
                       Quick Review Guide for File_Handle

      If you try the next few examples in the order they are  shown  here,
      you'll get a quick impression of File_Handle's unsurpassed power.

      Install File_Handle by extracting the archive (if any) into a tempo-
      rary directory.  To demonstrate File_Handle's executer, you may need
      to edit some of FH_EXEC.ARF's templates.   Its defaults may work for
      now if your unarchivers, editors and other utils are in your PATH.

      Start FH.EXE and choose a video system (once only, after install).

      Example 1: Show tree
      --------------------
      Press Tree (F7) and the tree of the current drive will be shown.  If
      no logfile exists, it's built directory-by-directory on your screen.

      Example 2: Build/Update trees for all non-removable drives
      ----------------------------------------------------------
      Press Alt+Space to open up the combined menu/hotkey  list,  position
      the  bar  on  BldAll (in the F4 column) with the UP/DOWN cursor keys
      and press F4. File_Handle is now building trees  (and logfiles)  for
      all existing non-removable drives.  If you have a slow device like a
      large network drive,  you can halt the process with Escape. CD-ROM's
      and MO's are only scanned if you explicitly ask for them to be scan-
      ned with Build (Ctrl+F4) or when File_Handle needs to  have  a  tree
      for that media. Totals (Shift+F7) switches directory totals on/off.

      Example 3: Find all archives on all non-removable drives
      --------------------------------------------------------
      Press Alt+F, Load (F9) the ARCHIVES script, then press Accept (F3).

      When the scanning is finished, press Sort (F9) to sort on the exten-
      sion.   Note how the bar stays on the  initial  record,  effectively
      grouping 'alikes' based upon the column you sorted on.

      Click on the column headers to sort on Filename, Ext, Size,  Date or
      Time. Reverse the sort by clicking the period in Filename.Ext. Group
      selections by clicking the space in front of 'Filename'.

      Example 4: Find all archives created in 1995
      --------------------------------------------
      Press Alt+F to pop up the Finder'e entry screen,  move the cursor to
      the Date limits, and enter "1.1.95 <Tab> 31.12.95", and F3.  After a
      little  while  only the archives of 1995 are on the screen, ready to
      be copied, moved, renamed etc, etc.  The  Finder  can  perform  most
      of File_Handle's functions globally on all the drives in the system.
      For example,  you could select files on different drives from within
      the Finder, and erase them with a single command.

      Example 5: Copy some files
      --------------------------
      Leave the Finder by pressing Escape, and go back to the File  window
      by pressing  Files (F7).  Shift all directories up with FilesF(irst)
      (Ctrl+F6) so only files are shown, and select some files by  tapping

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      the Space bar.

      Press Alt+C(opy), Alt+T(agged), Alt+D(rive); choose a drive from the
      pop  up  menu with enough free space on it to receive the amount you
      are about to copy - the pop up has the free space after each drive.

      Choose a directory on the destination drive by placing the bar  over
      it, or create a new subdirectory at the bar with MkDir (Alt+F6).

      Press Accept (F3) when you are satisfied with the destination.

      The destination will be inspected for duplicates. File_Handle resol-
      ves all problems beforehand,  so all files can be copied as a single
      contiguous process.

      After duplicates are tested, confirmation is asked to start copying.
      Press Accept (F3) once more.  Now sit back and watch the files being
      copied, while both source and destination windows are updated during
      each copy by a thermometer type progress-indicator.

      Example 6: Removing the copied files from the destination again
      ---------------------------------------------------------------
      "NEW" files in the destination window have Reselect marks '>' in the
      column before the filename.

      Go to that window by pressing Tab,  then press  Selec(t)Q(uick) (F5)
      and Reselect the marked files. Press EraseQ(uick) (Shift+F8) follow-
      ed by Accept (F3) to  remove  the  files.   (Remember that Alt+Space
      opens the hot-key menu).

      Example 7: Executing
      --------------------
      Pressing Enter or clicking the left mouse button twice on a filename
      will execute it.  If it is an EXE/COM/BAT/BTM it's passed on to DOS.
      Anything else will be processed as per the description in  the  file
      FH_EXEC.ARF; unsupported  files  will  be  fed to the default viewer
      therein. New links can easily be added with a straight text editor.

      Example 8: Locate a file or directory by using wildcards
      --------------------------------------------------------
      Each File and Tree window has a small Quick-Find field in the bottom
      left corner. Make sure this field has a trailing '*', and that it is
      in INSERT mode, or else the finder will only locate  EXACT  matches.
      Enter any character, edit them with insert, delete or overtype until
      you find what you are after. File_Handle provides so-called EMBEDDED
      wildcards;  meaning that more than one '*' can be used.  To find any
      file with for example an 'E' *and* a 'D', enter '*E*D*'. Ctrl+UP and
      DOWN-Arrow will locate the previous or next match, or else beeps.

      Example 9: Order screen
      -----------------------
      Shift+F1 enters the order screen.    It takes care of European state
      taxes (VAT/BTW),  type of license, forms of payment, Surface or  Air
      mail etc.   The user just chooses the license (s)he wants, completes
      the other fields and mails or faxes it to Hasoft.

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      Consult the files MANUAL.TXT and FH_QUICK.TXT (F1 and  Ctrl+F1)  be-
      fore giving up on File_Handle;  some options have differrent results
      than  you  might  expect.   File_Handle is very flexible, and can be
      controlled in more -usualy faster- ways than described in this short
      document.  For example, instead of moving a menu bar, the Alt+Letter
      shortcut will execute an option right away; there are more invisible
      Mouse Quick-Spots; Mouse-Chords or Enter repeat last commands from a
      menu, etc. More features are explained in those two documents.  Some
      keyboards or drivers filter out keys necessary for File_Handle! :(

      File_Handle will stop ANY process with Escape,  and will unconditio-
      nally exit from ANYWHERE (but a running application) with Exit (F10)
      -- you don't need to close menus or anything else first!

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