///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Welcome to File Manager StepUp! // // the File Manager Extender // for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11 // and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11 // // Version 2.60 // // Last updated: July 20, 1994 // // Copyright (c) 1994, ChaoSoft. // All rights reserved. // // _______ // ____|__ | (R) // --| | |------------------- // | ____|__ | Association of // | | |_| Shareware // |__| o | Professionals // -----| | |--------------------- // |___|___| MEMBER // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// D E S C R I P T I O N A N D -------------------------------- A U T H O R I N F O R M A T I O N -------------------------------------- This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe the FM StepUp package. Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.TXT text file. BBS SYSOPs: Please refer to the SYSOP.TXT text file for information. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Program Information: // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// File Name: ~~~~~~~~~ For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the following file names: If the program is compressed using PKZIP utility, please use the following name: FMSTEP26.ZIP File Manager StepUp v.2.6 for Win3.1&WfWG3.11 If the program is compressed using some other file compression method, then please use the name "FMSTEP26" with the appropriate extension (ARJ, PAK, ARC, LZH, ZOO, etc.). If the length of the file name cannot be more than 6 characters, please use file name "FMSU26". Keywords: ~~~~~~~~~ File Manager Extender Windows Desktop Utility Shareware ChaoSoft StepUp Category: ~~~~~~~~~ Windows Utilities, Productivity Tools. Short Description: ------------------ File Manager StepUp v.2.6 for Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - just makes File Manager work better. Provides standard File Manager's dialog boxes with additional useful elements ('history' lists, 'verify' checkboxes, etc.); shows the dialogs with 3D effects; brings customizable Quick Menu and Execute Menu with ready-to-do commands; allows to easily view, edit, or print arbitrary files; contains a set of useful utilities (calculating the size of directories including their subdirs, etc.), detailed context-sensitive Help, animated logo... FM StepUp makes the File Manager an actually user friendly application. Try it - and you won't believe you worked without FM StepUp before. The way software should be! Long Description: ----------------- File Manager StepUp (or, briefly, FM StepUp) is a utility that dramatically improves File Manager. Instead of replacing File Manager, FM StepUp simply makes it better. When you install FM StepUp, additional commands are added to File Manager's menus, and existing commands are enhanced. Here is the list of the features the File Manager gets with the FM StepUp: o Enhanced File Managers dialog boxes, including history lists, browse buttons, verify check boxes, etc. o Commands to easily create, view, edit or print arbitrary files, not necessarily associated with an application. o Customizable Execute Menu provides an easy way to access frequently used applications and perform pre-programmed operations on currently selected files. o Customizable Quick Menu, instantaneously accessible with the right mouse button, contains the most frequently used commands and keeps track of the execution history of other commands. o A number of special commands are provided to make you more productive: Total Size, allowing to figure out the size of a directory including all subdirectories; Change Date / Time, allowing to change date or time attributes for a file; Run Screen Saver; Return To DOS; Restart Windows; Reboot System. o FM StepUp allows you to restrict certain features of the File Manager in the same manner as you do it for Program Manager. This is particularly valuable for use by corporate system administrators. o Complete context-sensitive Help is available from all dialogs. The Help file provides a complete user's guide for FM StepUp. o FM StepUp is highly customizable. User can control virtually every aspect of the FM StepUp, from choosing its menu name to specifying which dialog boxes to enhance. Try it - and you won't believe you worked without FM StepUp before. The way software should be! Please Help Us Serve You Better: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We would appreciate copies of anything you print regarding FM StepUp. Please send us a copy of any reviews, articles, catalog descriptions, or other information you print or distribute regarding the FM StepUp package. Thank you for your time and assistance and for supporting the shareware marketing concept. International: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are a publisher interested in translating and supporting our products in another language, please contact us to discuss an exclusive agreement for your language and country. If you are interested in providing registration and support services outside of North America in English, we are interested in working with you on a non-exclusive basis. Quotes from Reviews, Articles and Users: ---------------------------------------- "FM StepUp ... does all manner of clever things. It adds 3D effects (a la Word 6 or Excel 5) to the dialog boxes, gives you a command-line history in all sorts of places ... and provides right-click pop-up menus in a variety of useful places ... FM StepUp is certainly good enough to try." Windows User UK, June 1994 "The standard dialog boxes gain a history list of recently used commands and that attractive 3D look. However ... the best thing about this is the pop-up menus. Right click on a file and a menu pops up giving you a bunch of options, like viewing the file, editing it, running it, printing it, and so on ... once you have started using it you'll never want to give them up!" Australian PC User, June 1994 Registration Information: ------------------------- Registration fee: Upgrade from any previous version: FREE New users: Single user: $19.95 + S&H Multy-orders: $14.95 each + S&H Site license: $9.95 per user + S&H Major Credit Cards accepted. Registered users receive: 1. Personal Registration Number, to remove registration reminder and put user's name in the About FM StepUp screen. 2. Disk with the latest version of the FM StepUp. 3. 50% discount when upgrading to new versions of the FM StepUp. 4. FREE 90-days customer support through electronic or regular mail. 5. FREE BONUS (when ordering a disk only): a 800x600x256, 3-dimentional, ray-traced (very impressive!) *.bmp image of ChaoSoft's logo (can be used as wallpaper on your Windows desktop). For complete user registration information please refer to the on-line Help. Author/Publisher Information: ----------------------------- ChaoSoft is a small software company based in Old Town, Maine, U.S.A., owned and operated by Andrei Belogortseff. ChaoSoft has been producing top quality computer software at reasonable prices, continuously, since 1993. Please feel free to contact me (Andrei Belogortseff) at any time if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached by mail at the following address: Andrei Belogortseff P.O.Box 43 Old Town, ME 04468-0043 U.S.A. I can also be reached electronically as follows: CompuServe: 74634,2173 Delphi: andreib Internet: andreib@delphi.com or 74634.2173@compuserve.com