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- FILE FREEDOM 2.01 September 1998 DISTRIBUTION
- File Freedom is distributed electronically for the first time as
- Freeware. This is the latest code and there have been no limitations
- inserted or features removed.
-
- FILE LIST
- filefrdm.exe - program
- filefrdm.hlp - online help
- readme - this file
- WhatsNew - a list of new features and fixes
- Tutorial.doc - a short tutorial for File Freedom
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
- File Freedom is a very fast, powerful, 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.
-
- 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
-
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- First, from an OS/2 command line, unzip the File Freedom package
- into the desired subdirectory. Then, change to this directory and
- also from the command line, run File Freedom. It will create a
- desktop object of itself (look for two rough looking red "F"s) and an
- INI file in this same directory.
- No changes are made to the CONFIG.SYS file.
- Once the program is started press F1 for online Help. A Help
- screen is displayed and an overview of File Freedom (General Features)
- is the first section in Help. This also contains information on how
- to customize the look and functionality of File Freedom.
- Links to all areas of Help can be accessed following this section or
- from the Help Menu.
- Context-Sensitive Help is also displayed during any task by
- pressing F1.
-
- 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
-
- Via my web page at:
- http://www.kw.igs.net/~brhenry
-
- Via email at:
- 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.
-