shown below: PATH=C:\DUAL If you already had a PATH command, append the expression ";C:\DUAL" to the end of the line. E.g. "PATH=C:\DOS;C:\DUAL". GETTING STARTED with DUALTOOLS -------------------------------- Type DT or DT/drive or DT/drive/color, drives are A-Z, colors are 1-6 All the standard keys are supported in DualTools such as Home, End, PgUp, PgDn Ect. The Up Arrow and Left Arrow keys both move the cursor bar up by one. The Down Arrow and Right Arrow keys both move the cursor bar down by one. Directory & File window (character search) Typing the first character of a directory or file name will take you to the first directory or file that begins with that character and pressing the same character again will find the next directory or file that begins with that character and so on. File commands that require the file(s) to be Marked (highlighted) are: F2 Copy F3 Move F4 Rename F5 Delete Alt+A Change file(s) attribute Alt+L Make a List file Alt+W Change file(s) time/date For all other file commands just place the scroll bar on the file and execute the command. Page 5 of 17 Main Selections ----------------- Commands: F1 Help - Displays the DualTools Help Screen. F2 Copy File(s) - copies file(s) to another disk or directory. If the selected file names already exist in the target directory, choose one of these options in the Copy dialog box: Replace All: Replaces all files in the target directory that have the same names as the selected files. Replace File: Replaces the file in the target directory that has the same name as the selected file. Skip File: Skips to the next file. No action is taken on the current file. Skip All: Copies only the files whose names do not already exist in the target directory. F3 Move File(s) - copies selected file(s) to another disk or directory then deletes the selected file(s) from their original directory. If the selected file names already exist in the target directory, choose one of these options in the Move dialog box: Replace All: Replaces all files in the target directory that have the same names as the selected files. Replace File: Replaces the file in the target directory that has the same name as the selected file. Skip File: Skips to the next file. No action is taken on the current file. Skip All: Moves only the files whose names do not already exist in the target directory. Note: If you are copying or moving files to a floppy drive and the target disk becomes full, you are given the option to replace the target disk with another formatted disk. DualTools will continue to copy or move files from where it left off. I use this feature to copy large directories onto more than one floppy disk. F4 Rename a File - change the name of a file without changing the location of the file. Page 6 of 17 F5 Delete File(s) - deletes a single file or a group of files at once, even if the files are marked with read only, system, and hidden attributes. The File Delete dialog box appears with the name of the first file selected. Choose one of the commands. Delete: Deletes the file listed. Next File: Skips this file and displays the next file(if more than one file is selected). Delete All: Deletes all files selected, without individual confirmation(if more than one file is selected). F6 DualFile - Run the DualFile program Place the highlight cursor bar on the file you wish to view, edit, print, encrypt, decrypt, ect. and press F6. You will be returned to DualTools when you exit DualFile. F7 Run - Execute a file Place the highlight cursor bar on the file you wish to execute and press F7. You will then be asked for Switches, For example, to run MEM.EXE with full information you would type /C|MORE. The /C tells DOS that you want full information and the |MORE tells DOS to pause when the screen is full. If the program does not require switches, press Enter. F8 Rename Directory - renames a directory with one step. 1. Select the directory you want to rename. Press Enter 2. Type the new directory name and extension. Press Enter NOTE: You cannot rename the root directory. F9 Make Directory - Adds a new directory. 1. Select the directory to which you want to add another directory. Press Enter. 2. Type the new directory name and extension. Press Enter. The new directory appears in the Tree List as a subdirectory of the selected directory. Page 7 of 17 F10 Delete Directory - deletes a directory. 1. Select the directory you want to delete. Press Enter 2. You will asked to confirm the action. NOTE: You cannot delete the root directory. Alt+F1 - Shell to DOS Suspends DualTools and takes you to the DOS command line. Type EXIT to return to where you left off in DualTools. Alt+F2 - File Comment Inorder to create a file comment or view a file comment : 1) The file filter must be set to \*.* (the default) 2) If you are adding, changing or deleting a comment, the sort order must be set to Name. (Alt+ N) File comments can be 1 to 66 characters long. To write a comment, use the movement keys to position the highlighted bar on the desired file and press Alt+F2. Then type your file comment and press Enter. To change a file comment press Alt+F2 and type in a new file comment. A file named DUALNOTE will be created in directories with file comments. Dualfile automatically deletes DUALNOTE when the last comment is erased from a directory. To erase a comment, use the movement keys to position the highlighted bar on the desired file and press Alt+F2, Then clear the present comment and Press Enter. Alt+F3 - Color Options (1) PCT Version 8 EGA/VGA" (2) PCT Version 8 LCD # 2" (3) PCT Version 7 EGA/VGA" (4) PCT Version 6 EGA/VGA" (5) Water Wings EGA/VGA" (6) DESQview CGA default" Page 8 of 17 Alt+F4 - Prune and Graft (Copy a directory and it's subdirectory(s) and files to a new location and then delete the directory and it's subdirectory(s) and files at the original location.) (1) Choose Prune and Graft by holding down the Alt key and pressing the F4 key. (2) Select the directory you want to move and then press the Enter key. (3) Select where you want to move the the directory and then press Enter key. The directory will be made a subdirectory of the selected directory. Alt+F5 - Graft (Copy a directory and it's subdirectory(s) and files to a new location.) (1) Choose Graft by holding down the Alt key and pressing the F5 key. (2) Select the directory you want to move and then press the Enter key. (3) Select where you want to move the the directory and then press Enter key. The directory will be made a subdirectory of the selected directory. Alt+F10 - Prune (Delete a directory and it's subdirectory(s) and files in each directory and subdirectory) (1) Choose Prune by holding down the Alt key and pressing the F10 key. (2) Select the directory you want to delete and then press the Enter key. (3) You are asked to confirm the operation by pressing the " Y " key. Alt+A - Change File(s) Attribute (A) Archive: Means the file has been changed and should be backed up during the next backup session. (S) System: The file is invisible and is not listed when you use the DOS DIR command. (H) Hidden: The file is invisible and is not listed when you use the DOS DIR command. (R) Read Only: You can only read the file, you cannot make any changes. This attribute protects the file from accidental modification, such as renaming or erasing it. Page 9 of 17 DualTools displays all (A), (S), (H), (R) Attributed Files. Type in the attributes you want attached to the file(s) then press Enter. To clear a file(s) of all attributes don't type anything just press Enter. ********************** WARNING *********************** You should not change the attributes of copy-protected files or system files. Changing these attributes can result in applications not running or your hard disk not booting. Alt+C - Clear All Marked Files Alt+D - sorts the directory by date (oldest first) Alt+E - alphabetizes the directory by extension Alt+F - Select Files, using a Filter You can use a filter to define which files are listed. For example, *.* matches all files and shows the entire directory, but *.COM matches and lists only files with an extension of COM. Alt+I - System Information ( DTSI.EXE ) Only available on AT computers, includes DOS, video, disk drive and memory information. You can use system information from the DOS command line by typing, DTSI Alt+L - Make List File Creates a file containing a list of all marked files showing the drive, directory and filename. Alt+M - Mark All Files Alt+N - alphabetizes the directory by name (default sort) Alt+O - turn all sorting off Alt+S - orders the directory by file size (smallest first) Alt+V - Rename Volume Label Renames or if the volume has no label it creates one. A volume label can contain 11 characters and can contain spaces but no tabs. Do not use any of the following characters in a volume label: * ? / \ | . , ; : + = [ ] ( ) & ^ < > " Page 10 of 17 Alt+W - Change File(s) Time/Date Time is setup to accept the format, hour:minute am or pm Example to set ten forty two pm you would type 10:42P Date is setup to accept the format, month-day-year Example to set July tenth nineteen ninety three you would type 07-10-93 Alt+Z - Archive catalog ( DTAC.EXE ) Without unarchiving an archive, View a directory of the files contained in the archive. The supported archives are the ARC, ZIP, LZH, PAK and ZOO formats. To select an archive, place the highlighted cursor bar on the archived file and press the Alt+Z key combination. The directory listing contains the name, size, date and time for every files contained in the archive. You may save or append the archive directory listing to ARCLIST.TXT. Press the F3 key to save one directory listing to ARCLIST.TXT or press the F8 key to append multiple listing to ARCLIST.TXT. - PCX file viewer (PC Paintbrush files) The PCX viewer only works with EGA and VGA screen displays and does not work with PCX files created with CGA graphics. To select the PCX file, place the highlighted cursor bar on the file with a PCX extension and press the Alt+Z keys. The Esc key cancel the viewer, any other key changes the background color of the screen. You can use the archive viewer from the DOS command line by typing, DTAC /archive file name. Help Screen ------------- F2 Copy marked file(s) Alt+F10 Prune directory(s) F3 Move marked file(s) Alt+A Change file(s) attributes F4 Rename a marked file Alt+C Clear all marked files F5 Delete marked file(s) Alt+D Sort files by date F6 Execute DualFile Alt+E Sort files by extension F7 Execute a file Alt+F Show files, using a filter F8 Rename a directory Alt+I System information F9 Make a directory Alt+L Make a list file F10 Delete a directory Alt+M Mark all files Alt+N Sort files by name Alt+F1 Shell to DOS Alt+O Turn sorting off Alt+F2 Comment a file Alt+S Sort files by size Alt+F3 Color options Alt+V Rename volume label Alt+F4 Prune & Graft dir.(s) Alt+W Change file(s) time & date Alt+F5 Graft directory(s) Alt+Z Archive catalog/PCX viewer When using the keyboard, the tab key or the space bar key will change the active window. To switch drives use a Ctrl+ drive letter key combination. When using a mouse, click anywhere in the window you want to activate, or click on the letter of drive you want to select. The directory commands are active when the directory tree window is selected. The file commands are active when the file window is selected. Page 11 of 17 GETTING STARTED with DUALFILE ------------------------------- To launch DualFile, at the DOS prompt, type DF All of the standard editing keys are supported. For example, Home and End move to the beginning and end of the line, the PgUp and PgDn keys scroll the screen by pages, and Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn move to the first and last lines of a file. The cursor may also be moved to the top or bottom of the edit window with the Ctrl-Home and Ctrl-End keys. The current file is marked by a highlighted arrow symbol. To select a menu: Mouse - Click on the top line of the screen. Keyboard - 1. Press ALT. The first menu name,File, is selected. 2. Press the LEFT ARROW OR RIGHT ARROW key to move the selection cursor to the menu you want, and then press ENTER. Or type the first letter of the menu name. To choose a command: Mouse - Click the command you want. Keyboard - Press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key to select the command you want, and press ENTER. Or press the highlighted letter in the command name. If a command does not have a highlighted letter, you must perform an action before you can use it. For example, you must select some text before you can use the CUT command. You can also choose some commands by using shortcut keys. If a command has a shortcut key, it is displayed next to the command name on the menu. To cancel a menu without choosing a command: Mouse - Click anywhere outside the selected menu. Keyboard - Press ESC. Page 12 of 17 To select a item in the (Load file) dialog box: You can move from one area to another by pressing TAB. You can also use SHIFT+TAB to move in reverse order. If you're using a mouse, click the area you want to work in. Command buttons, such as OK and Cancel are located along the bottom of the dialog box. The OK button carries out the command and closes the dialog box. When the angle brackets around the OK button are highlighted, you can press ENTER to carry out the command, or click the OK button. The Cancel button cancels the command and closes the dialog box. There are three ways to cancel a command: by using TAB to select the Cancel button and pressing ENTER; by pressing ESC; or by clicking cancel button. Block Commands ---------------- Blocks are marked with any of the Shift-Cursor keys. Notice that blocks may also be marked using a combination of the Shift AND Ctrl arrows to jump by whole words. To mark a block in sentence mode, place the cursor at the beginning of the block and press the Shift-Right arrow key. The marked block will be highlighted as the cursor travels over the text. Alternately, entire lines may be marked by placing the cursor at the desired starting point and pressing the Shift-Down arrow key. To mark a column, place the cursor at the upper left corner of the block and press the Shift-Right arrow key until the highlight extends to the desired right edge. Then, press Shift-Down until the bottom of the block has been reached. Regardless of which marking mode is used, the block will be captured as soon as the Ctrl-Ins keys have been pressed. If the Shift-Del keys are pressed the block will be saved and then deleted. IF ONLY THE DEL KEY IS PRESSED THE BLOCK IS DELETED AND `` NOT SAVED ''. To paste the block from the buffer, press the Shift-Ins keys. If you have two files loaded, and you want to paste between them, use the F5 Key to Switch files and then paste accordingly. NOTE: Some keyboards on XT/AT computers may require you to use the keypad Ins Key and have the NumLock set to off, Ect. Some Mono screen modes require changing the back round color so the marked text will be visible. Page 13 of 17 Main Menu Selections ---------------------- File: Load file - with no files loaded, the file fills the entire screen. - with one file loaded, the second file is displayed in the bottom half of the screen. - with two files loaded, the current file is closed and the new file will take it's place. (F2) Create file - creates a new file. Edit file - start editing the current file. (F4) View file - save the current file and return to the viewer. Backup file - makes a copy of the current file under a new name for example a file named "WORK.DOC" will be saved as "WORK.~DO" or if the file was named just "WORK" then the backup files name would be "WORK.BAK" If some time later you wanted to delete "WORK.~DO", then from the DOS prompt type the command DEL WORK.?DO or use DualTools to delete the file. Rename file - rename the current file. Delete file - deletes the current file. Save - saves the current file. Save & Quit - saves the current file and returns to the viewer.(F3) Save As - saves the current file with a specified name. Timed Save - allows automatic file saves, default is ten minutes. The timer can be set from one to ninety nine minutes. Setting the timer to zero turns Timed Save off. Print file - prints the entire current file.(F10) Find file - locates specified file(s) anywhere on your disk. Is a complete directory searching program that will search through all directories on a disk, no matter how deeply nested and display all of the files that match a given specification. Locate File first asks for a file specification such as "C" and *.* and then searches all of the directory levels on the disk for files that match the spec. Information - shows date, time, size in bytes, number of words, number of lines and Attribute for current file. Exit - end the program. Page 14 of 17 Edit: Switch Files - use with two files loaded, moves editing window from one file to the other file. (F5) FlipWindows - change screen layout, with four different views. (F7) Plain - toggles between plain and fancy edit screens. Abandon - Abandons all file changes since the last time the file was saved. Word wrap - starts a new line when a new word is started beyond the current length for word wrap setting. Tab spaces - sets the number of spaces the cursor will move when the tab key is pressed. View: FlipWindows - change screen layout, with four different views. (F7) Sync. Windows - lets you scroll two files at once. Un-Sync. Windows - scroll one file. Print: Print file - prints the entire file. (F10) Block Print - print only the block of text marked on the screen. Port - let you assign printer ports one, two or three. Copies - number of copies of one particular printing job. Quality - each character is struck twice to improve the quality. Underline - under line all text, struck twice when used with NLQ. Double Space - double space the text lines. Display: 25 Line Mode - can be used with all monitors. 43 Line Mode - EGA or VGA monitors. 50 Line Mode - VGA monitors. Color Options - 127 color combinations. Page 15 of 17 Utility: Time/Calendar - 6 month calendar with the current time. (F8) Calculator - does addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, it can also send its output to the printer. (F9) ASCII Chart - presents a table of ASCII characters and allows you select any one character for inclusion in your file. The selected character will be place at the current cursor location. A selection is made by using the arrow keys or mouse to move the cursor to the desired character field, and then pressing Enter or the left mouse button. The PgUp and PgDn Keys may also be used to move the cursor diagonally, and Home or End will move the cursor to the first or last character respectively. Pressing a character key will place the cursor on that character. Guardian: Encrypt File - use a password to encrypt the current file. Decrypt File - use your password to decrypt the current file. Any type of file may be encrypted and then decrypted with DualFile, however you should not encrypt, copy-protected files or files essential to the operation of your computer, including .SYS files and the COMMAND.COM file. To prevent the unauthorized use of a particular program, you can encrypt it, even if the program has a COM, EXE, and BAT extension. However, you will have to decrypt the file later for your own use. DualFile creates and maintains the text file DF.PAS, which contains the drive, directory, filename, password, time and date, for all files that are encrypted or decrypted. DF.PAS can be read by any text editor or by using the DOS TYPE command. If you decide to delete DF.PAS (FIRST MAKE A HARD COPY of DF.PAS) as all the passwords for previously encrypted files will be lost. Guardian has no back door or master key. Losing your password can cause irretrievable loss of you data. Options: Lock in Current Settings - saves all of the current settings for the screen, printer and the editor in the file DF2.CNF Help: Viewer - Help (F1) Editor - Help (F1) Page 16 of 17 -------------------------------------- Registration and Payment Form -------------------------------------- With Registration you will receive the DualTools 1.6 Pro Software Package You will be notified of future updates. Updates are FREE, except for a mail and diskette charge of $5.00 US/CAN ($8.00 US Overseas). Please fill out a new form for each copy of DualTools that you purchase or in the case of a company, supply me with a list of the departments involved. This information and a unique serial number are written into each copy of DualTools. Date: _________________ Name: _______________________________ Title: _______________________ Company: ____________________________________________________________ Department: _________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________ City: _______________________________________________________________ State/Prov/Country: _______________________________ Zip: ____________ Phone Work: (_____) _____ - _______ Home: (_____) _____ - _______ +--------+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+ | Num. | | Cost US | Cost CAN | Total | | Copies | DualTools 1.6 Pro. | per unit | per unit | Cost | +========+==========================+==========+==========+=========+ | | 1 Software Package | $20 US | $25 CAN | | |-----------------------------------+----------+----------|---------| | | 2-9 Software Packages | $18 US | $23 CAN | | |-----------------------------------+----------+----------|---------| | | 10-25 Software Packages | $16 US | $20 CAN | | +--------+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+ | Shipping Cost if Overseas, add $3.00 US | | +================================================+=========+ TOTAL | | Please indicate diskette format [ ] 5.25 +=========+ and the number of each type. 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