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Miscellany/Identify/!Identify/!Help

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!Identify Version 1.02|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Help File written 30 Oct 1992

The !Identify directory contains the following files:
 *!Boot                 Initialise file
 *!Run                  Run file
 *!RunImage             Main program
 *!Sprites              Sprite file
 *Menu2                 Extra Wimp utilities library
  Interface             Interface module
  DisplayMod            Display module
  InterfaceD            Directory containing help on the interface module
 *Templates             File holding the window definitions
 *TypeFile              A User-editable file containing filetypes.
  
ALL of the above files are �.


� Notice:
  None of the files contained in the !Identify directory may be edited or altered in any way, with exception to the TypeFile file.(See later.)
  
  Phew - that's the boring formalities out of the way. Presenting !Identify...
  
   
WHAT IT DOES...
   The idea of this program is to provide a whole range of features regarding the filetypes of files. These include setting the filetype in many ways, and guessing the filetype of a file which has not got a filetype.
   
STARTING UP...
   To load the program, double click on it's icon in the filer window. It's icon will then appear on the icon bar in the usual Risc Os fashion. Clicking SELECT on this icon will open the main window, whilest clicking MENU will cause the program to present you with it's main menu.
   
UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRAM...
   There are three main expressions which you must understand before you can 
successfully use !Identify to its full potential. These are the Currently Selected Filetype, the Input File, and the AutoSet state.
   In the main window, there is a long icon which has the words Input File to the left of it. This is where the Input File is displayed. To make any file the Input File, drag it to the iconbar icon, or the main window (except for the filetype picture). The file name will appear, and it's file type will become the Currently Selected Filetype. This will be reflected in the main window as a picture of the file, and its filetype number and description will appear under the Input File icon. The two radio icons below this toggle the AutoSet state. Click on AutoSet to turn it on, or ConfirmSet to turn it off. Leave it off for the time being.

CHANGING A FILETYPE...
   To change the type of a file, first make it become the Input file (drag it to !Identify). Then, click MENU to get a menu, and bring up the Types sub-menu. Selecting from this menu will change the Currently Selected Filetype. When you are happy with your choice, click on the SET icon, and it's filetype will be set to the Currently Selected Filetype (CSF). If AutoSet is on, the file's type will be set immidiately, without the need to click on Set.
   Another way to set the filetype of a file, or indeed a whole selection of files, is this. First, using the menu, make the CSF the filetype which you wish the file(s) in question to be set to. Next, drag the file/selection of files to the PICTURE OF THE FILETYPE in the bottom left of the main window. The file(s) will be set immidiately, and the CSF will remain unaltered.
   
IDENTIFYING AN UNTYPED FILE
   There are many sources which may provide files which are untyped (downloaded via a modem, transferred from non-archimedes filing systems etc). For !Identify to guess the filetype, it must first be set to 'DATA' (&FFD). In most cases, this will already have been done. If it hasn't, use !Identify to do it!Then, drag the data file to the !Identify window (NOT the CSF picture!). The guessed file type will become the CSF, or if it is unrecognised, the CSF will remain as 'Data'. If you are happy with !Identify's choice, click Set to set the filetype. If AutoSet is on, the files guessed type will be set immidiately. Here are the main filetypes which !Identify can recognise:
         BASIC        SPRITE          TEMPLATE
         FONT         DRAW            MAESTRO
         OBEY         TRACKER
         
MAIN POINTS:...

* AutoSet Eliminates the need to click on Set.
* Clicking on SET always sets the Input file to the CSF
* Dragging a file to the file 'picture' sets the file to that type
* Selecting a filetype from the menu sets the CSF
* Clicking on the arrow icon to the right of the 'picture' gets to the type    menu automatically.
* Files to be identified must have a filetype of Data (&FFD)

                        Program and HelpFile ��D Bradshaw 1992 

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EDITING THE TypeFile FILE
The file 'TypeFile' inside the application directory provides the filetype description and numbers which appear on the menu of the program. It may be edited inside any text editor, and is in the following format:

  TYPEFILE
  Description,XXX
  Description,XXX
  ...
  Description,XXX
  END,

The word TYPEFILE at the beginning is used internally to check the file is the right one. The descriptions and numbers (in hex) then follow this, and the word END, followed by the byte &D (a return) signifies the end of the file. The format should be clear from the entries which are already contained in the file.
 
  


    
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