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| | | SERVICES | version 3.0 | | Written and Developed | by | Lawrence Stone | | Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 | by | Lawrence Stone Research Group | | | | | | Published by | | LSRGroup | P.O. Box 5715 | Charleston, Oregon 79420 | U.S.A. | | Telephone: (503) 888-9716 | | Electronic Messages: | | Marshfield Exchange BBS 152/18 | or | Quik_BAS Conference | | | Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 by Lawrence Stone Research Group All rights reserved Published in the United States of America A Note From the Author If you are grossly new to the world of the IBM PC and compatibles, or if you are not completely comfortable using a PC, then notice: SERVICES 3.0 IS NOT FOR YOU! SERVICES is designed to fit the needs of the business world, as well as, programmer's criteria. Powerful command options offer you the ability to quickly perform complex tasks. These same options, in the hands of the neophyte, offer the "rope" necessary to "hang yourself". The next release of SERVICES will offer even more powerful options, such as, setting attributes on directories and sure kill of files. These planned options, in the hands of the novice are, indeed, all the "rope" necessary to "hang yourself". To the experienced, a note of caution: LSRGroup's beta tester's all reported that, initially, they perceived SERVICES as a simple shell program, similar to the shell offered with DOS 4.0. However, within a few days they realized that SERVICES was not a simple shell, but rather, a very powerful disk, archive and file controller. Soon thereafter, the beta testers became quite proficient and comfortable with SERVICES ease of operation. That's when they experienced out- comes that weren't what they wanted. However, upon review of their actions, SERVICES performed exactly as instructed! This situation is analogous to the private pilot with 200 hours flying experience. The pilot with 200 hours experience is very comfortable with the airplane and, therefore, at a higher risk of accident than during any other time of his/her flying career. To avoid an accident please take the time to read the questions and messages SERVICES displays before committing to any action. SERVICES performs its tasks extremely fast and the slight pause you take to re-confirm does not degrade your productivity. Acknowledgement Heartfelt appreciation is extended to Cindy K. Mallmann for enduring the many days and nights where the only part of this author's anatomy to be seen by her was the back of his head as he sat at the computer developing this fine utility. Further acknowledgement is extended to Derell Coates, Jim Copley, Bob Fetherson, John Phillips, Tommy Van Hoozier, and Tim Van Over for their ideas, suggestions, and assistance in distributing the SERVICES disk, archive and file controller. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page iii Table of Contents A Note From the Author ......................................... iii Acknowledgement ................................................ iii Table of Contents ................................................ 1 Trademarks/Compatibility ......................................... 5 License/Disclaimer ............................................... 6 A. License .................................................. 6 B. Disclaimer ............................................... 6 C. Corporate Site Licenses/Quantity Purchases ............... 7 D. Developer's Licenses ..................................... 7 D. Registration ............................................. 7 E. Free Gift ................................................ 8 I. Before You Begin ............................................. 9 A. Introduction ............................................. 9 B. About This Manual ........................................ 10 C. SERVICES Limitations .................................... 11 D. Minimum System Requirements ............................. 11 E. Optimal System Requirements .............................. 12 II. Installing SERVICES ......................................... 13 A. README.DOC .............................................. 13 B. Installing SERVICES on your hard drive .................. 13 1. Before You Install .................................. 13 2. SERV300 Archive Packages ............................ 13 3. Installing SERVICES from Floppies ................... 15 4. Operation of SETUP_S.EXE ............................ 16 a. Defining SERVICES Location ...................... 17 b. Copying Files With SETUP_S.EXE .................. 17 c. SERVICES Configuration File ..................... 17 d. Printing SERVICES Manual ........................ 18 e. Your AUTOEXEC.BAT's Path ........................ 19 f. Redo Entries .................................... 19 III. Using SERVICES .............................................. 20 A. Command Lines ........................................... 20 B. Directory Window ........................................ 21 C. Files Window ............................................ 22 D. Status of Shift Keys .................................... 23 E. Scrolling File And Directory Windows .................... 24 F. Command Line Commands ................................... 24 SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 1 1. Copy ................................................ 24 a. File ............................................ 25 b. Tagged Files .................................... 25 c. Except Tagged Files ............................. 25 2. Move ................................................ 25 a. File ............................................ 26 b. Tagged Files .................................... 26 c. Except Tagged Files ............................. 26 3. Erase ............................................... 26 a. File ............................................ 26 b. Tagged Files .................................... 26 c. Except Tagged Files ............................. 26 4. Tag ................................................. 27 a. File ............................................ 27 b. All ............................................. 27 5. Untag ............................................... 27 a. File ............................................ 27 b. All ............................................. 27 6. Zippy Tag/Untag ..................................... 27 a. Zippy Tag ....................................... 27 b. Zippy Untag ...................................... 27 7. Rename ............................................... 28 a. Files ........................................... 28 b. Directories ..................................... 28 8. Concatenate ......................................... 28 9. List ................................................ 28 10. Archive ............................................. 29 a. Selecting PKarc/PKZip Formats ................... 29 b. Add/Create Archive .............................. 29 c. Add/Create With Comments ........................ 29 d. List Files in Archive ........................... 30 e. View Archive Comments ........................... 30 f. Revise Archive Comments ......................... 30 g. Delete Files From Archive ....................... 30 h. Extract Files From Archive ...................... 31 i. Browse Files in Archive ......................... 31 j. Print Files in Archive .......................... 31 k. Check Archive Integrity ......................... 32 11. Change Drive ........................................ 32 12. Volume Label ........................................ 32 13. Sort ................................................ 32 a. Name ............................................ 32 b. Extension ....................................... 32 c. Date ............................................ 32 d. Size ............................................ 33 e. Attribute ....................................... 33 14. Change Directory .................................... 33 a. Change to New Directory ......................... 33 b. Make New Directory .............................. 33 c. Remove Directory ................................ 33 SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 2 15. Change Attributes ................................... 34 a. Single File ..................................... 34 b. Tagged Files ..................................... 34 16. Changing Time/Date Stamps ........................... 34 17. File Mask ........................................... 35 18. Quitting SERVICES ................................... 35 G. Alternative Menu ........................................ 35 1. DOS Shell ........................................... 36 a. DOS Shell ....................................... 37 b. Disk Swap ....................................... 37 c. EMS Swap ........................................ 38 2. Execute File ........................................ 38 a. Command Line Argument ........................... 38 b. DOS Shell ....................................... 39 c. Disk Swap ....................................... 39 d. Batch Shell ..................................... 40 e. EMS Swap ........................................ 41 3. Help ................................................ 41 4. File Search ......................................... 41 a. Search Default Drive ............................ 41 b. Search Default Drive And All Hard Drives ........ 41 5. Protect Files ....................................... 42 a. Adding Files To Protection List ................. 43 b. Deleting From Protection List ................... 43 c. Viewing Protection List ......................... 43 d. Protecting File on Other Drives ................. 43 6. Screen Sleep ........................................ 44 7. Text Editor ......................................... 44 a. Edit Existing File .............................. 44 b. Edit A New File ................................. 44 8. Refresh FAT ......................................... 44 9. Virus/Corrupted File Check .......................... 45 a. Execute CRC/Checksum Test ....................... 45 b. Create/Append Control File ...................... 47 c. CHECKSUM's Report File .......................... 48 d. Using CHECKSUM from DOS ......................... 50 H. Alternative Menu Commands From The Main Menu ............ 51 I. Passwords ............................................... 51 a. Creating ............................................ 52 b. Deleting or Changing Password ....................... 52 c. Verifying ........................................... 53 IV. SERVICES Line Editor Commands ............................... 54 SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 3 V. Notes and Tips .............................................. 54 A. Backup Copies of SERVICES ............................... 54 B. Typing File Names ....................................... 55 C. SCRNCH .................................................. 55 D. Renaming the SERVICES Utilities ......................... 55 E. Directory Names With Extensions ......................... 55 F. Speedy Untags ........................................... 56 G. Expeditious Use of Highlight Bars ....................... 56 H. When Files And Directories Don't Display ................ 56 I. Un-sorting The File Display ............................. 56 J. Forgot Your Password? ................................... 56 K. Un-installing SERVICES .................................. 57 L. Getting The Protect Utility When Calling For Password? .. 57 M. Tandy 1000 Keyboards .................................... 57 N. Dual Monitors ........................................... 57 O. Multi-tasking And LANs .................................. 58 P. Copy or Move Files to Different Drives .................. 58 VI. Revision History ............................................ 58 VII. Future Enhancements ......................................... 61 VIII. Registration Form ........................................... 62 IX. Comment/Suggestions Form .................................... 63 SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 4 Trademarks/Compatibility SERVICES has been tested and found compatible with the products listed below (partial list). Many of these products are referenced throughout this document. Whenever you come across them, please remember that they are registered trademarks and copyrights of the companies shown below. * 8088, 80286, 80386 CPU's are trademarks of Intel, Inc. * Abacus 25 motherboard is a trademark of Abacus, Inc. * Above Board is a trademark of Intel, Inc. * AMI BIOS is a copyright of American Megatrends, Inc. * AutoCAD is a copyright of Autodesk, Inc. * Award Modular BIOS version 3.03 is a copyright of Award Software, Inc. * Bernoulli Box is a trademark of Iomega, Inc. * Chips Expanded Memory Manager version 4.1.1 is a copyright of Chips & Technology, Inc. * Clipper is a copyright of Nantucket Corporation. * dBase is a copyright of Ashton Tate Corporation. * DOG - Disk OrGanizer is a copyright of Allen Morris III. * DOS 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.01 in this manual refers to MS-DOS versions 3.1 to 4.01, copyrights of Microsoft Corporation. * ELT-286B motherboard is a trademark of Chips & Technology, Inc. * FLUSHOT is a copyright of Software Concepts Design. * Franklin 8000 is a trademark of Franklin Computers, Inc. * G-2 286 chip set is a trademark of G-2 Corporation * Harris 80C286 and 80C386 CPU's are trademarks of Harris, Inc. * IBM, IBM PC, IBM PC XT, IBM PC AT and IBM PS/2 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, Inc. * LIST or LIST.COM, when referenced as a specific program name, is a copyright of Vernon D. Buerg and Sydex. * Lotus 123 is a copyright of Lotus Development Corporation. * Microsoft Word is a copyright of Microsoft Corporation. * NEAT (New Enhanced Advanced Technology) is a registered name for CHIPSet, trademark of Chips & Technology, Inc. * NEC V20 CPU is a trademark of NEC, INC. * PC Tools, PC Tools Deluxe are copyrights of Central Point Software, Inc. * Phoenix BIOS is a copyright of Phoenix Software Associates, Ltd. * PKARC, PKXARC, PKPAK, PKUNPAK, PKZIP, and PKUNZIP are copyrights of Phil Katz and PKWARE, Inc. * PLUS Hardcard 40 is a trademark of PLUS Development Corp., Inc. * Q.COM, QEDIT.COM, and QEDIT.EXE are copyrights of SemWare. * Qfiler is a copyright of Ken Flee and Jamestown Software. * SCAN is a copyright of McAfee Associates. * SCRNCH is a copyrighted trademark of Graeme W. McRae. * Seagate BIOS version 3.0.0 is a copyright of Seagate, Inc. * Seagate SCUSI and Seagate ST251 are trademarks of Seagate, Inc. * SpinRite Hard Disk Reformatter is a copyright of Gibson Research. * Tandy 1000 and Tandy 3000HD are trademarks of Tandy, Inc. * Xtree is a copyright of Executive Systems, Inc. * SERVICES is compatible with DIP (Dual Inline Package) and SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module) DRAM and, if 450 Kbytes are available, will utilize LIM (Lotus/Intel/Microsoft) EMS version 3.2 or later. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 5 License/Disclaimer A. License SERVICES is Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 by LSRGroup. This version of SERVICES is NOT public domain or free software, but is being distributed as "shareware" or "user supported" software. Non-registered users of this software are granted a limited license to make an evaluation copy for trial use on a private, non-commercial basis, for the express purpose of determining whether SERVICES is suitable for their needs. At the end of this trial period, you must either register your copy or discontinue using SERVICES. This means that if you are regularly using this program, i.e., more than two dozen times, then you have deemed this software package to be suitable for your needs and you are required to pay for your copy or, remove it from your system and discontinue its use. All users are granted a limited license to copy SERVICES Shareware Edition for the trial use of others, subject to the above limitations. This license does NOT include distribution or copying of this software package: 1. In connection with any other product or service, except for PKware's file compression programs, Sydex's LIST.COM, and SemWare's QEDIT, if distributed as shareware and approved by their authors. 2. For general use within a company or institution. 3. For any consideration other than a modest "disk fee". 4. In any manner if the file containing the full documen- tation (this manual) is not included in the distribution or, if it is modified in any way. 5. In any manner if any of the files or programs included in this package have been modified in any way. Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (SysOps) are encouraged to post SERVICES Shareware Edition for down-loading by their users, as long as the above conditions are met. If you are a distributor of a public domain or user-supported software library, then you may be eligible to distribute copies of SERVICES Shareware Edition. You must meet all the above conditions and acquire written permission from LSRGroup before doing so. B. Disclaimer Use of this program acknowledges this disclaimer of warranty: "This program is supplied as-is. LSRGroup disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness of this program for any purpose. LSRGroup assumes no liability for damages direct or consequential, which may result from the use of this program." SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 6 C. Corporate Site Licenses/Quantity Purchases All corporate, business, government, agencies of government, or other commercial users of SERVICES must be registered. Quantity discounts and corporate or site licensing is available. Call or write LSRGroup for quantity discount pricing. All orders must include check, money order, or warrent. D. Developer's Licenses Developers wishing to bundle SERVICES with their programs need to write LSRGroup stating the nature of your program and the quantity of sales you anticipate. LSRGroup will respond with a proposed agreement stating your cost and duration of agreement. E. Registration Registration entitles you to reduced costs for the next minor and major revisions of SERVICES, and free product support for three months from date of registration. Product telephone support is limited to 30 minutes connect time during the hours of 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Pacific time, Monday through Friday. SERVICES registration entitles you to use the program on any and all computers available to you, with the following restriction: If other people have access to this program or may use it on a regular basis, then you must purchase a site license. Registration entitlements are valid for this release of SERVICES and are subject to change with subsequent releases. Registration of SERVICES does not include registration of PKarc, PKxarc, PKpak, PKunpak, PKzip, PKunzip, QEDIT, or LIST.COM. These products are not authored nor copyrighted by LSRGroup. Therefore, if you are using any of these products, it is your responsibility and obligation to make sure you register them. When you register SERVICES, you receive diskette(s) of the latest version of SERVICES. Your registered copy will display your name or company name as the registered owner. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 7 F. Free Gift SERVICES, and other programs, can operate on 286 CPU's, in certain circumstances, faster than the performance produced from 386 CPU's. To achieve this speed improvement, LSRGroup has included a small COM program called, FAST.COM. FAST.COM reduces the delay time and increases the speed of your systems keyboard repeat action, effectively making the keyboard much quicker. Scrolling windows and text will be as fast as a mouse with FAST.COM installed. And, unlike some utilities that increase type- matic response time, FAST.COM will not over-buffer. FAST.COM is for 286 CPU's only (you cannot use it on the IBM PC or IBM PC/XT). To load FAST.COM, simply type the command FAST. LSRGroup recommends that you have FAST.COM installed from your system's AUTOEXEC.BAT. Note: The Setup Utility supplied in this SERVICES package does not copy FAST.COM. If you are installing SERVICES from a floppy diskette and want FAST.COM on a hard drive then, you must copy it either from the DOS command line, or copy it using SERVICES, once SERVICES has been installed. FAST.COM is a free gift from LSRGroup to you, whether you register SERVICES or not. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 8 I. Before You Begin A. Introduction SERVICES, developed to fit the needs of business, as well as, fill the criteria of programmers, is not a simple shell program, but rather, a very powerful disk, archive and file controller. SERVICES supplants the need to use DOS commands, offering an easy to use system of pull-down and pull-up menu options. When you need to use DOS, SERVICES will offer you three different means to shell the command processor: DOS shell, EMS swap, and Disk swap. You can run other programs from within SERVICES using four different shells: DOS shell, EMS swap, Disk swap, and Batch shell. Use the Batch shell to run memory intensive programs, such as AutoCAD. Using the various shell types gives you more control over how your programs run. The DOS shell retains SERVICES in DOS memory, locking out 239,596 bytes from use by the program being run by SERVICES. When you choose EMS or Disk swaps, 234,124 bytes of additional DOS memory become available to the program being run. The Batch shell frees up all but approximately 200 bytes or less for the program being run. SERVICES directly integrates with PKware's file compression utilities for easy manipulation of ARC and ZIP archives. Manipulating archives can be cumbersome from DOS but using SERVICES requires just a couple of keystrokes. SERVICES will work with Vernon D. Beurg's LIST.COM for browsing any ASCII or binary file. SERVICES automatically uses LIST to give you complete up/down and right/left scroll control when viewing archived file contents. SERVICES is designed to use QEDIT for editing any text file you high- light. If you use a different text editor, SERVICES can probably work with it as well. SERVICES can be password protected. Passwords can be as long as 65 character spaces and can include spaces between words. SERVICES can be instructed to protect files from erasure while they reside within their designated directory(s), without setting Read-Only attributes. Protected files cannot be erased or re-named by SERVICES nor can their associated directories be renamed by SERVICES. SERVICES offers a wide-range of options not found with other disk, archive or file controllers, such as, concatenation of ASCII files, sorting files by attributes, changing attributes on all tagged files, virus and corrupted file checks, and renaming sub-directories. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 9 B. About This Manual This manual is designed to serve two primary functions: to elucidate you, the user of the SERVICES utility, about the operational functions and parameters of SERVICES and, to serve as a reference manual for the myriad of command options available. In this second capacity, certain conventions remain constant throughout this document. Keys with multi-letter names, such as <Enter> are identified as keys by being enclosed within the <> symbols. Letter keys are identified in capital letters and/or within quotation marks. It is implied that all menus boxes can be scrolled and their options can be selected with the <Enter> key unless stated otherwise. The chapters detailing the Command Lines and Alternative Menus conform to the following convention: Each command option is briefly defined in a paragraph entitled, "Function". Fast keys used to call the command, as well as, escape procedures, are listed in paragraphs entitled, "Fast Key". Detailed information or supplemental information is incorporated into para- graphs entitled, "Comment". Many commands have further options. If a command has further options, they will be listed in subsequent paragraphs that are numbered in lower case letters. The convention used to describe these further options is the same as for the command. When referencing any command, bear in mind that the calls stack together. For example, the archive command uses a Fast Key "A", the option for the pkZip format use the Fast Key "Z", and the option for creating an archive with comments uses a Fast Key "C". Therefore, the keystrokes needed to initiate the (A)rchive menu using the pk(Z)ip format to create an archive and include file (C)omments is - "AZC". Familiarizing yourself with the Fast Keys takes very little time because each set of menus is limited in scope, i.e., "A" pulls-down the (A)rchive menu from the Command Line which displays two choices: pkArc and pkZip. Choosing one opens another menu where, in the previous example, you would choose "C" for creating an archive with (C)omments. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 10 C. SERVICES Limitations SERVICES is limited to the following: > Installation onto fixed disks (hard disks) only. > Twenty six drives (any combination of fixed disk and floppy). > 599 directories per disk. Any limitation of the number of sub-directories allowed on the root directory is a limitation imposed by older DOS versions, not SERVICES. > 680 files per directory for a maximum of 407,320 files per disk. (You can have more than that, SERVICES just won't read beyond 680 files per directory.) Again, any limitation of the number of files allowed on the root directory is a limitation imposed by older DOS versions, not SERVICES. > 240 files within any archived file. Files within an archive can also be archived files consisting of 240 files each for a total of 57,600 files per archive. D. Minimum System Requirements > An IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible. > PC-DOS or MS-DOS 3.0 or later. > Phoenix BIOS or compatible. > 80 column monitor. > One or more fixed disks (hard disks) > 850,000 bytes disk space for the SERVICES directory. 400,000 bytes are required for SERVICES and the files it creates and 450,000 bytes are required for disk swap operations. If your system has a RAM drive with 450,000 bytes available, then the SERVICES hard disk space requirement is reduced to 400,000. > 640 Kbytes base memory - 239,596 bytes or more available RAM. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 11 E. Optimal System Requirements > 286 CPU with FAST.COM installed, or 386 CPU or better. > 450,000 bytes or more available LIM EMS version 3.2 or newer (or compatible). > RAM drive with 450,000 bytes available or more. > Supplemental programs PKpak version 3.61, PKunpak version 3.61, Pkzip version 1.01 or later, Pkunzip version 1.01 or later, LIST.COM, and QEDIT. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 12 II. Installing SERVICES A. README.DOC If there is a file called "README.DOC" included on your diskettes (or, archived file if down-loaded from a bulletin board) then, please take a few moments to read the contents. This file may contain corrections to the manual and/or further information regarding the installation of SERVICES. B. Installing SERVICES on your hard drive: 1. Before You Install If you have previously installed SERVICES version 3.0 (Shareware Edition or Registered Edition) then proceed to the installation instruction #2 or #3, whichever is appropriate. Before you install SERVICES, take the time to note on a piece of scratch paper the following information in the following sequence: a. The directory name where SERVICES is to be installed. Example: C:\SERVICES b. The drive letters of every hard disk your system has that has been formatted for DOS. This list can include RAM drives if the RAM drives are not TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident), i.e., if, at any time you can remove your RAM drive(s) from your system's memory without having to turn off the computer then do not include this drive letter with your list of hard disks. Example: CDEF c. If your system has RAM drives, note the drive letter of the largest RAM drive on your system. This RAM drive cannot be TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident). If you have noted this RAM drive for instruction "b" above then note it again. Example: F SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 13 d. If you have PKware's PKarc or PKpak utility, version 3.61, then note the complete path and file name for one or the other but not both (note - PKpak is not the same as PAK by SEA, Inc.). Note: This instruction and the next five instructions ask for the complete path and file name. This means that you need to note the drive, path, filename, and file extension. Example: C:\ARC\PKPAK.EXE Wrong! PKPAK Wrong! C:\ARC Wrong! C:\ARC\PKPAK e. If you have noted PKarc in instruction "d" above then, note the complete path and file name for PKxarc. If you listed PKpak then note the complete path and file name for PKunpak. Example: C:\ARC\PKUNPAK.EXE f. If you have PKware's PKzip utility, version 1.01 or later, then note the complete path and file name for it. Example: C:\ARC\PKZIP.EXE g. If you have noted PKzip in instruction "f" above then note the complete path and file name for Pkunzip. Example: C:\ARC\PKUNZIP.EXE h. If you have Vernon D. Buerg's LIST.COM (LIST may be called LIST62.COM, LIST64.COM, etc.) then note the complete path and file name for it. Example: C:\UTILITY\LIST.COM If you don't have Vernon D. Buerg's LIST utility but use another browse utility, then you may be able to use this other browse utility in lieu of LIST. If you use a different browse utility than LIST, it must be able to accept the complete path and file name for the file to browse in its command argument. Also, be forewarned, SERVICES will use LIST to browse multiple files that reside within a single archived file. When SERVICES uses LIST in this capacity, it first stuffs the keyboard with a specific command to LIST. If you are going to use a browse utility other than LIST, this may produce unpredictable results. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 14 i. If you have SemWare's Q.COM, QEDIT.COM, or QEDIT.EXE then note the complete path and file name for it. Example: C:\EDIT\QEDIT.EXE If you don't have SemWare's Q.COM, QEDIT.COM, or QEDIT.EXE but use another text editor, then you may be able to use this other text editor in lieu of SemWare's. If you use a another text editor, it must be able to accept the complete path and file name for the file to edit in its command argument. The above instructions are the most complex task required of you in order to install and operate the SERVICES utility. If you don't understand them, then you are not ready for the powerful abilities of the SERVICES utility and LSRGroup suggests that you proceed no further with its installation. 2. SERV300 Archive Packages Many computer bulletin boards offer SERVICES Shareware Edition as an archived file named SERV300. This file can have many different extensions, depending upon which archiver was used to do the compression. SERV300 file extensions may be: ARC, ZIP, LZH, ZOO, PAK, or other extension name. If you have down-loaded SERV300 from a bulletin board then: a. Make a directory for the SERVICES files (LSRGroup suggests you name this directory, "\SERVICES". To make a directory, at the DOS prompt, type the command: MD\SERVICES Note: If you already have a previous version of SERVICES on your hard drive then skip this instruction and proceed with instruction #b. b. Extract all of SERVICES files out of the archive into the SERVICES directory. c. Locate your system into this directory with the command: CD\SERVICES (assuming you named this directory \SERVICES). d. At the DOS prompt, type the command: SETUP_S e. Skip to instruction #4 below to continue reading about the installation process. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 15 3. Installing SERVICES from Floppies a. If you are installing SERVICES from a 1.44 Mbyte, 3 1/2 inch diskette then insert this diskette into drive A: If you are installing SERVICES from 360 Kbyte, 5 1/4 inch diskettes then insert SERVICES diskette #1 into drive A: b. At the DOS prompt type the command: A: c. Next, type the command: SETUP_S d. SETUP_S, when run from a floppy drive, first checks to see if all of its files are present. If you are installing SERVICES from a 5 1/4 inch floppy drive, then SETUP_S will ask you to place SERVICES diskette #2 into the drive. Place diskette #2 into the drive and strike any key to continue. SETUP_S will then verify the existence of the files in diskette #2 and will inform you to again place diskette #1 into the drive. If all of SERVICES EXE files are present on diskette #1 and if all of SERVICES DOC files are present on diskette #2 then execution of the SETUP_S utility will continue. Otherwise, SETUP_S will abort with a message that files are missing. If you fail to place diskette #2 into the drive when requested, you will also have this message displayed and SETUP_S will abort. You can terminate execution at this time by pressing the <Esc> key. e. To continue the installation, read instruction #4. 4. Operation of SETUP_S.EXE Because your SERVICES utility can be installed from a floppy drive, a RAM drive, or from a previously created hard disk directory, the following convention is used to make reading this chapter and the installation process easier: If the paragraph pertains to installing SERVICES from a floppy or RAM drive, then the paragraph will be preceded with [FLOPPY]. If the paragraph pertains to installing SERVICES from a previously created hard drive location then the paragraph will be preceded by the notation [HARD]. If the paragraph applies to both types of installation procedures then there is no special notation. When you run SETUP_S, it will first display a window with an over- view of what it does. When you are finished reading this screen, strike any key to continue. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 16 a. Defining SERVICES Location [HARD] If you are running SETUP_S from within a previously established SERVICES hard disk location that contains the SERVICES files, then SETUP_S will display your complete path to SERVICES and will instruct you to press the <Enter> key to continue. Press <Enter> to continue or press the <Esc> key to abort the program. [FLOPPY] If you are running SETUP_S from a floppy (or RAM drive with less than 1.5 Mbyte total disk space), then SETUP_S will ask you to type the complete path for your SERVICES hard disk directory. Type the complete path as noted on your scratch paper then press the <Enter> key, or press <Esc> to abort the program. [FLOPPY] If you are running SETUP_S from a floppy (or RAM drive with less than 1.5 Mbytes total disk space) and the path you designate for SERVICES doesn't exist, then SETUP_S will first check to see if the parent directory exists. If it does exist, then the path you specified is created. If the parent directory doesn't exist you will be promptly informed of such and allowed to re-type the path, or press <Esc> to abort the program. b. Copying Files With SETUP_S.EXE [FLOPPY] If you are running SETUP_S from a floppy (or RAM drive with less than 1.5 Mbytes total disk space) and SETUP_S has accepted or created the path for SERVICES, it will then automatically copy all of your SERVICES files to that location. If you are operating the SETUP_S utility from a 5 1/4 inch diskette then, after copying all of SERVICES EXE programs, you will be instructed to insert diskette #2 into drive A: Insert diskette #2 into the drive and press the <Enter> key. The manual and readme documents will then be copied to SERVICES hard disk location. c. SERVICES Configuration File [FLOPPY] If you are running SETUP_S from a floppy (or RAM drive with less than 1.5 Mbytes total disk space) you will then be presented a series of questions concerning the complete path and file names for your archive, browse, and text editor. Type your responses as noted on your scratch paper for each question, then press <Enter> to move on to the next question. Press the <Esc> key to abort the creation of the configuration file. Note - SERVICES will not run without a valid configuration file. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 17 [HARD] If you are running the SETUP_S utility from a hard disk location that contains the SERVICES files, you will be asked if you wish to create or modify a SERVICES configuration file. If this is the initial installation of SERVICES version 3.0 then you must respond "Y" for yes. Without a valid configuration file, SERVICES will not run. When you answer "Y", you will then be presented a series of questions concerning the complete path and file names for your archive, browse, and text editor. Type your responses as noted on your scratch paper. If SERVICES already contains a valid configur- ation file, when SETUP_S asks you this series of questions, you will have displayed the information that is currently held in the configuration file. Press the <Enter> key to accept each displayed path and file name. Or, edit the presentation then press <Enter>. Press <Esc> to abort the creation of the configuration file. SETUP_S checks for the existence of each file name you type. If the file or path is invalid, SETUP_S will inform you of such and allow you to re-edit the invalid entry. Once you have answered or confirmed the path and file names to your archive, browse, and text editor, you will be asked if you wish to have SERVICES default to sorted directory trees. Press the "Y" key if you want your directory trees to be sorted. Press the "N" key if you don't want your directory trees to be displayed sorted. SETUP_S will now re-display the data you have entered and ask you if it is correct. Answer "Y" if it is, "N" if one or more of the data you have supplied is incorrect. If you press the "Y" key, SETUP_S then writes a file named, SERVICES.CFG and assigns it a Read-Only DOS attribute. If you answered "N" then SETUP_S asks you if you wish to create or modify the configuration file. If you answer yes, you will again be presented the set of questions concerning the location and names of your archive, browse, and text editor programs. d. Printing SERVICES Manual If the SERVICES manual is present in the SERVICES directory, you will be asked if you wish to have your printer print it. Answer "Y" to print the manual or "N" if you don't want to print the manual. If the manual is not present, you will be informed that you cannot print it because it is missing. Note - when you first run the SETUP_S utility from a floppy, the manual (SERVICES.DOC) and the README.DOC is automatically copied to the SERVICES directory and, therefore, can be printed. If you have received SERVICES in the archive called, SERV300 then, when you extract the files from the archive, you also extract the manual, therefore, it can be printed. The only time you can expect the message that SERVICES.DOC is missing is after you have done an initial installation, deleted the manual, and then re-run SETUP_S to modify the configuration file. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 18 If you elect to print the manual, you will be asked to specify which printer port to use. Press "1" for LPT1, "2" for LPT2, etc. Next, you will be asked if your printer uses line feeds as well as carriage returns, or carriage returns only. Press "L" for line feeds with carriage returns. Press "C" for carriage returns only. If you are unsure if your printer needs line feeds or not, press the "L" key. If you see double spacing between lines of text when it should be single spacing, then you need to abort the print procedure with the <Esc> key. If you abort the print procedure with the <Esc> key, you will again be asked if you wish to print the manual. Type "Y" for "yes" or type "N" for "no". e. Your AUTOEXEC.BAT's Path If you have SERVICES directory listed in your system's PATH state- ment, then SERVICES can be loaded and run from any drive or path. If SERVICES directory is pathed, then, where-ever you call SERVICES from, files and directory information associated with that default drive and path is immediately displayed. Otherwise, if SERVICES is not pathed then it must always be loaded from within its own directory. If SERVICES directory is already pathed, SETUP_S will inform you of that condition. Otherwise, SETUP_S will present you two screens full of information explaining in detail, the process it goes through to modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT so that SERVICES is pathed. After reading these screens, you will be asked if you wish to have SETUP_S modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT's PATH statement. If you choose "Y" then SETUP_S immediately re-names your AUTOEXEC.BAT to the new name, AUTOEXEC.OLD and then writes a new AUTOEXEC.BAT with the appropriate modification needed to path SERVICES directory. SETUP_S then sets the same attributes on your new AUTOEXEC.BAT as existed on your original. SETUP_S will not write a new AUTOEXEC file if the original is greater than 16,000 bytes nor will it modify the AUTOEXEC if the existing path combined with SERVICES path exceeds the DOS limitation of 127 bytes. f. Redo Entries After you have responded to all of the questions posed by SETUP_S, you will be asked if you wish to redo your entries. Press "Y" to start over again. Press "N" to end the program. When you press "N", if you had SETUP_S modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT then, you will be informed that it was modified and to "Strike any key to REBOOT". When this message is displayed, remove any diskettes from your floppy drive and strike any key. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 19 III. Using SERVICES A. Command Lines SERVICES divides your monitor into two major window areas. The left window displays the default drive's directory tree and the right side displays the default directory's file information. Above and below these windows are white bars. These white bars are SERVICES command lines. The command lines contains 17 primary commands you will use to manage your files and directories. Any command on the command line is always available for you to use, so long as no other window or menu has pulled or popped onto the screen. The command with the dark background (blue on color monitors) is the command that is "ready" to be called. You have 2 ways to change the "ready" command. You can scroll the Command Lines or call the command with a Fast Key. 1. Scrolling The Command Lines Use the spacebar or the tab key to scroll the "ready" command left to right. The scroll will wrap at the upper right command name to the bottom left command, and will also wrap at the bottom right command back to the top left. Holding a shift key down while pressing tab scrolls the ready command in the opposite direction. Once the command you wish to use becomes the ready command, then press the <Enter> key to pull down its menu box. 2. Command Line Fast Keys The first capitalized letter in each command (red on color monitors - underlined on monochrome monitors) is the command's Fast Key. Fast Keys are mnemonic. This means that, generally, you can make an easy association between the key and command, i.e., "C" for Copy, "D" for change Drive, "A" for Archive, etc. If no other window or menu has been pulled down or popped onto the screen, then no matter which command is the ready command, as soon as you use the Fast Key, that command becomes the ready command and immediately pulls down its associated menu. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 20 3. Pull-Down Menus Once a command line menu box has been pulled down, you can drag it to the right or left with the right and left arrow keys or abort the command line choice with the <Esc> key. Several calls to the command line, as well as, several options within several pull-down menu boxes are not available unless one or more files have been tagged. Those options that are not available when no file has been tagged will appear grey on color monitors and will appear blank on monochrome. There is no option to copy, move, or erase tagged files until you tag at least one file. Likewise, you cannot copy, move or erase "Except tags" until you have tagged at least one file. You cannot create an archived file until you have tagged at least one file. You must tag two or more files to concatenate. And, you cannot untag any file until you've tagged. Calls to several command line commands will require you to type further information. If you desire to concatenate, files, change the volume label of the disk, change the time and date of a file, or change the file mask, then, once the menu box is displayed, you need to initiate SERVICES built-in line editor by tapping the spacebar or <Enter> key. Other command line commands that respond to you by asking a question may require you to type a response with SERVICES line editor. For example, if you press "C" for "Copy" while high- lighting a file called "YOURFILE.DOC", and you have previously moved the highlight bar to a directory named "C:\DOCS" then, SERVICES will respond with the question: "Copy YOURFILE.DOC to C:\DOCS ?" If you press "Y" or <Enter> to the above question, SERVICES immediately attempts to copy the file. If you answer "N" for "No" then SERVICES will immediately initiate its line editor. At this point, you would either type the drive and path where the copy is to go or, press <Esc> to abort the copy procedure. B. Directory Window SERVICES divides your monitor into two major window areas. The left window displays the default drive's directory tree, the volume label for that drive, the number of directories for that drive, the number of bytes in the default directory, and the number of bytes available, or free, for that drive. SERVICES will display any directory, whether the directory has hidden, system attributes or not. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 21 The directory tree is organized in a hierarchy starting with the root of the current drive. For example: Displayed Tree Equivalent Path ---------------- --------------------- C:\ C:\ | +--UTILITY C:\UTILITY | | | +--DISK C:\UTILITY\DISK | | | | | +--TOOLS C:\UTILITY\DISK\TOOLS | | | +--SERVICES C:\UTILITY\SERVICES | +--EDIT C:\EDIT Information regarding the number of directories, number of bytes in the default directory, and free space is displayed below the tree. The number immediately behind "Dir:" is the count of subdirectories on the current drive. This count does not include the root directory. "Bytes:" indicates the total number of bytes in the current directory. If a file-mask has been set, then the "Bytes:" will be the total bytes that match the requirement of the mask. The number following "Free:" is the total number of bytes available on the current drive. C. Files Window SERVICES divides your monitor into two major window areas. The right window displays the default directory path, filenames and associated file information, the number of files in the default path, the number of files tagged, and the number of bytes in the tagged files. SERVICES will display any file, whether the file has hidden, system attributes or not. The name of the directory SERVICES is currently operating from is displayed just above the window containing the file information. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 22 Displayed files and their associated information is displayed in the following format: SERVICES EXE 172733 112389 16:14 RHSA * ----+--- -+- --+--- --+--- --+-- -+-- | | | | | | | +-- This File is Tagged | | | | | +-- File's attributes | | | | +-- File's time stamp (Hr:Mn) | | | +-- File's date stamp (Month/Day/Year) | | +-- Size of file in bytes or kilobytes | +-- File's extension name +-- File's base name If you have tagged a file, then a diamond will be displayed at the end of the file's listing (the example above uses an asterisk), otherwise, this is a blank space. Attributes can be any combination of "RHSA". "R" means read-only, "H" means the file is hidden by DOS, "S" is a system file, and "A" means the archive attribute is set. If an attribute is not set then a dot is displayed. For example: R..A would indicate the file has read- only and archive attributes set. The archive attribute is auto- matically set whenever you copy a file. Information regarding the number of files in the default directory, the number of tagged files in the default directory, and the number of bytes in the tagged files is displayed below the file window. The number immediately behind "Files:" is the total number of files in the current directory. If a file-mask has been set, then this number will be the total number of files that match the requirement of the mask. The number behind "#Tag" is a count of the total number of files in the current directory that have been tagged. "ByteTag:" is the total byte count of the tagged files in the current directory. D. Status of Shift Keys The "key pressed" status of your keyboard's lock keys - Caps Lock, Insert, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock, as well as, the status of your keyboard's Ctrl, Alt, Left Shift and Right Shift are displayed at the very bottom of the screen. Any "key pressed", that displays on the screen, will remain on the screen while a pull-down or pop-up menu box is displayed. If the status of the shift key has changed while you are working in a pull- down or pop-up menu, then once out of the menu box, the "key pressed" display is cleared from the screen. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 23 E. Scrolling File And Directory Windows Right and left arrow keys moves your highlight between the file window and the directory window. The up and down arrow keys moves your highlight up or down one file or one directory at a time. <Home> and <End> keys will bring you to the beginning/end of the file list or directory tree, whichever applies. The first time you press <PgUp> or <PgDn>, the highlight bar will move to the top or bottom of the screen. Subsequent uses will display the next page up or down. F. Command Line Commands 1. Copy ................................................ Function: Copy one or more files to specified directory. Copy will automatically set the file's archive attribute. Fast Key: C for Copy. Edit : N to answer No to the question and start line edit. Comment : The copy options box will confirm your request by replying as a question, i.e., the reply might ask, "Copy FILE.DOC to C:\WP ?". If this is the file you wish to copy, then press <Enter> or "Y". If the above question informs you that the copy is going to go to a wrong directory, either escape out of the menu box and highlight the appropriate path or press the N key to initiate the editor (Use this feature to copy files to a different drive). When you choose this command, SERVICES will ask: "Allow Over-writing Pre-existing" "File(s) by File(s) with Same Name?" If you respond "Y" or with <Enter> then SERVICES will not check the destination area for files that might be over-written by file(s) with the same name. If you answer "N" then SERVICES will check each file for its counterpart and refuse to copy it if it exists in the destination area. If you respond with the <Esc> key, you abort the copy command. If you are copying multiple files and for any reason one or more files cannot be sent to the destination area, then SERVICES will remove all tags from the file list and re-tag only those files that did not get copied. You can abort while copying multiple files by tapping the <Esc> key. When you do so, SERVICES will re-tag those files not copied. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 24 a. File The file highlighted in the file window will be displayed at the top of the copy menu box. Press <Enter> whenever this file is also highlighted in the copy menu box. b. Tagged Files Fast Key: T for copying all tagged files. <Esc> to abort copying multiple files. c. Except Tagged Files Fast Key: E for copying all but (except) tagged files. <Esc> to abort copying multiple files. 2. Move ................................................ Function: Move one or more files to specified directory. Moved files retain their original attributes. Move erases original file(s) after the move. Fast Key: M for Move. Comment : The move menu box will confirm your request by replying as a question, i.e., the reply might ask, "Move FILE.DOC to C:\WP ?". If this is the file you wish to move, then press the <Enter> or Y key. If the reply informs you that the move is going to go to a wrong directory, either escape out of the box and highlight the appropriate path or press the N key to initiate the editor (Use this feature to move files to a different drive). When you choose this command, SERVICES will ask: "Allow Over-writing Pre-existing" "File(s) by File(s) with Same Name?" If you respond "Y" or with <Enter> then SERVICES will not check the destination area for files that might be over-written by file(s) with the same name. If you answer "N" then SERVICES will check each file for its counterpart and refuse to move it if it exists in the destination area. If you respond with the <Esc> key, you abort the move command. If you are moving multiple files and for any reason one or more files cannot be sent to the destination area, then SERVICES will remove all tags from the file list and re-tag only those files that did not get moved. You can abort while moving multiple files by tapping the <Esc> key. When you do so, SERVICES will re-tag those files not moved. If the file to be moved has a read-only, hidden, or system attribute, SERVICES will warn you 3 times before it will be moved. Answer "Y" to each warning to continue the move or "N" to not move the file. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 25 The move command is not a true move but rather it first copies the file then kills the original. The reason SERVICES does it this way is to enable you to move files between drives. a. File The file highlighted in the file window will be displayed at the top of the move menu box. Press <Enter> whenever this file is also highlighted in the move menu box. b. Tagged Files Fast Key: T for moving all tagged files. <Esc> to abort moving multiple files. c. Except Tagged Files Fast Key: E for moving all but (except) tagged files. <Esc> to abort moving multiple files. 3. Erase ................................................ Function: Erase one or more files from specified directory. Fast Key: E for Erase. Comment : The erase menu box will confirm your request by replying as a question, i.e., the reply might ask, "Erase FILE.DOC from C:\WP ?". If this is the file you wish to erase, then press the <Enter> or Y key. If you are erasing multiple files and for any reason one or more files cannot be erased, then SERVICES will remove all tags from the file list and re-tag only those files that did not get erased. You can abort while erasing multiple files by tapping the <Esc> key. When you do so, SERVICES will re-tag those files not erased. If the file to be erased has a read-only, hidden or system attribute, SERVICES will warn you 3 times before it will be erased. Answer "Y" to each warn- ing to continue the erase or "N" to not erase. a. File The file highlighted in the file window will be displayed at the top of the erase menu box. Press <Enter> whenever this file is also highlighted in the erase menu box. b. Tagged Files Fast Key: T for erasing all tagged files. <Esc> to abort erasing multiple files. c. Except Tagged Files Fast Key: E for erasing all but (except) tagged files. <Esc> to abort erasing multiple files. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 26 4. Tag ................................................ Function: Tags file(s) to allow other commands to apply to more than one file at a time. Fast Key: T for Tag. Comment : When you tag a file, the tag does not physically attach to the file. Rather, the tag is a temporary bit of information that is stored in your computer's memory. For fast, single-action tagging, refer to the chapter called "Zippy Tag/Untag". a. File The file highlighted in the file window will be displayed at the top of the tag menu box. Press <Enter> whenever this file is also highlighted in the tag menu box. Press <Esc> to abort the tag command. b. All Fast Key: A for tagging all the files. <Esc> to abort the tag command. 6. Untag ............................................... Function: Untags file(s) previously tagged file(s). Fast Key: U for Untag. Comment : For fast, single-action un-tagging, refer to the chapter called "Zippy Tag/Untag". a. File The file highlighted in the file window will be displayed at the top of the tag menu box. Press <Enter> whenever this file is also highlighted in the untag menu box. Press <Esc> to abort the untag command. b. All Fast Key: A for un-tagging all the files. <Esc> to abort the untag command. 6. Zippy Tag/Untag .......................................... Function: Acts as a toggle to tag or untag highlighted file. Fast Key: Z for Zippy tag/untag. a. Zippy Tag If the highlighted file is not tagged then the Zippy key will tag the file. Each use of the Zippy key will advance the highlight bar down one file. b. Zippy Untag If the file is already tagged, then the Zippy key will untag it. Each use of the Zippy key will advance the highlight bar down one file. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 27 7. Rename ............................................... Function: Renames a file or directory Fast Key: R for Rename. Comment : To initiate SERVICES line editor, tap the spacebar or <Enter> key, then type the new name. When typing a file name, press the <Enter> key after the file's base name and again press <Enter> after typing the file's extension name. SERVICES will automatically insert the period between the file's base name and its extension name. a. Files The rename function defaults to renaming the highlighted file. Press <Esc> to abort the rename command. Important! - read the comment above! b. Directories To rename a directory, first highlight a path in SERVICES directory window then, press R for rename. Press <Esc> to abort the rename command. 8. Concatenate ......................................... Function: Merges two or more ASCII files into a single file. Fast Key: O for cOncatenate. <Esc> to abort the concatenation command. Comment : Tagged files are left intact unless the output file has the same name as one of the tagged files, in which case, that tagged file contains the merged output of all of the tagged files. The concatenate command is not available until you tag at least two files. Press the spacebar or <Enter> key to initiate the line editor. When typing a file name, press the <Enter> key after the file's base name and again press <Enter> after typing the file's extension name. SERVICES will automatically insert the period between the file's base name and its extension name. 9. List ................................................ Function: Browse, search & find for any ASCII or binary file. Fast Key: L for List. <Esc> to abort the list command. Comment : SERVICES uses the utility named LIST.COM by Vernon D. Beurg. You must have LIST.COM in order to have SERVICES browse your files. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 28 10. Archive ............................................. Function: Compresses files for minimizing disk storage space. Uncompresses previously compressed files. Fast Key: A for Archive. Comment : SERVICES uses PKware's file utility packages, PKarc/PKpak version 3.61 and PKzip version 1.01 or newer. SERVICES uses either the PKarc package or the PKpak package but not both. a. Selecting PKarc/PKZip Formats Function: Selecting PKarc or PKzip archive formats. Fast Key: A for Arc format (PKarc or PKpak) Z for Zip format (PKzip) <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : None. b. Add/Create Archive Function: Add or create an archive. Fast Key: A to make Archive file. Comment : Before you can add, create, or make an archive, you must first tag those files that will go into the archive. When typing a archive name, press the <Enter> key after the file's base name and again press <Enter> after typing the file's extension name. SERVICES will automatically insert the period between the file's base name and its extension name. When typing a name for an archive, if you press <Enter> for the extension and didn't type any- thing, if you chose the pkArc format then your archive is given an extension name "ARC", or, if you chose the pkZip format, then the file is given the "ZIP" extension. c. Add/Create With Comments Function: Add or create an archive and include comments. Fast Key: C to archive file(s) with Comments. Comment : Before you can add, create, or make an archive, you must first tag those files that will go into the archive. When typing a archive name, press the <Enter> key after the file's base name and again press <Enter> after typing the file's extension name. SERVICES will automatically insert the period between the file's base name and its extension name. When typing a name for an archive, if you press <Enter> for the extension and didn't type any- thing, if you chose the pkArc format then your archive is given an extension name "ARC", or, it is given the name "ZIP" for pkZip formats. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 29 d. List Files in Archive Function: List the files within an archive and their associated statistics. Fast Key: L for List the archived files. <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : If you are using Vernon D. Buerg's LIST.COM then SERVICES will route the archives file listing to it. In this way, you have complete scroll control over your listed information. e. View Archive Comments Function: View the comments within an archive file. Fast Key: V for View comments. <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : If you are using Vernon D. Buerg's LIST.COM then SERVICES will route the archives comments to it. In this way, you have complete scroll control over your listed information. f. Revise Archive Comments Function: Add/revise comments to a pre-existing archive. Fast Key: R for Revise comments. <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : When you choose this option, if the archive has more than one file in it, SERVICES will then extract all of the file names within the archive and display them in a selection window. You can scroll this window with the arrow keys, <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <Home>, or <End> keys. You can choose individual files from this list by tagging them with the spacebar. You can un-tag filenames with the spacebar. Or, you can choose all of the files by tapping "A" for all. g. Delete Files From Archive Function: Delete (kill) files from within an archive. Fast Key: D for Delete. <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : When you choose this option, if the archive has more than one file in it, SERVICES will then extract all of the file names within the archive and display them in a selection window. You can scroll this window with the arrow keys, <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <Home>, or <End> keys. You can choose individual files from this list by tagging them with the spacebar. You can un-tag filenames with the spacebar. Or, you can choose all of the files by tapping "A" for all. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 30 h. Extract Files From Archive Function: Extract (re-create) files from an archive. Fast Key: E for Extract. <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : When you choose this option, if the archive has more than one file in it, SERVICES will then extract all of the file names within the archive and display them in a selection window. You can scroll this window with the arrow keys, <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <Home>, or <End> keys. You can choose individual files from this list by tagging them with the spacebar. You can un-tag filenames with the spacebar. Or, you can choose all of the files by tapping "A" for all. i. Browse Files in Archive Function: Browse files in an archive. Fast Key: B for Browse. <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : When you choose this option, if the archive has more than one file in it, SERVICES will then extract all of the file names within the archive and display them in a selection window. You can scroll this window with the arrow keys, <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <Home>, or <End> keys. You can choose individual files from this list by tagging them with the spacebar. You can un-tag filenames with the spacebar. Or, you can choose all of the files by tapping "A" for all. If you are using Vernon D. Buerg's LIST.COM then SERVICES will route the archives file contents to it. This gives you complete scroll control over the files you are browsing. SERVICES will also stuff the keyboard with certain information so that while you are browsing archived files from within LIST, you can skip to the next file by pressing the F3 key or, browse the previous file by pressing F9. j. Print Files in Archive Function: Print file contents from an archive. Fast Key: P for Print. <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : When you choose this option, if the archive has more than one file in it, SERVICES will then extract all of the file names within the archive and display them in a selection window. You can scroll this window with the arrow keys, <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <Home>, or <End> keys. You can choose individual files from this list by tagging them with the spacebar. You can un-tag filenames with the spacebar. Or, you can choose all of the files by tapping "A" for all. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 31 k. Check Archive Integrity Function: Test archive's integrity. Fast Key: I for Integrity. <Esc> to abort the archive command. Comment : None 11. Change Drive ........................................ Function: Change SERVICES default drive. Fast Key: D for chg-Drive. <Esc> to abort the change drive command. Comment : You can either scroll the displayed drive letters and then select one with the <Enter> key or simply press the appropriate letter key that corresponds to the drive you wish to select. SERVICES will display all directories, regardless of their attributes. 12. Volume Label ........................................ Function: Change the volume label of the default drive. Fast Key: V for Volume label. <Esc> to abort the volume label command. Comment : Initiate SERVICES line editor by tapping either the spacebar or the <Enter> key. 13. Sort ................................................ Function: Sort the display of files in the file window. Fast Key: S for Sort. <Esc> to abort the volume label command. Comment : Sorted file listings are not global. That is, after calling certain SERVICES command line command, such as, multiple erasures, SERVICES re-reads the file listing and re-establishes it in an unsorted manner. Sorted files are displayed in ascending order only. Re-read the default directory with the change directory command to un-sort the file listing. a. Name Function: Sort file listing by file's name. Fast Key: N for Name. b. Extension Function: Sort file listing by file's extension name. Fast Key: E for Extension name. Comment : Files sorted by file extension names are sub- sorted by the file's base name. c. Date Function: Sort file listing by file's date stamp. Fast Key: D for Date. Comment : Files sorted by file's date stamp are subsorted by the file's name. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 32 d. Size Function: Sort file listing by file's size. Fast Key: S for Size. Comment : Files sorted by file's size are subsorted by the file's name. e. Attribute Function: Sort file listing by file's attributes. Fast Key: A for Attributes. Comment : Files sorted by file's attributes are subsorted by the file's name. 14. Change Directory .................................... Function: Change SERVICES default directory. Create a new directory. Delete an existing directory. Fast Key: G for chanGe directory options. <Esc> to abort the change directory command. Comment : None. a. Change to New Directory Function: Change SERVICES default subdirectory. Fast Key: C for Change directory. <Esc> to abort the change directory command. Comment : When you choose this option, SERVICES will ask: "Change subdirectory to (highlighted directory name) ?". Answer "Y" or <Enter> to change to the directory displayed. Answer "N" for "No" aborts the change directory command. b. Make New Directory Function: Create new subdirectory. Fast Key: M for Make directory. <Esc> to abort the make directory command. Comment : When you choose this option, SERVICES will ask: "Make new subdirectory under (highlighted directory name) ?". Answer "Y" or <Enter> to initiate SERVICES line editor then type the name for the daughter directory of the directory name displayed. Answer "N" for "No" aborts the make directory command. c. Remove Directory Function: Delete an existing subdirectory. Fast Key: R for Remove directory. <Esc> to abort the remove directory command. Comment : When you choose this option, SERVICES will ask: "Remove subdirectory (highlighted directory name) ?". Answer "Y" or <Enter> to delete the displayed directory name. Answer "N" for "No" aborts the remove directory command. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 33 15. Change Attributes ................................... Function: Change file attributes on one or multiple files. Fast Key: B for attriButes. <Esc> to abort the change attributes command. Comment : SERVICES can set and re-set file attributes, Read- only, Hidden, System, and Archive like a toggle by tapping R for Read-only, H for Hidden, S for System, and A for Archive. You can also scroll to each attribute option and press the <Enter> key to toggle the attribute. Because each attribute is displayed as a question, answering "Y" will toggle the attri- bute. Also, answering with "Y" moves your highlight bar to the next attribute option. None of the attribute changes become effective until you answer the final question, "Change attributes [Y/N]?". Press the "C" key to Change the attributes or scroll to the question and answer "Y". a. Single File Function: Change attribute on highlighted file. Fast Key: <Enter> on displayed file name. <Esc> to abort the attribute command. Comment : None. b. Tagged Files Function: Change attribute on all tagged files. Fast Key: T for Tagged files. <Esc> to abort the attribute command. Comment : When you choose this option, because there can be many different attribute combinations among the tagged files, SERVICES will display the attributes as no attributes. If you press C for Change attributes when the displayed file attributes are no attributes then, all of the tagged files will have their attributes removed. 16. Changing Time/Date Stamps ........................... Function: Change a file's time and date stamp. Fast Key: I for tIme and date stamp. <Esc> to abort the change directory command. Comment : Press the spacebar or <Enter> key to initiate SERVICES line editor. Dates must be typed in a month/day/year format. Separators used between the month/day/year can be "/" or "-" or ":" or a period. Press <Enter> to accept the default date or the date you keyed in. Time must be typed in an hour:minute:second format. Separators used between the hour:minute:second can be "/" or "-" or ":" or a period. Press <Enter> after typing the minute defaults to "00" seconds. Press <Enter> to accept the default time or the time you keyed in. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 34 17. File Mask ........................................... Function: Change which files will display in the file window. Fast Key: F for File mask. <Esc> to abort the change directory command. Comment : Press the spacebar or <Enter> key to initiate SERVICES line editor. The file mask can use the same "wild cards" as does DOS, i.e., "*" and "?". The default mask is "*.*" for all the files. Pressing <Enter> without typing any characters is the same as typing "*", i.e., pressing <Enter> <Enter> defaults to "*.*". Do not type the period between the base name and the extension name, SERVICES automatically supplies the period when you press <Enter>. 18. Quitting SERVICES ................................... Function: Exit the SERVICES utility. Fast Key: Q for Quit. <Esc> to Quit. <Esc> to abort the quit command. Comment : Pressing the Q or <Esc> key while no pull-down or pop-up menu box is displayed immediately pulls up the Quit menu box. Press <Enter> on the Quit option or press Q for Quit will then exit the SERVICES program. Press C for Cancel or press the <Esc> key to cancel the quit command. If SERVICES is password protected then you must verify the password before you are allowed to quit the SERVICES utility. G. Alternative Menu Function: Menu of commands not found on the command lines. Fast Key: <Alt> + M for Alternative Menu <Esc> to abort the alternative menu. Comment : Any command accessed from the alternative menu can also be accessed from SERVICES main screen via another set of Fast Keys, so long as no pull-down or pop-up menu box is displayed. For a list of these Fast Keys, refer to chapter "H", entitled, "Alternative Menu Commands From The Main Menu" SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 35 1. DOS Shell ........................................... Function: Temporary exit to a DOS shell. Fast Key: D for DOS <Esc> to abort the DOS shell command. Comment : Because any shell to the command processor involves restrictions in the amount of memory available to COMMAND.COM, as well as, any program run while in the shell, SERVICES offers three different ways to shell to the command processor. Each of the three shell types has advantages and disadvantages. Never load and run a program that becomes memory resident from any shell. If you do, you can expect anything from memory allocation errors to EXEC failures. If you need to load a memory resident program, then do so prior to running SERVICES or, exit SERVICES, install the program that becomes memory resident then, re-load SERVICES. If you have established a password for SERVICES then you must first correctly verify the password before you can exit to any of the shell types. a. DOS Shell Function: Temporary exit from SERVICES to DOS. Fast Key: D for DOS shell. Comment : This shell leaves SERVICES loaded entirely in RAM. Because SERVICES locks out 239,596 bytes of DOS memory for its own use and, because the command processor uses 5K to 7K of RAM, about 241 Kbytes of memory are denied to this shell. This shell does not interfere with any program run from within it. However, some programs are more memory intensive than others and this shell may not leave enough memory for them. If you run a program from this shell and receive a "not enough memory" message then use one of the other shell types. You can use this shell for all DOS commands, small applications, medium sized applications, such as PC-TOOLS, and some medium-large files, such as Microsoft Word, if you aren't going to use its dictionary program. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 36 Type the word "EXIT" to leave this shell. Upon return to SERVICES, any errorlevels set by the command processor, or by any program run from within this shell, are displayed for 2 seconds by SERVICES. If you installed a memory resident program from within this shell, you will be told that "COMMAND.COM went Memory Resident". It wasn't command.com but the program you loaded that went memory resident. If this happens, be prepared to re-boot. b. Disk Swap Function: Temporary exit from SERVICES to DOS. Fast Key: S for disk Swap. Comment : This shell copies SERVICES memory map to a disk file. SERVICES leaves a small kernel (about 5472 bytes) in RAM. This effectively gives your shell 234,124 additional bytes. If, when you setup SERVICES, you defined a RAM drive for SERVICES disk swaps then, this shell type can be very fast. Otherwise, it can take a few seconds, depending upon your processor and system's operating speed. This shell sometimes interferes with programs that are not well designed or that utilize non- standard techniques, such as PC-Tools. Usually any interference results in partial loss of screen control, as is the case with PC-TOOLS. However, most programs will be well-behaved when run from this shell. Type the word "EXIT" to leave this shell. If you leave your computer un-attended for five minutes while in this shell then, SERVICES will automatically type the word "EXIT" and you will be returned to the SERVICES program. Upon return to SERVICES, any errorlevels set by the command processor, or by any program run from within this shell, are displayed for two seconds by SERVICES. Use this shell type for programs requiring a lot of free memory, such as AutoCAD. If your system has EMS then you should use the EMS swap in lieu of disk swap unless the program you are running needs all EMS it can take, or if the program you wish to run mis-manages EMS memory. Most dBase, Clipper, and Lotus applications can be run from this shell type. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 37 c. EMS Swap Function: Temporary exit from SERVICES to DOS. Fast Key: E for EMS swap. Comment : This shell copies SERVICES memory map to your system's expanded memory, if available. SERVICES leaves a small kernel (about 5472 bytes) in RAM. This effectively gives your shell 234,124 addi- tional bytes. This shell performs in exactly the same manner as the disk swap except, it is as fast as the DOS shell. Read the comment for the disk swap for more details. 2. Execute File ........................................ Function: Run another program from within SERVICES. Fast Key: E for Execute. <Esc> to abort the DOS shell command. Comment : Any program run under DOS must be called by the DOS EXEC function or, if run by a shell then the command processor must load and run it. SERVICES runs other programs via the command processor. Because all or parts of SERVICES remain in memory, the amount of available memory for the application being run will be limited. Consequently, SERVICES offers four different ways to run other programs. Each of the four shell types has advantages and disadvantages. Never load and run a program that becomes memory resident from any shell. If you do, you can expect anything from memory allocation errors to EXEC failures. If you need to load a memory resident program, then do so prior to running SERVICES or, exit SERVICES, install the program that becomes memory resident then, re-load SERVICES. a. Command Line Argument Function: Supply the program to be run from SERVICES any additional parameters needed, such as switches, files to load, etc. Fast Key: <Esc> to abort the execution command. Comment : As soon as you tell SERVICES to run a program, you are presented an option box requesting that you type the command line argument. If the program you are about to run requires no command line argument, press <Enter>. Most programs that require a command line switch or argument also require one space to be typed between the name of the program and the command tail. If the program you wish to run needs a space then you must start the command line with a single space. SERVICES allows your command line to contain up to 65 characters. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 38 b. DOS Shell Function: Run a program from SERVICES via a DOS shell. Fast Key: D for DOS shell Comment : This shell leaves SERVICES loaded entirely in RAM. Because SERVICES locks out 239,596 bytes of DOS memory for its own use and, because the command processor uses 5K to 7K of RAM, about 241 Kbytes of memory are denied to any program run under this shell. This shell does not interfere with any program run from within it. However, some programs are more memory intensive than others and this shell may not leave enough memory for them. If you run a program from this shell and receive a "not enough memory" message then use one of the other shell types. You can use this shell for all DOS commands, small applications, even Microsoft Word if you aren't going to use its dictionary. Upon return to SERVICES, any errorlevels set by the the program run are displayed for 2 seconds by SERVICES. If the program you ran is a batch file then SERVICES loads the command processor to interpret the batch file commands. If the program you ran became memory resident, you will be informed that it "went Memory Resident". If this happens, be prepared to re-boot. c. Disk Swap Function: Run a program from SERVICES via a disk swap. Fast Key: S for disk Swap. Comment : This shell copies SERVICES memory map to a disk file. SERVICES leaves a small kernel (about 5472 bytes) in RAM. This effectively gives your shell 234,124 additional bytes. If, when you setup SERVICES, you defined a RAM drive for SERVICES disk swaps then, this shell type can be very fast. Otherwise, it can take a few seconds, depending upon your processor and system's operating speed. This shell sometimes interferes with programs that are not well designed or that utilize non- standard techniques, such as PC-Tools. Usually any interference results in partial loss of screen control, as is the case with PC-TOOLS. However, most programs will be well-behaved when run from this shell. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 39 Upon return to SERVICES, any errorlevels set by the program run are displayed for two seconds by SERVICES. Use this shell type for programs requiring a lot of free memory, such as AutoCAD. If your system has EMS then you should use the EMS swap in lieu of disk swap unless the program you are running needs all EMS it can take, or if the program you wish to run mis-manages EMS memory. Most dBase, Clipper, and Lotus applications can be run from this shell type. d. Batch Shell Function: Run a program from SERVICES via a recursive call from a temporary batch file. Fast Key: B for Batch shell. Comment : When this option is chosen, SERVICES writes a temporary batch file, stuffs the keyboard with a call to this batch file and dumps itself totally from your system's memory, freing all but 200 bytes or less memory for the application that is being run. When you end the program being run by this shell type, the batch file recalls SERVICES. When SERVICES loads back into system memory, it looks for the temporary batch file and erases it. When you quit the SERVICES utility, because SERVICES erased the temporary batch file, DOS will inform you that "Batch file missing". Do not let this alarm you, this is normal. Because SERVICES gets completely dumped from memory, it has to completely re-load. On slow CPU's, this can take a few seconds, although, on fast CPU's there is no appreciable lag while waiting for SERVICES to re-execute. One disadvantage to this shell is security. Any batch shell can be interrupted, leaving the user in DOS and, thereby, no call will be made to return control of the system to SERVICES. This will occur when you use this shell type to run another batch file. Never run another batch file from this shell type! If security is a concern of you or your firm, then you should password protect SERVICES. You may find this to be the only shell type that allows Lotus to load extremely large worksheets. You should use this shell type only as the last resort. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 40 e. EMS Swap Function: Run a program from SERVICES via an EMS swap. Fast Key: E for EMS swap. Comment : This shell copies SERVICES memory map to your system's expanded memory, if available. SERVICES leaves a small kernel (about 5472 bytes) in RAM. This effectively gives your shell 234,124 addi- tional bytes. This shell performs in exactly the same manner as the disk swap except, it is as fast as the DOS shell. Read the comment for the disk swap for more details. 3. Help ................................................ Function: Obtain help for any SERVICES command. Fast Key: H for Help. <Esc> to abort the help command. Comment : Help has been temporarily removed from the SERVICES utility. It was to have been re-installed prior to the release of SERVICES version 3.0 but, was not finished in time for this release. It shall be in the next minor upgrade, version 3.01. 4. File Search ......................................... Function: Search drive(s) for file(s). Fast Key: F for File search. <Esc> to abort the search command. Comment : If your system has multiple hard drives or whenever you call this command from a floppy drive, you will first be asked if you wish to search all drives, including the default drive. Answer "Y" or <Enter> to search all drives and to initiate SERVICES line editor. The file search command can use the DOS "wild cards" "*" and "?". Pressing the <Enter> key without first typing anything is the same as typing "*", i.e., pressing <Enter> then typing "COM" is equivalent to typing "*.COM" meaning, search for all files with a "COM" extension name. When typing a file name, do not type the period between the base name and the extension name. SERVICES will automatically include the period when you press the <Enter> key. a. Search Default Drive Function: Search drive for file(s). Fast Key: <Esc> to abort the search command. Comment : Refer to the comment above. b. Search Default Drive And All Hard Drives Function: Search drive for file(s). Fast Key: <Esc> to abort the search command. Comment : Refer to the comment above. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 41 5. Protect Files ....................................... Function: Protect up to 500 files and their directories from erasure by SERVICES. Fast Key: P for Protect <Esc> to abort the protect command. Comment : Protected files cannot be erased nor renamed by the SERVICES utility, nor can their directories be re- named by the SERVICES Utility. Protected files are not protected from DOS. To protect a file from DOS commands you must set a read-only attribute. Although setting a read-only attribute will protect a file from DOS, it is not protected from erasure by SERVICES. SERVICES will give you three, loud warnings prior to erasing a read-only file, but it will erase it none-the-less. And, although a read- only attribute will protect a file from DOS erasure, if the file is a worksheet, data base, or any other type of file that, on occasion, has to be modified then, the read-only attribute will prevent you from modifying the file. When you protect your spreadsheet, data base, etc., with SERVICES protect command, its name and path is placed into a protection list. No special attribute is set (unless you use the attribute command) and, therefore, these files can still be modified. SERVICES will automatically protect certain files whether they are in your protection list or not. Files automatically protected by SERVICES are: SERVICES.EXE, SERVICES.CFG, PROTECT.EXE, PROTECT.FIL, MAKEFAT.EXE, CHECKSUM.EXE, all hard drive FAT files, and, if it exists, PASSWORD.HST. Protected files are protected only while they reside within the path they are associated with. Although you cannot erase or rename a protected file, you can move it to a non-protected directory, at which point, the file is no longer protected. SERVICES allows a maximum of 500 files to be listed as protected. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 42 a. Adding Files To Protection List Function: Add one or more file names for protection. Fast Key: A for Add. <Esc> to abort the add command. Comment : When you choose this command, you are presented a listing of the paths for whatever drive you are working in. Scroll the listing until the highlight bar is over the path which contains the file(s) you wish to protect. Press <Enter> to open a selection window containing the file names of files within that path. Scroll the selection window and tag or un-tag individual files with the space bar then press <Enter> or, press "A" for All. b. Deleting From Protection List Function: Delete one or more file names from the protec- tion list. Fast Key: D for Delete. <Esc> to abort the delete command. Comment : When you choose this command, you are presented a listing of every path on every drive that has protected files. Scroll the listing until the highlight bar is over the path which contains the file(s) you wish to delete from the list. Press <Enter> to open a selection window with the file names of files within that path. Then scroll the selection window and tag or un-tag individual files with the space bar then press <Enter> or, press "A" for All. c. Viewing Protection List Function: View file names in the protection list. Fast Key: V for View. <Esc> to abort the view command. Comment : When you choose this command, you are presented a listing of every path on every drive that has protected files. Scroll the listing until the highlight bar is over the path which contains the file(s) you wish to view. Press <Enter> to open a selection window with the file names of files within that path. Then scroll the selec- tion window to view all of its files. Press <Enter> or <Esc> to abort the view command. d. Protecting File on Other Drives Function: Work from a different drive to add more names to the protection list. Fast Key: W for Work drive. <Esc> to abort the work drive command. Comment : When you choose this command, you are presented a listing of every drive from A to Z. Scroll to the drive desired with the right or left arrow keys then press <Enter> or press the letter key associated with the desired drive. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 43 6. Screen Sleep ........................................ Function: Blanks the monitor. Fast Key: S for Screen sleep. Any key to abort the screen sleep command. Comment : When you choose this command, your monitor will displays a message for five seconds out of every 35 seconds. The message states, "Quiet Please! Monitor is Sleeping!" In this way, you are reminded that your monitor is not off, but is asleep. 7. Text Editor ......................................... Function: Call your text editor to edit a file. Fast Key: T for Text editor. <Esc> to abort the text editor command. Comment : None. a. Edit Existing File Function: Call your text editor to edit an existing file. Fast Key: Automatic whenever a directory has files listed. <Esc> to abort the text editor command. Comment : When you choose the editor command, SERVICES will ask you if you wish to edit whatever file is being highlighted. Answer "Y" or <Enter> to edit that file. b. Edit A New File Function: Call your text editor to edit a new file. Fast Key: Automatic whenever a directory has no files or if you answer "N" for "No" when asked if you wish to edit the highlighted file. <Esc> to abort the text editor command. Comment : When you answer "N" when asked if you wish to edit whatever file is being highlighted or, if the directory is empty of files, then SERVICES will display a box with the word "Edit ->". Type the name of the file you wish to create and edit. Do not type the period between the base name and the extension name. SERVICES will automatically insert the period when you press the <Enter> key. 8. Refresh FAT ......................................... Function: Refresh SERVICES directory tree. Fast Key: R for Refresh. Comment : If you have created a new directory while in a DOS shell, SERVICES will not be aware of it. To make SERVICES aware of it, use the refresh FAT command. Also, if the directory tree is skewed for any reason, use the refresh FAT command. This command is active for the default drive only and only works on your hard drives. If you need to refresh the tree in another hard drive, change to that drive then call the command to refresh the FAT. If you need to refresh the FAT for a floppy, use the change drive command. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 44 9. Virus/Corrupted File Check .......................... Function: Check for corrupted file and/or viruses. Fast Key: V for Virus check. <Esc> to abort virus/corrupted file checks. Comment : When you choose this command, you are presented up to two choices: Execute crc/checksum test and, if it exists or if you have tagged files, create/append Control file. a. Execute CRC/Checksum Test. Function: Perform a CRC/checksum test. Fast Key: E for Execute crc/checksum test. <Esc> to abort the crc/checksum test. Comment : When you choose this option, you are presented two more options: The name of the file that is under SERVICES highlight bar or, "Control file". If a control file exists then, it is the default choice and you would need to scroll up and press <Enter> to choose the highlighted file. If you wish to test the files listed in your control file then, press <Enter> when highlighting the control file or press "C" for control file. You will not be allowed to use this choice if a control file does not exist. Press <Esc> to back up to the first set of choices. Once you have selected either the highlighted file to test, or to test files via a control file, you will be asked if you wish to output the results to a report entitled, CHECKSUM.RPT. LSRGroup recommends that you always output your test results to this report. When you use this command, SERVICES makes a call to a supplemental program called CHECKSUM.EXE. CHECKSUM will discover most virus if the virus wasn't present when you first checked the file(s). And, CHECKSUM will discover all files that have become corrupted if the file(s) were not corrupted the first time they were checked. For a very thorough check for viruses, LSRGroup recommends you use FLUSHOT and SCAN in conjunc- tion with CHECKSUM. This recommendation is made because all three of these program use different techniques to hunt out viruses, thereby, increasing the likelihood of finding one, if one is present. CHECKSUM also looks for corrupted files whether corrupted due to a virus or not. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 45 If you have CHECKSUM write a report file then, by analyzing the report, you can determine whether the failed CRC check is due to a virus (and if it is, the extent of the infection) or if a file failed the CRC due to another reason, such as weakened formatting, etc. If you use FLUSHOT in conjunction with CHECKSUM, be advised: If FLUSHOT has calculated file checksum values before CHECKSUM.EXE has been run then you need to instruct FLUSHOT to re-figure the checksum of those file tested by CHECKSUM. This is necessary because CHECKSUM hides its calculated CRC value inside of each file it tests. The next time FLUSHOT checks these files, it will inform you that they fail the CRC check. These files are ok, they just contain hidden information for CHECKSUM that wasn't present the first time FLUSHOT checked them and, therefore, when tested by FLUSHOT, will produce a different checksum value from the original. Just instruct FLUSHOT to re-calculate the checksum and you should have no further error messages from FLUSHOT unless there is a virus present. Also, when CHECKSUM hides this infor- mation within a file, the size of the file will be increased by four bytes. One question often asked is, "What files need to be checked for viruses?" Obviously, checking every file is time consuming and often imprac- tical. Most files do not need to be checked. Viruses need to do a handshake with your files before they can get infected. This handshake will occur via other files that can make the "touch". Your COMMAND.COM, BIOS, DOS, PROTECT.EXE, MAKEFAT.EXE, any memory resident program or, any file that is loaded automatic- ally via your AUTOEXEC.BAT are good candidates for virus checks. CHECKSUM.EXE can be run directly from the DOS command line. This means you can also run it from your AUTOEXEC.BAT and do a CRC/checksum test automatically, every time you boot your computer. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 46 Do not use CHECKSUM on SERVICES. If you use a password with SERVICES, it gets buried deep within the SERVICES file. This does not change the size of SERVICES but it will change the results of any checksum test performed on it. Since SERVICES always makes calls to the program called MAKEFAT, if you perform your checksum test on MAKEFAT then you have adequately safe- guarded SERVICES. You should always have original backups of any file you test because if a virus is present, you will need to remove the offending program and replace it with a "clean" backup. Also, in the event that CHECKSUM interferes, in any way, with the operation of the file tested, you can then replace it with an original copy. b. Create/Append Control File Function: Create or append file names to a control file. When the CHECKSUM utility is controlled by this file, it will test all the files listed within the control file. Fast Key: C for Control file. <Esc> to abort constructing a control file. Comment : If no control file exists and no files were tag- ged then this choice is not available. If the control file does exist but files were not tag- ged, then this choice is available, however, when you choose it, you will be informed that you must tag one or more files in order to append the control file. In other words, to use this option you must tag one or more files. SERVICES will construct or append the control file with the complete path and filename of the files you have tagged. The control file is an ASCII file, modifiable by any text editor. The control file can have any name but, SERVICES will always name it, "CONTROL.LST" and place it in the SERVICES directory. The control file has the following format: C:\IO.SYS C:\MSDOS.SYS C:\COMMAND.COM C:\RAMDRIVE.SYS C:\EMM.SYS C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\UTIL\SCREEN\FAST.COM C:\SERVICES\CHECKSUM.EXE C:\SERVICES\MAKEFAT.EXE C:\SERVICES\PROTECT.EXE SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 47 Note that the previous list is a re-construction of an actual control file. c. CHECKSUM's Report File Function: Written report stating the date and time of each test, complete path and filename of each file tested, result of each file tested, errorlevels produced for each file tested, and any errors produced while reading or writing to files. The report is written in ASCII and saved as a disk file. Fast Key: Answer "Y" to the question, "Output to a report called CHECKSUM.RPT". <Esc> to abort to the main screen. Comment : Although CHECKSUM will allow you the option for the name and location of its report, SERVICES always defaults to CHECKSUM.RPT and always locates it in the SERVICES directory. LSRGroup recommends that you have CHECKSUM output to a report whenever you test a file. Whenever CHECKSUM creates a report, it will append it to any previous report. In this way, you can maintain a complete history of the status of each file tested. After a while, this report will become quite large. It is your responsibility to archive it, or delete it, as your needs dictate. The checksum report is an ASCII file and has the following format: +=======================================+ | Checksum Report 10-01-1989 08:11:40 | +---------------------------------------+ File Result Exit Error ---------------------------- ------ ---- ----- C:\IO.SYS PASSED 0 0 C:\MSDOS.SYS PASSED 0 0 C:\COMMAND.COM PASSED 0 0 C:\RAMDRIVE.SYS PASSED 0 0 C:\EMM.SYS PASSED 0 0 C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM PASSED 0 0 C:\UTIL\SCREEN\FAST.COM PASSED 0 0 C:\UTIL\SCREEN\ANSI.COM PASSED 0 0 C:\SERVICES\CHECKSUM.EXE PASSED 0 0 C:\SERVICES\MAKEFAT.EXE PASSED 0 0 C:\SERVICES\PROTECT.EXE ADDED 1 0 ---------------------------------------------- <--- 62 character spaces -->< 7 >< 5 >< 5 > SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 48 Each time CHECKSUM appends to the report, it begins the report with a box informing you that this report is a "Checksum Report" and the date and time the report was created. Below that is a listing of each file tested and the result, errorlevel (Exit) set, and any errors produced while reading or writing the file (Error). The actual errorlevel established when CHECKSUM is finished is the highest errorlevel encountered. Files tested will have one of the following results: Result Definition ------ ------------------------------------ PASSED File tested successfully. FAILED File failed checksum test. NULL Attempted to test a nul file. COMMND Improper command line argument. DISK Disk error encountered. OPEN Error while attempting to open file. READ Error while attempting to read file. WRITE Error while attempting to write file. CHECKSUM will set an errorlevel so that those who use it in their AUTOEXEC.BAT files can take appropriate action based upon the returned errorlevel. The report lists each exit level (errorlevel) established and, the highest level established is the errorlevel returned to any calling program. The following list the error- levels and their meanings: Exit Description ---- --------------------------------------- 0 File passed checksum test. 1 File had signature/checksum added - OK? 2 Floppy drive had drive door open. 3 Disk has bad sector in FAT. 4 Disk not DOS formatted. 5 Disk was write protected. 6 Path was not found. 7 Invalid command line argument. 8 Read error. 9 Other errors. 10 File failed checksum test! Note: If you are testing files on floppy drives then you must remove any write protect tabs. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 49 If, for any reason, CHECKSUM fails to handle any file, then this information is presented in the report under the heading "Error". The only exception to this is if CHECKSUM was given a bad path name for its report - in this case, the program is aborted with an errorlevel = 9 and, obviously, no report is written. Listed errors are the same as what DOS would produce unless the error is greater than or equal to 255. In this case, subtract 255 to get the DOS error. Example errors: 0 No error 2 Bad crc in FAT 12 Not DOS formatted 255 Disk write protected 259 Path not found. d. Using CHECKSUM from DOS Function: Check file(s) from DOS and/or from batch files. Fast Key: Not applicable. Comment : CHECKSUM can be loaded and run from DOS and/or your system's AUTOEXEC.BAT. When running this utility from DOS, you must use the below listed calling syntax. CHECKSUM [?] [file] [@list] [-report] Where CHECKSUM is the name of the program and where one or more of the items within square brackets must be included. Calling CHECKSUM with "?" will display a help screen. "file" is the name of a file to test. If you tell CHECKSUM to test a single file, then do not give it the "@list" parameter. "@list" is the name of a control file. It can include the complete path. If you use this parameter, do not give it a "file" parameter. The control file name must be immediately preceded with an at symbol, hence, the term for this parameter is "@list". "-report" is the name of the report file. It can include the complete path. This parameter can be used with the "file" parameter or the "@list" parameter. The name of the report file must be immediately preceded with a minus sign, hence, the term for this is "-report". SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 50 Sample DOS calls to CHECKSUM: CHECKSUM ? CHECKSUM C:\COMMAND.COM CHECKSUM C:\EMM.SYS-C:\SERVICES\CHECKSUM.RPT CHECKSUM @CONTROL.LST-C:\SERVICES\CHECKSUM.RPT H. Alternative Menu Commands From The Main Menu Function: Accessing alternative menu commands directly from the main screen. Fast Key: Not applicable. Comment : The below listed commands allow immediate access to those functions and commands available in the alternative menu, so long as no other pull-down or pop-up window is displayed. For specific information regarding these listed commands, refer to chapter G, "Alternative Menu". In order to establish a mnemonic association with these keystrokes, certain letters within the description field are capitalized an placed within () symbols. Think of these words when using these Fast Keys. Command Description --------------- --------------------------------- <Ctrl> + "D" exit to (D)OS shell. <Ctrl> + "E" (E)xecute a file (run a program). <Ctrl> + <Enter> (E)xecute a file (run a program). <Ctrl> + "S" file (S)earch. "H" (H)elp. <Ctrl> + "H" (H)elp. <Alt> + "H" (H)elp. <Ctrl> + "P" (P)rotect files. <Alt> + "S" screen (S)leep. <Alt> + "E" text (E)ditor. <Alt> + "R" (R)efresh hard disk FAT file. <Alt> + "V" (V)irus and corrupted file check. I. Passwords Function: Establish a degree of security concerning access of the SERVICES utility, as well as, access to certain commands used within the SERVICES program. Fast Key: <Ctrl> + <Left Shift> + <Right Shift> + "P" <Esc> to abort the password command. Comment : SERVICES password can be up to 65 characters long and can include spaces between words. Any letter key, upper or lower case, or any number key can be used in your password. You can also use ?<>.,:;'"[]{}+-()*&^%$#@! or _ keys. Although the underline is allowed, do not end a password with it. This is because SERVICES line editor strips off any trailing underlines. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 51 When SERVICES is password protected, you must verify the password every time you load SERVICES. If SERVICES is password protected, you can include the password as a command line argument. Also, when SERVICES is password protected, you must verify the password to change or erase it, protect files, exit to a DOS shell, or even quit the SERVICES program. Passwords are case sensitive. This means that whenever you must verify it, it must be typed exactly as it was created. You are given three tries to correctly verify a. Creating ............................................ Function: Create a password. Fast Key: <Ctrl> + <Left Shift> + <Right Shift> + "P" <Esc> to abort the password command. Comment : To install a password requires pressing the four keys listed above. You must depress these keys exactly in this order: Press a <Ctrl> key and hold it down. Press a shift key and hold it down. Press the other shift key and hold it down. Press the "P" key. This combination of keys is to prevent the casual hacker from readily having access to SERVICES password system. And, although the password requires a four key combination, each of these keys are within easy reach and does not require any contortions of your fingers to depress them. You must turn off your system's Num Lock and Scroll Lock before you can call for a password. Once you have type the password, press <Enter> to have SERVICES save it. When SERVICES saves the password, if first encrypts it, then buries it deep within itself. You will not find it in any external file, nor will you be able to read it when you list the SERVICES program. b. Deleting or Changing Password ....................... Function: Modify or delete an existing password. Fast Key: <Ctrl> + <Left Shift> + <Right Shift> + "P" <Esc> to abort the password command. Comment : Deleting or changing a password requires the same Fast Key combination as was used to create the password. When you use the Fast Key combination to delete or change a password, you must first verify it. If you fail to correctly type the password three times in a row, you are returned to SERVICES main screen. You can then call the password command to try again. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 52 Every time you attempt to access the password, once a password is in use, SERVICES writes or updates a password history log entitled, "PASSWORD.HST". This file has a read-only attribute and reside in SERVICES directory. The log keeps track of the password attempt, whether it was correct or not, the try number (1 to 3), the date and the time. When you correctly verify the password, it will be displayed and you will be allowed to edit it. You can erase it with the delete key or hold the <Ctrl> down and press the <End> key on your key- boards separate number pad. All of SERVICES line editor commands are available for editing the password. c. Verifying ........................................... Function: Verify a password in order to use a password protected command. Fast Key: <Ctrl> + <Left Shift> + <Right Shift> + "P" <Esc> to re-start your try at verifying. <Esc> to abort the password verify procedure. Comment : Whenever you are required to verify a password, the characters you type are not display on the monitor. Instead, as you type, a red bar will advance across the displayed edit box. You have three tries to verify a password. After the third try, you are returned to SERVICES main screen for all procedures requiring this verifi- cation except for one. When you first load the SERVICES utility, if you are required to verify a password, after try number three, SERVICES aborts and returns you to DOS. The <Esc> key serves two purposes. If you made a mistake typing the password, press the <Esc> key to clear the red bar and start again - this is not logged as a try. If you press the <Esc> key when the red bar is not displayed, then you abort the password verification procedure. Every time you attempt to verify the password, whether the attempt was correct or not, SERVICES writes and appends to a password history log. This disk file is located in SERVICES directory, has a read-only attribute, and keeps track of the attempted password, the try number (1 to 3), the date and the time. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 53 IV. SERVICES Line Editor Commands The SERVICES utility uses a built-in line editor for all of its key- board routines. This means that whether you are typing in a file's name, volume label, or a password, the same edit keys serve the same functions. Command Description ----------- ----------- Right Arrow Moves cursor one space to the right. Left Arrow Moves cursor one space to the left. <Ctrl> + Right Arrow Moves cursor to the word to the right. <Ctrl> + Left Arrow Moves cursor to the word to the left. <Home> Moves cursor to beginning of the line. <End> Moves cursor to last character on line. <Del> Deletes character under the cursor. Backspace Deletes character to the left of cursor. <Ctrl> + <End> Deletes from cursor to end of the line. Use the <End> key on the keyboards separate number pad. <Ins> Toggles between insert and overtype. V. Notes and Tips A. Backup Copies of SERVICES When you make backup copies of the SERVICES utility program, if you are making your copies on 360 Kbyte floppy diskettes, then you should copy all of SERVICES EXE files to the first diskette, and label this diskette #1. Then, copy the manual and readme.doc to a diskette labeled diskette #2. Diskette #1 Diskette #2 ----------- ----------- CHECKSUM.EXE README.DOC MAKEFAT.EXE SERVICES.DOC PROTECT.EXE SERVICES.EXE SETUP_S.EXE When you make your backup with the EXE files on diskette #1 and the DOC files on diskette #2, then SETUP_S.EXE can install the SERVICES utility onto a hard drive directly from the floppy. If you are making a backup of SERVICES onto 1.2 Mbyte or 1.44 Mbyte diskettes, then you can copy all of the files onto a single diskette and SETUP_S.EXE will still be able to install directly from the diskette to the hard disk. The SETUP_S utility cannot install SERVICES from a diskette if any of the above listed files are missing. To install while the SERVICES utility resides in a hard drive location, all the EXE files must be present. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 54 B. Typing File Names Note: When typing in the name of a file, the first use of the <Enter> key will automatically put the period in the file's name and send the cursor to the right of the displayed period. Type in the extension name and again press <Enter> to process the file name. DO NOT TYPE THE PERIOD between the file's base name and its extension name! Start typing ---> ________.___ <---------------+ | | | | Do not type the period, just press <Enter> | | Type the extension name, if any, then press <Enter> to process C. SCRNCH If you use the utility SCRNCH to compress you EXE and COM files, take note that all of SERVICES EXE files are SCRNCHable except SERVICES.EXE which, cannot be SCRNCHed. If you do SCRNCH SERVICES.EXE, the utility will work fine until you use the password command, at which point, the SERVICES utility will rudely abort with an internal error message. This will occur because SCRNCH changes the appearance of a programs data tokens. SERVICES, when it clones a password to itself, looks for a special token buried deep within itself and will produce an error if it cannot be found. Also, if you SCRNCH the MAKEFAT.EXE or PROTECT.EXE there will be a dramatic reduction in execution time causing an annoying delay. LSRGroup recommends that you do not SCRNCH any of the SERVICES files. D. Renaming The SERVICES Utilities Do no rename SERVICES.EXE, MAKEFAT.EXE, PROTECT.EXE, or CHECKSUM.EXE and expect the SERVICES program to load and run. SERVICES makes specific calls to its utilities by name and, SERVICES also, when you load SERVICES, always looks inside of itself for a password. When it searches itself, it does so by its own name. E. Directory Names With Extensions Newer versions of DOS allow you to create directories with a three character extension (just like a file extension). SERVICES will read these directory names and display them - it will not, however, allow you to create a directory name with more than 8 characters. You can still create an extension but the total directory name is limited to eight characters (That's because the author of SERVICES believes that using extensions for directories demonstrates poor disk organization). SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 55 F. Speedy Untags Whenever you change to a new directory or, whenever you change drives, SERVICES will automatically untag any tagged files. You do not, in this circumstance, need to call the untag command. G. Expeditious Use of Highlight Bars SERVICES knows what the last file or directory highlighted is, whether the highlight is displayed in the file window or directory window. This means that if your highlight bar is on a file name and you wish to copy to another directory, then press the left arrow key to send the highlight bar to the directory window, scroll to the directory where you wish to copy the file, then press "C" for copy. SERVICES remembers which file was last highlighted and will ask you if you wish to copy it to the indicated directory. H. When Files And Directories Don't Display When you temporarily exit SERVICES into a DOS shell, while in the shell, you are free to do anything that you can normally do in DOS, including the creation of files and directories. When you exit the shell, SERVICES has no idea what you did. If you created a directory while in the shell, then you need to have SERVICES refresh its FAT file for that drive. Change to that drive and call the refresh FAT command. If you created a file within the directory that SERVICES is defaulting to, when you exit the shell, simply re-read the directory with the change directory command. Also, any program you run directly from SERVICES may create a file. Again, use the change directory command to re-read the directory's file information. When you use SERVICES internal calls to add or create an archive file, SERVICES will automatically re-read the directory's file information. I. Un-sorting The File Display If you sort the file window and then wish to un-sort it, issue the command to change directory. This will force SERVICES to re-read the directory's file information. It will also remove file tags. J. Forgot Your Password? Your only recourse is to take your backup copy of SERVICES out of the safe and re-copy SERVICES.EXE from your backup copy. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 56 K. Un-installing SERVICES If you wish to un-install the SERVICES utility, the first thing you should do is make sure you have a good backup of it. When you are assured of a good backup, change directory to SERVICES directory with the change directory command. Tag all of its files with the tag all files command. Call the attribute command, then call the tagged files sub-command. Press the "C" key to change attributes. This will clear all attributes from the files in the SERVICES directory. Now, exit the program while in the SERVICES directory and instruct DOS with the command, "DEL *.*". To remove the SERVICES directory, after you have deleted all of its files, go to a different directory and issue the DOS command, "RD\SERVICES", assuming you named SERVICES directory, "\SERVICES." L. Getting The Protect Utility When Calling For Password? Some computer systems are a little finicky and require that the key combination used to call the password command be in the exact order as described in the chapter on passwords. Re-read this chapter and execute you keystrokes exactly as explained. M. Tandy 1000 keyboards The 96 key keyboard used with many versions of the Tandy 1000 return an unusual scan code for the backslash character "\". Consequently, SERVICES built-in line editor doesn't recognize it as a backslash. If you are using a Tandy computer with the 96 character keyboard and cannot type a path name because of this weird scan code, you can still type the backslash. Hold the <Alt> key down, and on the separate number pad type 96, then release the <Alt> key. LSRGroup may, in the future, re-write SERVICES built-in line editor to accept the weird, Tandy scan code as a backslash. N. Dual Monitors If you are using dual monitors and one is a monochrome and the other is VGA and you have SERVICES running on the monochrome, when you run AutoCAD from SERVICES, the color monitor will have its background color turn blue when you exit the AutoCAD program. LSRGroup is unsure as to why but there is an easy fix. Before or after you run AutoCAD, exit to a DOS shell and issue the command, "MODE CO80". If you are loading AutoCAD from a batch file, include the above command in it. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 57 O. Multi-tasking And LANs SERVICES is not designed to work with multi-tasking programs, such as, DoubleDOS by SoftLogic Solutions, nor is it designed to be used on LAN systems. This is because SERVICES does not do any screen writes via the BIOS. It does direct screen writes for maximum speed. This will cause bleed through in multi-tasking systems and prevent any remote user on a network from seeing and viewing SERVICES windows. P. Copy or Move Files to Different Drives If you wish to copy or move files to a different drive, when SERVICES copy or move command asks you if you wish to copy or move files to the highlighted directory, answer "N" for "No". SERVICES will then expand its pull-down menu box and initiate it built-in line editor. Type the drive and path to the desired destination area. If you wish to copy to the root of the other drive, just press a letter key for the drive. SERVICES will automatically add the colon and backslash. VI. Revision History Version 1.0 SERVICES version 1.0 was not up to the expectations of LSRGroup and, therefore, never released. Version 2.0 SERVICES version 2.0 was a complete re-writing of the SERVICES utility and was released in 1988. Version 3.0 SERVICES version 3.0 was a substantial re-writing of version 2.0 and included the following corrections and changes: Time and date command, when displaying a files time, is now accurate to the 1000th second. The change drive command now allows the <Esc> to abort if you are changing drives to a floppy and there is no diskette in the drive. The ability to call your test editor was added to SERVICES. SERVICES now uses LIST.COM to allow full scroll control when browsing archives or listing archive contents. SERVICES now displays all directories, regardless if they have read-only, hidden, or system attributes. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 58 The copy and move commands now ask you if it is ok to over-write an existing file with a file by the same name. These commands now check the free space prior to any copy or move. When copying or moving multiple files, if for any reason one or more do not transfer, SERVICES will continue through the tagged file list and transfer any file that can be transferred. It then removes all tags from the file list and re-tags those files that did not transfer. If a file could not transfer due to lack of free space on the destination disk, SERVICES will display that disk's total disk space and its total free space. When copying or moving multiple files, SERVICES displays the number of files transferred and the number of files remaining that are to be transferred. SERVICES will now let you break out of the multiple copy or move procedure with the <Esc> key. When you do so, those files that were to be moved and didn't get moved are re-tagged by SERVICES. When erasing multiple files, SERVICES displays the number of files that were erased and the number of files remaining that are to be erased. You can now break out of multiple erasures by pressing the <Esc> key. When you do so, those files that were to be erased and didn't get erased are re-tagged by SERVICES. The copy, move, and erase commands now offer "Except tags". The change directory command had, under certain circumstances, a bug that displayed two highlight bars at the same time. One bar in the file window and one bar in the directory window. SERVICES version 3.0 corrected this bug. The rename command had, under certain circumstances, a bug that displayed two highlight bars at the same time. One bar in the file window and one bar in the directory tree. SERVICES version 3.0 corrected this bug. The copy, move, erase, tag, and untag commands, under certain circumstances, produced a conflict with the command letters "T" for tag or tagged, "N" for no, and any filename that began with the letter "T" or "N". SERVICES version 3.0 corrected this. SERVICES display of the shift key status was causing excessive snow on fast 80386 CPUs. SERVICES 3.0 corrected this problem. SERVICES now offers four different shells to run programs in. SERVICES now offer three different shells to exit to DOS with. When you run a program from within SERVICES, any errorlevel set by the program being run will be displayed by SERVICES. SERVICES now incorporates a new algorithm for obtaining directory information. SERVICES also maintains its own FAT files with this information. This has dramatically decreased the time it takes to change drives from within SERVICES. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 59 SERVICES will now allow you to change attributes on tagged files. SERVICES offers a new file sort option. You can now sort the file listing by the file attributes. If you password protect SERVICES, it now writes a log of each password tried, the attempt number, and the date and time. SERVICES version 3.0 included a virus and corrupted file checker called, CHECKSUM.EXE that can be run directly from SERVICES or from the DOS command line. If you are extracting, deleting, or printing files from an archive and the archive contains only one file, then SERVICES no longer asks you to first tag the file from its selection window. SERVICES selection window now supports the command "A" for all. In this way, if you wish to select all files from the window, you do not need to tag each and every one. SERVICES incorporated calls to PKware's PKzip and PKunzip file compression utilities. SERVICES version 3.0 now has a new algorithm for creating and displaying directory trees. This new algorithm limits the number of directories that can be read from a disk to 599. However, this new algorithm places no limits to the number of directories per directory level. SERVICES version 3.0 further limited the number of files that can be displayed within the file window to 680 files/directory. SERVICES password services are fully case sensitive. SERVICES now allows file searches on all hard drives, as well as, on the default drive. SERVICES file search algorithm is probably the fastest search available. SERVICES now offers the zippy key for zippy tags and untags. SERVICES version 3.0 extended the archive options with the ability to revise or add comments to existing archives. If SERVICES is password protected then the password must first be verified to load SERVICES, use the protect command, use a DOS shell, or exit the SERVICES program. Fixed a bug in the rename command that, under certain circumstances prevented files from being renamed with the message, "Can't Rename Root Directory". SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 60 Whenever you change drives with SERVICES, it now places you into that drives default directory. In this manner, you can now change to a different drive then, when you change back to your previous drive, you are in the same directory you were in when you left that drive. VII. Future Enhancements LSRGroup has many exciting enhancements that will be incorporated into the next release of SERVICES or in other subsequent releases. Because we believe that our commercial competitors will steal some of our good ideas, only those revisions scheduled for release within the next two upgrades are listed below. We wish we could present a complete list- ing because our plans are truly exciting but, being a small shareware producer, we really can't afford to let the commercial giants steal our ideas. * New copy option - copy volume labels to other drives. * Macros - Create up to 84 different macros assigned to 12 function keys. Macros can contain up to 1000 instructions and can run other macros. Every command offered by SERVICES (except create password) can be included in the macro. Command SERVICES to have the macro learn, and every keystroke you make is converted to an optimized macro instruction. When you are finished teaching the macro, tell SERVICES to stop teaching the macro. * Display duplicate files - Use this command to locate every instance of every duplicate name on any drive or all of your hard drives. * Rename all tagged files - Assign either a new base name or extension name and have all your tagged file names changed accordingly. * View two drives at once - A third main window that can display both directory tree or a file window. When you copy or move to any drive other than SERVICES default drive, this window will open and allow you to scroll to the directory on your selected drive. No need to ever type the drive and path of the destination files. * File encryption - Our file encryption technique is so effective that it might take a Crey computer 1 1/2 months at 24 hours per day to decrypt your encrypted file. Don't loose your key! * Sure kill - use this command to erase files so that they can never be undeleted (for the security minded!) * Set attributes on directories - use this to hide your directories from DOS or, use it to change directory attributes to normal for maximizing disk compression with your optimizer (Lotus 123 creates read-only, hidden, system directories that will prevent your disk optimizer from efficiently optimizing your disks). * Copy a file to a new name on the same directory. SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 61 VIII. Registration Form ---------------------------------[ Clip Out ]---------------------------------- SERVICES, version 3.0 Registration Form Special offer! If you register SERVICES, version 3.0, prior to May 31, 1990, you can save nineteen dollars. The normal price for SERVICES is $49 but, if you act on this software offer before May 31, 1990, your price is only $30. Please fill out this form, then mail it along with a check, money order or warrent to: Lawrence Stone Research Group P.O. Box 5715 Charleston, Oregon 97420 Thanks for your support! Name:_________________________________________________________ Title:________________________________________________________ Company:______________________________________________________ Address:______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ City: _____________________ State: _________ Zip:______ Telephone:__________________________________ +============================================================================+ |Please send me ____ copies of SERVICES @ $___/each for a total of $________ | | Price is U.S. Overseas and Canada, add $8.00 U.S. | | | | Call or write for multiple copy (site license) prices. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +===================== Check One ====================+ | [__] 5 1/4" Diskettes [__] 3 1/2" Diskette | +----------------------------------------------------+ Where did you get the SERVICES utility from (check one, and/or fill in line)? [__] User Group Name of Group:_____________________________________ [__] BBS Name:_______________________)(Tel #:______________________ [__] Other Such as: ________________________________________________ SDN Distribution ---------------------------------[ Clip Out ]---------------------------------- SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 62 IX. Comment/Suggestions Form Name:_________________________________________________________ City: _____________________ State: _________ Zip:______ Are you a registered user of SERVICES?_________ Comments and Suggestions:____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ SERVICES Manual, version 3.0 page 63