diskfree.txt

diskfree is tools for calculate free size of disks

Disk Free Monitor, ver 1.0.5

Description:

Disk Free Monitor is a utility which will inform you of the free 
space on your various disks. The program is conveniently placed in 
the traybar (right corner of the Windows taskbar).

If you find the program useful, I suggest placing a shortcut to it 
in the startup folder.

You only need the diskfree.exe file to run it. If you don't want to 
use the source code (src.zip), just throw it out.

If you want to use the source, you'll have to get my TCoolTrayIcon 
component which you can find at major Delphi sites.


Features:

The program will inform you of the free space on your harddisks, when 
you hold the mouse over the program icon. You can also click the icon 
to get a popup menu. This menu can be configured to show information 
on other drives as well as your harddisks.

From the popup menu you can select a drive, and a window will be 
opened, showing the contents of the drive. If you hold down a SHIFT
key, the drive will be explored rather than opened.

You decide whether you want the free space reported in kilo-, mega-, 
or gigabytes, and how many decimals you want.

The program will only use cpu-time when you are moving the mouse over
the tray icon, so don't worry about having it running in the background.


Known bugs:

- As far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong) zip drives are reported as 
  fixed drives, though they really are removable. This is the way 
  Windows reports them. Don't ask me why.


History:

- ver. 1.0.5: Same as 1.0.4, but source code for tray icon component is 
  no longer included. Link in About box changed.

- ver. 1.0.4: Same as 1.0.3, but a newer version of the tray icon is 
  included.

- ver. 1.0.3: Uses a better version of the tray icon, now called 
  TCoolTrayIcon. I decided to include it in the zip file after all.

- ver. 1.0.2: The popup menu now behaves as it is supposed to.
  Also, the TTrayIcon is no longer included in the source code.

- ver. 1.0.1: Hint will now display all fixed drives.

- ver. 1.0.0: first release



Troels Jakobsen
[e-mail]

Comments, suggestions, and the like are very welcome.
If you like and use the program, please drop me a mail.