ZBLIST, a Replacement for Vern (Vernon) Buerg's
DOS utility, LIST.COM, for 32-bit and 64-bit Computers
Beta_7Y is here 18-December-2016.
Version 7Y is similar to previous versions with a few bugs removed. What’s new in release 7Y
- Text searches can be restricted to specific columns.
- Added alternative date format
DD-MM-YYYY at the request of a contributor.
I have been using Vernon Buerg’s LIST.COM
program for more than twenty years. I found it very handy to list files
and directories. It was so handy, that I can’t live without it.
Thanks to Steve Ballmer's company, newer versions of Windows that run on 64-bit
computers do not support 16-bit applications like LIST.COM. Having
learned of the 2009 death of Mr. Buerg, and because I used LIST.COM more than
daily, I have decided to write my own directory/file list program. I am
currently writing code and have a Beta version. ZBLIST Version Beta_7U
was released on 16-November-2013.
Success and features will depend on what the computing public wants. So if you happen to find this web page on the INTERNET, and you, too, are in need of a LIST.COM program, please email me. Tell me what features you just can’t live without. If this venture is successful, I might work requests into the next release.
The good news is that I have been a computer programmer for forty-one years. Unfortunately, it's mostly in IBM mainframe Assembler language so ZBLIST is written in Visual Basic 6.0, a WIntel, 32-bit high-level language. Note: Vern Buerg's LIST.COM was a 16-bit application. 16-bit applications do not run on x64 computers. While many 16-bit applications do work with Windows-7 and a virtual PC running XP mode, for some reason, LIST.COM does not.
Clark Woodworth
19-December-2016
yellowspoon@verizon.net
Update, December, 2016 - Version Beta_7Y has 3% more code than version 7U.
Some users have
requested access to an early BETA pre-release, so here it is.
This
is BETA Release 7Y
Download a ZIP file of
ZBLIST.EXE.
Read the ZBLIST limited
documentation.
.
Execute ZBLIST Beta directly
from my web site. We believe all necessary run-time modules are already
in Windows. Note: Firefox users must download the program if you click on
the entry.
While Beta versions of ZBLIST are free, we reserve the right to institute a
nominal charge as Vern Buerg did for his LIST.COM.
Side notes:
- On my 24 inch monitor, when the directory is in full
screen mode and using 10 point font, more than 1600 files/directories are
listed on each page. For 8.25 point font, a directory page can have
over 2200 entries.
- On my computer, ZBLIST obtains a directory with 5100
files in about 0.3 seconds.
- Here's a sample screen shot of a directory on my
computer
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Donations:
January, 2014 - When I purchased my first 64-bit
computer in the summer of 2009, I found out that 16-bit programs like LIST.COM
did not work. I assumed someone would come along and write a similar
program. I emailed Vern Buerg.
Vern said that it was doubtful that he was going to write a 32-bit (or
64-bit) version. After four months, I
started to write something. Five months later, I had my first
version. I am hoping that people will thank me with donations. I
know I will not have as many followers as Vern did, but I can hope. Anyone
contributing $25 or more will get a version of ZBLIST that does not nag you for
a donation after a few months. Anyone contributing $40 or more will be
allowed a one-time upgrade within three years. If you have a ZBLIST
feature that you would like added, a contribution would move your request
towards the top of the request queue.
You can contribute by:
- Check or cash to C. Woodworth; 20
Sherburn Circle; Weston, MA 02493 (Put your email address in the letter)
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