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- FILE FREEDOM 2.0 June 1998 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 $20.00.
- Registration now entitles each purchaser to unlimited free
- upgrades. In other words, pay once only.
-
- The following list of businesses have agreements
- with BMT Micro, Inc.
-
- All resellers accept credit cards, checks, and payment
- in local currency and local currency methods.
-
- Berggreen Service
- Lodsgaarden A 111
- DK 2791 Dragoer
- Denmark
- 45 3253 7654 (Voice/Fax)
- berggreen@get2net.dk
- http://hjem.get2net.dk/berggreen/
- (Covering all of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.)
-
- Deckarm & Co
- OS/2 SoftwareShop
- Maxplatz 10
- 66386 St Ingbert
- Germany
- +49 68 94/92 93 94 (Fax)
- +49 68 94/92 93 0 (Voice)
- http://www.dco.net/
-
- Franklin Information Management
- aka BMT Micro Australasia
- PO Box 980
- Artarmon, NSW 2064
- Australia
- bmtaust@frankson.aus.net
-
- Indelible Blue
- http://www.indelible-blue.com/bmtmicro
-
- Mensys - Netherlands/Europe
- Crayenestersingel 65
- 2012 PG Haarlem
- The Netherlands
- 31-(0)23-548-2020 (Voice)
- 31-(0)23-548-2030 (Fax)
- mensys@euronet.nl
- http://www.mensys.nl
-
- Mensys Belgium bvba
- Oostmallebaan 7
- 2980 Zoersel
- Belgium
- Phone 32-(0)3-312-46-11
- FAX 32-(0)3-312-47-51
- Email: mensys@ping.be
- WWW: http://www.mensys.nl
-
- Minzloff Data
- 16 Leonhardsberg
- CH-4051 Basel
- Switzerland
- 41-61-261-4459 (Voice)
- 41-61-261-4451 (Fax)
- minzloff@minzdat.ch
- http://www.minzdat.ch
-
- OpenBlue Bt.
- Bosnyak u. 1./a III./3
- H-1145 Budapest
- Hungary
- 36-1-363-5875 (Voice)
- openblue@openblue.telnet.hu (General)
- shareware@openblue.telnet.hu (Shareware)
- http://openblue.telnet.hu/
-
- OS/2 Supersite
- http://www.os2ss.com
-
- TooSoft HB
- Box 4052
- 183 04 Taby
- Sweden
- 46-(0)8 732-3522 (Phone/Fax)
- toosoft@toosoft.se
- http://www.toosoft.se
-
- BMT Micro, Inc.
- PO Box 15016
- Wilmington, NC 28408
- USA
- 800-414-4268 (Voice - USA/Canada)
- 800-346-1672 (Fax - USA/Canada)
- 910-791-7052 (Voice)
- 910-350-2937 (Fax)
- bmt@bmtmicro.com (Inquires, general info)
- orders@bmtmicro.com (orders)
- bmtmicro (AOL, America Online)
- 74031,307 (Compuserve)
- HNGP66D (Prodigy)
- http://www.bmtmicro.com
- ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro
-
- 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 excels in file management
- and is also easy to use. Yet, it does not skimp on features.
- In fact, you will find in File Freedom advanced features not
- found in other file managers. It also provides two
- harmonious, yet distinct methods of file management:
- Drag and Drop for those who prefer it, and its native method
- which is quite fast and easy.
-
- To make it easy for you to decide if this is the file manager
- you need, it comes in a completely functional Demo form,
- without reminders or limitations, that works for a period of
- 30 days. An Install Program puts File Freedom on your
- desktop quickly and easily. 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. 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 advanced features such as the capability to look
- inside a zip file WITHIN a zip file, and configurable timers
- to automatically refresh the drive table and file folders if
- you are using File Freedom on a network. Other recent
- features include a system of Directory Bookmarks that allow
- quick access to frequently used directories, an Auto-Scroll
- implementation that speeds selecting or unmarking of files
- with the mouse, and an Append operation that allows text files
- to be joined together.
-
- A list of features is presented here:
-
- * Configurable Timers to allow automatic refresh of Drive Table and File Folders
- * Append text files to a master file.
- * Pop-up Menu
- * Dynamic display and writing of Volume Labels.
- * 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
- * Directory Bookmarks for quick access to frequently used directories.
- * Sliding windows
- * Toolbar - Verical/Horizontal/Hide
- * Dynamic Pushbutton descriptions on status bar
- * Pushbutton support for search tool (PMSeek or User-Defined)
- * Unlimited Third-Party Viewer support
- * Support for eight 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 in Ascending or Decending order
- * 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 and a fast native alternative
- * 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
- 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
- (zip21x2.zip and unz520x2.exe) but the latest versions 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) 1996,1998 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.
-