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- NEW FEATURES IN QFILER VERSION 3.2
- (August 10, 1991 -- version 3.2A)
-
- QFILER 3.2 is a major revision to QFILER versions 3.0-3.0E and
- 3.1-3.1Le which had previously replaced QFILER 2.x versions. The
- following features are new to version 3.2:
-
- MANUAL (documentation) COMPLETELY REWRITTEN:
- --------------------------------------------
- After nearly 3-1/2 years we have completely rewritten the QFILER
- manual and documentation. Changes made in the 3.1x series of 20
- revisions have been integrated into both the printed manual and
- on-disk documentation.
-
- LIST menu option changed to LINK:
- ---------------------------------
- The bottom menu option "List" has been renamed to "Link" to more
- clearly indicate the function of this menu choice -- which is
- that of providing links with external programs. LITLBOOK and
- FILECAT links have been removed from QFILER and are no longer
- supported in the "Link" submenu.
-
- UNDELETE added to Link Submenu:
- -------------------------------
- QFILER now supports UNDELETE.EXE supplied with DOS 5.0 or with
- Central Point PC-Tools. If UNDELETE is in a pathed directory, you
- may undelete files in the "current" QFILER subdirectory by
- pressing "L" (Link), "U" (Undelete).
-
- DOS 5.0 EDIT automatically used as file editor:
- -----------------------------------------------
- If you are using DOS 5.0 and wish to use EDIT, simply omit the
- QFED.BAT file and QFILER will link to EDIT automatically.
-
- XCOPY support added:
- --------------------
- If you wish to use DOS XCOPY to copy an entire directory, display
- the target directory on one side of the QFILER screen and the
- source directory on the other side. With the source directory
- the "current" directory, press CTRL-X and QFILER will call DOS
- XCOPY.
-
- Delete directory function added (QFDELDIR.EXE):
- -----------------------------------------------
- To compliment the new XCOPY support, you may now delete an entire
- directory -- including subdirectories, hidden and system files.
- If QFDELDIR.EXE is in a pathed subdirectory, you may press "D"
- (Delete) when a subdirectory is the "current" file. QFILER will
- call QFDELDIR, which reports complete statistics about the
- directory, then confirms you REALLY want to delete the directory.
-
- ARJ compressed file support added:
- ----------------------------------
- QFILER now supports Jung's ARJ compressed file format in addition
- to LZH, ZIP, PAK and ARC compressed file formats. Ctrl-A
- continues to work for all formats, while Ctrl-J supports ARJ
- explicitly. You must have a copy of ARJ.EXE in a pathed
- subdirectory.
-
- Additional networking changes implemented:
- ------------------------------------------
- In response to suggestions from both Novell and Banyan Vines
- system managers, a number of changes have been made to QFILER,
- including the addition of recognizing an QFPATH environment
- variable. You may now SET QFPATH=<TemporaryFilePath) to identify
- a subdirectory that QFILER may use for temporary files. QFLIST
- will also recognize the QFPATH environment variable.
-
- Other changes:
- --------------
- 1. A change was made in the way QFILER handles file attributes
- when copying to and from floppy disks, which results in
- faster copies.
- 2. Files with the archive bit set are now shown with a small
- dot next to the file time instead of the letter "a". Folks
- were often interpreting the "a" as AM. 'Course it's kinda
- hard to have a 20:30AM, but... oh, well, we DO listen to
- user suggestions.
- 3. You may now delete tagged read-only, hidden and system files
- -- with confirmation.
- 4. Pull-down menus now "wrap". In other words, if you are at
- the bottom of a pull-down menu and press the down-arrow, the
- first menu item is highlighted. If you are the top, and
- press the up-arrow, the last item is highlighted.
- 5. If QFILER is set to default to QFLIST (instead of Buerg's
- LIST) and QFLIST.EXE is not in a pathed subdirectory, QFILER
- will revert to Buerg's LIST. If LIST is not available, then
- you may not browse or view files.
- 6. When starting QFILER, you may include the command-line
- option /m=<filemask> so that QFILER will display only
- certain files when it runs. You may change the file mask
- when QFILER is running by pressing Shift-F10.
- 7. A registered version of QFILER shows a "registered" sign-on
- screen rather than the "shareware" sign-on screen.
- 8. QFILER stays at its affordable price: Just $20 for QFILER,
- or $30 for QFILER bundled with QFLIST. Supplied on a 3.5"
- disk for an additional $3. Both options include QFIND,
- QFDELDIR, and QFCFG. Quantity pricing and site licenses are
- available.
-