RADFind 96 Version 1.0
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Thank you for trying RADFind 96! We hope 
that you will find RADFind 96 to be a 
useful and productive utility for your 
daily file management chores.

This section of the readme file will 
explain to you the essentials of how to 
use RADFind 96 effectively.

(1) RADFind 96 is activated by a pressing 
a user defined 'hot key' from within any 
Edit control in Windows 95.

(2) RADFind 96 can also be activated by 
clicking on its 'tray' icon. The 'tray' 
icon is located in a recessed region on 
the extreme right-hand side of your 
Windows 95 taskbar. RADFind 96's tray icon 
is a magnifying glass over a file.

(3) The default value of the 'hot key' is 
F12. You can customize this setting at any 
time by selecting the Set Hot Key menu 
option from the File menu.

(4) Once you have activated RADFind 96 by 
pressing it's hot key, or clicking on its 
tray icon, you simply type in the name of 
the file that you wish to search for.

(5) You can use any valid combination of 
DOS wildcard characters to help in your 
search.

    The ? symbol will match any SINGLE 
character in a filename.
    The * symbol will match one or more 
characters in a filename.
    
For example, suppose that we only have the 
following files on your hard disk:

    abc.txt
    aac.txt
    bcc.txt
    def.exe

(i)   If you type in abc.txt, you will 
only find the abc.txt file.

(ii)  If you type a?c.txt, you will find 
abc.txt and aac.txt.

(iii) If you type ??c.txt, you will find 
abc.txt, aac.txt and bcc.txt.

(iv) If you type *.txt, you will find 
abc.txt, aac.txt and bcd.txt.

(v)  If you type *, you will find all the 
files.

(6) You can search for all files under a 
specific subdirectory on your hard drive 
by entering a pathname before the filename 
that you are looking for. RADFind 96 will 
search the subdirectory and all of its 
subdirectories for matching files.

For example,

(i)  c:\windows\*.dll

will return all DLL's in your windows 
directory, and all of the subdirectories 
under the windows directory on drive c.

(ii) c:*.exe

will return all EXE's on drive c.

(iii) *.exe

will return all EXE's on all of your local 
hard disks.

(7) If you want to search for directories 
on your hard drive, simply preface the 
directory that you want to search for with 
a period (.). You can use any of the 
wildcard characters mentioned above in 
sections (5) and (6). You can use this 
feature to rapidly change directories in a 
file open dialog box.

(8) You can sort your search results list 
by filename or pathname. Simply click on 
either the Filename or Path headings of 
the search results list to sort by that 
category.

(9) You can run any application simply by 
typing its filename. Remember to include 
the `.exe' ( or .com as the case may be ) 
extension.

(10) For further help, please consult 
RADFind 96's comprehensive help file.


KNOWN ISSUES
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RADFind 96 uses a sophisticated caching 
technology to achieve its tremendous 
performance. However, there are some known 
problems that can cause the cache to 
become out of sync with the files stored 
on your hard disk.

(1) Installation programs that generate a 
WININIT.INI file will cause files to be 
renamed before RADFind 96 starts up. The 
files that are renamed by the WININIT.INI 
file will remain in cache, but will no 
longer be on the disk. However, since 
these files are usually system DLL's with 
unusual names like kernel32.dlb, it is 
highly unlikely that you will ever need to 
search for these files. In any event, 
selecting the Scan Drives menu option 
under the File menu will re-synchronize 
your filename cache.

(2) Norton FPROTECT will also rename 
temporary files that are created by 
Windows 95 during the startup process. 
This is due to the fact that these files 
are created / renamed by FPROTECT before 
RADFind 96 starts  up. However, it is 
highly unlikely that you will ever need to 
search for these files. There is no 
current workaround for this problem.

WHAT'S NEW IN 1.0a
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RADFind 96 Version 1.0a adds a number of
minor enhancements, and fixes several bugs
in Version 1.0.

Enhancements:

- Support for Office 97
- Additional links to online technical
  support and product information have 
  been added to the Help menu

Bug Fixes:

- The problem with sorting null result sets
  has been fixed
- Several minor user interface blemishes
  have been fixed
- An obscure Access Violation that occurs
  under a certain set of conditions (usually
  during installation of new software) has
  been fixed

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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Registered users can obtain technical 
support from our web site at 
www.naleco.com.
