ZBLIST, a Replacement for Vern (Vernon) Buerg's LIST.COM for 64-bit Computers
Beta_6 is here.
28-JAN-2012.
After Christmas, 2011, I decided it was time to add some new features
based on input from users.
- ZBList now has limited support for a CONFIG file
so that users can start ZBList with their own parameters.
(e.g. colors, font, screen size, etc)
- In LIST mode, text can be "marked" and moved to the Window's clipboard.
Clipboard documentation in WORD format.
- In DIR mode, when the cursor is on a file and the letter "O" is hit,
ZBList looks in the Window's registry to see what program to call.
For example, one can have Windows call WORD if the cursor is over a .DOC file or
Adobe Acrobat if the cursor is over a .PDF file, etc.
There is even an option in the ZBCONFIG file to name your own progarms
to go with your extensions.
- When searching for text, the found text is hi-lighted in red to more easily find it.
In addition, when listing looooooong lines of text with a Find command, the window
may be moved such that the first occurrence of the found text appears within
the window.
- Other minor additions which will be mentioned in the documentation.
The documentation is work-in-progress and should be available within two
weeks (12-FEB-2012).
I had been using Vernon Buerg’s LIST.COM program for more than eighteen 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 (e.g. Vista)
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 www.buerg.com),
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_6 was released on 28-JAN-2012.
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 mostly written in a Visual Basic, a Wintel high-level language.
Clark Woodworth
28-JAN-2012
yellowspoon@verizon.net
Update, 28-JAN-2012.
Version Beta_6 has 21% more code than version Beta_5
Beta_5 (October, 2011) and has some new features.
Some users have requested access to an early
BETA pre-release, so here it is.
This is BETA Release 6 (released 28-JAN-2012)
Download a
ZIP file of ZBLIST.EXE.
Read the ZBLIST limited
documentation. This is the documentation for older version Beta_5.
The documentation for version Beta_6 is partially written and should be available
within two weeks (12-Feb-2012).
The newer documentation is a complete re-write from the older,
thumbnail documentation.
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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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