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*********** PocketD Plus v4.1 - New features since v1.67 ************
PocketD has now been around since 1992 (v1.34-v4.1). I listen hard to
requests, and have successively produced new versions to incorporate
most of the features that users wanted, and much more.
This new version has been released close on the heels of v4.0 to
provide support for the new PocketWare Super-compressor "CRUSH"
(release date early June 1994 -- See PRODUCTS.NEW), and also to fix a
significant bug in v4.0 Shareware version of MenuD (See the end of
this doc).
>>>>> The key improvements between v1.67-v3.0
1. Greatly improved ease-of-use, through the new program MenuD
2. Full screen directory and archive browsing
3. SFX scanning
4. Improved support of other products (4DOS, Novell, LANtastic, OS/2)
5. Improved and completely re-worked documentation
6. Security. PocketD v3.X protects itself against Virus Attack
7. Full scrolling execution templates
8. Dedicated colour configuration through SETCOL
>>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 3.1 Oct93
Support added for COMPACK v4.5 compression (shareware version is
now also compressed using it).
Copy option "b" now less zealous. Under some circumstances
re-named filenames were reported as "empty" names.
Extra protection within MenuD to prevent inappropriate options
from being mixed (for delete, view and copy).
Copy now reports "skipped" in response to user skip.
Corrections to errors in documentation for v3.0.
Template $B "backspace" now accepts "n". e.g. $5B "5" backspaces.
Additional options for registration in Canada.
>>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.0 Mar94
4DOS, OS/2 and string-search bug fixes. A serious flaw was
introduced with v3.1 which caused problems with OS/2 and
4DOS. Searching for strings in files also had a problem.
Browsing is now extended to allow viewing of contents of files
within archives. This feature is transparent, so unless you
pay close attention you might not even notice whether a file
being viewed is from inside or outside an archive! This
feature makes the ARCVIEW.BAT script provided with v3.1
redundant. This extended feature requires the use of PKUNZIP,
ZOO, LHA, ARJ etc. (not needed for browsing names inside
archives).
Browse options also include UNCOMPRESS of any archived file or
whole archive and COPY of any file. This can also be modified
by the new option /.z which allows the user to treat all
files as potential ZIP archives.
Browsing now also has a true "user-defined" option that allows a
command to be added to the browser. Previously the user only
had the option to simply replace D.EXE's internal viewer by
Vernon Buerg's list program (or other viewer). This facility
is now largely redundant as D.EXE's new viewer is very
capable. The option to use LIST is still there, but is
overridden by the user command set up by the variable D_LIS.
Users can now use all the previous commands with their own
custom options for an editor, archiver or whatever command
required.
/Z has been extended to allow D.EXE to treat any file as a
specific archive type. e.g. some sources may distribute ARJ
or ZIP files as FILECHKD.001, FILECHKD.002 etc.
Template is enhanced by $x,y option to set screen coordinates, $K
files copied, $%X variable formating.
Copying under networks has been greatly improved to allow timeouts
on files that cannot be opened. Also improved error trapping
avoids the few instances when D.EXE could fail when trying to
read a file while another user attempts to modify or delete
it. Files that have been deleted during a cyclic copy are now
abandoned rather than waited for. These enhancements
significantly improve D.EXE's usefulness as a network backup
tool.
D.EXE now has its own critical error and break handlers so that
the user has more than one method for breaking out of the
program. It is also less vulnerable to network errors
(above). D.EXE will return errorlevel 0 when a critical error
causes a copy to be abandoned.
File viewing now supports Unix-type text files.
>>>>> NEW WITH VERSION 4.1 Jun94
The main reason for v4.1! -----> Added support for CRUSH - the new
Super-compressor for DOS (release date early June, with
WINCRUSH to follow soon). This archiving tool outperforms any
other compression technique. With document and source files
CRUSH typically improves on PKZIP 2.04 by 2:1, on Stacker 4.0
by 3:1 and over uncompressed files by 8:1! CRUSH works with
PKZIP, ARJ, LHA, ZOO and HA. Look out for it!
Browsing now allows browsing of files inside archives inside other
archives, to any depth (limited by memory).
Reduced memory usage during browsing allows deeper directory and
archive browsing.
/Z[?] now also allows matching of files without extensions.
All Browsing selections will now still be valid, even if the user
externally changes the current selected drive/dir.
Bug fix with Shareware MENUD which fails to find D.EXE if the user
has an environment greater than 400 bytes.
Bug fix with archive scanning. v4.0 could fail if archives either
contained very long paths or the last file in the (LHA)
archive was very small.
************** Registered PocketD users!! **************
A v4.1 disk upgrade is free for all PocketD registered users who
register CRUSH. Just add "(REG)" to your name when registering. e.g.
Jack Smith (REG). See PRODUCTS.NEW for details.