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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Help for TrashCan ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The TrashCan is an object for storing any objects you want to delete, but with
the ability of recovering, like the trashcan in your kitchen.
I created this WPS class, because I don't like the shredder originally provided
with the operating system. (It became dramatic after shredding some important
files... and the UNDELETE feature is ... !)
Feel free to test my TrashCan with your shredder!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for Shred ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use Shred to permanently delete the selected object.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Help for Restore ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use Restore to recreate the selected object in the folder it was contained
before trashing. To get information about the origin of a trash object use
Open-> Details of its context menu.
Note: This menu item may be not available if the object was trashed using other
methods than drag and drop on TrashCan (e.g. move-command on the OS/2 Prompt)!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for Empty ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use Empty to permanently delete all objects currently in TrashCan.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Help for Product information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use Product information to display the ownership information for TrashCan.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Help for General ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can change the name of TrashCan by typing a new name in the Title field.
For a detailed explanation of each field, select from the list below:
Title
Undo
Default
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Help for Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can adjust settings for the capacity and empty options for TrashCan using
this notebook page.
For a detailed explanation of each field, select from the list below:
Capacity
Empty trash on system startup
'Delete' support for WPS objects
Confirm on trashcan empty
Confirm on auto delete
Undo
Default
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Help for Icons ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can define your own or modify the existing icons for TrashCan using this
notebook page.
For a detailed explanation of each field, select from the list below:
Icons
Current icon
Create another...
Edit...
Find...
Undo
Default
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Help for Drives ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can select the drives to be supported by TrashCan using this notebook page.
For a detailed explanation of each field, select from the list below:
Available drives
Supported drives
Add
Remove
Undo
Default
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Help for Details ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use Details to get more information about the selected object.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Help for Trash Details ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This view gives you detailed information about a trash object. Available
details are:
Object Class Name of the class for the trash object.
Origin Name of the folder which contained the trash object before
trashing. This is the place where the object will be
recreated when you select Restore... from its context
menu. This information may be missing, if the object was
not put into TrashCan using drag and drop.
Total Size Amount of Kbytes the trash object uses, including size of
objects that may be contained in this trash object, like
in folders.
Time Stamp Information about date and time the object was trashed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Register ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this to register TrashCan. On successful completion all restrictions of
the unregistered version will be removed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Help for Title ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Title field displays the current name of TrashCan. This name is displayed
with the icon. Type in this field to change the title.
Your new title can be displayed on one or more lines below the icon. Press the
Enter key as you type a new title to indicate the start of a new line. You can
use any characters, including spaces, except the backslash (\).
You also can change the name of the object by typing a new name below the icon.
Note: If you select Default , the title is removed and replaced with the
predefined name of TrashCan.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Help for Capacity ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select No limit to keep as much trash as possible in TrashCan.
Select Limited to to set a limit for the trash to keep in TrashCan. If this
limit is reached, you have to empty TrashCan or to shred one or more objects
before you can put new trash into it. The icon of TrashCan will change to that
defined for the "Full state".
Use the spin button to select the capacity you want. It is possible to assign a
threshold from 1 Mbyte up to the overall capacity of all drives currently
supported by TrashCan.
Note: A real limit is always set by the free space on the supported drives!
If you select Auto delete on limit reach, TrashCan will delete automatically
the oldest objects it contains, on reaching the specified limit. So TrashCan
will never be "full". Objects are deleted, beginning with the oldest one, until
there is enough space for the new object(s) you want to insert.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Help for Empty trash on startup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Setting a check mark on Empty trash on system startup will destroy all objects
in TrashCan, every time you restart your operating system.
To prevent this, remove the checkmark.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Help for 'Delete' support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you set a check mark on 'Delete' support for WPS objects, choosing 'Delete'
from the pop-up menu of any object on your desktop will not destroy this object
but put it into TrashCan. This also works, if you press the Del key after
selecting an object (which generally would destroy the object).
Note: This option only effects objects on supported drives. Objects that not
reside on a supported drive will be deleted as usual.
To really destroy objects when selecting 'Delete', remove the checkmark.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Help for Confirm on trashcan empty ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Setting a check mark on Confirm on trashcan empty will show a prompting dialog
every time you want to delete the contents of TrashCan.
To empty the TrashCan without any confirmation, remove the checkmark.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Help for Confirm on auto delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Setting a check mark on Confirm on auto delete will show a prompting dialog
every time TrashCan wants to delete any objects automatically, in order to
adjust it's trash size to the capacity you specified.
If you want to use this feature, Limited to and Auto delete on limit reach in
the Capacity field must be checked.
To delete objects without any confirmation, remove the check mark.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Help for Icons ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use the three radio buttons in this field to switch the icon displayed in
Current icon.
What are the three possible icons?
1. The Empty icon is used, if there are no objects in the TrashCan.
2. The Not empty icon will be used, if there are any objects in the
TrashCan.
3. The Full icon you will see, if you selected a limited capacity in the
Options notebook page and this limit is reached.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Help for Current icon ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Current icon field shows, which pictures (icons) are used for the different
TrashCan states. To switch between the three possible icons use the Icons radio
buttons field in this notebook page. To change the icons you can use the push
buttons to the right of the Current icon field. Or you can change the icons by
dragging and dropping any objects onto the icon in the Current icon field.
Initially the icons are determined by TrashCan.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Help for Create another ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Create another to use the Icon Editor to make a new icon for the
currently displayed state of TrashCan.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Help for Edit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Edit, if you want to change the icon that is displayed in the Current
icon field.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Help for Find ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Find, if you want to search for a new icon. You may select one from all
found icons to change the just displayed in the Current icon field.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. Help for Available drives ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This box shows a list of supportable, but currently not supported drives.
To get support for a drive select it from this list and then select Add.
Note: Currently only drives on non-removable media are supportable by TrashCan.
All other drives will never be shown in this list.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Help for Supported drives ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This box shows a list of drives currently supported by TrashCan.
To exclude a drive from support select it from this list and then select
Remove.
Note: Only objects located on a supported drive will be stored, all other will
be generally destroyed when dropping on TrashCan. But before this you will get
a confirmation dialog, where you may cancel the action.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. Help for Add ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Add to set the currently selected drives in Available drives supported.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. Help for Remove ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Remove to exclude the currently selected drives in Supported drives from
support.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. Help for Undo ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Undo to change the settings to those that were active before this
notebook page was displayed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Help for Default ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Default to change the settings to those that were active when you
installed TrashCan.