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- Substitute 1.5
- ©1994-95 by Rocco Moliterno
- (send comments to: moliterno@pmn.it)
-
- What is Substitute?
-
- •Substitute 1.5 is a file utility.
- Substitute 1.5, like Substitute 1.0 already, is able to copy, move, rename,
- delete files. But now Substitute 1.5 can also lock/unlock files and is able to
- make full aliases. Substitute 1.5 has also, since version 1.0, improved ability
- to move files: it moves, now, even locked files and remove, optionally, files
- with the same name, present in the new location (if the already present file in
- the new location is unlocked, otherwise Substitute 1.5 returns error -45).
- Should someone desire the deletion of locked files, please ask me; however I
- discourage this: security is very important!
- If you want to move and rename a locked file, Substitute 1.5 moves it but
- leaving the original name.
-
- Be careful: if you want to move and rename a locked file and, in the new
- location, a file with old name already exists, Substitute 1.5 leaves everything
- untouched: you were clearly kidding!
-
- •Substitute 1.5 is an info utility.
- Substitute 1.5, like Substitute 1.0 already, gathers information about files
- and changes their attributes (type, creator, various flags, etc...).
- But Substitute 1.5 returns more informations : file name, size, creation and
- modification date/hour, lock state. With reference to flags setting, now you
- can copy some type or some creator (or both) belonging to another file.
-
- All these abilities are located in the menu "Special" and in the window
- "Main Window".
-
- •Substitute 1.5 is a Drag&Drop utility.
- Substitute 1.5 supports Drag&Drop of multiple files: after dragging, a window
- will appear returning the dragged files number, the current file and the
- available operation. When only one file remains (or if only one file has been
- dragged), after its performance Substitute 1.5 quits. Otherwise you may go in
- the Main Window.
-
- Remember: Substitute 1.5 works only with files, not with folders or disks.
- Moreover, if you try to open an Alias Substitute 1.5 will open the original.
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- •Substitute 1.5 is a format utility.
- Substitute 1.5, like Substitute 1.0 already , is able to format and to verify
- 800 & 1440K diskettes with a "verification only" option available.
- But Substitute 1.5 is able to format 400k in addition to 800k and 1440k.
- Substitute 1.5 allows even the catalog only deletion, with 400k, 800k & 1440k
- verification and initialization option.
-
- Be careful: if you want to format/initialize a 1440k diskette, whit 400k option
- checked, the result will be a 1440k diskette. If you want to format/initialize
- a 1440k diskette, whit 800k option checked, the result will be error -50.
-
- Now when the window "Substitute Format" is called and if a diskette is already
- inserted, it is not ejected, but only unmounted. You can eject the inserted
- diskette with the "Eject" button.
- Every operation is performed on the disk drive selected by the proper radio
- button (external or internal).
- The window "Substitute Format", now, does not close itself automatically, but
- only through the "Exit" button.
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- •Substitute 1.5 is a Finder replacement for emergency diskette.
- With the release of System 7 the capability to fit more applications in
- an emergency diskette disappeared: the free space left by System and Finder is
- indeed too small. Substitute 1.5 can efficently replace the Finder (remember
- to change Substitute's name to "Finder"...). From the menu "File", you can
- launch all the applications and the Desk Accessories you want. From the
- "Substitute" menu, by selecting "Add Application..." or "Add Desk Accessory..."
- you can add up to ten Applications and/or Desk Accesories, and launch them from
- the menus "Applications" & "Desk Accessories".
-
- Well, many people have written to me they have problems in booting their
- Macintosh with Substitute...A little clarification: the System launches any
- application named Finder, without any check. The same applies to Substitute. If
- you put System & Substitute 1.5 in the System Folder you can't reboot, because
- Substitute 1.5 is not a real Finder, it is only a substitute!!! So for
- rebooting you must place, on the emercency diskette, only System & Substitute
- 1.5 (and the likely System Enabler) without System Folder (that is: at the root
- level).
- (Oh...well, to make a short story long, I should also remind you about this:
- it is possible, after changing Substitute's name to "Finder", to set type and
- creator to 'FNDR' and 'MACS'. In this case System & Substitute 1.5 must be
- placed in the System Folder and it will be possible to exploit the potentiality
- of extensions and controls. A caveat: it will not open controls and every time
- you quit Substitute 1.5, the System will relaunch it, just as the real Finder.
- This is because I did not insert, in Substitute 1.5, a Shutdown procedure
- (Substitute 1.5 must be small). Should you want a Shutdown procedure, drop me a
- line...).
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- The Menu "System" allows you to see which resources are currently installed in
- the System...
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- Substitute 1.5 requires at least System 7 to run!
-
- Substitute 1.5 has been tested on my Macintoshes: Powerbook 145, LCIII,
- Classic. Also it has been tested on Macintosh Quadra 700, LC(Quadra)630, Duo
- 210, Duo 280c, IIci. The testing has been performed with System 7.1 & 7.5. The
- usage as Finder replacement has been tested only with System 7.1.
-
- Substitute 1.5 would like to have many more options, such as the HD
- formatting or scanning and mounting SCSI peripherals. This options will maybe
- be present in future releases, but you do not rely on this: Substitute 1.5 must
- stay small, small...
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- What is my profession? I am a workman rather skint with three Mac and a
- daughter to provide for; so the money is always insufficent, as is the time I
- should reserve to my child, spent in front of the monitor. So, unfortunately,
- Substitute 1.5 is SHAREWARE: if you like Substitute 1.5 or if you use
- Substitute 1.5 (please!) send me US$ 5 for registration to the following
- address:
-
- Rocco Moliterno
- v. Luserna di Rorà 23
- 10139 Torino
- Italy
-
- (well, if you don't have 5$ send me 4$ or 3$ or 2$ or 1$ or a postcard or a
- magazine or a thought or a smile...)
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- Thanks for support to:
- Carla "The Stylist" Bidone & Lucilla "The Leader" Moliterno.
- Thanks for help to:
- Alessandro "The Doctor" Giolitti, Alberto "The Priest" Novelli, Giovanni "The
- Bear" Rava & Giorgio "The Guitar Hero" Avezza.
- A special thanks to:
- Fabrizio "The Guru" Oddone of having tolerated my telephone calls in the tiring
- days evening, during dinners, and having always rendered adequate answer to my
- questions...
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- Disclaimer:
- Substitute shouldn’t cause any damage, but you must use it at your own risk
- (if you are a real Mac user). As an independent, poor and innocent software
- developer, I can make no warranties whatsoever on it.
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- Version history:
- 1.5: Added Drag&Drop of multiple files, lock/unlock, alias creation.
- Increased the achievable informations number, and added the copy of type or/and
- creator of another file option.
- Improved the ability to move lock files.
- Added, moving a files, the substitution of files with same name option.
- Added, for DD diskettes, the 400k or 800k format option.
- Added the erase catalog skill with verification and initialization option (also
- 400k or 800k for DD diskettes).
- Improved the diskettes format treatment.
- Added the "Eject" button.
- Leave out the automatic exit from format window.
- Optimized many code's part.
- Minor changes.
-
- 1.0: 22-12-1994 First release.
-
- :-):-\:-|:-(:-<
-
- P.S. Don't worry, my ability in programming is better than my
- english........8-)
-