Find-It v3.63 for WINDOWS (v3.0 & 3.1), NT and OS/2 is the Ultimate file finder! Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 by RME Enterprises. All Rights Reserved worldwide. Description: Find-It is a disk file search utility. Given one or more file specs, date and size options, and wildcard characters, the tool will search ALL of the specified disks for files matching the specification. When files are found, their full path names are displayed. Like other search utilities it will recurse subdirectories in search of files. This utility, however, has ONE MAJOR ADVANTAGE over the others in these days of heavy file compression and archiving in that it will open and scan archives in search of it's files. ARC, ZIP, ARJ, LZH, PAK, DWC, and ZOO formats are currently supported. Additional options allow the user to specify search criteria other than the file mask including file dates and sizes. Files and directories that are marked hidden, system, and read-only may also be found. If you're aware of other compression utilities and have their formats, send them and we'll incorporate them in the next release! You enter the file search spec using a database style with the usual DOS wildcard characters, except they may be used multiple times: Use ? to represent 1 unknown character. Use * to represent any sequence of characters. For example, using a search spec of *s*t* would find 'setting', 'assets', and 'shoot'. Without using a period in the search file name, the search spans the filename and extension. Once the program locates matching files, you can process those files by performing an unlimited amount of commands. You are offered a checkbox to select the file types: those being normal, in ARC, in ZIP, in ARJ, in LZH, in PAK, in DWC, or in ZOO files. The appropriate items are illuminated with counts to let you know that those types of file have been found. You may then process the files through commands. The commands are anything that can be processed through DOS. You may use the following macro substitution characters: Use ! to represent the found file. Use @ to represent the parent file. (the ARCed file that contained the found file). The default when found is to select ALL matching files. You may deselect any or all of the files found before processing with the click of your mouse button. If you wish to print the list of found files, just type in 'PRN' or the port that you have a printer connected. You will see a message "Replace existing PRN?", answer yes. RELEASE SUMMARY (not totally but over ver 3.20) - Added .PAK and .DWC compressed file formats - Changed SAVE List option to save contents of the particular listbox rather than processing through commands (as an ASCII file). This allows you to pull the file into your favorite spreadsheet or whatever. - Copy File (or Parent if in an archived file) (when registered) - Move File (or Parent if in an archived file) (when registered) updates the Select window of the changes - Delete File (or Parent if in an archived file) (when registered) (There is a safety net so that files marked ReadOnly, System, or Hidden are asked prior to deleting anyway!) Updates the Select window as to the changes - The ability to search STORED FILES (compressed files that can't be compressed further) inside of compressed files. That is for example .zip files STORED IN .zip files or any compressed format IN any other compressed format currntly supported! They're marked with a '+'. - To narrow searches on large drives or for networks, the ability to scan drives and SELECT DIRECTORIES to search! (when registered) - SelectAll and DeselectAll buttons to make it easier to select only a few files (or directories to search) in the lists. - Help buttons sensitive to the current display. - Select file details to display (Time, Date, Size, and Attribute). Also saves the details configuration. - Now saves the last filespec (even if it's not in the file type). Saves the last FileType. - Corrected Save File/List Dialog, wasn't getting complete name to save (ver 3.10 oops!) - Sets up columns based on system font size (ver 3.20). - Corrected a process capability of 128 files (ver 3.20, oops!) - Corrected date and size filters (inoperable in 3.20, oops!) - Corrected Comfirm Delete option (ver 3.20) - Corrected Process Files for only LZH found files, only @ opening screen (ver 3.50) - Corrected run-on program when running in background and terminated. - One regristration number for both DOS and Windows (ver 3.50) - over ver 3.53 Corrected search on .lzh files, only found 1st file if match. Corrected overlap of Alt key controls on screens Added Save complete list of found files Added MessageBox after processing files when running in background to alert user when complete - over ver 3.54 Added Horizontal bar graph while processing files. Changed the Alarm and Blink (when shrunk to an icon) function to provide more reliable timing. - over ver 3.56 Corrected size and date entry fields (boxes too small for text) - over vers > 3.10 Corrected size and date search routines (on searches < or > the results also included dates or sizes specified, so the searches in effect were <= or >= the specified field) - over ver 3.57 (and previous versions due to ZIP 2.0 formatting) When searching zip file compressed with version 2.0 and optioned to include directory path, Find-It would show '*' filename with a date and time (if date and time attributes turned on). These names (actually Directory entries) are stored but have zero length. Version 3.58 corrects this false reporting of matches. - over ver 3.58, changed Date/Size range subroutines which resulted in 18% speed improvement! - over ver 3.59, corrected Dirs listbox to provide common multiple selection keystrokes (Shift and Ctrl key combination) - over ver 3.60, changed Move function to check for same drive, if so then do a DOS rename (only changes directory, not copy then delete) - over ver 3.61, corrected program run-on if selected Quit while program was running in the Background, corrected FileType add error - over ver 3.62, added YesToAll button for Confirm Delete when deleting more than one file. Corrected Copy to use same date and time as original file. Features: - Can operate in the BACKGROUND (even as an icon) (when registered). - When operating in background, the user can STOP the search. - Availability OPTIONS after search Alarm, Reactivate, Display after search during search Display list during search (when found) Background operation - Can REACTIVATE itself (user selected) if it's an icon. - Saves option configuration for later sessions. - Has UNLIMITED FileTypes (ver 1.0 previously allowed 8). - Does MULTIPLE MASKS of filenames (ie. SpreadSheets *.wr1 *.wk1 *.wks). - Has a built-in search TIMER which is displayed upon completion, or when operating in backgrgound. - Searches through .ARC, .ZIP, .ARJ, .LZH, .PAK, .DWC, and .ZOO compressed files. (when registered) - Searches through stored compressed files IN compressed files. (ie. .zip files contained IN .zip files) - Select file details to display (Date, Time, Size, and Attributes). Saves these options for later sessions. - Can scan drives for directories (when registered), then select the directories to search. - Displays the FILE'S date according to the WINDOWS date format. - SelectAll and DeselectAll buttons to simplify selecting only a few files to process. - Can display files as they're found or wait until all are found. - Found files can be selected and processed with any DOS command. - Automatically sizes the Found file and Process dialog box to the width of your screen to take advantage of higher resolution screens - Wider search path window to accommodate bigger search paths - This is a maintenance release and is a FREE UPGRADE to version 3.1 or higher. (use your same registration information to upgrade.) NOTE: To upgrade press the About Box to retrieve your Name and registration Number! Copy the new version over the previous, then run the new version and register. If your running a resident anti virus software, you should disable it prior to registering. This software rewrites itself upon registering. - Registered owners (ver 1.0 & 2.0) can UPGRADE both portions (DOS & Windows) for $10 US. Improvements over versions (1.0 and 2.0): - TOTALLY rewritten in C++ 3.1 and optimized resulting in: - 30% speed improvement. - smoother multitasking with other processes. - self checking for VIRUS's upon startup. - Added option to SORT alphabetically (helps find duplicate filenames). - Added searching BETWEEN dates and sizes. - Shows selected file attributes. - Added Help Screens. - Search Timer is updated every second (in Background Operation). - Added to Save Selected Drive list and all selected options. - Redesigned main screen to allow wider display of search directories - Increased stack size to allow searching directories 13 levels deep - Saves contents of listbox to a .LST file If you're a previous registered user (ver 1.0 ONLY), you may delete (in WIN.INI) the line FileTypes=.... or make it FileTypes0= and replace the space with a comma between the file types. Otherwise you will loose those original formats, as the previous line is incompatible in version 2.0 and later (because of the unlimited masks). Original: FileTypes=AllFiles *.* ArcFiles *.arc New Format: FileTypes0=AllFiles *.*,ArcFiles *.arc,ZipFiles *.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's what The Cobb Group has to say about Find-It Date: 26-Oct-93 11:20 EDT From: Bill Stemmle [72234,545] Subj: Find-It v3.60 evaluation Hi Mike, As requested, here's my evaluation for Find-It v3.60: A valueless Windows program! Anyone who uses Windows needs a heavy-duty file finder utility like Find-It! Search for any type of file: Read-Only, Hidden, System or a file contained within an Archive. Very impressive programming (Find-It doesn't require one of the VBRUNxxx.DLL files - evaluators will love that!); easy to understand and operate; contains a well thought out program support (HELP) section, broken down into short but very helpful descriptions on every aspect of Find-It. Once you create a sort pattern, Find-It allows you to sort out the results of your search into a customized file listing - VERY nice touch! Stats: I use a DELL 486/25, Windows 3.1 and the registered Find-It v3.60. Drive Stats: 240M drive 4,958 total files (444+ compressed files - .ZIP, .ARC, etc...) 210 directories Search Stats: pattern = 2do*.* files found = 13 Search time = 1:08 (FAST! for the entire drive, while checking compressed files!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find-It ver 3.60 for DOS is the ultimate file finder. Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993 by RME Enterprises. All Rights Reserved. Description: Find-It is a disk file search utility. Given one or more file specs containing options wildcard characters, the tool will search the specified system, disk, tree, or directory for files matching the specification. When files are found, their full path names are displayed. Like other search utilities it will recurse subdirectories in search of files. This utility, however, has one MAJOR ADVANTAGE over the others in these days of heavy file compression and archiving in that it will open and scan archives in search of it's files. ARC, ZIP, ARJ, LZH, PAK, DWC and ZOO formats are currently supported. Additional options allow the user to specify search criteria other than the file mask including file dates and sizes. Files and directories that are marked hidden, system, and read-only may also be found. When files are found, their quantity and sizes are summarized for each directory, archive, and specification. RELEASE SUMMARY ver 3.58 - corrected time display (showed hour:hour:sec) - added /W switch (display format like Find-It for Windows): filename [date] [time] [size] [path or parent] - changed /L and /G switches to be < or > the date or size specified (not <= or >=) ver 3.59 - added /Q switch for date to be = date specified - added /U switch for size to be = size specified ver 3.60 through 3.62 - no change, only for Windows portion Usage: Find-It [options] The filename may be any valid DOS file specification. It may contain the standard dos wildcards "?" and "*". Multiple file specs may be used to search different areas of a system. -> find-it a:\programs\sys*.h c:\utilities\sys*.h Multiple file masks may be used to search the same area for different file specifications. Separate the file masks by a comma. -> find-it a:\programs\*.h,*.c,*.cpp An asterisk may be supplied instead of a specific drive to search all existing hard disk drives from the root directory down. This is very useful for large networks. -> find-it *:\missing.doc Any combination of these options may be used together. -> a:\programs\*.h,*.c,*.cpp d:\test\*.doc,*.txt *:missing.doc The output of the program may be redirected to the printer to obtain a hard copy or to a file for later use in conjunction with another program. When output has been redirected, the opening screen and the usual search progress messages will be suppressed. -> find-it /d \*.doc >prn -> find-it /d/s \*.h >listing.dat Options: Any number or combination of options may be specified anywhere on the command line. Each must be proceeded by a forward slash (/). Option parameters may be proceeded by an equal sign (=). Option switches may be followed by either a plus sign (+) to activate the option (default) or a minus sign (-) to deactivate the option. /D[=dir_mask] = Descend Directories (default NO,dir_mask=*.*) The /D option causes any subdirectories that are encountered to be scanned in search of files. This allows an entire disk or directory tree to be searched. -> find-it /d c:\missing.doc When the optional directory mask is specified, only directories with names matching the mask will be searched. -> find-it /d=SOURCE d:\*.cpp -> find-it /d=DOC*,TXT* d:\*.doc /S[=arc_mask] = Scan Archives (default=NO,arc_mask=*.*) The /S option causes any archives that are encountered to be scanned in search of files. This allows files that are stored in compressed archives to be found. ARC, ZIP, ARJ, and LZH formats are currently supported. -> find-it /s d:\archives\missing.doc When the optional archive mask is specified, only archives with names matching the mask will be searched. -> find-it /s=*.zip d:\archives\missing.doc -> find-it /s=*.arj,*.lzh d:\archives\missing.doc /Rñ = Show Directories (default=NO) This option causes any directories containing matching files to be displayed. -> find-it /d/r *.c -> find-it /d/r- *.doc /Eñ = Show Files (default=YES) This option causes any files matching the file specs to be displayed. -> find-it /e d:\test\*.c -> find-it /d/r/e- c:\doc\*.doc /Cñ = Show Archives (default=NO) This option causes any archives containing matching files to be displayed. -> find-it /s/c lost.dat -> find-it /d/s/c- unknown.lst /Kñ = Show Archived Files (default=YES) This option causes any files matching the file specs that are found within an archive to be displayed. -> find-it /s/k work.dat -> find-it /s/c/k- test*.dat /Bñ = Use Database File Matching (default=NO) This option causes Find-It to use standard database wildcard matching instead of standard DOS wildcard matching. The basic difference is that multiple asterisks may be used each of which represent any number of characters. -> find-it /s/d *ss*.dat -> find-it /s/k- test*x*.txt /Añ = Show File Date (default=NO) This option causes the file date to be displayed with the file name. -> find-it /a *.dat /Mñ = Show File Time (default=NO) This option causes the file time to be displayed with the file name. -> find-it /m *.dat /Zñ = Show File Size (default=NO) This option causes the file size to be displayed with the file name. File counts and sizes are subtotaled at multiple levels. Each directory, archive, and file spec will display the appropriate subtotals of file counts and sizes. If multiple file specs have been supplied, then a grand total will be displayed when the entire search has been completed. Archived files will display the original size of the file when uncompressed. -> find-it /z *.dat -> find-it /d/s/z *:\*.pas /Pñ = Show Full Path (default=YES) This option causes the full path of the file to be displayed. -> find-it /p *.for -> find-it /d/p- E:\*.for /F[=YY-MM-DD] = Include only files stamped after date (default=today) This option causes only files which have a time stamp after the specified date to be displayed. -> find-it /f c:\*.h -> find-it /d/f=91-02-15 c:\*.cpp /T[=YY-MM-DD] = Include only files stamped before date (default=today) This option causes only files which have a time stamp before the specified date to be displayed. -> find-it /t d:\tqx*.* -> find-it /t=91-04-19 accounts\*.jan Note: The date /To and /From options may be combined to include only files within a specified date range. --> find-it /f=91-03-01/t=91-03-31 c:\doc\*.doc /Q[=YY-MM-DD] = Include only files stamped equal to date (default=today) This option causes only files which have a time stamp equal to the specified date to be displayed. -> find-it /q d:\tqx*.* -> find-it /q=91-04-19 accounts\*.jan /L = Include only files less than size. This option causes only files which have a size that is less than the specified size to be displayed. -> find-it /l=5000 f:\books\*.doc -> find-it /l=100000 d:\huge\*.* /G = Include only files greater than size. This option causes only files which have a size that is greater than the specified size to be displayed. -> find-it /g=5000 f:\books\*.doc -> find-it /g=100000 d:\shrimps\*.* Note: The size /Less and /Greater than options may be combined to include only files within a specified size range. -> find-it /l=10000/g=20000 e:\include\*.h /U = Include only files equal to size. This option causes only files which have a size that is equal to the specified size to be displayed. -> find-it /q=5000 f:\books\*.doc -> find-it /q=100000 d:\shrimps\*.* /W = Use Find-It for Windows output formatting and can be used with other switches. This option uses the following formatting: filename [date] [time] [size] [path or parent] Product Registration: /REGISTER = Register product to enable enhancements. As distributed, this product will not scan archives in search of matching files. When you register your copy, it will be enhanced to scan all forms of compressed archives and the initial display message will be deactivated. When you receive your registration name and number by mail or phone, type the following command when you are in the directory containing the file FIND-IT.EXE: -> find-it /register The software will then prompt you to enter your name and registration number. Be sure to enter your name exactly as specified paying attention to case sensitivity. Software License Agreement: You are free to copy Find-It for noncommercial or commercial use subject to the following conditions and restrictions: Find-It must be copied in unmodified and unregistered form. This documentation file must be supplied with the software. No copying or distribution fee may be assessed other than the basic charges for the cost of the coping medium. Find-It may not be distributed with any other software or hardware product(s) without the express written permission of RME Enterprises. Distribution of the software in registered form is strictly prohibited! No one may modify Find-It for any reason, in any way, including but not limited to, decompiling-compiling, patching, disassembling, or reverse engineering the program. This restriction also applies to all program outputs such as the opening screen. RME Enterprises hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. RME Enterprises will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if RME Enterprises or an agent of RME Enterprises has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall RME Enterprises's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the license to use the software, regardless of the form of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software. COMPUSERVE ID 70670,1740 from Internet 70670.1740@compuserve.com Note: when printing this form, select a fixed font such as Courier Software Ordering: To register Find-It by phone call (810)-623-6970 with your VISA/MC number and expiration date. You will be assigned a registration number over the the phone so you may begin using all of Find-It's features immediately. Out of Country: add $5.00 US, for checks, please specify New York DRAFT! 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