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- DIRPRINT - directory contents printing utility for Windows 3.1.
-
- Author: Peter Rodwell
- Version: 1.10, 04/1993
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- Just copy the file to any convenient directory and set up Program
- Manager to display its icon, etc.
-
-
- STARTING DIRPRINT
-
- Your can start DIRPRINT in three ways:
-
- By double-clicking on its icon, in the normal way. In this
- case, DIRPRINT will display a panel showing the contents of
- the currently-selected directory (its own if this is the first
- time you have used it, or the directory which was selected
- when you last used it).
-
- By using the File Run command in Program Manager:
-
- a) By typing DIRPRINT's name (and path if necessary)
- without any parameters, in which case DIRPRINT will
- start up as though you'd double-clicked its icon.
-
- b) By typing DIRPRINT's name (and path if necessary)
- plus the path of the subdirectory you wish to print
- and optionally a file specifier for the files to be
- listed (e.g., "C:\DOS\*.EXE" - if no specifier is
- given, DIRPRINT automatically adds "*.*" to list all
- files). In this mode, DIRPRINT will start up as an
- icon and will immediately begin to print; when it
- finishes printing, it automatically terminates.
-
-
- OPERATION
-
- Clicking the "Dir" button opens a dialogue which allows you to
- move to another disk or dir. Double-clicking on a drive or dir
- name will immediately change disk/dir and re-display the main
- listing. This dialogue also allows you to change the file spec by
- editing the current spec shown in the edit box under the listing.
-
- Clicking on file names in the main directory listing "selects"
- them, a running count being displayed of the number of files
- selected and their total size. The "Select All" button selects all
- entries, while the "Deselect" button removes all selections. When
- one or more files are selected, the "Disks" button is enabled.
- Clicking this displays a dialogue which shows the total number of
- diskettes required to store the selected files on different
- diskette types.
-
- Clicking on the "Print" button starts printing. If files have been
- selected, you are offered the option of printing a listing of just
- the selected files or of all files. If either no files are
- selected or all are selected, printing starts immediately. A small
- printing dialogue box allows printing to be canceled.
-
-
- NOTES
-
- DIRPRINT can in theory handle directories with up to 4000 entries.
- Not having that many files in a single directory, I haven't tested
- it to that limit (which is an arbitrary limit to simplify things;
- in any case, I think that anyone who has more than 4000 files in
- a single directory should seriously consider reorganizing his/her
- hard disk!).
-
- The program creates a small configuration file, called
- DIRPRINT.GGG in the Windows subdir. It is highly unlikely that a
- file with this name already exists, but if this is the case, it
- should be removed before DIRPRINT is run for the first time.
- DIRPRINT will over-write any file with that name when it
- terminates.
-
- I "bolted together" this program from other stuff already written
- and I have tested it quite thoroughly without finding any
- problems. It runs fine on my system (a 33 Mhz Dell 486) with
- Windows 3.1 in standard VGA mode; I have not been able to try it
- with any other screen resolutions or with Windows 3.0. Printing
- works fine with my LaserJet IIIP with and without PostScript but
- that's the only printer I have, so it's the only one used for
- testing.
-
- If you find any bugs or have any suggestions for improvements,
- please let me know via CompuServe on 100023,2476.
-
- Finally, my thanks to Brian Livingston of "InfoWorld" for kindly
- commenting on DIRPRINT, making a number of useful suggestions
- and for designing the program's icon, infinitely better than
- my effort.
-
- The program is in the public domain, so feel free to do with it as
- you wish. Enjoy!
-
-
- Peter.
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