Filestar

FileStar/2 provides a simple graphical interface to view and manipulate file objects, combining familiar file manager concepts with extensive integration of windows and controls. FileStar/2 uses two internal windows for the simultaneous viewing of the contents of two directories, with drag and drop capabilities for moving and copying files between windows and other WPS objects, such as the shredder and printer objects. Both graphical and message feedback on the progress of operations is provided. Additionally, FileStar/2 employs a convenient point and click method for specifying target paths when performing common file operations. In addition to the usual file management functions, it has an outstanding file and text search tool, file and directory compare functions, an unique capability to collect and manipulate files from more than one, or all, directories on a drive in one combined window view, the directory tree view may be selectively limited to desired drives and operated with a full tree of directories or alternatively show only the current directory. Directory views can include a details view with summed directory sizes. It features single click operation for reading drives and directories and has comprehensive file filters including date filters. A single click can set the window view or file sort in any supported manner. There are numerous other time and mouse click savers. A full featured internal text editor or viewer, FlexEdit, also is provided for fast and flexible use in viewing or editing all files in either text or hex modes as appropriate. It is also available as an executable program. FileStar/2 is extensively multithreaded and supports running different operations in its two windows simultaneously. For instance, you may copy selected files in one directory to another directory in one file window while archiving all files in a third directory in the other file window. Other operations that do not require a window, such as formatting a diskette, may be performed concurrently with file ...