***************************************************************************** * * The current iteration of this file * * * Date: 6/20/94 * * Contents: * - Installation instructions * - A notice about the major additions to FILEBOX * for WinWord6 * - A notice about upgrading FILEBOX from WinWord2 to * WinWord6 * * PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE FILE! * ***************************************************************************** MESSAGE DATE: 6/20/94 MESSAGE RE: INSTALLING FILEBOX FOR WINWORD 6 To install FILEBOX.DOT 1. Copy FBOX6.DOT into your WINWORD\STARTUP directory 2. Copy FILEBOX.HLP into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory 3. If the macro does not run when you start Windows, use the FilesTemplate command to use FILEBOX.DOT as a global template. See page 222 of the WinWord manual. After you've done this the FileOpen menu selection or the ^O will bring up FileBox. You might want to assign it to a toolbar button! Be sure to read the FILEBOX.DOC for other information and license. MESSAGE DATE: 8:42PM 5/7/94 MESSAGE RE: New Features in FILEBOX.DOT for WW6 * FILE PREVIEW - let's you look @ files without opening them. * FILE PRINT - Print files without opening them. * MULTIPLE OPEN - Open numerous files in one session. * FASTER LOADING - Folders with many files open about 3x faster now. * SIMPLER INTERFACE - Program uses only one dialog now, with 6 panels. * LARGER LABELS - The dialog box, list boxes and text boxes have been enlarged to maximum size on 640x480. * SETTINGS SAVED - FileBox remembers" certain settings -- e.g. which panel was shown and whether or not Multiple Open was slected -- and returns to those settings when it starts again. Bug Fixes FileBox 6 * No more crashes when you try to Add an unsaved file to a folder. * Error trapping when FILEBOX.INI gets corrupted w/ suggestions re: what to fix. * Missing files and folders no longer cause crashes. * "Move" and "Copy" no longer crash in German WinWord. Installation Recommendation I've been working with the program for several months now and everything *seems* pretty solid. The Beta testers have pretty well ferreted out all the bugs. But you know how these things go! Before using the new .DOT I recommend the following precautions: 1. Make a backup copy of your FILEBOX.INI 2. Rename your current FILEBOX.DOT to FILEBOX.OLD MESSAGE DATE: 5:51PM 12/10/93 MESSAGE RE: New Features in FileBox for WinWord 6 over WinWord2 Updating FILEBOX.INI to use FileBox for WW6 Greetings! Despite a lot of the carping and complaining you read in the CIS Forums about WW6; many of which are legitimate (e.g. the slow performance, problems with IsDirty() and the need to use SHARE(), WW6 is still an exciting product that pushes the envelope in many areas. Features like AutoCorrect, variable width columns and WordBasic's new FilePreview and PicturePreview controls move WW6 beyond word processing into the realm of desktop publishers with significant power! WinWord 6 continues the migration path toward true *document* processing. OLE2 has the potential to render moot the distinction between, for example, a word processing file and a spread-sheet file and a graphics file. Although VBA hasn't yet arrived for WinWord 6, WordBasic has grown dramatically in size, power and flexibility. In particular, the addition of 400+ statments, a few important controls and the significant improvement of dialog controls open up incredible worlds of possibility. After weighing the possibilities against the trouble, I decided that for my own personal use [I am a full time pastor, a doctoral student and my wife is working on her MSW] the new power of WordBasic justified the trouble involved in moving FileBox into WW6. New Features in FileBox for WinWord 6....... * MOVE You can now move files between folders by "point-and-shoot" Without a lot of annoying redraws of the screen. Ah, the joys of dynamic dialog boxes! * COPY ditto * PURGE You can step through your entire document collection, one folder and one file at a time, purging those entries that no longer point to extant disk files. It includes the ability to verify each potential purge or do it all in an automated batch file. * SPEED The enhanced array processing capabilities and the language extensions have eliminated a number of API calls. Significant improvements in speed in certain areas. **************************** IMPORTANT MODIFICATION **************************** IN ORDER TO USE VERSION 6, USERS OF FILEBOX VERSION 2 MUST MAKE ONE CHANGE IN THE FILEBOX.INI FILE! After reviewing the code, one area I found in need of improvement were the [Section] names in the FILEBOX.INI. Because of some data conversions and some changes in the way that initialization files are handled in WinWord, I decided to make one change which will require a manual modificiation. Currently you will find that your FILEBOX.INI looks something like this example: [Config] . . . [Folders] Folder 1=Correspondence Folder 2=Work in Progress Folder 3=Storage [Folder 1] Files=2 1=.... 2=.... [Folder 2] Files=3 1=... 2=... 3=... [Folder 3] Files=9 . . The [Folder x] section names need to be changed! The *variable setting* taken from the [Folders] section needs to be used to replace the [Section] names for each folder. By way of example, the aforementioned sample file needs to be changed to look like this: [Config] . . . [Folders] Folder 1=Correspondence Folder 2=Work in Progress Folder 3=Storage [Correspondence] Files=2 1=.... 2=.... [Work in Progress] Files=3 1=... 2=... 3=... [Storage] Files=9 . . When this one change has been made, the FILEBOX.INI is ready for version 6!