///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 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 2.0 // // Copyright (c) 1994, ChaoSoft. // All rights reserved. // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This file contains introductory information about the File Manager StepUp software. Please see on-line Help for detailed instructions on how to use this software and all other related information. TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- 1. Introduction 1.1. About FM StepUp 1.2. What's new in version 2.0 1.3. How to use the documentation 1.4. This is Shareware - Try Before You Buy! 2. Installing FM StepUp 2.1. Using INSTALL utility 2.2. Manual installation 3. How to reach the author of the FM StepUp /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 1. INTRODUCTION // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 1.1 About File Manager StepUp ----------------------------- FM StepUp is the powerful and innovative File Manager extender for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11, and Windows for Workgroups (tm) 3.11. FM StepUp makes the File Manager an actually user friendly application. With FM StepUp installed in your system you will perform various file management operations easier and faster. FM StepUp enhances standard dialog boxes of the File Manager, providing them with additional useful features (history lists, remembering you previous commands; 'verify' check boxes; 'browse' buttons; etc.). FM StepUp allows you to combine most frequently used commands of the File Manager into the Quick Menu, so you can access them just pressing the right button of your mouse. FM StepUp makes your able to easily create, view, edit, or print arbitrary files, not necessarily associated with an application, and you can assign your favorite viewer or editor to do this. FM StepUp provides you with some unique or hard-to-find commands, allowing you, for example, to figure out the total size of a directory, including all its subdirectories; change date or time of the file; run the default screen saver whenever you want it to; etc. FM StepUp allows you to add your own commands to the File Manager and easily execute them. You may use this possibility to launch frequently used applications (as Corneal Panel or Clipboard viewer) directly from File Manager menu, or to perform preprogrammed operations over files selected in a File Manager's window (like UnZip or UnArj). If you are a network administrator, FM StepUp can help you to restrict some of the File Manager's capabilities (in almost the same way as you do it for the Program Manager), allowing you to prevent your users from performing potentially dangerous or undesirable commands. After all, FM StepUp is highly customizable. You are in charge of almost every aspect of its functionality - from the size of the history lists to contents of the Quick Menu and Execute Menu. Try it - and you won't believe you worked without FM StepUp before. The way software should be! 1.2. What's new in the version 2.0 ---------------------------------- A LOT! New features, new documentation, new installation utility, new registration encouragement policy. No new bugs (hopefully!). The only old thing is the price. Yes, due to success of the FM StepUp ver.1.x and support of our registered users, we were able to significantly improve FM StepUp and keep the same low registration fee. And as our special thanks for all of you who invested your money in FM StepUp - the UPGRADE FROM ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF FM STEPUP to version 2.0 is FREE! If you are a registered user of the FM StepUp, you will get new disk from us shortly, if you have not received it yet. If you tried any of the previous versions of the FM StepUp and did not like it by any reason, you should definitely try this one. SPECIAL NOTE for Windows for Workgroups users: if you had given up the 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 the other now. 1.3 How to use the documentation -------------------------------- The complete information on the FM StepUp software, including the description of the installation procedure, how to get updates, how to register your copy, troubleshooting hints, order forms, answers to frequently asked questions, etc., is available in the Windows help format, file FMSTEPUP.HLP. If you have already installed FM StepUp you can access the information by choosing StepUp | Help from File Manager's menu. Or, double click the 'FM StepUp Help' icon in the FMStepUp group created for 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 have placed the FM StepUp files into directory TEMP on your hard disk C, enter the following string into the Run dialog box: C:\TEMP\FMSTEPUP.HLP and click OK button. Another way to view the file is to open the directory window with the File Manager and double click its filename with the mouse. 1.4. THIS IS SHAREWARE: TRY BEFORE YOU BUY ! -------------------------------------------- This is NOT a free or public domain software. This is SHAREWARE, i.e. copyrighted software which you can "try before you buy". Shareware is a great concept and we encourage you to try out File Manager StepUp and pass along the unregistered copies to your friends. You may try the program for the evaluation period of up to 14 days. After that time, you are required to purchase the software through registration or else discontinue its use. (please read the complete text of License agreement in FM StepUp Help for details). Unlicensed copies of our products are 100% fully functional. We make them this way so that you can have a real look at them, and then decide whether they fit your needs or not. Our entire business depends on your honesty. If you use it, we expect you to pay for it. We feel that if we treat you right, you will treat us right. When you pay for the shareware you like, you are voting with your pocketbook, and will encourage us to bring you more of the same kinds of products. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTER File Manager StepUp ? // 1. The personal Registration Number, allowing you to remove registration reminder and put your name in the About FM StepUp screen. 2. Disk with the latest version of the FM StepUp. 2. The privilege to be personally informed about new major releases of the FM StepUp and other software products from ChaoSoft. 3. 50% discount when upgrading to new versions of the FM StepUp. 4. FREE 90-days customer support through electronic or regular mail. ////////////////////////////////////// // // REGISTERING FM StepUp // You can register your copy of the FM StepUp software with a credit card (Visa, MC, Amex, or Discover), personal check, money order, or cash. Please see topic 'How To Register' in the FM StepUp Help for details and order forms. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 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 the FM StepUp. To use the FM StepUp software, all you need is properly install it, and it will run automatically every time you run the File Manager. Please follow these simple rules to install the FM StepUp: 1. If not already running Microsoft Windows, start Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11. 2. If the FM StepUp package came to you compressed, uncompress it into some temporary directory on either your hard or floppy disk. If you got the package on the original installation diskette, insert it into a floppy drive (A or B). 3. Select the File | Run menu option of the Program Manager or File Manager, and type into the Run dialog box: a:install and press Enter (or click OK button). If problems occur, include the full path to the directory where you have the FM StepUp files placed. 4. The installation program will prompt you for any additional information needed. 5. The installation program will copy all the necessary files to a specified directory on your hard disk, create the program group 'FMStepUp', and make an entry in the WINFILE.INI file declaring the FM StepUp as an extension of the File Manager. After the installation complete, you can immediately start using File Manager enhanced with FM StepUp. The first time when you run it, FM StepUp will display registration reminder, and the About FM StepUp screen will read 'Unregistered copy'. If you have registered your copy and obtained your personal Registration number from us, you may use it to remove the registration reminder from the screen and put your name in the About FM StepUp screen. To do it, choose Preferences from the StepUp menu of File Manager and when a dialog box pops up, click the Register button. Now enter your name (exactly as it appears in your Registration acknowledgment) and the Registration number. If the automatic installation fails by any reason, you can install the FM StepUp manually: 1. Create a directory on a hard disk for FM StepUp, 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. Copy the file CTL3D.DLL into the Windows SYSTEM directory on your hard drive (be sure not to overwrite the newer version of this file if you have already got one!). If you are using a networked Windows installation and the SYSTEM directory is write-protected, put the file CTL3D.DLL into the WINDOWS directory. 4. Open file WINFILE.INI for editing (using Notepad or any other text editor). This file is located in the WINDOWS directory on your hard disk (or directory you specified when installing Windows). Please note: the file you need is WINFILE.INI, not WIN.INI. Find the section [AddOns] in this file and place the following string right after the string [AddOns]: FM StepUp=C:\FMSTEPUP\FMSTEPUP.DLL (or specify the directory you copied the FM StepUp's files in, 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. You shell find new menu item, StepUp, among the other items of the File Manager's main menu, if the installation has been completed successfully. If you cannot see the StepUp item in the main menu of the File Manager, an error has occurred. Please verify that you have done all the steps above, and, particularly, specified correct path in the [AddOns] section of the WINFILE.INI file. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // 3. HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Thank you for using File Manager StepUp! If you have any questions or suggestions regarding FM StepUp, I will be glad to hear from you. You can reach me through Internet sending an electronic mail to: andreib@delphi.com or you can write to me: Andrei Belogortseff ChaoSoft P.O.Box 43 Old Town, ME 04468-0043 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. ChaoSoft it the trademark of ChaoSoft.