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FILE FREEDOM 1.6 APRIL 1997 DISTRIBUTION
File Freedom is distributed electronically in a 30 Day Demo
form that can be upgraded to a registered form with the
addition of a registration number. During the Demo period,
File Freedom functions fully without reminders or
limitations.
FILE LIST
filefrdm.exe - program
filefrdm.hlp - online help
ffinstal.exe - installation program
uninstal.exe - uninstall program
orderfrm - direct registration order form
BMTMicro.frm - BMT Micro registration order form
readme - this file
update.cmd - a Rexx script to update File Freedom
WhatsNew - a list of new features and fixes
Tutorial.doc - a short tutorial for File Freedom
REGISTERING
Full instructions are included in the online help for
registering your copy of File Freedom. A blank order form
suitable for printing is included with the file package.
It is now also possible to register through BMT Micro via the
internet, phone, fax or mail. See the BMTMicro.frm also
included in the file package for details.
Registration fee is $10.00.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
File Freedom is a fast, very inexpensive, PM file manager with
an uncluttered, easy-to-use interface. It is designed to be a
quick and efficient utility that requires a minimum of setup
yet does not skimp on features. In fact, you will find in
File Freedom features not found in other file managers, at any
price, such as the capability to look inside a zip file WITHIN
a zip file and the ability to reorient the toolbar from
vertical to horizontal (and back again) at the push of a
button. It also provides two harmonious yet distinct methods
of file management - Drag and Drop for those who prefer it,
and an alternate method which is also fast and easy.
If it suits your needs, this Demo form can be upgraded to a
Registered form with the addition of a registration code
available via Email, Fax or mail. It also comes with an
Install Program that puts File Freedom on your Desktop quickly
and easily. If you try File Freedom and it just doesn't suit
your needs, an Uninstall Program is also included to make the
test drive painless.
In addition to the basic file operations such as copy, move,
rename, delete and changing attributes, File Freedom also
supports these features:
* Create directories 'on the fly' with copy/move operations
* Delete Sub-directories that contain files/directory trees
* Create Desktop Objects from program files with single keystroke
* Sliding windows
* Toolbar - Verical/Horizontal/Hide
* Dynamic Pushbutton descriptions on status bar
* Pushbutton support for search tool (PMSeek)
* Unlimited Third-Party Viewer support
* Support for four User-Defined programs - OS/2-Windows-Dos
* Support for Rexx scripts with Viewers and User programs
* File Filters
* Four different file views including detailed
* Sort files by Age, Name, Date or Extension
* Drag and drop colors and fonts
* a Pushbutton for your favorite Editor - OS/2-Windows-Dos
* Hot-Keys (Accelerator Keys)
* Drag and Drop file management
* Menu bar
* Dynamic display of Total Files and Bytes Selected,
Total Bytes Free on Source and Destination, File count
* An internal Settings Notebook for configurable options
* Context Sensitive Help
* Integrated support for Info-Zip's Zip and Unzip utilities
* One button Zipping of Files, Directory Trees and Drives
* One button Unzipping
* Unzip to New Directory created on-the-fly with same name as zip
* Built in Zip Viewer
* even more
UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS
If you are currently a registered user of File Freedom, or
currently trying out the Demo version, use File Freedom to
Unzip the zip package to a temporary directory.
After the files are unzipped, shut down File Freedom and then
run the supplied UPDATE.CMD file which will prompt for the
home directory and then copy over the pertinent files for you.
The FILEFRDM.INI file will not be changed in this process.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
First, from an OS/2 command line, change to the directory
that contains the unzipped files. File Freedom can be
installed in Demo mode simply by running the program from
it's home directory, but in that case a Desktop Object will
have to be created manually from a template. Using the
installation program however, will copy the necessary files
to the directory of your choice and create a Desktop Object,
all in one easy step. No changes are made to the CONFIG.SYS
file. If the directory does not exist, it will be created
during installation.
Installing the registration number also requires the use of
the installation program. If registering, choose the the
directory of your choice for installation. If the directory
is the same as the directory a demo was installed in, all
program settings will be preserved.
Once the program is installed, double-click on the program
Icon to start the program and press F1 once started. A Help
screen is displayed and an overview of File Freedom is the
first item in the Online Help. Links to all areas of Help can
be accessed from there or from the Help Menu.
Context-Sensitive Help is also displayed during any task by
pressing F1.
UNINSTALLING FILE FREEDOM
In the event that, for whatever reason, it is desirable to
remove File Freedom from your system, this is very easy.
Simply run the UNINSTAL.EXE program from the directory that
File Freedom has been installed into. It will remove the
program related files, remove the Desktop Object and clean
all references to itself from the OS2.INI file. At the end
of this operation, the uninstall program itself must be
deleted manually.
GETTING INFO-ZIP's ZIP 2.1 and UNZIP 5.2
File Freedom will only support the latest versions of
Info-Zip's compression /decompression set. These can be
found at various ftp sites but the latest versions
(zip21x2.zip and unz520x2.exe) are always available at:
ftp.uu.net/pub/archiving/zip
VIEWERS
By default, File Freedom is set to use the OS/2 multimedia
viewers for examining multimedia files. Some may prefer
other, more capable, viewers however. A very capable and
fast freeware graphic viewer is GBMV written by Andy Key.
It is available on Hobbes (hobbes.nmsu.edu) as
"os2/graphics/gbm.zip". Many other freeware and shareware
file viewers can also be found there.
HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
brhenry@kw.igs.net
or
Bruce Henry
Red Paint Software
425 Hespeler Rd.
Suite #209
Cambridge, ON
Canada N1R 8J6
Copyright (C) 1996 Bruce Henry
FILE FREEDOM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND COMES WITH NO WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT WILL THE
COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE
USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Thanks for trying File Freedom.