Marco's File Comparer V1.0
21.July.97



1-INTRODUCTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marco's File Comparer is a program that is used to compare
two  files  to  see  if  they  are  equal  also  reporting
useful  information  such  as  the  number  of  bytes  not
matching and the % of the files that match.

It was made using AMOS PRO 2.0 and a GUI Extension made by
Pietro Ghizzoni from Italy.



2-COPYRIGHT
~~~~~~~~~~~
"Marco's File Comparer" is  Freeware.  It  is  copyrighted
Marco A.G.Pinto  and  may  be freely copied provided  that 
nothing is changed.

You may not disassemble nor decompile it either.

If you put it together  with  commercial  products  please
send me a copy of the product.

If  you put it in  cover  disks/CDs  of  magazines  please
send me a copy of the magazine with the disk/CD.



3-DISCLAIMER
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This program is supplied "AS-IS".
Use it at your own risk - I have made my best to make sure
everything is well but if something goes wrong don't blame
me.

I also have the right to change the documentation and  the
program at any time without any previous information.



4-CONTACTS
~~~~~~~~~~
If you want to contact me write to:

Snail Mail:

   Marco A.G.Pinto
   Apartado 3083
   2745 Queluz
   (Portugal)

E.Mail:

   nop10942@mail.telepac.pt



5-HOW IT WORKS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The program is quite intuitive but here it goes:

You  can  select the 1st file either by  typing  its  name
followed by return in the first string gadget or by  using
the 1st disk gadget.

To select the 2nd file it's the same thing but use the 2nd
text gadget or the 2nd disk gadget.


Other options:

BUFFER SIZE:
 -DYNAMIC  means that the  program  allocates  two  memory
  blocks each one with the size of the files (one for each
  file). It is faster this way. 

 -FIXED 16Kb  means  that  it  just  allocates  two memory
  blocks with the size of 16Kb each  and  loads  the files
  into them part by part.  It is slower and should only be
  used if you don't have enough memory.


ABOUT:
 Shows  some  information  about  the program.  To see the
 picture correctly make sure  you  have a Workbench screen
 with at least 16 colours and Magic Workbench palette.


COMPARE:
 Starts comparing the two files selected  using  also  the
 selected buffer size.


ABORT:
 Can be used to abort a compare operation.

EXIT:
 Click here to leave the program. The same  can be done by
 clicking in the close gadget (top left of the screen).



6-FUTURE
~~~~~~~~
Things planned:

o An iconify gadget

o A "VIEW" gadget to show the content of  the two files in
  the positions where they are different

o A tooltype for selecting the Buffer Size

o Create a good Workbench icon

o Use Reqtools.library instead of Asl.library

o Any good ideas you may have



7-HISTORY
~~~~~~~~~
o 1.0  21.Jul.97
  First release.