


                                 WordGrab 1.4
                 Copies Words From DOS Screen to Command Line
                Copyright (c) 1995-1996 by David M. Wincelberg


                               Table of Contents

       I.   Introduction ............................................  1
       II.  How to Use ..............................................  2
       III. Tips for Better Use .....................................  4
       IV.  Free Upgrade Policy .....................................  5

       Appendices:

       A.   Command Line Switches ...................................  5
       B.   Initialization File (WRDGRB.INI) ........................  7
       C.   Registration-Reminder Screen ............................  8
       D.   Troubleshooting .........................................  9
       E.   Other FileJockey Software Products .....................  10
       F.   License Agreement ......................................  10


       I.   Introduction

       WordGrab is a 23K memory-resident program for quickly copying
       text from the DOS screen to the command line using a mouse.
       After displaying a directory list, you can paste a filename to
       the command line in the form required by DOS using a double click
       followed by a single click (for confirmation).  WordGrab also
       works in a full-screen DOS session under Windows.

            This program is safe to run on a Pentium processor since it
       does not perform any floating-point divisions of large numbers.
       In addition, FileJockey Software does not release products with
       known bugs.

            If you decide to keep this program, paying the $10 license
       and registration fee will result in your receiving:

       1) a code to bypass the registration-reminder screen,
       2) technical support,
       3) notices of upgrades and bug fixes, and
       4) eligibility for a free upgrade.

       In addition, you will be promoting continuing product development
       and using this program legally.  Otherwise, you may not keep the
       individual files on your PC.  But, you may keep the .ZIP file.  A
       registration form containing my postal address is provided for
       you in the file WRDGRB.REG.  On CompuServe, you may GO SWREG
       (#5571) to register on-line.




            Please send comments, suggestions and problem reports to me
       at 71573,1023 by CompuServe e-mail, at 71573.1023@compuserve.com
       by Internet e-mail, or at my postal address, even if you are not
       currently a customer.  By the third quarter of 1996, my e-mail
       address should also be FileJockey@compuserve.com.

            WordGrab requires an installed mouse, DOS 3.3 or later, and
       a hard disk with drive letter C.  (It does not have to be
       installed on this disk.)


       II.  How to Use

       II.A.  Installing to Memory

       To install WordGrab, enter

                                    WRDGRB

       at the DOS prompt.  You may wish to install this program from
       your AUTOEXEC.BAT start-up file.  Do not install this program
       when you are using the go-to-DOS feature of an application
       program unless you remove WordGrab from memory before returning
       to that program.  See Appendix A for program options.


       II.B.  Unloading from Memory

       To remove WordGrab from memory, enter

                                   WRDGRB /U

       at the DOS prompt.  Then, WordGrab sends an unload/deactivate
       order to its in-memory copy, prints the first part of the status
       message:

                                 WRDGRB is ...

       and returns to the DOS prompt.  Within one second, the program
       will finish the status message with either "unloaded" or
       "trying".  "trying" will be changed to either "unloaded" or
       "deactivated" within another 1.5 seconds, depending on whether or
       not any programs loaded after WordGrab are still in memory.

            If the "deactivated" message is printed and you still want
       to unload WordGrab, remove any subsequently loaded programs and
       issue the unload command again.  To reactivate the program, enter
       WRDGRB again.


       II.C.  At the DOS Screen



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       When you see a filename, word or other text that you want to copy
       to the command line, press <Ctrl>-<Right shift>-W to activate
       WordGrab and the mouse cursor.  Use the mouse cursor as you
       normally would to highlight text.

            For example, position the cursor at the start of a word,
       press and hold down the left button, and drag the cursor to the
       right one space past the word.  As you do so, the word will be
       highlighted.  Release the mouse button.  At this point, you may
       type text to go before the highlighted word.  (You may also type
       text after activating WordGrab but before highlighting text.)

            Then, click the left mouse button to copy the selected text
       to the command line or the right button to cancel the selection.
       In either case, the highlighted text will be restored to how it
       was if you don't change its position by pressing <Enter>, for
       example.  If you double left or right click, the selection will
       be handled as above but the mouse cursor will re-appear to wait
       for another selection.  See the table below.


                             Left Button       |     Right Button
                      -------------------------------------------------
       Single click   |       send text        |        cancel        |
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
       Double click   |      send text &       |       cancel &       |
                      |   wait for more text   |  wait for more text  |
                      -------------------------------------------------


            You can also highlight an entire word at once by double
       left-clicking on it.  (A word is defined to be a sequence of
       valid DOS filename characters plus dot (.), question mark (?) and
       star (*).  See your DOS manual for a complete list.)  The mouse
       cursor jumps to one space past the word.  Then you can deselect
       characters from the end of the word by moving the mouse cursor
       back toward the beginning of the word while continuing to hold
       down the left mouse button.  Once you have double clicked on a
       word, you can highlight text to the right by continuing to hold
       down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse to the right.

            If you highlight a filename and its extension that is part
       of a directory listing, WordGrab will send the name to the
       command line in the form FILENAME.EXT.  In other words, the
       intermediate space(s) will be changed to a single period.  One
       way to highlight a filename is to double-click on its basename --
       the part before the dot and extension.  If you also highlight the
       space to the right of the file extension, that space will be
       copied to the command line.  This is useful for placing two or
       more filenames on the command line.



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            WordGrab works in the 25 x 80, 43 x 80 and 50 x 80 text-
       screen modes.


       II.D.  In a Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 DOS-Session

       WordGrab works in a full-screen Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 DOS-
       session.  However, you may need to add the line

                                MouseinDOSBox=1

       to the [NonWindowsApp] section of Windows's SYSTEM.INI file.  If
       you install WordGrab after starting Windows, be sure to remove it
       before closing the DOS window.


       II.E.  Copying to an Application Program

       Although WordGrab can be used with some application programs, it
       is not designed for this purpose.  When doing so, be careful not
       to press a mouse button until you are ready to send the
       highlighted text to the program.  In addition, you may need to
       press a shift key after sending text in order for the program to
       realize that there is keyboard input to read.

            Problems that may occur include your computer freezing if
       you later call WordGrab from DOS and losing the mouse cursor.  To
       restore the cursor, use the application-program's go-to-DOS
       feature and return (by entering EXIT).  The program should then
       redraw the screen and restore the mouse cursor.


       III. Tips for Better Use

       A WordGrab Tip:

       After single left-clicking to send text to the command line,
       there is a 1/2 second delay (by default) to see if you are
       planning to double-click.  To stop this delay, move your mouse
       after you click the button.


       Maximizing-Available-Memory Tips:

       In your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, put TSR loading commands before all
       SET and PATH commands.  This requires that you place the full
       path before any TSR names.  While you are editing this file, make
       sure that your path statement contains drive letters for every
       entry.  This tip is important since many TSRs (other than WRDGRB)
       do not release a region of memory called Environment.  Enter



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       "MEM/M program" to see if "program" releases its environment.
       (For DOS 4 and 5, use "MEM/PROGRAM.")  [PC/Computing, Nov. 1994,
       pp. 232-234]

            Some TSRs must be loaded after other ones.  For example, you
       must install your mouse before you install WRDGRB.  If not,
       WRDGRB will print an error message and not install itself.
       Except in circumstances such as this, arrange TSRs in decreasing
       order of maximum memory needs.  (Your memory manager may have an
       expert mode which displays this information.)  An example given
       in the following reference is to load your mouse driver first in
       AUTOEXEC.BAT since it uses much more memory to initialize than it
       leaves when the mouse driver is installed.  [PC/Computing, Aug.
       1994, tip #13, p. 109]

            For even more available memory, you may want to try
       Multimedia Cloaking by Helix Software ($39.95, (800) 451-0551).
       It contains a CD-ROM driver, a disk cache and a mouse driver in
       8K of conventional memory and no upper memory.  [PC/Computing,
       Sept. 1994, p. 98]

            You may also want to read Jeff Prosise's book "PC Magazine
       Guide to DOS 5 Memory Management" (Ziff-Davis Press, 1992) or
       article "Maximizing Memory Under DOS 6.0" (PC Magazine, Aug.
       1993).


       IV.  Free Upgrade Policy

       FileJockey Software will not charge an upgrade fee to registered
       users who provide a non-trivial suggestion or bug report that is
       implemented or fixed.  Excluded from this policy are suggestions
       to make the program smaller, faster or cheaper.  All policy
       decisions of FileJockey Software are final.

            The motivation for this policy is noticing that some
       software would be *just right* if only the author(s) made a few
       minor changes or bug fixes.  Wouldn't be nice if we could get
       slightly improved or fixed software without paying extra?  Now
       you can if you license FileJockey Software products.


       Appendices

       A.   Command Line Switches

       Entering
                                   WRDGRB /?

       produces the following summary of command line switches or
       options:



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       WRDGRB [switches]

       /U             Unload WordGrab from memory
       /L             Allow including the last screen column
       /N             Do not print pop-up instructions
       /D:sss         Mouse double-click threshold (in 1/1000 seconds)
       /H:x           Hotkey letter to use with <Ctrl>-<Right shift>
       /R:nnnnn       Recognition code: choose a 5-digit whole number
                      < 32767
       /I:initname    Alternate initialization filename (with path)
                      Follow /L or /N with '-' to override WRDGRB.INI
                      setting(s)

            When you highlight text, the mouse cursor position is
       normally not part of the selected text.  This prevents you from
       including characters in column 80 in the selected text.  If you
       think that you might want to include these characters, use the /L
       switch.  This causes WordGrab to include the following character
       whenever a column 79 character is highlighted.  If you set this
       feature to be on in WRDGRB.INI, you may use /L- to turn it off
       when loading WordGrab.

            The default double click threshold is 1/2 a second.  If
       within this time you click the same button twice, it will
       register as a double click.  You can change the threshold to a
       positive time delay less than 32.7 seconds.  For comparison,
       Windows 3.1's mouse dialog box allows thresholds between 0.1 and
       0.9 seconds with a default of 0.452 seconds.

            Since another TSR might use the same hot key sequence, the
       /H switch allows you to change the letter that you press along
       with <Ctrl> and <Right shift> to activate WordGrab.  Note that
       PCs distinguish between the right and left shift buttons under
       certain circumstances.  For more control over the hotkey
       sequence, see Appendix B.

            You will need to change WordGrab's or another TSR's
       recognition code if both use the same code and you wish to have
       both in memory at the same time.  This code is a number WordGrab
       stores in memory to prevent installing two copies of itself.  You
       will know that changing the code is necessary if either program
       incorrectly reports that it is already loaded.  Then, if you
       decide to change WordGrab's code, select any positive five-digit
       whole number less than 32,767 and try installing WordGrab with
       this number using the /R option.  If you changed the recognition
       code, you must tell WordGrab the new code when unloading the
       program.  Once a recognition code works for you, place it on the
       RecognitionCode line of WRDGRB.INI.





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            If you decide to load WordGrab when a list of files is
       already on the screen, use the /N switch to reduce the number of
       lines the screen will scroll.  In particular, WRDGRB/N does not
       print instructions for activating itself.  This setting can be
       placed in WRDGRB.INI and overridden by /N-.

            WordGrab will display a two-part registration-reminder
       screen when initializing unless you place the bypass code in the
       initialization file.  This code depends on another code,
       SiteCode, that appears on this screen.  In addition, the first
       screen contains a button to write WRDGRB.REG with your computer's
       SiteCode on the appropriate line.  For more information, see
       Appendix C.

            The switch /I allows running WordGrab off a CD-ROM.  With
       it, the location of the initialization (.INI) file can be
       specified to be any writeable media, such as a hard disk.  Note
       that WordGrab requires that your computer have a hard disk with
       drive letter C.


       B.   Initialization File (WRDGRB.INI)

       As shipped, the initialization file looks like this:

       [Defaults]
       DoubleClick=
       LastColumn=
       HotToggle=
       HotLetter=
       RecognitionCode=
       NoInstructions=
       DblClkEntireName=

       [Registration]
       RegKey=


            Most of the items in the Defaults section correspond to
       command-line switches.  DoubleClick is the mouse double-click
       threshold (in 1/1000 seconds).  (If not specified, DoubleClick is
       500 to correspond to half a second.)

            For LastColumn and NoInstructions, you can use a nonzero
       number, YES, Y, TRUE, T, or ON to select the feature.  When
       loading WordGrab, you can turn off these features by using /L- or
       /N-, respectively.  The purpose of LastColumn is to allow
       including column 80 and the benefit of NoInstructions is to
       reduce the number of lines that scroll off the screen when
       WordGrab is loaded.  (If not specified, LastColumn and
       NoInstructions are off.)



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            Toggles consist of the <Ctrl>, <Alt>, <Left shift>, and
       <Right shift> keys.  The default toggles for WordGrab's hotkey
       sequence are <Ctrl> and <Right shift>.  To specify other ones,
       place one or more of the letters C, A, L, and R on the HotToggle=
       line.  To specify that no letter is to be used along with the
       toggle(s), put NONE on the HotLetter line.  For example, using
       both shift keys without a letter is specified by the following
       settings:

                                 HotToggle=LR
                                HotLetter=NONE

       (If not specified, HotToggle = CR and HotLetter = W.)

            You will need to change WordGrab's or another TSR's
       recognition code if both use the same code and you wish to have
       both in memory at the same time.  This code is a number WordGrab
       stores in memory to prevent installing two copies of itself.  You
       will know that changing the code is necessary if either program
       incorrectly reports that it is already loaded.  Then, if you
       decide to change WordGrab's code, select any positive five-digit
       whole number less than 32,767 and try installing WordGrab with
       this number using the /R option.  If you changed the recognition
       code, you must tell WordGrab the new code when unloading the
       program.  Once a recognition code works for you, place it on the
       RecognitionCode line.

            The DblClkEntireName entry specifies whether or not to
       select an entire filename when its basename is double clicked in
       a directory listing.  (Basename is the part of a filename before
       the optional dot and extension.)  If the entire filename is
       selected, clicking on the left mouse button will place it on the
       command line in the DOS-usable form (FILENAME.EXT).  (If not
       specified, DblClkEntireName is on.)

            In order to turn off the registration-reminder screen (see
       Appendix C), you need to place the correct code after the equal
       sign on the RegKey line.  This code depends on information about
       your computer that is summarized in a SiteCode.

            The program will look for WRDGRB.INI in the same directory
       containing WRDGRB.EXE and WGINIT.EXE (unless you use the /I
       switch).  If it doesn't find this file, it will give you the
       option of either editing the path and filename or not reading it.


       C.  Registration-Reminder Screen

       To inspire you to register WordGrab, the program will display a
       two-part reminder screen before it finishes initializing itself.



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       Registered users can bypass this screen with the system-specific
       registration key (RegKey).  The key for your computer depends on
       an eight-character code (SiteCode) that is printed on the first
       screen.  SiteCodes are not affected by installing or deleting
       programs, creating or deleting files, or changing configuration
       files.

            One of the buttons on the first screen will produce a
       version of WRDGRB.REG that contains your SiteCode and then
       display the second screen.  (The Continue button will skip
       writing this file.)  On this second screen you signal your
       understanding of the shareware concept by typing the displayed
       word, such as AGREE.

            As part of the response to your payment and SiteCode, you
       will receive the appropriate RegKey by e-mail or postal mail,
       depending on whether or not you include an e-mail address.  Place
       this key on the RegKey line of WRDGRB.INI.


       D.   Troubleshooting

       WordGrab Cannot Initialize Itself:

       WordGrab calls WGINIT.EXE for initialization in order to reduce
       its permanent memory needs.  WGINIT.EXE must be in the same
       directory as WRDGRB.EXE.  You may need to extract WGINIT.EXE from
       WRDGRB.ZIP or copy it from where it is stored.


       ^W Appears When I Try to Activate WordGrab:

       If WordGrab is loaded, make sure you are pressing the <Right
       shift> key along with a <Ctrl> key and the hotkey letter.  If you
       forgot the hotkey letter or sequence, enter WRDGRB/N-.  It will
       not load another copy of itself (unless you have changed its
       recognition code with the /R switch or RecognitionCode in
       WRDGRB.INI).  Instead, it will re-activate the mouse and remind
       you of the hotkey sequence.  If you are not certain if WordGrab
       is loaded, enter WRDGRB/N-.  Or, you could use the DOS MEM
       command (DOS 4.0 or later) or a system-information utility to
       list your memory resident or TSR programs.


       WordGrab is Loaded But I Cannot Find the Mouse Cursor:

       Try moving the mouse around.  Try entering WRDGRB/N-.  If those
       approaches don't work, you may need to unload WordGrab and reload
       it.  On rare occasions, it may be necessary to reboot your
       computer.




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       E.   Other FileJockey Software Products

       Following is a brief list of other FileJockey Software products.
       All of the compressed files for these products have extension
       ZIP.  In parentheses after the titles are the locations where the
       programs may be found on CompuServe and the registration/license
       fees.

       ANSort 1.1 -- Alphanumeric Filename Sorting
       (See SRDEMO in MSLANG, Library 3; source code: $25)

       C2DD 1.0   -- Change to Drive/Directory and Back
       (GO PCUTIL, Library 1, $0)

       FRMDSK 1.1 -- Enters Lines From Disk With Preview & Edit
       (GO PCCOM, Library 2, $5)

       LISTRS 2.0 -- Directory/Program List Makers With Action Options
       (GO PCUTIL, Library 5, $10)

       PROGCR 1.0 -- Prepares Programs for Copyrighting
       (GO PCPROG, Library 6, $10)

       YEARIN 1.0 -- Handles 2-Digit Year Input for Beyond 1999
       (GO PCPROG, Library 8; source code: $10)


       F.   License Agreement

       This is a legal agreement between you ("Licensee") and FileJockey
       Software ("Licensor").  Licensor owns all worldwide rights,
       title, copyright and other interests in and to the computer
       program identified as WRDGRB 1.4 ("Software").  By using the
       Software, you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms:

       1.   Licensor grants to Licensee the non-exclusive and non-
       assignable right to use the Software for a period of 30 days
       without paying a fee to Licensor.  After 30 days, Licensee may
       continue this right by paying $10 to Licensor.

       2.   Licensee may distribute copies of the Software and related
       files to others provided Licensee informs the recipients that the
       Software is subject to a license agreement and that the fee you
       charge, if any, does not include the license fee.  The attached
       VENDINFO data record is hereby incorporated by reference.  Any
       distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements
       expressed in that data record is hereby authorized.

       3.   Licensor hereby alerts Licensee that the Software and
       accompanying documentation are provided "AS IS" without warranty



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       of any kind.  Licensee assumes all risks involving use of the
       Software and its results and performance.

       4.   Licensee hereby acknowledges that Licensor bears no
       responsibility or liability which may arise or result from
       Licensee's use of the Software.  Licensee hereby waives and
       releases Licensor from any and all claims for damages, losses and
       costs therefrom.  In no event shall Licensor's liability for any
       damages ever exceed the price paid for license and registration,
       regardless of the form of the claim.

       5.   This license agreement shall be construed and enforced in
       accordance with the laws of the State of California.  This
       agreement may not be modified except by written instrument signed
       by both parties.  If any provisions of this agreement are found
       to be invalid or unenforceable by the operation of the law, then
       invalidity or unenforceability of such provision(s) shall not
       affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of
       this agreement.  Any dispute arising from this agreement shall be
       submitted to California courts located in Los Angeles County, and
       Licensee hereby submits to the jurisdiction of such courts.


       All (registered) trademarks and (registered) service marks are
       properties of their respective companies.





























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