TEXT VIEW 1.20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author: Michael Fenemore - Celista Software Text View is a utility for viewing DOS text files (ASCII files) in MS-Windows. Features ~~~~~~~~ * Text View is not an editor, so files can't be accidentally changed * Reports: Total bytes Total lines Total columns Current line number Current column number * Use the toolbar to navigate through files easily * View up to 80 characters per line without horizontal scrolling (The Windows Notepad editor limits the view to 76 characters in 640 x 480 screen resolution). * View up to 30 lines of text without vertical scrolling * Properly display text files that include extended ASCII code graphic characters * Double space file for easier reading * Clean up your own text files by exposing embedded tabs and trailing spaces * Print files with or without page formatting (title, page numbering, top and bottom margins) Hardware and software requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computer: IBM or compatible running Microsoft Windows 3.1 Video: VGA color or better, supports all screen resolutions Other: Mouse required VBRUN200.DLL required (see below) Installing Text View ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------- Pre-installation ---------------- If you have a copy of VBRUN200.DLL in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, then skip this section and continue at the sub-heading "Installation". Text View requires the file named VBRUN200.DLL to be copied into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory BEFORE running the install program. This file may not be present with the copy of Text View you have aquired. If it is, use the DOS COPY command or the Windows File Manager to copy it. Example: copy a:\vbrun200.dll c:\windows\system VBRUN200.DLL may instead be present in compressed form as VBRUN200.EXE. This is a self-extracting file that must be expanded into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. VBRUN200.DLL is created by running VBRUN200.EXE. The expansion operation must be executed from DOS. (See instructions below.) If VBRUN200.DLL is not present in either form, then it will have to be aquired from another source. Check your usual sources for shareware. Creating VBRUN200.DLL from DOS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Set the current default directory to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. The following is most likely what you need to type: c: cd c:\windows\system 2. Specify the location (path) for VBRUN200.EXE followed by the the command to run it. If VBRUN200.EXE is stored on a diskette in drive A:, in a directory called TEXTVIEW, type: a:\textview\vbrun200 These commands assume: 1. That your copy of Windows is on drive C: 2. That you are installing Text View from a diskette in drive A: where VBRUN200.EXE is stored in a directory called TEXTVIEW. ------------ Installation ------------ Text View must be installed from Windows, not DOS. To install Text View using the Windows File Manager, select the directory where the compressed Text View files are stored and double click the file called TVSETUP.EXE. Files before installation: 3D.VB_ DEMO.TX_ ORDERFRM.EX_ README.TXT SETUPKIT.DLL TV.EX_ TVSETUP.EXE VBRUN200.DLL (May not be present) VBRUN200.EXE (May not be present) Files installed to the Text View directory: 3D.VBX DEMO.TXT Sample text file that is long enough and wide enough to demonstrate all of Text View's toolbar features. ORDERFRM.EXE Prints an order form for a registered copy of Text View. README.TXT This file. TV.EXE Text View. Text View creates a file called TEXTVIEW.INI and stores it in the Windows directory. Optional Command Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After installation, you can change Text View's command line to load a particular file on start up if you wish. In the Windows Program Manager: Click (not double click) Text View's icon so its caption is highlighted, then choose the following: File Properties... Command line: At the end of the command line, add a space, then the drive, path and filename. Command line syntax: TV [[drive:][path]filename] Example: c:\textview.120\tv c:\txtfiles\maillist.txt (This example assumes you have a directory named TXTFILES which stores a file named MAILLIST.TXT.) Large Fonts ~~~~~~~~~~~ Text View uses the Windows "Terminal" font so that extended ASCII code graphic characters will be displayed properly. An error can occur if you have used your video card software to display "large fonts". Using large fonts causes other problems for Text View as well. If you are using large fonts, use your video card software to reset Windows to use "normal fonts". Association ~~~~~~~~~~~ You can "associate" filename extensions with Text View. For example, the extension "TXT" is usually associated with the Windows Notepad editor. This means that any time you double-click a filename with a TXT extension in the Windows File Manager, Notepad automatically starts and loads the file you clicked. If you spend more time viewing text files than you do editing them, you may wish to associate the TXT extension with Text View. Run the File Manager for help on associating. Software Developers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a software developer: 1. You MAY distribute an UNREGISTERED copy of Text View with your applications. 2. You MAY call an UNREGISTERED copy of Text View from within your applications. 3. You MAY exclude README.TXT and/or DEMO.TXT to keep your package smaller. You MAY merge parts of README.TXT into your own documentation for the purpose of assisting users with Text View. 4. You MAY NOT distribute a REGISTERED copy of Text View. 5. You MAY NOT change any of Text View's files (other than README.TXT) in any way other than to compress them to save space. You MAY use your own setup procedure to install Text View with your application. 6. You MUST include the file ORDERFRM.EXE. 7. You MUST include the following statement in your documentation: Text View is a separate product from . Registration fees for Text View should be sent directly to Celista Software at the address listed on the Text View order form. The order form may be viewed and printed by running the file called ORDERFRM.EXE.