Finders Keepers 2.02  Copyright 2000, 2002 Yadu Digital, Inc.

CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
1.  Purpose of the program
2.  Installation
3.  Program status
4.  Distribution status
5.  How to contact
6.  Version history

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1.  PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM

    Finders Keepers(tm) can search files, replace text, index
    entire hard drives for instant text retrieval, view, launch,
    or zip any found files, and edit the found ASCII text files.

    Search files 4 ways:  plain-text search, regular expressions,
    approximate, and sound-alike.  Find words even if they are
    misspelled.  View, edit, or launch found files 6 ways, e.g., by
    associated programs.  An ASCII text editor and a binary-file
    viewer are built in.  With these, click on navigator buttons
    to jump from finding to finding for quick file or document
    examination.  Copy, move, or delete found files.  Save your
    results to disk for future reference.

    Replace text safely across multiple files and folders.  Choose
    from 4 levels of confirmation, including word by word.  Changed
    files are backed up automatically.  You can replace by regular
    expressions.  You can use a password to disable replace
    functions for risky users, such as kids or new salesmen.

    Index selected files or your entire hard drive to find a word
    with split-second text retrieval.  Immediately see the list of
    files the word is in, and view or launch those files 6 ways.
    You can find misspelled words in the index easily.  Use the
    index to keep an overview of writing projects.

    Advanced features include about 70 options to control find and
    replace operations, what appears in results, file extensions--
    such as ".sys"--to exclude from all operations, and so on.
    Other functions include touch, change file attributes, batch-
    mode find and replace, binary-character search, list files,
    and drag and drop from Windows Explorer.

    The program has pop-up, context-sensitive help via the F1 key.

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2.  INSTALLATION

    A.  If you downloaded a zipped file, FNDKP202.ZIP, it includes
        this README file and an installation file, FNDKP202.EXE.
        Unzip the installation file to a folder of your choice on
        your hard drive.  NOTE that on some web sites, you might
        have downloaded the installation file itself, FNDKP202.EXE.

        You can put the installation file in a root folder,
        e.g., c:\, or any folder you choose.

    B.  Run the installation program, FNDKP202.EXE by either
        of the following methods:

        Find FNDKP202.EXE in Windows Explorer and double-
        click it.

        Or click on your taskbar's Start button.  Then choose
        "Run" from the menu.  And type in the location of
        FNDKP202.EXE, e.g., c:\myfolder\fndkp110.exe.  If you
        do not know the location, click on "Browse" to find it.

    C.  Follow the few simple instructions in the automated
        installation, which include choosing a folder where you
        want the files to be installed.

    D.  After installation, the installation file itself,
        FNDKP202.EXE, may be saved or deleted as you wish.

    NOTE THAT INSTALLATION DOES NOT alter, overwrite, delete,
    or add any system files.  Installation does NOT require a
    restarting of your computer.  An uninstall is provided via
    Windows' Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.

    FAMILIAR PROCEDURES:  The installation file, FNDKP202.EXE,
    was created using InstallShield(tm), so the installation's
    procedures and appearance are likely to be familiar to you.

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3.  PROGRAM STATUS

    This program is a fully functional evaluation copy with a
    trial period of fourteen days.

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4.  DISTRIBUTION STATUS

    If you downloaded a zipped file, FNDKP202.ZIP, it includes
    this README file and an installation file, FNDKP202.EXE.
    NOTE that on some web sites, you might have downloaded the
    installation file itself, FNDKP202.EXE.

    You may freely distribute FNDKP202.ZIP or FNDKP202.EXE in
    their original, unchanged forms.

    Please do not distribute individual files that are placed
    on your computer by the installation.  Only the installation
    file itself can place Finders Keepers on another computer.

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5.  HOW TO CONTACT

    Website:	http://www.yadudigital.com/

    Email:	support@yadudigital.com

    Postal:	PO Box 213, W. Terre Haute, IN 47885, USA

    Other:	Other methods of contact, such as Suggestions,
                Bug Reports, and telephone numbers, are kept
                up to date in the help file unpacked during
                installation; and on the web at...

                http://yadudigital.com/info/contact.htm

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6.  VERSION HISTORY

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2.02                     07/24/2002

1)  General public release of Version 2.
2)  Changed unlock system:  one license allows use on work and home computers.

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2.01                     05/22/2002

1)  Changed:  Slightly modified some HTML help pages.
2)  Fix:  Forced a final buffer flush for replace operations on binary files.
3)  Changes:  Minor cosmetic change for drag-and-dock visual indicators.

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2.00                     04/16/2002

1)  Added:  Zip / Unzip facility.  Users can zip found files with two clicks.
2)  Added:  HTML Help.  Windows 95-style help is still available for the
    systems that can not open HTML help.
3)  Added:  Support for large fonts.
4)  Enhanced:  Folder-selection dialog.   Start-up restores the previous state.
5)  Changed:  Searches now can include folders with system-file attributes.
6)  Changed:  Licensing system.  Proprietary code replaced third-party code.
    The user can recover the license easily after hard drive crashes,
    reinstallation of Windows, and so on.

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1.10                     06/16/2001

1)  Enhanced:  User interface.
2)  Added:  User's positioning of Folder(s) and File(s) dialogs is restored on
    restart.
3)  Fix:  A small minority of machines, especially those with Windows 98 SE,
    failed to return folders alphabetically in the Folder(s) dialog.

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1.08                     05/16/2001

1)  Fix:  Some Netscape browsers failed to access the web site properly
    for purchasing.

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1.07                     04/08/2001

1)  Fix:  The new (1.06) Folder(s) dialog failed to show some drives on some
    systems (when the Windows function GetDriveType() did not recognize them).
2)  Fix:  In Keepers, Quick View could not open a file with spaces in its name.

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1.06                     02/25/2001

1)  Added:  Subfolders may be excluded from searches by preceding their names
    with '<' in the Folder(s) edit box.
2)  Enhanced:  The Folder(s) dialog now is a tree view of drives and folders,
    allowing one or multiple folders to be chosen visually for a search, using
    check marks on the tree.  Folders may be excluded visually as well.
3)  Enhanced:  The extensions dialog (used to select extensions for File(s)) now
    has two check mark lists, Windows associated extensions and custom
    extensions, which allow one or multiple file extensions to be chosen
    visually for a search, using check marks on the lists.  Commonly searched
    extensions or file masks may be added to the custom extensions list.
4)  Changed:  The File(s) dialog allows multiple file selections with the shift
    or control key.
5)  Fix:  fShellExt.dll bug caused an access error if the Windows Explorer
    context menu was invoked repeatedly for "Find words in files."

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1.05                     01/24/2001

1)  Fix:  Multi-user access to Keepers index on a networked computer.
2)  Fix:  Minor bugs in manual (phone) unlock.  If demo was expired, user got a
    "Cannot make visible window modal" error.
3)  Added:  Automatic packing of updated index and option to disable it.
4)  Changed:  Files dragged from Windows Explorer to the File(s) edit box now
    appear in the persistent files list.

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1.04                    11/10/2000

1)  Fix:  Help | Transfer failed to transfer license if demo license did not
    have a computer number.
2)  Enhanced:  Help | Transfer.
3)  Fix:  If user entered an invalid date on the Set Options | Exclude page,
    changed pages, then clicked Apply or Close, an error occurred, "Cannot
    focus disabled or invisible window."
4)  Fix:  With FK active on Explorer's context menu, via
    Options | Set Options | System | Explorer Shortcut Menu | Add "Find Words In Files",
    a click on the MS Office shortcut bar would generate an error message
    from Explorer that it could not read a particular address (in fshellext.dll).

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1.03                    10/06/2000

1)  Added:  Main Menu selection Help | Check for Update in evaluation copies.
2)  Enhanced:  Help | Check for Update proxy-handling procedures in retail copies.

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1.02                    09/24/2000

1)  Added:  Import-index function in Keepers | Manage indexes.
2)  Added:  Progress meter in Keepers | Make index.
3)  Fix:  Some external viewers failed to open files with names containing spaces.

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1.01			09/05/2000

1)  Added:  Extended File Information window via Main Menu | View | File Information.
    From the window, files can be opened by a popup menu or a double click on a
    file name.  Files can be sorted on any of several fields.  A click on a file
    name in Finders' results or Keepers' indexes produces relevant data in the
    File Information window.
2)  Added:  Popup menu to Keepers | Indexes | Contents list box to provide
    another way to open any file in the user's index.
3)  Added:  After manual unlocking, the user gets a dialog asking for name and
    company name, which are then entered into the license file, and presented in
    the About dialog.
4)  Enhanced:  Horizontal positioning of found words in the Text editor.
5)  Fix:  After a Find in Keepers, click and double-click on Results in Finders
    failed.
6)  Fix:  Memory leak in approximate searches.
7)  Fix:  When trying to order online, some customers on a LAN with a proxy got
    an error message, 'WINSOCK CANNOT CONNECT TO SERVER', and the ordering could
    not continue.
8)  Other: Minor speed and display enhancements.


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1.00a			07/20/2000

1)  Fix:  The window for 'Main Menu | Retrieve Backups' got garbage characters
    during horizontal resizing.
2)  Fix:  'Skipword.txt'--used in 'Indexes | Make'--was omitted from an
    installation file (fndkp100.exe).

