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- FILE FREEDOM 1.7 AUGUST 1997 DISTRIBUTION
- File Freedom is distributed electronically in a 30 Day Demo
- form that can be upgraded to a registered form with the
- addition of a registration number. During the Demo period,
- File Freedom functions fully without reminders or
- limitations.
-
- FILE LIST
- filefrdm.exe - program
- filefrdm.hlp - online help
- ffinstal.exe - installation program
- uninstal.exe - uninstall program
- orderfrm - direct registration order form
- BMTMicro.frm - BMT Micro registration order form
- readme - this file
- update.cmd - a Rexx script to update File Freedom
- WhatsNew - a list of new features and fixes
- Tutorial.doc - a short tutorial for File Freedom
-
- REGISTERING
- Full instructions are included in the online help for
- registering your copy of File Freedom. A blank order form
- suitable for printing is included with the file package.
- It is now also possible to register through BMT Micro via the
- internet, phone, fax or mail. See the BMTMicro.frm also
- included in the file package for details.
- Registration fee is $10.00.
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
- File Freedom is a fast, very inexpensive, PM file manager with
- an uncluttered, easy-to-use interface. It is designed to be a
- quick and efficient utility that requires a minimum of setup
- yet does not skimp on features. In fact, you will find in
- File Freedom such advanced features as the capability to look
- inside a zip file WITHIN a zip file and the ability to
- reorient the toolbar from vertical to horizontal (and back
- again) at the push of a button. It also provides two
- harmonious yet distinct methods of file management -
- Drag and Drop for those who prefer it, and an alternative
- method which is also fast and easy.
-
- If it suits your needs, this Demo form can be upgraded to a
- Registered form with the addition of a registration code
- available via Email, Fax or mail. It also comes with an
- Install Program that puts File Freedom on your Desktop quickly
- and easily. If you try File Freedom and it just doesn't suit
- your needs, an Uninstall Program is also included to make the
- test drive painless.
-
- In addition to the basic file operations such as copy, move,
- rename, delete and changing attributes, File Freedom also
- supports these features:
-
- * Create directories 'on the fly' with copy/move operations
- * Copy or Delete complete directory trees that contain files/sub-directories
- * Tree size in bytes at the press of a button
- * Auto-Scroll while selecting files with mouse
- * Create Desktop Objects from program files with single keystroke
- * Sliding windows
- * Toolbar - Verical/Horizontal/Hide
- * Dynamic Pushbutton descriptions on status bar
- * Pushbutton support for search tool (PMSeek)
- * Unlimited Third-Party Viewer support
- * Support for four User-Defined programs - OS/2-Windows-Dos
- * Support for Rexx scripts with Viewers and User programs
- * File Filters
- * Four different file views including detailed
- * Sort files by Age, Name, Date or Extension
- * Drag and drop colors and fonts
- * a Pushbutton for your favorite Editor - OS/2-Windows-Dos
- * Hot-Keys (Accelerator Keys)
- * Drag and Drop file management
- * Menu bar
- * Dynamic display of Total Files and Bytes Selected,
- Total Bytes Free on Source and Destination, File count
- * An internal Settings Notebook for configurable options
- * Context Sensitive Help
- * Integrated support for Info-Zip's Zip and Unzip utilities
- * One button Zipping of Files, Directory Trees and Drives
- * One button Unzipping
- * Unzip to New Directory created automatically with same name as zip
- * Built in Zip Viewer
- * even more
-
- UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS
- If you are currently a registered user of File Freedom, or
- currently trying out the Demo version, use File Freedom to
- Unzip the zip package to a temporary directory.
- After the files are unzipped, shut down File Freedom and then
- run the supplied UPDATE.CMD file which will prompt for the
- home directory and then copy over the pertinent files for you.
- The FILEFRDM.INI file will not be changed in this process.
-
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- First, from an OS/2 command line, change to the directory
- that contains the unzipped files. File Freedom can be
- installed in Demo mode simply by running the program from
- it's home directory, but in that case a Desktop Object will
- have to be created manually from a template. Using the
- installation program however, will copy the necessary files
- to the directory of your choice and create a Desktop Object,
- all in one easy step. No changes are made to the CONFIG.SYS
- file. If the directory does not exist, it will be created
- during installation.
- Installing the registration number also requires the use of
- the installation program. If registering, choose the the
- directory of your choice for installation. If the directory
- is the same as the directory a demo was installed in, all
- program settings will be preserved.
- Once the program is installed, double-click on the program
- Icon to start the program and press F1 once started. A Help
- screen is displayed and an overview of File Freedom is the
- first item in the Online Help. Links to all areas of Help can
- be accessed from there or from the Help Menu.
- Context-Sensitive Help is also displayed during any task by
- pressing F1.
-
- UNINSTALLING FILE FREEDOM
- In the event that, for whatever reason, it is desirable to
- remove File Freedom from your system, this is very easy.
- Simply run the UNINSTAL.EXE program from the directory that
- File Freedom has been installed into. It will remove the
- program related files, remove the Desktop Object and clean
- all references to itself from the OS2.INI file. At the end
- of this operation, the uninstall program itself must be
- deleted manually.
-
- GETTING INFO-ZIP's ZIP 2.1 and UNZIP 5.2
- File Freedom will only support versions of Info-Zip's
- compression /decompression set later than Zip 2.1 and
- Unzip 5.2. These can be found at various ftp sites but the
- latest versions (zip21x2.zip and unz520x2.exe) are always
- available at: ftp.uu.net/pub/archiving/zip
-
- VIEWERS
- By default, File Freedom is set to use the OS/2 multimedia
- viewers for examining multimedia files. Some may prefer
- other, more capable, viewers however. A very capable and
- fast freeware graphic viewer is GBMV written by Andy Key.
- It is available on Hobbes (hobbes.nmsu.edu) as
- "os2/graphics/gbm.zip". Many other freeware and shareware
- file viewers can also be found there.
-
- ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
- Thanks to Gordon Haff for writing Directory Freedom, a great
- file manager for Dos. Much of File Freedom's design was
- inspired by DF's power and ease of use.
-
- HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
-
- brhenry@kw.igs.net
-
- or
-
- Bruce Henry
- Red Paint Software
- 425 Hespeler Rd.
- Suite #209
- Cambridge, ON
- Canada N1R 8J6
-
- Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Bruce Henry
-
- FILE FREEDOM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND COMES WITH NO WARRANTY OF
- ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT WILL THE
- COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE
- USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-
- Thanks for trying File Freedom.
-