Introduction - XTREE TIPS

XTree describes itself as "a tool for managing your files, directories and disks". It started from small beginnings - the size of XTree 2.0 was just 43 Kb - and has grown in stages until today XTreeGold occupies more than 3 Mb of my hard disc. But unlike some programs, each stage of its evolution - XTree, XTreePro, XTreePro Gold and now XTreeGold in version 3.0 - has added invaluable new functions that I would hate to be without. XTreeGold now contains an application menu system which allows it to be used as a front end to DOS, and as such it is vastly superior to MSDOS's Shell or DRDOS's Viewmax. At a gathering of about a dozen high-powered PC users that I attended recently, it was interesting to note that every one was using XTree.

XTree uses myriad commands, and not everyone will be familiar with all of them; indeed, some of the more useful commands aren't even fully documented. This series of XTree Tips is designed primarily for people who are reasonably familiar with XTree, in the hope that they will enable you to get even more out of the program.

The Tips first appeared in the BOOG Journal. I have no wish to claim a monopoly on this series, and I certainly do not know all there is to know about XTree. So if you an XTRee tip which you would like to pass on, please email it to me (c/o Len Warner) len@easynet.co.uk.

These tips were researched mainly on XTree Gold versions 2.5 and 3.0; many of them may not work on earlier versions of program.

Tom Ruben

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