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Help Contents

General Information

About FDS

Directory Hogs

Display

Drive Icons

Helpful Hints

New Features

Ordering Information

Menu Commands

File menu

Drive menu

Option menu

Help menu


File menu commands
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File menu commands

The File menu offers the following commands:

Copy...	Copy DDB, DIB, Text or All to the clipboard.

Print...	Prints the textual or graphical (DIB) output of free disk space.

Exit	Exits FDS.


Drives menu commands
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Drives menu commands

The Drives menu offers the selection of displayed drives. The number of active drives on the dialog box will depend upon the available hard drives in your system. If a drive letter is checked the drives information will be displayed. Selecting a checked drive will conceal the drive on the display and un-check the drive. Check the desired drives to display then click on the OK button.


Option menu commands
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Options menu commands

The Options menu offers the following commands:

Chart	Toggles the display from a textual display to a graphical display.

Scan CD Size	Scans CD ROMs (if any) for acurate disk size.

Always On Top	Toggles the display to always stay on top of all other Windows.

Update Rate...	Sets the number of seconds to refresh the display.

Warn Bell	Sets the limits for warning bell to be triggered.

Save Settings	Saves current settings as default for the next time FDS is started.


Help menu commands
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Help menu commands

The Help menu offers the following commands:

Contents	Calls FDS Help displaying the contents.

Search	Calls FDS Help with the search dialog box.

Help On Help	Calls Windows Help, which describes how to use Help.

About	Displays version and copyright information


File: Copy command
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Copy... command (File menu)

Copy DDB, DIB, Text or All to the clipboard.

DDB

Copy the current image dispayed to the clipboard.

DIB

Copy the current image dispayed to the clipboard.

Text

Copies the free disk space information as text to the clipboard.

All

Copies all of the above formats to the clipboard. Receiving applications may allow selection of the desired type with a Paste Special selection from the Edit menu.


File: Print command
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Print... command (File menu)

Prints the textual or graphical (DIB) output of free disk space.

DIB

Prints the current image dispayed to the selected printer device.

Text

Prints the free disk space information to the selected printer device.

Print dialog box

The print dialog box will appear for either of the above selected printouts. The following options in the print dialog box allows you to specify how the document should be printed:

Printer

This is the active printer and printer connection. Choose the Setup option to change the printer and printer connection.

Setup

Displays a Print Setup dialog box, so you can select a printer and printer connection.

Print Range

Specify the pages you want to print:

All	Prints the entire document.

Selection	Prints the currently selected text.

Pages	Prints the range of pages you specify in the From and To boxes.

Copies

Specify the number of copies you want to print for the above page range.

Collate Copies

Prints copies in page number order, instead of separated multiple copies of each page.

Print Quality

Select the quality of the printing. Generally, lower quality printing takes less time to produce.


File: Exit command
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Exit command (File menu)

Use this command to end your FDS session. You can also double click the system control box in the upper-left corner of the window.


Options: Chart command
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Chart command (Option menu)

Use this command to toggle the display from a textual display to a graphical display.

Text

The textual display gives you the precise numeric information of the drive(s), indicating Volume names, Total available space, Free space and Percentage Free.

Chart

The graphical display gives you an easy to read chart and indicates the same Total and Free information as the textual display.


Options: Scan CD Size command
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Scan CD Size command (Option menu)

When checked, this command will Scan all files on all CD ROMs to get an acurate size of the CD. This command is not usually needed except in rare cases when a driver may report inacurate sizes.

In some cases when CD ROMs are configured across a network or MSCDEX is not used, results may be inacurate. Some will report the size as up to 4 times larger than the actual size. There is also an INI setting that will compensate for this to avoid scanning. If this is needed, then edit the WFDS.INI file in your windows directory and add the following line:

CDFactor=n

Where n is the multiple of the size reported. In other words, if the size reported is four times greater than the actual, then CDFactor=4 should be entered.


Options: Always On Top command
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Always On Top command (Option menu)

Use this command to toggle the Window from always being on top of all other Windows. You will find the same command in the system control box in the upper-left corner of the window.


Options: Update Rate command
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Update Rate command (Option menu)

Use this command to set the number of seconds (1-60) to refresh the display. At each interval the display will refresh with the new drive information (if changed).


Options: Warn Bell command
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Warn Bell command (Option menu)

Use this command to set when the warning bell should sound. If the warning bell value is set to zero (0) the feature is disabled. If a value is entered for Free Space a warning bell will sound when that drives free space is less then the number of megabytes specified. If a value is entered for Percentage a warning bell will sound when that drives percentage of free space is less then the percentage specified.


Options: Save Settings command
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Save Settings command (Option menu)

Use this command to save the current settings. This includes the window size and position, all checked menu selections, as well as the Warn Bell values and the Update Rate....


General Info: About Free Disk Space
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About FDS

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For comments or suggestions contact me via:

CompuServe [76555,143]

For ordering information and the order form, see Ordering Information

Evaluation and Registration:

WFDS is a "shareware program" and may be used for evaluation purposes free of charge. Feel free to pass it on to your friends, unaltered and in its entirety. If you find this program useful and continue to use WFDS after 21 days, a registration fee of $15.00 is required (see Ordering Information). With the $15.00 registration fee you will receive a copy of the latest version of WFDS with a single user license. A single user license entitles you to use WFDS on any one computer at any one time. In other words, it may be moved from one computer to another as long as there is no possibility of it being used by more than one user at any one time.

For commercial use of WFDS you must register WFDS within 30 days. Site-License are available (see Ordering Information).

Anyone distributing WFDS for a fee or a value added package must first contact Mark Hamilton at the address below for authorization. BBSs and shareware distributors, that distribute without a fee, are encouraged to make WFDS available, unaltered and in its entirety, without specific authorization.

To register Free Disk Space send $15.00 and your name, company name and address to (see Ordering Information):

Mark Hamilton

10 Maple Lane

Shirley, NY  11967-2308

Applicable Law:

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Disclaimers:

WFDS is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to, without limitation, the use, sale or other transfer of WFDS. In no event will the author be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, that are in any way related to WFDS.


General Info: Directory Hogs
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Directory Hogs

All drive icons are push buttons, when pushed the drive will be scanned for the top ten directory hogs.

The Dialog Box Display:

The top ten directories are displayed in the left column. The directories listed is the first level of directories under (and including) the root directory. The size and number of files is the total of the displayed directory and all directories under the displayed directory (except the root directory).

Moving Through the Directory Tree:

The directory levels below the listed directories may be viewed by double clicking on the desired directory. This will display the top ten largest directories under the directory which was double clicked. The Back button will return to the display which was previously listed, prior to double clicking a directory. The base directory is indicated on the display. This is the directory where the listed directories reside.

File Sizes:

The size displayed includes the cluster slack. Since files are written starting at the beginning of a cluster, there is unused (slack) space from the end of the file to the start of the next cluster. This slack is included in the file sizes. Therefore, if you have 10 files which are 1 byte in length and the cluster size is 2,048 bytes, then the size reported will be 20,480 bytes instead of the 10 bytes that would normally be reported.

Printing the Top Ten:

The Print button will print a textual output of the current list of directories, size and counts.


General Info: Display
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Display

There are two display formats available, graphical and textual. The graphical display gives you an easy to read chart and indicates the same Total and Free information as the textual display. The textual display gives you the precise numeric information of the drive(s), indicating Volume names, Total available space, Free space and Percentage Free.

Dynamic Update

All displays are dynamic and updated at the refresh rate defined in the Options Update Rate... dialog box. All numbers and graph indications will update if there is a change of free space on a drive. Also, the row of text will change colors. If there is a loss of free space, the text will turn red. If there is a gain in free space it will turn green. It will stay this color until the next refresh rate interval, unless it has changed again in the meantime.

Low Space Warnings

If a warning threshold limit has been reached (as defined in the Options Warn Bell dialog box) the bell will sound at the threshold rate. If the bar chart is displayed the drive's bar will invert then revert its self continuously until the threshold returns above the limit. If the text is displayed the specific text (Free Space or Percentage) for the drive will flash red.

Drive Icons

Each icon next to the drive letter represents the type of drive (see Drive Icons). This includes CD ROM, Stacker™ or Double Space™, a Device Driver, RAM, Network or a physical hard drive.

All drive icons are also push buttons. When pushed the drive will be scanned for the top ten directory hogs (see Directory Hogs).

Compressed Drives

On the chart display, a physical hard drive which has been stacked or double spaced will show the space allocated to the other drive(s) in red. The textual display, will subtract the space allocated to the other drive(s) to give an accurate amount of total space (as if it were partitioned).

CD ROM Drives

If you have a local CD ROM drive the total space will be displayed. In some cases when CD ROMs are configured across a network or MSCDEX is not used, results may be inacurate. Some will report the size as up to 4 times larger than the actual size. There is an INI setting that will compensate for this. If this is needed, then edit the WFDS.INI file in your windows directory and add the following line:

CDFactor=n

Where n is the multiple of the size reported. In other words, if the size reported is four times greater than the actual, then CDFactor=4 should be entered. If this doesnt do the trick and you want to know the size of the CD, there is a menu selection to Scan CD Size. This will total all file sizes on the CD and display the results.

If the disk is removed, the drive will disappear from the Drive menu and the display. Once the disk has been replaced, the new disk / drive will re-appear in the display and the Drive menu.


General Info: Drive Icons
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Drive Icons

All drive icons are also push buttons. When pushed the drive will be scanned for the top ten directory hogs (see Directory Hogs).

The following icons represent the associated drive type:

CD ROM drive.

This icon represents a CD ROM drive. A CD ROM drive will not be displayed if the disk is removed or the door is open.

Device Driver drive.

This icon represents a Device Driver drive. This is typically a compressed drive which has been created by Stacker™ or Double Space™.

Fixed disk or Partitioned drive.

This icon represents a Fixed disk or Partitioned drive. This is typically any physical drive created with fdisk.

Joined drive.

This icon represents a Joined drive. This is a drive which has used the DOS "JOIN" command which joins a drive with a specific path.

Network drive.

This icon represents a Network drive. This is a drive which has been allocated on another system which is connected by a network.

RAM drive.

This icon represents a RAM drive. This is a drive which has used the DOS RAMDRIVE.SYS device driver which uses part of your RAM to simulate a hard drive.

Stacker™ or Double Space™ drive.

This icon represents a Stacker™ or Double Space™ drive. This is the physical drive which has been partitioned to created compressed drives.

Substituted drive.

This icon represents a Substituted drive. This is a drive which has used the DOS "SUBST" command which associates a path with a drive letter.


General Info: Hints
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Helpful Hints

When entering information into the Warn Bell dialog box, use the Enter key to step through each value. After entering the Free Space and Percentage thresholds, the next drive will automatically be selected and be ready for input. The mouse must be used on the OK button to confirm the entered values.

Select your most common settings for the Drive menu, Warn Bell, Update Rate and Always On Top then use the Save Config option to save the current configuration. This will ensure the next time you start FDS, that you'll have the configuration you want.

If you are running FDS on a network, it is recommended to set the Update Rate... to not less than 10 second intervals. Although the information retrieved by FDS is cached locally, I would not recommend going below 10 seconds.

If you have any comments or suggestions contact me via CompuServe:

Mark Hamilton [76555,143]


General Info: Order Free Disk Space
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Order Form

For comments or suggestions contact me via:

CompuServe [76555,143]

For information about Free Disk Space Evaluation and Registration, see About FDS

To register Free Disk Space send this form and a check to:

Mark Hamilton

10 Maple Lane

Shirley, NY  11967-2308

Payments must be in US dollars drawn on a US bank, or you can send
international postal money orders in US dollars.

To print this order form, click on Print Topic from the File menu.

All disks will be on 3.5, 1.44MB format unless otherwise specified.

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Comments:


DIB (Device Independent Bitmap):

A device-independent bitmap (DIB) describes the appearance of an image, rather than the way that image is represented internally by a particular display device. Because this external definition can be applied to any display device, it is referred to as device independent.


DDB (Device Dependent Bitmap):

A device-dependent bitmap is a pattern of bits, in memory, that can be displayed on an output device. Because there is a close correlation between the bits in memory and the pixels on the screen, a memory bitmap is said to be device dependent. For such bitmaps, the way the bits are arranged in memory depends on the intended output device.


General Info: New Features
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New Features

New Directory Hog Feature

The drive icons are push buttons, when pushed the drive will be scanned and the top ten directory hogs will be reported (see Directory Hogs).

Enhanced CD ROM support

More accurate reporting of CD ROMs, including multiple CD ROMs are now supported (see Display and Scan CD Size).

Enhance Printing

Printing can now optionally print out the window image (see Print...).

New Copy Feature

Copy the window image (DIB or DDB) or standard text to the clipboard (see Copy...).

Enhanced Save Setting

Saving the settings will now save the window position and size. Both the text and chart positions and sizes will be saved independently (see Save Settings).

Enhanced 3D look

The 3D look has been added to all dialogs (see Display).

and more...