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XPACK is a collection of small to medium-sized utilities
for the MS-DOS power user and programmer.
These programs cover the following areas:
File searching, listing, copying, deleting, etc.
Dos resources control (screen, keyboard, printer)
Text screen file handling (save & load with various effects)
Menu routines for use in batch files
Testing system resources (memory, video, drives, mouse, etc.)
More powerful variable handling in batch files (including math routines)
Routines for file parsing, merging, encrypting, trimming
Powerful UNIX-like filter programs
Advanced source program list routine
Program preprocessors for language that lack them (Basic, Clipper, etc.)
Tiny TSR utilities: screen saver, clock/alarm, keyboard enhancer, etc.
Plus a Batch Supercharger that interprets batch files, adding capabilities
such as colors, menus, subroutines, IF-THEN-ELSE logic and more; ideal
for building installation programs, front-end routines for first-time
users...
As of February 1990, a fraction of the routines have not been completed,
but some of them are already distributed as shareware :
XDIR enhanced directory listing program, which searches files in ALL
your drives and directories, shows directory tree, sort entries
in a number of ways, shows hidden files, lists or compares two
directories, and more
XDEL enhanced delete file service, which searches files in ALL drives
and directories, optionally deletes hidden and read-only files,
remove empty subdirectories, with individual confirmation or in
batch mode
XPICK produces a list of file names with a format entirely programmable
by the user, or executes one or more Dos commands on the selected
group of files; it is ideal for creating response files for LINK
or LIB, quickly list/copy/move/print/execute a group of files,etc
TEST tests over 40 system resources, returning an errorlevel to a
batch file and optionally printing an informative message; it
is great for installation batch files
XSET enhanced SET instruction, to add math and string processing to
environment variable handling, plus capability to gather user
input, text file processing, system resource test, and much more
KB a small routine to control capslock, scrollock and numlock keys,
and to insert characters into the keyboard buffer, allowing,
for istance, to automatically load a spreadsheet into Lotus 123
many other tricks
LP a program to control many features of Epson-compatible printers:
characters attributes, page length and margins, character set,
and the like, plus capability to swap LPT1 and LPT2 ports and
execute an hardcopy of the screen,
SCREEN a collection of routines for screen saving, loading, painting
and clearing, with many effects to add pizazz to your batch files
DATECHEK compares the date of a file with that of any other number of
files, returning an errorlevel to Dos; good for building
MAKE-like routines without having to learn a MAKE language,
or intelligent backup routines
TOUCH change date and time of a file or group of files
ASK waits for the user to press a key (any key or a key in a supplied
list); differently from other similar utilities, it features an
optional timeout and accepts control keys (Enter, Esc, etc.)
WAIT pauses execution of a batch file for a given number of seconds,
or until a given time, with optional countdown
BEEP adds some sound effects to batch files, to alert the user
RENDIR renames a directory
REBOOT restart the system
All program are self-documenting, and accept the "/?" switch on command line
for displaying one or more help pages. The complete package will include
a more detailed on-disk manual.
You are allowed to freely copy and give these programs to fellows and
co-workers, provided that you do not sell or modify them in any way.
If you find them useful you may send a small contribution to the author,
which will encourage him in improving the product.
You may also send a 30$ registration fee for the whole XPACK collection;
this fee includes shipping expenses, and entitles you to receive all the
routines already tested at registration time, plus the whole package as
soon as it has been completed and thouroughly tested.
Please specify disk format when ordering; 3.5" diskette are avalaible at
no additional charge (actually they are preferable since they minimize
the risk of being damaged).
For information and registration contact :
Francesco Balena
Via Niceforo 18
70124 Bari, Italy
phone (00-39-80) 514473
fax (00-39-80) 5214591