PROGRAM INFORMATION =================== IMAGE Version 1.13 The IMAGE utility was designed to provide an easy mechanism for duplicating floppy diskettes. The program will READ a floppy and create an Image file on a local or network hard drive. The program has a number of options that can be set by using the menus, a default configuration file or the command line (Use IMAGE /H for a list of available command line parameters). IMAGE will create a default configuration file (IMAGE.CFG) the first time that it is used. This configuration file will be located in the same directory as the executable file (IMAGE.EXE). You can use any text editor to modify the configuration file settings. FEATURES ======== þ Supports 1.44 Mb or 720 Kb 3« diskettes in the either A: or B: drive þ Supports 1.2 Mb or 360 Kb 5¬ diskettes in the either A: or B: drive þ Provides an option to overwrite Image files. When set to NO, IMAGE will not allow the user to overwrite existing Image files. When set to YES, creating Image files with the same name as existing files will cause the contents of the original files to be lost. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN SETTING THIS TO YES !! þ Provides an option to override IMAGE's file naming conventions. IMAGE uses an IMG extension when creating a single Image file or a counter (001 thru 999) for the extension when creating multiple diskette sets This naming convention allows you to quickly identify related files Setting this option to NO allows the user to specify the extension for a single Image file.\n"); þ Provides an option for multiple Image copies. This can be used for creating sets of diskettes for software distribution. For example, if you have created a set of Images that you need five copies of, set the number of copies to five. When WRITING to the floppy diskettes, IMAGE will prompt you to create five copies of the first diskette, then five copies of the second diskette and so on. þ Prompting for Labels. When reading diskettes, this option allows the user to input up to five lines (25 characters per line) of information to be stored in a Label file. The Label file will have the same name as the Image file except with an extension of LBL. The Label file can be used to keep track of the contents of each Image file or to print diskette labels. OPTION DESRIPTIONS ================== þ Drive to Copy - Select this option to toggle between the A: and B: drives. þ Type of Copy - Select this option to display a sub-menu allowing you to select the type of copy (READING or WRITING) to be performed. READING from the floppy will create the Image file specified. WRITING to the floppy drive will overwrite any existing data on the floppy diskette with Image file data þ Capacity of Diskette - Select this option to display a sub-menu allowing you to select the capacity of the diskette that is to be processed. þ Naming Conventions - Select this option to toggle the use of Image naming conventions. When this is set to YES, the Image utility will use IMG as the file extension. Setting this option to NO allows the file extension to be specified. NOTE: The file extension is generated by the Image utility when there is more than one diskette. þ Image File Name - Select this option to specify the name of the Image file. If Type of Copy is set to READ, this is the name of the file to be created. Otherwise, if the Type of Copy is set to WRITE, this is the name of an existing Image file. þ Image File Path - Select this option to specify the path where the Image files are to be found. When the Type of Copy is set to READ, this is the directory where the Image files will be created. When Type of Copy is set to WRITE, this is the directory where the Image files are stored. þ Overwrite Files - When overwrite is set to NO, an error message will be displayed if you attempt to READ data into a file that already exists. Setting this option to YES causes any existing file to be overwritten. NOTE: This option is only used when READING from a floppy diskette. þ Number of Diskettes - Select this option to specify the number of diskettes to be copied. If the number of diskettes is greater than one, the file extension will be used as a counter to sequence the diskettes. þ Starting Disk Number - Select this option to specify the starting diskette number when more than one diskette is processed. Normally, this should be set to one but this option allows the user to specify where the processing will start from. þ Number of Copies - Selecting this option allows you make multiple copies of a diskette. This option can be useful if you are making distribution copies of software. NOTE: This option can only be used when WRITING to a floppy diskette. þ Prompt for Labels - Select this option to toggle prompting for label information when READING diskettes. A label file (up to five lines of 25 characters each) can be generated when diskettes are READ. This file can be used to track what data is contained in individual Image files or to print diskette labels. þ Begin Copy Process - Select this option to begin processing diskette(s) GENERAL INFORMATION =================== Menu options can be selected by moving the highlight bar to the desired option and pressing the ENTER key. Each menu option also has a hotkey (a letter or number that is highlighted) associated with it that allows the user to select that option by simply pressing the hotkey. Some of the options in the IMAGE utility are only available to registered users. To register your copy of IMAGE, send $37 to the address listed below: JET Computer Services, Inc. 43433 Bockley Drive Sterling Heights, Mich. 48313-1709 (810) 997-0237