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1.1     ! root        1:                        FILER.EXE - File I/O Sample
        !             2:                        ===========================
        !             3: 
        !             4: SUMMARY:
        !             5: 
        !             6:     Filer.exe is a basic file management applet, ala File Manager or
        !             7:     Norton Commander.  It demonstrates many of the new File I/O API,
        !             8:     and their related algorithms, such as drive enumeration and directory
        !             9:     tree walking.  It also demonstrates many intensive user algorithms,
        !            10:     such as child managment, subclassing, synchronization and control
        !            11:     window management.
        !            12: 
        !            13: 
        !            14: DESCRIPTION:
        !            15: 
        !            16:     Filer presents the user with two fixed child windows, each of which
        !            17:     the user may associate with a drive from the drives available on the
        !            18:     system.
        !            19: 
        !            20:     A Drive Toolbar describes the available drives on the system. Users
        !            21:     select drives from the toolbar or the Drives menu.  A function toolbar
        !            22:     also corresponds to the file I/O functions in the File menu.
        !            23: 
        !            24:     Each of these Drive child windows contains a Directory ListBox, and a
        !            25:     File ListBox, with which the user may browse through the files on the
        !            26:     selected drive.
        !            27: 
        !            28:     Filer gives the user the option to Open (execute/edit), Copy, Delete,
        !            29:     Move, and Rename files, as well as Make and Remove Directories.  The
        !            30:     active Drive child acts as the source, and the inactive Drive child
        !            31:     acts as the default destination of file I/O operations.
        !            32: 
        !            33:     The Drive children may also be configured as side by side or above and
        !            34:     below one another, and the File and Directory Listboxes in each may swap
        !            35:     positions.
        !            36: 
        !            37:     All features of Filer may be selected from the Mouse, Keyboard, or by
        !            38:     Menu Items.
        !            39: 
        !            40: FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS:
        !            41: 
        !            42:     -Command line.  A functional command line at the bottom of the app.
        !            43:     -Directory copy, move, and delete.
        !            44:     -More efficient Directory ListBox enumeration; user directory expansion,
        !            45:         ala File Manager.
        !            46:     -Font choice.
        !            47:     -Online Help.
        !            48:     -Save configuration.
        !            49:     -File associations.
        !            50:     -Network drive functions.

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