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[UPLOADER's note: UnLHarc this file onto a floppy and label the disk
CLICKDOS_II if you plan to use the install program.]
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ClickDOS II V2.00 - by Gary Scott Yates
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Revision: P
Copyright © 1990 Gary S. Yates
IMPORTANT! ClickDOS II is NOT public domain! See the distribution
notice in the file ClickDOS.doc.
Please read all of this file. It contains important information.
ClickDOS is my entry into the ever-growing number of "directory
utility" programs. I wrote the original ClickDOS primarily
because of my frustrations with other directory utility programs.
ClickDOS has been and continues to be a successful shareware
venture for me. I thank each and every person who has
contributed to the project. I hope you all have enjoyed using
ClickDOS.
If you are new to ClickDOS, I know that directory utilities are
a dime-a-dozen, but take a moment to look (and play with)
ClickDOS II. I think you will like it. Many others have found the
original program useful and I think this one is even better.
Here are some of the things which I think make ClickDOS II better
than other directory utilities:
- ClickDOS II is reasonably small (for what it does): 57K on
disk, 74K in memory while it is iconified, 110K while its window
is fully open.
- It uses a single window on the Workbench screen which can be
iconified so it doesn't gobble up your chip memory nor waste
memory with bells and whistles.
- It does not rely on other programs for most of its functions.
Type and Show functions, for example, are built-in. This makes
these functions much faster to use.
- ClickDOS II's data structures are dynamically allocated and it
uses Fast memory for everything it can. Therefore, it's very
memory efficient.
- ClickDOS II's gadget and mouse controls are, in my opinion,
very logical and easy to use.
This disk contains the latest and vastly improved second
generation of the ClickDOS utility - ClickDOS II version 2.00.
ClickDOS II V2.00 is a MAJOR upgrade of the popular ClickDOS II
V1.10. Just about every suggestion I have received has been
incorporated into ClickDOS II V2.00 along with many new features
which I have been planning for some time. I could not possibly
list all of the new features here. Therefore, I recommend to
everyone, even experienced users of ClickDOS, read the document-
ation thoroughly to see what ClickDOS II can do for you. Here
are some of the major enhancements to this version:
* User Defined-Gadgets!!! Yes, they are finally here and they
work!
* A volume selection requester
* Wild card support
* Enhancements to TYPE
* Improved data protection features
USE OF ARP.LBRARY
This version REQUIRES the V1.3 arp.library. If you received this
distribution of ClickDOS II V2.00 on an original distribution disk
from the author then the arp.library is included on this disk. If
you received ClickDOS II V2.00 in some other way including the
original distribution archive file from the author, you will have
to supply arp.library. You can find the arp.library on BIX,
PeopleLink, and Compuserve along with the full release of ARP.
The ARP license does not allow the arp.libary file to be
distributed in archive files.
ARP and arp.library are copyright 1987,1988,1989 by the authors
of ARP.
WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN
The following is a list of files which should have been on the
ClickDOS II V2.00 distribution disk or in the distribution archive
file.
Root directory:
ClickDOS_II ClickDOS_II.info
ClickDOS_II.doc ClickDOS_II.doc.info
ClickDOS_II_INSTALL ClickDOS_II_INSTALL.info
Read_Me_First! Read_Me_First!.info
ClickDOS.pic More
Pause ClickDOSDrawerIcon
Devs directory:
MountList
L directory:
null-handler
S directory:
startup-sequence ClickDOS-Startup
cd_install archivefix
C directory:
spawn spool
Oldversions directory:
ClickDOSV2.06 ClickDOS_IIV1.10
ClickDOS_IIV1.20
In addition the following files should be contained ONLY on the
original distribution disk but NOT with the distribution archive.
Libs directory:
arp.library
Arp1.3 directory:
The full release of arp in archived form.
C directory:
Arun
Archive directory:
CDIIV20P.ZOO
OLD VERSIONS
Included with this version of ClickDOS II are the previously
released versions of ClickDOS and ClickDOS II. If for some
reason you do not like the current version try one of the
previous versions. Please note that there are two versions of
ClickDOS which were released:
ClickDOS V2.04 and
ClickDOS II V1.00
which contained serious bugs. If you have either of these
versions you should replace them immediately. They are not
included with this distribution.
THE DISTRIBUTION ARCHIVE FILE
Obviously in you are reading this you have already unarchived the
archive file. Hopefully, you unarchived the archive file in a
directory by itself. If you did not do this, then I recommend you
make a new directory and unarchive the file again or copy all of
files which came out of the archive to this directory. Also, you
should be sure the directory where you unarchive ClickDOS II is
accessible from Workbench (i.e. has an icon) and that the disk
where you unarchived ClickDOS II has at least 200K of free space.
Once you have all of the unarchived files in such a directory then
you should do the following assignment:
ASSIGN ClickDOS_II: <directory where files are>
Now you should do a CD command as follows:
CD ClickDOS_II:
Now you need to execute the archivefix script file:
EXECUTE archivefix
The archivefix script will restore the directory structure needed
by the install program. When it is done you will have a new
directory called ClickDOS_II inside the directory where you
unarchived the archive file. This directory has an icon. If you
double click on this icon you will see the icons for the ClickDOS
II files. Finish reading this document then read at least the
beginning of the ClickDOS II documentation file. Then you can run
the install program as described in the ClickDOS II documentation.
The install will occur as described in the documentation except
that the arp.library file and Arun file will not be installed
because they are not included with the archive distribution due
to licensing reasons.
LAST MINUTE UPDATES, TIPS & HINTS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE MANUAL
* Even though the documentation says the full release of ARP will
accompany ClickDOS II this is only true of the disk
distribution. The full release of ARP is too large to include
with the archive distribution.
* Although it is not mentioned in the documentation the Arun
command is also installed into your C: directory by the INSTALL
script on the disk distribution only. While it is not required
by ClickDOS II, you will want to use this command if you start
ClickDOS II from the CLI. See the documentation for more
information.
* If you select a large number of files to copy, delete, or move
you can cancel these actions in progress by pressing the ESC
key. The action will be canceled when ClickDOS II finishes
the action on the current file.
* You can use ClickDOS II to rename a file to the same name but
with different case letters. For example:
RENAME clickdos_ii to ClickDOS_II
* You can use MakeDir to create directories in subdirectories of
the directory in a directory area by including the path to the
subdirectory. For example, if DOCS is a subdirectory of the
directory in area one, you can create a directory called
LETTERS in the directory DOCS by typing into the MakeDir
requester: DOCS/LETTERS.
* When ClickDOS II starts it makes RAM: its current directory.
So if you do any actions which refer to the current directory
they will access RAM:. This is of most significances to user-
defined gadget commands which may reference the current
directory. For example unarchiving a file into the current
directory will put the unarchived files in RAM:.
* To get the NewCLI action to open a new shell (rather than a
CLI) and have command line history work correctly you need to
make sure that if you specify a console definition after the
SHELL command in the ClickDOS-Startup, you specify the NEWCON:
device rather than the CON: device. NEWCON: is what gives
you command line history NOT NewShell. For example:
SHELL=NewShell CON:0/0/640/200/NewShell_Window;
will give you a new shell but you will not have command line
history. You must use:
SHELL=NewShell NEWCON:0/0/640/200/NewShell_Window;
to get command line history. Note, this is only true if you
are not using Conman. And, of course, you must have mounted
NEWCON:
* To get a CLI or shell started from ClickDOS II to have correct
paths you need to do the following based on how you start
ClickDOS II. If you start ClickDOS II from your startup-
sequence then place your path statements in your startup-
sequence BEFORE you start ClickDOS II. If you start ClickDOS
II from the Workbench then you must put your path statments in
the Shell-Startup or CLI-Startup files depending on if you
have ClickDOS II start a new shell or CLI. If you want to
be able to start ClickDOS II from your startup-sequence and you
want to be able to start ClickDOS II from the Workbench then
put your path statements in your startup-sequence AFTER the
command to start ClickDOS II and also put the path commands in
in the Shell-Startup or CLI-Startup files.
* If you specify a '~' as the prompt for a %f CRA then ClickDOS
II will NOT open a requester asking for the name of an item
if no items are selected. For example:
%f[f][~]
* This version of ClickDOS II will only allow 30 character file
and directory names, and 79 character comments to be entered
into requesters asking for such items. These are the current
AmigaDOS limits.
* If you start ClickDOS II with the -i option so that it comes up
iconified, ClickDOS II will NOT automatically activate its
window.
PRINTING THE ClickDOS_II.doc FILE
The ClickDOS_II.doc file is formated to print on any standard
eighty character wide, sixty-six lines per page printer. To print
it:
1. Make sure you have the margins in Preferences set to zero for
the left and eighty for the right.
2. Position your printer to the very first line on the page and
set the top of form (TOF). You can make sure that the top of form
is set correctly by turning the printer off and on. Some printers
have a TOF button on the front panel.
3. Copy the file to the printer using the command:
COPY ClickDOS_II.doc PRT:
or use the ClickDOS II PRINT action.