
                  Volkov Commander Inactive Panel Preprocessor

  This program preprocesses commands run from the menu and extension files  of
The Volkov Commander, Version 4.0 by converting '%' symbols  to  data  of  the
inactive panel the same way as the Commander itself converts  '!'  symbols  to
data of the active panel.



  USAGE:

  The parameter syntax is the following:

  VCIPPP <command>

  <command>:
  The DOS command or the path and name of the program to  be  executed,  along
with all command line parameters. You can use the following symbols:

  %.%   Insert the name of the file under the cursor, with the extension.
  %     Insert the name of the file under the cursor, without the extension.
  %:    Insert the drive letter of the inactive panel.
  %\    Insert the path of the inactive panel, with a trailing  backslash  and
        without the drive letter.
  %%    Insert the character '%'.
  %@    Insert the name of the list file  containing  the  names  of  selected
        files in the inactive panel, with their path prepended. The list  file
        is called 'VC2.LST' and is created in the directory specified  by  the
        environment variable 'TEMP'. In case it is not defined, the list  file
        is created in the current directory.

  Please, note that you won't be able  to  decompress  archives  using  '%:%\'
under Windows'95 because its command interpreter,  for  some  unknown  reason,
replaces '%:%' with the current value of the non-existent environment variable
':', therefore the archiver will extract the files into the root directory  of
the current drive. If you want to use this program under Windows'95  then  you
may change 'MainSymbol' to '$' in the source and  recompile  the  program  but
then your menu and extension files will not be compatible with later  releases
of The Volkov Commander.



  COPYRIGHT AND LEGAL ISSUES:

  The source of this program is public domain and provided here "as  is"  -  I
don't feel like commenting it but if you have problems then feel free  to  ask
me. If you derive your own program from the source or put a part of the source
into your own program, please, give me a credit and send a copy to me.



  THE AUTHOR:

  If you're interested in some similarly useful utilities you can  contact  me
at "sta@c64.org" or visit my homepage at "http://sta.c64.org".



  20th October, 1999                            Joe Forster/STA
