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Readme.txt for Quick Open (Continued):
The buttons you see the first time you run QO contain default values. The default values will only work if the path "c:\util\qo" is the path in which you installed QO and you have the applications that were specified in the command line executable fields. If not you can customize the buttons.
To customize a button, open the Options dialog. In the table in the middle of the dialog, the four buttons are listed each with three fields. "Button Text" is the text to appear on the button. "Command Line Executable" is the full path of the application and the executable name. "Parameters" is the parameters to be passed to the application. You can pass the selected folder by using "???". For example, to compress files using the ARJ compression format, type "ARJ" as the button text, "c:\comp\arj" as the command line executable and "-i1 -va -r -jm ??? -t" as parameters. When the Arj button is pressed after you selected the "C:\windows" folder, Arj will compress the directory by executing: "c:\comp\arj -i1 -va -r -jm c:\windows -t".
Since older DOS applications don't understand long file names, some programs may not work when executed directly. Instead you can write a batch file to change to the right folder first, and then execute the application. Examples of this kind of batch file are in the "BATCH" folder in your Quick Open folder. If you use a batch file, use "c:\command" as command line executable and "/K c:\util\batch\ mybatch ???" as a parameters. Paths may vary on your computer. If you don't know how to write batch files, just copy the example, and use it as a template, understand that the %1 or %2 signs in those batch files are parameters that transfer from the command line to the batch file where %1 is the first parameter and %2 is the second parameter passed.
Because DOS applications don't understand long filenames , QO will append the sign " to each end of the command line , some application won't deal with those signs , in order to disable the sign append use ^^^ instead of ??? this will send the command as it is.
4. Troubleshooting
4.1. QO crashed!
When you manually refresh QO, it uses all of its resources for the refreshing operation. If you put another window on top of QO dialog box, and then return to QO, it might not repaint it self and you will get a "white" dialog box. QO isn't stuck. Wait until the cursor becomes your regular cursor. As long as your cursor is the wait cursor, QO is refreshing. If you specified
many directories or very large drives, the building operation might take some time. Be patient and do other things with other applications in the meantime, and return to QO after a few minutes. This happens only with manual refresh; with SmartRefresh you won't even know that anything is happening. If you still have a problem, please mail me and tell me exactly what you did before QO crushed.
4.2. I typed a folder name that exist on my drive, but QO didn't find it!
If this is the first time you ran QO, you get nothing because QO is still monitoring your
drives and creating its database. Wait a few minutes and try again.
If this is not your first time and you have used QO successfully before, maybe some other application, or a power failure damaged the QO database. In that case, you can try to turn your machine off and restart. If QO still isn't working, use the manual Refresh button to rebuild your database. This will fix the problem.
4.3. QO prompts me to enter my folders under the Options dialog as if it were the first time I had used it, but it not the first time!
QO configuration data was deleted. Try reentering your folders under the Options button and try using QO. If it still isn't working, you have to use the manual Refresh button to rebuild your database. This will fix the problem.
4.4. I installed new software, then tried to find it in QO but QO didn't find the folder!
You might want to wait for a while and check it again, QO takes care of your computer resources, and maybe it decided to wait until you do some lighter work so it won't disturb you. Maybe it is refreshing its database right now and you just don't know it! If you have an average size disk with many folders in it, this should take several minutes since you launched the installation program. Let QO do it's job and check out that folder later. You can also use the manual Refresh button to rebuild your database.
5. Tips
5.1. You can open ANY drive folder, even if you did not include it in your monitored folder list. Type the drive letter and a ":", for example, "f:", and press Enter or the appropriate custom button.
5.2. You can add hot key control to your custom buttons by adding an '&' just before the letter you want to be used as hot key. For example, "Dos &Window" will make a button you can activate using the mouse or by pressing ALT+W
5.3. You can access system folders faster with QO. For example to get to your StartUp folder, where each item represent an application that will be activated when the system start up, just type "startup", hit enter, and you're there.
6. Registration
You are free to download the program and use it for a 30 day evaluation period. After that you must delete the program or register and pay for it. Registration costs only $12 (US). Registration entitles you to e-mail notification of new versions, bug fixes, and, most importantly, it will keep me writing shareware software for your benefit.
** IMPORTANT : if you use the direct mail option , you will pay $12 , but if you choose to use the credit card payment service ,
you will pay $16 , that's because PSL charges me $5+ for each order , and by trying to keep the price low , I took
some of that offmy fee , but the rest will have to come from you. sorry :-(
************* To register using cash only do the following: ($12)
A. If you wish, you can e-mail me with your comments, any requests for features, and tell me that you mailed me the registration fee. My email address is [email protected]
B. Send $12 (US), cash only, with your name, address and email address, by regular or certified mail to:
Moshe Martsiano
Shabazi Street 14/2
Ramla
ZipCode 72418
Israel
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