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| | | SERVICES | version 2.0 | | Written and Developed | by | Lawrence Stone | | Copyright (c) 1988, 1989 | by | Lawrence Stone Research Group | | | | | | Published by | | LSRGroup | P.O. Box 5715 | Charleston, Oregon 79420 | U.S.A. | | Telephone: (503) 888-9716 (voice & modem) | | Electronic Messages: | | Marshfield Exchange BBS 152/18 | or | Quik_BAS Conference | | | Copyright (c) 1988, 1989 by Lawrence Stone Research Group All rights reserved Published in the United States of America Trademarks The following trademarks are used throughout this document. Whenever you come across them, please remember that they are the registered trademarks of the companies shown below. IBM, IBM PC, IBM PC XT, and IBM PC AT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Phoenix BIOS is a trademark of Phoenix Software Associates, Ltd. MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. PKARC, PKXARC, PKPAK, PKXPAK are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc. LIST or LIST.COM , when referenced as a specific program name, is a trademark of Vernon D. Buerg. FLUSHOT is a trademark of Software Concepts Design page 3 License/Disclaimer A. License This version of SERVICES is NOT public domain or free software, but is being distributed as "shareware" or "user supported" software. SERVICES is Copyright (c) 1988, 1989 by LSRGroup. Non-registered users of this software are granted a limited license to make an evaluation copy for trial use on a private, non-commercial basis, for the express purpose of determining whether SERVICES is suitable for their needs. At the end of this trial period, you should either register your copy or discontinue using SERVICES. This means that if you are regularly using this program, i.e., more than once or twice, then you should pay for your copy. SERVICES registration entitles you to use the program on any and all computers available to you, with the following restriction: If other people have access to this program or may use it on a regular basis, then you must purchase a site license. All users are granted a limited license to copy SERVICES for the trial use of others, subject to the above limitations. This license does NOT include distribution or copying of this software package: 1. In connection with any other product or service, except for PKware's file compression programs and LIST.COM, if distributed as shareware. 2. For general use within a company or institution. 3. For any consideration other than a modest "disk fee". 4. In any manner if the file containing the full documen- tation (this document) is not included in the distribu- tion or, is modified in any way. 5. In any manner if any of the files or programs included in this package have been modified in any way. Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (SysOps) are encouraged to post SERVICES for down loading by their users, as long as the above conditions are met. If you are a distributor of a public domain or user-supported soft- ware library, then you may be eligible to distribute copies of SERVICES. You must meet all the above conditions and acquire written permission from LSRGroup before doing so. Registration entitles you to free update notifications, reduced costs for major revisions of SERVICES, free updates for minor revisions, and a free copy of SERVICES, "b" version. The "b" version of SERVICES will unload itself from your computers memory (except for about five Kbytes) when it runs any of your other programs (requires DOS 3.0 or newer). page 4 B. Disclaimer Use of this program acknowledges this disclaimer of warranty: "This program is supplied as-is. LSRGroup disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness of this program for any purpose. LSRGroup assumes no liability for damages direct or consequential, which may result from the use of this program." C. Corporate Site Licenses/Quantity Purchases All corporate, business, government, agencies of government, or other commercial users of SERVICES must be registered. Quantity discounts and corporate or site licensing is available. Call or write LSRGroup for quantity discount pricing. All orders must include check or money order. page 5 Table of Contents Trademarks ....................................................... 3 License/Disclaimer .............................................. 4 A. License ................................................. 4 B. Disclaimer .............................................. 5 C. Corporate Site Licenses/Quantity Purchases .............. 5 Table of Contents ............................................... 6 I. Introduction ............................................... 7 A. Product Description ..................................... 7 B. Limitations ............................................. 7 C. System Requirements ..................................... 8 D. Getting Started ......................................... 9 1. First thing to do .................................... 9 2. Installing SERVICES on your hard drive ............... 9 3. Modifying your AUTOEXEC.BAT's PATH command ........... 10 II. Notes and Tips ............................................. 12 1. The first time ........................................... 12 2. Typing file names ........................................ 12 3. File Protection .......................................... 12 4. Invalid drives ........................................... 12 5. Erasing files designated as Protected .................... 13 6. Erasing Password from SETUP_S.EXE ........................ 13 7. Forgot your password ..................................... 13 8. Directory names with extensions .......................... 13 9. Exiting Menus ............................................ 13 10. Viruses .................................................. 13 III. Registration Form .......................................... 14 IV. Special Note ............................................... 15 page 6 I. Introduction A. Product Description SERVICES is VERY FAST! SERVICES LOADS QUICKLY, and RAPIDLY EXECUTES your COMMANDS. SERVICES is a MULTI-FUNCTIONED, file, archive, directory and hard disk manager. SERVICES is designed for POWER users. SERVICES uses PULL-DOWN and PULL-UP MENUS for ease of use. SERVICES allows for EASY EXECUTION of all MS-DOS commands. SERVICES directly integrates with PKARC/PKXARC or PKPAK/PKUNPAK for FAST FILE COMPRESSION. SERVICES makes direct use of Vernon D. Buerg's LIST.COM, allowing you to SCROLL through ANY ASCII or BINARY FILE. SERVICES can be PASSWORD PROTECTED. SERVICES can be instructed to PROTECT FILES from accidental erasure while they reside within their designated directory(s), without setting any Read-Only attributes. SERVICES offers a WIDE RANGE OF MENU OPTIONS not found in other file and directory managers. B. Limitations SERVICES is limited to/by the following: > 8 levels of directories, 100 directories per levels 1 to 4, 50 directories for levels 5 to 8, for a maximum of 600 directories per disk. (You can have more than that, SERVICES just won't read beyond these figures.) > 855 files per directory for a maximum of 513,000 files per disk. (You can have more than that, SERVICES just won't read beyond 855 files per directory.) > 240 files within any archived file. Files within an archive can also be archived files consisting of 240 files each for a total of 57,600 files per archive. page 7 C. System Requirements > An IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or close compatible. > PC-DOS or MS-DOS 2.11 or later. > Phoenix BIOS or close compatible. > 80 column monitor. > 225,000 bytes available RAM (large systems may require more RAM). page 8 D. Getting Started 1. First thing to do: When you receive this package, you should immediately make a copy of the original diskettes in case of loss or damage. Be sure to store the original diskettes in a safe place. If there is a file called "README.DOC" on your diskettes, please take a few moments to read the contents. This file, if present, may contain corrections to the manual or further information about SERVICES. 2. Installing SERVICES on your hard drive: SETUP_S will NOT install the SERVICES utility on any A: or B: drive - SERVICES is designed for hard disks only! You can create a directory for the SERVICES utility, or use a pre-existing one. You can name this directory as you wish (LSRGroup suggests that you name the directory "SERVICES"). Once you have decided which directory to use, copy all the files from the SERVICES diskette to this directory. Example: A: COPY A:*.* C:\SERVICES (If SERVICES is the correct path) Then, check into your SERVICES directory with the command: C: (If you've copied to drive C:) CD\SERVICES (If SERVICES is the correct path) Then, still at the DOS prompt, type the command: SETUP_S SETUP_S will offer you four choices on its main menu. The first choice, (S)etup Services, will be highlighted. Press the [Enter] key. Then press the [Enter] key again to create a file called SERVICES.CFG - Note that SERVICES will NOT run without this CFG file present in its path! page 9 SERVICES uses PKware's PKARC/PKXARC or PKPAK/PKUNPAK programs to manage your archived files. If these programs are not located in the same path with SERVICES, then SETUP_S will ask you for there location. If asked, then type in the correct path. Example: C:\PKWARE SETUP_S will then check you response to see if its a valid path. If you have typed an invalid path, SETUP_S will then tell you, "Bad Path or File Name". When this message clears, re-type the path. If you don't have any of these PKware products, press the [Esc] key. Note: If you have both PKARC/PKXARC and PKPAK/PKUNPAK in the same path, SETUP_S will default to PKPAK/PKUNPAK. SERVICES uses Vernon D. Beurg's LIST.COM to allow you to browse through any ASCII or binary file. If LIST.COM is not located in the same path with SERVICES, then SETUP_S will ask you for its location. If asked, then type in the correct path. Example: C:\UTILITY SETUP_S will then check your response to see if its a valid path. If you have typed an invalid path, SETUP_S will then tell you, "Bad Path or File Name". When this message clears, re-type the path. If you don't have LIST.COM, press [Esc]. If you have a "browse" program, other than LIST.COM, and wish to use it with SERVICES, then either rename it to LIST.COM, or, remove the Read-only attribute from the SERVICES.CFG file. Then, use your text editor to modify line 4 of SERVICES.CFG for the complete path and file name of your favorite "browse" program. That's all you need to do to install the SERVICES utility. If you wish to include SERVICES' directory in your systems PATH statement, read the next section of this document. 3. Modifying your AUTOEXEC.BAT's PATH command: If the SERVICES Utility is located in a directory that is included in you PATH statement, you can then load and run it from any directory or any drive on your system. If SERVICES is located in a directory that is not pathed, then you cannot load and run it without first checking into SERVICES' directory. page 10 To modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT's path command, scroll to and choose the option, "(A)dd PATH= to AUTOEXEC.BAT". SETUP_S will first check your system's environment to see if the directory that SERVICES is located is already pathed. If the environment does not have the appropriate path, SETUP_S will determine where COMSPEC (boot disk) is. Then it looks for your AUTOEXEC.BAT on that drive's root directory. If you don't have an AUTOEXEC.BAT, then SETUP_S will create one and it will contain two lines of code. Example: ECHO OFF PATH=C:\SERVICES; (If your path is not C:\SERVICES, don't worry, the correct path is written to your AUTOEXEC.BAT) If you have an AUTOEXEC.BAT, then SETUP_S will look for the line of code that begins with the word, "PATH" (not case sensitive). If it finds it, then it will check to see if SERVICES location is already in the path command. If not, then SETUP_S will check to see if your path command will be longer than 255 characters when SERVICES' path is included. If the length of the path command will exceed 255 characters, then SETUP_S will display a message that states, "Cannot Append to Path Statement - Path Command to Long." If this occurs, you AUTOEXEC.BAT will remain unchanged. If SETUP_S finds the path command and the length will not exceed 255 characters, then SETUP_S will add SERVICES' path at the end of the existing path statement. If SETUP_S cannot find the path statement, it then looks for a line of code that begins with the word, "SET" (not case sensitive). If it finds it, then it hunts for the next line that doesn't begin with, "SET". When this condition is met, SETUP_S will create a path command. If SETUP_S cannot find the lines that begin with "PATH" or "SET", then it goes to the top of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and looks for the words, "ECHO OFF" (case insensitive). If it finds this, then it will write your path command as the next line. Otherwise, your path command will be the very top line of code in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. SETUP_S will rename your original AUTOEXEC.BAT as a back-up with the name, "AUTOEXEC.BAK". And, SETUP_S will set the same attributes your original AUTOEXEC.BAT had to your new AUTOEXEC.BAT. page 11 If SETUP_S has modified or created the AUTOEXEC.BAT, then, when you exit the SETUP_S program, you will be informed, "Your AUTOEXEC.BAT has had the PATH modified." "You must REBOOT to Actualize the New Path." Reboot your system to actualize the new path. II. Notes and Tips 1. The first time: The first time you run SERVICES, once it loads, press H for the Help. You will be presented a complete, on-line manual. Browse through it - its quick and animated - and familiarize yourself with this system. If you press [Ctrl] + H, or press [Alt] + H, you will first be presented with context sensitive Help. If you are familiar with the operation of SERVICES, you can remove the help program (SERVHELP.EXE and SERVICES.HLP) from the directory - This will free up 121,375 Bytes (approx.). 2. Typing file names: Whenever SERVICES requests you to type a file name, do not, *REPEAT* do not type in the dot - pressing the [Enter] key will automatically insert the dot for you. The second press of the [Enter] key will process the name that you typed. 3. File Protection: When you designate files for Protection, they are protected from accidental erasure from SERVICES only. You can still erase these protected files from DOS. Why designate files for Protection? Because, if you establish a Read-Only attribute, it may be pro- tected from erasure, but then you cannot write to that file. Designating files for protection keeps these files free from erasure while working only within SERVICES. Use this feature to protect your spread-sheets or data bases. Yet, still be free to change them from within your spread-sheet or data base program. Note that files designated for Protection cannot be erased by SERVICES, cannot be renamed by SERVICES, nor can their designated directories be renamed by SERVICES. 4. Invalid drives: If you try to copy to a floppy (let's say the floppy drive is A:) and SERVICES informs you, "Not Configured for Drive A:", and your computer does, indeed have a drive A:, then you are endeavoring to copy to a non-formatted disk. Format the disk and all should be ok. page 12 5. Erasing files designated as Protected: If you have file(s) designated for protection and wish to erase them, use the SETUP_S utility from services ([Ctrl] + P) and choose the option to remove these files from the Protection List, or, move them to a different, non-protected directory, then erase them. 6. Erasing Password from SETUP_S.EXE: SERVICES' Setup Utility can have a password, independent of any password established for SERVICES. If you have created a pass- word for the Setup Utility and wish to erase it, you erase it in the same way as you would for SERVICES. To find out how to erase a password, load the SERVICES program. Once SERVICES is loaded, press the H key for Help, then press the J key for information about passwords. Note that you cannot receive any help regarding passwords if a password exists for SERVICES - This keeps un-authorized per- sons from learning how to change a password and keeps you from being the recipient of "dirty tricks". You must erase your SERVICES' password before you can receive help with it. 7. Forgot your password? Your only recourse is to re-copy SERVICES.EXE (or SETUP_S.EXE if the password you forgot is for the Setup Utility) from your back-up copy. 8. Directory names with extensions: Newer versions of DOS allow you to create directories with a three character extension (just like a file extension). SERVICES will read these directory names and display them - it will not, however, allow you to create a directory name with more than 8 characters. You can still create an extension but the total directory name is limited to 8 characters (That's because the author of SERVICES believes that using extensions for directories demonstrates poor disk organization). 9. Exiting Menus: Some of SERVICES' pull-down, pull-up, and pop-on options boxes do not display the option to exit. In ALL of SERVICES' menus, the [Esc] key will bring you to successive, previous menus. 10. Viruses: If you are using a program, such as FLUSHOT to protect your system from computer viruses, be advised that SERVICES and SETUP_S will change their size, if you have created passwords for them. Both SERVICES and SETUP_S will perform absolute disk read/writes and both can perform extensive disk operations. page 13 ---------------------------------[ Clip Out ]---------------------------------- SERVICES, (2.0) Registration Please fill out this form, then mail it along with a check for $49 to: Lawrence Stone Lawrence Stone Research Group P.O. Box 5715 Charleston, Oregon 97420 Thanks for your support! Name:_________________________________________________________ Title:________________________________________________________ Company:______________________________________________________ Address:______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ City: _____________________ State: _________ Zip:______ Telephone:__________________________________ Please send me [____] copies of SERVICES @ $49/each for a total of $_________ Call or write for multiple copy prices. Comments and Suggestions:____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Check the box below to receive a version of SERVICES that holds only 5 Kbytes of DOS when it runs any other program. [__] My DOS is version 3.0 or newer. Where did you get the SERVICES utility from (check one, and/or fill in line)? [__] User Group (which one:________________________________________) [__] BBS (Name:_______________________)(Tel #:_____________________) [__] Other (Such as: _______________________________________________) SDN Shareware Distribution ---------------------------------[ Clip Out ]---------------------------------- SPECIAL NOTE Thank you for registering SERVICES. With your registration, you are helping to keep this independent programmer from having to work for giant corporations or for the military/industrial complex, making programs for smarter missiles or Star Wars systems. For this, I sincerely thank you for your registration. You should be aware that if you are using Phil Katz's file compression pro- grams or Vernon D. Beurg's LIST.COM, and have not registered them, then you should take the time to do so now. When you register SERVICES, you are not registering any other utility by any other author. Thank you, Lawrence Stone LSRGroup