FILEEXP
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The File Expert for Delphi is a small esAddIn-Style expert which solves
the problem, you may have, when you work with different files in 
different directories.
Imagine the situation, where you are writing some new cool classes and
need the interface for the REGISTRY, OLE2 and EXPTINTF classes. So,
if you load them in to Delphi, you have, if you have not set the
silly PATH settings in your Autoexec / System Control for the Delphi
Source and VCL paths, to walk through the whole directory path to 
access the correct files. And after that, you may have encountered, that
the new CurrentDirectory points to this directory.
So, the File Expert solves this problem by first adding some directories
to a list and then access any file from that directories.

DISCLAIMER
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The author cannot and don't want to take any responsibility for any 
damages that may appear. The software has been tested for a long time 
and seems to be ok, but, you know what that means: It will have any
errors as we both know but I simply didn't find them. So watch yourself
for errors. To find errors and to learn from my source code (whatever
you may learn from ;-), the full source is attached.
Don't flame me for bugs, it's free!

COPYRIGHTS
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The File Expert is freeware, this means, that I don't care for anybody
copying or modifying the source to build hos own experts or to add 
special functionality or derive my expert to build some new ones.
Do it! I hope you will have as much fun working with Delphi as I had
when I wrote it. 
But please, if you derive or add some new functionality, have a note
that I was the author of the original (yup, I love to see my name ;-)
and, if I may have one, send me a copy (no source, just the DLL).
For any further assistance, use the address beyond and email me your
questions or improvements. Thanks.

INSTALLATION
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Open the FILEXP.DPR into Delphi and recompile it to produce a proper new
DLL then copy this to a path of your choice (i suggest, you copied it to
c:\bin\delphi32\experts\fileexp.dll).
Extract the Install.reg file and double click it from Explorer.
Restart Delphi and look in the "File" menu for the two new items 
"File Expert" and "File Expert Properties".

FIRST RUN
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After a proper installation, run the expert by first clicking on the
"File Expert Properties" item to bring up the folders window.
You will see, that the listbox is empty, so click on default to add 
some default paths. You may add some new paths by simply browsing them
through the "..." button or directly insert the path name into the
Edit box and then click on "Add". All these paths are stored in the
registry after closing Delphi and will be reload the next time you
start Delphi.

USAGE
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After FIRST RUN, you can choose the "File Expert" properties and, for
example, simply enter "registry" into the combo box and press OK.
The file will be loaded. You don't have to specify the extension as
long as it is .PAS (grin). You also may enter an absolute filename.

That's it. For further assistance, email me or use the attached source.

Roger Misteli
Zentralstrasse 6
CH-8400 Winterthur

fuggly@abacus.ch
CIS: 101715,3214
