About Flashstore

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This

new application

is part of the OZ 4.5

Operating System.

Introduction

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Running the Application

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To start the application either move the cursor down to the FlashStore (the application name in the command window in the Index) or start it with Image ModifiedJ

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Cursor Movements

Flashstore supports all the cursor movement commands. These are useful when moving up and down in the FILE AREA or for moving the cursor to the beginning or end of line before editing.

Image Modified Image Modified	Beginning of line	Image Modified Image Modified	Top of the list
Image ModifiedImage Modified	Back a word	Image ModifiedImage Modified	Up a screen
Image Modified	Back a character	Image Modified	Up a line
		Image Modified	Down a line	Image Modified	Forward a character
		Image ModifiedImage Modified	Down a screen	Image ModifiedImage Modified	Forward a word
		Image Modified Image Modified	Bottom of the list	Image ModifiedImage Modified	End of line

Menu

Pressing the Image Modified key displays all the commands for quick reference.

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Help Screen

Pressing the Image Modified key displays the following screen.

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Simple help description's are available for each menu command; press Image Modified key and position the cursor on command you want help for, then press Image Modified.

Windows

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The three windows (from left to right) are:-

The COMMAND window - selects the mostly used commands
The FILE AREA window - displays, fetches and deletes files and shows you what flashstore is doing. 
The INFORMATION window - displays device statistics and commands.

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The COMMAND Window

Seven commands are quickly available by moving the cursor with the Image Modified and Image Modified arrow over the command, then press the Image Modified key.

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The FILE AREA Window

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The middle window displays all files and size that are in your file card area. By placing the cursor over the file name (point and shoot), the following 4 commands can be selected by these keystrokes.

COMMAND	KEY
Fetch File	Image Modified
View File	V
Delete File	Image Modified
Copy to Card	C

This information is shown in the information window whilst the file area window is in use.

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The COMMUNICATION Window

When executing Flashstore commands the COMMUNICATION window replaces the FILE AREA window. It displays the following:-

• Banner with the command name
• Relevant statistical information to allow informed choices.
• The filename already loaded in the command line ready for editing if required.
• Warnings - if files are being overwritten or deleted.

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Press Image Modified or Image Modified at the end to leave the window.

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The INFORMATION window

This displays two sets of information.

1. When the cursor is in the COMMAND window it shows the following:-

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DEVICE INFORMATION

which slot you are using in the Banner

• Flash Chip Number or EPROM and Size
• File Area Size
• A Graphical Display of the complete file area. Deleted (grey), Saved files (black) and free area (white) give a quick indication of file usage and whether it is time to reformat the device and get rid of the deleted area.
• Free and Used Space in bytes up to 1K or Kbytes
• Number of Deleted and Saved files.

For an in depth look at this popdown go to Section Eleven - Flashstore reference for a list of the commands.