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DATAVIEW.DOC - DataView 3.1 Documentation DataView - The Online Archive Viewer For WildCat! 3.x ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ ╖──╖ ╓──╖ ╓─╥─╖ ╓──╖ ╖ ╓ ╥ ╓──╖ ╖ ╓ ║ ║ ╟──╢ ║ ╟──╢ ║ ║ ║ ╟─ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╙╖╓╜ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╜──╜ ╜ ╙ ╨ ╜ ╙ ╙╜ ╨ ╙──╜ ╙─╨─╜ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Version 3.1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ What is DataView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Files Included in the Archive. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Files you should have before setting up DataView . . 2 Setting up DataView with WildCat! v3.x . . . . . . . 3 Command Line Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Description of Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Local console and Sysop Features . . . . . . . . . . 8 Safety Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Tuning DataView for Optimum Performance. . . . . . . 9 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Special Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Memory Considerations and DESQview . . . . . . . . . 11 A Note about the VGA Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Technical Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Contacting the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Future Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 -DataView 3.1 Page 1- WHAT IS DATAVIEW? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ DataView is an online archive viewer for WildCat! v3.x systems. DataView is activated via the WildCat! [V]iew command from the files menu. DataView supports many archive formats including: PKZIP 1.10, PKZIP 2.0, ARJ, LZH, PAK, ARC, SDN, and self extracting EXE files. When users are viewing an archive, DataView will allow them to read text files, scan files for viruses, download files, create seperate archives for download, scan archives for integrity, do filespec listings, graph the individual file sizes, view archives within archives, sort the files by name, size or date, and much more! DataView also provides internal protocols including Zmodem, but external protocols can also be added. One of the nice things about DataView is its ease of use, setup, and operation. DataView is also very safe. DataView provides full carrier detection, inactivity checking, download and text read limits, and fantastic error handling. DataView also has the ability to run on a wide variety of hardware. DataView supports all non-standard base addresses and IRQs, baud rates above 57.6Kbps, and is DESQview compatible and aware. Give DataView a try, I'm sure you'll find it to be the best archive viewer for WildCat! COPYRIGHT ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ DataView (Version 3.1) is distributed under the Shareware concept. You are granted a limited license to use and share it under the following conditions: o DataView is not distributed in a modified form. o No fee is charged for DataView itself. o All references to the copyright and author are retained. There is a small fee for this program. Please read the registration section. This program and ALL FILES included in the archive are: Copyright (c) 1992, Ryan James Cramer, All Rights Reserved. LIABILITY ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The author makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the user. The author will not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by use of the program. When trying new software, always backup any and all important files on your system. -DataView 3.1 Page 2- FILES INCLUDED IN THE ARCHIVE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Below is a listing of files included in the archive DATAV30.ZIP or ARJ. Please be certain that you have all of these files before continuing. FILE DESCRIPTION ──────────── ───────────────────────────────────────────── DATAVIEW.EXE DataView executable file DATAVCFG.EXE DataView configuration program VIEWCOMP.BAT Sample VIEWCOMP.BAT file required by WildCat! DATAVIEW.DOC DataView documentation - you're reading it! UPGRADE.DOC Upgrading to DataView v3.1 from a previous ver. DATAVIEW.HLP DataView online help file, can be edited DATAVCFG.HLP DataView configuration program help file README.1ST Important information to read DATAVIEW.VGA VGA Fonts for DataView and DATAVCFG DATAVREG.DOC DataView registration information & form DESC.SDI Quick Description of DataView ──────────── ───────────────────────────────────────────── FILES YOU SHOULD HAVE BEFORE SETTING UP DATAVIEW ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Below is a listing of files required to operate DataView. All of the below files MUST be in your path, with the exception of SCAN.EXE. Please note that you only have to have the archivers listed below which correspond to the archives on your board (ie: if you only have .ZIP files, you should only need PKZIP & PKUNZIP). However, it is wise to have all those below for a complete setup. Required Files Ext Acceptable versions ======================= === ===================== PKZIP.EXE & PKUNZIP.EXE ZIP v1.10, v1.93, or v2.0 ARJ.EXE ARJ v2.30 or above LHA.EXE LZH v2.13 or above PKPAK.EXE & PKUNPAK.EXE ARC PAK.EXE PAK v2.51 or above ----------------------- --- --------------------- Please also make sure that you have a copy of SCAN.EXE by McAfee associates if you enable the virus scanning feature of DataView. -DataView 3.1 Page 3- SETTING UP DATAVIEW WITH WILDCAT! 3.x ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ I think you'll find DataView to be one of the easier programs you have setup on your BBS system. DataView has been designed to be as painless as possible, however it is necessary to read the steps below to insure the correct setup. 1) Put all of the DataView files listed below into your WildCat! home directory (ie: C:\WC30): DATAVIEW.EXE DATAVCFG.EXE VIEWCOMP.BAT DATAVCFG.HLP DATAVIEW.HLP DATAVIEW.VGA The above files are required for the operation of DataView. 2) Next, lets configure DataView. At the DOS prompt and in your WildCat! home directory type "DATAVCFG" which will load up the DataView configuration program. First, edit your main configuration options. You can scroll through all of the features and define your directories and such. If you are ever unsure what to do, press F1 for the online context sensitive help. After editing your main configuration options, quit back to the main menu. If you have decided not to enable the downloading feature, then you may exit the configuration program. Otherwise, goto the download security setup. From this menu, you can mark and unmark the security levels which will NOT have access to the download feature. After choosing those security levels, its time to configure the external protocols. Choose the external protocol setup menu option from the main menu. If you have any external protocols available on your BBS system, then you can make them available in DataView just by marking which ones will be available. If you don't have any external protocols, then DATAVCFG will simply tell you that no protocols exist in MAKEWILD.DAT. In order to use external protocols in DataView, you must have them defined in MAKEWILD. When marking which external protocols will be available, it would be wise not to have any bi-directional protocols selected, as you don't want to receive uploads in DataView :) Now that you have configured DataView, you will notice that DATAVCFG has created a file called DATAVIEW.CFG. DATAVIEW.CFG is simply a text file conatining the DataView configuration options that you just set. Make sure that this file resides and stays in your WildCat! home directory. -DataView 3.1 Page 4- 3) The next step is a simple one. Load up the VIEWCOMP.BAT file in to a text editor (I like QEDIT or VDE). Edit this file to look something like the following: DATAVIEW C:\WC30\DATAVIEW.CFG %1 │ └─ DataView Configuration File. │ └──── YOUR WildCat! Home directory goes here. This simply calls up the DataView executable, passes the configuration as the first parameter, and the archive name as the second parameter. %1 translates out to be the archive name passed by WildCat! IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure that you pass the FULL PATH and FILE NAME for the configuration file (like shown above). If you do not, DataView will report that it can't find the DATAVIEW.CFG file. Make sure that VIEWCOMP.BAT exists and stays in your WildCat! home directory. 4) You are now ready to give DataView a test run, just to make sure it works correctly. Fire up WildCat! and log in, try out the [V]iew command from the files menu, and make sure that DataView is operating as it should. If it isn't, recheck your configuration, and/or see what error DataView is giving you. All of the errors that DataView can run into will be pretty self explanatory. For instance, if DataView says: "Unable to find DATAVIEW.CFG", then know that the problem is most likely that you forgot to configure DataView using DATAVCFG.EXE, or your VIEWCOMP.BAT file has an error in it. 5) If you are happy with the way that DataView is performing for your BBS system, and would like to continue using it after a reasonable trial period -- please consider registering. There's nothing quite as good as a nice registered copy of DataView IMHO :) That covers the setup for DataView, not so bad was it? -DataView 3.1 Page 5- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ DataView does not have an extensive set of confusing command line parameters, almost everything is configured from DATAVCFG. This makes the program much less confusing! Below are some example command lines and descriptions: DATAVIEW C:\WC30\DATAVIEW.CFG %1 { Example One DATAVIEW LOCAL E:\GAMES\#1COSMO.ZIP { Example Two Parameter: 1) Full path and file name for the DataView configuration file, DATAVIEW.CFG. By specifying "LOCAL" instead of a configuration file, DataView will default to local mode. I would not get in the habit of using this type of local mode too often since DataView does not know what any of its configuration options are. However, I find myself using it all of the time :) Not all of DataView's features will be available in this local mode since many features are configured from the configuration file DATAVIEW.CFG. 2) Full path and file name of archive to view. When DataView is called from WildCat! via the [V]iew command, WildCat! passes the archive name to view as %1, like shown above. DESCRIPTION OF FEATURES ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ [R]ead: Read a text file. This allows the user to read a text file within an archive. This is for sure the most used function of online archive viewers as it allows users to get a feel for the program they are viewing before downloading it. While reading a text file, there are three unique features that DataView has which set it apart from other online archive viewers. They are discussed below: 1) ASCII 12 (form feed) character weed-out. DataView will weed out all of the form feed characters contained within a text file. This prevents those annoying screen clearings that make reading text files so hard. As far as I know, DataView is the only online archive viewer that has this feature, and I consider it absolutely essential. 2) The ability to [P]age Up while reading text files is one which has been very popular in previous versions of DataView. If a user ever misses something in the previous screen, they can see it again with the touch of a key. In fact, it is possible to read a file backwards using the [P]age Up feature! -DataView 3.1 Page 6- 3) The [F]ind feature will allow users to search for a text string in a text file. This is equivilent to the Search features found in WordPerfect or other popular word processors. The Find feature is not case sensitive, and can find all occurences in a text file just by pressing "F" again and then ENTER on your default text string entered previously. I find myself using the Find feature most often when looking through those incredibly long FidoNet conference listings. Lets say I wanted to find a conference on skydiving. I would simply activate the Find feature, and then type in "SKYDIVING". DataView will instantly show you the screen containing the word "SKYDIVING", with the particular line highlighted in red. NOTE: Users may type the file name or number to read at the main menu prompt instead of the [R]ead submenu. [L]ist: This feature just lists all of the filenames in the archive. If this feature is activated from one of the submenus, DataView will produce a shorter listing containing only the file name, sizes, and "other" status. [F]ilespec: The Filespec feature will allow you to list files in an archive which match the wildcard filespec you enter. For instance, lets say I want to find all files that end with "DOC". To do this, I would just enter "*.DOC" at the prompt and press ENTER. If I wanted to find all files that start with "WILD", I would just enter "WILD*.*". This is just like DOS! The Filespec feature is especially useful if you are trying to sort through archives which have a lot of individual files. [I]ntegrity: Integrity scanning can be important for a users peace of mind before downloading an archive. It can be a real pain to download an archive, only to find that not all of the files are usable. DataView drops to DOS and calls up the appropriate archiver to do the integrity scan. Then, DataView reports the results directly to the user. [V]irus Scan: Viruses are getting to be more and more of a problem every day. If a user can scan a file for viruses before even downloading it, a lot of trouble can be saved - not to mention peace of mind. Before downloading a file, I always scan it for viruses in DataView. DataView uses the fantastic SCAN.EXE software by John Mcafee. DataView will also report the version of SCAN being used to the user which can be very important considering how often new viruses spring up. The DataView logs indicate the results of all virus scans. [S]ort Here's another great little feature which is unique to DataView. Sorting the archive will allow you to sort by date, original file size, or archive file size. This is the same thing as doing a DOS sort by date "DIR /OD" or by size "DIR /OS". -DataView 3.1 Page 7- [A]rchive View Have you ever viewed an archive only to find that it had another archive inside of it, making it unviewable by most viewers? This new archive view feature will allow you to view any archives which are within an archive. Here's an example: Lets say you view the file #1COSMO.ZIP (A popular Apogee game). When you go to view it, you find that the only file inside #1COSMO.ZIP is a file called #1COSMO.EXE. #1COSMO.EXE is another archive compressed with LHA. Using the DataView archive view feature, you can view all of the files within this archive. This is not possible to do with any other online archive viewers, yet it is (in my mind) a very useful and necessary option for users to have. All features normally available in DataView are also available when viewing an archive within an archive. In fact, you may view an archive within an archive within an archive ... and so on :) When (and if) you are ready to return to the previous archive, use the [R]eturn command. [D]ownload The DataView download feature allows you to download individual files within an archive, or create an archive containing one or more files from the original archive. DataView also allows you to choose different compression methods based on what archivers it finds in the path. If you have a copy of ARJ.EXE in your path, DataView will even allow users to create self extracting EXE archives which can be very useful when one doesn't have an decompression program on their system. After DataView creates the new archive for download, it allows the user to select a transfer protocol. DataView includes the following protocols internally: Zmodem CRC-32, with crash recovery enabled Ymodem Ymodem/G, for error correcting connections only Xmodem 1K/G, for error correcting connections only Xmodem 1K Xmodem CRC Xmodem Checksum Of course, you may add up to 10 external protocols which have been defined in MAKEWILD and enabled in DATAVCFG. DataView will update WildCat! for downloads and download K if you have this enabled in DATAVCFG. However, this only works with WildCat! versions 3.5 above. [G]raph The graph feature allows users to view the archive original and compressed individual file sizes in a graph, instead of those boring numbers :) The best way to describe the graph feature is to have a look at it. Give it a try! -DataView 3.1 Page 8- LOCAL CONSOLE AND SYSOP FEATURES ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ F6 = Chat Mode By pressing F6, you bring the user currently in DataView into chat mode. The chat mode has word wrapping and uses different colors for the user and sysop text. Its nothing fancy, but hey - it works! If you jump into chat mode while in local mode, if so inclined - you can talk to yourself. Just keep in mind that DataView will not talk back and will give no answers to the days problems. :) F10 = Exit This will exit DataView at any time just like the [Q]uit feature does. However, the sysop can use this and the user cannot - so its great if you want to kick someone out of DataView and bring them back to the board. SAFETY FEATURES ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Part of what makes WildCat! such a successful, great BBS software is the fact that it is very safe and solid. While writing DataView, I made sure to follow in this tradition as WildCat! has. The following paragraphs describe the major safety features of DataView. If a user ever drops carrier, DataView will (of course) close all files, delete any of its temporary files, record the dropped carrier in the logs, and then return control to WildCat!. WildCat! then recognizes that there is no carrier and also records the dropped carrier in its logs. Very often a user will just let the system sit there doing nothing. Us SysOps on the local end can only guess as to what is going on ... Did the user fall asleep? Does the user get entertainment out of this? Has the user left town? Who knows ... but its nice to know that after four minutes, DataView will exit displaying the proper message and then return control to WildCat!. DataView keeps track of the users time remaining on the board, and will never let them stay on longer then their time permits. I have attempted to make DataView as bulletproof as possible. DataView is the safest, most solid online archive viewer available - and special attention has been given to make sure of this. -DataView 3.1 Page 9- TUNING DATAVIEW FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ DataView is a pretty fast running little program, however it can be made even faster! Making DataView faster is very simple, below are some suggestions which will increase the performance. ■ In MAKEWILD, have WildCat! swap to EMS instead of disk. This will make the WildCat! to DataView swap quite a bit quicker. The difference is very noticeable. ■ Create a RAM drive. In DATAVCFG specify the DataView work directory as this RAM drive (ie: mine is I:\ ). Doing this will also increase the speed of DataView by quite a bit. Whenever DataView extracts or creates files, it will use this RAM drive. ■ Get a faster computer :) REGISTRATION ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ If you decide that DataView is a program that you would like to continue running on your BBS, after testing it for a reasonable time period - then please register it. By registering you will receive a key in the mail which will register DataView for you. Once registered, your copy of DataView will display that it is registered to your BBS system upon exit of the program to the user. Registering also makes all future upgrades of DataView free. There may be versions of DataView only available to registered users in the future. To register DataView, simply fill out the registration form DATAVREG.DOC and send it to me along with a $17 check or money order. I will send you your registration key on a disk of your choice right away. Please send your registration to: Ryan J. Cramer 8300 Riding Ridge Place McLean, VA 22102 Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it! -DataView 3.1 Page 10- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ PKZIP/PKUNZIP Version 1.1 Copyright 1989-1990 PKWARE Inc. PKZ110.EXE ARJ 2.3 Copyright (c) 1990,91 Robert K. Jung ARJ230.EXE LHA 2.13 Copyright (c) Haruyashi Yoshizaki 1988-91 LHA213.EXE GSZ Copyright by OMEN Technology Inc. GSZxxxx.ZIP SCAN Copyright 1989-91 by McAfee Associates SCANVxx.ZIP Wildcat! 3.x Copyright (c) Mustang Software Inc. Async Professional Copyright (c) by Turbo Power Software. SPECIAL THANKS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ DataView could not have been possible if it were not for the help of many individuals. I have never come across such helpful people and really appreciate everything they have done. Below are some of the individuals who have helped make DataView what it is. - Michael Conley - Dave Cody - Jeff Bisson - Ralph Maya - Robert Cole - Scott Hunter - Lee Fisher - All of the *fantastic alpha and beta testers*! - All of the people that have offered their suggestions, and help. A special thanks goes to Mustang Software Inc. for creating such a fantastic BBS software. Mustang Software has been a real inspiration with all of the incredible products they have produced (especially WildCat!). -DataView 3.1 Page 11- MEMORY CONSIDERATIONS AND DESQview ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ DataView v3.x has been made DESQview aware. DataView passes its time slice to the other window while waiting for a keystroke. DataView is also (as always) DESQview compatible :) When running under DESQview (or any other multitasker for that matter) you should give DataView at least 400k of memory. DataView itself doesn't use very much memory at all, but when using ARJ with DataView - a lot of memory is required. The reason for this is that ARJ just plain takes up a lot of memory - I guess thats the tradeoff for it compressing files so well. I have successfully run DataView in 220k of memory, but ARJ refused to complete its tasks. However, PKZIP ran just fine in 220k under DataView. Most people give their WildCat! window atleast 350 to 400k in the first place, so memory should not be a problem. When running under DESQview, you should have the "Text and graphics displayed at the same time" set to "YES". This feature is found in DESQview's advanced video options menu. Also, when running in DESQview, it is also a good idea to delete the DATAVIEW.VGA file. If you do not, when DataView loads up it will change the fonts in all of your DESQview windows to the one that DataView uses. Not really a problem, some people may find it annoying though :-) A NOTE ABOUT THE VGA FONTS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Just for fun, I decided to include some VGA fonts with DataView, mainly because I find them refreshing to look at compared to standard ASCII. A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon how to create these fonts, so thought it would be nice to put them to good use! :) If you don't like having the VGA fonts, getting rid of them is quite easy. Simply delete the file DATAVIEW.VGA and DataView will use standard ASCII text. When running under DESQview, you should have the "Text and graphics displayed at the same time" set to "YES". This feature is found in DESQview's advanced video options menu. TECHNICAL INFORMATION ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ For those that are interested, DataView v3.1 was written in Turbo Pascal v6.0 and bits of assembly language here and there. DataView used Turbo Power's Async Professional communications package. The DataView configuration program was also written in Turbo Pascal v6.0. The VGA fonts were designed, written, and implemented by Ryan Cramer and Jeff Bisson. If you don't want DataView to use the VGA fonts, simply delete the DATAVIEW.VGA file. I personally find the fonts refreshing to look at compared to standard ascii (which I have been looking at for years <g>). -DataView 3.1 Page 12- When swapping to an archiver, DataView will either swap to disk or to EMS. If EMS is available, DataView will use it. However, if it isn't, DataView swaps to disk. When swapping to archive a file, DataView will always choose between EMS and disk. Also, when viewing an ARJ file, DataView will always select EMS or disk. When viewing other archives (such as ZIPs) DataView will usually swap just to conventional memory. The main reason for this is that ARJ takes up quite a bit of memory and can't usually complete its tasks from a conventional shell. PKZIP and most other archivers will run in smaller amounts of memory so DataView just swaps to conventional memory to keep things fast. This version of DataView has been made DESQview aware. When DataView is waiting for a keystroke, it will very often pass its time slice to the other window if there isn't much activity from the user's end. In v2.2, DataView would read in the archive information and store it in memory. Now, in v3.1, DataView keeps all archive information inside a record file. This greatly reduces memory requirements and allows viewing archives with a huge amount of files. -DataView 3.1 Page 13- CONTACTING THE AUTHOR ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ I would like to provide the best support possible for DataView. I am always more then happy to hear from users of DataView. If you have any questions, comments, or problems, let me know. I can be reached by RelayNet in the WildCat! support conference. I can be reached in WildNet in either the WildCat! support conference or the new 3rd Party support conference. Data Connection BBS is the official DataView support system where we have special DataView support conferences. You can always get in contact with me there, and you can always find the latest version of DataView. The number is at six oclock: Data Connection BBS (703) 506-8598, DataView support board. I get my mail from the BBS listed below, so you can get in contact with me there also... Illusions BBS (703) 641-0173, I call here almost every day :) If you prefer to get in contact with me voice, as this is often the fastest and easiest way to do it, my number is: (703) 448-6923. Please ask for "Ryan Cramer". FUTURE PLANS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ In a future version of DataView I would also like to write an archive viewing module which would create the listing of archives instead of relying upon PKZIP, ARJ, or LHA to create the listing. I have not done this yet because I need the record formats for PKZIP 2.0 before I take on such a project. This would greatly speed up the initial loading of DataView. If you have any ideas or suggestions which you would like to see in DataView, please let me know! ╓ ╓ ╓ ║ ╓║─ ╓║─ ╓─╢ ╓─╖ ║ ╓─╖ ╓─╖ ╓─╖ ╖─╖ ╖─╖ ╓─╖ ╓─╖ ║ ╓ ╓─╖ ╖─╖ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╟─╜ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╙─╜ ╙─╙ ╜ ╙─╙ ╙─╜ ╙─╜ ╜ ╙ ╜ ╙ ╙─╜ ╙─╜ ╜ ╜ ╙─╜ ╜ ╙ ██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██─┐ █║ Providing DataView Support, 9600 v.32 ║█ │ █║ (703) 506-8598 ║█ │ ██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The End.