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- !AppInfo, v1.10 (3rd Sept 1992) - Written by Geir Fuskeland
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-
- AppInfo is a utility to display useful information about applications, such
- as name, lenght, last update, full name, version, author and own comments
- about the application.
-
- * How to use AppInfo
-
- Double click on !AppInfo to start the application. Its icon will appear on
- the Icon Bar.
-
- Drag an application to the AppInfo icon. A window will appear with various
- entries.
-
- The application information is contained in a file called '!Info'
- inside the application. A warning box will appear if the application does
- not contain the '!Info' file, or if some data (name, lenght or last
- update) are changed since last time the '!Info' file was saved.
-
- To keep the warning box from popping up every time you view application
- data you have to save the information.
-
- * The info fields are
-
- + Name Application name
- + Length Lenght of whole application in KiloBytes (K)
- + Last Update Last update of the application's '!RunImage'-file
- Name Full application name
- Version Version number
- Author Author (or Software company) of application
- Comments Your own comments to the application (i.e. it doesn't work
- with this or that, etc.)
-
- The fields marked + are automaticly updated by AppInfo. The other fields
- you have to edit yourself.
-
- * The following shortcut can be used while editing:
-
- F3 Save !AppDir data to application directory
-
- The save window can also be accessed via the menu brought up by clicking
- on the middle mouse button.
-
- * To save application info (the '!Info'-file) just click OK in the save
- window, or click on "Save" from the menu.
-
- NB: You don't have to drag the file-icon into the application!
- (Though if you want to save the current info elsewhere you may drag the
- icon.)
-
- * By accessing the log option from the bar menu, you may open a log file.
- All following application data will then be appended to this log file,
- making it easier to create an application library.
- If you open a log file twice, the previous log data will be lost.
-
- * Certain database programs should have the ability to import files by
- defining a field and record terminator. By importing the !Info data
- file into such a program, it should be quite easy to build yourself an
- application library listing.
- In !Info the fields are terminated by [0a], the records by [0a][0d][0a].
-
- Comments, bug reports, etc., should be sent to:
-
- Geir Fuskeland
- Vinkelveien 2
- 1482 Nittedal
- Norway
-
- email: geirf@ifi.uio.no
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- Acknowledgements
-
- <someone> for the WIMP library used in this application (bugs fixed).
- Tor Houghton for the idea.
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