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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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