Filefind Release Notes ___________________________________________________________________________ Filefind Release Notes The following release notes describe the changes to Filefind in the various versions of the program. Version 3.30 Version 3.30 Version 3.30 January 11, 1991 1 Added a Within Within Within option that allows selecting files that match the file spec and and and that have been created or altered within the last 'n' days. 2 Fixed bugs in Read Only and Archive attribute filtering. Version 3.20 Version 3.20 Version 3.20 December 11, 1990 Version 3.20 provides enhanced file selection filtering and optionally faster searches. Functional Changes 1 File Attribute Filtering is available. Desired attribute mathcing patterns may be saved to the win.ini file. 2 The time required to build the directory tree can be shortened by as much as 50% by using a new option in the search dialog. Presentation Changes 1 The search dialog has been enhanced to include tree building from this dialog. Attribute selection is included in this dialog as well as the default dialog. The Build Tree Item in the File command is currently retained for compatability, but will be removed in future versions. Version 3.00 Version 3.00 Version 3.00 Version 3.00 is essentially a essentially a 1.7 version upgraded to true Windows 3.0 rather than compatable to 3.0. Version 1.70 Version 1.70 Version 1.70 October 1, 1990 Version 1.7 introduces a Windows 3.0 compatible version as well as several enhancements. Functional Changes January 11, 1991 Page: 1 Filefind Release Notes ___________________________________________________________________________ 1 Filefind is MS Windows 3.0 compatible. It may also be run under MS Windows 2.x. 2 The tree display allows the same multiple selections as the file list. The directory searches are performed on all selected directories. 3 The FileSpec dialog has been changed to allow setting the search specification without actually invoking the search. This is useful for when the initial search is for a filespec in selected directories. The OK button has been renamed Search and the new button is named Set. 4 Copying the selection list or the entire file list to the clipboard has been added. File times, dates, etc. may also be optionally copied to the clipboard. 5 Running Selections has been enhanced. Filefind now checks the programs as it always did, and if it can not run the file as a program, looks for an associated program in the [Extensions] section of the WIN.INI file. If one is found, the associated program is started and the selected file is passed to it as a runtime parameter. 6. FileView, a file browser, is included. FileView may be run stand alone or as a run option within Filefind. Windows 2.x/3.x and Windows 3.x versions are included. Presentation Changes 1 The majority of the dialog boxes have been changed from titled dialog boxes to bordered dialog boxes. This was done to conform with the application style guidelines. Similar changes have been made to certain controls (e.g. certain check boxes have been changed to radio buttons to keep with the style guidelines). 2 Menu Changes - The Run and Action menus have been combined into one Action menu. This was done mostly January 11, 1991 Page: 2 Filefind Release Notes ___________________________________________________________________________ because I dislike two line menus, was adding the Edit menu and wanted to keep the menu on a single line without forcing the horizontal size to cover the whole screen. - An Edit menu has been added to support the Copy List and Copy Selections clipboard functions. 3 View and Action menu items are grayed when they can not be used rather than giving an error message. 4 The default window size has been increased. 5 The destination path has been added to the move and copy dialogs. Fixes 1 Fixed crashes that occurred when exiting under Windows 3.0 386 enhanced mode. (rel beta.15) 2 The tab key now stops at the disk drive scroll bars allowing the left and right cursor keys to scroll the drive list. 3 Filefind is now fully functional from the keyboard. The mouse is now optional. 4 The filespec edit box allows users to enter a specification containing drives or paths. Prior versions used whatever was entered in the search. This usually resulted in the file being found in all directories on the disk. The search specification is now parsed and everything but the filename and extension is ignored. 5 Previously, the files listed by the first search done would be in DOS order. The same search performed a second time would match the tree order. Now the first search also matches the tree order. 6 The key in scrolling has been fixed to always show the last line in the scrolled list. Left and right cursor keys have been January 11, 1991 Page: 3 Filefind Release Notes ___________________________________________________________________________ changed to scroll one character rather than a full screen. 7 The print function occasionally printed blank pages instead of the file. Version 1.5 Version 1.5 Version 1.5 December, 1989 Version 1.5 includes a number of functional enhancements, significant presentation changes, and several fixes. Functional Changes 1 Directory Listing Support Filefind allows directories to be listed by selecting the desired directory from the tree display. All files or all files meeting the current search specification may be listed. 2 Deselection Changes Deselecting the file list by clicking in the non-client area is no longer supported. Files are now deselected by clicking on a selected file. 3 Drive Change Dialogs A separate drive only dialog allows you to bring up a new tree or file list depending on what mode Filefind is in. 4 New Startup Options Filefind may now be started by initiating a file search, a tree listing, or neither. 5 Separate Tree Displays Tree displays may now be invoked without going through a full file search. 6 Directory Deletions Empty directories may be deleted. Presentation Changes 1 Menu Changes Filefind's menu has been totally revamped. The file specification dialog may now be invoked from the main menu. January 11, 1991 Page: 4 Filefind Release Notes ___________________________________________________________________________ - The main menu contains a toggle to switch between the directory tree display and the file list display. - The file path separation / concatenation is now a toggle rather than two menu items. - The sort and display menus have been combined into one view menu. - Most menu items that can not be invoked are now grayed. 2 The about box now contains the total file size in bytes of the files in the file list. 3 The directory now defaults to a sorted tree. The tree may be optionally unsorted. 4 Highlighting in either display has been changed. The highlight now switches the text and background colors rather than inverting the colors. 5 When Filefind can not find any files, a message is displayed and Filefind switches to the directory tree display. Fixes 1 A print abort dialog has been added. This was necessary for the print function to work when the windows spooler has been turned off. 2 Selecting below the last file in a list caused intermittent failures. 3 Several internal memory management errors have been corrected. Other Changes 1 Subsequent Search Efficiencies Filefind no longer rebuilds the directory tree when a subsequent search is requested. This speeds up the new search considerably. 2 Move and Copy research. The move and copy operations will cause Filefind to re-search the disk based on the current search specification. 3 Miscellaneous changes to the messages. January 11, 1991 Page: 5 Filefind Release Notes ___________________________________________________________________________ Version 1.2 Version 1.2 Version 1.2 July, 1989 Original shareware release January 11, 1991 Page: 6