WELCOME TO FILE COMMANDER! This disk contains File Commander 1.0J *** SPECIAL OFFER FOR COMMAND POST USERS *** People who have licensed Command Post from us in the past may license File Commander for $35. *** LATE BREAKING NEWS *** This is File Commander, a new product from Wilson WindowWare. The documentation for this product is still incomplete. We're whacking it into shape as fast as we can. Once you figure out what this product can do, I'm sure you will excuse us. PURPOSE File Commander is an extender for the Win 3.1 File Manager. It adds a menu item to the File Manager menu bar. From this single top-level menu item, File Commander allow you to make up to 99 menu items spread upto 5 levels deep. The menu items, when selected, execute our Windows Interface Language (WIL) code. What is the WIL language? Well, its the Windows batch file language developed by Wilson WindowWare, and found in the following products: Wilson WindowWare: Command Post - As the menu script language Wilson WindowWare: WinBatch - The Windows batch language Symantec: Norton Desktop - The Batch Runner/Builder language PubTech: BatchWorks - The Windows batch language >>> If you have used Command Post, you will find the menu scripts >>> *remarkably* similiar. The WIL language supports zillions (well maybe 200) different functions that allow you to do pritnear anything. Included with this ZIP file is most of the Command Post documentation (as FILECMDR.TXT) and a file highlighting new features recently added to Command Post, WinBatch and now File Commander (NEWSTUFF.TXT). The documentation does not yet exactly match the product, but an examination of the WWWFMEXT.FME menu script file and a look at the function reference should do wonders. Be sure to check out our new WIL.HLP Windows help file. It has a (pretty much - we're working on it) complete description of the WIL language (Thats the programming language found in our products). It should prove useful. HOW-2-ADD YOUR OWN MENU ITEMS Edit the WWWFMEXT.FME file. The file is COLUMN SENSITIVE, especially in the first four columns with define the menu item titles. Menu batch code should start in column 5 or later (I like col 8). In the NEWSTUFF.TXT file (page 88-89) (Search for "Multiple Menu Levels") is a discussion on how to code the menus for each level of drop-down menu. Basically it is just column-dependent. Good Luck. THE WIL.HLP file The WIL.HLP file is a Windows help file. To use it, run the WINHELP.EXE application and then open the WIL.HLP file. You may wish to make a Program Manager icon that will start it directly, and add the HLP to the extensions section of the WIN.INI file, as in [Extensions] HLP=WINHELP.EXE ^.HLP The WIL.HLP file was produced and designed by Jim Stiles. If you need or want professional consulting for custom help systems, ask for Jim at (206) 937-3141. Please see the README2.TXT file for more information PACKING LIST: With this version you have the following files: You will find that on your disk or ZIP file, many of the files end in a $. This is to be expected. Some files may have been compressed and will need to properly installed to be useful, while other files may be simply copied and renamed. README TXT Latest news and comments about File Commander README2 TXT ...continued... WSETUP EXE The snazzy setup program WSETUP INF A script file for the setup program WBINXZ EXE More of our setup program. FILECMDR TXT The documentation (such as it is) for File Commander NEWSTUFF TXT More documentation WWWFMEXT FME A Sample menu script file. You edit this file. WWWFMEXT DLL File Commander - Main Section WWWBATCH DLL File Commander - Batch processing section WWWDEALR.DLL Yet another DLL BROWSER EXE A handy file browser utility WIL HLP The Windows help file for our language