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	[ author / version info ]
		FileTyper v0.1
		march 11th 1998
		copyright 1998 Scott Ahten <sahten@iag.net>
		http://www.iag.net/~sahten
	
	[ overview ]
		do you have a few thousand IFF animation frames with an indentiy crisis?
		would you like to change the mime type of all those HTML documents from 
		'text/plain' to 'text/html' for an entire website?   FileTyper is a simple utility that
		let's you set the mime type of multiple files or the contents of specified
		directories in one step.

	[ usage ]
		i've tried to make this as simple as possible, so even the 3D animators i work
		with can use it (well a few of us programmers wear the 3D animator 'hat' now
		 and then so i should probably watch my step)
	
		1) select the desired mime type from the popup menu
		2) select the files or directories containing files you wish to set from the tracker 
		3) drop the files on the 'Drop Zone!'
		4) a status window will 'popup' and fill you in on it's progresses.

		the program will iterate through any directories you've droped for files 
		and set their mime type instead. in this release, directories are only checked
		one level deep, sub directories are ignored. this means that FileTyper can not,
		and will not set the mime type of dropped directories (a feature not a bug!)

		FileTyper is multi-threaded! once you drop the files on the 'Drop Zone!' you can
		pick another mime type from the menu and drop other files for processing.
		FileTyper will open another progress windows showing you which files is it
		working on and the target mime type. unless you are working with a ton of files,
		(300+) or are really fast with the mouse, FileTyper usualy finishes one batch
		before you have time to select and drag another.
	
	[ known problems / bugs]
		1) closing any progress window before it's is done will crash the program (first 
		on my to do list)
		2) if multiple progress windows are opened they are not offset to prevent
		them from overlaping 
		3) FileTyper has been known to insult users if they forget to pick a mime type
		first

	[ instalation ]
		unzip the archive to the destination of your choice and your all set.
		FileTyper does not use any special libraries or store any preferences at this
		time.	

	[ personal note ]
		while i have been tooling around with Java for the last 8 months at work, this is
		my first attempt at creating a C/C++ program on any platform. if you have any
		bug reports, feedback, sugestions, feature requests or find this program 
		remotely usefull, send email to sahten@iag.net
	
	[ what's next? ]
		1) it might be easier to use if i converted it to a tracker add-in 
		2) build BeOS versions of my remaining animation utilities and group them
		together as a single tool (file renamer, lightwave 3D scene util, etc)
		3) add the ability to add/modify the extention of a file based on it's mime type
	  	(for copying to other platforms)		

	[ legal crap ]
		FileTyper is copyright 1998 Scott Ahten <sahten@iag.net>
		and and may be freely distributed.

		while this version has been carefully tested, i am messing around in your
		filesystem, so it should go without saying (but i will say it anyway).

		use this program at your own risk. it is very easy to set a ton of files to the 
		wrong type!  

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	~Scott	

	march 11th 1998
	Scott Ahten <sahten@iag.net>
	Be developer id:  3263
	http://www.iag.net/~sahten
