
Heatsoft Handy File Tool (HFT)

README
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Please read this file carefully (especially the "Installation"
chapter) before installing the program onto your computer.


Contents
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  Program information
  System Requirements
  Company information
  Description
  Installation
  History
  Registration
  Copyright and license
  Technical support

Program information
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Program Archive Name:
  HFT_v2001_setup.exe
Program Name:
  Heatsoft Handy File Tool
Program Version:
  2.00 beta 1
Program Release Date:
  May 6, 2012
Program Description:
  Heatsoft Handy File Tool (HFT) is a very fast and easy-to-use file browser.
Target OS:
  Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 7
copyright information:
  Heatsoft Corporation, Freeware 


System Requirements
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This version of the program will run under 
the Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000


Company information
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Company Name:
  Heatsoft Corporation
Contact E-mail Address:
  feedback@heatsoft.com
Contact WWW URL:
 http://www.heatsoft.com


Description
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Handy File Tool (HFT) is a very fast and simple file manager.
It has some internal utilities such as Renamer, Replacer and Finder.
HFT has utilities necessary for webmasters, programmers and anybody
who is concerned with computers. Imagine that you need to process
hundreds of files. It would take you many hours to do this manually.

With HFT you can solve these problems with one mouse click. You can
even process files from several directories or even disks simultaneously,
using Basket a clipboard for files.

HFT has two-panel interface calls to mind the popular Norton Commander,
but here you have the Basket, a clipboard for files.
You can even process files from several directories or even disks
simultaneously (see Basket drive in the help menu of the program).

The suite's main tools, Finder, Replacer, and Renamer, help you make
quick work of file searching, text replacement, and bulk renaming
across a range of file formats and attributes.


The list of features of HFT
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Main features
- Browse and manage files and folders 
- Favorites list which allows to quickly switch between folders in the Browser. 
- Copy files and folders 
- Move files and folders 
- Create new folders 
- Delete files and folders 
- Find files by file mask or files date 
- Rename files in several folders simultaneously 
- Replace text blocks in list of files in several folders simultaneously 
- Replace several strings in list of files in several folders simultaneously 
- Quick rename files and folders in the same directory, using SHIFT+F6 shortcut. 

Features of Finder
- Search files by mask (*doc;*xls;*html) etc. 
- Find files created within period of time 
- Find files not older than some hours, days, weeks, months from current time 
- Find files by size (equal, larger than, smaller than) 
- Find files by attributes 

Features of Replacer
- Two mode of replace: simple and batch 
- Create a backup copy of original files 
- Find and Replace single text block or batch of strings 
- Insert text block, batch of strings before text 
- Insert text block, batch of strings after text 
- Delete text block, batch of strings 
- Insert text block to the head of file 
- Insert text block to the foot of file 

Features of Renamer
- Insert counter in file names 
- Insert data or time in file names 
- Easy convert all characters to UPPERCASE or lowercase 
- Various control words for generate new name of file 

Installation
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Important! If you've got HFT not from our web page, but from
the other source (magazine CD or some software library), please
visit our home page:
 
http://www.handyfiletool.com

- you'll probably find later version.
  usually, we release new version of HFT about once a month.

To install HFT, just run the "HFTv104_setup.exe" and follow the
instructions. You'll need to select the target directory
and the components to install.

History
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See "history.txt" file.


Registration
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Freeware


Copyright and license
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See "License.txt" file.


Technical support
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Before you contact us, please do the following:
- Be sure that you're doing everything right. Sometimes we all make
  mistakes... Be attentive!
- Look at the Help file: it may already contain an answer to
  your question. A lot of people ask us something like "how
  do I:", though the complete information is there.
- Visit Heatsoft Corporation home page in the Internet at
  http://www.heatsoft.com
   
  It's a good chance that you'll find the newer version of
  HFT there. If the serious bug is found in the program,
  but the new version is not ready yet, we'll make the hot fix for it.

  But if you still have a problem with HFT and noting else helps,
  please contact technical support at feedback@heatsoft.com

Please inform us about the following:
  - HFT version (from "About" dialog)
  - where did you get HFT (http or ftp site)
  - Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 version (including service packs and other
    fixes installed), US or international, OEM or not
  - computer information: CPU type and speed, installed memory
  - description of your problem (as much information as possible
    to retrieve the problem)

In order to get the complete computer information (working under
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7), open the Control Panel, click on 
"System" applet and press "Print" on "Device Manager" tab.

If you have any comment or suggestion for the next releases,
please don't hesitate to email them to us:
feedback@heatsoft.com