
			  Welcome to DOSSBOSS....
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The DOSSBOSS screen contains a wealth of information. Once you get used to the
display, you'll be glad that you have all the information you need on one
screen and don't have to flip through menus or commands all the time to see
what you need to see or do what you want to do! It's a unique display,
designed for maximum efficiency and productivity.

The simultaneous display of tool, directory and file windows on the screen is
partly what makes DOSSBOSS so powerful and allows it to effectively integrate
file management AND program tool launching capabilities. Where else can you
find a program that allows you to tag multiple files in a file window and run
tools that YOU designed against all those files with just ONE keystroke!?
Of course, some tools you may want to run only once regardless of how many
files you have tagged (like a calculator tool). No problem, DOSSBOSS tools
are flexible enough to handle such situations!
	
But that's just the tip of the iceberg! Another unique aspect of this seamless
integration of menuing and file management capabilities is variables. Every
tool has access to 12 variables which include information about the names of
files selected in the file window, their attributes & their directory name;
as well a name of a target directory (if needed). There are also variables for
prompting the user for information, storage areas for file names etc. These
variables can be manipulated within a tool, checked for particular values or
passed as input to applications or whatever else you can think of!
 
The most useful of these variables is the input variable %i. It contains the
name(s) of the selected file(s) in the file window. Normally it is used as
input to tools (if input is needed). However the contents of %i can easily
be over-ridden when you launch a tool (either emptied or switched with 
another variable) by simply pressing the <ALT> key when you run the tool!
 
Well it's hard to show the whole iceberg here! Especially with all the 
specialized commands available to you when you are writing tools (like calling
other tools, passing keystrokes to applications, traversing directories from
within a tool, etc. etc.) To get an idea of the power of tools, you can check
out the section entitled 'Some Examples of Tools' in the DOSSBOSS manual.
 
You will soon discover the power of DOSSBOSS. I haven't even mentioned the
job scheduling, prioritized to-do-list or popup reminders yet. And then some
people just like DOSSBOSS for its file and directory management capabilities
and commands.
