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- QuickView 5 for Psion Series 5 and Geofox One. Version 1.06
-
- QV5 is a simple program which I wrote in order to explore various systems
- for my 3T file manager application. The general idea was to minimise messing
- about with windows, which can be a slow process in OPL32.
-
- QV5 became quite a useful tool in its own right, especially after an OPL
- session which generally leaves me with loads of bits of trial code that are
- no longer required. With QV5 I can trawl through my project folders and
- view and delete files as required.
-
- There are two windows. On the left is the file window, where you can move
- through the various folders in memory, the ROM, and CF disks. On the right
- is the viewer window, where the contents of files may be examined.
-
- The file window uses the following keys:
-
- Up and Down Arrows move through the files in the current folder.
- (Folders are shown with the trailing backslash "\", except when the name
- is too long.)
-
- Page Up and Down also have the usual functions on the file list.
-
- Esc moves back to the previous folder. If you are in the root folder, you
- will see the "Change Disk" dialog. Here you may press a letter key or Esc.
-
- Enter has several functions. If a folder is highlighted, QV5 moves to that
- folder. If <==Parent==> is highlighted, QV5 moves back to the previous
- folder. If a file is highlighted, the file is displayed.
-
- Any letter or number key moves the highlight to the next file or folder
- beginning with that letter or number. At present this operates only on the
- current page.
-
- Del will delete the highlighted file or folder (and contents).
-
- The viewer window uses just two keys:
-
- Right Arrow moves to the next page (or bitmap),
- Left Arrow moves back a page (or bitmap).
-
- In addition, there are several keys which operate whether or not a file is
- being viewed:
-
- Ctrl-E is the exit or quit key.
- Ctrl-K allows setup of QV5 properties.
- Ctrl-A selects the Ascii viewer.
- Ctrl-B selects the binary (hexadecimal) viewer.
- Ctrl-T selects the text viewer.
- Ctrl-O selects the OPL32 viewer.
- Ctrl-V displays the current bitmap (.MBM) file.
- Ctrl-Q toggles the view mode.
- Ctrl-I toggles 'Intelligent' mode.
- Ctrl-Shift-A shows the "About" details.
- Ctrl-Shift-H shows the help screen.
-
- View modes.
-
- There are two view modes. The default is "Autoview Off", where you have to
- press Enter (or Right Arrow) to view a file. This allows you to quickly move
- through the file list. The alternative, "Autoview On" views each file as it
- is highlighted, without having to press Enter.
-
- The viewers.
-
- Ascii view shows all the printing characters on the screen. Those which do
- not print have been replaced with a dot. You can move forwards and backwards
- through the file with the Right and Left Arrow keys. All files, including
- binary files, may be viewed this way.
-
- Binary (Hex) view works like the latter view, except that the file offset,
- byte value (both hexadecimal), and the corresponding Ascii character are
- shown. You can move up and down the file as with Ascii view.
-
- Text view offers a clipped view of text files. Here the layout is preserved,
- but the lines are clipped after about 60 characters. Also you cannot move
- backwards through a file, if you press Left Arrow you are moved back to the
- start of the file.
-
- OPL view enables an OPL32 source file to be displayed, with the header and
- footer removed, and the end-of-lines insered, i.e. just as in the OPL
- editor. You can move up and down the file with the Right and Left Arrow
- keys, but the latter works only up to page 500 (If this causes problems,
- let me know, I can change this if required).
- This viewer will work only on valid OPL source and header files.
-
- There is also an independant bitmap viewer. Just press Ctrl-V when an .MBM
- file is highlighted. Only files containing the correct UIDs will be displayed.
- Note that files will be displayed in 4 colour mode only. Left and right
- arrow keys move between the images in a multi-bitmap file. If you move to
- an invalid bitmap in an MBM file, the bitmap display is closed.
- This viewer will only work on valid EPOC32 bitmaps.
-
- You may change viewers at any time. If a file is being viewed, it will be
- closed first. If autoview is on, the file will then open in the new viewer.
- With autoview off, the file will open when you press Enter.
- You can move between files and folders even if a file is being displayed.
-
- Intelligent mode.
-
- Pressing Ctrl-I toggles Intelligent mode. This mode will set display mode
- to OPL when viewing OPL32 files, bitmap for bitmap files, text mode
- for text files, and Ascii mode for other files.
-
- Since text files have no UID, QV5 makes a guess here, and some other non-
- UID coded files will also display in text mode.
-
- Properties.
-
- Press Ctrl-K and a small dialog will appear. This allows you to change
- the viewer type, intelligent mode, and view mode.
-
- Menu.
-
- QV5 now has a menu.
-
- Installation.
-
- This version of QV5 is supplied as a SIS file. If you are using a version
- prior to 1.05, please delete c:\system\apps\qv5\qv5.ini before proceeding.
-
- Installation of a SIS file is very simple. If you are using PsiWin 2.1 or
- later, simply couple up your Series 5 to your PC, and double click QV5.SIS
- in Windows Explorer. If you do not have SystInfo.opx installed to your
- Psion, you must add this in the same way. If you are not sure about this,
- it is quite safe to install both QV5.SIS and SystInfo.SIS.
-
- If you have PsiWin 2.0, the install application can be installed to your
- PC easily, I can supply the setup file if required. If you do not use
- PsiWin, e.g. you have a Mac, Amiga, etc., or a DOS PC, you can copy the
- SIS files to your Series 5 (I recommend you create a c:\Install folder)
- and install them using the Add/Remove item in the Psion Control Panel.
- If you don't have this item, it can easily be added, a program to do
- this is freely available. I can supply this if required.
-
- PsiWin 2.1 is freely available from Psion's web site (about a 16 meg
- download), and can also be found on the 3lib and Palmtop magazine CD.
- The files to set up Psion Install and the Add/Remove Control Panel
- item are also freely available on the web. Try http://www.rmrsoft.com
- or http://3lib.ukonlike.co.uk
-
- Limitations.
-
- QV5 can cope with folders containing up to 400 files only.
- The maximum file name length is 100 characters, not including the path
- name, which can be up to 255 characters. This should not cause problems
- if QV5 encounters a longer filename, however.
-
- Starting from a command line.
-
- QV5 may be launced from another application, and will accept a command
- line containing the name of the folder you wish to initially display.
- This folder name must be terminated with a backslash, e.g. C:\Documents\
-
- Copyright.
-
- QV5 is copyright Roger Muggleton 1997-1998, and is released as freeware.
- Sysram1.opx is Copyright Otfried Cheong/RMR Software.
-
- Bug reports, etc.
-
- QV5 is released as freeware. I disclaim all responsibility for any ill
- effects on your Psion Series 5 or Geofox. There are bound to be bugs in my
- code, hopefully these are unlikely to have any serious effects on your files.
- Remember to back up your Psion frequently, as it is easy to delete a wanted
- file inadvertantly, even from the system screen.
-
-
- Changes since version 1.00
-
- Multi-image bitmap support added.
- OPL file viewer.
- Current folder displayed.
- File size display on Ascii, binary, and OPL viewers.
- Deletes folders.
- Saves settings to an ini file.
-
- Changes since version 1.01
-
- Intelligent mode added.
- Bitmap viewer action changed.
- Settings saved only when changed.
-
- Changes since version 1.02
-
- Geofox One supported.
- Viewers modified for Geofox 640*320 screen.
- Sort now case-insensitive.
- Can be driven to a named folder by command line.
-
- Changes since version 1.03
-
- QV5 should no longer be upset if you send it to the background, and delete
- the folder QV5 was displaying! It should refresh to the next layer down.
- QV5 now uses Sysinfo1.opx for file/folder checking. My thanks to
- Otfried Cheong for writing this useful OPX.
- I have added a menu.
-
- Changes since version 1.04
-
- The menu has been reorganised, and some shortcuts changed to Psion standards.
- The menu can now be activated with the pen.
- QV5 now uses less memory when running in the background.
-
- Changes since version 1.05
-
- SystInfo.opx is now used instead of Sysinfo1.opx. You may delete the latter
- only if you are sure no other application uses it. If you are not sure,
- you could rename sysinfo1.opx, then try all your applications. None of the
- built-in applications use this file.
-
- Roger Muggleton, hzk@cix.co.uk
- 23rd August, 1998
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