Task Selection window

Task Selection window

This Task Selection entry box has two main functions:

  1. If a task is entered without any special character (e.g., *, or ?) then a match is attempted on the taskname which was entered.

  2. If special characters are used in the entered string, i.e., * for a wild card to match any character or number of characters, or ? to match any one character, then a global search is activated which searches all known FTOOLS as well as their one-line descriptions for matches to the input pattern. If any matches are found, than all matches are displayed in the "flaunch" window's listbox which display's "TASKS". This allows the user to then examine each tool to find the one that best suits his need. Thus if the user were to input

If the name given matchs a known ftools task, e.g.:


If wildcards are used, e.g.:


If single character wildcards are used, e.g.:

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Brian K. Elza
Last modified: Mon Jul 28 14:49:20 EDT