W i n O n e =========== Command Language Interpreter for Windows 3.1 History of Features ------------------- WinOne v1.02 includes the following :- (First Release) 1. Colour and ANSI graphics. 2. Support for Archive files (.ZIP .LZH .ARC). 3. Supports file extension associations. 4. Number of extra commands (eg. WHERE etc). 5. Extra wildcards support for all commands (eg. *y.* etc.). WinOne v1.03 includes the following :- 1. New commands (eg DUMP, ACS etc). 2. Command line macros using the MACRO command. 3. File extension associations can now be deleted at the command line. 4. The full IBM character set, including all the graphics characters. 5. Support for .ARJ archive files. Command ARCH will display the files inside most popular archive files. 6. Easier to see colours. WinOne v1.04 includes the following :- 1. Improved command line. 2. Saving of the history buffer. 3. improved EXIT command. 4. New command TREE. WinOne v1.05 includes the following :- 1. Sub-directory processing for many commands, including RMDIR and DEL. This allows for smart deletion of sub-directories and files in sub-directories. 2. Many new commands (eg. VOL, DATE, TIME, ...). 3. Improved file handling. In previous versions of WinOne I assumed that directories could not have an extension. As a result, filenames that did not include a dot, were assumed to be directories. Since this is not the case, WinOne now makes no such assumption. 4. User definable Buttons introduced. There are now 5 user definable buttons that can be used to run programs. There are also an addition 3 system buttons that can not be altered (ie. EXIT, DOS SHELL and HELP). The images for buttons are non-moving, except for the eyes button image, which tracks the cursor when the cursor is moved inside the window. WinOne v1.06 includes the following :- 1. A vertical scroll bar, that can display the last 7 screens, given a screen size of 80 x 24. This scroll bar is also real time. That is, when the thumb position is moved the screen is updated immediately. 2. Variable font sizes. The system menu contains the "Fonts..." option, which will allow different font sizes to be choosen. When using windows 3.0 there are only 4 different font sizes, and under windows 3.1 there are 10 different font sizes. 3. Lock now uses SPX library's, thus allowing 24 different screens to be displayed when using Lock. The system menu contains the "Lock Setup..." option that will allow the user to select and config the different screens. The SPX library's are free public domain software, which are originally written for Screen Peace, which is in itself an excellent screen saver. 4. Built in Screen Saver. 5. The BUTTON command has been remove and now all functions (i.e list, edit, insert and delete) dealing with buttons are conducted via the system menu. This greatly simplifies the manipulation of buttons. 6. New Button images. There are now 43 button images that can be displayed inside a button. The order that WinOne stores these images is different from version 1.05. This means that users will have to edit their buttons. 7. The tab key is now part of the command line edit keys. The tab key will expand partial paths or filename entered on the command line. WinOne v1.07 and v1.08 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. System Configuration edit. Allows easy editing of AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS and all .INI files in the windows directory. The system menu contains the "System" option. 2. Auto-Raise for partially hidden windows. 3. The mouse can now be used with the SPX modules. 4. Program Manager access using the GROUP command. This command can insert program files into Program Manager groups. 5. Command TASKS now accepts string arguments. WinOne v1.09 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. Improved TAB expansion for incomplete path and file names, which includes command and macro names. Also CTRL + TAB displays a list of all names that complete the incomplete name being typed at the WinOne prompt. 2. New DISK command, displays the number of bytes used for all sub-directories. 3. New Status Bar, displays the time, free bytes in the windows global heap and a percentage done indicator for commands. 4. WinOne is now more multi-tasking, by checking for unprocessed messages more often. Major Version 2.1 (Not Released) ----------------- 1. The size of the WinOne executable program has been reduced. 2. Previous versions of WinOne had limits set on the number of files per directory and the number of directories that commands would operate on. Now WinOne handles any number of files per directory and any number of directories, so long as there is enough memory avaliable. 3. WinOne now supports batch files, that will, when executed, be displayed in the main WinOne Window. All standard batch commands (eg. IF, FOR, GOTO, CALL, ECHO, PAUSE, REM, SHIFT) are supported, along with replaceable parameters %0 to %9 and environment variables. 4. Many useful enhanced batch commands have also been included. 5. Registered user can still use there old registration numbers with all 2.x versions of WinOne. WinOne v2.2 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. WinOne is now compiled for windows 3.1 only. 2. Improved execution for DOS programs. See DOS Command Execution and Precedence in the main help file for more information. WinOne v2.3 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. WinOne allows multiple commands to be entered on a single command line. 2. WinOne supports standard input and output redirection, for both internal WinOne commands and DOS programs and commands. 3. Improved DEL command. Delete is now very fast when deleting all files in a directory or sub-directories. That is :- DEL *.* DEL *.* /s DEL directory_name DEL directory_name /s 4. New LABEL command to set volume labels. 5. Command REN can be used to rename directories. 6. A new MONO mode has been added to the command COLOUR. WinOne v2.4 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. Status bar will not disappear when the main WinOne window is minimised. 2. Buttons selection has been inproved. 3. WinOne now uses a small dynamic link library to catch all keyboard input and any mouse activity. This imporves the functionability and speed of Auto Window Raise. WinOne v2.5 includes the following:- 1. Command GROUP can be used to display all Progman groups and files within these groups. 2. File descriptions of up to 40 characters. File Discriptions can be modifyed using the DESCRIBE command. See the help file for more information. WinOne v2.6 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. There are now up to seven user definable buttons. This depends on the size of the desktop window. 2. The screen buffer can now store up to sixteen 80x24 screens. 3. New VIEWICON command that can be used for browsing through bulk icon files (i.e. .ICO, .EXE, .DLL files). 4. GROUP command will now insert into progman group any file that has a file extension association. WinOne v2.7 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. Improved WHERE command, which now displays the file description, if one exists, for any file located. 2. Two new commands TOFILE and TODISK which copies floppy disks in a single pass. Command TOFILE copies a floppy disk to a file, and command TODISK copies this file back to a floppy disk. WinOne v2.8 and v2.9 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. Bug fix which occasionally caused WinOne to crash. 2. Internal optimisations. Major Version 3.1 (Not Released) ----------------- 1. Registered users will no longer be able to use there old registeration numbers. An update fee of $20 will be charged for a new registeration number. See the file REGISTER.FRM. 2. New command FIND. Which will locate text strings inside files. 3. New command WALLPAPER, which sets or clears the desktop bitmap wallpaper. 4. Located two new SPX modules :- 1. SPERM.SPX 2. SPINNER.SPX 5. WinOne now supports Multiple File Extension Associations. See the help file for more information. 6. Accelerator keys can now be used with all dialog boxes. WinOne v3.2 includes the following:- 1. WinOne now supports Copy and Paste to/from the clipboard. See the main help file for more information. 2. There is now a maximum of seventeen user definable buttons that may be programmed. WinOne v3.3 includes the following:- (Not Released) 1. Bug Fixes :- 1. Trying to exit before the screen has finished redrawing. 2. Clipboard drawing problems. 3. Last 4 button images missing. 4. Some minor bugs. 2. Importing and Exporting button images. See the main WinOne help file for more infomation. 3. Added a browse button to the Change Group Icon dialog box. 4. New verbose mode for command ARCH, which will display the original size, compressed size, percentage, date and time for files inside an archive. WinOne v3.4 includes the following:- 1. Support for external commands that execute inside the main WinOne window. These commands are true windows programs that use a simplified DDE protocal to communicate with WinOne. The library needed to write these commands has been distributed to registered users, and will be made available to non-registered users shortly. 2. New external command SPLIT, which splits a file into two parts. 3. New external command TOUCH, which touches the date and time for specified files. 4. Command TODISK no longer formats disks. See Command TOFILE and TODISK in the main help file for more information. WinOne v3.5 includes the following:- 1. New external command DECOMP, which decompresses UNIX compressed files. 2. New external command DETAR, which detars UNIX tar files. 3. New external command FUNC, which allows Windows API functions to be called at run time. 4. Moved the separate help files for external commands into the main WinOne help file. This allows help to be displayed using the HELP command, from the WinOne prompt. For example, to get help for the external command DECOMP, enter at the WinOne prompt :- HELP DECOMP 5. New Status Bar option, that will keep the Status Bar in front of all other windows. 6. New command CMP, which compares the contents of two files, byte by byte and displays the differences between them. Note ---- I Know, I Know, I wasn't going to release new versions after v3.2, but I have changed my mind (partly due to requests), so I will keep on releasing updated versions of WinOne from now on. Enjoy :-) Not Released Versions --------------------- Versions of WinOne marked as Not Released are offered to registered users only. System Requirements ------------------- This program requires Windows 3.1 and DOS 5.0 or higher and needs about 720K of RAM (i.e. memory) to operate. WinOne performs best in Protected Mode or 386 Enhanced Mode. Installation ------------ To install WinOne from a DOS prompt, type the following :- WIN INSTALL INSTALL will only create one directory (no sub-directories) and copy all the relevent files into this directory, then a program manager group is created and the WinOne icon is placed inside. To uninstall WinOne, simply delete all the files in the directory in which WinOne was installed, and delete the group that the WinOne icon was placed in. More Help --------- WinOne includes a comprehensive help file, that can only be displayed while WinOne is running. Simply use the mouse and click on the GREEN question mark button. This help file contains all the information needed to describe all the WinOne commands and all the features (including pictures) described in the History of Features above. This help file has taken a considerable amount of time to put together, so please read it, after WinOne has been installed. Contents of archive ------------------- This archive contains the following files :- 1. WIN_ONE.EXE - Main executable 2. WOLIB.DLL - WinOne library file 3. WOEXT.EXE - WinOne multiple file extension associations 4. WIN_ONE.HLP - WinOne help file 5. REGISTER.FRM - Registration form 6. WIN_ONE.TXT - This file 7. INSTALL.EXE - Installation program 8. APPSETUP.INF - Used by INSTALL.EXE 9. *.SPX - Screen Saver and Terminal Lock DLL's 10. DESCRIPT.ION - WinOne file descriptions 11. SPLIT.EXE - External command SPLIT 12. TOUCH.EXE - External command TOUCH 13. CMP.EXE - External command CMP 14. DETAR.EXE - External command DETAR 15. DECOMP.EXE - External command DECOMP 16. FUNC.EXE - External command FUNC 17. ARRANGE.BAT - Batch command ARRANGE 18. CASCADE.BAT - Batch command CASCADE 19. TILE.BAT - Batch command TILE