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Microsoft Windows NT Build 297 06-28-1992

                       FILER.EXE - File I/O Sample
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SUMMARY:

    Filer.exe is a basic file management applet, ala File Manager or
    Norton Commander.  It demonstrates many of the new File I/O API,
    and their related algorithms, such as drive enumeration and directory
    tree walking.  It also demonstrates many intensive user algorithms,
    such as child managment, subclassing, synchronization and control
    window management.


DESCRIPTION:

    Filer presents the user with two fixed child windows, each of which
    the user may associate with a drive from the drives available on the
    system.

    A Drive Toolbar describes the available drives on the system. Users
    select drives from the toolbar or the Drives menu.  A function toolbar
    also corresponds to the file I/O functions in the File menu.

    Each of these Drive child windows contains a Directory ListBox, and a
    File ListBox, with which the user may browse through the files on the
    selected drive.

    Filer gives the user the option to Open (execute/edit), Copy, Delete,
    Move, and Rename files, as well as Make and Remove Directories.  The
    active Drive child acts as the source, and the inactive Drive child
    acts as the default destination of file I/O operations.

    The Drive children may also be configured as side by side or above and
    below one another, and the File and Directory Listboxes in each may swap
    positions.

    All features of Filer may be selected from the Mouse, Keyboard, or by
    Menu Items.

FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS:

    -Command line.  A functional command line at the bottom of the app.
    -Directory copy, move, and delete.
    -More efficient Directory ListBox enumeration; user directory expansion,
        ala File Manager.
    -Font choice.
    -Online Help.
    -Save configuration.
    -File associations.
    -Network drive functions.

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