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ActaeOn V2.00 Copyright 1989,91 Jon Clempner
The Shareware Hard Disk Manager
The distribution disk or archive should contain the following files
ACTAEON.EXE - The main program
ACTAEON.OVR - Overlays
ACTVWGIF.AGV - GIF File viewer
ACTAEON.DOC - The documentation
ACTAEON.HLP - The help file
READ.ME - This file
ORDER.FRM - Registration form
SHAREW.TXT - Definition of Shareware
VENDOR.DOC - Info for potential vendors
SSI.DOC - Information about the publishers
For registration details see ACTAEON.DOC or print out the file
ORDER.FRM
If you have a printer you may print out the manual by typing the
following DOS command:
COPY ACTAEON.DOC PRN
RELEASE HISTORY
Version Release Date Reason for Release
======= ============ ==================
V1.10 24/06/1989 Original release
V1.20 06/08/1989 Fix bug in New Directory function.
Add user configuration of colors, Bell
On/Off, and no of display lines.
Add context sensitive help.
Add graphic characters to tree display.
Show number/size of tagged files.
Number of Drives now more accurate.
Ctrl-Tag prompts for filename filter.
Show processor type and number of floppies
in Information display.
Copy now works on read-only files.
V1.30 22/11/1989 Add DOS Shell and user defined commands
Add Global display option
Context sensitive help improved and
extended to menus
Co-proc detection improved
Cosmetic changes/improvements
Mouse support extended to Help and all
menus
Add sub-directory only option
Ctrl-C now works in Directory mode
Bug in displayed volume name after Log
drive now fixed.
V1.31 07/01/1990 Display lines in config menu fixed if no
EGA or VGA Adaptor.
V1.52 07/04/1990 Mouse support dramatically improved including
scroll bars, mouse selection of files,
directories and commands.
Zoom mode introduced
User defined commands improved.
Context sensitive help extended
Xplore for text string introduced
Use of overlays (using EMS if installed)
Function of Shell modified and Ctrl-Shell
introduced (see docs)
Amount of EMS installed (if applicable) added
to information display
Minor cosmetic improvements.
V1.53 30/04/1990 Use of /s fixed
Naming of overlay file made more flexible
79th Column cleaned up when mouse not
installed and switching between Zoom and file
mode
Ctrl-K D now exits from editor
When Shelling to DOS, current DOS directory
is made same as highlighted directory
V1.54 30/08/1990 Screen display when doing a MOVE while in
Zoom Mode has been fixed.
V1.55 07/09/1990 Entering Zoom Mode when less than 3 files
were in directory caused runtime error
Spurious 'Mouse dropping' was left when switching
between 25 line mode and 43/50 line mode
Deleting last file in left hand column while
in Zoom mode left part of highlight bar
V1.56 19/10/1990 File order is now saved in the configuration
file correctly
V1.57 03/11/1990 Rename directory added
Escape on 'Confirm each delete' now aborts
delete
Ctrl-Copy now continues after 'N' to
overwrite
/S when in root directory fixed
Drive name added to path display
V1.58 08/11/1990 If the number of directories was exactly the
same as the number of lines in the directory
window and a mouse was being used then ActaeOn
failed with runtime error 200. This has been
fixed.
V1.59 10/11/1990 If a file was Moved from one directory to another
and the file already existed in the destination
directory and 'Y' was replied to Overwrite? then
ActaeOn failed with runtime error 005. This has been
fixed.
If it was attempted to copy a file to itself
(Destination directory same as Source directory) and
'Y' was replied to Overwrite? then ActaeOn would
truncate the file to 0 bytes. Copying a file to
itself is now disallowed.
If a both buttons (or centre button) on the mouse
was pressed to tag a directory when the mouse cursor
was below the last directory then memory would
become corrupted requiring a reboot. ActaeOn now
tags the last directory.
V1.60 12/11/1990 Mouse clicking on Rename directory after the 'N'
resulted in New Directory.
Clicking on the C of CTRL with the mouse did not
select Control mode
V1.61 09/12/1990 When selecting a User Defined Command with the
ALT key which has a %Pn"text" parameter the input
field was not initialised.
V1.63 14/01/1991 Added 'sticky' ALT key to select user defined
commands with a mouse.
Added extra response to Overwrite? prompt in
CTRL-Copy when file already exists in destination
directory. It is now possible to reply 'A' (All)
which will overwrite all files in the destination
directory. This was added to ease the backing up of
tagged files.
Pressing ESC at the Overwrite? prompt now aborts the
CTRL-Copy function.
Added 'Perform' option. It is now possible to
perform the currently selected file if it is an
executable file
Added 'Remove user command' option to configuration
menu.
Added facility to change file attributes.
Added ability to edit new files. Ctrl-Edit prompts
for a filename that will be created.
Ctrl-Copy when in Zoom mode did not clear display of
tag markers when copy finished. This is now resolved
Some command line parameters when starting ActaeOn
caused a machine crash. This has been resolved.
Default colors for Mono displays are now readable.
Added 'Output' command allowing the printing of file
lists, directory tree, tagged files etc.
Resolved problems with %P in User Defined Commands.
V2.01 02/09/91 Added Browse file. Currently supports AS