QFiler v3.1le by Jamestown Software      Registration $ 20.00
UTIL MAR91 QFILER JAMESTOWN FILE DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT 
FILES: qfil31le.sdn

Update

(Obtained directly from the author's support BBS)

QFiler  is an  easy  file management  system  that opens  two
windows betwen directories or disks.  Supports tag, point and
shoot, archivers your edit, a file viewer ans more.

NEW LHA.EXE SUPPORTED:
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The file compression utility LHARC.EXE  is now distributed as
LHA.EXE.  This  version of QFILER  (QF) has been  tested with
the beta 2.05 version of LHA (released as the self-extracting
file LHA205.EXE).  QF detects both LHARC.EXE and LHA.EXE, and
utilizes  the  new features  included  in  LHA.EXE if  it  is
available.  QF  checks all  directories listed  in your  PATH
statement, so  you can  speed things  up if  the subdirectory
containing LHA.EXE  (and other programs  supported by  QF) is
listed  as  one of  the  first  directories in  your  "PATH="
statement.

NOTE: A bug was corrected in  QF version 3.1LD which resulted
in LHARC not being recognized.


LHA & PKZIP SELF-EXTRACTING EXE'S MAY BE ZOOMED
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Self-extracting EXE files created by PKZip, LHArc and LHA are
treated as "normal"  compressed files when Ctrl-Z  (PKZip) or
Ctrl-L (LHArc/LHA) is  used.  Files may be  extracted, viewed
and zoomed.  It's up to you, however, to select the "correct"
compression utility.


EXTENDED SUBDIRECTORY SELECTION:
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The parent  of subdirectory is  now shown as  "PARENT" rather
than <PARENT>.  This  small change now guarantees  the parent
listing will be the first line shown in a QF window.

Several short-cut  keys have been  added to QF  to facilitate
subdirectory selection:  If a  subdirectory is  the currently
selected line  in a  QF window,  pressing ENTER  will display
that directory on  the current side of  the screen.  Pressing
the "." (period)  key at ANY time will display  the parent of
the current directory  on the current side;  pressing the "<"
key will display the parent on  the left side, while pressing
the ">" key will display the parent on the right.

Long subdirectory names created with extensions (for example,
MYBACKUP.001)  are   now  handled  correctly  in   QF's  PICK
function.
 

QFILER on NETWORKS: 
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Although previous  versions of QF  are widely used  on Novell
networks, feedback  indicates that QF sometimes  attempted to
write temporary files to the root directory of a disk -- when
a network user may not have access to the root directory!
 
This version of QF  allows a path to be defined  that QF will
use to write its temporary  files.  To implement this feature
you must create  a QFPATH.CFG text file --  which is expected
to contain a single line indicating a subdirectory path which
may be  used to  store temporary  files.  QFPATH.CFG  must be
located in  a pathed directory for  which a user  has access.
The path it identifies must also be accessible by a user.

For  example,  if  the subdirectory  C:\QFILER  is  a  public
directory, place the QFPATH.CFG file  in that directory.  The
QFPATH.CFG  would  contain  "C:\QFILER".   QF  will  use  the
defined  path to  store all  QFPATH.FILs (used  for the  PICK
option)  and  to  store  a temporary  file  created  when  an
ARC-ZOOM function is selected.  Network managers suggest that
a user's local drive may be a good choice to use for both the
QFPATH.CFG file and the path it contains.

NOTE:  While this  feature  was added  to  solve problems  on
networks, it is very useful for non-network users as well!

 
OTHER CHANGES: 
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A bug  was corrected which  resulted in QF's  Ctrl-E function
not working properly when running under 4DOS.

This  version of  QF will  swap itself  to EMS  or disk  when
shelling to  DOS or executing  other programs.   This feature
may  be   disabled  by  running   QFINST  with  /SWAP   as  a
command-line  parameter (Windows  doesn't  like DOS  programs
trying to manage  memory on their own).  QF  will release all
memory except about 30K.  NOTE: If you don't have EMS memory,
you probably  will want to  disable this feature  (unless you
need  large amounts  of  memory to  run  other programs  from
within QF) -- swapping to disk is relatively slow!





































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