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- WinDirUsage V1.3
- ⌐ 1993 by Kevin Routley. All rights reserved.
-
- WinDirUsage is a shareware MS-Windows utility that provides
- a graphical display of disk space usage. This is a
- convenient way to identify those directories which are the
- biggest disk space consumers. WinDirUsage uses a pie chart
- format and permits the examination of any directory on any
- drive.
-
- Several new features have been added to WinDirUsage since
- V1.0, primarily customization of the font and labelling,
- and a file pie chart.
-
- Getting Started
- ===============
-
- WinDirUsage initially reads the drive it was executed on.
- So if you run WinDirUsage from a floppy disk or another
- drive which has no subdirectories, the pie chart will merely
- show a circle and 100% of the disk space used by the files
- in the root directory.
-
- WinDirUsage allows you to select any drive on your system.
- Click on the down arrow next to the pulldown menu in the
- upper left corner to see available drives. The drive type
- (floppy, hard-disk, RAM-disk, network, or CD-ROM) is
- indicated by a small picture next to the drive letter.
- When a drive has been selected, WinDirUsage will read the
- contents of the new drive.
-
- For a directory that has subdirectories, WinDirUsage will
- show a pie chart that has slices showing the size of each
- directory tree. For a directory that has subdirectories,
- WinDirUsage will show a pie chart that has slices showing the
- size of each directory tree. The list box also shows each
- directory, sorted in order of size, largest listed first.
- The smallest directories will not be shown in the pie chart
- but are shown in the list box.
-
- You can select a new directory to view in more detail by
- either selecting the new directory in the list box, or by
- clicking on the section in the pie chart.
-
- When you select a new directory to view, two new entries
- will be added to the list box. "Root directory", when
- selected, will cause WinDirUsage to redisplay the root
- directory of the current drive. Selecting the "Parent
- directory" item will make WinDirUsage redisplay the contents
- of the directory one level up from the current directory.
- The labels for these two entries may be changed, see the
- "Labelling and Font Options" section below.
-
- The WinDirUsage window can be resized. The pie chart and
- list box will expand to the new size of the window. The
- window cannot be made smaller than its initial size.
-
- Files Display
- =============
-
- In each directory there is an entry in the list box labelled
- "<files>". This represents the files at the root of the
- current directory tree. Clicking on this entry, or its
- corresponding pie segment invokes the files display.
-
- The files display consists of a pie chart and list box showing
- the relative sizes of the files at the root of the current
- directory tree. The percentage shown is relative to the total
- space at the root of the current directory tree, not relative
- to the entire disk.
-
- In WinDirUsage V1.3, no manipulation of the files display is
- supported. The window may not be resized, nor is the selection
- of files in the display supported.
-
- Labelling and Font Options
- ==========================
-
- Two dialog boxes are available from the WinDirUsage system
- menu (ALT-Space). The Font... dialog box allows you to
- select the font used.
-
- The Labelling Options ... dialog box allows you to
- customize several aspects of WinDirUsage. You may choose
- among several labels for the "Parent Directory" and "Root
- Directory" entries. You may label the pie chart segments
- in Percentage, Kilobytes, or Megabytes. You may choose to
- show names in upper or lower case.
-
- The 'Reset' button restores the options in the "Labelling
- Options..." dialog box to their original settings. The
- 'Defaults' button sets the options to the default options.
-
- Your font and labelling choices are stored in WINDIRU.INI
- which will be created in your windows directory. Currently,
- the size and placement of the WinDirUsage windows is not
- stored in the .INI file.
-
- Limitations Fixed
- =================
-
- WinDirUsage V1.3 has fixed some of the limitations that
- existed in V1.0. The limitations fixed are:
-
- - The 50 directory limit has been removed.
- WinDirUsage can now handle as many directories
- as memory permits.
-
- - The color limit has been fixed. WinDirUsage
- V1.3 starts over with the list of colors instead
- of displaying random colors.
-
- - WinDirUsage V1.0 may not have properly supported
- 80286 machines or machines with no math coprocessor.
- These limits have been fixed.
-
- - WinDirUsage has been tested successfully with Windows
- NT (Intel and AXP versions), with the exception of
- the HPFS.
-
- Limitations
- ===========
-
- WinDirUsage V1.3 has a few limitations that may be fixed
- in future updates:
-
- - WinDirUsage will always read the contents of the
- drive whenever a disk or directory is selected,
- even if that directory has already been read once.
- Only registered users will receive a version of
- WinDirUsage that has this limitation removed.
-
- - Invoking the Labelling Options... dialog box causes
- a disk read. This is not a limitation in the
- registered version.
-
- - WinDirUsage doesn't handle empty floppy drives. If
- you select a floppy drive to read there must be a
- floppy disk in it.
-
- - The mouse is required to use WinDirUsage, the
- keyboard is not supported.
-
- - WinDirUsage has not been tested with Windows V3.0
- or OS/2.
-
- - WinDirUsage doesn't fully support the High Performance
- File System. HPFS files with names that don't fit
- the MS-DOS naming convention will be ignored,
- resulting in incorrect disk usage/percent information.
-
- - WinDirUsage will read recursive disk pointers until
- memory is exhausted. This is primarily a problem with
- corrupt MS-DOS disk structures and with OpenVMS [000000]
- directories.
-
- - The "Indicate Expandable Branches" and "Show space data
- in List Box" options are not implemented.
-
- - Switching the case of file names will not take effect
- until the next disk read.
-
- Registration
- ============
-
- WinDirUsage is shareware, which means it is not free. If
- you find WinDirUsage useful, please send in the registration
- fee of $10 (U.S.).
-
- Those who register of WinDirUsage will receive:
-
- - A registered copy of the most recent version of
- WinDirUsage. Only registered copies of WinDirUsage
- will not always re-read the contents of the drive.
-
- - Notification of new versions of WinDirUsage and
- low-cost upgrades. Upgrades are currently $6 for
- registered users.
-
- - Preferred technical support and new features.
-
- - Participation in beta test for the next version.
-
- - Satisfaction from supporting the shareware concept
-
- The registration fee should be sent to:
-
- Kevin Routley
- Tekra Software
- P.O. Box 7198
- Nashua, NH 03060-7198
-
- Please specify your preferred floppy disk size (5 1/4" or
- 3 1/2"). If no size is indicated you will be sent a 5 1/4"
- diskette. Site liscensing is negotiable.
-
- $5 (U.S.) to the above address will get you the most recent
- unregistered version of WinDirUsage.
-
- Please contact me for instructions regarding registration
- with non-U.S. funds.
-
- These fees are guarenteed to be effective through
- December 31, 1994.
-
- Future
- ======
-
- New versions of WinDirUsage will be released over time,
- depending on demand and how quickly I can add new features.
- I have over 40 features or tweaks on my list. Some of the
- features planned or being considered include:
-
- - more colors, color customization
- - remembering windows placement and dimensions
- - file manager drag-and-drop support
- - displaying the largest file in the directory
- - on-line help
- - keyboard support
- - multiple disk charts displayable at the same time
- - refresh disk/directory buttons
- - detailed directory/file information available
- - indicate expandable branches
- - cluster size effeciency report
-
- Other suggestions, ideas, or constructive criticism are
- appreciated! I can be reached at the above mail address or
- via the Internet address below. I hope you find WinDirUsage
- useful!
-
- Kevin Routley
- routley@4gl.enet.dec.com
- routley@decral.enet.dec.com
- October 11, 1993
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