///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 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 3.25 // // Last updated: January 27, 1995 // // Copyright (c) 1994, ChaoSoft. // All rights reserved. // // _______ // ____|__ | (R) // --| | |------------------- // | ____|__ | Association of // | | |_| Shareware // |__| o | Professionals // -----| | |--------------------- // |___|___| MEMBER // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This file contains introductory information regarding FM StepUp. STOP! IMPORTANT NOTE 1: Before reading any further, please verify that you have a complete set of the files originally included in the FM StepUp package. A list of the files may be found in the VENDINFO.DIZ file, supplied with the package. If any file listed in the VENDINFO.DIZ file (or the VENDINFO.DIZ file itself) is missing, the package is incomplete and further use or distribution is PROHIBITED. To obtain a complete package of the software, please contact us at the address at the end of this file. IMPORTANT NOTE 2: Before you use this software, please read the ChaoSoft License Agreement, which may be found in the VENDINFO.DIZ file, supplied with the package. By using FM StepUp you agree to be bound by the terms of the license. TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- 1. Introduction 1.1. About FM StepUp 1.2. What's new in this version 1.3. How to use the documentation 1.4. This is Shareware: Try Before You Buy! 2. Installing FM StepUp 2.1. Using SETUP utility 2.1.1. How to quickly try out this program 2.1.2. Installing on a hard disk or network drive 2.1.3. Uninstalling FM StepUp 2.2. Registering your copy of FM StepUp 2.3. Manual installation/deinstallation 2.4. A note about [Restrictions] for File Manager 3. Acknowledgements 4. Getting technical support /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 1. INTRODUCTION // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 1.1 About File Manager StepUp ------------------------------ File Manager StepUp (or FM StepUp) is a utility that improves File Manager dramatically. Instead of replacing File Manager, FM StepUp simply makes it better. When you install FMStepUp, additional commands are added to the menus of the File Manager, and existing commands are enhanced. Featured in the January 1995, WINDOWS Magazine, Superior Shareware section! "ChaoSoft accomplishes what Microsoft couldn't ... an excellent shareware product that enhances the power and usefulness of Windows' [File Manager] ..." Columbia Daily Tribune, 10/94 "FM StepUp ... does all manner of clever things. It adds 3D effects (ala 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, 06/94 "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, 06/94 Here is the list of features File Manager gets with FM StepUp: o Enhanced 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, that provides an easy way to access frequently used applications and perform pre-programmed operations on currently selected files. o Customizable Quick Menu, instantly accessible with the right mouse button, contains the most frequently used commands and keeps track of the execution history of other commands. o Several special commands are provided to make you more productive: 1. Total Size, allows you to figure out the size of a directory, including all subdirectories; 2. Change Date/Time, allows you to change date or time attributes for a file; 3. Run Screen Saver; 4. Return To DOS; Restart Windows; Reboot System, etc. o Complete context-sensitive Help is available from all dialog boxes. The Help file provides a complete user's guide for FM StepUp. o FM StepUp is highly customizable. A user can control virtually every aspect of FM StepUp, from choosing a name for its menu to specifying which dialog boxes to enhance. Try it - You won't believe how you were able to work without FM StepUp. "The way software should be!"(tm) 1.2. What's new in this version: ---------------------------------- - the ability to add buttons for commands 'New File,' 'View File,' and 'Edit File' to the File Manager toolbar (native or 'FM Toolbar,' available from ChaoSoft) - functionality of the Execute Menu is extended: - internal DOS commands (like DIR) may now be added to the Execute Menu; - the ability to perform a command from Execute Menu for a number of currently selected files is implemented; - the 'Print DIR' and 'Print TREE' commands are added to the default set of the Execute Menu commands; NOTE: if you have already customized Execute menu, you may add these commands to it manually. Close File Manager, open file FMSTEPUP.INI for editing (using Windows Notepad, for instance), find section [ExecMenu] and add the following two lines to the list of commands: Print DI&R=DIR /O:N > PRN Print &TREE=TREE /A > PRN Save the file and run File Manager. - the capacity of the Execute Menu is increased: it can now hold up to 30 commands; - additional special character combinations to be recognized in a command line template are introduced: .! - represents an extension of a file, including a dot; ,! - represents an extension of a file, without the dot; - DOS 'Verify on/off' mode is now restored to its original state after closing File Manager; - the 'Total Size' command can now be used to calculate total size of multiple directories, simultaneously highlighted in the Directory window; - functionality of the 'Change Date/Time' command is improved: it can now be interrupted before the end of processing. - confirmation to reset Quick Menu and Execute Menu, or to delete an item from Execute Menu is now asked; - the 'Delete' dialog box is NO LONGER updated by FM StepUp (I'm tired of answering the question, "What's the history list for?" :-); - FM StepUp no longer provides a FULL set of [Restrictions] for File Manager. A separate utility, 'FM Guard,' is specifically designed to perform this task and is available from ChaoSoft. For further details, please see the note below. - FM Stepup may now be used with File Manager, even if the WINFILE.INI file is renamed. Bugs fixed: "Undefined function AllocPtr in module CSL*.DLL" "History list for the 'By File Type' dialog box is not updated correctly"; "The 'StepUp' submenu occasionally disappears after modifying Execute menu or Quick Menu"; "If the 'View/Edit File' command is executing for a file in the root directory, the current DOS directory remains one of the previously selected subdirectories." Ver. 2.6 : - Minor improvements made: you can now add separators to Quick Menu and Execute Menu; Help window has no fixed size; new [Restrictions] entries added; etc. - Documentation updated. Ver.2.5 : - New SETUP utility - you can activate/deactivate FM StepUp whenever you wish; you can quickly look at the software without actually installing it onto hard or network disk; etc. - New special command added: Run DOS Program, allowing you to easily exit Windows, run a specified DOS program, and then restart Windows. (You can now run DOOM 'from' Windows!) - Minor improvements: Centered Alignment for the Quick Menu can be turned on/off; the 'About' screen on start up can be turned off for registered copies; etc. - some changes to documentation made and - bugs fixed: "View File and Edit File menu items are grayed unpredictably"; "Empty disk lists in Copy Disk dialog box for systems with one floppy drive"; "GPF when changing menu name StepUp"; "Wrong behavior of the Cancel button in the Make System Disk dialog box for systems with only one floppy drive"; "GPF when attempting to Delete an empty directory"; "Improper saving of the FM StepUp settings when Windows shuts down"; "Improper Printing of large files or a large number of files"; SPECIAL NOTE for Windows for Workgroups users: if you had given up on FM StepUp ver.1.x because of the conflict between FM StepUp and toolbar, please take a look at the current version. That bug has been fixed and they (FM StepUp and toolbar) 'enjoy' each other now. 1.3 How to use the documentation -------------------------------- Complete information about FM StepUp, including the installation procedure, how to get updates, how to register your copy, troubleshooting hints, answers to frequently asked questions, etc., is available in Windows Help format, see file FMSTEPUP.HLP. If you've already installed FM StepUp, access the information by choosing StepUp | Help from the menu in File Manager. Or, double click the 'FM StepUp Help' icon in the FMStepUp group created in Program Manager after automatic installation. Or, choose command 'Run' from Program Manager or File Manager main menu, and enter the full name (including complete path) of the FMSTEPUP.HLP file. For example, if you installed the FM StepUp files into directory C:\TEMP on your hard disk, enter the following string in the 'Run' dialog box: C:\TEMP\FMSTEPUP.HLP and click 'OK' button. Yet another way to view the file is to open the directory window with the File Manager and double click filename FMSTEPUP.HLP with the mouse. 1.4. This is Shareware: TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! -------------------------------------------- This is NOT freeware or public domain software. This is SHAREWARE, i.e., copyrighted software which you can "try before you buy". You may try the program for an evaluation period of up to 14 days. After that time, you are required to purchase the software through registration or else discontinue its use. (For details, please see the license agreement in the VENDINFO.DIZ file.) When you pay for the shareware you like, you're voting with your pocketbook for the future of the computer industry - high quality software which you can try before you buy. You payment will encourage us to bring you more of the same kinds of products. What's the difference between Unregistered and Registered versions? ------------------------------------------------------------------- There is NO difference between the unregistered and registered versions of this software. Actually, it's the same program: you may convert an unregistered copy to a registered copy by entering a registration code. Similarly, a registered copy of the program may be 'unregistered' by deleting the registration code or by just copying the program to another machine. Unregistered copies of our products are 100% fully functional. We make them this way so you can have a real look at them to decide whether or not they fit your needs. Please understand that if you fail to register, and continue to use 'FM StepUp' beyond the eval- uation period without paying for it, don't expect the program to maintain its original functionality: some (non-essential) features may become disabled. If you need more time to decide whether you want to keep the program, we'll give you an opportunity to extend the evaluation period. However, we cannot afford to let you use all of the features of the program without compensation. In addition, it is unfair to our customers who do register to use the program. We appreciate your understanding of this policy. WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTER File Manager StepUp? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. A personal Registration Code, allowing you to remove the registration reminder and put your name in the 'About FM StepUp' screen. 2. Disk with the latest version of FM StepUp and information about other ChaoSoft products. 3. The privilege to be personally informed about new major releases of FM StepUp and other software products from ChaoSoft. 4. FREE upgrades of new versions of FM StepUp. 5. FREE 90-day customer support through electronic or regular mail. 6. FREE BONUS: a 800x600x256, 3-dimensional, ray-traced (very impressive!) *.bmp image of ChaoSoft's logo (may be used as wallpaper on your Windows desktop). REGISTERING FM StepUp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may register your copy of FM StepUp with a check or Eurocheck, money order, etc. Major credit cards accepted. You may also register via CompuServe (GO SWREG, ID#2949). A 'Bill me later' payment option is also available. To register, please choose 'Register...' from the 'StepUp' submenu of File Manager and follow instructions. Alternatively, you may run REGISTER.EXE, supplied with the package, to do the same thing. This file will lead you step-by-step through the registra- tion process and print out an order form for you! To register under a site license arrangement, please use the order form in the REGISTER.TXT file. This file also contains an order form for a disk containing the latest version of the program. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a message via CompuServe e-mail to: ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 2. INSTALLING File Manager StepUp // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Unlike most other Windows applications, FM StepUp is not a stand- alone program; there is no special executable file you would run to start FM StepUp. To use the program, all you need is to properly install it and, every time your run File Manager, FM StepUp will run automatically. 2.1. Using Setup utility ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FM StepUp comes with a convenient and flexible SETUP utility. Use SETUP when you want to temporarily activate/deactivate the software or install it onto your hard disk or network drive for permanent use. 2.1.1. HOW TO QUICKLY TRY OUT THE SOFTWARE ------------------------------------------ If you obtained FM StepUp on a diskette or CD-ROM and want to take a look at the utility without installing it onto your hard disk, run SETUP.EXE from the FMSTEPUP directory on the diskette or CD-ROM and choose the 'Activate' button when prompted. - to run SETUP.EXE, choose File | Run from main menu of Program Manager or File Manager and type into the 'Run' dialog box: A:\FMSTEPUP\SETUP.EXE (assuming that the diskette is inserted into the 'A' floppy drive) After that, run File Manager. You should see a new entry in the main menu, 'StepUp' (Note: If there is no such entry, FM StepUp has not been activated; see information below for possible reasons.) Of course, be sure that the diskette or CD with FM StepUp is available during the loading of the File Manager! Try this: - place the mouse cursor in a File Manager window and click with the right button. The Quick Menu should pop up with a number of choices; try some of them. - open 'StepUp' submenu and choose 'Special'; try commands from it; - open standard dialog boxes of the File Manager: e.g., Run, Copy, Move, etc. Don't they look better with 3-D effects? Are the history lists next to the editable fields handy? - choose StepUp | Preferences: what do you want to customize? Try buttons: Dialogs; Quick Menu; Execute Menu; try to change the menu name 'StepUp' to something else. Now, if you see that FM StepUp is not what you need, run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Deactivate' button. In addition, to completely clean your system, you should delete the FMSTEPUP.INI file from your WINDOWS directory. On the other hand, if you want to give the program a longer trial and wish to install it onto your hard disk or network drive, choose the 'Install' button when SETUP.EXE prompts you. Please see the next section for more information. 2.1.2. Installing on a hard disk or network drive ------------------------------------------------- If you've already copied all the files from the FM StepUp package onto your hard disk (for instance, you have extracted the files from an archive), run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Activate' button. If you don't have the FM StepUp files on the hard disk, choose 'Install' instead. Then enter the path to the directory where you want FM StepUp to be installed. In this case, SETUP.EXE will copy all the files to the new location and then activate them. In addition, you'll be prompted to create a separate program group for FM StepUp. It isn't essential to have such a group, but it may be convenient. In any case, it's your decision! 2.1.3. Uninstalling FM StepUp ----------------------------- To prevent File Manager from loading and using FM StepUp, run SETUP.EXE and choose the 'Deactivate' button. If you decide to start using FM StepUp later on, run SETUP.EXE and choose 'Activate'. Otherwise, to completely remove FM StepUp from your system, deactivate it with the SETUP.EXE utility (see above) and remove all the files from the directory on your hard disk or network drive where you have installed FM StepUp. In addition, erase file FMSTEPUP.INI from your WINDOWS directory and, if you created it during installation, delete the 'FMStepUp' program group from the Program Manager. 2.2. Registering your copy of FM StepUp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes, FM StepUp displays a registration reminder, and the 'About FM StepUp' screen reads 'Unregistered copy.' If you have registered FM StepUp and obtained your personal Registration Code from us, you may use it to remove the registration reminder from the screen and enter your name in the 'About FM StepUp' screen. Choose 'Register' from the StepUp menu of File Manager and, when the dialog box pops up, enter your name (exactly as it appears in your Registration Acknowledgment) and the Registration Code. Be sure to enter your name EXACTLY as it's written in the Registration Acknowledgment, including all letters in proper case (upper or lower), spaces, punctuation, etc. If you wish your name to be spelled differently, please let us know and we'll assign you a new registration number. 2.3. Manual installation/deinstallation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If the automatic installation fails for any reason, you may install FM StepUp manually: 1. Create a directory for FM StepUp on your hard disk, say C:\FMSTEPUP, and copy all the files from the FM StepUp installation disk into that directory. If you obtained the FM StepUp files compressed in an archive, extract all the files from it. 2. Close File Manager. 3. Open file WINFILE.INI for editing (using Notepad or any other ASCII text editor). This file is located in the WINDOWS directory on your hard disk (or the directory you specified when installing Windows). Please note: The file you need is WINFILE.INI, not the WIN.INI file! Find the section [AddOns] in this file and enter the following line right after the string [AddOns]: FM StepUp=C:\FMSTEPUP\FMSTEPUP.DLL (or specify the directory you copied FM StepUp's files into, if other than FMSTEPUP). The resulting portion of the WINFILE.INI should look like this: ... [AddOns] FM StepUp=C:\FMSTEPUP\FMSTEPUP.DLL ... (... means other lines of the file). Save the file. 5. Run File Manager. If the installation has been completed successfully, you should see a new menu item, 'StepUp,' among the other items in the main menu of the File Manager. If you don't see the 'StepUp' entry in the main menu of File Manager, an error has occurred. Please verify that you have done all the steps above and, in particular, you specified the correct path in the [AddOns] section of the WINFILE.INI file. Also, make sure that the files have not been corrupted when they were copied onto your hard disk. (Each file should be the same size as each file on the installation diskette) To manually uninstall FM StepUp: 1. Close File Manager and remove the line 'FM StepUp=...' from the WINFILE.INI file (using Notepad, for example). After that, when you restart File Manager, FM StepUp will not be loaded. If you decide later to start using FM StepUp again, enter the line 'FMStepUp=...' specifying the complete DOS path to FMSTEPUP.DLL file, in the [AddOn] section of the WINFILE.INI file. The following steps should be completed only if you wish to remove FM StepUp from your system permanently: 2. Delete all the files from the directory on your hard disk where you installed FM StepUp; 3. Delete file FMSTEPUP.INI from the WINDOWS directory; 4. Delete program group 'FMStepUp' in the Program manager window, if there is one. We hope you'll change your mind! 2.3. A note about [Restrictions] for File Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're a System Administrator, you may find that FM StepUp gives too much power to Windows users. That's why we made FM StepUp able to restrict itself. With FM StepUp, you may also restrict a user's access to some of the features of the File Manager in the same way as Program Manager. NOTE: FM StepUp is not intended to provide a comprehensive set of [Restrictions] for File Manager. A separate utility, 'FM Guard,' specifically designed for this purpose, is available from ChaoSoft. 'FM Guard' allows you to disable any command in File Manager, limit user access to any drive of your choice, prevent closing of File Manager, etc. For more information about 'FM Guard,' please contact us at the address at the end of this file. To restrict FM StepUp, create a file, 'FMSTEPUP.SYS' in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, insert a [Restrictions] section in the file and add desired Boolean entries listed below to it. Standard rules for specifying BOOLEAN entries of the WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files apply here: 1/ON/TRUE/YES may be used interchangeably to turn the mode on; 0/OFF/FALSE/NO - to turn it off. Note: the settings that affect standard dialog boxes (By File Type, Properties, Run, etc.) of File Manager require corresponding dialog boxes to be enabled through the 'Preferences | Dialogs' command. NoShowHiddenSysFiles=BOOLEAN disables the Show Hidden/System Files check box in the By File Type dialog box so that users will be unable to see any files you don't want them to; NoChangeFileAttrib=BOOLEAN disables the Attributes group of the Properties dialog box and prevents users from changing attributes of files, so that all the files made hidden by you will remain hidden; NoChangeFileDateTime=BOOLEAN disables OK button in the Change Date/Time dialog and prevents users from modifying these file attributes; NoUninstallStepUp=BOOLEAN prevents users from uninstalling FM StepUp, i.e. if a user modifies the WINFILE.INI and removes the 'FM StepUp=' entry, this entry will be added again by FM StepUp automatically when exiting File Manager and FM StepUp will be loaded during the next run of File Manager. NoSaveStepUpSettings=BOOLEAN prevents users from saving the current settings of FM StepUp on exit or on choosing File | Exit while the holding SHIFT key down (undocumented 'Save Settings Now' command); NoCustomizeExecMenu=BOOLEAN prevents users from customizing the Execute Menu of FM StepUp; NoDialogs=BOOLEAN prevents users from using the Preferences | Dialogs command; NoCustomizeQuickMenu=BOOLEAN prevents users from customizing the Quick Menu of FM StepUp; NoChangeViewerEditor=BOOLEAN prevents users from changing the default viewer and editor through the Preferences dialog box (so they won't be able to run undesirable programs this way!); NoRunDOSprog=BOOLEAN disables 'OK' button in the Run DOS Program dialog box and prevents users from using this command. NoExitWindows=BOOLEAN prevents users from using commands Return To DOS, Restart Windows, and Reboot System from StepUp|Special menu. This does not prevent, though, from exiting Windows by other means, via closing Program Manager, for instance. NoRunScreenSaver=BOOLEAN disables command StepUp | Special | Run Screen Saver. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 3. Acknowledgements // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I would like to thank Hale K. Darling for helping to prepare the documentation for this utility. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 4. Getting customer support // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Please check out the on-line Help for FM StepUp (i.e. choose FM StepUp | Help from File Manager main menu). In particular, it contains a section on 'Frequently Asked Questions' and you may find the answer to your question there! Otherwise, if you have any questions or suggestions regarding FM StepUp, we'd like to hear from you. You may contact us by e-mail at: 74634.2173@compuserve.com or directly by CIS mail at: 74634,2173 or by calling the Evergreen BBS (14.4K) at: (207) 947-0016 Log in under your real name and leave a message for Andrei Belogortseff in the 'ChaoSoft Support' area. or by writing to us at: Technical Support ChaoSoft PO Box 43 Old Town, ME 04468-0043 Thank you for using ChaoSoft products! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ChaoSoft(tm) and the ChaoSoft logo are trademarks of ChaoSoft. Microsoft(R) is a registered trademark, and Windows(tm) and Windows for Workgroups(tm) are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other product names may be registered or unregistered trademarks/tradenames of their respective owners.