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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// 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 2.66
//
// Last updated: September 5, 1994
//
// Copyright (c) 1994, ChaoSoft.
// All rights reserved.
//
// _______
// ____|__ | (R)
// --| | |-------------------
// | ____|__ | Association of
// | | |_| Shareware
// |__| o | Professionals
// -----| | |---------------------
// |___|___| MEMBER
//
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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 2.66.
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 this version
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
2.4. Restricting File Manager
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 this version :
----------------------------------
- confirmation to reset Quick Menu and Execute Menu is now asked;
Ver. 2.6 :
- Minor improvements made: you can now add separators to Quick
Menu and Execute Menu; Help window has no fixed size;
new [Restrictions] entries added; etc.
- Documentation updated.
Ver.2.5 :
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- some changes to documentation made and
- 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.x FREE. To register your copy of the FM
StepUp you can use the same Registration Number as you used for
ver.2.0.
After 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.
5. FREE BONUS (when we send you a disk only): a 800x600x256,
3-dimentional, ray-traced (very impressive!) *.bmp image of
ChaoSoft's logo (can be used as wallpaper on your Windows
desktop).
//////////////////////////////////////
//
// 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. You can also register via CompuServe (GO SWREG, ID#2949).
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 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 you 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 will
assign to 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 shall find a 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.
The 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!
2.3. Restricting File Manager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are a system administrator, you may find that FM StepUp
gives too much power to Windows users. That's why we made FM
StepUp able to restrict itself. With the FM StepUp you can also
restrict the user's access to some of the features of the File
Manager in the same way as you can do it for Program Manager.
To restrict File Manager, create file FMSTEPUP.SYS in the
WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, make the [Restrictions] section in that
file, and add desired boolean entries listed below to it.
Standard rules for specifying BOOLEAN entries of the WIN.INI
and SYSTEM.INI files apply here: 1/ON/TRUE/YES can be used
interchangeably to turn the mode on, 0/OFF/FALSE/NO - to
turn it off.
Note: settings affecting standard dialog boxes (By File
Type, Properties, Run, etc.) of File Manager require
corresponding dialog boxes be enabled through Preferences |
Dialogs command.
NoShowHiddenSysFiles=BOOLEAN
disables the Show Hidden/System Files check box in the By File
Type dialog box so that users will be unable to see any files
you don't want them to;
NoChangeFileAttrib=BOOLEAN
disables the Attributes group of the Properties dialog box and
prevents users from changing attributes of files, so that all
the files made hidden by you will remain hidden;
NoRun=BOOLEAN
disables OK button of the Run dialog box and prevents users from
running applications in this way (even if the executable file
itself is hidden);
NoOpen=BOOLEAN
prevents users from opening files and running programs via
File|Open command or double-click (this also completely disables
the association mechanism!)
NoSaveFMSettings=BOOLEAN
prevents users from saving the current settings of the File
Manager on exit or on choosing File|Exit while holding SHIFT key
(undocumented 'Save Settings Now' command);
NoCloseFileManager=BOOLEAN
prevents users from closing the File Manager (with some
limitations);
NoChangeFileDateTime=BOOLEAN
disables OK button in the Change Date/Time dialog and prevents
users from modifying these file attributes;
NoUninstallStepUp=BOOLEAN
prevents users from uninstalling the FM StepUp, i.e. if a user
modifies the WINFILE.INI and removes 'FM StepUp=' entry, this
entry will be added again by FM StepUp automatically when
exiting File Manager and FM StepUp will be loaded during the
next run of File Manager. To effectively use this feature, you
should use it in combination with NoCloseFileManager.
NoSaveStepUpSettings=BOOLEAN
prevents users from saving the current settings of the FM StepUp
on exit or on choosing File|Exit while holding SHIFT key
(undocumented 'Save Settings Now' command);
NoCustomizeExecMenu=BOOLEAN
prevents users from customizing the Execute Menu of the FM
StepUp;
NoDialogs=BOOLEAN
prevents users from using Preferences|Dialogs command;
NoCustomizeQuickMenu=BOOLEAN
prevents users from customizing the Quick Menu of the FM StepUp;
NoChangeViewerEditor=BOOLEAN
prevents users from changing the default viewer and editor
through the Preferences dialog box (so that they won't be able
to run undesirable programs even in this way!);
NoRunDOSprog=BOOLEAN
disables OK button in the Run DOS Program dialog box and
prevents users from using this command.
NoExitWindows=BOOLEAN
prevents users from using commands Return To DOS, Restart
Windows, and Reboot System from StepUp|Special menu. This does
not prevent, though, from exiting Windows by other means, via
closing Program Manager, for instance (unless you made File
Manager the Windows shell, of course, instead of Program
Manager). If you really want to keep users out from DOS, start
Windows from a *.bat file like this:
...
RunWindows:
C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM
goto RunWindows
...
NoRunScreenSaver=BOOLEAN
disables command StepUp | Special | Run Screen Saver.
NoDragDrop=BOOLEAN
disables Drag'n'Drop operations initiated within File Manager
(so that you won't be able to run programs even via dragging
them to Program Manager!)
-----------
My special thanks to David Davies for his suggestions and
patience!
-----------
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// 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
74634.2173@compuserve.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!