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WiDE - WINDOWS DIALOG EXTENSIONS VERSION 1.44
Welcome to WiDE! 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 WiDE
UNINSTALLING THE EXTENSIONS
UPGRADING FROM AN EARLIER VERSION
ABOUT THE FILE DIALOG EXTENSIONS
ABOUT DIALOG 3D
HOW TO REGISTER WiDE, THE WINDOWS DIALOG EXTENSIONS
DISCLAIMER AND AGREEMENT
NOTES
VERSION HISTORY
NOTE TO EXISTING USERS
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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
3DDIALOG.EXE Dialog3d program
DLGCTRL.CPL Control panel applet for Dialog3d
DETAILS.DLL DLL containing common routines to above
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
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HOW TO INSTALL WiDE - READ, DON'T GUESS!
Firstly WiDE requires 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. THIS
STEP IS ESSENTIAL! WINDOWS MAY CRASH IF YOU OMIT IT!
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMMDLG.DLL --> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMMDLG2.DLL
* Next copy the file commdlg.dll from the Dialog Extensions
distribution to the Windows system directory.
DLGX14\COMMDLG.DLL --> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMMDLG.DLL
* Finally copy the files details.dll, register.hlp and cfdel.hlp
from the Dialog Extensions distribution to the Windows
system directory (usually c:\windows\system) or to WINDOWS.
To install Dialog 3d:-
* Copy ctl3d.dll, dlgctrl.cpl and dlg3d.dll from the Dialog
Extensions distribution to the Windows system directory.
* Copy 3ddialog.exe, details.dll and register.hlp (if not copied
above) to the Windows system directory
* Add the program '3ddialog.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.
You should ensure that no other versions of any of these files are
located on the path earlier than the ones in windows\system, otherwise
the extensions may not be activated.
OS/2 AND WINDOWS NT
Both parts of WiDE appear to work perfectly running with Windows apps
under the Windows support in OS2 2.1. For those interested install as
for normal windows except into \os2\mdos\winos2...
The file dialog extensions part of WiDE is fine with 16 bit windows apps
under Windows NT although there is a minor problem with the 3d part as
it sometimes hangs when exiting apps. To install for NT 16 bit apps
rename the commdlg.dll in \winnt\system32 to commdlg2.dll and copy
commdlg.dll and details.dll into this directory.
UNINSTALLING THE EXTENSIONS
To remove the effect of the File extender, simply copy COMMDLG2.DLL
to COMMDLG.DLL in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM.
To remove the effect of the 3D extender, simply remove 3DDIALOG.EXE
from the RUN= line of your WIN.INI file
UPGRADING FROM AN EARLIER VERSION
We suggest you simply copy the contents of the .ZIP file into your
WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory to upgrade. If you are upgrading from a
version prior to v1.40, you also need to change the name on the RUN=
line of WIN.INI from DIALOG3D.EXE to 3DDIALOG.EXE
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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 new items to the System Menu of
file dialogs. These entries are:-
Make Directory...
Delete...
Rename...
File Info...
Make Backup
Options...
Help...
About...
Note that the File Dialog Extensions work by intercepting calls on their
way to COMMDLG2.DLL (originally COMMDLG.DLL as supplied with Windows).
Thus you MUST still have this file for the extensions to work.
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, tim