1 29999:;FileSave for Microsoft Windows 3 Saves your work every 10 minutes Roger Hadgraft What it does FileSave asks each of your active applications to save its work every 10 minutes. This is particularly useful if you forget to save things as you work. (It's saved me on a number of occasions). It is also handy if you leave your machine for a while, because everything will have been saved by the time you get back to it. You can also ask it to do its work at any time (the Save work now option), or you can temporarily suspend its work by clicking on the AutoSave option, so that it is no longer checked. When you want it to start working again, simply click on AutoSave again. The AutoSave option also lets you know how long it is until the next save. These options are in the System Menu. FileSave exists as an icon at all times. The easiest way to use FileSave is to add it to the load= or run= line in your win.ini file, eg. load=filesave.exe control.exe clipbrd.exe FileSave works by finding all active windows, (both iconised and non-iconised), then looking for a menu bar, and searching through the menu for a 'File' sub-menu, and then scanning that sub-menu for a 'Save' option (but not 'Save as', or 'Save As'). It does this every 10 minutes, but every minute it updates the time listed in the system menu, to tell when the next save will occur. Warnings! Be careful, because, while the applications are saving their work, you might (occasionally) lose some key-strokes. For example, Write seems to lose keystrokes while it's saving. Also, if the current document doesn't yet have a name, a dialog box will popup, and some of your keystrokes will be directed into it. These are minor irritations. If you're like me, and occasionally edit one document to produce a new copy (with a different name), make sure that you save the document under the new name before you make any changes to it! Otherwise, FileSave might sneak up on you, and save a half modified dosument on top of the old one (that you wanted to keep). What it doesn't do More complex Windows applications (eg. MS Word and Excel) often have several document windows open. FileSave will only ensure that the top window is saved. MS Word does provide a 'Save All' command, but FileSave doesn't yet use it. (Excel doesn't provide a 'Save All' command). License fee This program is copyright Roger Hadgraft. You may distribute it to your friends, and through computer clubs, and via bulletin boards. However, it may not be distributed for profit, or sold or distributed with any other product, except by arrangement. A registration fee of US$10 is payable to the address below, for each copy in use, except for corporate users who may pay US$10*Sqrt(N) where N is the number of copies in use. Updates may be obtained by including an extra US$10 for a disk, or US$5 for an e-mailed copy. (Australian and New Zealand users may pay A$10 or A$5, as appropriate). All payments should be in Australian dollars! Disclaimer This program is provided to you as is. I have been using it for several months under Windows 3, and I used an earlier version under Windows 2 for many months. As far as I know it causes no other problems than a bit of a delay every 10 minutes while your work is saved. I use it every day on both a 286 and a 386 (in enhanced mode). However, since I can't possibly test it with every Windows application available, and on every type of machine, you will have to test it yourself for your own circumstances. As far as I know, it works correctly with MS Word, Excel, Paintbrush, Guide, Calendar, PIF Editor, etc. A couple of applications (like Calendar and Cardfile ) take a long time to save. You might prefer not to have them always loaded. I'm considering adding an Exempt option in the next revision to exempt some applications from the Autosave. If you note any problems with this program please notify the author: Roger Hadgraft 41 Wilma Av, Mulgrave, Vic. 3170 Australia Internet: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au Fax: +61 3 565 4944 Other Programs by the same author: The following programs are available by sending US$20 (A$20 in Australia and New Zealand) to the author as above: ROAM An application that provides a customizable menu bar. The menu options can send command strings to other applications, or can run other applications. It is particularly useful when using communications programs (by storing command strings for the host machine) and DOS applications. I also use it for running frequently used applications. It provides 8 buttons which can be customised with any function, and is able to start an application in a specified directory, or in the current directory in File Manager. ROAM comes with a set of preprogrammed menu files (Communications, MemoryMate, PKZip, Programs, and a menu for building its own menu files). RPN A HP-style (reverse polish) calculator, based on the original HP-35. ENVIRON A viewer for environment strings. FILESAVE A small application that saves your work every 10 minutes. NEWPAPER Changes your wallpaper each day, and keeps track of whether each file should be tiled or centered. REPAPER Like NewPaper, except that it allows you to keep all your bitmaps in individual .ZIP files. (This saved me more than 3 megabytes of disk space). CLIPVIEW Keeps a small window (in the bottom right of your screen) open on the clipboard. Very handy for checking on the clipboard contents. eystrokes will be directed into it. 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