Introducing Dobson Utilities v6.0 – A New Suite for DOS & Windows 3.1x

[kerr]

Loving using TASKMAN as the native task manager

Just noticed a couple other small things - it would be nice if the RUN text box allowed more characters or scrolled. Also, when Run dialog is focused, the rest of the screen (eg programs in the background) are unable to be clicked (they can still be Alt+Tabbed though)

Another suggestion - the Run box could show the most recent entry by default (it's blank until you hit the down arrow to view history)

The "Restart Windows" option is really handy too!

Cheers!

 

[OzzFan]

So a small update, it appears that the reason why the keyboard accelerator keys don't seem to work is that there was no object that was focused upon launch. If you press tab to go to the first tab stop (the application list box), the accelerator keys work. I fixed this by setting the focus automatically on the application list box.

I wasn't quite sure what colors would work well on an amber monochrome display or orange plasma, so I added in a few different color options. And I widened the run dialog box so you can see more characters.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the icons working in the application list. From what I can tell, it looks like I would need to use a custom object as the default Windows 3.1 list box only supports strings. Not too sure. But I'm not giving up. It just may not make it into the update.

 

[OzzFan]

Happy to release v6.1!

This release has the following features:

• Added new utility: CDD.COM. Change drive and directory in a single command.
• Added CDD functionality to SUPERBAT.COM.
• Added application icons to the applications list in TASKMAN.EXE.
• Added selectable graph colors for TASKMAN.EXE.
• Added user-selectable colors for CDIR.EXE using CDIR.INI.
• Added disk space check to SETUP.EXE.
• Fixed bug in FILEDATE.COM not releasing open file handle on passing invalid
• date and/or time.
• Fixed bug in TASKMAN.EXE's keyboard shortcuts not working.
• Fixed bug in SYSCLOCK.COM always showing 24 time format.
• Fixed bug in CDIR.EXE when specifying just a drive, current directory would
• be appended.
• Fixed bug in TASKMAN.EXE when opening Run dialog, user couldn't access any
• open programs.
• Changed TASKMAN.EXE's Run dialog to default to first entry in run history.
• Improved REVEAL.EXE's ROM scanning routine to be more efficient.

And by popular demand, I'm including a zip file download (without SETUP.EXE). You can download them from http://www.shelteringoak.com/du

 

[kerr]

You've outdone yourself - icons AND graph colours that I can now see

Cheers!

 

[OzzFan]

Thanks! I appreciate your support and thank you for your suggestions to make it better.

 

[OzzFan]

Releasing a new version: 6.2, bringing 4 new Windows utilities and a few bug fixes.

• Added new utility: DISKSTAT.EXE, shows disk usage information for Windows.
• Added new utility: ENHNOTE.EXE, Notepad with 65,000 byte file support.
• Added new utility: EXPLORER.EXE, Windows 95-like file manager for Windows.
• Added new utility: ASSOCEDT.EXE, File assocation editor for Windows.
• Added localization support to SYSCLOCK.COM.
• Fixed bug in TASKMAN.EXE not launching applications with command line parameters.
• Fixed bug in TASKMAN.EXE when running low on RAM, the used memory graph would rise above the top of the graph and onto the top of the application window.
• Fixed various bugs in REVEAL.EXE that could cause crashes.
• Fixed bug in XMOVE.EXE not moving files marked as read only.
• Fixed bug in XMOVE.EXE not setting destination file time stamps properly.
• Improved TASKMAN.EXE's error messages when failing to launch an application.
• Changed REVEAL.EXE's benchmark to run for 1 second for each of the three tests and increased the memory test blocks to 2x 32KB.

You can download them from http://www.shelteringoak.com/du.

 

[OzzFan]

Minor release focusing on bug fixes: version 6.21. I strongly urge anyone using XMove to use this version as it fixes a critical bug overflowing the stack when moving a large number of directories which could cause data loss.

• Added CTL3D.DLL detection to most Windows applications.
• Added Windows for Workgroups support to ASSOCEDT.EXE.
• Fixed shared bug in REVEAL.EXE and MEMINFO.EXE causing the system to hang trying to detect EMS while in real mode (no XMS memory manager loaded).
• Fixed bug in REVEAL.EXE and MEMINFO.EXE under DOS 7.x when only an XMS driver is loaded, the system would hang.
• Fixed number of installed floppies detection in REVEAL.EXE.
• Fixed bug in REVEAL.EXE's version display of TSRs.
• Fixed bug in XMOVE.EXE running out of stack space when moving large directories (greater than 100).
• Fixed MEMINFO.EXE's output for free conventional memory and largest executable program size not showing correct info.
• Fixed bug in FINDFILE.EXE when used on large hard drives, the search stack would overflow and crash the system.
• Improved XMOVE.EXE's move process by switching to buffered I/O instead of bit copying.
• Improved the speed of XMOVE.EXE when moving files on the same partition by updating FAT records.
• Improved REVEAL.EXE's ROM string detection and removed trailing garbage characters.
• Changed REVEAL.EXE's benchmark to run for 2 seconds per test, changed the instruction mix, and improved benchmark timing granularity.
• Changed REVEAL.EXE's benchmark results to kilo-operations (1000).

Download on my newly re-designed Dobson Utilities website at http://www.shelteringoak.com/du.