Action . 'Default Action or Specific Action' - Program Help
This is the context specific help for Find Files N Replace for function Default Action or Specific Action. It will be show when Shift+F1 is pressed after using menu item Default Action or Specific Action on menu "Action".
It can also be shown using menu item Help for Last Function on menu "Help".
Click Here for Index of Help for all Menu Items
'Default Action or Specific Action' - Program Help start.
The Action menu allows you to open any file with any application.
Action menu offers a much greater amount of flexibility than Explorer or other shell programs.
With a single F-key, files can be opened in other applications.
- Any file can be opened with any application regardless of its filetype.
- F-keys are available to open selected file(s) with a single keystroke.
- Action menu items can be defined easily by selecting from a list of Windows/K-free associations.
- Or use the wizard to automatically define a set of action menus corresponding to associations for a file type.
The Action menu is in four parts according to F-Key combinations that are available.
For convenience/ease of use, groups of applications can be defined on a group of F-keys with the same number.
This is the way that Action menus have been setup when you installed K-free. Use the Setup Wizard to do this again and change the final result.
E.g.
Define IE, Opera, Dreamweaver and Frontpage Express to use F12, Ctrl-F12, Shift-F12 and Shift-Ctrl-F12 respectively.
Define applications for viewing/changing pictures on F11 keys, etc.
The four parts are:
On the main action menu are Items 4-12 that are the external applications that can (mostly) be started using F-Keys without Shift/Ctl.
There are 3 other action submenus containing applications that will be started with Ctl+F-key, Shift+F-Key, Ctl+Shift+F-Key respectively.
E.g. To Access an application which is on Menu More Actions (Shift-Ctrl) at position 12 Shift+Ctrl+F12, hold both Shift and ctrl keys down and then press F12. The application will then be started once for each file selected.
Note that some F-Key combinations - e.g. F4,F5,F10 - are used elsewhere in K-free/Windows and therefore not available on the Action menu.
See Also:
Use Of Kyboma/K-free Associations
How To Fix Problems With Kyboma/K-free Associations or Action definitions.
Default Action
To open selected files with the default application for each file
To Change program associated with a filetype
Sequence in which associations are checked
To Change Sequence in which associations are checked
Specific Action
To open selected files with a specific application from the Action Menu
To Add or Change an Action Menu Item
To Add sets of Actions to the Action Menu with the Setup Wizard
Default Action
To open selected files with the default application for each file
1. Select the files/directories to be actioned.
2. Select Default action from the action menu [or press Enter or double Click].
NB Default action will only be enabled if the required number of files/dir is selected in the current section
1. Select the files/directories to be actioned.
All Items Selected in the current section will be actioned.
The current section is the part (directory tree, file list or text) which has a white background.
To change the section, press tab or click on the section required.
Items Selected depends on Current Section.
. When the current section is directory tree - the directory selected is actioned.
. When the current section is file list - the files and/or directories selected in blue and marked with * will be actioned.. If no files are selected in blue, the files selected in green will be actioned.
. When the current section is the text section - the file currently displayed will be actioned.
2. Select Default action from the action menu [or press Enter or double Click].
The key for double click [usually Z] can also be used.
If multiple files are selected then you must keep Ctl or Shift pressed together with Enter or double-click to keep the selections and add to them.
Selection will always be changed first and default action done on newly selected files.
The associated action will be determined for each file selected in turn and that action will be done.
Specific Action.
To open selected files with a specific application from the Action Menu:
1. Select the files/directories to pass to Specific Action.
2. Select an action from the action menu or press F-Key.
3. K-free will pause every n items if option set.
NB Each Menu item will only be enabled if required number of files/dir is selected in the current section
Some actions require a file (not a directory), some require at least two files. This requirement is defined on the define action screen.
1. Select the files/directories to pass to Specific Action.
All Items Selected in the current section will be actioned.
The current section is the part (directory tree, file list or text) which has a white background.
To change the section, press tab or click on the section required.
Items Selected depends on Current Section.
. When the current section is directory tree - the directory selected is actioned.
. When the current section is file list - the files and/or directories selected in blue and marked with * will be actioned.. If no files are selected in blue, the files selected in green will be actioned.
. When the current section is the text section - the file currently displayed will be actioned.
2. Select an action from the action menu or press F-Key.
The action selected will be done for all files selected.
3. K-free will pause every n items if option set.
K-free will pause for all actions on the Action menu if Pause when Action is checked.
This feature can be disabled for any action by checking Do Not Pause on the action definition screen.
It cannot be disabled for Select from associations.
If the option is checked on Options: Misc, K-free will pause after processing the number of files entered in options and ask whether to continue with other selected files.
This option is available to make it easy to stop an action which is causing a problem on each file when a large number of files are selected.
If Yes is pressed, a further group of n files are processed and this continue-confirmation screen is displayed again.
If No is pressed, all files are processed without further confirmations being required.
Cancel will stop the current action.
'Default Action or Specific Action' - Program Help end.
Index of Help for all Menu Items
More Software from 1KeyTools.com
More Software from 1KeyTools.com
HTML Tutor By Example
Find Files N Show
| Kyboma HTML Tutorial by Example A unique HTML and script tutor for learning by example. HTML Tutor Summary Features Buy HTML Tutor Now | Kyboma Find Files N Show Kyboma Find n Show will find an article or file and display the info you are searching for quickly and easily. Find Files Summary Features. How to search for articles on your disk Download Find Files Buy Find Files Now |