OS/2 Upload Information Template for ftp-os2.nmsu.edu Archive Name: PSTRY106.ZIP Program Description: This utility allows the user to load a file or the contents of the clipboard into a listbox and then select multiple noncontiguous lines to be pasted to the clipboard in one operation. I use it with an offline mail reader to select lines from other sources to paste into replies. The utility is WPS aware. Operating System Versions: OS/2 Warp only Program Source: Don Hawkinson, author Replaces: pstry105.zip Your name: Don Hawkinson Your email address: dwhawk@.southwind.net Proposed directory for placement: wpsutil Long Description: This utility allows the user to load a file or text from the clipboard into a listbox and then select multiple noncontiguous lines to be pasted to the clipboard in one operation. I use it with an offline mail reader to select lines from other sources to paste into replies. It could also be used to select multiple names from an organization list to form a distribution list. It could also be used to make a subset of a list of items and copy the subset to the clipboard. Because of the nature of a multiple selection listbox, each line to be marked must be selected by a mouse click or key press. You cannot mark multiple lines by dragging the mouse cursor. The utility is WPS aware, so you may also select a file by dragging a copy of it onto the icon object. It will not accept a file or text dropped onto the open application. There is no online help, but the utility is simple to use and the menu selections are similar to other OS/2 PM applications. The file INSTALL.CMD will install the utility on the desktop if you have installed REXX. The files will be installed on the boot drive under \OS2\APPS. If you want the utility to be installed on another drive, you must modify the INSTALL.CMD file, or use the Drive object to move the files PASTRY.EXE, PASTRY.ICO, and PASTRY.INI to the desired location. If you use the Drives object move the files after the running the INSTALL.CMD, the program object on the desktop will be updated. The unmodified distribution ZIP file may be uploaded to other bulletin board systems and on-line services. This utility is not public domain, the author retains the copyright. It may not be distributed with any commercial product without permission from the author. Inclusion in CDROM collections of public domain and shareware programs is acceptable and the author's permission is not needed. This version of the utility is free for use on home systems. A commercial site license for the program is available for $50 or $100 with the company name added to the application. Contact the author via email for further information. The author may be contacted via internet email as don.hawkinson@twsubbs.twsu.edu or dwhawk@.southwind.net The following is a simple description of the items on the Menu Bar. File This selection opens a standard OS/2 file dialog box and allows the user to select a file to be loaded. The source file is loaded via a thread, and all other functions are accessable while the file is loading. The utility opens the source as read only so it will not modify the source file. The utility will read up to 2048 character lines, lines longer will be wrapped to the next line. Search This selection opens a menu that has five entries: From Top From Top Ignore Case From Current From Current Ignore Case Enter Search Text The search stops at the first match that is found The search function will move the line that contains the matched text to the top of the listbox, unless the last line of the file is already on screen. The line will also be marked. Global This selection opens a menu that has three entries: Select All Deselect All Clear All Select All will mark all of the lines in the listbox, Deselect All will unmark all of the lines. The standard shortcut key combnation Ctrl+/ will mark all of the lines and the key combination Ctrl+\ will unmark all of the lines. Clear All will remove all of the lines from the listbox. They are not moved to the clipboard. Copy This selection opens a menu line that has one entry - Copy. This will copy the marked line or lines to the OS/2 clipboard. The standard shortcut key combination of Ctrl+Ins will also copy the marked lines into the OS/2 clipboard. When the marked lines are copied from the listbox, the trailing blanks are removed from the line. This was added to eliminate the trailing blanks that were present in some of the OS/2 announcements and were causing line wrap problems when I posted the messages on my local BBS. Paste This selection opens a menu line that has one entry - Paste. This will paste text from the clipboard into the listbox. The standard shortcut key combination of Ctrl+Ins will also paste text from the clipboard into the listbox. This version has an additional option for inserting text from the clipboard when there is already text loaded in the application's listbox. If a line of text is marked, the text from the clipboard will inserted above the marked text. If no text is marked, the text from the clipboard will be appended at the end of listbox. The Copy and Paste menu selections now have a submenu and the "standard" WPS shortcut keystrokes are now active. The Control Insert key combination will copy marked lines to the clipboard and the Shift Insert key combination will paste text from the clipboard into the listbox. Time This selection opens a menu line that has one entry - Stamp. This will paste the system time and date into the listbox. No particular reason, I saw the IDate and ITime classes and wanted to try them. The time stamp is handled like the text pasted from the clipboard. If there is a marked line, the time stamp will be inserted above that line. Exit This selection opens a menu line that has two entries. Save Settings Exit The font, text color, background color used in the listbox may be configured via the drag & drop method. Configuration changes may be saved by using the save settings option which is under Exit. Included in the saved configuration information is the size and position of the application's window on the desktop, the file selected, and the search string. The configuration is saved in the file PASTRY.INI. The .INI file is read from the working directory, so you can have multiple .INI files by changing the working directory entry in the settings notebook for the program object. You can also have multiple copies of the application open at one time if you desire. About This entry brings up a box with the copyright info and my name and email addresses. Don Hawkinson