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MASDIR - The MASter DIRectory System
Description of new features in Version 4.3
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Special Offer--FREE LABELS--See Below
The main enhancement is printing directory labels for 3.5"
disks. This is controlled by the 3 and 5 options--3 for 3.5"
disks and 5 for 5.25" disks. On the command line you can enter
either /3 or /5 to prepare SDL to print the style of label you
want. The Print Options menu is brought up by entering either P
or R from the menu, or /P or /R on the command line. From this
menu you can select, or change your selection, by pressing either
3 or 5 as appropriate. The default 3.5" disk form depth is set
for the 2-3/4" labels that wrap around the top of the disk. The
setup program permits setting it for the 2" labels that do not
wrap. The default is set for the 5.25" labels, so use the 3 or
/3 option to get 3.5" labels, or change it with SDLSETUP.
There is also a new W or /W option that will list the files in
sort order across the Width of the screen vice down the columns.
When printing a 3.5" disk label this is the only method of list-
ing file names that is available, but for listing on the screen
or on a 5" label you can choose by toggling with W or /W.
Another new feature is the option to set the cluster size for
the total bytes. Since 1.2Mb and 1.44Mb disks use 1-sector
clusters, the default rounding up of the file size total in 1Kb
increments is not accurate for these disks (or for hard disks).
A new /B (for Bytes) command line option is available to adjust
for the number of kilobytes per cluster. /B1 (the default) for 1
Kb (2 sectors) per cluster as on 360k and 720k diskettes, /B for
.5 Kb (1 sector) per cluster as on 1.2Mb and 1.44Mb diskettes,
and /Bn, n=2-8 for hard disks as appropriate where n indicates
the number of Kb per cluster. This option is only available on
the command line, but SDLSETUP is able to set the default as
desired. Note that /Bnothing (or /Banything other than 1-8) drops
to 1 sector per cluster, and /B1 is the same as the current de-
fault. The number, if used, must immediately follow the B with
no spaces.
A few notes about 3.5" disk labels: (For convenience the labels
and disks will be referred to as 3" and 5".)
Until actual printing is started the screen display will be the
normal display. If 3" disk label or Insert printing is selected,
each line of the display will be split to fit the 2-3/4" width of
the label. Thus, a 2 column screen display will result in a 1
column 3" disk label, a 4 column screen display will be a 2
column label, and a 6 column screen display will be a 3 column
label. The 2, 4, and 6 selections remain unchanged for either
type of label. To keep the file names sorted properly, the W op-
tion will automatically be invoked during the printing of labels
for 3" disks.
-2-
The R print option is not affected by the label setting, but the
File option is. You can use this to create a directory catalog
file with space for your own comments after each file name.
When entering titles for 3" labels, each line will be split after
the 40th character. The vertical bar indicates the position of
the last character that goes on the first line of the split. The
next character after the bar will start the second line of the
split. If you need to see the effect of the split on the screen
before printing use the File option and create a temporary file
that can be erased later or specify the NUL output device which
gives no output at all but does show the screen display. Then
"what you see is what you get". When it is what you want you can
select the print mode.
FREE LABELS! With each registration of Version 4.3 you may
select ONE (1) FREE unit of labels from the ORDER FORM. Just write
FREE in the Amount column. You must include the $2 handling fee
with any label order, FREE or not. This offer may be retracted
or changed at any time. Units are either 100 or 50 labels as
indicated in the Quantity column of the Order Form.
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Review of new features introduced in Version 4.2
Use of the PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End keys. These keys can be
very useful for paging backward and forward through large direc-
tories. Pressing the PgUp key will redisplay the previous
screen. This can also be used on the first screen to eliminate
the header completely and display up to 144 filenames on one
screen. B for Back will also work. PgDn pages to the next screen
the same as C, End ends the display the same as Esc, and Home
returns to the first screen--similar to pressing C at the end menu,
but Home can also be used for this purpose at the intermediate
menu. To quickly get to the end of the listing, press the '-' key.
Reverse sorting. The '-' character is the symbol to sort the
file names in descending, vice ascending order. On the command
line this can be /-, /a-, or /-a where a is one of the alphabetic
characters N, X, S, or D. (There is no reverse for DOS order.)
At either the end or the intermediate menu, pressing the "-" key
will re-sort the names in reverse order using the same sort field.
The third major new feature is the print-to-file capability.
Now on the Print Options menu a "File" option appears. If you
select F you will be prompted for a file name. This can be any
valid non-ambiguous file specification (no wildcards). If the
file exists, the directory output will be appended to the end of
the file. Be careful not to use reserved DOS names such as COM1,
AUX, LPT1, PRN, NUL, etc.; although you can use NUL to preview
the printing of a disk label with no output.
-3-
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Review of new features introduced in Version 4.1
Now you can set or change the volume label without returning to
DOS. Just use /V on the command line, or press V when Vol is
shown on the end menu.
Control of printing is much more versatile. The prompt line in-
dicates whether printing is on or off (Prn=ON or Prn=OFF). The P
option brings up a print menu. On the print menu Esc will turn
printing off if it was on, or exit without turning it on. Press-
ing C for Cls turns on page eject (ff for form feed). This is
also indicated on the prompt line with (ff=ON or ff=OFF).
Disk Free Space is no longer shown unless specifically asked for
with the /F option on the command line, or F at the menu. DOS
takes a noticeable amount of time to calculate the disk free
space, so eliminating the display of this information greatly
speeds up the directory display.
The calculation of the total "Bytes in xxx Files" is rounded up
to the next exact kilobyte for each file. (Individual file sizes
are not.)
SDL automatically adjusts for any number of lines of text your
monitor is set for such as 43 line EGA, or 50 line VGA modes.
Additional New Configuration Features in SDLSETUP
A setup option to use the box drawing characters on the printer
like those on the screen.
Suppression of the . and .. file directory entries.
The sort orders of N for Name (the default), X for eXtension, D
for Date, and O for Original or dOs (nO sort at all), are avail-
able.
SDLSETUP now has a (cr) option to select "no change" for any
question and just move on to the next. Pressing Esc will skip to
the next section.
You can adjust the number of rows that you want on labels when
you use the Tiny option to get the maximum your printer will sup-
port.