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File I/O API Demonstration 
 
 
SUMMARY 
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The FILER sample is a basic file management applet, such as File Manager or 
Norton Commander. It demonstrates many of the new File I/O API, and their 
related algorithms, such as drive enumeration, .EXE version information 
retrieval, and directory tree walking. It also demonstrates many intensive 
User algorithms, such as child management, subclassing, synchronization and 
control window management. 
 
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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. The  
Drive toolbar describes the available drives on the system. Users select  
drives from the toolbar or the Drives menu. The Function toolbar corresponds  
to the file I/O options in the File menu. 
 
Each of the Drive child windows contains a Directory ListBox, and a File  
ListBox, for browsing through the files on the selected drive. 
 
FILER gives the user the option to open (execute or edit), copy, delete,  
move, and rename files, create and remove directories, and display any  
version information embedded in the files. 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 side by side or with one above the  
other, and the File and Directory ListBoxes in each may swap positions. 
 
All features of FILER may be selected from the mouse, keyboard, or menu  
items.