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Easyplay V1.20
Copyright 1994, Greg Ratajik.
CompuServe: 74555,542
Genie : GRATAJIK
Internet : G.RATAJIK@genie.geis.com
or : 74555.542@compuserve.com
Voice : (305)/340-7985
To register, send $5 check or money order, payable
to Greg Ratajik, to:
Greg Ratajik
1722 Forres Ave.
St. Joseph, MI 49085
OR, if you are using CompuServe to register
Easyplay, go to SWREG, looking for EPLAY.ZIP
or searching for EASYPLAY.
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EasyPlay is a Shareware program. If you find EasyPlay useful,
please send $5 to the above address (And if you find it VERY
useful, feel free to send what you think is a fair price.)
I hope you find EasyPlay useful, but (DISCLAIMER) I am
in no way responsible for any damages the use of EasyPlay may
cause.
Primary support is via CompuServer's OS2SHARE area. If you
would like to get in touch with me, that is the quickest way, as I'm
on nightly.
If you have any questions, comments, ideas, etc, feel free to
contact me. I'm always looking for ways to improve my software!
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I. General
Easyplay lets you quickly and easily locate and play .WAV
files. The idea for Easyplay came when I got access to a
large LAN, with lot's of WAV files. It became a real pain to
both locate and play the files quickly. Yes, you could use
FIND, and yes, you can click on what FIND gets for you to load
WEPM, but this tends to be a long, and, if you've got a lot of
wave files, annoying process. Easyplay will let you scan a
entire drive for WAV files, and play them in rapid succession.
I've found it very useful for finding out what files I might
be interested in using for system sounds effects, etc.
II. Operation of EasyPlay
A. Starting...
When easyplay first comes up, it will display all WAV
files in the current directory. To play a WAV file,
select it in the wave file listbox and click on the Play
pushbutton, or double click on the WAV you would like to
play. If you would like to re-scan the directory you
currently are in, select the ReScan button.
B. Moving around/scanning.
To move to a different directory/drive, double-click on
the appropriate line on the drive/directory listbox. If
you DON'T want Easyplay to scan a directory when you move
to it, un-check the auto-scan check-button. (The reason
this is done is that if you know you're going to go into
a LARGE directory (1000+ files), and know that you don't
want to scan it, then this will save you some time when
moving around directories. When you get to a directory
you want to scan, click the re-scan pushbutton, or check
the auto-scan check-box before you enter the directory)
C. Scanning the drive.
To scan the current drive for all WAV files, click on the
Scan pushbutton. Scanning is multi-threaded, so you can
click on WAV files as they come up and play them, without
interfering with the scan. If you click on the re-scan
button, it will stop the scan, and re-scan on the last
directory the scan was in. If you click on any of the
drive or directories in the drive/directory listbox, the
scan will stop.
D. About...
To find out info on the program, click on the About
pushbutton. (Make sure to click on the MOUTH to see the
new VidButtn control in action)
E. Multi-thread-ness.
Easyplay threads both the searches for waves and the scanning
for waves. In most cases, clicking on a control will stop
the search/scan threads. The only thing that will not do that
is if you click on play.
F. HELP?
Yes, I know, the info in this document should be in a
help system for Easyplay. I more than likely will do
this if enough people express interest in the program
(And, if that happens, I've got a few other ideas that
will make multi-media user's life a little simpler), but,
as my "hobby"-programming time (as to opposed to work
program time ) has been VERY limited, I just haven't
gotten around to it :) Sorry!
IV. Technical information.
EasyPlay was written and tested using:
486DX 33 Mhz Clone
SuperVGA Monitor/Card
OS/2 2.1 GA
300 meg hard drive.
It has been tested on stand alone machines, those attached to
LANS, those with large hard drives, and really slow machines.
If you find a configuration that it won't work with, please
drop me a note so I can fix the problem!
IV. Other shareware/PD programs to look for:
o NetChat - This program allows many users to have Chat
sessions over the LAN. It allows each user to set
up Conference groups and security levels. Each
Conference can have as many users as you want
Chatting. This is similar to CompuServer's CB, or
a BBS's multi-node chat area. (This program is free
when you use QuikWare to register EasyPlay
o NetMail - Improved net massaging (i.e. "Blue Boxes")
This program gives you better control of
system level LAN messages. You can enter message
subjects, set priority levels, and type in longer
messages.
NetMail allows each user to set up their own
message groups, along with global message groups.
Each user can choose which groups to receive
messages from, and what groups to send messages to.
NetMail also let's you choose whether to get
the message in the traditional VIO BlueBox (but
better looking!), a PM Message Box, or to display
no message but to retrieve it at a latter time.
This program makes Net Massaging easier to
use, and less annoying to the recipients.
o DeleteDir - A simple full-screen program to delete a
directory and all files/directories that are children to
it.
o ChkPath - Will check the path's you set in your
config.sys, and let you know if you've got problems.
o Pwh - Path'ed Where. Will search a path for a file. PWH
will tell you every place it hit's the file. Very useful
for checking what version of a program you using.
o MDD - Multiple make directory. MDD will create a
multiple directories (i.e. if you wanted to make
C:\GREG\PROGRAM\SOURCE20\MDD\RELEASE, MDD could do it in
one shot.)
o WHO - Will display information about all users of a
LAN/Domain.
o QWHO - Displays all user ID's currently on a LAN/Domain.
o Vtree - Visual directory tree.
o EDCNFG - PM based program that will verify everything's
okay in your config.sys, keep track/retro changes into
multiple config's, and edit/setup a config.sys
o HPMLib - Library tracking system
o HPMCook - Cooking software
o HPMDiet - Dieting software
o JOGGER - OS/2 Program for runners.
o DosText - Change the message a OS/2 program gives when
running it from DOS.
Program Utilities:
o AniButtn - Two-state animated pushbuttons that you can
easily replace any pushbutton with.
o VidButtn - Just like AniButtn, but will full-frame
animation. (The one in EasyPlay works exactly like a
pushbutton, but has a full 15 frames of animation)