New program: Request for testers

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

I need testers for a new program. Especially Win9x testers,
but anything in the Win32 family would be useful. Win32
ONLY: 95, 98[SE], ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Server.

The program enables command line (not menu) handling of Long
File Names (LFNs) for all the major file management commands
of XyWrite. As such, it is a "breakthrough", surmounting
what I think is the biggest "modernization" hurdle that
XyWriters face now and in the future -- the limitation to
Short 8.3 File Names (SFNs).

The supported commands work exactly as they always have --
no need to learn new habits, it is all quite transparent --
the only difference is that you hit the  instead of
.

For example, you can now command:

 ca long file name.text
 ca \very long path\more long paths\long file name.document
 ne d:\very long path\more long path\long file name.text
 ca \SHORTP~1\longish path\SHORTP~2\SHORTFIL.TXT
 dirlfn d:\path\*.txt <==report all LFNs in a *usable* dir display

That's the beginning. There are 20 supported commands,
mostly old and familiar, but also a couple of new ones that
are informational. They are FAST: CAlling a long file name
buried deep in subdirectories takes .16 seconds on my
machine (16/100ths of one second). They work whether the
[d:\path\]filename is long or short (or a mixture of long
and short paths and filenames) -- it makes zero difference,
the routines don't care (you could transparently use these
as substitutes for the native commands). You can also
generate *usable* XyWrite DIRectory displays that list
_both_ the short and long file names (SFNs and LFNs) -- you
CAll files from these DIR displays, CHDIR, and so forth.

    Commands:
ATTRIB
CAll
CHangeDIR
COPY
COPY/MoVe
DELete
DIRectory (one file)
DIRLFN (whole dirspec)
DIRSFN (whole dirspec)
LFN (LongFileName of an SFN -- information)
MErge
MaKeDIR
NEw
REName
REad
ReMoveDIR
SAve
SAveDefinedblock
SFN (ShortFileName of an LFN -- information)
STore

The only XyWrite filing commands excluded at this time are
APPEND and APT.

Is anybody interested to help me polish these routines?
If so, I will post the several (4) program frames
together with instructions (there's really very little
to do). Fair warning: the program may change frequently,
depending upon feedback received. Tested (so far) in Win95
OSR2, WinNT4 SP6, Win2K SP4, and WinXP SP1.

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Robert Holmgren
holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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