Copyright: The Black Swan, Copyright® 1997 Swan Software, All Rights Reserved.


Contents

The Black Swan © by Swan Software 1997- 2000, All Rights Reserved.

Black Swan in a glance

Black Swan Overview

World Wide Web Basics

HTML Overview

Web Page Design Overview

Web Page Visual Development Tools

Add-In Manager

Main Window

Web Page Preview

Environment Options

Shortcut Keys

How to order Black Swan

How to register Black Swan

Troubleshooting

Technical Support

License Agreement

Copyright Notice

Contact Swan Software


Black Swan Overview

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The Black Swan HTML editor is quick, small, powerful, inexpensive and easy to use. It is able to design very sophisticated web pages, HTML help files or any documents written in Hyper Text MarkUp Language (HTML). Black Swan provides a set of visual development tools and professionally designed templates allowing you to quickly design web pages.

Black Swan supports HTML 4.0, all Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer tags and attributes. For beginners, Black Swan provides Internet overview and explains a step by step how to design and publish web pages.

Black Swan is a stand-alone program and does not require any other expensive programs like word processors or HTML validators for designing complete web pages, which are ready to go to the Internet. Black Swan is oriented to all users ranging from occasional home or business development to professional web page designers and makes the web page designing process very easy and enjoyable. Black Swan has a simple and user friendly interface.

Black Swan’s visual development tools help quickly design web pages. Beginners will find Web Page Wizard  - several simple questions and your web page is ready to go! If more advanced features are required, use Form Wizard  or List Wizard  to insert forms or lists into the web page. Link Manager  helps to manage and insert links.

The real power of Black Swan comes with Tag Inspector . If you need access to the entire HTML 4.0 tags, Netscape, Microsoft extensions and attributes, run Tag Inspector and get all tags, attributes and a complete HTML reference and examples. Tag Inspector works with updateable HTML database, which can be easily upgraded without buying the next version of Black Swan.

Black Swan provides many ways to design a web page. HTML tags can be inserted into the web page by Black Swan’s visual development tools or if you prefer to program yourself, you can do it using the Tag menu or Tags palette.

Great features for developers:

•	Indent (Tab) and Unindent (Shift+Tab) command support, for easy HTML code formatting. Select block of text and press Tab or Shift+Tab.

•	Bookmarks, for quick code navigation

•	Improved handling of the large HTML documents

•	Incremental search

•	Built-in preview

•	Add-ins support

You can preview a web page with built-in, default or your favorite browser, and web page designing becomes more realistic when you can see the result of your work.

Black Swan is shareware. If you find Black Swan useful, please register your copy just for US$ 30. For more information concerning Black Swan contact Swan Software.

Black Swan is Y2K complaint.


See Also

World Wide Web Basics

HTML Overview


World Wide Web Basics

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The Internet is a global computer network connecting together millions of computers worldwide and the World Wide Web (WWW) is a part of the Internet. If you have access to the Internet, you can access the World Wide Web. The Internet does not care about your hardware and software, because the Internet is platform independent. You get access to the Internet using special software called a browser. There are many different browsers for all platforms, but the most popular at the moment are Internet Explorer designed by Microsoft Corporation and Netscape Navigator from Netscape Communications Corporation.

It is impossible to describe here, how the Internet works, but it is important to understand the basics and terminology.

In general, there are several main parts in this process:

Server	- holds the information
Client	- requesting and viewing information
Protocol	- connecting the server and client
web page	- ASCII text file with htm extension for Windows or html for UNIX

All information: documents, images, sounds and other types of information, can be transferred across the Internet using the HTTP (Hyper Text Protocol). Each part of the information on the Internet has a special Internet address URL (Uniform Resource Locator). URL might be something like this : http://www.fyfel.com

The client using the browser requests some information from the server. The browser using HTTP protocol sends this request to the server. The server processes the request and sends data back to the browser using HTTP protocol and URL.

A web page that you download from the Internet using a browser is a text (ASCII) file, written in HTML language, that includes the text of the document, its structure, and any links to other documents, images, and other media.

You type URL (or address) in a browser where you want to go, for example http://www.oboz.com/hello.htm. The browser sends this request via a modem to your Internet Provider server and waits. The server connects to another server www.oboz.com and if successful, returns the web page hello.htm to the browser, and finally the browser displays you the hello.htm web page. This is how it works, in general.

The Black Swan creates a web page, which you will put on the web server, and your web page will be available for everyone, who has access to the Internet!


See Also

HTML Overview

Hello, World Wide Web!  	 Web page example

Web Page Design Overview


HTML Overview

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HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language and is derived from the SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language), a bigger document processing system. SGML is used to describe the structure of different documents. SGML and HTML are not a page description, they are focused on the contents of the document, not its appearance. The latest standard is HTML 4.0, at the time of writing.

A Web page (or HTML document) written in the HTML language is an ordinary ASCII text file with htm (or html) extensions and contains two parts:

- the text of the web page itself

- HTML tags which determine web page elements, structure, formatting etc.

Most HTML tags look like this:

<theTagName> affected text </theTagName>

Most HTML tags have a beginning and an ending tag, surrounding the affected text. For example:

<TITLE> This is the title </TITLE>

<H1> The first level heading </H1>

Some tags are only on one-side:

<BASE HREF="http://www.oboz.com/menu.htm">

Most tags have attributes - the extra features. In the previous example:

HREF="http://www.oboz.com/menu.htm" - attribute of the  <BASE> tag.

Note :	If attribute contains anything other than numbers, letters, periods or hyphens, it must be contained within quotes. <FRAMESET COLS = “ 50%,* ”>

All HTML tags and attributes are case-insensitive, it means that  <BASE> and  <base> tags are identical.

The popular browsers, Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator support HTML 4.0, but have proprietary tags (or extensions), which are not supported by the official HTML 4.0 standard.

Simple HTML code

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE> Very simple web page </TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<H1 ALIGN = "Center"> The heading of the simple web page <H1>

</BODY>

</HTML>

When the browser is downloading a web page (for example, the above “simple web page”) from the server, he parses the web page before displaying, in order to understand what and how to display. Take something like this:

1.	Ok, the first tag is <HTML> - it means that this document is a web page and everything until the closing </HTML> tag is its contents.
2.	The next tag is <HEAD> - everything until the closing </HEAD> tag is a head of the web page.
3.	The next tag is <TITLE> - the text between the <TITLE> and </TITLE> tags is the title of this web page. Display the text “Very simple web page” in the caption of the browser.
4.	The next tag is <BODY> - everything until the </BODY> tag is the body of the web page.
5.	The next tag is <H1> - Great! This is the heading! The text between <H1> and </H1> tags is the first level heading. Display text “The heading of the simple web page” as the first level heading. The attribute ALIGN = "Center" indicates that this heading must be aligned at the center of the web page.
6.	Done! All information from this web page is presented.
7.	Maybe, at this point the browser thinks: “It was quick!”  ***

*** Confirm with your browser vendor!

As a web page designer, you have to produce an ASCII text file with htm or html extensions written in the HTML language.

Use Tag Inspector to inspect all tags and attributes.

Tip :	- Each web page should be small, so it can be transferred over the net and displayed as fast as possible.
	- When a browser is parsing a web page, any formatting you may have done by hand - extra spaces, tabs, returns and so on - are all ignored. You can format your web page only using HTML tags.


See Also

Tag Inspector

World Wide Web Basics

Hello, World Wide Web ! 	 Web page example

Web Page Design Overview


Web Page Designing Overview
Web Page Design Overview

See Also

Web page designing is very simple with Black Swan. In general, there are three main stages in the web page development:

1.	Design a web page using Black Swan.
2.	Preview the web page on your computer using any external browser.
3.	Publish the web page on the web server in your home directory (ask your Internet provider). You can transfer your web page into your home directory on the web server using any FTP program, which you can find on any shareware site.
Note :	If you are going to publish your web page on the web server which is running the UNIX operating system, remember that UNIX is case-sensitive. It means that names mypage.html and Mypage.html are not the same. Therefore, if your web page has the link: <A HREF="http://www.oboz.com/Mypage.html ">Link</A> but, the real web page’s name is mypage.html A browser will not find the page, because of different names, and gives you an error. If you have any problems similar to this one - double check file’s name and be aware that upper and lowercase are considered different in most Internet software.


See Also

Black Swan Overview

World Wide Web Basics

HTML Overview


Tools
Web Page Visual Development Tools

See Also

The Black Swan provides a set of powerful visual development tools which cover the whole web page design cycle and it gives any user the possibility to design a web page very quickly without HTML programming. Black Swan’s visual development tools allow you to create complete web pages, all web page’s elements (forms, lists, tables etc.) and insert any HTML tag in the web page automatically.

Use the Black Swan’s visual development tools to get bug free HTML tags.

Table Builder	- inserts a table into the web page
Tag Inspector	- powerful tool providing full access to all tags, extensions and their attributes and inserts any HTML tag or attribute into the web page. Complete HTML reference and examples.
Form Wizard	- inserts a form into the web page
List Wizard	- inserts a list into the web page
Web Page Wizard	- creates a complete web page ready to go on the web
Link Manager	- manages all links
Special Characters	- inserts special characters into the web page


See Also

Black Swan Overview

HTML Overview

Hello, World Wide Web ! 	 Web page example


 	Table Builder

See Also

A Table in the web page is a set of the HTML tags. Table Builder generates the table and inserts it in the web page, just in several minutes.

To insert a table into the web page using Table Builder

1.	Place the insertion point where you want to insert a table in the web page.
2.	Run Table Builder - click Table Builder button on the tools bar.
3.	Enter the properties of the table: caption, alignment, width, columns, border size, cell spacing and cell padding.
4.	Click on the “Table” tab and switch to the table.
5.	Type the values of the headings and rows.
6.	Press “Insert” button and Table Builder generates the table and inserts it into the web page.

The number of columns and rows must be more than zero. If you do not insert any data in the table, an empty table will be inserted in the web page and you can add any data directly in the web page.

If “First row of the table is a header” is selected, the first row of the HTML table will be generated with table header tag <TH>.


See Also

Web Page Visual Development Tools


 	Link Manager

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Link Manager is an easy way to maintain all links which you use in your web pages. Link Manager presents links and provides similar functionality with Windows Explorer (new File Manager).

You create a group (folder in the Windows Explorer) and add any number of links in each group. You can save a note for each group and link. Link Manager allows you delete, rename groups and links, copy link in the clipboard or insert it directly in the web page.

If you want to keep Link Manager on the top of the screen, you can do it via right mouse button popup menu.

Tip :	- Copy the link into the clipboard, when you are in the Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, and paste it in the Link Manager.

To insert a new group in the Link Manager

1.	Run Link Manager - click Link Manager button on the main form’s tools bar.
2.	Select File | New | Group menu or press New Group button on the Link Manager.
3.	Type Group Name and note.

To insert a new link in the Link Manager

1.	Run Link Manager - click Link Manager button on the main form’s tools bar.
2.	Select File | New | Link menu or press New Link button on the toolbar.
3.	Select any group in the Link Manager where you want to insert a new link.
4.	Select a Protocol and type Link Path and Note

To copy a link in the web page

1.	Select a link in the Link Manager
2.	Drag and drop it on the web page

To move a link

1.	Select a link you want to move
2.	Drag and drop

URL Examples :

ftp://ftp.zvon.com/home/mypage.htm

gopher://gopher.tresthost.com/

http://www.trah.com/menu.htm

mailto:kisa@popa.com

news:astra.announce

The URL file references a file contained on the local disk, in other words, the file is on the same system as the browser:

file://c:/mydir/web pages/main.htm


 	Tag Inspector

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Tag Inspector is a powerful visual tool, which enables you to insert any HTML tag or attribute into the web page. You can inspect all tags, Microsoft and Netscape extensions, attributes, and generate complete HTML tags and/or attributes and insert it into the web page in a few seconds. Tag Inspector provides complete HTML reference and examples, it makes Tag Inspector a unique tool, allowing you to design complex and advanced web pages.

The HTML language is becoming bigger and changing very quickly. There are already more than 90 tags, some of them have 12 and more attributes, but Tag Inspector takes care about that. All you have to do - run the Tag Inspector.

You can see the “Support” table in the “Description” section of each tag.

------------------------------------------------------

Support:

2.0	3.2	4.0	N	IE

-----------------------------------------------------

The “Support” table indicates, which HTML version and browser supports this tag:

2.0	- HTML 2.0
3.2	- HTML 3.2
4.0	- HTML 4.0
N	- Netscape Navigator
IE	- Internet Explorer

There are three main controls on the Tag Inspector:

Tag Filter combo box	- Selects group of tags, you are interested in, “All Tags” - shows all tags in the Tag combo box.
Tag combo box	- Presents all tags in the group, selected in the Tag Filter combo box.
Tag’s grid	- Presents all attributes and full description for the selected tag and attributes.

To insert a tag and/or tag’s attribute into the Web Page using Tag Inspector

1.	Place the insertion point where you want to insert a tag and/or attributes in the web page.
2.	Run Tag Inspector - click Tag Inspector button on the tools bar, or switch to Tag Inspector
3.	Select a group of tags in the Tag Filter combo box. “All Tags” - shows all tags in the Tag combo box.
4.	Select a tag in the Tag combo box. If the tag has not attributes, the grid will be hidden.
5.	Enter attributes. Tag Inspector presents default options.
6.	Confirm each attribute selection by checking the ”Include” check box.
7.	Click “Tag” button to insert the tag and all included attributes in the web page. Click “Attributes” button to insert only included attributes in the web page.
Tip :	- When you insert HREF, SRC or any color attributes, double click inside the Value column to select an appropriate value.
	- When you insert HREF or SRC attribute, use Link Manager. Copy any URL from Link Manager into the clipboard and paste it in the Value column.


Form Wizard

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Forms and form’s elements in the web pages are sets of the HTML tags. Forms allow you to create interactive presentation and contain different elements such as :

- check box

- drop down list

- hidden box

- password box

- radio button

- reset button

- submit button

- text input box

- text area

Form Wizard quickly an easily creates a form and/or any form's element and insert it in the Web page. Four simple questions and form and/or any form’s elements will be inserted in the web page.

To insert a form into the web page using Form Wizard

1.	Place the insertion point where you want to insert a form and/or form’s element in the web page.
2.	Run Form Wizard - click Form Wizard button on the tools bar.
3.	Press “Next” button and enter all data required.
4.	Press “Finish” button when you answer all questions and form and/or form’s element will be inserted into the web page.

If you insert a form or form and form’s element, ACTION property of the form must be presented. This property is used to specify the URL that will receive the data passed by the form. Type the URL in the ACTION text box or :

Tip :	To insert a URL into the ACTION text box :
	- Double click or press “Insert” button inside ACTION text box to run Link Manager - Drag and drop URL from the Link Manager into the ACTION text box


List Wizard

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A list in the web page is a set of the HTML tags. You can quickly and easily create any list and insert it into the Web page using List Wizard. List Wizard generates for you the following lists:

- directory

- menu

- glossary

- numbered

- unordered (bulleted)

To insert a list into the web page using List Wizard

1.	Place the insertion point where you want to insert a list in the web page.
2.	Run List Wizard - click List Wizard button on the tools bar.
3.	Press “Next” button and enter all data required.
4.	Press “Finish” button when you answer all questions and the list will be inserted into the web page.
Tip :	- Drag and drop items in the “List item” or “Term's Definition” combo boxes.


Web Page Wizard

See Also

The Web Page Wizard is a powerful tool, which allows you to create a complete web page, ready to go on the Internet. Use web pages generated by Web Page Wizard as a framework for more advanced web pages. If more advanced features are required use web page visual development tools to add forms, lists, links, special characters, or any tags and/or attributes.

To create a web page using Web Page Wizard

1.	Run Web Page Wizard - click Web Page Wizard button on the tool bar.
2.	Press “Next” button and enter all data required.
3.	Press “Finish” button when you answer all questions and the web page will be generated and saved under default name in the “Web Pages “subdirectory.
Tip :	To insert a URL or E-mail address :
	- Double click or press “Insert” button inside appropriate box to run Link Manager - Drag and drop URL or E-mail address from the Link Manager into the URL or E-mail text box


 	Special Characters

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Web pages are ASCII text files with htm or html extension and should not contain formatting characters. The only characters you should type in your web pages that are actually printed on your keyboard. If you hold down any key other than Shift, or type an arcane series of keys to produce a singe character, you can not use that character in your web pages.

The problem is that the internal encoding system of your computer does not produce that character and will not translate to other computer. It means that someone else on the web  reading your web page will see funny characters or garbage.

HTML provides a solution for this problem, it defines a special set of codes, called character entities, which you can include in your web page to present the characters you want to use. A browser displays these characters entities as the appropriate special characters for the given platform and font.

To insert a special character into the web page

1.	Place the insertion point where you want to insert a special character in the web page.
2.	Run Special Characters - click Special Characters button on the tools bar, or switch to Special Characters window.
3.	Select and double click a character you want to insert into the web page or drag and drop it on the web page.


Options
Environment Options

See also

The Environment Options window allows you to customize the Black Swan’s behavior and appearance.

General

Show Tag Inspector At Start-up	- Shows Tag Inspector at startup
Show Welcome Screen At Start-up	- Shows Welcome Screen At start-up
Show Tags Menu	- Shows Tags Menu
Sound On Error Action	- Beep when error action occurs
Insert Tag With Prompt	- Inserts double side tags with prompt using Tag Notebook Bar or Tags Menu
Upper Case Tag	- Upper case for all tags
Upper Case Attribute	- Upper case for all tag’s attributes
External Preview Browser	- To insert a browser into the “External Preview Browser” combo box: - Double click inside the “External Preview Browser” combo box or press “Insert” button - Select a browser To delete a browser from the “External Preview Browser” combo box: - Press Delete button inside the Preview Browser combo box.

Save

Always Create Backup Copy	- Creates backup copy of the web page
Automatic Save Every	- Automatically saves web page
Recently Used File List	- Keeps list of the recently used files
Desktop	- Open last session’s working files on startup

Note: If “Always Create Backup Copy” option is selected, web pages have following extension:

Web page extension	Backup copy extension
Htm	bak
Html	baku

Editor

Font	- Attributes of the font used by editor (name, size, color etc.)
Background Color	- Background color of the edit window
Word Wrap	- Toggles on/off word wrap
Show Gutter	- Toggles on/off editor’s gutter
Line Numbers	- Toggles on/off line numbers
Image	- A background bitmap that will appear in the editor area, behind the text

Note: To change font name, size, color and background color - press Change Font button, double click or press “Insert” button inside each box to change the value.

Color

You can assign different text attributes for HTML tags and attributes.

Font	- Attributes of the font of selected HTML element (name, size, color etc.)
Background Color	- Background color of selected HTML element
Transparent Background	- Determines how to display the background of each tag and attribute. If unchecked, the background color of each tag and attribute can be selected.


See Also

Black Swan Overview


How to order Black Swan

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The Black Swan HTML editor is a shareware and costs just $30.US. When you purchase it you get:

•	Full license and unlimited use

•	Free unlimited e-mail technical support

•	Free HTML database upgrade

•	Bonus pack - professionally designed web page templates

We accept the following payment methods for Black Swan :

-Credit Cards – online secure order form. Please, check our web site for details
- American Express International Money Order, payable in US dollars	- via post
- A check drawn from any bank in your country, in your country’s currency for the equivalent price in US dollars	- via post
- Australia Post money order AUD$49.95, within Australia only	- via post
If you would like use check or money order, please print out the order form. All payments should be made out to "Swan Software". Please, send your check or money order with the order form to the address below:
Swan Software PO Box 575 Mosman NSW 2088 Australia

A serial number to register Black Swan will be e-mailed or posted to you shortly.

We provide unlimited licenses, contact Swan Software.


See Also

How to register Black Swan

Black Swan Overview

Technical Support


How to register Black Swan

See Also

Please, order Black Swan and a serial number to register Black Swan will be e-mailed or posted to you shortly.

To register Black Swan :

1.	Open Black Swan Register window, Help | Register Black Swan menu.
2.	Enter valid Black Swan serial number and press Ok button.


See Also

How to order Black Swan


License agreement
The Black Swan HTML Editor End User License Agreement

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Notice: This is the contract you have accepted.

This Swan Software End User License Agreement accompanies a single copy of the Black Swan(TM) software product provided by independent software developers ("Software"), as well as related explanatory written materials ("Documentation").  The term "Software" shall also include any upgrades, modified versions, updates, additions, and copies of the Software licensed to you by Swan Software or third parties. This copy of the Software is licensed to you as the end user.

Swan Software grants to you a nonexclusive license to use the Software and Documentation, provided that you agree to the following:

1. Use of the Software.

You can use unregistered copy of Software for the evaluation period of 30 days. Use of unregistered copy of Software beyond 30 days evaluation period is against the law.

  You may:

- Install the Software from the media or a network server on a single location on a hard disk or other storage device.

- Use the Software to design HTML documents (web pages).

- Make one backup copy of the Software, provided your backup copy is not installed or used on any computer.

- Shareware versions of Software are FREELY distributable.

HOME USE.  The primary user of each computer on which the Software is installed or used may also install the Software on one home or portable computer. However, the Software may not be used on the secondary computer by another person at the same time the Software on the primary computer is being used.

2. Copyright.

The Software is owned by Swan Software and its suppliers, and its structure, organization and code are the valuable trade secrets of  Swan Software and its suppliers.  The Software is also protected by Australian Copyright Law and International Treaty provisions. You must treat the Software just as you would any other copyrighted material, such as a book.  You may not copy the Software or the Documentation, except as set forth in the "Use of the Software" section.  Any copies that you are permitted to make pursuant to this Agreement must contain the same copyright and other proprietary notices that appear on or in the Software.  You agree not to modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software.   Trademarks shall be used in accordance with accepted trademark practice, including identification of trademark owner's name.  Trademarks can only be used to identify printed output produced by the Software.  Such use of any trademark does not give you any rights of ownership in that trademark.  Except as stated above, this Agreement does not grant you any intellectual property rights in the Software.

3. Transfer.

You may not rent, lease, sublicense or lend the Software or Documentation.  You may, however, transfer all your rights to use the Software to another person or legal entity provided that you transfer this Agreement, the Software, including all copies, updates and prior versions, and all Documentation to such person or entity and that you retain no copies, including copies stored on a computer.

4. Limited Warranty.

SWAN SOFTWARE AND ITS SUPPLIERS DO NOT AND CANNOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION.  THE FOREGOING STATES THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES FOR SWAN SOFTWARE'S OR ITS SUPPLIERS' BREACH OF WARRANTY.  EXCEPT FOR THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY, SWAN SOFTWARE AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  IN NO EVENT WILL SWAN SOFTWARE OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS, EVEN IF AN SWAN SOFTWARE REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY.


See Also

Black Swan Overview


Troubleshooting

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Problem: Can not preview a web page. You have an error message something like this:

Netscape is unable to find the file c:\my  directory\hello.html

Check the file name and try again.

Solution : You are trying to preview in the 16-bit browser (Netscape 2.0 or Internet Explorer 2.0) a web page on the local drive which has Windows 95/NT long name. 16-bit browser does not understand Windows 95/NT long names, spaces and symbols in directory’s and file’s names, name of the file 8 characters only, file’s extension 3 characters etc. Rename your web page and directory according to the MS-DOS standard or use 32-bit browser Internet Explorer 3.0 or Netscape Navigator 3.0.

Problem: Can not run Black Swan. You have the error :

An Error occurred while attempting to initialize to Borland Database Engine (Error $210C)

Solution : Black Swan comes with partial Borland Database Engine (BDE) in order to reduce application size and time of downloading. A Partial BDE install imposes the following limitation:

- No two BDE Client applications can run on the same machine at the same time. If a BDE Client application is already running on your system you will receive this error message on startup.

If you have this error quit Paradox for Windows, dBASE for Windows, Delphi, Quattro Pro, ReportSmith and other programs using the Borland Database Engine.


See Also

Black Swan Overview


Technical support

See Also

Unlimited e-mail technical support is available for all registered users.


Copyrights
Copyright Notice

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Black Swan HTML Editor is registered trademark of Swan Software.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 95 and Internet Explorer, are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Netscape Navigator is registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation.

Borland DataBase Engine is registered trademark of Inprise Corporation.


See Also

Black Swan Overview


Main Window

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The main window provides access to all menus, tools and help system. You can get quick pop-up help if you place a mouse cursor over any element on the main screen. Pop-up menu is available if you press right mouse button.

Main Window contains the following elements:

- menu

- standard bar

- common tags bar

- tools bar

- tags palette

Menu

The menu system gives access to all Black Swan’s commands, tools and features. The menu system contains following submenus:

File	File related commands : new, open, save, save as, save all, print setup and list of the recently used files.
Edit	Edit related commands: undo, cut, copy, paste, clear, select all, find, find next, replace. “Replace” dialog box searches down from the current cursor position.
View	View related commands: preview, tool bars, environment options and html file properties window.
Tags	Access to common HTML tags and attributes. Use Tag Inspector to get access to all tags, extensions and attributes.
Tools	Access to all development tolls.
Window	Rearrange windows or activate specified window.
Help	Get help.

Tools Bar

The tools bar at the top of the main window contains a set of speed buttons providing quick access to the common HTML tags and all visual development tools.

Tags Palette

The tag notebook bar at the top of the main window contains a set of speed buttons which allow you to quickly to insert a tag into the web page, just one mouse click.

To display or hide the tools bar or tags palette use View menu.

Bookmarks

Bookmarks allow quickly jump to any place of the any opened HTML document. Bookmarks are very useful when you develop several HTML documents at the same time. You can jump to any place by using shortcuts. All bookmark commands available in the “Bookmarks” window or the “Tools | Bookmarks” menu:

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+B	Show bookmarks list
F7	Add a bookmark
F8	Go to the next bookmark
F9	Delete all bookmarks in the current row
Tip :	- The inserted tag will surround selected text in the web page, when you insert a double-side tag into the web page.
	- Press F5 to alternate HTML document


See Also

Black Swan Overview


Web Page Preview

See Also

It is good idea to preview your web page with a real browser, before publish it on the web, to make sure that it looks ok and all features are implemented successfully.

If you have any browser you can use it, but if you have not - download it:

Internet Explorer:	http://www.microsoft.com

Netscape Navigator:	http://www.netscape.com

Since you have a browser on your local computer you can preview web pages. You do not have to be connected to the Internet if you are not going to open web pages at any other site. Your browser or network connection software may complain about lack of a network connection, but usually it will eventually give up and let you use it anyway.

To preview a web page with default browser:

Select the “View | Preview” menu or press “Preview” button on the tools bar


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Black Swan Overview

Main Window


Hello, World Wide Web
Hello, World Wide Web!

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This example shows how to create a simple web page using Black Swan. You can design any web pages using Black Swan very quickly, just several mouse clicks. We will create a simple web page, which displays the message “Hello, World Wide Web!” in a browser.

The easiest way to create a web page - Web Page Wizard. The Web Page Wizard will ask you several questions.

To create a web page using Web Page Wizard

1.	Click the Web Page Wizard icon on the tools bar of the Black Swan’s main window.
2.	Type the web page title: “First Web Page”.
3.	Type the heading: “Hello, World Wide Web!”
4.	Press “Next” button to go to the last page N=8.
5.	Press the “Finish” button on the page N=8 and complete web page will be generated and saved under default name (or you can type another name) in the “Web Pages” subdirectory.

This is the web page :

<!-- This web page was generated by -->

<!-- BLACK SWAN's Web Page Wizard -->

<!-- 04 May 1999 11:57 -->

<!-- Read the IMPORTANT NOTE in the Description section -->

<!-- of the " !DOCTYPE " tag in the Tag Inspector -->

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 FINAL//EN">

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE> First Web Page </TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<H1> First Web Page </H1>

</BODY>

</HTML>

You can preview this web page with any external browser.

Done! You can put this web page  on the web.

Use the web pages generated by Web Page Wizard as a framework for more advanced web pages. The Black Swan’s visual development tools help to insert forms, tables, lists, links or any HTML tags and attributes into the web page.


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World Wide Web Basics

HTML Overview


Unregistered Copy

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This is a fully functional version of the Black Swan HTML Editor. You can use unregistered copy of Black Swan for the evaluation period of 30 days. If you find Black Swan useful, please order and register Black Swan after a 30 days evaluation period as noted in the license agreement. For more information concerning Black Swan contact Swan Software.


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How to order Black Swan


contact swansoftware
How to contact Swan Software

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Swan Software PO Box 575 Mosman NSW 2088 Australia
www	http://www.zeta.org.au/~swan
e-mail	swan@zeta.org.au
Please send your comments and suggestions to : swan@zeta.org.au

and be sure to include your name or company and e-mail address when contacting us.

Thank you.


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Black Swan Overview


Quick Web Page window
Quick Web Page

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The Quick Web Page window allows you to assign common tags for each new web page. You can disable this window in the View | Options menu. All “Color” boxes display default colors. Double click or press “Insert” button inside Background image box or any color box to select an image or color.

Title	- title of the web page
Background image	- background image of the web page
Background color	- background color of the web page
Text color	- text color of the web page, headings, body text
Link color	- the color of unfollowed links in the web page
Visited link color	- the color of a link you have visited


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Black Swan Overview

Main Window


New Web Page window
New Web Page

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Blank Web Page	- Creates blank web page
Quick Web Page	- Shows Quick Web Page window
Web Page Templates	- Shows Web Page Templates window
Web Page Wizard	- Runs Web Page Wizard


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Black Swan Overview


Templates

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Selection of professionally pre-designed web pages. Choose any template and press Ok button. Select the text you would like to replace, and type your information.


See Also

Black Swan Overview


Order Form
Black Swan HTML Editor Order Form

First Name:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last Name:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Company Name:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Street:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Suburb/City:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Post Code:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-mail:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quantity:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Price:	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Black Swan in a glance

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•	Quick and easy to use

•	New Integrated Development Environment - providing more screen space for developers

•	Fully customizable editor

•	Fully customizable syntax highlighting

•	Multi level undo-redo

•	Indent/Unindent command support - easy formatting. Select block of text and press Tab / Shift + Tab

•	Easy URL links verification, just click on the link in your HTML file and Black Swan starts a browser to verify the link.

•	Bookmarks - quick code navigation

•	Improved handling of the large HTML files

•	Editor’s background image – set your favorite image

•	Incremental search

•	Built-in preview

•	External browser - use any external browser for previewing

•	Add-ins support

•	Handy shortcuts

•	Optional desktop autosave

•	Floating toolbars

•	Updated HTML database - supporting latest tags and attributes

•	Style sheet support

•	Professionally designed templates

And much more…


Add in
Add-In Manager

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Add-In is an external program that extends the capabilities of Black Swan by adding custom commands, for example FTP client or graphical package. To use an add-in, you have to install the add-in program on your computer and then load it into Black Swan HTML Editor using Add-In Manager.

To start Add-In Manager, select Tools | Add-Ins | Manager menu. Use the tool bar or right mouse button popup menu for the command selection:

New	- Creates a new add-in
Edit	- Edits the selected add-in in the list
Delete	- Deletes selected add-in from the list
Check All	- Checks all items in the list
Uncheck all	- Uncheck all items in the list


Shortcut Keys

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File

New	Ctrl+N
Open	Ctrl+O
Save	Ctrl+S
Print	Ctrl+P
Edit

Undo	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Ctrl+R
Cut	Ctrl+X
Copy	Ctrl+C
Paste	Ctrl+V
Select All	Ctrl+A
Indent	Tab
Unindent	Shift+Tab
Search

Find	Ctrl+F
Find Next	F3
Replace	Ctrl+H
Incremental Search	Ctrl+I
Go To Line Number	Ctrl+G
View

Preview	F6
Bookmarks

List	Ctrl+B
Add	F7
Go to Next	F8
Delete	F9
Window

Next	F5
Help

Contents	F1