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MoreInfo(tm)
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by Bill Tudor
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Version: 1.2
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June, 1992
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Copyright (c) 1992
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All Rights Reserved.
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SHAREWARE: MoreInfo is Shareware. This means that is you like this program,
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~~~~~~~~~ send $10 to the following...
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Bill Tudor
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3925 Greencastle Rd. Suite #108
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Burtonsville, MD 20866
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If you do not believe this program is worth $10, well, then send
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me a note on how I can make the program better.
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Thanks very much in advance.
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This program may be passed around freely to anyone you like. The
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complete APW/C source code to version 1.0 is also available. Please
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include this file with the distribution since MoreInfo does not
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have a "Help" or "About" button.
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.....now down to the real stuff........
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Introduction
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MoreInfo is an Apple IIgs Finder Extension, i.e., it adds to the Apple IIgs
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System Disk 6.0's Finder (Finder version 6.0) and later versions. What is adds
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is a "More Info" option to the Finder's "Icon Info" menu item.
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The "MoreInfo" window shows you and allows you to change:
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o File type o Read access
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o Aux File Type o Write access
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o Creation Date o Delete access
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o Modification Date o Rename access
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o Invisible/Visible
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o Backup needed/not needed
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In addition, it also shows you (but you cannot change):
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o Full pathname
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o Storage type
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o Data fork size
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o Data fork blocks
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o Resource fork size
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o Resource fork blocks
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This program requires Apple IIgs System Disk 6.0 or later to run.
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Installation:
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Just copy the file "MoreInfo" to your folder named:
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"*:System:System.Setup"
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on your boot disk. Now just re-boot.
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-OR-
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You can alternatively just copy the file "MoreInfo" to a folder named:
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"*:System:FinderExtras"
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on your boot disk and then just run the Finder!
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That's it.
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Note: You place MoreInfo in either System.Setup or FinderExtras folders.
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---- Either place, it works great!
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Using the Program:
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Run the Finder. Select some icons. Hold down the SHIFT key. Choose "Icon
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Info" from the Finder's menus.
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You will get the MoreInfo window instead of Finder Icon Info windows. Note
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that without using the SHIFT key you get the normal Finder stuff.
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MoreInfo shows you the pathname, type, aux type, creation date, modification
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date, access, storage type, data size, data blocks, resource fork size, and
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resource fork blocks for the file. Please note that I have not duplicated
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most of the stuff you can find using the regular Finder Icon Info command.
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The arrows at the lower right allow you to move through all the icons that
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you have highlighted before invoking MoreInfo.
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Please note that you can alter many of the values. Only change the ones
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where you know what you are doing, then click the "Change" button to
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make the changes happen. You cannot, for example, simply change a file
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of type TXT ($04) to type S16 ($B3) and expect the former text file to
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now be a IIgs Application program as if by magic. In addition, some file
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systems under GS/OS will not allow all of MoreInfo's features to take
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effect. As an example, changing just the rename access of an HFS file
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system file will not work. This is an illegal operation under HFS. Since
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no one knows what future file systems may be added, MoreInfo will try
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to do what even you ask it to, and after selecting the "Change" button
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the file information will be re-read from the disk and the MoreInfo window
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will be updated so you can see if your change request "stuck".
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Filetypes may be entered as hexadecimal numbers or as 3-letter filetype
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abbreviations (such as SYS, S16, TOL, NDA, CDA, etc). Do not preceed the
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hexadecimal entries with a "$". Auxilliary file types must be entered as
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hexadecimal numbers.
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Note: You must click the change button to make changes. Do this before
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---- leaving the current display and moving on. Whenever the Change
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button is enabled, this means that you may have made a change and
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you should click the change button to make it stick.
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After you click "Change", MoreInfo will re-read the information from the
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disk to see if the changes were allowed. For example, you can _try_ to change
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the filetype of a folder...it simply won't be allowed.
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Revision History:
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v1.0 + <Original release>
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v1.1 + Boot text string was changed
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+ New Date & Time change/display method
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+ Fixed a few bugs with the Trash icon display
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+ Various display changes
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+ Change button enables/disables
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+ Spelling errors, unused resources removed
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+ Re-reads info after "Change" clicked
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+ Fixed a few bugs with a Volume display
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v1.2 + No more "whoosh" rectangles
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+ Many cosmetic changes
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+ Reduced the number of arrow cursor/watch cursor changes
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+ Larger pathname popup (now called simply "Path:")
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+ Checks for System 6.0 (or later) at installation time
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+ Fixed bug with bad filetype entry
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+ Icons are now present in the popup menu
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+ Slight speed improvement
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+ Filenames can be entered in Hexadecimal OR using some
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3-letter filetype abbreviations.
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Credits:
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~~~~~~~
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This program could not possible have been developed as easily without
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the Orca 2.0 (Byteworks) environment, APW/C (Apple) compiler, EdIt-16
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text editor (SSSi and yours truly), and Rez (Apple) and Genesys (SSSi)
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for resource fork creation/editing. Also, the engineers at Apple who
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developed all this great system software for the GS.
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Have Fun!
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>end
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