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- ReadMe.txt for 6 Pack + Version 1.00.77
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- Read this document from Winner.
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- These are small apps and utilities for Windows NT.
- Some are projects in various stages of completion.
- All work and are helpful tools that augment NT.
-
- Registration is freeform...
- Send whatever you think the package is worth to you.
- It will get you on the notification list for finished apps,
- and upgrade notices for them thereafter.
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- Register by sending your name and address to:
- Solutions Software
- 5150 West Tusc.
- Canton, Ohio 44708
- Your computer type and an e-mail address would be helpful.
-
- Send any questions, comments, suggestions or bug reports to:
- The above address, or
- schrockk on Delphi, or
- schrockk@delphi.com, or
- 73474,1335 on Compuserve
- All comments are welcome and appreciated.
-
-
- TO SET UP 6PACK+
-
- Simply run the Setup.exe program and follow the prompts.
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- THE SIX PACK IS:
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- 2CPO which allows you to connect to different post offices. NT.
- CHAT2 which is an improved Chat for NT.
- DENET which is a beta Windows NT interface for Delphi.
- TRASH which is a drag and drop trashcan.
- WINDESK which is a desktop utility.
- WINNER which is a text/programming editor.
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- NOTE: TRASH, WINDESK, and WINNER will run under Dos\Win
- with the Win32s libraries, but we don't guarantee that they will later.
-
- THE PLUS ARE:
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- AUTOLOG which will automatically log you on to NT.
- DOWNTUG which is a help file telling about downtug.
- FMtools which are size and text search File Manager extensions.
- JUKEBOX which is a 32 bit jukebox to play sound, midi, or video file.
- MAKELIST which makes play lists for our NT jukebox.
- ABASICA which is source code and explanation of Win programming.
- GENHELP which is source code for DOWNTUG.HLP and pointers
- and explanations for building Windows help files.
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- NOTE: DOWNTUG, ABASICA and GENHELP are not specific to
- Windows NT, but are for either Dos\Win or NT environments.
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- 2CPO ...
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- NT ONLY ...
- Allows you to change the post office that Mail connects to and uses,
- and keeps a list of the post offices that you use so that you can quickly
- change back and forth without remembering all the server names.
- It also saves your username and password for each post office. When
- you run 2CPO it will look up the name of your current post office, and then
- look up the username and password for that post office server. When you
- first run 2CPO it will find your current post office but won't have your
- username or password in it's list. Simply tab down and enter the username
- and password for your current post office and click on OK and it will add
- it to it's list. Then anytime you want to connect to a new post office, type
- the new post office name into the server window (i.e. \\bigserver\wgpo
- you can also use the c:\winnt\wgpo type of syntax if you wish, either works)
- and then tab down and enter your username and password for that server.
- When you click on OK that server\username\password will be added to
- the list, and 2CPO will attempt to connect you to that post office. The next
- time you want to choose that post office, simply drop down the list in the
- server window, select that server, and click on OK. 2CPO will connect you.
- If you need to change the username or password it is easy to do so by
- simply tabbing to the right field and editing the field. 2CPO will save the
- changes for that server in it's list. If you edit the server field 2CPO assumes
- that you want to make a new server entry in the list. If you make a mistake
- or have a server you no longer use, you can delete it by bringing up the
- server name in the server window and click the DELETE button. 2CPO
- then delete that server\username\password from it's list.
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- NOTE: If you have all the fields in 2CPO blank when you click OK,
- 2CPO will re-initalize your Mail setup\postoffice\etc. This can be helpful
- if you wish to re-initalize Mail. If you do this by accident, simply click
- CANCEL in the Mail dialog box.
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- CHAT2 ...
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- NT ONLY ...
- CHAT2 uses a different technology to chat than the Chat that comes with NT.
- This allows CHAT2 to be smaller, faster, and connect more reliably than the
- standard Chat, particularly over a Remote Access Service connection. It also
- allows conferencing as up to 100 users can converse at the same time.
- It requires a copy of the server (CHAT2S) to be running somewhere on the
- network. (everyone could run a copy of the server as it is less than 20k in size,
- and takes little memory or other resources. I have a copy in my startup group)
- A user then uses a copy of the client (CHAT2) to talk to the other CHAT2
- users on the network by connecting to the server. The server automatically
- launches a copy of the client on its own machine when someone uses CHAT2
- to connect to the server. As an example ...
- Bob, Mary, Bill and I decide to conference at 2:00 Monday. Bob downstairs
- runs CHAT2, chooses my machine from the connection list box and clicks OK.
- His CHAT2 connects to the server (CHAT2S) on my machine, which launches
- my CHAT2 client window. We converse. Bill RASes in from California, runs
- CHAT2, chooses my machine from the connection list box and clicks OK. He
- can now converse with us too. Mary upstairs connects a few minutes later.
- While they argue about the completion date, I start a second copy of CHAT2
- and connect to Frank's machine in finance and ask him to join us.
- You can choose the server to connect to either by choosing a server from the
- dropdown listbox, or by typing in a new server name. If you type in a new server
- name, CHAT2 will add it to the list so that you only need choose it from the list the
- next time you wish to connect to that server.
- If you RAS me, my server name is BUS. Note that CHAT2 servers don't need
- the \\ before the name like many things do when connecting over a network.
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- DENET ...
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- NT ONLY ...
- It is basically meant to be used with Delphi.
- It is a multi-threaded NT only comm app.
- I have only tried it with Tymnet.
- This program is beta.
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- New For This Version
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- During logon...
- Denet will tell you if the phone is off hook or busy.
- Denet will tell you if you have mail waiting.
- It will now tell you if you get kicked off. (no carrier)
- There is now a clock\timer.
- It is ON the ENTER button, which is still ENTER.
- It is a clock when you are offline,
- and a timer when you are online.
- You can now SEND ALL messages.
- See Sequence 3 in the help file.
- It now has xmodem upload and download.
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- There is now a help file.
- Click on the mouse icon for usage tips.
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- YOU CAN NOW MAIL THE CONTENTS OF ANY WINDOW
- TO ANYONE ON YOUR NETWORK USING SendMail IN THE
- FILE MENU. IT WILL BRING UP NT's MAIL TO ADDRESS IT.
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- It should now work with SprintNet.
-
- I have no way to test it with SprintNet, and would
- appreciate any feedback from Sprintnet users.
-
- Here is a list of features, or at least how this program is SUPPOSE to work.
- Mark any response as BUG if you find the program doesn't act as it should,
- and mark it as SUGGESTION if you think the program should be different.
- Send these to SCHROCKK.
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- If you have problems with the logon, and want to see what is happening,
- click on the SWITCH button twice after logging on, or click the SWITCH
- button twice and log on manually.
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- If you are in a menu window at any time and want to see what is being
- sent and recieved do the same. The first SWITCH takes you to the
- large edit window, and the second takes you to the view window.
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- There are several ways to do about everything.
- If you are viewing a directory of notes in a forum and want to read one you could;
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- Type "read 108204" and hit <enter> or type "read 108204" and click on the
- SEND button, or <ctrl s> or drop down the menu, etc. Type "108204" and
- hit <enter> or type "108204" and click the READ button, or SEND button or
- drop down the menu etc. Highlight the note number in the window with the
- left mouse button, and then click on the right mouse button.
- If the note number is in the far left of a line like in a directory listing of notes,
- click on the line of the note with the left mouse button,
- and then click on the right mouse button.
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- There are four major windows so far.
- First is the large read\view window.
- Second is the small edit window in the button bar.
- Third is the menu list window. It comes up by itself.
- Fourth is the large edit window.
- You bring it up by clicking the SWITCH button,
- and go back to the view window by SWITCH again.
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- There should be buttons, menu items, and hot keys for about every action.
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- OPEN allows you to load a file into the window you are currently in.
- The read window defaults to *.cap and the large edit window defaults
- to *.msg, but you can load any text type file you want.
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- SAVE allows you to save the text from the window you are currently in.
- The read window defaults to *.cap and the large edit window defaults
- to *.msg, but you can use any filename or extension your heart desires.
- NOTE: SENDING A MESSAGE FROM THE EDIT WINDOW NOW
- AUTOMATICALLY SAVES THE MESSAGE TO TEMP.MSG.
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- PRINT will print the contents of the window you are currently in.
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- DELETE will allow you to delete files, but only one at a time.
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- CTRL+X exits the program. There is an option under FILE too.
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- LOGON or CTRL+L logs you on. (or should <g>)
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- LOGOFF or ALT+L logs you off.
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- EXIT or CTRL+E exits a menu structure to the previous
- menu level when online, or exit the program when offline.
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- ENTER or CTRL+M or ENTER can;
- THIS BUTTON IS NOW ALSO THE CLOCK\TIMER.
- IT IS STILL THE ENTER BUTTON AND WORKS THE SAME.
- Send the contents of the small edit window as a command.
- Send a carriage return if the small edit window is emply.
- Clicking the right mouse button while the cursor is on a
- blank line in the read window will do the same thing.
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- SEND or CTRL+S can;
- Send SEND if both large and small edit windows are empty.
- (This is used for Delphi e-mail)
- Send the contents of the small edit window if it is not empty.
- Send the contents of the large edit window if it is not empty. ^Z is added.
- You can also highlight anything in the read window with the left mouse
- button and then click the right mouse button to send it it as a command.
- You can also click on a line with the left mouse button and then click the
- right mouse button to send the first 6 characters of that line as a command.
- If you are in the large edit window you are switched back to the view window.
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- DIR or CTRL+D can;
- Send DIR and the contents of the small edit window if any. If you want to do
- DIR 12345, you put 12345 in the edit window, click DIR. An alternative
- would be to put DIR 12345 in the window and click SEND or hit the <enter>
- keyboard key) This action always takes precedent when the small edit
- window is not empty. Send DIR NEW the first time in any menu if the small
- edit window is empty. Send DIR xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last message
- you chose in a forum. Send DIR in any other case, if the small edit window
- is empty.
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- READ or CTRL+R can;
- Send READ and the contents of the small edit window if any. If you want
- to do READ 12345, you put 12345 in the edit window, click READ.
- An alternative would be to put READ 12345 in the window and click SEND
- or hit the <enter> keyboard key) This action always takes precedent when
- the small edit window is not empty. Send READ NEW the first time in any
- menu if the small edit window is empty. Send READ after that, if the small
- edit window is empty. You can also read a message by highlighting the
- number, then click right. In a directory of notes you can also click on the
- line with the left mouse button, and then click the right mouse button.
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- REPLY or ALT+R can;
- NOTE: TO MAKE IT EASIER TO REPLY OFFLINE, I HAVE ADDED SOME
- FUNCTIONS. IF YOU REPLY OFFLINE, COPY THE TEXT AS ALWAYS,
- AND THEN HIGHLIGHT THE NOTE NUMBER THAT YOU ARE REPLYING
- TO, AND CLICK THE Reply BUTTON. THIS WILL PUT Reply XXXX INTO
- THE EDIT WINDOW AT THE TOP AND SWITCH YOU TO THE EDIT WINDOW
- TO RESPOND. WHEN YOU ARE DONE SIMPLY SAVE THE MESSAGE.
- Send REPLY and the contents of the small edit window if any.
- If you want to do REPLY 1234, you put 1234 in the edit window, click REPLY.
- An alternative would be to put REPLY 12345 in the window and then click
- SEND or hit ENTER)
- This action always takes precedent when the small edit window is not empty.
- REPLY to the note you are reading if nothing is in the small edit window.
- This will switch you to the large edit window to compose your note.
- You can switch back and forth between the two windows by using SWITCH.
- You can copy text to the large edit window by highlighting something in the
- read window, and clicking the right mouse button while holding down CTRL.
- You can send the REPLY command before or after you composed your response.
- I find copying the lines you want to respond to first,
- then clicking REPLY which switches to the large edit window,
- composing your response, and then clicking on the SEND button works best.
- This will automatically switch you back to the view window.
- When you are done composing your response, click on the SEND button
- to send it, making sure you have sent REPLY first.
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- FOLLOW or ALT+T simply sends follow for you to follow a thread.
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- SWITCH or ALT+S switches between the read window and large edit windows.
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- CUT/COPY/PASTE is for editing in the large edit window with one exception.
- If you are in the read window, then highlight with the left mouse button,
- and click COPY, this line of text will be copied to the large edit window.
- You can do the same by highlighting text with the left mouse button and
- clicking the right mouse button while holding down CTRL.
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- When in the large edit window, clicking the RIGHT mouse button will
- PASTE if no text is highlighted, and CUT if text is highlighted.
- The normal windows hotkeys for cut and paste also work.
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- Although you can't cut or paste on the read window,
- there is a way to get rid of unwanted text before printing or saving
- the capture window. Simply highlight the the text you want
- to get rid of and then hit the DELETE keyboard key.
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- CANCEL or CTRL+C cancels the current operation.
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- ^Z or CTRL+Z sends the CONTROL Z command.
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- +++ or ALT+Z is to put you in modem command mode.
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- BUFF or ALT+B turns text buffering on and off.
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- CLEAR or ALT+X clears whatever window you are currently using.
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- Under OPTIONS you can turn text buffering on and off,
- and change whether you see the menu windows or not,
- plus SEND ALL and DELETE ALL messages.
- This is also where to bring up the configuration dialog.
-
- Here is a guide to what the Solution\Denet key values are.
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- ComPort= Put your com port number here.
- InitString= Put any modem init string here.
- BaudRate= Put your baud rate here.
- ConnectString= Put your modems connect string here.
- PhoneNumber= Put you local access number here.
- TermType= Put your terminal identifier here.
- SprintNet users put @D here.
- DelphiName= Put your Delphi user name here.
- PassWord= Put your Delphi password here.
- ReadTimeout= Sets the read timeout value in milliseconds.
- WriteTimeout= Sets the write timeout value in milliseconds.
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- There are other parameters but they are optional.
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- DeWindowX=0 Sets initial window X.
- DeWindowY=0 Sets initial window Y.
- DeWindowH=450 Sets initial window height.
- DeWindowW=639 Sets initial window width.
- EditFontSize=18 Sets large edit window font size,
- EditFontName=Times New Roman and font.
- MainFontSize=14 Sets view window font size,
- MainFontName=Courier New and font.
- MenuFontSize=16 Sets menu window font size,
- MenuFontName=MS Serif and font
- BufferText=0 Buffering text as default? 1=yes
- ShowMenus=1 Want to see menu window? 1=yes
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- Custom1=Main These are the Personal\Custom buttons.
- Custom2=Mail mail Do your own thing.
- Custom3=Com pc for
- Custom4=Go Custom 102
- Custom5=read waiting ns
- Custom6=go int
- Custom7=
- Custom8=
- Custom9=
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- NOTE: The read timeout value controls both how often the comm thread loops,
- and how fast the text from the large edit window is sent. Lower values will
- make things faster, but too low a value will cause dropped characters when
- the large edit window is sent, as the Delphi buffers overflow, and VERY low
- values will cause the comm thread to loop very often, and will cause the
- program to take a larger share of the CPU time than is necessary.
-
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- TRASH ...
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- WIN32 ... For NT or DOS\WIN with WIN32s
- Trash is a simple drag and drop trashcan. What makes it important
- for NT is that you can set how and when the files are deleted, and this
- is important on NT as there is no undelete utility, and once it is gone...
- You can set it so that the files are deleted immediatly, or you can
- choose for the files to be deleted when you close TRASH or exit
- NT. This gives you time to change your mind. You can remove any
- file from the kill list at any time up until then. You can also choose
- to delete on confirm only, which means you have to tell the program
- to kill the files explicitly. If you haven't deleted the files by the time
- you exit the program or NT, it will stop shutdown and ask if you are
- sure you want the files to be deleted.
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- WINDESK ...
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- WIN32 ... For NT or DOS\WIN with WIN32s
- Windesk is simply another way to change desktop settings, but includes
- several functions that the control panel doesn't. You can set icon fonts
- and vertical spacing, menu alignment, and get system settings and info.
- The settings you change are automatically saved in the registry.
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- WINNER ...
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- WIN32 ... For NT or DOS\WIN with WIN32s
- Winner can be used as a replacement for Notepad. In this context it allows setting fonts, setting
- background colors, deleting files, running other apps, sending mail from within, better cut and paste,
- better find and replace, opening multiple files, etc., that Notepad doesn't allow.
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- It can also be used as a programming editor, and was used to build everything in 6PACK+ including
- all the executables and help files. It is the oldest and most mature program of this group.
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- The program currently expects Winner.exe and Winner.bat to be in your path.
- The program currently expects the msc.hlp and api32wh.hlp files in your path if you are programming.
- The same goes the Win16 help file if you want to include it. And of course Winner.hlp.
- The program currently expects makefiles with the name MAKEFILE if you are programming.
- To build a project or compile, load any source file into the editor, and click the appropriate button.
- The compiler is currently set to build Help files. See the Help file for how to use.
- This can be changed, like all the rest, by editing the WINNER.BAT file.
- You can cut and paste with the right mouse button. Highlight and click once to cut, click twice to copy.
- If no text is highlighted and the right button is clicked, the contents of the clipboard are pasted at the current location.
- Most things are explained in the help file if you need any help with any of the functions.
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- NOTE: There is a editable ini file for this program. It holds configuration data for multiple users and multiple programs.
- It will show up the first time time you do a SAVE SETTINGS from WINNER, or run and then close TRASH or WINDESK.
- >>In NT it uses the registry.<<
- >>In NT all this is in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Solutions<<
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- Though OLE 2.0 will probably proclude such use in most programs, check out the all mouse cut and paste.
- Examine the find\next\replace button usage on the button bar instead of putting a dialog where you need to see things.
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- AND THE OTHER STUFF ...
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- AUTOLOG ...
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- AutoLog.txt for AutoLog.exe
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- If you are where security isn't an issue ...
- And you don't want to always log on to NT ...
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- 1. Set your password to blank.
- 2. Run AutoLog once.
- 3. Put a copy of AutoLog into your STARTUP group.
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- AutoLog will then log you on each time you start your computer.
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- DOWNTUG.HLP ...
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- If you are looking for cheap support for NT ...
- Or simply want to talk about NT without Compuserve prices ...
- This file tells about our Delphi Online Windows NT User Group ...
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- FMtools...
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- FMtools adds 2 functions to file manager and their buttons and menus.
- They are a size info function that will give you the total file size
- for all the files in a given directory and all subdirectories, or the
- files you have selected in the file or search windows, and a
- Text search function that will look for a text string in all files in
- a directory and all subdirectories, or the files you have selected
- in the file or search window. They are added automatically
- during setup, but won't take effect until you restart File Manager.
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- JUKEBOX...
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- Is a NT Jukebox I built for a friend. It can play midi file and
- sound files and video files. Any Multi-Media stuff you machine
- can play. Uses lists that are normal ascii files.
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- MAKELIST...
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- Is a small utility to make it easy to make your JukeBox play lists.
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- ABASICA ...
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- This is a basic explanation of how windows programming works,
- and all the source code, highly commented, to build a small program.
- You can see how it all works, or build on this frame to make programs.
-
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- GENHELP ...
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- Same as ABASICA but for Windows help files. Explanation and source
- code for a simple Windows help file. This happens to be DOWNTUG.HLP.
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