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XFP3

Version R.3 · Gaku Nakagawa

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Description

X-Finder Cosmetic Package contains a data set for adding the built-in PIM applications and disk drives to the palmtop (or other) screens of X-Finder. There is also a program for adding the programs registered to APNAAME.LST and MOREEXM.INI. Copyrighted freeware.

Technical details

File
xfp3.zip
Size
9.4 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1999
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1999-04-26
Files inside
6
Author
Gaku Nakagawa
Path
anonftp/pub/xfp3.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 8.7 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • XFP3.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 7.5 KB

No need to put DRIVES.LZH, PIMS.LZH, XFP3.TXT, XFP3.C, XFP3J.LZH: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 8.7 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy XFP3.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
o Setup

  XFP3.ZIP is uncompressed into the following files:

  xfp3    .txt	User's guide
  pims    .lzh	Command files for built-in PIM applications
  drives  .lzh	Symbolic link files for disk drives
  xfp3    .exe	Program to create command files for EXM
		programs
  xfp3    .c    Source code
  xfp3j   .lzh  Original (Japanese) documentation

o Add built-in applications to the Palmtop (or other) Screen

  Use X-Finder to copy the command files you want to add, from
  PIMS.LZH to the Palmtop (or other) Screen.

  Command files in PIMS.LZH all have a file size of zero byte,
  for maximum utilization of the limited disk space.

  If you use an environmental file of R.7 or earlier, then you
  need to add the following line to the "Execution by matched
  file extension" section.
  .xfk	,e/	,%x

o Add disk drives to the Palmtop (or other) Screen

  Use X-Finder to copy the symbolic link files of the drives
  you want to add, from DRIVES.LZH to the Palmtop (or other)
  Screen.

  This function works in X-Finder R.8 or newer.

o Add EXM programs to the Palmtop (or other) Screen

  X-Finder R.9 (or newer) can launch EXM programs by placing
  link files on the Palmtop (or other) screen.  This feature is
  not limited to the EXM programs added to APNAME.LST and
  MOREEXM.INI.

  XFP3.EXE creates command files for these registered EXM
  programs. Each command file has a size of zero byte for
  saving disk space.

  Running XFP3.EXE will create the command files for all
  the EXM programs currently added to APNAME.LST and
  MOREEXM.INI. Use X-Finder to copy those files you need to
  the Palmtop (or other) Screen.

  If you use the environment file of R.7 or earlier, then you
  need to add the following line to the "Execution by matched
  file extension" section.
  .xfl	,/	,$x %x

…

Literal excerpt from XFP3.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →