P---+---T1----+LT--2----T----3--T-+----4T---+---T5----+-T--6----T----7--J
L---+---T1----+-T--2----T----3--T-+----4T---+---T5----+-T--6----T----7--J
This  help  file  is user editable.  Form Feed and  Paragraph  characters 
(ASCII  12  and 20)  are how the program recognizes help pages  and  help 
leaves within pages and should not be removed. 

0HELP INDEX
SECTION                                                         HELP PAGE
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
INTRODUCTION........................................................ 1
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS............................................. 2
ACTION KEYS and DISPLAY INFORMATION................................. 3
[F2] EDITING THE DISK DRIVE RANGE................................... 4
[F3] STORING THE DATA............................................... 5
[F4] RUNNING THE FILE MANAGER....................................... 6
CONFIGURATION FILE.................................................. 7
SHAREWARE REGISTRATION, SUPPORT INFORMATION......................... 8

In this Help Module, the use of brackets [ ] denotes a specific key. 

Parenthesis ( ) are used for comments. 

The bottom line of the display is used for help  key information, showing 
the currently active help action keys and their function. 

1INTRODUCTION
DRIV_MAN  is  a  disk  utility management tool  that  displays  pertinent 
logical  disk  drive data - up to twenty-six drives - on a SINGLE  SCREEN 
for analysis/storage. 

The DRIV_MAN display includes: DRIVE DATA SUMMARY with capacity, used and 
free  for  each available/selected drive,  DRIVE DATA GRAPH with the same 
data for each drive,  TOTAL DISK SUMMARY and GRAPH,  and INDIVIDUAL DRIVE 
DATA displaying information on one drive at a time. 

Program options include: Toggle any of six sort orders for the DRIVE DATA 
SUMMARY,  selectable/editable  display  DRIVE RANGE,  disk storage of the 
DISK DRIVE SUMMARY display,  and the ability to run a file manager, FILE-
MAN, from within the program. 

Registered users may also change the various display colors, the location 
of the display sections, and various setup parameters. 

2COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
The syntax for DRIV_MAN is:

[drive:path]DRIV_MAN [[first_drive][-][last_drive]][/a][/c][/gxxx][/m]

      where:
         first_drive default = C
          last_drive default = LASTDRIVE as defined in DOS/CONFIG.SYS

         /a  = Automatically run DRIV_MAN and store the display.
         /c  = Force CGA monitor.
     (/g)xxx = Optional configuration file extension (default is CFG).
               Use of the configuration file is limited to registered 
               users only. Example: /gcg2 will use "DRIV_MAN.CG2".
         /m  = Force monochrome monitor.

Press [PAGEDOWN] for some first_drive - last_drive examples.
DRIV_MAN COMMAND LINE FIRST-LAST DRIVE EXAMPLES
═══════════════════════════════════════════════

   SYNTAX              DRIVES DISPLAYED
════════════           ═════════════════
DRIV_MAN               C D . . LASTDRIVE
DRIV_MAN D             D
DRIV_MAN D-            D E . . LASTDRIVE
DRIV_MAN -             C D . . LASTDRIVE
DRIV_MAN D-F           D E F
DRIV_MAN B-F           B C D E F
DRIV_MAN C-C           C
DRIV_MAN -E            C D E

3ACTION KEYS and DISPLAY INFORMATION
ACTION KEYS 

These  keys are active when the program is waiting for input at the  main 
display. 
[F1]─────────Display the Help Information (this display).
[F2]─────────Change the range of the displayed drives.
[F3]─────────Store the current at the end of the file DRIV_MAN.DAT.
[F4]─────────Shell out to the specified file manager.
[ESC]───────┬Exit the program.
[┘(ENTER)]─┘  
[LEFTARROW]─┬Sort the DRIVE DATA SUMMARY/GRAPH information. The order 
[RIGHTARROW]┘ will toggle through: Drive Letter, Capacity, Utilization,
              % Utilization, Free, and % Free (reverse of % Utilization).
[char]──────┬Change the INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA display.
[HOME]──────┤
[END]───────┤
[UPARROW]───┤
[DOWNARROW]─┤
[PAGEUP]────┤
[PAGEDOWN]──┘
DISPLAY INFORMATION
                                        ╔═══════════════════════════════╗
The  DRIV_MAN SINGLE SCREEN display is  ║<──────────HEADER─────────────>║
divided into several SECTIONS -  DRIVE  ║┌DRIVE DATA┐┌DRIVE DATA───────┐║
DATA GRAPH,  DRIVE DATA SUMMARY, TOTAL  ║│░░░░░░░░░░││▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│║
DISK SUMMARY,  TOTAL DISK GRAPH,   and  ║│░░░░░░░░░░││▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│║
INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA - as depicted in  ║│░░░░░░░░░░│└──────────SUMMARY┘║
this diagram. ═════════════════════>    ║│░░░░░░░░░░│┌TOTAL DISK───────┐║
                                        ║│░░░░░░░░░░│└──────────SUMMARY┘║
The display, color,  and  position  of  ║│░░░░░░░░░░│┌TOTAL DISK───────┐║
each  SECTION  can  be  controlled  by  ║└─────GRAPH┘└────────────GRAPH┘║
registered users  with the  use of the  ║┌INDIVIDUAL───────────────────┐║
optional configuration file.            ║│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║
                                        ║└───────────────────DRIVE DATA┘║
The HEADER  and  each  SECTION are de-  ║<──program/registration info──>║
scribed  in  the following paragraphs.  ║<─────────help line───────────>║
To display them, press [PAGEDOWN].      ╚═══════════ SCREEN ════════════╝
HEADER

The left portion of the header  ═╡ DRIVe_MANagement Disk (C-Z) Summary ╞═
line  denotes  the  first  and 
last   logical   disk   drives 
included in the summary. These 
drives may range between A and 
Z.   Unless they are specified 
on the command line they  will 
be C-LASTDRIVE,  as defined by 
DOS. This range may be changed
by pressing [F2].

The date and time, in 24  hour                       ═╡ 11/13/92 16:22 ╞═
notation,   are shown  in  the 
right portion of the header.
DRIVE DATA SUMMARY

Drive data for each selected and available logical disk drive is shown in 
two columns: A-M on the left and N-Z on the right, in Drive Letter Order.

Drive Free Storage, Kilobytes(k) or Megabytes(m)───────────────────┐
Drive Used Storage, rounded to the nearest Percent(%)───────────┐  │
Drive Used Storage, Kilobytes(k) or Megabytes(m)─────────┐      │  │
Drive CAPacity, rounded to the nearest Megabyte─────┐    │      │  │
Logical disk DRive────────────────────────────────┐ │    │      │  │
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════╗                
║Drive data may be sorted (use the [LEFTARROW]║  │D Cap  Utilized   Free│
║[RIGHTARROW] keys) in any of the following   ║  │R  Mb  Mb/Kb  %  Mb/Kb│
║orders (shown in Drive Letter Order):        ║ │                      │
║        Drive Letter                         ║  │C  33  14.0m 42  19.4m│
║        Capacity                             ║  │D  67  39.2m 59  27.6m│
║        Utilization                          ║  │E  67  27.7m 41  39.1m│
║        % Utilization                        ║  │F  67  36.7m 55  30.1m│
║        Free                                 ║  │......................│
╚════════% Free (reverse of % Utilization)════╝  │M   1   0.0k  0 520.2k│
TOTAL DISK SUMMARY AND GRAPH

The  TOTAL DISK SUMMARY is  ┌Total Bytes CAPACITY = 763,469,824─────────┐
self-explanatory.    Total  │Total Bytes UTILIZED = 410,521,600 (54%)   │
Bytes  Utilized  is calcu-  └────Total Bytes FREE = 352,948,224 (46%)───┘
lated as  Total Bytes Cap-
acity  minus   Total Bytes 
Free. 

The TOTAL DISK GRAPH shows  ┌0%  10  20  30  40  50  60  70  80  90  100┐
two bars: the first is the  └▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀┘
percent  UTILIZED and  the 
second percent FREE.

TOTAL DISK data  includes  only  those  drives  that were  selected - the 
default is all drives to display and use.
DRIVE DATA GRAPH (Capacity or Percent)      130▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒Z
                                            123░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
The  DRIVE  DATA GRAPH is scaled to  the    116▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
largest  logical  drive  selected/avail-    109░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
able.   Each  logical  drive's  data  is    102▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
displayed in a single column, from A-Z.      95░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
                                             88▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
The  drive's  CAPACITY is denoted by the     82░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
display of two drive letters.  The lower     75▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒K▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
bar  depicts  the portion of  the  drive     68░░░░░░░░░░│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
utilized  and the upper bar is for  that     61▓▓▓DEFGHIJ│▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│
amount which is free. On color monitors,     54░░░││││││║│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
the utilized and free bars are displayed     47▒▒▒││││║│║│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
in different color.                          41░░░║│││║│║│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║
                                             34▒▒▒║│║│║║║║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
The example at the  right  shows Drive C     27░░C║║║│║║║║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║
has   a  CAPACITY  between  32   and  39     20▒▒│║║║║║║║║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
Megabytes(Mb)  and a UTILIZATION between     13░░║║║║║║║║║L░░░░░░░░░░░░Y║
13  and 19 Mb.  Drive M has both figures      6▒▒║║║║║║║║║║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║║
between 0 and 6 Mb.                        Mb 0░░CDEFGHIJKLM░░░░░░░░░░░YZ
INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA
The  INDIVIDUAL DRIVE DATA section is at the lower portion of the  screen 
and may be scrolled, either by pressing the desired DRIVE LETTER or using 
the cursor arrow keys. Its four portions are detailed below:

Logical   DISK  DRIVE  whose  data  is  being           ┌┤ DRIVE C ├─────
displayed and its Volume Label.                         └┤ SYSTEM-4C    ├

Selected logical drive CAPACITY in bytes.               ┤ CAPACITY ├─────
                                                        ┤ 33,431,552    ├

Selected logical drive USED STORAGE in  bytes       ┤ UTILIZED ( 44.3%) ├
and percentage.                                     ┤ 14,612,480    ├────

Selected  logical drive FREE STORAGE in bytes          ┤ FREE ( 55.7%) ├┐
and percentage.                                        ┤ 18,819,072    ├┘

->·To display another DRIVE's full data,  press the desired DRIVE  letter 
or used the cursor arrow keys - [HOME] [END] [UPARROW] [DOWNARROW] 
[PAGEUP] [PAGEDOWN]

4[F2] EDIT DISK DRIVE RANGE
The  selected  disk  DRIVE  RANGE may be changed and re-displayed without 
exiting  and  re-running  DRIV_MAN.   Especially  useful  in  a   network 
environment, the range can be set for the physical drives of each system. 

->·To  change  the  selected/displayed  DRIVE RANGE,   press  [F2].   The 
currently selected DRIVE RANGE is displayed.  Edit the DRIVE RANGE, using 
the control keys noted on the bottom line,  as it would have been entered 
on the command line.  When editing is complete,  press [┘].

─>·To leave the DRIVE RANGE as it was before editing, press [ESCAPE]. 

5[F3] STORE DATA
The DRIV_MAN screen display,  of  the Disk Summary Data, may  be saved to 
allow comparisons with previous or future displays. 

Using this feature,  a snapshot may be saved before cleaning up a logical 
drive/drives  and then another  snapshot saved afterward, for comparison. 
Another  use  is  to take Disk Summary snapshots monthly to see  how  the 
system's disk status is changing over time. 

->·To  store the screen display,  press [F3].  The screen display will be 
stored  in  a  file  named "DRIVE_MAN.DAT",   and  a  completion  message 
displayed.  If this file already exists,  on the drive-directory on which 
the program is located,  the current data will be APPENDED to it.  If the 
file  does not exist,  it will be CREATED on the same drive-directory  as 
the program. 

6[F4] SHELLING TO A FILE MANAGER
FILE_MAN,   another shareware program from MicroMetric,  is a menu driven 
file manager utility.  It,  or another file manager,  may be run directly 
from  DRIV_MAN  to  copy,   move,  delete files  or  perform  other  file 
maintenance functions. 

->·To  run  FILE_MAN,  first select the desired drive  by  pressing  it's 
letter, and then press [F4]. 

Registered  users may change the name of the desired file manager by  use 
of the configuration file. 

7CONFIGURATION FILE
The  optional  DRIV_MAN  configuration  file contains all of the  display 
color and position variables.   These  variables are initially set to the 
program  defaults.   They may be edited by use of any  ASCII  editor/word 
processor. 

USE OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE IS LIMITED TO REGISTERED USERS.

8DRIV_MAN QUICK ORDER FORM 

NAME_______________________________ COMPANY______________________________

ADDRESS________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP___________________________
DRIV_MAN, Version 1.1, single system registration................... $20. 
DRIV_MAN, Version 1.1, site license.................................$100. 
  Both include a printed/bound manual and the latest version diskette
        Check one ( )5 1/4"LD  ( )5 1/4"HD  ( )3 1/2"LD  ( )3 1/2"HD
    Shipping - US/Canada/Mexico...................................... $5.
    Shipping - Outside of the US/Canada/Mexico...................... $10.
        Florida residents, add 7% sales tax
        COD(Add $5)/Credit Card orders, call the toll free order line.

Press [PrtScreen] to print this quick order form, enter the necessary 
data and mail, with a check in US funds for the total amount, to: 
         MicroMetric
         98 Dade Avenue
         Sarasota, FLorida  34232-1609  USA
Voice: (813) 377-2515  Toll free Order line: (800) 929-0184
  FAX: (813) 377-2091           Support BBS: (813) 371-2490 RIME ->ACTION
The  BRAND  function accepts entry of the system serial number,  supplied 
upon system registration. 

A  REGISTRATION  INFORMATION data entry window is displayed.  Enter  your 
company  name/your name and then the system's serial number (from  inside 
the front cover of the system's manual)  using the alphanumeric  keys and 
the cursor control keys shown on the bottom help line. 

->To exit the program without completing the registration process,  press 
[ESCAPE]. 

->To accept  the name and then the registration number as  edited,  press 
[┘].   An  informational  message will be displayed  when  the  branding 
process is complete for this system. Press any key to continue. 

->If  the registration number as entered is NOT valid,  pressing any key, 
other  than [ESCAPE],  will allow re-entry  of  the registration  number. 
Pressing   [ESCAPE]  will  exit  the  program  without   completing   the 
registration process. 





