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Welcome to VIEW_MAN, a utility program to
display, edit, and/or print files in both Hex or ASCII!
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U S E R M A N U A L
Version 1.0
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Copyright 1993-1994 by MicroMetric.
All rights reserved.
Document last edited: January 1, 1994
VIEW_MAN is distributed as SHAREWARE and, as such, may be copied and shared on a
private non-commercial basis with others in its unmodified form. Liability is
limited to replacing the software for registered users. There is no liability
for any damage or loss caused by this software, directly or indirectly.
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If you have problems with this program, or want to send comments, manual correc-
tions, or enhancement suggestions, you may call or mail them to:
MicroMetric
98 Dade Avenue
Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA
Technical Support (813) 377-2515
FAX . . . . . . . (813) 377-2091
Support BBS . . . (813) 371-2490
The MicroMetric Software Support BBS provides availability and technical support
for the MicroMetric ■■■■_MAN series of shareware programs. First time callers
have access to the board and can leave messages or download replies/current
shareware releases. Registered users may also download the latest Beta test
software releases, when available.
Additionally, you can send routed E-Mail via the RIME(tm) network to David
Groome at the ->ACTION node in the ASP, Laser, Batch, Common, or Shareware con-
ferences. I also check CompuServe (71631,744), but only on an infrequent basis.
PKZIP, PKUNZIP and PKSFX are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
MS-DOS is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
IBM PC, XT, AT and PC-DOS are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Major Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Manual Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
■■■■_MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation on Non-Path Referenced Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
From a Diskette Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
From a BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Registered Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Program Operation with Microsoft Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RUNNING VIEW_MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Command Line/Environment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Summary of All Available Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Case Sensitive Search Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Control Codes Printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Drive-Directory Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
File Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hex/ASCII Edit Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Output To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Replace Character String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Search Character String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Help Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SETUP FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Data Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Select File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Menu Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Edit Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
VIEW FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
F3 - Go To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
F4 - Set Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
F5 - Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
F6 - Search and Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
F10 - Exit Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
EDIT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Backup Before Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Edit File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Edit Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Insert Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Delete Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
F2 - Hex/ASCII Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
F3 - Go To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
F4 - Set Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
F5 - Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
F6 - Search and Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
F7 - Search and Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
F10 - Edit Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Edit Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Edit Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Edit Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Globally Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PRINT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Print Full File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Print Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Output To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Print Control Chars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
EXIT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Return to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Erase Backup File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
DEFINE MACRO AND ITS USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
VIEW_MAN FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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INTRODUCTION
VIEW_MAN will perform the functions of viewing, editing and/or printing a se-
lected file in both Hex and ASCII. File selection is by menu choice rather that
typing the path. Viewing and editing task features include file positioning,
search for string, search and count, and search and replace. Program options may
be specified by command line/menu selection and saved as defaults; a macro may
be defined and run for repetitive tasks. Printing may be directed to any serial
or parallel port or a disk file.
Major Features
* Select a file and then view, edit, and or print it in both Hex and ASCII.
* No need to type the names and paths of files - select them from menus.
* View the selected file in Hex and ASCII simultaneously, with options to: view
any specific location, search for and display a Hex/ASCII string, and search
for and count the number of occurrences of a specific string.
* Edit the selected file in either Hex or ASCII, with options to: view and the
edit any specific location, search for and display a Hex/ASCII string,
search for and count the number of occurrences of a specific string, and
search for a specific string and replace all of its occurrences with another.
* Globally modify the file by making it all upper or lower case, or changing
all words to proper - first letter capitalized.
* Edit the files size, date, and/or time.
* Print the selected file, or a portion of the file, in Hex and ASCII simul-
taneously, with options to: print only a specific block of the file, direct
the output to any serial or parallel port or to a disk file, and optionally
print the ASCII control characters.
* Printed output includes a header of file and print information.
* Printed output to a disk file may be printed by the utility LASR_MAN, at up
to sixteen text pages per sheet, to conserve paper.
* Searches may be case sensitive or insensitive.
* Optionally, backup the selected file before editing: optionally, erase the
backup file before exiting the program.
* No limit on the selected file size for viewing or editing.
* A macro may be defined through a "learning" process and then repeatedly run.
* User interface is with pop-up window menus whose colors are user-selectable.
* Menus follow the IBM SAA/CUA (System Application Architecture-Common Usage
Access) guidelines.
* Automatic color display on systems so equipped - user may set menu colors.
* Specify most options in the Environment and/or on the program's command line
and then be able to over-ride them with the program's menus.
* Save the current option settings as the defaults. (Usable by registered users
only)
* Context sensitive help available for all actions.
* Indexed manual.
* Registered users may suppress the shareware reminder message displays and
receive a printed/bound manual along with a brand program that will register
the program.
System Requirements
IBM PC, XT, AT or true compatibles operating with PC/MS-DOS, version 3.0 through
6.0, any monitor, and a printer for the print function. The program will deter-
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mine what type of display monitor is available and adjust itself accordingly.
Manual Format
This manual is divided into several introductory chapters followed by chapters
for operating VIEW_MAN. The format of these chapters and the information pre-
sented therein has been standardized using the following conventions.
Page layout - Each page has a header detailing the chapter and the program ver-
sion covered. A footer displays the manual page number.
Brackets and parentheses - Brackets, [...], are used in the manual and in the
help screens to specify what should be entered in response to the current
prompt. If a character string is to be entered, the type of character is noted,
such as ALPHA, NUMERIC, ANY, etc. Parentheses, (..), are used for comments.
Computer key conventions - Keys specified in the manual text that are not in
entry brackets are shown as reversed, such as ESCAPE . All key references are
in capital letters for clarity.
Action steps - Some procedures may require selection from a menu of options,
inputting data or following a sequence of steps. Most manual sections will first
give an overview of the function or task under discussion and then detail the
various action operating procedures. In order to make this manual easier to use
a symbol, -> , marks the beginning of each of these action operating procedures.
■■■■_MAN programs - The general group of shareware programs by MicroMetric is
referred to by the name ■■■■_MAN. It may also be used in reference to a specific
program in that group.
Shareware distributed documentation manual - The documentation file included on
the shareware distribution diskette contains the same information as the printed
and bound manual, supplied as part of registration, with two exceptions, the
result of the word processor, formatting, and printer used. The first is that
all of the control display characters (ASCII 1-31) and the reverse print key-
board codes are NOT shown properly. Finally, bolding, underlining, and special
symbols are NOT present.
Shareware
VIEW_MAN is being distributed as SHAREWARE. The SHAREWARE concept allows users
to examine a program on a trial basis, at no (or minimal) charge, before pur-
chasing it. In addition, by decreasing marketing costs, professional quality
software may be distributed for a fraction of the cost of a comparable commer-
cial product. Regardless of whether you register the program, please help dis-
tribute VIEW_MAN by sharing unmodified copies of it and its files with others.
You are hereby granted the right to use the VIEW_MAN program for a thirty (30)
day evaluation period. If you find VIEW_MAN of value, and continue to use it
after this evaluation period, YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR PROGRAM USE. This will
provide you with:
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VIEW_MAN Version 1.0 INTRODUCTION
* A 7" x 8 1/2" printed and bound manual.
* VIEW_MAN phone or mail support for one year.
* Notification of the next VIEW_MAN release.
* Ability to suppress the shareware registration reminder message displayed
at the end of the program.
* Ability to use a configuration file to specify the display colors and
position of data areas along with other program setup parameters.
* An installation/update/registration branding program.
* Sincere thanks for your support of the SHAREWARE concept.
A Single System Program Registration entitles the user to unlimited use of the
VIEW_MAN program on a single computer.
A Site License Program Registration entitles the user to unlimited use of the
VIEW_MAN program on all computers, including networks, at a single corporate
location.
Program Registration, Single System . . . . . $25.
Includes latest version diskette and manual
Program Registration, Site License . . . . $125.
Includes latest version diskette and manual
Latest Version Diskette only . . . . . . . . $10.
Shipping - USA/Canada/Mexico . . . . . . . . $5.
Shipping - Air (for outside of USA/Canada/Mexico only)$10.
COD orders, add $5.
Florida residents, add 7% sales tax.
You should specify diskette size and density desired. If none is specified, 3½"
DSHD will normally be supplied.
ADDRESS: MicroMetric
98 Dade Avenue
Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA
PHONE: Technical Support (813) 377-2515
FAX . . . . . . . (813) 377-2091
Support BBS . . . (813) 371-2490
Order Line . . . (800) 929-0184
For ease in program registration, a registration order form may be printed at
the program exit or there is a quick registration form that is available with
the program F1 help key.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Profession-
als (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal works for you. If
you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by
contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427, send a CompuServe message via easyplex
to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536, or by FAX to the ASP FAX number: (616) 788-2765. In
communications with the Ombudsman please include a telephone number and/or FAX
if available.
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INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
Installation on Non-Path Referenced Directories
If the VIEW_MAN files are not located on PATH referenced directories, then, when
executing VIEW_MAN, either:
1. The drive-directory on which they are located must be made the current
one, or
2. The drive-directory on which they are located must be specified on the
command line.
See the chapter "Running VIEW_MAN" for more complete details on operation if the
files are not located on path directories.
From a Diskette Vendor
If the VIEW_MAN program has been obtained from a diskette vendor, you should
follow any of their instruction on unpacking/installing the programs (if indeed
they have separate instructions.) The program, and its files, can be supplied as
a self extracting file whose name is "VMANvvv.EXE" (vvv is the version, such as
"VMAN100").
This file should first be copied to a directory on your hard disk. This direc-
tory may be a new one, such as one named "VMAN", and created specifically for
VIEW_MAN, or a current one, such as "UTILITY", that has other programs/files.
For information on creating a separate directory, see your DOS manual.
Once the file is copied to the desired hard disk directory, at the DOS prompt
change to this drive directory, and then type the EXE file name (such as
"VMAN100") and press ENTER . This will unpack all of the VIEW_MAN files.
From a BBS
If the VIEW_MAN file was downloaded from a Bulletin Board, it should first be
copied to a directory as defined above, and then unpacked, using whatever pro-
gram is specified by the Bulletin Board. It is normally distributed with a name
of "VMANvvv.ZIP" (vvv is the version) or "VMANvv.ZIP" and requires the program
PKUNZIP, version 2, to unpack the files.
Registered Version
Registered users should use the program "INSTALL", that is supplied upon regis-
tration. This program will create a registration file which will, in turn, sup-
press the shareware registration reminders. If the system is already installed,
and only "BRANDING" the system with the registration information is desired, you
can run the program "VIEW_MAN", and when exiting, select the "BRAND" option by
pressing F4 .
-> To install VIEW_MAN on your hard disk, or to upgrade to a new release, follow
the steps detailed below:
1. Place the VIEW_MAN distribution diskette in your floppy diskette drive.
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2. At the DOS prompt, change to the drive in which the distribution diskette is
located. For example, if the diskette was placed in drive A, type A : and
press ENTER .
3. Type I N S T A L L and press ENTER . The installation program
will then be loaded, and its display should be as shown below.
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│░ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀░│
╘╡ INST_MAN Version 4.20 Copyright 1990-94 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1>Help│ESC>Exit│<┘/[char]>Select│ HomeEnd│
NOTE Context sensitive help is available from this point on in the in-
stallation program on, by pressing the F1 key. For more informa-
tion on the help available, see the "Help Key" section in the "Run-
ning VIEW_MAN" chapter.
4. If a color video card is detected, the following prompt will be displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ Color Monitor Card Detected ╞═╗ │
│ ║ Use the color display ║█ │
│ ║ Force a monochrome display ║█ │
│ ╚═════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> If your system has a color monitor, press U .
-> If your system has a monochrome or LCD display, press F .
5. A selection list of all path referenced directories is next displayed.
NOTE Although VIEW_MAN will run from a non-path directory, placing its
files on any path-referenced directory(s) allows the directory from
which files are to be printed to be set as the current directory,
before executing the program.
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VIEW_MAN Version 1.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Select the INSTALLATION DIRECTORY ├─┐ │
│ │ C:\BAT │█ │
│ │ C:\DOS-500 │█ │
│ │ C:\UTILITY │█ │
│ │ C:\ZIP │█ │
│ │ C:\ │█ │
│ │ User Defined Drive-Directory Path │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel the installation program at this point, press ESCAPE .
-> To select one of the path referenced directories on which to install
VIEW_MAN, move the highlight bar to it and press ENTER .
-> To specify a non-path referenced directory on which to install VIEW_MAN,
press U and then press ENTER . A data entry window for the installation
path will then be displayed, as shown below (with an example path already
entered). Enter the desired drive and directory path on which to install
VIEW_MAN, using the control keys described on the bottom help line.
NOTE INSTALL can only create directories one level deeper than that
which currently exists. If the directory C:\ABC exists, the di-
rectory C:\ABC\XYZ may be created; if C:\ABC does not already
exist, an error will occur.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Enter Path ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\VIEW │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel defining the path, press ESCAPE . The program will return to
directory selection.
-> To accept the path as entered and edited, press ENTER . If the speci-
fied directory does not currently exist, the following message will be
displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ The drive-directory path as entered DOES NOT currently exist. │█ │
│ │ This directory WILL NOW BE created. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel creation of this directory, press ESCAPE .
-> To create it, press ENTER . If the specified drive is invalid or
the requested installation directory's parent does not exist, an
error message will be displayed.
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INSTALLING THE SYSTEM VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ The drive-directory path as entered CANNOT BE CREATED. │█ │
│ │ Please edit and CORRECT this path. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Press any key, and then re-edit the installation path.
6. A TYPE OF INSTALLATION selection menu will next be displayed. INSTALL will
process either ■■■■_MAN SYSTEMS or their SUPPLEMENTAL FILES.
SYSTEMS consist of the files necessary for basic program operation.
SUPPLEMENTAL FILES contain additional information needed to accomplish added
support or increased functionality.
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ TYPE OF INSTALLATION ╞═╗ │
│ ║ Systems - Programs ║█ │
│ ║ supplemental Files ║█ │
│ ║ eXit Installation ║█ │
│ ╚══════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────┘
-> To install one or more SYSTEMS at this time, press S . A menu of avail-
able SYSTEMS will then be displayed. For further installation instruc-
tions, go to Step 7.
NOTE THIS APPLICATION CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY SUPPLEMENTAL FILES.
-> To exit the INSTALL program at this time, press X .
7. If more than one system is available for installation, a SYSTEM TO INSTALL
selection menu will be displayed, as shown below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ TAG ╞╡ Select the SYSTEM(S) TO INSTALL ╞═════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ DMAN100 SINGLE SCREEN data/graphical summary all disk drives ║█ │
│ ║ EMAN100 Environment data summary, environ. space remaining ║█ │
│ ║ FMAN100 Menu driven DOS file manager, directory tree ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN100 Print text files on a laser printer, 36 print styles ║█ │
│ ║ MMAN100 Display custom user selection menus from batch files ║█ │
│ ║ PMAN100 Determines if a file is on a PATH directory ║█ │
│ ║ VMAN100 Display and edit files in both ASCII and Hex ║█ │
│ ║ ------ eXIT SELECTION AND INSTALL ALL TAGGED (√) ------ ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To terminate the installation program at this point, press ESCAPE .
-> To toggle the INSTALL TAG for a given SYSTEM, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to in with the arrow keys and press ENTER . A
[√] character to the left of the SYSTEM name denotes that this SYSTEM will
be installed.
-> To conclude the SYSTEM selection process, press X . The INSTALLATION
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FUNCTION menu for each selected system will then be displayed.
8. A list of all of the selected SYSTEMS files is next displayed, along with an
INSTALLATION FUNCTION menu. The normal sequence of operations is to first
"Install" the SYSTEM program and files, and then "Brand" the SYSTEM with your
name and serial number.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Select the INSTALLATION FUNCTION ╞═══════════════════╕ │
│ │ Install system Brand system eXit │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒═╡ File Name Status Hard Disk Path/File Description XXXX110 FILES ╞═╕ │
││ System═>XXXX_MAN This system does .................. │█│
││ XXXX_MAN.EXE PROCESS Main program for this application │█│
││ YYYY.YYY PROCESS Other files... │█│
│╘═╡ INSTALLATION PATH═>C:\VIEW ╞════════════════════════════════════════════╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To install the SYSTEM on the hard disk, insure that the highlight bar is
on the "INSTALL SYSTEM" FUNCTION and press ENTER . Each of the file(s)
will be copied to the selected installation drive-directory.
NOTE A happy face symbol after any of the SYSTEM's file names denotes
that this file is already on the hard disk. During installation
it will be replaced, on the directory where it currently resides,
not the INSTALLATION DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH.
If any of the files to be installed is already present, a ACTION menu will
be displayed during its installation.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Highlighted file(s) already present. ACTION? ├─┐ │
│ │ Erase current file(s) and update │█ │
│ │ erase and update this and All later file(s) │█ │
│ │ Leave current file(s) 'as is' │█ │
│ │ leave current and Skip the remaining file(s) │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To process the current file, select the proper ACTION to take by press-
ing its highlighted letter or moving the highlight bar to it and press-
ing ENTER .
When all files have been copied to the hard disk, a copy complete message
is displayed.
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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ FILE COPY COMPLETED. │█ │
│ │ All of the required VIEW_MAN files are on the hard disk. │█ │
│ │ ═══> VIEW_MAN IS READY TO RUN. <═══ │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel the installation at this point, press ESCAPE .
-> To continue with the installation, press any other key. The highlight
bar will then be on the "BRAND SYSTEM" FUNCTION.
9. To brand the system with your name and serial number, move the highlight bar
to the "BRAND SYSTEM" FUNCTION and press ENTER . A REGISTRATION INFORMATION
data entry window will be displayed, as shown below, with sample data already
entered.
NOTE This step is REQUIRED for VIEW_MAN to be registered. Also, if you
move the VIEW_MAN files to another drive-directory you will need to
"BRAND" the system again.
Enter your company and/or your name, and then the system registration
number. Your registration number is located on the back of the front cover
of this manual.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ REGISTRATION INFORMATION ├────────┐ │
│ │ Name ABC COMPANY, George Jones │█ │
│ │ Registration number 12345678 │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To accept either the name or registration number after entry and edit-
ing, press ENTER . A message will be displayed after the registration
number is entered. It's contents are dependent on whether the registra-
tion number is valid. Both messages are shown below.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ VIEW_MAN serial number entered is VALID. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ VIEW_MAN serial number entered is INVALID! │█ │
│ │ Please try again. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To continue with the installation program, press any key. If the
registration number was valid, the "EXIT" option is highlighted. If
it was invalid, select the "BRAND SYSTEM" option again.
10. To exit from this SYSTEMS installation function, move the highlight bar to
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VIEW_MAN Version 1.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
the "EXIT" FUNCTION and press ENTER . If the SYSTEM has been properly
branded, it is ready for use, and the program will either install the next
selected SYSTEM, Step 8, or return to the TYPE OF INSTALLATION MENU, Step
6. If the system has not been branded, an error message is displayed, as
shown below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ This system has not been 'BRANDED'. │█ │
│ │ In order to be registered, it must first be 'BRANDED'! │█ │
│ │ To exit without BRANDING, press ESCAPE. │█ │
│ │ To continue with the INSTALL program, press any other key. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Program Operation with Microsoft Windows
VIEW_MAN may be run as a DOS application under Windows. To aid in its operation,
an icon file, "VIEW_MAN.ICO", and a program information file, "VIEW_MAN.PIF",
have been included. These should be installed into a Windows program group. See
your Microsoft Windows manual for specific installation details.
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RUNNING VIEW_MAN
The easiest and quickest way to run VIEW_MAN is to change the current drive and
directory to that on which you installed it, and just type the program's name,
"VIEW_MAN". None of the options detailed below are normally required to run the
program - they (sometimes) just make it easier!
The complete syntax for running VIEW_MAN is:
[d:][directory_path]VIEW_MAN [option_a][option_b][...]
where: d: is the drive on which VIEW_MAN.EXE is located.
directory_path is the path to the subdirectory on which the program
is located.
option_x are various program options whose functions and format are
described below.
NOTE Drive and directory path are not required if "VIEW_MAN.EXE", and its
associated files are located on PATH referenced directories.
Normally, command line options ARE NOT necessary to run VIEW_MAN.
-> To run VIEW_MAN properly one of the following three conditions must be
met:
1. VIEW_MAN is located on a path referenced directory.
2. VIEW_MAN is located on the current drive and directory. This is the
normal and most common use of VIEW_MAN.
3. The drive and directory on which VIEW_MAN is located are specified on
the command line before the program name.
The command line options can provide information to VIEW_MAN that will override
the default options in effect at the beginning of the program. They are not
normally required.
If options are used on the command line, they may optionally be separated from
the program name and each other by spaces.
These options may also be specified by use of an environment variable, "VMAN".
For example, to set for a monochrome monitor and Hex editing, the following DOS
command can be used:
set VMAN=/MM/HY
Additionally, all of these options, except for GRAPHICS, may be changed within
the program. The order in which the VIEW_MAN options are set is:
1. Program stored default settings.
2. Environment variable "VMAN".
3. Command line options.
4. Program menus.
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Command Line/Environment Options
The format of the VIEW_MAN program options is:
/{X}{option_value}
where: X is the option code which may be either lower or upper case.
option_value is the data required for setting this specific option.
A value of '*' will select the default for that option.
NOTE The options may appear in any order in the environment variable or
on the command line. Each option must be preceded by a '/'. Spaces
may be used after any option string for clarity but they are not re-
quired.
An example of two options used to set VIEW_MAN to process it's READ ME file:
/Freadme.vm
Summary of All Available Options
The individual VIEW_MAN command line/environment options are listed below, and
then detailed in the following sections in alphabetical order.
Case Sensitive Search ModeCase sensitivity for searching
Control Codes PrintedPrint mode for control characters
Drive-Directory PathThe drive-directory from which files will be select-
ed/printed
File Name . . . . The name of the file to be processed
Graphics . . . . How fast the logo animation will be displayed
Hex Edit Mode . . Hex/ASCII edit mode
Monitor . . . . . Can force a monochrome display
Output To . . . . Port or file to which printed output is to be directed
Replace String . Replace character string
Search String . . Search character string
Case Sensitive Search Mode
V [case_sensitiVe] The CASE SENSITIVE OPTION specifies how character string
searches will be made. The default is that searches will NOT be case
sensitive.
Y es Searches will be case sensitive.
N o (Default) Searches will not be case sensitive.
An example of specifying a case sensitive search is:
/VY
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Control Codes Printed
C [Control_codes] Specify how the CONTROL CODE characters (ASCII 0-31) will be
printed. Some printers have the ability to print the ASCII control
characters 0-31 using special control strings before or before/after
the control character. The default is to replace control code charac-
ters with the '¿'.
Y es Print the ASCII control characters 0-31 using the control
string /CS... before the character and /CE... after the char-
acter.
N o Print '¿' in place of all ASCII control characters.
S .... Transparent print data control character string (0 to 10 char-
acters) to use before the control character. The default, for
HP laser printers/compatibles, is "<ESC>&p1X". Consult your
printer manual to see if this feature is supported and for the
proper control string(s).
E ... Transparent print data control character string (0 to 10 char-
acters) to use after the control character. The default, for
HP laser printers/compatibles, is nothing.
An example of specifying the printing of control codes is:
/CY
Drive-Directory Path
D [Drive-directory] The DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH OPTION may be used to specify the
drive and directory from which files are to be selected and printed.
-> The syntax to specify a drive and directory for the files to be
printed other than the current one is:
[{drive:}{directory_path}]
-> To specify use of the drive and directory that were the current ones
when the program was loaded, use:
[*]
This will also over-ride any drive-directory specified in the con-
figuration file. For instance, if the configuration file contains a
drive-directory option, but the command line option "/D*" is used,
the drive-directory in effect when the program is loaded will be
used.
An example drive-directory specification is:
/DE:\COMPILER\SOURCE
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RUNNING VIEW_MAN VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
File Name
F [File_name] The FILE NAME OPTION may be used to select a single file for
viewing/editing/printing. There is no default value.
-> The syntax to specify a single file to be printed is:
[filename.extension]
An example file name specification is:
/FVIEW_MAN.DOC
Graphics
G [graphics] The GRAPHICS OPTION specifies how fast the logo graphics anima-
tion will be displayed during the wait for Function/Option selection.
The default graphics option is 25.
nnn Display the animation logo graphics at this relative speed where
nnn is a one to three digit number (1 is faster, 999 is slower).
NOTE Registered users have two additional GRAPHICS OPTIONS avail-
able -
0 Display the logo graphics but suppress the animation.
-1 Suppress the logo graphics display and animation.
An example graphics option to speed up the animation is:
/G15
Hex/ASCII Edit Mode
H [Hex/ASCII] The HEX/ASCII EDIT MODE OPTION specifies how editing/search-re-
place data entry will be done. The default mode is ASCII.
Y es Edit in Hex.
N o (Default) Edit in ASCII.
An example of specifying Hex editing is:
/HY
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Monitor
M [monitor] The MONITOR OPTION can force the display to be set for a monochrome
monitor. This is of primary use where a monochrome monitor is used with
a color card or where both color and monochrome monitors are used with
a system.
V GA
E GA (Default) Do not force a monochrome display. Use the type of
monitor detected, and, if color, sixteen background colors.
C GA If a color monitor is detected, limit the number of background
colors to eight.
M onochrome Force a monochrome display.
An example of a monitor option for forcing a monochrome monitor is:
/MM
Output To
T [output To] The OUTPUT TO OPTION specifies where the printed output will be
directed. Options include:
0 (Default) LPT1
1 LPT2
2 LPT3
3 COM1
4 COM2
5 COM3
6 COM4
7 Disk file, "VIEW_MAN.PRN".
An example of directing the printer output to COM3 is:
/T5
Replace Character String
R [Replace] The REPLACE CHARACTER STRING will replace all occurrences of the
SEARCH CHARACTER STRING. There is no default value.
[replace_string] Replace character string (maximum of 20 characters).
NOTE The REPLACE CHARACTER STRING length, if specified, should be
the same as the SEARCH CHARACTER STRING length.
An example replace character string is:
/Rman
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Search Character String
S [Search] The SEARCH CHARACTER STRING will be used by the various VIEW_MAN
searches. There is no default value.
[search_string] Search character string (maximum of 20 characters).
An example search character string is:
/Sboy
Help Key
Pressing the help key, F1 , displays a context sensitive help page window such
as shown below. The help page shown below is the first one available as shown by
the page number 0 in the upper right corner. Page 0 acts as a help page menu for
this program. The help page actually displayed when the help key is pressed
depends on the actions of the program and will be the most appropriate for the
program at that point. The bar shown on the right edge of the help window de-
picts the position of this screen with regard to the total text of the current
help page.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒═╡ Help Page 0 ═> HELP INDEX ╞═╕ │
││ SECTION FUNCTION Option HELP PAGE ^█│
││ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒█│
││ INTRODUCTION........................................................ 1 ▒█│
││ MAIN MENU........................................................... 2 ▒█│
││ SETUP FUNCTION MENU........................................ 3 ▒█│
││ Data Path....................................... 4 ▒█│
││ File Select..................................... 5 v█│
││ Monitor......................................... 6 │█│
││ menu Colors..................................... 7 │█│
││ edit Print...................................... 8 │█│
││ save Options.................................... 9 │█│
││ VIEW FUNCTION MENU......................................... A │█│
││ EDIT FUNCTION MENU......................................... B │█│
││ Backup before edit.............................. C │█│
││ edit File....................................... D │█│
││ edit Size....................................... E │█│
││ edit Date....................................... F │█│
││ edit Time....................................... G │█│
││ Globally modify................................. H │█│
│╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ MORE 1/3 ╞═╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
│ <┘/ESC>ExitHelp│[F1]>HelpIndex│[1 9 A Z]>HelpPage│Pageup Pagedown Home End │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To display context sensitive help information while the program is waiting
for a response to a prompt, press F1 . The help window control keys are
covered below.
F1 0 . . Display Help Page Index Menu, Page 0
ESC ENTER Remove Help Window & return to the program
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HOME . . . Display first screen of the current Help Page
END . . . . Display last screen of the current Help Page
PAGE UP . . Display previous screen of the current Help Page
PAGE DOWN . Display next screen of the current Help Page
1-9 A-Z . Display the corresponding Help Page
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MAIN MENU
The VIEW_MAN MAIN MENU consists of five functions that control the operation of
the program. The NORMAL SEQUENCE OF VIEW_MAN OPERATIONS is:
1. SETUP the drive/directory on which the file to be processed -
viewed/edited/printed resides.
2. VIEW the selected file, and/or
3. EDIT the selected file, and/or
4. PRINT the selected files.
NOTE The VIEW, EDIT and PRINT function are NOT available until a file
is selected.
5. EXIT the program.
The VIEW_MAN MAIN MENU is shown below. Directly below the MAIN MENU is informa-
tion on the current drive-directory and the selected file, if any.
╒═╡ VIEW_MANagement Utility Program ╞══════════╡ Started at═>12-31-99 8:00 ╞═╕
│░ setUp View Edit Print eXit ░░│
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╘╡ VIEW_MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1993-94 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1>Help│ESC>eXit│<┘/[char]>Select│ Home End│
-> To select a FUNCTION and have its option menu displayed, press its highlight-
ed letter or move the highlight bar to it using the arrow keys and press
ENTER .
Any FUNCTION may be accessed from the MAIN MENU, or any option menu, by pressing
its highlight_letter or ALT + highlight_letter .
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MAIN MENU VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
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SETUP FUNCTION
The SETUP Function is used to specify the drive/subdirectory from which to se-
lect the file that is to be processed and to change program setup items, such as
the printer configuration information, monitor and menu colors.
-> To select the SETUP Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press U
or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the SETUP Function using the cursor
control keys and press ENTER . The SETUP Function menu will then be dis-
played, as shown below.
╒═╡ VIEW_MANagement Utility Program ╞══════════╡ Started at═>12-31-99 8:00 ╞═╕
│░ setUp View Edit Print eXit ░░│
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│░║ select File >║█ame═>README.VM░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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╘╡ VIEW_MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1993-94 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1>Help│ESC>Function Menu│[UVEPX] >Function│<┘/[char]>Select│ Home End│
-> To return to the MAIN MENU, press ESCAPE .
-> To switch to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To select a SETUP Function option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and
press ENTER .
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SETUP FUNCTION VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
Data Path
The DATA PATH option sets the drive and subdirectory from which files are to be
selected for processing.
-> To change the drive and/or directory path from which to select files to
print, select the DATA PATH option by pressing D . The drive is first se-
lected and then the path to the desired subdirectory is set. The DRIVE selec-
tion menu is shown below. Available drives are capitalized.
┌────────────┐
│ ╒═DRIVE═╕ │
│ │ A n │█ │
│ │ B o │█ │
│ │ C p │█ │
│ │ D q │█ │
│ │ E r │█ │
│ │ F s │█ │
│ │ G t │█ │
│ │ H u │█ │
│ │ I v │█ │
│ │ J w │█ │
│ │ K X │█ │
│ │ l Y │█ │
│ │ m Z │█ │
│ ╘═══════╛█ │
│ █████████ │
└────────────┘
-> To leave the data path as it was before selection of this option, press
ESCAPE .
-> To select a DRIVE, press the desired DRIVE letter or move the highlight
bar to the desired DRIVE using the cursor control keys and press ENTER .
The selected drive will then be displayed, to the right of the SETUP Func-
tion option, and a SUBDIRECTORY PICK LIST will next be displayed. The
current directory for this drive is initially displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒═╡ PICK LIST - G:\ ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │
││ accept path BI BM-DEMO CONTENTS DOCUMENT │█│
││ FE5 FILE-EXP FILES LM502 SM-TEST │█│
││ TEMP TEMPA TEMPB TEST VMAN │█│
│╘══════════════════════════════╡ Select the NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH ╞═╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To leave the data path as it was before selection of this option, press
ESCAPE .
-> To select the next SUBDIRECTORY to add to the data path, move the high-
light bar to the desired subdirectory using the cursor control keys and
press ENTER . Pressing a letter will move the SUBDIRECTORY highlight
bar to the first subdirectory whose name starts with that letter. When
selected, the subdirectory name is added to the path display, and the
next SUBDIRECTORY menu is displayed.
-> To accept the path as it is currently set and displayed, move the high-
light bar to the "accept path" item and press ENTER . The program
returns to the SETUP Function menu.
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VIEW_MAN Version 1.0 SETUP FUNCTION
If this is not the root directory of the selected drive, two additional
items are displayed, ". <root dir>" and "..<parent>".
-> To reset the path to the root directory of the selected drive, move the
highlight bar to the ". <root dir>" item using the cursor control keys
and press ENTER .
-> To remove the last subdirectory added to the path, move the highlight
bar to the ".. <parent>" item using the cursor control keys and press
ENTER .
Select File
FILE SELECTION is the process of specifying which file, located on the current
drive-directory, is to be processed.
The FILE TO VIEW PICK LIST selection menu displays the current drive-directory's
files in alphabetical order. A maximum of seventy-five may be displayed at one
time: if this directory contains more than seventy-five, a prompt is added to
the bottom help line to allow viewing the remainder.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒═╡ PICK LIST - G:\VMAN ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │
││ DESC.SDI FILE_ID.DIZ README.BK! README.VM VIEW_MAN.CFG │█│
││ VIEW_MAN.DOC VIEW_MAN.EXE VIEW_MAN.HLP VIEW_MAN.LST VIEW_MAN.ORD │█│
│╘═══════════════════════════════════════╡ Select the desired FILE to View ╞═╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To terminate FILE SELECTION, press ESCAPE . The program will proceed to the
SETUP FUNCTION MENU.
-> If this directory contains more seventy-five files, to view the remainder of
the files, use the PAGEUP and PAGEDOWN keys.
-> To move the file highlight, use the cursor control keys.
-> To select the currently highlighted file to process, press ENTER .
Monitor
The MONITOR option specifies whether the display will be done in color or mono-
chrome. The default is that, if a color graphics card is present, the display
will be in color: if the card is for a CGA monitor, eight background colors will
be used, while EGA/VGA cards will use sixteen background colors. This procedure
may be overridden with this option.
-> To toggle the VIEW_MAN program display between monochrome and the two color
levels, press M .
NOTE There are two levels of color: CGA will use eight background levels of
color while EGA+ disables blinking and uses sixteen background levels
of color. This latter method may not work well with all monitor types.
Menu Colors
The VIEW_MAN menus and windows have been grouped into eight types. The color of
each type may be changed independently and these color settings can then be
saved when exiting so that the same colors will be used the next time the pro-
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SETUP FUNCTION VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
gram is run.
The menu borders are usually white, except when the background menu color is
white, the menu borders are black. The menu highlight bar is the same color as
the unhighlighted menu text.
NOTE The context sensitive help displays use the same colors as "Messages".
NOTE Menu colors can also be partially controlled by the MONITOR option,
which can select either eight or sixteen background colors.
-> To reset the menu colors to those available at initial installation, press
D .
-> To change the colors of any of the menu types, select the CHANGE MENU COLORS
option by pressing C . A menu to select the Menu Type for which a color
change is to be made is next displayed.
┌─────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Menu Type ╞══╕ │
│ │ Options >│█ │
│ │ Main >│█ │
│ │ Background >│█ │
│ │ Actions >│█ │
│ │ messaGes >│█ │
│ │ View >│█ │
│ │ data Entry >│█ │
│ │ file Select >│█ │
│ │ Default colors │█ │
│ ╘════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████ │
└─────────────────────┘
-> To cancel changing a Menu Type's color at this point, press ESCAPE .
-> To select the Menu Type whose color is to be changed, press its highlight-
ed letter or move the highlight bar to the desired Menu Type using the
cursor arrow keys and press ENTER . A sample menu with this Menu Type's
current colors is next displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Menu Type ╞═┌─┤ Menu Border ├─┐ │
│ │ Options >│ Selected │█ │
│ │ Main >│ Non-selected │█ │
│ │ Background >└─────────────────┘█ │
│ │ Actions >│███████████████████ │
│ │ messaGes >│█ │
│ │ View >│█ │
│ │ data Entry >│█ │
│ │ file Select >│█ │
│ │ Default colors│█ │
│ ╘═══════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel changing this Menu Type's color at this point, press ES-
CAPE .
-> To change this Menu Type's background color, use the UP and DOWN
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arrow keys to step through the sixteen background color combinations.
-> To change this Menu Type's foreground color, use the LEFT and RIGHT
arrow keys to step through the sixteen foreground color combinations.
-> To accept the sample menu's colors currently displayed for the high-
lighted Menu Type, press ENTER .
Edit Print
The TRANSPARENT PRINT DATA CONTROL STRINGS allow printing of ASCII control char-
acters (0-32) by printers that support this feature. VIEW_MAN, as normally dis-
tributed, will print the control characters with Hewlett-Packard
DeskJet/LaserJet printers or compatibles. The START string is "[ESC]&p1X" and
the END string is null. If your printer does not support this control code,
check your printer manual and replace it with the appropriate code(s).
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Printer Transparent Data Control Codes ╞═╕ │
│ │ Start &p1X..... │█ │
│ │ End │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To change the START CODE, edit the CONTROL STRING displayed as desired, using
the action keys shown on the bottom help line.
-> To cancel the changes made, press ESCAPE .
-> To accept the CONTROL STRING as edited, press ENTER .
The END CODE CONTROL STRING can then be edited in a similar manner.
Save Options
The various VIEW_MAN program option settings, such as MENU COLORS and CASE SEN-
SITIVE option may be saved to an option file, VIEW_MAN.CFG, which is then pro-
cessed when the program is loaded. These options will replace the program de-
fault options normally set.
-> To save the current program option settings, press O or move the highlight
bar to it and press ENTER . An option file save complete message will be
displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ G:\VMAN\VIEW_MAN.CFG option file updated. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
NOTE The configuration option file is only read and processed by the
registered version of VIEW_MAN.
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SETUP FUNCTION VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
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VIEW FUNCTION
The VIEW FUNCTION is unique in that it has no option menu. When chosen, it dis-
plays the first portion of the selected file, as shown below. The selected file
is displayed in both Hex - on the left - and ASCII - on the right - with sixteen
characters per line and twenty lines per display. The character position in the
file of the beginning character of each line is given on the left and file
search information is displayed at the bottom.
-> To select the VIEW Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press V
or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the VIEW Function using the cursor
control keys and press ENTER . The VIEW Display is as shown below.
╒═╡ VIEW_MANagement Utility Program ╞══════════╡ Started at═>12-31-99 8:00 ╞═╕
│░ setUp View Edit Print eXit ░░│
│┌─┤ FILE═>G:\VMAN\README.VM ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
││ 0 │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ ■│
││ 16 │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ ││
││ 32 │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ ││
││ 48 │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ ││
││ 64 │20 20 20 20│4D 69 63 72│6F 4D 65 74│72 69 63 0D│ MicroMetric ¿││
││ 80 │0A 39 38 20│44 61 64 65│20 41 76 65│6E 75 65 20│ ¿98 Dade Avenue ││
││ 96 │FE 20 53 61│72 61 73 6F│74 61 2C 20│46 4C 6F 72│ ■ Sarasota, FLor ││
││ 112 │69 64 61 20│33 34 32 33│32 2D 31 36│30 39 20 55│ ida 34232-1609 U ││
││ 128 │53 41 20 FE│20 54 65 63│68 20 53 75│70 70 6F 72│ SA ■ Tech Suppor ││
││ 144 │74 20 28 38│31 33 29 20│33 37 37 2D│32 35 31 35│ t (813) 377-2515 ││
││ 160 │0D 0A 20 20│20 20 46 41│58 20 28 38│31 33 29 20│ ¿ FAX (813) ││
││ 176 │33 37 37 2D│32 30 39 31│20 FE 20 53│75 70 70 6F│ 377-2091 ■ Suppo ││
││ 192 │72 74 20 42│42 53 20 28│38 31 33 29│20 33 37 31│ rt BBS (813) 371 ││
││ 208 │2D 32 34 39│30 20 FE 20│4F 72 64 65│72 20 4C 69│ -2490 ■ Order Li ││
││ 224 │6E 65 20 28│38 30 30 29│20 39 32 39│2D 30 31 38│ ne (800) 929-018 ││
││ 240 │34 0D 0A 0D│0A B1 B1 DC│20 20 20 B1│B1 DC 20 20│ 4¿ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ││
││ 256 │20 20 B1 B1│DC 20 20 20│20 B1 B1 B1│B1 B1 B1 B1│ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ││
││ 272 │B1 DC 20 B1│B1 DC B1 B1│DC B1 B1 DC│20 20 20 20│ ▒▄ ▒▒▄▒▒▄▒▒▄ ││
││ 288 │20 20 20 20│20 B1 B1 DC│20 20 20 B1│B1 DC 20 20│ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ││
││ 304 │20 20 B1 B1│DC 20 20 20│20 B1 B1 DC│20 20 20 B1│ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒ ││
│└─┤ SEARCH FOR═> LAST FOUND AT═> ├─────────────┘│
F1>Help│F3>GoTo│F4>SetSrch│F5>Srch│F6>SrchCnt│F10/ESC>Done│ HomeEndPupPdn│
VIEW FUNCTION cursor keys that are active include:
Pdn ENTER Display the next page of the file.
Pup . Display the previous page of the file.
Home . Go to the start of the file.
End . Go to the end of the file.
VIEW FUNCTION options that are available and which are described below include:
F3 GoTo Position the file at a specific location.
F4 SetSrch . Set/edit the search string.
F5 Srch Search the file FORWARD for a defined string.
SHIFT + F5 Srch Search the file BACKWARD for a defined string.
F6 SrchCnt . Count the occurrences of a defined string in the file.
F10 Done . . Exit the VIEW Function.
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VIEW FUNCTION VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
F3 - Go To - The GOTO VIEW option will position the file display at a specific
location.
-> To GOTO a specific file location, press F3 . A data entry box is displayed
on the top line position, containing the current file display position. Edit
this display for the desired file position.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ FILE═>G:\VMAN\README.VM ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││0...... │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ │█│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel the GOTO option after its selection and leave the file display in
its current position, press ESCAPE .
-> To accept the new position as entered and edited, press ENTER . The display
will then appears as shown below, with the new file position in the upper
left corner.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ FILE═>G:\VMAN\README.VM ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││ 1234 │6C 20 70 65│72 66 6F 72│6D 20 74 68│65 20 66 75│ l perform the fu │█│
││ 1250 │6E 63 74 69│6F 6E 73 0D│0A 6F 66 20│76 69 65 77│ nctions¿¿of view │█│
││ 1266 │69 6E 67 2C│20 65 64 69│74 69 6E 67│20 61 6E 64│ ing, editing and │█│
││ 1282 │2F 6F 72 20│70 72 69 6E│74 69 6E 67│20 61 20 73│ /or printing a s ■█│
││ 1298 │65 6C 65 63│74 65 64 20│66 69 6C 65│20 69 6E 20│ elected file in │█│
││ 1314 │62 6F 74 68│20 48 65 78│20 61 6E 64│20 41 53 43│ both Hex and ASC │█│
││ 1330 │49 49 2E 20│46 69 6C 65│0D 0A 73 65│6C 65 63 74│ II. File¿¿select │█│
││ 1346 │69 6F 6E 20│69 73 20 62│79 20 6D 65│6E 75 20 63│ ion is by menu c │█│
││ 1362 │68 6F 69 63│65 20 72 61│74 68 65 72│20 74 68 61│ hoice rather tha │█│
││ 1378 │74 20 74 79│70 69 6E 67│20 74 68 65│20 70 61 74│ t typing the pat │█│
││ 1394 │68 2E 20 56│69 65 77 69│6E 67 20 61│6E 64 20 65│ h. Viewing and e │█│
││ 1410 │64 69 74 69│6E 67 0D 0A│74 61 73 6B│20 66 65 61│ diting¿¿task fea │█│
││ 1426 │74 75 72 65│73 20 69 6E│63 6C 75 64│65 20 66 69│ tures include fi │█│
││ 1442 │6C 65 20 70│6F 73 69 74│69 6F 6E 69│6E 67 2C 20│ le positioning, │█│
││ 1458 │73 65 61 72│63 68 20 66│6F 72 20 73│74 72 69 6E│ search for strin │█│
││ 1474 │67 2C 20 73│65 61 72 63│68 20 61 6E│64 20 63 6F│ g, search and co │█│
││ 1490 │75 6E 74 2C│0D 0A 61 6E│64 20 73 65│61 72 63 68│ unt,¿¿and search │█│
││ 1506 │20 61 6E 64│20 72 65 70│6C 61 63 65│2E 20 50 72│ and replace. Pr │█│
││ 1522 │6F 67 72 61│6D 20 6F 70│74 69 6F 6E│73 20 6D 61│ ogram options ma │█│
││ 1538 │79 20 62 65│20 73 70 65│63 69 66 69│65 64 20 62│ y be specified b │█│
│└─┤ SEARCH FOR═> LAST FOUND AT═> ├──────────────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
F4 - Set Search - The SET SEARCH entry window may be called on its own or it
will be displayed when either SEARCH or SEARCH AND COUNT are selected and the
SEARCH string has not been defined. A sample entry window is shown below, with a
search string of "option" already entered.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Setup Search Text String ╞═════════════════════════════════════╕ │
│ │ SEARCH FOR ASCII═══>option CASE SENSITIVE═>No │█ │
│ │ HEX═>6F 70 74 69 6F 6E │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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VIEW_MAN Version 1.0 VIEW FUNCTION
The SET SEARCH options include:
F2 Hex/ASC . Toggle the search STRING data entry between Hex/ASCII.
F3 Case Toggle the CASE SENSITIVE search option between Yes/No.
F5 Search . Search the file FORWARD from the current position for the
defined STRING.
SHIFT + F5 SearchSearch the file BACKWARD from the current position for
the defined STRING.
F6 Count . . Count the occurrences of the defined STRING in the file.
F10 Cancel . Cancel defining the SEARCH STRING and return to the file
VIEW.
-> To cancel SETting the SEARCH string, press ESCAPE .
-> To SET the SEARCH STRING, toggle the entry to Hex/ASCII as desired and then
enter the desired data. When the SEARCH STRING is SET, select the desired
SEARCH option.
F5 - Search - The SEARCH option will SEARCH the file FORWARD from the current
display position for the defined SEARCH STRING. The file display will show the
next occurrence of the SEARCH string as highlighted.
-> To SEARCH the file FORWARD from the current display position, press F5 .
-> To SEARCH the file BACKWARD from the current display position, press
SHIFT + F5 .
If the SEARCH string is not located, an informational message is displayed and
the file display is not changed.
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────┐ │
│ │ String "option" not found! │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
If the SEARCH string is located, the display will be as shown below, with the
located SEARCH string highlighted. Note that the position at which the first
character of the SEARCH string is found, is shown at the bottom of the display.
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ FILE═>G:\VMAN\README.VM ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││ 1520 │50 72 6F 67│72 61 6D 20│6F 70 74 69│6F 6E 73 20│ Program options │█│
││ 1536 │6D 61 79 20│62 65 20 73│70 65 63 69│66 69 65 64│ may be specified │█│
││ 1552 │20 62 79 20│63 6F 6D 6D│61 6E 64 20│6C 69 6E 65│ by command line │█│
││ 1568 │2F 6D 65 6E│75 0D 0A 73│65 6C 65 63│74 69 6F 6E│ /menu¿¿selection │█│
││ 1584 │20 61 6E 64│20 73 61 76│65 64 20 61│73 20 64 65│ and saved as de ■█│
││ 1600 │66 61 75 6C│74 73 3B 20│61 20 6D 61│63 72 6F 20│ faults; a macro │█│
││ 1616 │6D 61 79 20│62 65 20 64│65 66 69 6E│65 64 20 61│ may be defined a │█│
││ 1632 │6E 64 20 72│75 6E 20 66│6F 72 20 72│65 70 65 74│ nd run for repet │█│
││ 1648 │61 74 69 76│65 0D 0A 74│61 73 6B 73│2E 20 50 72│ ative¿¿tasks. Pr │█│
││ 1664 │69 6E 74 69│6E 67 20 6D│61 79 20 62│65 20 64 69│ inting may be di │█│
││ 1680 │72 65 63 74│65 64 20 74│6F 20 61 6E│79 20 73 65│ rected to any se │█│
││ 1696 │72 69 61 6C│20 6F 72 20│70 61 72 61│6C 6C 65 6C│ rial or parallel │█│
││ 1712 │20 70 6F 72│74 20 6F 72│20 61 20 64│69 73 6B 20│ port or a disk │█│
││ 1728 │66 69 6C 65│2E 0D 0A C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│ file.¿¿───────── │█│
││ 1744 │C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│ ──────────────── │█│
││ 1760 │C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│ ──────────────── │█│
││ 1776 │C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│ ──────────────── │█│
││ 1792 │C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 5B 34 35│ ─────────────[45 │█│
││ 1808 │78 31 30 5D│C4 C4 0D 0A│56 49 45 57│5F 4D 41 4E│ x10]──¿¿VIEW_MAN │█│
││ 1824 │20 76 31 2E│30 30 20 72│30 31 2F 30│31 2F 39 34│ v1.00 r01/01/94 │█│
│└─┤ SEARCH FOR═>option LAST FOUND AT═>1528 ├──────────────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
F6 - Search and Count - The SEARCH AND COUNT option will SEARCH the entire file
for the defined SEARCH STRING and display the total number of its occurrences.
The file position and display are not changed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────┐ │
│ │ String "option" occurs 10 times │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> After the count is displayed, press any key to continue.
F10 - Exit Viewing - This option will return to the VIEW_MAN MAIN MENU.
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EDIT FUNCTION
The VIEW_MAN EDIT Function allows modifications to be made to the selected file.
The modification options are extensive and include editing in either Hex or
ASCII, search and replace, and global changes such as all upper or lower case.
The EDIT Function option menu is shown below and its options are described in
the following sections.
-> To select the EDIT Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press E
or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the EDIT Function using the cursor
control keys and press ENTER . The EDIT Function menu will then be dis-
played, as shown below.
╒═╡ VIEW_MANagement Utility Program ╞══════════╡ Started at═>12-31-99 8:00 ╞═╕
│░ setUp View Edit Print eXit ░░│
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╘╡ VIEW_MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1993-94 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1>Help│ESC>Function Menu│[UVEPX] >Function│<┘/[char]>Select│ Home End│
-> To return to the MAIN MENU, press ESCAPE .
-> To switch to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To select a EDIT Function option, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and press
ENTER .
Backup Before Edit
A backup of the selected file may be made before it is modified. This backup is
saved on the same drive-directory as the selected file, with the same name and
an extension of ".BK!". This option is highlighted if a backup does not exist
for the currently selected file.
-> To make a backup of the selected file before editing, press B . If a backup
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already exists, an informational message will be displayed.
-> To cancel the backup, press ESCAPE .
-> To continue with the backup, press any other key.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ .BK! Backup file already exists. │█ │
│ │ Press ESCAPE to cancel the backup, any other key to replace. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
After the backup is made, an informational message is displayed followed by the
EDIT window display.
┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Backup file is G:\VMAN\README.BK! │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
Edit File
The selected file is displayed in both Hex - on the left - and ASCII - on the
right - with sixteen characters per line and twenty line per display. The char-
acter position in the file of the beginning character of each line is given on
the left. A block cursor will appear in either the Hex or ASCII data, depending
on the current edit mode. File search information is displayed at the bottom.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ FILE═>G:\VMAN\README.VM ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││ 0 │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ ■█│
││ 16 │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ │█│
││ 32 │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ │█│
││ 48 │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ │█│
││ 64 │20 20 20 20│4D 69 63 72│6F 4D 65 74│72 69 63 0D│ MicroMetric¿ │█│
││ 80 │0A 39 38 20│44 61 64 65│20 41 76 65│6E 75 65 20│ ¿98 Dade Avenue │█│
││ 96 │FE 20 53 61│72 61 73 6F│74 61 2C 20│46 4C 6F 72│ ■ Sarasota, FLor │█│
││ 112 │69 64 61 20│33 34 32 33│32 2D 31 36│30 39 20 55│ ida 34232-1609 U │█│
││ 128 │53 41 20 FE│20 54 65 63│68 20 53 75│70 70 6F 72│ SA ■ Tech Suppor │█│
││ 144 │74 20 28 38│31 33 29 20│33 37 37 2D│32 35 31 35│ t (813) 377-2515 │█│
││ 160 │0D 0A 20 20│20 20 46 41│58 20 28 38│31 33 29 20│ ¿¿ FAX (813) │█│
││ 176 │33 37 37 2D│32 30 39 31│20 FE 20 53│75 70 70 6F│ 377-2091 ■ Suppo │█│
││ 192 │72 74 20 42│42 53 20 28│38 31 33 29│20 33 37 31│ rt BBS (813) 371 │█│
││ 208 │2D 32 34 39│30 20 FE 20│4F 72 64 65│72 20 4C 69│ -2490 ■ Order Li │█│
││ 224 │6E 65 20 28│38 30 30 29│20 39 32 39│2D 30 31 38│ ne (800) 929-018 │█│
││ 240 │34 0D 0A 0D│0A B1 B1 DC│20 20 20 B1│B1 DC 20 20│ 4¿¿¿¿▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ │█│
││ 256 │20 20 B1 B1│DC 20 20 20│20 B1 B1 B1│B1 B1 B1 B1│ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │█│
││ 272 │B1 DC 20 B1│B1 DC B1 B1│DC B1 B1 DC│20 20 20 20│ ▒▄ ▒▒▄▒▒▄▒▒▄ │█│
││ 288 │20 20 20 20│20 B1 B1 DC│20 20 20 B1│B1 DC 20 20│ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ │█│
││ 304 │20 20 B1 B1│DC 20 20 20│20 B1 B1 DC│20 20 20 B1│ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒ │█│
│└─┤ SEARCH FOR═> LAST FOUND AT═> ├─────────────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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EDIT cursor keys that are active include:
Pdn ENTER Display the next page of the file.
Pup . Display the previous page of the file.
Home . Go to the first character of this display block.
End . Go to the last character of this display block.
Ctrl + Home Display the first block of the file.
Ctrl + End . Display the last block of the file.
When any edit change has been made to the current page display block, and the
display is to be changed, a DISPLAY BLOCK CHANGE menu is displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ This DISPLAY BLOCK MODIFIED ├─┐ │
│ │ Ignore changes │█ │
│ │ Write it │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To ignore the CHANGES made to this BLOCK, press I .
-> To save the CHANGES that have been made to this BLOCK, press W .
Edit Options - EDIT options that are available and which are described below
include:
INSERT Insert a block of text.
DELETE Delete a block of text.
F2 Hx/AS . . Toggle the Hex/ASCII edit mode.
F3 GoTo Position the file at a specific location.
F4 Set Set/edit the search string.
F5 Srch Search the file FORWARD for a defined string.
SHIFT + F5 . Search the file BACKWARD for a defined string.
F6 SrchCnt . Count the occurrences of a defined string in the file.
F7 .SrchRep . Replace all occurrences of a defined string in the file
with another defined string.
F10 Done . . Exit the EDIT Function.
Insert Block - INSERT will insert a block of characters at the position of the
EDIT CURSOR. The size of this block is specified in the INSERT BLOCK data entry
window. The characters inserted are NULL, i.e, they have a Hex value of 00.
┌────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Insert Block ├──┐ │
│ │ Position 0 │█ │
│ │ Length 1...... │█ │
│ └───────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────┘
-> To INSERT a block of characters into the file, position the EDIT CURSOR at
the desired position and press INSERT . The INSERT BLOCK menu will be dis-
played.
-> Edit the number of character to insert at this point and press ENTER .
The characters will be inserted into the file and the EDIT CURSOR will be
positioned on the first INSERTED character.
-> To cancel INSERTING after it is selected, press ESCAPE .
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Delete Block - DELETE will delete a block of characters at the position of the
EDIT CURSOR. The size of this block is specified in the DELETE BLOCK data entry
window.
┌────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Delete Block ├──┐ │
│ │ Position 73 │█ │
│ │ Length 1...... │█ │
│ └───────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────┘
-> To DELETE a block of characters from the file, position the EDIT CURSOR at
the desired position and press DELETE . The DELETE BLOCK menu will be dis-
played.
-> Edit the number of character to delete at this point and press ENTER .
The characters will be deleted from the file and the EDIT CURSOR will be
positioned on the first character after the deleted block.
-> To cancel DELETING after it is selected, press ESCAPE .
F2 - Hex/ASCII Editing - Editing can be done in either Hex or ASCII. The current
editing mode is denoted by the flashing cursor.
-> To change the current EDIT MODE, press F2 .
F3 - Go To - The GOTO option will position the file display at a specific loca-
tion.
-> To GOTO a specific file location, press F3 . A data entry box is displayed
on the top line position, containing the current file display position. Edit
this display for the desired file position.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ FILE═>G:\VMAN\README.VM ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││0...... │20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│20 20 20 20│ │█│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel the GOTO option after its selection and leave the file display in
its current position, press ESCAPE .
-> To accept the new position as entered and edited, press ENTER . The display
will then appears as shown below, with the new file position in the upper
left corner.
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ FILE═>G:\VMAN\README.VM ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││ 1234 │6C 20 70 65│72 66 6F 72│6D 20 74 68│65 20 66 75│ l perform the fu │█│
││ 1250 │6E 63 74 69│6F 6E 73 0D│0A 6F 66 20│76 69 65 77│ nctions¿¿of view │█│
││ 1266 │69 6E 67 2C│20 65 64 69│74 69 6E 67│20 61 6E 64│ ing, editing and │█│
││ 1282 │2F 6F 72 20│70 72 69 6E│74 69 6E 67│20 61 20 73│ /or printing a s ■█│
││ 1298 │65 6C 65 63│74 65 64 20│66 69 6C 65│20 69 6E 20│ elected file in │█│
││ 1314 │62 6F 74 68│20 48 65 78│20 61 6E 64│20 41 53 43│ both Hex and ASC │█│
││ 1330 │49 49 2E 20│46 69 6C 65│0D 0A 73 65│6C 65 63 74│ II. File¿¿select │█│
││ 1346 │69 6F 6E 20│69 73 20 62│79 20 6D 65│6E 75 20 63│ ion is by menu c │█│
││ 1362 │68 6F 69 63│65 20 72 61│74 68 65 72│20 74 68 61│ hoice rather tha │█│
││ 1378 │74 20 74 79│70 69 6E 67│20 74 68 65│20 70 61 74│ t typing the pat │█│
││ 1394 │68 2E 20 56│69 65 77 69│6E 67 20 61│6E 64 20 65│ h. Viewing and e │█│
││ 1410 │64 69 74 69│6E 67 0D 0A│74 61 73 6B│20 66 65 61│ diting¿¿task fea │█│
││ 1426 │74 75 72 65│73 20 69 6E│63 6C 75 64│65 20 66 69│ tures include fi │█│
││ 1442 │6C 65 20 70│6F 73 69 74│69 6F 6E 69│6E 67 2C 20│ le positioning, │█│
││ 1458 │73 65 61 72│63 68 20 66│6F 72 20 73│74 72 69 6E│ search for strin │█│
││ 1474 │67 2C 20 73│65 61 72 63│68 20 61 6E│64 20 63 6F│ g, search and co │█│
││ 1490 │75 6E 74 2C│0D 0A 61 6E│64 20 73 65│61 72 63 68│ unt,¿¿and search │█│
││ 1506 │20 61 6E 64│20 72 65 70│6C 61 63 65│2E 20 50 72│ and replace. Pr │█│
││ 1522 │6F 67 72 61│6D 20 6F 70│74 69 6F 6E│73 20 6D 61│ ogram options ma │█│
││ 1538 │79 20 62 65│20 73 70 65│63 69 66 69│65 64 20 62│ y be specified b │█│
│└─┤ SEARCH FOR═> LAST FOUND AT═> ├──────────────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
F4 - Set Search - The SET SEARCH entry window may be called on its own or it
will be displayed when either SEARCH or SEARCH AND COUNT are selected and the
SEARCH string has not been defined. A sample entry window is shown below, with a
search string of "option" already entered.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Setup Search Text String ╞═════════════════════════════════════╕ │
│ │ SEARCH FOR ASCII═══>option CASE SENSITIVE═>No │█ │
│ │ HEX═>6F 70 74 69 6F 6E │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The SET SEARCH options include:
F2 Hex/ASC . Toggle the search STRING entry between Hex/ASCII.
F3 Case Toggle the CASE SENSITIVE search option between Yes/No.
F5 Search . Search the file FORWARD from the current position for the
defined STRING.
SHIFT + F5 SearchSearch the file BACKWARD from the current position for
the defined STRING.
F6 Count . . Count the occurrences of the defined STRING in the file.
F10 Cancel . Cancel defining the SEARCH STRING and return to the file
VIEW.
-> To cancel SETting the SEARCH string, press ESCAPE .
-> To SET the SEARCH STRING, toggle the entry to Hex/ASCII as desired and then
enter the desired data. When the SEARCH STRING is SET, select the desired
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SEARCH option.
F5 - Search - The SEARCH option will SEARCH the file from the current display
position for the defined SEARCH STRING. The file display will have show the next
occurrence of the SEARCH string in the upper left of the display.
-> To SEARCH the file FORWARD from the current display position, press F5 .
-> To SEARCH the file BACKWARD from the current display position, press
SHIFT + F5 .
If the SEARCH string is not located, an informational message is displayed and
the file display is not changed. Press any key to continue. If the SEARCH string
is located, the display will be as shown below, with the located SEARCH string
highlighted. Note that the position at which the SEARCH string is found, is
shown at the bottom of the display.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ FILE═>G:\VMAN\README.VM ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││ 1520 │50 72 6F 67│72 61 6D 20│6F 70 74 69│6F 6E 73 20│ Program options │█│
││ 1536 │6D 61 79 20│62 65 20 73│70 65 63 69│66 69 65 64│ may be specified │█│
││ 1552 │20 62 79 20│63 6F 6D 6D│61 6E 64 20│6C 69 6E 65│ by command line │█│
││ 1568 │2F 6D 65 6E│75 0D 0A 73│65 6C 65 63│74 69 6F 6E│ /menu¿¿selection │█│
││ 1584 │20 61 6E 64│20 73 61 76│65 64 20 61│73 20 64 65│ and saved as de ■█│
││ 1600 │66 61 75 6C│74 73 3B 20│61 20 6D 61│63 72 6F 20│ faults; a macro │█│
││ 1616 │6D 61 79 20│62 65 20 64│65 66 69 6E│65 64 20 61│ may be defined a │█│
││ 1632 │6E 64 20 72│75 6E 20 66│6F 72 20 72│65 70 65 74│ nd run for repet │█│
││ 1648 │61 74 69 76│65 0D 0A 74│61 73 6B 73│2E 20 50 72│ ative¿¿tasks. Pr │█│
││ 1664 │69 6E 74 69│6E 67 20 6D│61 79 20 62│65 20 64 69│ inting may be di │█│
││ 1680 │72 65 63 74│65 64 20 74│6F 20 61 6E│79 20 73 65│ rected to any se │█│
││ 1696 │72 69 61 6C│20 6F 72 20│70 61 72 61│6C 6C 65 6C│ rial or parallel │█│
││ 1712 │20 70 6F 72│74 20 6F 72│20 61 20 64│69 73 6B 20│ port or a disk │█│
││ 1728 │66 69 6C 65│2E 0D 0A C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│ file.¿¿───────── │█│
││ 1744 │C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│ ──────────────── │█│
││ 1760 │C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│ ──────────────── │█│
││ 1776 │C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│ ──────────────── │█│
││ 1792 │C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 C4 C4 C4│C4 5B 34 35│ ─────────────[45 │█│
││ 1808 │78 31 30 5D│C4 C4 0D 0A│56 49 45 57│5F 4D 41 4E│ x10]──¿¿VIEW_MAN │█│
││ 1824 │20 76 31 2E│30 30 20 72│30 31 2F 30│31 2F 39 34│ v1.00 r01/01/94 │█│
│└─┤ SEARCH FOR═>option LAST FOUND AT═>1528 ├─────────────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
F6 - Search and Count - The SEARCH AND COUNT option will SEARCH the entire file
for the defined SEARCH STRING and display the total number of its occurrences.
The file position and display are not changed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────┐ │
│ │ String "option" occurs 10 times │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> After the count is displayed, press any key to continue.
F7 - Search and Replace - The SEARCH AND REPLACE option allows for replacement
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of one string by another of equal length. The SEARCH string is first defined, in
the same manner as described previously.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Setup Search Text String ╞═════════════════════════════════════╕ │
│ │ SEARCH FOR ASCII═══>MicroMetric CASE SENSITIVE═>No │█ │
│ │ HEX═>4D 69 63 72 6F 4D 65 74 72 69 63 │█ │
│ │ REPLACE WITH ASCII═>MICROMETRIC │█ │
│ │ HEX 4D 49 43 52 4F 4D 45 54 52 49 43 │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel setting the SEARCH string, press ESCAPE .
-> To SET the SEARCH STRING, toggle the entry to Hex/ASCII as desired and then
enter the desired data. When the SEARCH STRING is SET, press F7 again. The
REPLACE STRING may then be entered and edited.
-> To SET the REPLACE STRING, toggle the entry to Hex/ASCII as desired and
then enter the desired data. When the REPLACE STRING is SET, press F7
again. The file will be searched and the replacements made. When complete,
an informational message is displayed, as shown below.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Search and Replace Done - 3 changes │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To continue, press any key.
F10 - Edit Complete - This option will return to the VIEW_MAN MAIN MENU. If any
changes have been made to the current page display block, it will first be up-
dated.
Edit Size
The SIZE of the currently selected file may be modified. The file may either be
shrunk, in which case data will be lost, or expanded, where a number of ASCII
NULL character are added to the end of the file.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Size═>8197....║<edit Size ║ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To change the currently selected file's SIZE, select the SIZE option by
pressing S or moving the highlight bar to it and pressing ENTER . The
current SIZE of the file will be displayed for editing. Edit the SIZE as
desired using the keys noted on the bottom help line.
-> When editing is complete, press ENTER to accept the edited SIZE or ESCAPE
to restore it to its original value.
Edit Date
The DATE stamp of the currently selected file may be modified.
NOTE IF THE DATE IS CHANGED AND THE FILE IS THEN EDITED, IT WILL BE DATED
WITH THE CURRENT DATE. THE DATE SHOULD ONLY BE CHANGED AFTER ALL EDIT-
ING TO THE FILE IS COMPLETED.
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Date═>12-31-99║<edit Date ║ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To change the currently selected file's DATE, select the DATE option by
pressing D or moving the highlight bar to it and pressing ENTER . The
current DATE of the file will be displayed for editing. Edit the DATE as
desired using the keys noted on the bottom help line.
-> When editing is complete, press ENTER to accept the edited DATE or ESCAPE
to restore it to its original value.
Edit Time
The TIME stamp of the currently selected file may be modified.
NOTE IF THE TIME IS CHANGED AND THE FILE IS THEN EDITED, IT WILL BE TIMED
WITH THE CURRENT TIME. THE TIME SHOULD ONLY BE CHANGED AFTER ALL EDIT-
ING TO THE FILE IS COMPLETED.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Time═>01:00░░░║<edit Time ║ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To change the currently selected file's TIME, select the TIME option by
pressing T or moving the highlight bar to it and pressing ENTER . The
current TIME of the file will be displayed for editing. Edit the TIME as
desired using the keys noted on the bottom help line.
-> When editing is complete, press ENTER to accept the edited TIME or ESCAPE
to restore it to its original value.
Globally Modify
The selected file may be GLOBALLY MODIFIED in any of the following ways:
* Change all alphabetic letters to lower case.
* Change all alphabetic letters to upper case.
* Change all alphabetic words to proper, where the first letter is capital-
ized, and the remainder are lower case.
* Search the file for a character string and replace all occurrences of it
with another of equal length.
When the GLOBALLY MODIFY option is selected, a MODIFICATION menu is displayed,
as shown below.
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Modification ╞════╕ │
│ │ Lower case the file │█ │
│ │ Upper case the file │█ │
│ │ Proper the file │█ │
│ │ Search and Replace │█ │
│ ╘═════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel this option, press ESCAPE .
-> To GLOBALLY MODIFY the selected file, press the desired option's highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press ENTER . An informational
message, denoting the number of changes made, will be displayed upon comple-
tion of the operation.
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┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Global Modify Done - 693 changes │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
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PRINT FUNCTION
The PRINT Function will print either the whole selected file, in both ASCII and
Hex, or only a designated portion of the selected file.
-> To select the PRINT Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press P
or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the PRINT Function using the cursor
control keys and press ENTER . The PRINT Function menu will then be dis-
played, as shown below.
╒═╡ VIEW_MANagement Utility Program ╞══════════╡ Started at═>12-31-99 8:00 ╞═╕
│░ setUp View Edit Print eXit ░░│
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│░░░░░░░Data Path═>G:\VMAN░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ Print full file ║█
│░░░░░░░░░░░░File Name═>README.VM░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ print Selected ║█
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╘╡ VIEW_MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1993-94 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1>Help│ESC>Function Menu│[UVEPX] >Function│<┘/[char]>Select│ Home End│
-> To return to the MAIN MENU, press ESCAPE .
-> To switch to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To select a PRINT Function option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and
press ENTER .
Print Full File
The full file is printed in a format similar to the display format, with sixteen
characters in both Hex and ASCII on each line. There is a three line header with
file and print information, and a blank line is inserted after every tenth data
line. No pagination (form feeds) are included.
An action message is displayed during printing showing the character position
printed/last character position to print, as shown below.
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PRINT FUNCTION VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ ACTION ├───────────┐ │
│ │ Print 8197/8197 │█ │
│ └──────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────┘
-> To terminate printing at any time, press ESCAPE .
After printing is complete, the two number will be the same. Press any key to
continue.
Shown below is the beginning of a full file printout.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ File Name═>G:\VMAN\README.VM │
│ File Date═>12-31-99 Time═>01:00 Size═>8197 │
│ Print Date═>12-31-99 Time═>17:39 Start═>0 End═>8197 │
│ │
│ 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | │
│ 16 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | │
│ 32 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | │
│ 48 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | │
│ 64 20 20 20 20 4D 69 63 72 6F 4D 65 74 72 69 63 0D | MicroMetric¿| │
│ 80 0A 39 38 20 44 61 64 65 20 41 76 65 6E 75 65 20 |¿98 Dade Avenue | │
│ 96 FE 20 53 61 72 61 73 6F 74 61 2C 20 46 4C 6F 72 |■ Sarasota, FLor| │
│ 112 69 64 61 20 33 34 32 33 32 2D 31 36 30 39 20 55 |ida 34232-1609 U| │
│ 128 53 41 20 FE 20 54 65 63 68 20 53 75 70 70 6F 72 |SA ■ Tech Suppor| │
│ 144 74 20 28 38 31 33 29 20 33 37 37 2D 32 35 31 35 |t (813) 377-2515| │
│ │
│ 160 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 46 41 58 20 28 38 31 33 29 20 |¿¿ FAX (813) | │
│ 176 33 37 37 2D 32 30 39 31 20 FE 20 53 75 70 70 6F |377-2091 ■ Suppo| │
│ 192 72 74 20 42 42 53 20 28 38 31 33 29 20 33 37 31 |rt BBS (813) 371| │
│ 208 2D 32 34 39 30 20 FE 20 4F 72 64 65 72 20 4C 69 |-2490 ■ Order Li| │
│ 224 6E 65 20 28 38 30 30 29 20 39 32 39 2D 30 31 38 |ne (800) 929-018| │
│ 240 34 0D 0A 0D 0A B1 B1 DC 20 20 20 B1 B1 DC 20 20 |4¿¿¿¿▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ | │
│ 256 20 20 B1 B1 DC 20 20 20 20 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 | ▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒| │
│ 272 B1 DC 20 B1 B1 DC B1 B1 DC B1 B1 DC 20 20 20 20 |▒▄ ▒▒▄▒▒▄▒▒▄ | │
│ 288 20 20 20 20 20 B1 B1 DC 20 20 20 B1 B1 DC 20 20 | ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ | │
│ 304 20 20 B1 B1 DC 20 20 20 20 B1 B1 DC 20 20 20 B1 | ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒| │
│ . │
│ . │
│ . │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Print Selected
A selected block of the file is printed in a format similar to the display for-
mat, with sixteen characters in both Hex and ASCII on each line. There is a
three line header with file and print information, and a blank line is inserted
after every tenth data line. No pagination (form feeds) are included.
A PRINTING RANGE data entry menu is first displayed, with the FIRST and LAST
positions of the file as defaults.
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VIEW_MAN Version 1.0 PRINT FUNCTION
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Printing Range ├─┐ │
│ │ First 0...... │█ │
│ │ Last 8197 │█ │
│ └────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To specify a PRINTING RANGE other than the full file, first edit the FIRST
file position to print.
-> To cancel printing the file, press ESCAPE .
-> To accept the FIRST position as entered/edited, press ENTER . The edit
will then move to the LAST position to print. Edit this field as desired.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Printing Range ├─┐ │
│ │ First 100 │█ │
│ │ Last 200..... │█ │
│ └────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To cancel printing the file, press ESCAPE .
-> To accept the LAST position as entered/edited, press ENTER . The de-
sired block of the file will then be printed.
An action message is displayed during printing showing the character position
printed/last character position to print.
┌──────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ ACTION ├───────────┐ │
││ Print 200/200 │█ │
│└──────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────┘
-> To terminate printing at any time, press ESCAPE .
After printing is complete, the two numbers will be the same. Press any key to
continue.
Shown below is the selected file printout.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ File Name═>G:\VMAN\README.VM │
│ File Date═>12-31-99 Time═>01:00 Size═>8197 │
│ Print Date═>12-31-99 Time═>17:39 Start═>96 End═>200 │
│ │
│ 96 FE 20 53 61 72 61 73 6F 74 61 2C 20 46 4C 6F 72 |■ Sarasota, FLor| │
│ 112 69 64 61 20 33 34 32 33 32 2D 31 36 30 39 20 55 |ida 34232-1609 U| │
│ 128 53 41 20 FE 20 54 65 63 68 20 53 75 70 70 6F 72 |SA ■ Tech Suppor| │
│ 144 74 20 28 38 31 33 29 20 33 37 37 2D 32 35 31 35 |t (813) 377-2515| │
│ │
│ 160 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 46 41 58 20 28 38 31 33 29 20 |¿¿ FAX (813) | │
│ 176 33 37 37 2D 32 30 39 31 20 FE 20 53 75 70 70 6F |377-2091 ■ Suppo| │
│ 192 72 74 20 42 42 53 20 28 38 31 33 29 20 33 37 31 |rt BBS (813) 371| │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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PRINT FUNCTION VIEW_MAN Version 1.0
Output To
Printer output is normally directed to the LPT1 port. This toggling option al-
lows the printer output to be directed to LPT1-3, COM1-4, or to a disk file,
VIEW_MAN.PRN.
-> To toggle the OUTPUT TO option, press the option's highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to it and press ENTER .
If output has been directed to a disk file, "VIEW_MAN.PRN", which already ex-
ists, a DISK FILE EXISTS selection menu will be displayed. This selection menu
will determine how that output will be handled.
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Disk File Exists. ...? ├─┐ │
│ │ Erase │█ │
│ │ Append │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
-> To erase the contents of the current printer output disk file, press E .
-> To append this output to the current contents of the printer output disk
file, press A .
Print Control Chars
Control characters (ASCII 0-31) are usually used for printer control functions
and not printed. These characters will normally be printed by VIEW_MAN as '¿'.
However, many printers allow printing control characters when they are preceded
and followed by specific control character strings. VIEW_MAN has these strings
defined in the CONFIGURATION file for the HP LaserJet printers. These strings
may be edited for other printers, by use of the SETUP function.
-> To toggle whether control characters will be printed, press C or move the
highlight bar to the option and press ENTER .
NOTE If the output is being directed to a disk file, which will later be
printed using LASR_MAN, this option should be set to "No".
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EXIT FUNCTION
The EXIT Function menu allows saving of the program settings as well is erasing
the backup file, if it was created.
-> To select the EXIT Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press X
or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the EXIT Function using the cursor
control keys and press ENTER . The EXIT Function menu will then be dis-
played, as shown below.
╒═╡ VIEW_MANagement Utility Program ╞══════════╡ Started at═>12-31-99 8:00 ╞═╕
│░ setUp View Edit Print eXit ░░│
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│░░░░░░░Data Path═>G:\VMAN░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ Return to DOS ║█░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░File Name═>README.VM░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ save Options ║█░│
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│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░Time═>01:00░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█████████████████████░│
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╘╡ VIEW_MAN Version 1.00, Copyright 1993-94 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1>Help│ESC>Function Menu│[UVEPX] >Function│<┘/[char]>Select│ Home End│
-> To return to the MAIN MENU, press ESCAPE .
-> To switch to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To select a EXIT Function option, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and press
ENTER .
Return to DOS
The VIEW_MAN program exits and returns to DOS.
Save Options
The various VIEW_MAN program option settings, such as MENU COLORS and CASE SEN-
SITIVE option may be saved to an option file, VIEW_MAN.CFG, which is then pro-
cessed when the program is loaded. These options will replace the program de-
fault options normally set.
-> To save the current program option settings, press O or move the highlight
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bar to it and press ENTER . An option file save complete message will be
displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ G:\VMAN\VIEW_MAN.CFG option file updated. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
NOTE The configuration option file is only read and processed by the
registered version of VIEW_MAN.
Erase Backup File
This option is only displayed if a backup file, one with an extension of ".BK!",
for the currently selected file exists.
-> To erase the ...BK! file for the currently selected file, press E or move
the highlight bar to this option and press ENTER . An informational message
will be displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────┐ │
│ │ File G:\VMAN\README.BK! erased. │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
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DEFINE MACRO AND ITS USE
VIEW_MAN has the ability to record keystrokes as they are entered and then
"play" them back on demand. This MACRO capability can handle up to 200 charac-
ters. It is especially useful when the same changes are being
made to a series of files.
-> To start defining a MACRO, press ALT + D . The letters 'MD' will be dis-
played in the upper right corner and an informational message will also be
displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────┐█ │
│ │ Start DEFINING Keyboard Macro. │█ │
│ │ Press [ALT]+[D] again to end DEFINE. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> Now press the desired sequence of keys. Each key press will cause a beep,
signifying the recording of the MACRO.
-> To end the MACRO definition, press ALT + D again. The upper right letters
will change to 'M√', to signify the MACRO is recorded and ready to run, and
an informational message will be displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────┐█ │
│ │ End DEFINING Keyboard Macro. │█ │
│ │ Press [ALT]+[R] to Run Macro. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
-> To run the MACRO, press ALT + R . The recorded keys are played back in the
same order as they were originally entered. If the macro has been defined,
there is no message displayed. If it has not been defined, an informational
message is displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────┐█ │
│ │ No Keyboard Macro Defined. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
NOTE The MACRO should always be run from the SAME point in the program as
the macro definition started.
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VIEW_MAN FILES
VIEW_MAN is normally distributed as compressed archives consisting of the fol-
lowing files (these files are included in the compressed file VMANvvv, where vvv
is the version):
Files required for VIEW_MAN operation:
VIEW_MAN.EXE . . Executable program
VIEW_MAN.CFG . . Program configuration file
Additional files necessary for FULL VIEW_MAN operation:
VIEW_MAN.HLP . . Help text information
VIEW_MAN.ORD . . Shareware/retail registration order form
Files included to aid in the use of VIEW_MAN:
VIEW_MAN.DOC . . VIEW_MAN documentation manual
VIEW_MAN.ICO . . VIEW_MAN Windows icon
VIEW_MAN.PIF . . VIEW_MAN Windows program information file
Additional files in the distribution archive:
DESC.SDI . . . . BBS program description
FILE_ID.DIZ . . . BBS program description
README.VM . . . . Text file consisting of program summary, features, and history
SYSOP.DOC . . . . SYSOP distribution information
VENDOR.DOC . . . Diskette/CD ROM vendor distribution information
VIEW_MAN.LST . . List of VIEW_MAN files in the distribution file
The registered version diskette includes these additional files:
Installation files:
INSTALL.EXE . . . Installation program
INSTALL.HLP . . . Installation program help file
INSTALLZ.EXE . . Installation unpack program
INST_SYS.ZIP . . Installation program files
README . . . . . Installation read me file
The files that can be generated or used by VIEW_MAN consist of:
*.BK! . . . . . . Backup files of those being edited.
VIEW_MAN.PRN . . Reassigned printer output disk file.
VIEW_MAN.REG . . VIEW_MAN registration information.
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INDEX
Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Backup before edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 33
Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Case sensitive search mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Command line/environment options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control codes printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 15
Data path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 21, 23, 24, 33, 43, 47
Delete block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Drive-directory path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9, 14, 15
Edit date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 33, 39, 40
Edit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 33, 34
Edit function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 33, 35
Edit options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Edit print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 23, 27
Edit size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 33, 39
Edit time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 33, 40
Erase backup file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 48
Exit function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
F10 - edit complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
F10 - exit viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
F2 - Hex/ASCII editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
F3 - go to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 36
F4 - set search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 37
F5 - search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 38
F6 - search and count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 38
F7 - search and replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
File name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9, 14, 16, 21, 33, 43-45, 47
From a BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
From a diskette vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Globally modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 18, 33, 40
Go to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 29, 30, 35, 36
Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14, 16, 25
Help key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 6, 18
Hex/ASCII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 14, 16, 31, 35-37, 39
Hex/ASCII edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 16, 35
Insert block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installation on non-path referenced directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 18
Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 32, 38, 49
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 21, 23, 29, 32, 33, 39, 43, 47
Major features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Manual format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Menu colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 18, 23, 25-27, 47
Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 6, 13, 14, 17, 18, 23, 25, 26
Output To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 14, 17, 43, 46
Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Print control chars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 46
Print full file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Print function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 21, 43
Print selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44
Program operation with Microsoft Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Registered version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 27, 48, 51
Replace character string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 17
Return to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Running VIEW_MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6, 13
Save options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 23, 27, 47
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 14, 16-18, 29-35, 37-40
Search and count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 30, 32, 37, 38
Search and replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 33, 38-40
Search character string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 17, 18
Select file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 25
Set search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31, 37
Setup function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 23-25, 46
Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 1-3, 5, 51
Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Summary of all available options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Support BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 3
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 3
View function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 29
VIEW_MAN files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 10, 51
■■■■_MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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