*)Overview
Just Liberty BASIC File Browser, or JLBFB, is a program for
extracting comments from the first of *.bas files.
JLBFB was created by Joseph Essin (JosephE) for the Bas
Finder File Contest at the Just BASIC forums
(http://www.justbasic.conforums.com/).

For more information, see Help > About.

*)Using JLBFB, Part 1
First, JLBFB scans a given folder and all its subfolders for
*.bas files. So, to tell JLBFB what folder to scan, you can
type the path to the folder in the box that says
"Specify a folder." or use the "..." button to the right of
the box to graphically choose a folder.

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*)Using JLBFB, Part 2
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Now that you have chosen a folder, press the "Scan Now..."
button to begin searching the specified folder and all its
subfolders for files. If it finds any *.bas files in the
folder or its subfolders, it will show a list of them in the
middle of the window.

If it doesn't find any files, it will tell you so and
recommend that you specify a different folder and try again.

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*)Using JLBFB, Part 3
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Once you have a list of files, you can click on any entry
and view the comments at the first of the file and see the
long and short file name, last date and time stamp on the
file, and the size of the file.

Also, by double-clicking on an entry, you can open the
selected .bas file. If you haven't already told JLBFB where
Liberty BASIC or Just BASIC is, it will ask you to find them
before it can run the file.

That's all there is to viewing files with JLBFB.

*)Searching, Part 1
To begin a search, click the button labeled
"Search Results..." near the top of the window next to the
button "Scan Now..."

A window will appear that contains, among other things, a
field for you to type in what you want to search for.

There are also several options to choose from in the
"Search Settings:" box. You can choose to search the
comments from a *.bas file or search by the file name.

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*)Searching, Part 2
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If you choose to search by file name, you will have the
option of searching by the full file name, which consists
of the entire path to the file. A short file name looks
like this: File.bas. A long file name would look something
like this: C:\Folder\File.bas

*)Searching, Part 3
In the search window, there is a checkbox labled "Keyword
search." Unless this box is checked, the search engine will
not list a file unless it finds the exact phrase that
you typed in the file (or file name). If you check the box,
the search engine will search for each word you typed in the
"Search For..." box and list the file even if what you
typed is not found as an exact phrase in the file.

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*)Searching, Part 4
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Also, when searching by keywords, you can specify whether
or not it has to find all the words you specified in the file
by checking or unchecking the box labeled "Match all
keywords." If you check this box, a file will not be listed
in the results window unless all the words you specified are
found somewhere in the file. If this box is unchecked, files
will be listed if they contain at least one word specified.

Also, note that when you click on a search result, it shows
the file information in the main JLBFB window.

*)That's all
This covers just about everything there is to using JLBFB,
so have fun and browse your files!

Thank you for using JLBFB.

- Joseph