What is the SpeedCommander ? We think the SpeedCommander is 'the' commander for WINDOWS. It connects the advantages of a graphical user surface with the usual functions of the well-known DOS-Commander. The SpeedCommander provides a graphical surface in which you can administrate your files and directories. You can use the SpeedCommander to copy files and to move them. You can run application programs out of it, print documents, administrate diskettes, delete files as well as archive them. The SpeedCommander includes Mod4Win lite, too. With that it is possible to play MOD files. For this a sound card is required. The SpeedCommander works like the well-known Norton Commander. In its left or right window you can select files to move, delete copy etc. The SpeedCommander also supports DRAG & DROP. In the SpeedCommander you see a bar with symbols representing menu com- mands. This bar is called SpeedBar. Clicking a symbol is faster than cal- ling up the corresponding command via menu. You can also arrange the SpeedBar yourself with the command Modify symbol bar in the menu Settings. The SpeedCommander provides the possibility to enter DOS commands and Windows commands directly to the command line. The SpeedStarter is also included in this package. The SpeedStarter is a symbol bar to run programs quickly. Each symbol represents a program. The corresponding program is run by a simple mouse click. If you pull files from a directory window to a symbol in the SpeedStarter, the programm runs and the marked files are opened. For a better overview it is possible to create groups of programs. Going to the corresponding groups requires a mouse click. The SpeedCommander also supports Windows for Workgroups´network functions. You can establish a connection to another network drive of another computer in your workgroup and also cancel this connection. Furthermore you can enable the directories of you computer to other members of your workgroup and disable them. Installation --------------------------- The SpeedCommander requieres the enhanced mode of MICROSOFT WINDOWS 3.1 It DOES NOT RUN under MICROSOFT WINDOWS 3.0 ! To setup SpeedCommander, please run INSTALL.EXE. If you are working with an older version of the SpeedCommander, DO NOT START INSTALL.EXE until the older SpeedCommander is running. Please use the WINDOWS FILEMANAGER to install the SpeedCommander. Quick Reference --------------------------- FILES.... - Select one ore more files: Right mouse buttons or the INS key To select more than one file, please hold down the SHIFT key. A mouse click on an unselected file will deselect all selected files. To select or deselect files, you can also use the menu item 'Files : Select..' - Quick Search : Keep SHIFT KEY pressed and press first letter of file you want to find. Pressing further letters encloses searched file. - Copy files, move files : If you work with a mouse you can copy files quickly by selecting the files and pulling them to the target. To move the files, please hold down the CTRL key. - Select drives : Open the corresponding drive box with the mouse , then select a drive or press ALT-F1 to open drive list of left drive box or ALT-F2 to open drive list of right drive box, select drive with arrow keys press ENTER to close drive box. - Connected programs : A double click on a file item opens the file, if the file is an executable, the file will be started. If the file is con- nected to an external program, the corresponding will be executed. - Create directories : To create directories, you can use the menu item 'Files : Directory' or the F7 key. - Rename files or directories : To rename files or directories, you can use the menu item 'Files : Rename' or the F9 key. - Run DOS-Shell : To run COMMAND.COM, please use the menu item 'Files : Run DOS-Shell'. - File attributes : To change file attributes, please use the menu item 'Files : Attributes'. - Between both directory windows are some icons. Pulling a marked file on the printer will print it, pulling a marked file on the trash will delete it, pulling a packed archive on the 'Packer'-icon will unpack it, pulling a marked file on the 'Editor'-icon will load the marked file into the editor and pulling a marked file on 'Viewer'-icon will load the marked file into the viewer. - Search files : To search files, please use the menu item 'Files : Search' or ALT-F7. DIRECTORIES... The menu item 'Directory always correponds to the current directory window. - Change view of a directory window : In a directory window you can either display only file names or size, creation date and creation time in addition to the file names. Change view of a directory window with the mouse this way 1. Select directory window for which you want to change view. 2. Select symbol in the SpeedBar. Change view of a directory window with the keyboard this way 1. Select directory window for wich you want to change view. 2. Select command Detail information in the menu Directory. Display a group of files You can display a group of files in the current directory, e. g. files with a certain file name extension or files of a certain type. Display a group of files this way 1. Select command Filter in the menu Directory. 2. Select files you want to display in the directory window in the dialogue field File type. 3. Enter desired file name extension in the editor field. 4. If you want to display sytem files or hidden files, mark check field System / Hidden. 5. Select "OK". - Sort files and directories : As standard files are listed by names in alphabetical order. You can also display files sorted by file name extension in alphabetical order, by size (descending), by date (beginning with first changed file) or display them unsorted. Sort files this way Select command 'Sorted by name', 'Sorted by extension', 'Sorted by time', 'Sorted by size' or 'Unsorted' in the menu 'Directory'. - Compare directories : The SpeedCommander provides the possibility to compare two directories. It compares both current directories. In each window it marks files which do not exist in the other directory or which differ in the creation date. Compare directories this way 1. Select directories you want to compare in each directory window. 2. Select command 'Compare' directories in the menu 'Directory'. - Calculate required space of files and directories : The SpeedCommander can advise whether marked files and directories you want to copy or move will fit on the data carrier or whether there won´t be enough space. Subdirectories are taken into consideration. Calculate required space of files and directories this way 1. Mark files and directories you want to copy or move. If no entry is marked the SpeedCommander calculates space for all files and subdirectories in the current directory. 2. Select command Check free space in the menu Directory or press CTRL-Q. DISK... Administrate diskettes - Format diskettes : You can format your diskettes with the SpeedCommander. Format diskettes this way 1. Select command Format diskette in the menu DISK. 2. Select the data carrier you want to format and its size. 3. Press "Write". - Copy diskettes : Copy diskettes this way 1. Select command Copy diskette in the menu Data carrier. 2. Select the drive you want to copy in the field Data carrier. 3. Mark whether target diskette shall be formatted and whether SpeedCommander shall verify written data in the field Options. 4. Press "Read". 5. Insert target diskette and press "Write". SETTINGS... - Configuration Switch confirmation messages on/off, change position of SpeedStarter, general settings. - Compress programs Set program paths of compress programs. - External programs Set program paths for external viewer and external editor. - User menu Create or edit user menu - Font Change font of directory windows. - Colors Change colors of directory windows. - Define symbol bar Add symbols to the symbol bar or delete symbols. - Read program groups Read group files of program manager and setup SpeedStarter. - Save Setup Save current settings of directory windows as standard. Functions of the SpeedStarter..... A lot of registered users asked for a SpeedCommander with an 'inbuilt' SpeedStarter. Here is it... Definition of SpeedStarter is made with the right mouse key. Clicking a symbol lets a Popup menu appear which only includes current commands. For further information, please refer to the on-line-help. Importent notice : ------------------ - The 'inbuilt' SpeedStarter can't use the group files of the 'stand- alone' SpeedStarter. If the 'stand-alone' SpeedStarter is already installed, please install the SpeedCommander into another directory. - If you are using the command ' Files : Search', you can edit the dis- played files, too. But the inbuilt editor only works correct with files up to 34 KB. Longer files are clipped. Don't save files which take more than 34 KB disk space. - SYSTEM.INI Please change the item FileSysChange to 1 ( [386ENH], SYSTEM.INI ). Otherwise WINDOWS does not inform the SpeedCommander about changes in directories etc. - If you wish to use the SpeedCommander as a WINDOWS SHELL, please add SpeedCommanders path to the path command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT - This package includs SpeedTask. A double click with the LEFT mouse buttons at SpeedCommanders background starts it. You can use it as the 'standard'-taskmanager, too. If you wish to use SpeedTask as a standard WINDOWS taskmanager, please copy it into your WINDOWS directory and rename to TASKMAN.EXE. SpeedCommander and networks -------------------------------- To run the SpeedCommander 2.2 in a network, please follow the steps below listed: 1) Install the SpeedCommander on your server. 2) Add in the SPEDCMDR.INI the item 'NETWORK=1' ( [SETTINGS], SPEDCMDR.INI ) 3) Add in the SPEDVIEW.INI the item 'NETWORK=1' Add in the SPEDEDIT.INIthe item 'NETWORK=1' 4) All netusers have to copy following files in their local WINDOWS directory : - TOOLBAR.DAT - SPEDVIEW.INI - DOSCMDR.PIF 5) If the SpeedCommander does not display the upper-directory-points (..), please follow the steps below listed: - Before running IPX and NETX, change in that directory, in which these files are located. - Create an ascii file with the following commands : cache buffers=20 show dots=on file handles=90 The name of this ascii file MUST BE SHELL.CFG ! THESE SETTINGS ARE VALID FOR NOVELL AND FOR ODI-DEVICE-DRIVER ! Only one NET.CFG is allowed. Before running the network-driver, change in their directory. COPYRIGHT --------- SpeedCommander is shareware. Please feel free to share it with your friends and all other interested users, but we do not allow to change the included files or to remove one or more included files. In no event will the author of this package be liable to you for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages, arising out of the use or inability to use these programs. All product names referenced herein are trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright (c) 1992,1993,1994 Sven Ritter Usedomer Straáe 17 01968 Senftenberg CIS: 75240,1075 All rights reserved. To receive a registered copy of the SpeedCommander, please sent 30 US$ + 5 US$ shipping & handling to : JDS Software Jens Driese Postfach 1269 26302 Varel / Germany Telefon: 0049- 4451 / 85743 ( 10.30 am to 6.00 pm european time) Fax: 0049-4451 / 860500 Btx: DRIESE# Compuserve: 100273,2252 We are setting up a registration service through COMPUSERVE, and in future it should be possible too, to accept order via VISA or MASTER- CARD. When we finished setting up these services we place a notice in this README.TXT. Please do not sent checks, because german banks take 15.-DM ( 8 US$ ) fees for checks from other countries. When we get an order for the SpeedCommander ( with money ), we mail the registered copy the same day we get the order to the customer. If users or companies order more than one copy, we can mail the registered copies with FEDERAL EXPRESS, too. It is not a cheap service, but if we use FEDERAL EXPRESS the odered copies should be in the United States in 2 days.