FroG: Usage

How to run frontends

There are differnent ways to run frontends created with FroG:

  • First register the filetype *.frontend with help of FroG. Then you doubleclick a *.frontend-file in the explorer.
  • Or you can create a link with the help of FroG on the desktop and start the frontend from there with doubleclick. You only need to drag a frontend onto the running FroG window, select Create Shortcut as Action and hit Enter.
  • You can use these links as droptargets and drag a *.wav-file onto the lame.frontend.

Process file with FroG

If the commandline tool processes files you can drag and drop file onto the running frontend. At the lower left side you'll see a lebel telling the number of files to process. Normally you'll see the batchlist, where you can sort the files by dragging and delete single file by hitting the delete key. You can use the Add files...-button as well to add more files. The filelist can be cleared using the Clear files-button.

A context menu makes it possible to switch between three view modes: shortend path, full path and filename only. The are pretty selfexplaining.

The popup menu:

  • Add files ...: Opens a dialogbox where you can choose the files to process..
  • Clear files: Clears the actual filelist.
  • Batchlist > Show (Hide): Shows or hides the batchlist.
  • Batchlist > Auto Show/Hide: Shows the batchlist when files are dragged onto the program or added by the Add files dialog. The batchlist will be hidden when the files are deleted or processed.
  • Reset Form: Resets all settings on the form to it's default values and reloads the frontend. This is usefull if you made settings and don't know which settings the author recommends, or when creating a new frontend.
  • Confirm > Execute: With dangerous tools it makes sense to secure the execution with a confirmation.
  • Confirm > Stop: Asks if you want to terminate a running process.
  • Console > Show Console while Execution: Shows the console during excution of a process. As some commandline tools print usefull information it's wise the view the console.
  • Console > Keep Console visible (Debug): Keeps the console visible after the process has ended. If there are errors and the exitcodes don't mean anything to you, it might be helpful to view the console output. With Stop you can close the process and start a new one. Be aware that this options implies some difficuties when processing multiple files, because you have to close the console window each time with Stop
  • About FroG: shows information about FroG (Versionsnumber, URL)
  • About ...: shows informationen about the loaded frontend (Author, Version, URL, more information).

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