                                  FCON HELP

                             V-EDIT VERSION 1.40

FCON FORM:                                                                                

+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
|  OPEN  | | SAVE | | APPEND | |  VIEW  | | EDITOR | | CANCEL | |  QUIT  |
+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
                                                                                
SOURCE/TARGET                                        FORMAT/OPTIONS          
+---------------------------------------+                                    
|File Spec Box                          |     ANSI        PCB         VBBS   
+---------------------------------------+                                    
                                           (*) 1 SAVE ( ) 2 SAVE ( ) 3 SAVE                                     
+-------------------+ [Drive1          ]v  
| File1             ^ +-----------------+  (*) 4 APND ( ) 5 APND ( ) 6 APND                                  
|                     | Dir1            ^                                    
|                   # |                    (*) 7 VIEW ( ) 8 VIEW ( ) 9 VIEW
|                   # |                 #                                    
|                   # |                 #  <RENAME> [ ] TXT OFF  <SAVE ASCII> 
|                   # |                 #  <SHELL > <MAKE FONT>  < DEF FMT  >
|                   v |                 v  < KILL > <  MKDIR  >  < TERMINAL >
+-------------------+ +-----------------+  

ASCII VIEWER                            ^  + FILE INFORMATION -+ +----------+
                                           |FILE SIZE          | |   HELP   |
                                        #  |FILE LINES         | +----------+
                                        v  |FILE DATE          |             
< #####################################>   +-------------------+     TIME    


COMMANDS BY OBJECT:

F: = FUNCTION           K: = KEY BOARD COMMANDS         M: = MOUSE COMMANDS
        
          (N) WHERE N IS A HIGHLIGHTED CHARACTER FOR OBJECT SELECTION

SOURCE/TARGE(T)                            
+---------------------------------------+                                    
|File Spec Box                          | 
+---------------------------------------+                                    
      
F:      FULL PATH SPEC & FILE NAME      To open, to save to, to append to, 
                                        To view as ascii text file, to rename,
                                        To Zap!  "New" & "Old" functions                              

K:      ARROW KEYS             Scroll in respective direction                                         
        SHIFT ARROW KEYS       Highlight text in respective direction
        DELETE KEY             Deletes character, or highlighted portion
        ANY ALPHANUMERIC       Deletes highlight  
        CONTROL DELETE         Deletes to end of line 
        INSERT KEY             Inserts characters at cursor
        INSERT OFF             Write-over, cursor will change to block
        BACKSPACE              Conventional function
        HOME, END              Beginning of line, end of line, unhighlights
        TAB, SHIFT TAB         Set focus to next object, previous object
        (T) ALT + T            Sets focus back to file spec box, "quick find"
        A-Z, 0-9, $            Accepts all characters, not case sensitive
        
        "NEW"                  Type upper case "new" in text box then select 
                               editor command.  This will dump all current 
                               opened files and arrays and return you to a 
                               new V-EDIT screen.
        
        "OLD"                  If you opened a file from the command line,
                               the file name parameter is retained in DOS
                               memory. Until you quit or use the "NEW"
                               command, if you type upper case "OLD" and
                               select the editor command you will always
                               reload the original command line file, re-
                               gardless of how many files were opened and
                               edited in between.
        
        CONTROL Z              ZAP! = Reduces the size of a 1 line file by
                               3 bytes, thereby removing the carriage return.
                                
                               ZAP! will not work on files larger than one
                               line, nor on files that have been previously
                               "Zapped" this is a built in safety feature.

                               Your cursor must be inside the file spec box
                               since ZAP! Is a function of the object in
                               focus, not globally of Fcon.exe.

        CONTROL Z              Once a file has been "Zapped" is will show up
         "CONT."               in the file information box as invalid format
                               this is because in order to read the number of
                               lines in a file, the utility counts the number
                               of carriage returns...None to count = invalid.
                                
                               When a file becomes an invalid format, it can
                               no longer be opened, so you might to save your
                               file with a backup copy for reediting purposes.

M:      LEFT CLICK             ON SOURCE/TARGE(T) sets focus to file spec box
        LEFT CLICK             Inside file spec box sets focus to itself
        LEFT DOWN DIRECTION    Highlights text, for editing, see key commands,
                               scrolls in respective direction.


[Drive1          ]v

F:      To select access to new drive spec.

K:      Typing any letter corresponding to a valid drive        Selects that 
                                                                Drive

        Drive selected is then posted in the file spec box

        ARROW KEYS             Scrolls through available drives in respective
                               direction
        HOME, END              Drive 1, last drive
        TAB, SHIFT TAB         Set focus to next object, previous object


M:      LEFT DOWN "v"          Opens drop down box, move up/down to highlight
                               available drive, release...Drive is selected



+-----------------+                                    
| Dir1            ^                                    
|                    
|                 #                                    
|                 #                                    
|                 #  
|                 v                                    
+-----------------+  

F:      To select new directory spec


K:      TYPED CHARACTER        Selects corresponding directory, by index of
                               first character matching description, sub-
                               sequent matches are also found by repeating
                               the process
        ARROW KEYS             Scrolls through available drives in respective
                               direction
        HOME, END              Top of list, bottom of list
        TAB, SHIFT TAB         Set focus to next object, previous object
        ENTER                  Changes default directory "CD\XX"


M:      LEFT CLICK             Selects directory
        LEFT DOWN MOVE         Scrolls up or down list
        DOUBLE LEFT CLICK      Changes default directory, expands current
                               directory, redraws & refreshes directory box


Selected directories are posted with full path spec. In file spec box.


+-------------------+
| File1             ^
|                    
|                   #
|                   #
|                   #
|                   #
|                   v
+-------------------+

F:      To select new file spec


K:      TYPED CHARACTER        Selects corresponding file, by index of
                               first character matching description, sub-
                               sequent matches are also found by repeating
                               the process
        
        ARROW KEYS             Scrolls through available files in respective
                               direction
        HOME, END              Top of list, bottom of list
        TAB, SHIFT TAB         Set focus to next object, previous object
 

M:      LEFT CLICK             Selects file
        LEFT DOWN MOVE         Scrolls up or down list

Selected files are posted with full path spec, in file spec box. Clicking or
selecting files, "without going through each step ie: "Drive->Dir->File" will
also post the correct full path spec.



            FORMAT/OPTIONS          
                                    
    ANSI         PCB         VBBS   
                                    
                                            You may select one option case in                                    
(*) 1 SAVE   ( ) 2 SAVE   ( ) 3 SAVE        each row "1,2,3"; "4,5,6"; "7,8,9"
                                            
                                            You may tab, or shift tab to rows
(*) 4 APND   ( ) 5 APND   ( ) 6 APND        use arrow keys to select, or type
                                            respective access key: "ALT + #"
                                            
(*) 7 VIEW   ( ) 8 VIEW   ( ) 9 VIEW        Left click mouse to select

        ANSI            ANSI.SYS FORMAT         " [ Escape sequences"
        PCB             PC BOARD FORMAT         " @X Codes"
        VBBS            VBBS/WWIV FORMAT        " N HEART CODES"  
                                                Where "N" is a number 1 - 36

        ASCII           COMMON TEXT             None of the above codes
        
        SAVE            Tells program that when the save command is executed
                        to save the V-EDIT drawing in the respective format.

        APND            Append drawing in respective format when the append
                        command is executed

        VIEW            View the ASCII format of the current V-EDIT drawing in
                        the respective format when then view command is exec-
                        uted.
                                                    

+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
|  OPEN  | | SAVE | | APPEND | |  VIEW  | | EDITOR | | CANCEL | |  QUIT  |
+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+

F:      COMMAND BUTTONS        Executable commands as per description

K:      TAB, SHIFT TAB         Set focus to next object, previous object
        ARROW KEYS             Scroll through commands open - cancel in
                               respective direction.
        SPACE BAR              Selects command
        ENTER                  Selects command
        ALT + ACCESS KEY       Selects command

M:      LEFT CLICK             Selects command

        OPEN                   Opens, or loads the drawing or text as per the
                               full path spec. In the file spec box.
                               Drawing is converted from ANSI, VBBS, PCB, or
                               ASCII formats to the system format.

                               Open looks for the occurrence of "[" or "@X" 
                               ""; on the first page of the file in order 
                               to determine which format it should convert
                               from.  If it can not identify the format it
                               opens and converts the file as though it was
                               an ascii file and thus in ASCII format.

                               Invalid format files, those with no carriage
                               return characters can not be opened.

                               Open also destroys any previous drawing you
                               had in the V-EDIT, because it dumps the cur-
                               rent arrays and redims to the new file size.
                                
                               Open also doubles as a file viewer, now the
                               path is reset to previous path upon return-
                               ing to filer.
                                
                               You will be prompted for safety.

Note: You can not open the ANSI.TMP file unless it is only 1 page "24 lines"
      because the system erases this file before writing the second page of
      data to it. The PCB.TMP file can not be opened as well.You will get a
      warning message if you try this.



        SAVE                   Saves the current V-EDIT drawing as per save
                               format to the current file spec. In the file
                               spec box.

                               You will be prompted in case of overwrite.


        APPEND                 Appends the current V-EDIT drawing as per 
                               append format to the current file spec. In 
                               the file spec box.

        
        VIEW                   Views the current V-EDIT drawing as per sel-                    
                               ected format as an ASCII interpretation using
                               extended DOS characters where found.

                               The text is displayed in the ASCII VIEWER.


        EDITOR                 Returns to V-EDIT.

        CANCEL                 Resets drive, dir, file boxes to default specs
                               cancels any operation.
                               Does not release memory, or dump arrays.

        QUIT                   Quits, exits to dos in the last known default
                               directory.  If you used the included file:
                               V.BAT to start V-EDIT, then V.BAT restores  
                               the prompt, deletes "MFMTA.DAT" and then 
                               exits to the system.




ASCII VIEWER                       END  ^ 
                                        #    Cursor must be inside viewer in
                             MID POINTS #    order to use viewer commands.
                                        #    
                                   END  v 
< #####################################>  
END            MID POINTS              END


F:      Displays V-EDIT drawing in respective view format, or opened file
        in ascii text and extended dos characters.

K:      All known text editor commands seem to work, list is endless so not
        verbosed. See below for special commands.

M:      Usual mousable scroll, select, click commands. Can click on scroll
        bars "ends" for slow scroll or "mid points" for fast scroll.

SPECIAL KEY COMMANDS:

     SHIFT ARROWS              Selects text
     CONTROL + C               Copy selected text to clipboard, not cumulative
     CONTROL + P               Paste selected text at cursor position
     CONTROL + L               Print selected text, if none selected then
                               print contents of ascii viewer box.
     CONTROL + V               Puts: " [  @X  " at end of current text,
                               since  and  can not be typed in, but can be
                               copied or pasted.
     CONTROL + W               Widens viewer box from 44 to 80 "full screen  
                               width." Control + w again returns width to  
                               default size and re-enables covered objects.
               
     CONTROL + H               Displays a message, reiterating above commands  


     Note: All files displayed in the ASCII editor/viewer are capped off
           at 24k, so as not to crash the system and still leave adequate
           room for editing. Visual Basic text boxes only hold approximately
           32k of data.

           If "[X] TXT ON" and file is over 30k then the text box will only
           display the first 3 pages, "72 lines" of the file. Why? Because 
           3 pages could easily be 24k, if maxed out.

           A "CHR$(10)" is automatically added to each line of text, so
           that when you save your file, it's not saved a one long screen.
           


 <(R)ENAME>    [ ] T(X)T OFF      < SAVE ASCI(I) >   

 <SHEL(L) >   <(M)AKE FONT >      < DEF (F)ORMAT >

< (K)ILL  >   < MAKE (D)IR >      <  TERMI(N)AL  >

F:      COMMAND/CHECK BOX      Executable commands as per description

K:      TAB, SHIFT TAB         Set focus to next object, previous object
        ARROW KEYS             Scroll through commands open - cancel in
                               respective direction.
        SPACE BAR              Selects command
        ENTER                  Selects command
        ALT + ACCESS KEY       Selects command

M:      LEFT CLICK             Selects command

        
        TXT OFF/ON             Open ASCII selector
         ALT + X               If this check box is on when you open an ascii
                               file, then the contents of the file will be
                               displayed in the viewer, and "TXT OFF/ON" will
                               be reset to "TXT OFF."

                               Must be on prior to opening.

        <SAVE ASCII>           Saves the current contents of the ascii viewer
          ALT + I              to a uniquely named file name in the current
                               selected or default directory.

        <RENAME>               Renames the file selected in the file spec box
         ALT + R
                               Moves the file selected in the file spec box,
                               if the name is a different directory spec than
                               exists currently. Will not move across drives.

                               Will not overwrite existing files.

                               Can rename to a name outside of the limitation
                               of DOS ie: "My file.  1"  If you use embedded
                               spaces file will be locked out from DOS, but
                               "FCON.EXE" will be able to rename it again.
                               This feature was included so that you may use
                               it as a form of encryption.

        <SHELL>                Opens a DOS shell and clears the screen, by
        ALT + L                Calling the file "VSHELL.BAT."

                               Upon typing "EXIT" and pressing enter, you
                               will return to the File Manager.
               
     <MAKE FONT>               Will determine if a valid PCB file exists, if
       ALT + M                 So, will open the file and replace all "@X"
                               Codes with the font color symbol "÷".  If the
                               font file was opened as an ASCII file then the
                               function will use the ANSI.TMP file instead of
                               the PCB.TMP file.  The new file is saved as
                               "FMNFONT.00N" where "n" is a number one more
                               than the previous number of font files in the
                               "\VED" directory.  On completion you will be
                               prompted as to the success of the function.


      < DEF FORMAT >           In the case that you don't want ansi to be the
         ALT + F               default "save, append, view" format. Set what
                               ever options you want, and press this function
                               key. Then when ever you enter FCON these attri-
                               butes will be reset to your new default sel-
                               ections.

      < KILL FILE >            Deletes current file in text file box, this
         ALT + K               function will prompt you first.
      
                               Deletes an empty directory. This command will 
                               prompt you for an input.

      EXAMPLES:
         
         myfile.dat            Converts to full path spec. then deletes file.
      c:\myfile.dat            Deletes file.
      c:\                      Returns "INVALID SPEC."
      c:\myfiles\*.*           Deletes all files in directory. 
      c:\myfiles\              Deletes all files in directory. 
      c:\myfiles\*.dat         Deletes all files in directory, matching spec.
      c:\myfiles\?.dat         Deletes all files in directory, matching spec. 
      c:\myfiles               Deletes directory, & all subs, & all files. 
                               Removes directory if empty.

      If the filename or directory is not found it will return "INVALID SPEC."


      < MKDIR >                Creates directory, enter full path into prompt
       ALT + D                 box, press OK or CANCEL.
      
      < TERMINAL >             Built in Terminal feature, calls out, connects,                          
        ALT + N                ANSI, includes terminal window, uploads or
                               downloads files to or from FCON. Full aux. prompts
                               help messages. Uses X-MODEM CRC.
                               
                               REGISTERED VERSION ONLY                                


+ FILE INFORMATION -+ 
|FILE SIZE          | 
|FILE LINES         |   Reflects attributes of current file spec in the file
|FILE DATE          |   spec box.          
+-------------------+     

K:, M:  NONE

        FILE SIZE               Size in bytes
        FILE LINES              # of carriage returns in file
                                if none then file is invalid format
        FILE DATE               DOS date of file spec



+----------+
|   HELP   |    YOU'RE IN HELP, DUDE!
+----------+

K:      TAB, SHIFT TAB          Set focus to next object, previous object
        ARROW KEYS              Scroll through commands open - cancel in
                                respective direction.
        SPACE BAR               Selects command
        ENTER                   Selects command
        ALT + ACCESS KEY        Selects command

M:      LEFT CLICK              Selects command


HELP COMMANDS:          Normal text editor keys do normal text editor stuff.

        ESCAPE KEY              Exits help, re-enables screen objects
        SHIFT ARROWS            Select text
        CONTROL + L             Print selected text, if none selected print
                                entire help file.
        CONTROL + S             Switch "VHELP1.HLP" with "VHELP2.HLP"
                                "VHELP1.HLP" displays by default, file was
                                split to avoid memory lockups.

                         END OF "VHELP1.HLP"
