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WINDOWS DIALOG EXTENSIONS
Welcome to the Windows Dialog Extensions. This file gives details about
installation and use of the programs and how to register if you find
them useful.
Sections in this are document:-
FILE PACKING LIST
HOW TO INSTALL THE WINDOWS DIALOG EXTENSIONS
ABOUT THE FILE DIALOG EXTENSIONS
ABOUT DIALOG 3D
HOW TO REGISTER THE WINDOWS DIALOG EXTENSIONS
DISCLAIMER AND AGREEMENT
NOTES
VERSION HISTORY
FILE PACKING LIST
Two utilities are provided as follows:-
Common File Dialog Extension Library (CFDEL)
This utility adds useful file manipulation buttons to file load and
save dialogs in your windows apps (see below for full description)
Dialog 3d (Dialog3d)
This utility adds grey '3d style' dialogs (as in MS Excel 4 and Access)
to all windows applications.
You should have received the following files:-
COMMDLG.DLL The file extensions library
DIALOG3D.EXE Dialog3d program
DLG3D.DLL Dilaog3d runtime library
CTL3D.DLL Microsofts redistributable 3d library
CFDEL.HLP Help for common file dialog extenders
REGISTER.HLP Help file for registering
README.TXT This file
HOW TO INSTALL THE WINDOWS DIALOG EXTENSIONS
Firstly the Windows Dialog Extensions require Windows 3.1 and will not
work properly under 3.0.
Installation of the extensions must be done from DOS (not a DOS box
under Windows) as follows:-
To install the Common File Dialog Extensions:-
First, rename the file commdlg.dll in the Windows system
directory (usually c:\windows\system) to commdlg2.dll.
Next copy the file commdlg.dll from the Dialog Extensions
distribution to the Windows system directory.
Finally copy the files register.hlp and cfdel.hlp from the
Dialog Extensions distribution to the Windows directory
(usually c:\windows).
To install Dialog 3d:-
Copy ctl3d.dll and dlg3d.dll from the Dialog Extensions
distribution to the Windows system directory.
Copy dialog3d.exe and register.hlp (if not copied above) to
the Windows directory
Add the program 'dialog3d.exe' as the first program in the 'run='
line of the win.ini file (found in the windows directory). Use any
ASCII text editor (notepad for example) to do this.
When you now run windows the Windows Dialog Extension will automatically
be installed and activated.
ABOUT THE FILE DIALOG EXTENSIONS LIBRARY
The File Dialog Extensions attach a number of buttons to the bottom of
a file load or save dialog from the commdlg.dll library supplied with
Windows 3.1. Most Windows applications use this library for obtaining
file names from the user. Thus when you got to load or save data from
within an application the buttons will be available on the file dialog
displayed allowing the manipulation of existing files without having to
switch to the File Manager. The buttons that appear are configurable, as
is the size that file dialogs are displayed. The buttons that may be
added to the bottom of the file dialogs are:-
Make Dir
Delete
Rename
File Info
Make Backup
The extensions library also adds two new items to the System Menu of
file dialogs. These entries are:-
Options...
About...
MAKE DIRECTORY BUTTON
Clicking on the Make Dir button will allow a directory to be created in
the current directory (as displayed to the top right of the file dialog).
You will be asked for the name of the directory, enter this and click OK to
create it. If the directory is created successfully the file dialog will
update to show the new directory. If an error occurs when trying to create
the directory an error message box will be displayed. Click Cancel to exit
the Make Directory dialog without attempting to create a directory.
DELETE FILE BUTTON
Clicking on the Delete button will delete the currently selected file. This
is the file highlighted in the file dialogs list of files. If no file is
selected the Delete button will be disabled and no deletions can take place.
If the Confirm Deletes option is enabled you will be asked for confirmation
of the deletion, click Yes to delete or No to abort. If Confirm Deletes is
not enabled the deletion will take place immediately after you click the
Delete button. The file dialog file list will update after the deletion. An
error message box will be displayed if the deletion fails.
If the application using the file dialog allows multiple files to be selected
all the selected files will be deleted. If the Confirm Deletes option is
enabled you will be prompted to confirm deletion for each file in turn.
Selecting Cancel on a confirmation dialog will stop the deletion of the
currently displayed file and all further selected files.
RENAME FILE BUTTON
The Rename button allows the renaming of the currently selected file. This
is the file highlighted in the file dialogs list of files. If no file is
selected the Rename button will be disabled and no renaming can take place.
Clicking on the Rename with a file selected results in a dialog asking for
the new name for the file. This should be entered and OK selected to rename
it. Click Cancel to abort renaming of the file. An error message box will
be displayed if renaming of the file fails.
If the application using the file dialog allows multiple files to be selected
you will be prompted for a new name for each selected file in turn. Click Yes
to rename, No to skip to the next file and Cancel to cancel the renaming of
the current and all further selected files
FILE INFORMATION BUTTON
The File Info button will display information about the currently selected
file. This is the file highlighted in the file dialog list of files. If no
file is selected the File Info button will be disabled. The information
displayed for a file is its name, size, time and date of last modification
and its file attributes. This information is not editable. Click on OK when
finished viewing the information.
If the application using the file dialog allows multiple files to be selected
you will be shown details of each selected file in turn. Click OK to move to
the next file and {\cf1Cancel\cf0} to stop viewing the selected list of files.
MAKE BACKUP CHECKBOX
The Make Backup checkbox is only enabled when saving. If it is checked
before selecting OK to save a file, a backup will be made of any existing
file with a name matching that of the file being saved. This is done by
copying the existing file to a similarly named file with the extension .BAK.
An error message box will be displayed if the backup fails.
ABOUT DIALOG
Selecting About... from the System Menu of a file load or save dialog will
bring up the file extensions About dialog box. If the copy is registered it
will show the registered user and serial number. If it is unregistered it
will show *** UNREGISTERED COPY *** and Serial Number : XXXXXX. Clicking
OK on an unregistered copy of the extensions will result in the Shareware
Reminder dialog being shown, offering the user the chance to register the
program. Clicking OK on a registered copy simply returns to the file dialog.
OPTIONS DIALOG
Selecting Options... from the System Menu of a file load or save dialog
will bring up the file extensions Options dialog box. This dialog allow the
customisation of the extensions and covers three areas. Firstly, the Show
checkboxes control which of the possible five extension buttons are added
to file dialogs. The next section is the Options checkboxes. Currently this
has one checkbox allowing the enabling or disabling of the Confirm Deletes
dialog when deleting files. The final set of buttons allow the selecting of
the dialog size. This may be Small, Medium or Large. Small is the same as
the standard commdlg.dll file dialog, Medium has two columns in the file
list box and is slightly deeper and Large is almost full screen on a VGA
monitor and gives three columns in the file list box.
Note that the file list on the medium or large settings is a multi-column
list and you scroll