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POPFMT.COM (1) by M.Vassallo (Jan.1993)
Pop-Format: Smart Pop-up Formatter
What is it?.............Pop-Format is a TSR Formatter that gives you the
ability to Format *FLOPPY* Disks from within other
text screen applications or within DOS itself.
How does it work?.......Upon installation, Pop-Format will determine the
configuration of up to five drives. To keep things
simple (and small), the Pop-Format utility will
check drives A: through E: to see if A) they exist
and B) they are Floppy drives (Removeable Media).
If your disk system uses 5.25" or 3.5" drives with
either DOUBLE or HIGH densities in any of those
five drives, then the utility will install itself and
display a brief message.
This utility can format: 360K and 1.2 M - 5.25" disks
720K and 1.44M - 3.5 " disks
What are it's limits?...Pop-Format will NOT give you access to any Hard
Drives as a safety precaution. You will simply be told
that the non-removeable drives are not available. Also
note that Pop-Format will sense when the screen is in a
graphics mode and not display itself to avoid conflict
with your graphics programs. In keeping with the
Safe-To-Use style of programming that I prefer, I have
avoided allowing any other applications to carry on
while the formatter is active, they will simply be
suspended until the user presses ESC to exit the
utility. I have tried this program while running major
applications such as Word Perfect, Lotus, etc. and have
not found any problems with the utility but would
appreciate your feedback if you discover ANYTHING.
How do I use it?........At any time after the initial installation, the
Pop-Format utility can be accessed by holding down
the CTRL and ALT keys and pressing the "F" key.
Most of the keys to use are shown in the small
display window and all of them are listed below:
Up/Down arrows.. Any of these
-/+................ combinations will
8/2................... select a FLOPPY drive
PgUp/PgDn.......... to format by moving
Home/End........ the menu bar.
SPACE - Toggles between HIGH and DOUBLE density
formatting IF the selected drive can
handle both styles.
ENTER - Formats the selected drive.
ESCAPE- Clears the Pop-Up window and restores the
underlying text, colours (if applicable),
and cursor position but keeps the Pop-Format
utility in memory.
(2)
Any set-up needed?......There is no set-up required to tell the program
about your system so most people should be able to
get it running without too much instruction. Just
place POPFMT.COM in any directory or drive that you
can get to and type POPFMT at the DOS prompt. The
program does not require access to any disk files once
it has installed itself so it can even be installed
from a floppy if you wish. It is quite small (12.3 K)
but uses more room in memory (21.7 K). Since the
Pop-Format window is black on white, you will not need
to worry about MONO/COLOUR problems.
How do I De-Install?....If you need to pull Pop-Format out of memory to run
a very large application just type POPFMT OUT at the
DOS prompt. The program will recognize a few different
De-Installation command styles for your convenience.
ALL of the following work:
POPFMT OUT
POPFMT OFF
POPFMT REMOVE
POPFMT /REM
POPFMT /U
(/-+) Delimiters are accepted but not required
except with the /U option.
* Please note that POPFMT will sense when it is already running and will not
let more than one copy of itself reside in memory at one time. Also, you will
not have any problem trying to de-install it if it is not already resident
but for the sake of use from batch files etc., it will not default to
installing itself nor will it wait for a response by asking if you meant to
install rather than de-install.
Message from the Author: I hope that you find this little tidbit of use and,
although I don't honestly expect most people to feel compelled to reimburse
me for my time and effort, a small donation of, say five bucks? would
certainly make me feel that these projects are worth making. Again, thank you
for using this utility and please pass it on to whomever you think would
likely benefit from its use.
M.Vassallo (416)632-0878
660 Francis Rd.,Burlington
Ontario, Canada. L7T 3X7