Copyright: Junk Drawer Copyright ® 1994 Aaron P. Crouse


Contents

Introduction

Thank you for evaluating "Junk Drawer"version 3.00. I hope you find it satisfactory. Remember, this special version is limited to 50 entries. You'll be told when you've reached that limit. Don't worry, your hard drive won't be re-formatted or anything dangerous like that. You'll just be told to either delete some entries or else just be satisfied with 50. And stay tuned for version 4.00. It will be a complete compressed file management system, allowing you to extract, not just description files, but the entire archive.

Procedures

Setting Up "Junk Drawer"

How to create an archive file inventory.

The Windows

Archive File Inventory

New Archive File

Grid

Print

Archivers

Search

Reference

Index

Menus

Technical Support

Credits, Thanks and Disclaimer

Why Register?

Order Form


Setting Up

See Also:

Archivers

What follows is a complete step-by-step example of how to set up this version of "Junk Drawer".

1 	Start "Junk Drawer" from the Program Manager or File Manager in the usual way.

2 	In the main menu, choose "Setup...Archivers". The Archivers window appears.

3 	Click the button labeled "Find ZIP". The Windows(tm) Common Dialog appears. The Common Dialog is titled "Search for PKUNZIP.EXE (v 2.04G).

4 	Use the Common Dialog to navigate to the directory containing this file. When you have found the file, double click on it or click once and click "OK". The full path to PKUNZIP will be inserted in to the box next to the button labeled "Find ZIP".

5 	In the box at the bottom of the Archivers window, type the path to the directory where new archive files can usually be found (for instance, C:\DOWNLOAD).

6 	When you have completed the above, Click "OK" in the Archivers window. These paths will be saved to a text file in the "Junk Drawer" directory called 'jnkdrwrg.ini'. From now on, when you double click an archive file name in the New Archive File window (.ZIP, .ARJ, .PAK, .LZH, or .ARC) the proper archive file utility will be used to decompress description files in that archive. If you don't have or don't use one of the utilities, double clicking on a file with one of the above extensions will produce an error message (no harm will result).


Archivers

This window appears when you choose Setup...Archivers from the main menu. Click the various objects in the picture below (the mouse cursor becomes a "hand") to find out more about that object.


Creating an Inventory

See Also:

New Archive File window

Below is a step-by-step example of how to enter a new archive file in to your inventory database.

1 	Start "Junk Drawer" from the Program Manager or File Manager in the usual way.

2 	In the Archive File Inventory window, click the large button labeled "New". The New Archive File window appears.

3 	If it isn't there already, use the yellow boxes in the New Archive File window to navigate to the new archive file. Double click on the name of the new file.

4 	A DOS window will appear, and the proper archive utility will be used to generate a list of the files in the new archive. That list will appear in the blue box in the upper right of the New Archive File window. "Junk Drawer will search the list for the following files (in this order): "DESC.SDI", "FILE_ID.DIZ", "README.TXT", "README.1ST", "READ.ME", "README.NOW".

5 	If one of these files is found in the archive, the DOS window will appear again, the file will be extracted from the archive and loaded in to the larger blue box in the New Archive File window. The file just extracted will then be deleted from your hard drive. NOTE: If the directory containing the archive utility already contains one of the files listed above, the archive utility will usually ask you if you want to overwrite it. Choose YES (y). That message should not appear again. The file being over written will probably be pertaining to the archive utility itself, which can easily be recovered by re-extracting from the archive utility's own archive.

6 	If suitable description text is found automatically, simply highlight the portion you wish to keep using the mouse or keyboard. If suitable text is not found, try to open another file in the archive which you think might contain some text describing the archive (double click on the file in the smaller blue box). The file you double click on will be extracted, read in to the larger blue box (if it is a text file) and then deleted. Highlight the desired text with the mouse or keyboard.

7 	If no suitable text is found, you may type your own description in the larger blue box. Highlight the text you typed with the mouse or keyboard.

8 	Click the "Copy" button (the text you highlighted will be copied back to the Archive File Inventory window), then click the "OK" button (the New Archive File window disappears).

9 	If the file name and description are to your liking, click the "Save" button. If not, click "Cancel". If you clicked "Save", you now have a new entry in your Archive File database.


New Archive File

This window appears when you click the New button in the Archive File Inventory window, or when you choose File...New File from the main menu. Click on the various objects in the picture below (mouse cursor becomes a "hand") to find out more about that object.


Archive File Inventory

This window appears when you start Junk Drawer, or when you choose File...Inventory from the main menu. Click on the various objects in the picture below (mouse cursor becomes a "hand") to find out more about that object.


Grid

This window is opened by choosing File...Grid from the main menu. It is read only, that is, you may view but not change the information displayed in it. However, you may copy from the grid to the Windows(tm) Clipboard. In the description column, only the first 255 characters of the Inventory Description text is displayed. This window and the main window are the only ones that are sizable.


Print

This window appears when you choose File...Print from the main menu. Click on the various objects in the picture below (mouse cursor becomes a "hand") to find out more about that object.


Search

This window appears when you click the Find button in the Archive File Inventory window. Click on the various objects in the picture below (mouse cursor becomes a "hand") to find out more about that object.


Index

C

Change

D

Delete

F

Find ARC

Find ARJ

Find LZH

Find PAK

Find ZIP

Find

I

Inventory Description

Inventory File

Inventory Scroll

N

New Archive Cancel

New Archive Content

New Archive Copy

New Archive Description

New Archive Directory

New Archive Drive

New Archive Files

New Archive Ok

New

P

Path to Arc

Path to Archives

Path to Arj

Path to Lha

Path to Pak

Path to Pkunzip

Print All

Print Characters

Print CRLF

Print From

Print Line Length

Print Order

Print To

Print Total

S

Save

Search By Description

Search by Name

Search Name

Search Text

Sort

U

Undo


Menus

•	File

1 	Inventory - Opens the Archive File Inventory window.

2 	New File - Opens the New Archive File window.

3 	Grid - Opens a spread sheet style window for viewing your inventory.

4 	Compact Database - Defragments your database file (jnkdrwrg.mdb), much like, but not the same as, hard drive defragmentation. Do this if performance is slow, or if you have deleted a number of inventory items.

5 	Print - Opens the Print window for printing your inventory.

6 	Print Setup - Opens the Windows(tm) Common Dialog for printer setup.

7 	Exit - End your Junk Drawer session.

•	Edit

1 	Cut - Removes any highlighted text and places it on the Windows(tm) clipboard. Disabled for the Grid.

2 	Copy - Places any highlighted text on the Windows(tm) clipboard. Does not remove the highlighted text.

3 	Paste - Copies text from the Windows(tm) clipboard to the currently active text box. Disabled for the Grid.

•	Setup

1 	Archivers - Opens the Archivers window for establishing path information so that Junk Drawer can use the 5 supported compression utilities.

2 	ToolTips Bar - Shows or hides the brief help messages displayed at the bottom of the main window. These messages change depending on the position of the mouse cursor.

•	Window

1 	Cascade - Overlaps all open windows in the standard Windows(tm) fashion. There are no Tile choices since most of Junk Drawer's windows are not sizable.

2 	Arrange Icons - Arranges all minimized windows at the bottom of the main window.

•	Help

1 	Contents - Opens this file to the Contents page.

2 	Search - Starts the Winhelp Search Engine for this file.

3 	This Context - Opens this file to the page pertaining to the currently active Junk Drawer window.

4 	About - Shows Junk Drawer's copyright message and shows information about the status of your Windows(tm) session.


Technical Support

Please address your questions, problems, comments, and suggestions to me in one of the following ways:

1 	CompuServe
        Aaron P. Crouse
        72123,1243

2 	America Online
        Screen name: AaronCr

3 	Internet
        72123.1243@compuserve.com
        aaroncr@aol.com

I'll be glad to hear from you!


Credits and Thanks
Credits, Thanks and Disclaimer

Credits and Disclaimer

Junk Drawer shareware version 3.00 (Copyright 1994 Aaron P. Crouse. All rights reserved.) This version may be freely distributed, but only in the form of the original compressed archive you received. Aaron P. Crouse makes no warranty of any kind about useability of any of the components comprising the computer software product entitled Junk Drawer, and furthermore makes no warranty about the fitness of the product entitled Junk Drawer for any particular purpose. Aaron P. Crouse and any past or future enterprises which employ or are owned by Aaron P. Crouse make no warranty about and accept no responsibility for any damages or losses of any kind that result from using the product Junk Drawer or any of it's components. Use this software entirely at your own risk. This warranty entitles you to certain specific legal rights, which vary from place to place.

ARC.EXE version 6.00 (Copyright 1985-1989 System Enhancement Associates, Inc.)

ARJ.EXE version 2.30 (Copyright 1990-1992 Robert K. Jung)

LHA.EXE version 2.13 (Copyright 1988-1991 Haruyasu Yoshizaki)

PAK.EXE version 2.51 (Copyright 1988-1990 NoGate Consulting)

PKUNZIP.EXE(tm) version 2.04G (Copyright 1989-1993 PKWare Inc.)

Windows(tm) (Copyright 1985-1992 Microsoft Corp.)

Thanks

The unknown author of FRAME.BAS

Jesus Christ for everything.


Registration

Order Form

Legal Stuff

1 	The version of Junk Drawer you now have (shareware version 3.00), is yours to use for as long as you wish. You do not need to pay for it. You may distribute it to whomever you wish, but please do so in the form of the compressed archive you received.

2 	Aaron P. Crouse, and assumes no and will accept no responsibility for any damages or losses of any kind that result from you or anyone else using or attempting to use Junk Drawer. Use it entirely at your own risk. We do not warrant it's fitness for any specific purpose.

Why Register?

The registered version features:

1 	No limit to the number of entries you can store.

2 	Free upgrade to version 3.50 when released.

3 	Enhanced technical support and free bug fixes.


Order Form
Order Form For Junk Drawer

From the menu above, choose "File...Print Topic, or write an order form of your own that contains the same information as this order form. Send it along with your check for $19.95 for each copy (you'll receive a disk and printed manual) to:

Aaron P. Crouse
422 S. Weyant Ave.
Columbus, OH 43213

Make your check payable to Aaron P. Crouse.

If you have trouble with this program, you may contact the author at the above address, or on CompuServe at 72123,1243, or as AaronCr on America On Line, or via the Internet as 72123.1243@compuserve.com or aaroncr@aol.com

Order Form for Junk Drawer registered version 3.00 or current version.

_____ copies @ $19.95 w / printed manual

Total $_______________

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Name _______________________________________________________

Company ____________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________

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Change

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. Click this button before you make any changes to an existing inventory entry. (If you start typing in changes in the Inventory File or Inventory Description boxes, this button will be "clicked" for you.) Changes which are pasted in to an existing entry via the Windows(tm) Clipboard or the New Archive File window may not always be savable without first clicking this button.


Delete

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. This button will delete the inventory entry that is currently visible. You cannot undo or cancel a delete operation.


Find

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. Use this button to start an inventory Search for a file. You can search by file name or by description text.


Find ARC

Clicking this button in the Archivers window starts the Windows(tm) Common Dialog. The file you need to search for is ARC.EXE version 6.00 (Copyright 1985-1989 System Enhancement Associates, Inc.) This program will be used to extract files from archive files with the extension .ARC. ARC.EXE runs in a DOS window. When you have found this file in the Common Dialog, double click on it, or click once and click OK. The full path to the file will be inserted in to the box next to this button.


Find ARJ

Clicking this button in the Archivers window starts the Windows(tm) Common Dialog. The file you need to search for is ARJ.EXE version 2.30 (Copyright 1990-1992 Robert K. Jung) This program will be used to extract files from archive files with the extension .ARJ. ARJ.EXE runs in a DOS window. When you have found this file in the Common Dialog, double click on it, or click once and click OK. The full path to the file will be inserted in to the box next to this button.


Find LZH

Clicking this button in the Archivers window starts the Windows(tm) Common Dialog. The file you need to search for is LHA.EXE version 2.13 (Copyright 1988-1991 Haruyasu Yoshizaki) This program will be used to extract files from archive files with the extension .LZH. LHA.EXE runs in a DOS window. When you have found this file in the Common Dialog, double click on it, or click once and click OK. The full path to the file will be inserted in to the box next to this button.


Find PAK

Clicking this button in the Archivers window starts the Windows(tm) Common Dialog. The file you need to search for is PAK.EXE version 2.51 (Copyright 1988-1990 NoGate Consulting) This program will be used to extract files from archive files with the extension .PAK. PAK.EXE runs in a DOS window. When you have found this file in the Common Dialog, double click on it, or click once and click OK. The full path to the file will be inserted in to the box next to this button.


Find ZIP

Clicking this button in the Archivers window starts the Windows(tm) Common Dialog. The file you need to search for is PKUNZIP.EXE version 2.04G (Copyright 1989-1993 PKWare Inc.) This program will be used to extract files from archive files with the extension .ZIP. PKUNZIP.EXE runs in a DOS window. When you have found this file in the Common Dialog, double click on it, or click once and click OK. The full path to the file will be inserted in to the box next to this button.


Inventory Description

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. This box displays the description of the file in the Inventory File box. You may type your own description, or copy one from the New Archive File window, or copy from the Windows(tm) Clipboard.


Inventory File

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. This box displays the names of the files for which you have stored descriptions. These files can be compressed archives, or any other type of file for which you wish to have an easily retrievable description. You may type your own file name, or copy one from the New Archive File window, or copy from the Windows(tm) Clipboard.


Inventory Scroll

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. Use this device to scroll through your inventoried files. The two center buttons scroll your inventory one entry at a time. The two end buttons take you directly to the beginning or end of your inventory.


Keyboard

Insert Keyboard Shortcuts help text here


New

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. Use this button to bring up the New Archive File window. This is how you start the process of creating a new inventory item. This button becomes the Cancel button when clicked.


New Archive Cancel

Found in: New Archive File window. This button closes the New Archive File window and cancels the new file operation.


New Archive Content

Found in: New Archive File window. If none of the standard description file names, (DESC.SDI, FILE_ID.DIZ, or one of four variations of "README.???"), is found when the archive file is opened, you may double click on any file name in this box which you suspect may contain a description of the archive file. That file will be extracted and it's text inserted in the large blue box below (the file will also be deleted from your hard drive once it's text is read). You can also do this even if one of the standard file names is found and extracted.


New Archive Copy

Found in: New Archive File window. Once you have selected (highlighted) some text in the New Archive Description box, click "Copy" to insert the text in to the Inventory Description box in the Archive File Inventory window.


New Archive Description

Found in: New Archive File window. Use may select (highlight) any or all of the text found in this box (up to 32000 bytes, around 16 pages) to use as your description of the archive file you are inventorying. Once you have selected some text, (including any you've typed yourself), Click the "Copy" button to the left of this box. The selected text will be copied to the Inventory Description box in the Archive File Inventory window.


New Archive Directory

Use this box to navigate to the directory containing the archive file you wish to inventory. Found in: New Archive File window.


New Archive Drive

Use this box to navigate to the drive containing the archive file you wish to inventory. Found in: New Archive File window.


New Archive Files

Found in: New Archive File window. In this box, double click on the the archive file you wish to inventory. The new file name will be inserted in to the Inventory File box in the Archive File Inventory window. When you do this, if the file has the extension .ZIP, .ARJ, .PAK, .LZH, or .ARC, the proper archive utility will be started, and a list of files in the archive will be generated and placed in the blue box (New Archive Content) to the right of this yellow box. That list will be searched by Junk Drawer for a description file (DESC.SDI, FILE_ID.DIZ, or one of four variations of "README.???"). If one of these file names is found, the proper archive utility will again be used to extract the first of these files from the archive. The contents of that file will be placed in the large blue box (New Archive Description) at the bottom right. You may then use the mouse or keyboard to select (highlight) some of that text to use as your description of the archive file.


New Archive Ok

Found in: New Archive File window. This button closes the New Archive File window. Click this button when you are finished copying text.


Path to ARC

If you know the full path to ARC.EXE version 6.00 (Copyright 1985-1989 System Enhancement Associates, Inc.) you can type it in here as shown (including the filename with extension). Or you can click the button next to this box and find the file via the Windows(tm) common dialog.


Path to Archives

Type in the path to the directory where your archive files can usually be found (for instance C:\DOWNLOAD or D:\COMMAPP\DOWNLOAD. When you click the New button in the Archive File Inventory window, the New Archive File window will appear with this path in view.


Path to ARJ

If you know the full path to ARJ.EXE version 2.30 (Copyright 1990-1992 Robert K. Jung) you can type it in here as shown (including the filename with extension). Or you can click the button next to this box and find the file via the Windows(tm) common dialog.


Path to LHA

If you know the full path to LHA.EXE version 2.13 (Copyright 1988-1991 Haruyasu Yoshizaki) you can type it in here as shown (including the filename with extension). Or you can click the button next to this box and find the file via the Windows(tm) common dialog.


Path to PAK

If you know the full path to PAK.EXE version 2.51 (Copyright 1988-1990 NoGate Consulting) you can type it in here as shown (including the filename with extension). Or you can click the button next to this box and find the file via the Windows(tm) common dialog.


Path to PKUNZIP

If you know the full path to PKUNZIP.EXE version 2.04G (Copyright 1989-1993 PKWare Inc.) you can type it in here as shown (including the filename with extension). Or you can click the button next to this box and find the file via the Windows(tm) common dialog.


Print All

Found in: Print. Clicking this button sets the scroll bars beneath it so that all inventory items in your database will be printed.


Print Characters

Found in: Print. Use his scroll bar to determine how much of the description text from each inventory item is printed. Dragging the button all the way to the right (32000) will cause all of this text to be printed. If you wish to print one line descriptions, use this formula:

Print Line Length - 13 = Print Characters.

For example:

80 - 13 = 67 (These are the Print defaults. On most printers this yields one line that is the maximum printable length in portrait orientation.)

The number 13 comes from the DOS file name convention ( 12345678.123 ) + one space. The first line printed from each inventory item always includes the file name.


Print CRLF

Found in: Print. Checking this box will cause Junk Drawer to remove carriage return line feeds from your inventory descriptions. This will ensure that printing fills the area on the paper made available through the Print Line Length scrool bar. Clearing this box will preserve any text formating you have typed in or pasted in the Inventory Description box in the Archive File Inventory box.


Print From

Found in: Print. Clicking this scroll bar changes which inventory item will be the first one printed. Or in other words, tells Junk Drawer to skip some records before printing starts. Also changes the position of the Print Total scroll bar above it.


Print Line Length

Found in: Print Use this scroll bar to set the length of printed lines on your printer. 80 is usually the maximum for portrait orientation. Setting to a lower value will cause margins to appear (the text lines are always centered on the page from left to right). 66 is often used in word processor formats.


Print Order

Found in: Print. Checking this box cuases Junk Drawer to print you inventory in alphabetical order by file name. Clearing it will cause your inventory to be printed in the oder in which each record was entered.


Print To

Found in: Print. Clicking this scroll bar changes which inventory item will be the last one printed. It also changes the position of the Print Total scroll bar above it.


Print Total

Found in: Print. Clicking this scroll bar changes the total number of inventory items in your database that will be printed. It also changes the position of the Print From scroll bar beneath it.


Save

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. Click this button to save a new or changed inventory entry to your archive file database.


Search By Description

Found in: Search window. Click this option to search your inventory specific text in the Inventory Description box of the Archive File Inventory window. Only exact matches will be found, but you may search for only a portion, or all, of the description text.


Search By Name

Found in: Search window. Click this option to search your inventory for a specific file name. Wild cards (*,?) cannot be used.


Search Name

Found in: Search window. Type in the file name you wish to search for. Wild cards (*,?) cannot be used. This box will be ignored unless the Search By Name button is chosen.


Search Text

Found in: Search window. Type in the text you wish to search for (for instance: "Junk Drawer" or "junk drawer"). Only exact matches will be found (not case sensitive), but you may search for only a portion, or all, of the description text. This box will be ignored unless the Search By Description button is chosen.


Sort

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. This button switches between displaying your inventory in the order in which it was entered, or alphabetical display by file name.


Undo

Found in: Archive File Inventory window. Click this button to undo changes you have typed or pasted in to an existing inventory entry. Not the same as Cancel.


Archive File Inventory

<Archive File Inventory>


Archivers

<Archivers>


Grid

<Grid>


New Archive File

<New Archive File>


Print

<Print>


Search

<Search>