Cooperation with Total Commander

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

The following tutorial explains how to use the Total Commander application in cooperation with Embird for copying files from a hard disk to a removable USB flash drive. Before you start to use the "Launch Total Commander" button in Embird, you must first download and install the Total Commander application on your PC.

Note: Total Commander is a standalone file manager for Windows similar to Windows Explorer. It is developed by Christian Ghisler, who is not affiliated with Embird. More information, a demo, registration, and support for Total Commander are available at http://www.ghisler.com

1 - Run Embird; it will start in "Manager" mode.

2 - If you are going to launch Total Commander from Embird for the very first time, you must specify the location of this application so that Embird is capable of launching it. Select the "Options -> Plug-ins Paths" menu; this will display a dialog box on the screen in which you can specify the path to the Total Commander application (Picture No. 1). Click the "OK" button to confirm the new settings.

Picture No. 1

3 - Click the "Launch Total Commander" menu to start the Total Commander application (Picture No.2).

Picture No. 2

4 - The Total Commander window will appear on the screen (Picture No. 3). The currently chosen folder in Embird's Right Panel will be automatically opened in the right panel of Total Commander (in this example, it is the "C:\Program Files\EMBIRD32\FILES" folder). Connect the USB flash drive to the PC and choose it in the left panel of Total Commander. In this example, the USB flash drive is recognized as the "E:" disk drive and the "E:\Emb_Files" folder is open in the left panel.

Picture No. 3

5 - In the right panel of Total Commander, right-click the names of the files that you want to select and copy to the left panel (to the USB flash drive). The selected files will be highlighted in red (Picture No. 4).

Picture No. 4

6 - Press the "F5" key on the keyboard, or click the "F5 Copy" button located at the bottom of the Total Commander window. This will display a dialog box in which you must confirm the operation of copying 3 files to the "E:\Emb_Files" folder (Picture No. 5). Click the "OK" button to continue.

Picture No. 5

7 - The copy operation will start, and when it is finished, the files will appear in the left panel of the Total Commander window (Picture No. 6).

Picture No. 6

Note: Registered users of the Iconizer plug-in can also use the Embird Quick Viewer in conjunction with Total Commander - see more details in the Embird Quick Viewer tutorial.

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