Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 1993 04/04/94 Group Folder - Dan Kehn Introduction To handle the problem of getting to an object in a folder, many users create a special folder to hold objects that they frequently use. But often this new folder becomes filled with objects, some of which are only used once a month while others are used hourly. Locating a desired object in such a folder can be like trying to find "a needle in a haystack". To solve the retrieval problem, Group Folder allows you to create visible subsections within a given folder. Thus, you have more control over the organization of the contents of folders. The grouping of related objects helps you locate the object you want more quickly. Here's an example Group Folder: +---+--------------------------------+---+---+ | - | Stuff - Group View | V | A | +---+--------------------------------+---+---+ | Folder View Selected Help | +--------------------------------------------+ | Groups Contents of Fun Games | | +-+ +-+ | System |A| +-----+ +-----+ |A| | Printers +-+ | | | | +-+ |\\Fun Games\\| | +-----+ +-----+ | | | | | Tank Moon | | | | | Landing | | | | | | | | | | +-----+ +-----+ | | | | | | | | | | | | +-+ +-----+ +-----+ +-+ | |V| Solitaire Chess |V| +-------------+-+--------------------------+-+ But some things are better seen than described. To see how the Group Folder's Group View can be used to organize a collection of objects in a folder, select "Create standard groups" from the menu bar and an example set of groups based on the objects installed with OS/2 will be created. Installation First copy your GFOLDER.DLL file to a disk. For example, C:\OS2\DLL. Copy the Group Folder help file, GFOLDER.HLP, to your help directory, for example, C:\OS2\HELP. Then start the installation program, GFINST.EXE. It will prompt you for the path where your copied the GFOLDER.DLL. When the installation is complete, a new folder object called "Group Folder" will appear on your desktop.