CMDFldr - Command Folder

CMDFldr - Command Folder V 1.51 (c) Dirk Suesserott July 1 1994 =============================================================== email: doyke@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de or doyke@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de Description: ============ CMDFldr is a Workplace class that replaces the WPFolder class shipped with OS/2 2.x. It adds a submenu to each folder on the WPS and lets you start an OS/2 or DOS Window with the folder as the current directory. I wrote it for OS/2 2.1 but it should also work with OS/2 2.0. If you click through many folders in order to find a particular file and then want to perform some commands on the file, it is often very difficult to open a command line and cd to the right path -- without even knowing the full path name. With CMDFolder installed this is no longer a problem: Simply right-click on the folder containing your file and select 'Command line...'. And there you are. CMDFolder will start a windowed OS/2 session in the right path on the right drive -- wherever you are on whatever drive you are. CMDFolder is HPFS aware and works with long pathnames (including blanks). It won't work on a drive itself (i.e. you can't right-click on Drive C and open a command line. That's because a drive does not belong to the class WPFolder but to the class WPDrive). If you wish, CMDFolder will also start an OS/2 fullscreen session or a DOS window or fullscreen session. I hope you will have as much fun using it as I have had writing it. For installation details see below. There is also an uninstallation section (in case you don't like CMDFolder any more). Disclaimer ========== The Program is supplied "AS IS" without any warranty of any kind, blah, blah, blah. You are free to re-distribute this package as long as you don't get paid for it (if somebody wants to pay, please tell me). Batteries not included. Bugs ==== None, I suppose. Nevertheless, if you find one (or more), let me know. Any suggestions are welcome, too. And, if *your* language isn't supported yet, also let me know, and send appropriate translations and country code (eg. 049 for Germany, 001 for the US, 044 for UK, etc). Your country code will be shown by the install program. Please send email to doyke@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de or doyke@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de Warning: If you actually liked the confirmation of the Sort and/or Arrange items, don't install this version of Command folder, since the "Are you sure"-boxes are gone with V1.5. However, you may want to install ExtDesk by Dan Campbell to get these confirmations for the desktop. Installation ============ o This package consists of six files: - CMDFldr.DLL (29419 bytes) the DLL itself - cmdfl001.dll (3072 bytes) NLS for the US - cmdfl044.dll (3072 bytes) NLS for the UK - cmdfl049.dll (3072 bytes) NLS for Germany - install.exe (5968 bytes) the installation program - readme.txt (some bytes) this file. Updating from previous versions to V 1.51 ========================================= Well, there are several ways to update, however, since you always have to reboot for the new dll to have effect, I'll only describe the method which I consider to be the fastest: o Add the following line as first line to your config.sys: 'call=c:\os2\xcopy.exe c:\sucked\cmdfl*.dll c:\os2\dll' o Make sure xcopy.exe is in the c:\os2 directory and source and target directories are set appropriate (change the above line if necessary). o Reboot. o While rebooting OS/2 should tell you '4 files copied'. o After rebooting you should delete (or rem out) the 'xcopy'-line from the config.sys. o That's it. Note: It might be possible, that OS/2 hangs during the very first boot process with the new DLL, ie. you might get a gray desktop with no icons appearing. Don't be alarmed, but simply hit CTRL-ALT-DEL in order to reboot again. The WPS now should come up. If not, pray (fyi: I don't know any case, where it took more than one re-reboot). Quick Installation Guide ======================== 1. Move the main DLL into your libpath 2. Optional: move one (or more) NLS-DLLs into your libpath as well 3. Run the install program (no parameters required) 4. Reboot Slow Installation Guide ======================= First Step: ----------- Move the main DLL (that's the biggest one) into any path included in your libpath statement in the config.sys, e.g. c:\os2\dll. Do this by typing the following on a command line: 'copy /b CMDFldr.DLL c:\os2\dll' Second Step (optional): ----------------------- Move one of the NLS-DLLs into your libpath as well. Currently, this is of interest for German users only. If you prefer German menu items AND you have the German version of OS/2 installed (ie. country code 049), then you may also want to copy cmdfl049.dll into your libpath. During IPL, Command Folder determines your country code and then looks out for a DLL called cmdflXXX.dll, where XXX is the three digit country code. If Command Folder finds such a DLL, it will use it. Otherwise, Command Folder defaults to English language (which is built-in). If you have US or UK versions of OS/2 installed, you may use cmdfl001.dll (US) or cmdfl044.dll (UK), in which case Command Folder will use that DLL, but you may omit this step, since Command Folder defaults to English language anyway. However, if you want Command Folder to speak German, type the following on a command line: 'copy /b cmdfl049.dll c:\os2\dll' Third Step: ----------- Invoke the installation program by typing 'install' There are no parameters required. The program will tell you, what NLS-DLL Command Folder will use, if the DLL is available. This is for your information, only. As you'll see, there is a little menu i)nstall u)ninstall e)xit Type 'i' to install the DLL. The program will register the DLL in the system and then replace the WPFolder class with the CMDFolder class (i.e. all ordinary folders sitting around and waiting to be clicked will become CMDFolders sitting around and waiting to be clicked). Note: Don't be afraid: 'replace' does not mean that the contents of your folders are replaced or that the folders themselves are replaced. Only the Workplace class named WPFolder is replaced by a derived class named CMDFolder. The effect is, that objects (ie. folders) that formerly belonged to the class WPFolder, will then belong to the class CMDFolder, and therefore have the new properties of the new class. Fourth and Last Step: --------------------- Wait a few seconds. Your harddisk will start spinning. Don't panic, the program won't move, copy, or delete anything (I hope), but OS/2 will search along the libpath to find the DLL. The install program will show something like 'CMDFolder successfully installed'. Now shutdown and reboot for the changes to take effect. Trouble Shooting ================ If the installation didn't succeed make sure o you didn't rename 'CMDFldr.DLL' o you moved the DLL(s) into your libpath (if you don't know what this means, refer to the OS/2 Online Reference Manual for further details) De-Installation =============== If you don't like the CMDFolder any more (though I hope you do), run the install program again. Type 'u' to uninstall the CMDFolder. The program will then re-replace the CMDFolder with the original WPFolder class. You should reboot after Install tells you to do so. All CMDFolders will become ordinary folders again, the additional menu item 'Command line...' will be removed from their popup menus. You should also delete the CMDFldr.DLL (and cmdfl???.dll, if this applies to you) from your libpath after rebooting. It won't be possible to delete the DLLs without running the uninstall procedure. History ======= o Command Folder V 1.51, released July 1 1994 - sometimes Command Folder forgot about an externally loaded NLS-DLL, resulting in a beep when the context menu appears. This bug was fixed. - size of DLL reduced. o Command Folder V 1.50, released May 30 1994 - confirmation stuff dropped - NLS support changed - settings page added, which allows to select what session opens as default - size of install program reduced (which you don't care about, I guess) o Command Folder V 1.40, unpublished o Command Folder V 1.30, released Mar 3 1994 - confirmation of 'Sort' now works with all submenu items (i.e. Sort by Name, Sort by Size, ...) - confirmation of selection of 'Arrange' or 'Sort' menu items can now be set for each folder separately. o Command Folder V 1.20, released Feb 15 1994 - now uses the command line interpreter as defined in config.sys - capable of starting DOS sessions and fullscreen OS/2 sessions -- as well as OS/2 windows - asks for confirmation of selection of 'Arrange' or 'Sort' menu items o Command Folder V 1.10, released Dec 20 1993 - starts only OS/2 Windows (i.e. 'cmd.exe')