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Overview
I-View is a small full feature off-line HTML browser. Designed especially for
HTML authors, Internet & CD-ROM publishers, I-View is very small in size
(about 400K). You can distribute I-View with your HTML files using just a
single floppy.
I-View displays hypertext documents and in-line images. It will also load your
choice of associated program to play sound and movie clips, or display
separate images. I-View supports image maps. A WYSIWYG Print Preview
shows any page exactly as it will print on your printer.
How to reach us:
Web: http://www.talentcom.com/
E-Mail: iview@talentcom.com
News: comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows
Address: P.O.Box 611476, San Jose, CA 95161-1476, U.S.A.
Installing I-View
Copy all the files into C:\I-VIEW directory.
MINIMUM SET OF FILES FOR DISTRIBUTION:
i-view.exe or i-viewa.exe
gif2bmp.dll
license.icm
Running I-View
1. Click on the File menu of your Windows Program Manager;
2. Select Run, then type C:\I-VIEW\ I-VIEW and press OK.
** You also can create an icon for I-View by clicking on the File
menu of your Windows Program Manager, and selecting New.
Index
File Menu .................................................................................. 4
Options Menu ............................................................................ 9
Navigate Menu ......................................................................... 11
Help Menu ............................................................................... 13
FAQ ........................................................................................ 14
File Menu
Open: Open an HTML file from your local disk.
Reload: Reload the current HTML file.
Setup Homepage: Specify which file for your Homepage.
Setup Hotlist: Specify the Hotlist you wish to use.
Edit HTML File: Opens current HTML page source in editor.
Edit Configuration File: Opens I-View.ini to setup helper applications
and viewers.
Edit Hot List File: Opens current Hotlist file to edit.
Save As HTML: Saves current HTML page in HTML format.
Save as ASCII: Saves current HTML page in plain text (without
HTML codes).
Print: Prints the current HTML document.
Print Preview: Displays the document on the screen as it would
appear printed.
Print Setup: Displays the Printer Setup controls.
Exit: Exits I-View.
Open command (File menu)
Use this command to open an existing document in a window.
Use this command to select a file to open from a dialog box. Open presents a file
selection dialog box, listing the HTML files on your local disk. The dialog box allows
you to specify the file you want to open. By default, I-View displays all files listed in
the current directory or folder with the .htm file extension. You may change
directories or folders by simply clicking one of the folders listed in the right hand
portion of the dialogue box.
Change to the directory or folder where you have saved the file you want to open.
You may have to change location to a floppy disk drive by using the Drives pull down
menu. If the file you are looking for is not listed, be sure to the List of File Type to *.*.
This will force I-View to list all files in the current folder, regardless of their file
extension or name.
Tip: Remember all HTML files are really plain text files. You may have used Notepad
or another ASCII text editor and saved the file with the .txt file extension. You can
change the types of files listed by typing *.txt right into the File Name box at the top
left-hand corner of the dialogue box.
Reload command (File menu)
Use this command to reload an existing document in a window.
Brings a fresh copy of the current document (from the saved source) to replace the one
originally displayed. The reloaded command displays any changes made to the original
HTML file from the time of the original display. This command will force I-View to "re-
read" the original source HTML file and "reload" the document into the window. When
you edit the original HTML source code, you will need to "save" your editing, then
"reload" to allow I-View to read and display your changes from the original file.
Setup Homepage command (File menu)
Use this command to specify which file you want for your Homepage.
Use this command to setup your own homepage. This command presents a file selection
dialog, where you may specify the file you want to use as homepage.
Tip: Try creating your own Homepage with your favorite Web sites.
It can also be created as a quick reference page. For example: Try creating a page
with all your favorite ftp sites in one section, and all your hot-list stops on the web in
another section.
Setup Hotlist command (File menu)
Use this command to specify which Hotlist you currently want loaded in I-View.
Use this command to select current hot list file. This command presents a file selection
dialog, where you may specify the hot list file you want to use.
Edit HTML Source command (File menu)
Use this command to open an existing document in a window and edit the HTML
source.
Edit source opens a Windows Notepad document displaying the current document HTML
source. You can edit the source as in any standard ASCII text file and save. Note: Be sure
you are saving with the .htm file extension instead of the standard .txt applied by default
from Windows Notepad.
Edit Configuration File command (File menu)
Use this command to edit the default I-View configuration file "I-View.ini".
This command opens the I-View.ini configuration file in a Windows Notepad document.
When you select this command, you are given a notice reminding you changes will not
become active until you "re-start" the I-View application. This forces I-View to "re-read"
the configuration file.
You can edit the configuration file as in any standard ASCII text file. Remember to save the
file with the .ini extension. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original .ini file
prior to editing the default .ini file. To make a backup copy from within I-View, select the
Edit Configuration File command and Save-as "I-View.bak" to the same location as the
original ini.
Then proceed with your changes and Save-as I-view.ini (overwriting the original I-
View.ini).
Edit Hotlist File command (File menu)
Use this command to edit an existing Hotlist in a window.
Use this command to edit the current hot list file. The I-View hot list file is in plain text
format and is displayed using the Windows Notepad helper application. The first item of
each line is HTTP address, the remaining text on each line is the title of current hot list.
Any changes you make to the currently active Hotlist list are saved and immediately
available for you to use in I-View.
You may have multiple Hotlists, each with it's own set of pages. However, you may only
have one active hotlist at a time. The "Edit Hotlist" command loads the currently active
Hotlist into Windows Notepad for you to edit. The Navigate menu item "Hotlists" produces
a Hotlist List dialog box offering options that allow you to Add, Delete, Goto, or Done.
Tip: Try opening the new document, then using the Navigate menu Hotlist command.
By pressing the "Add" button, it will edit the Hotlist for you, adding the new page to
the current Hotlist! This tecnique can be faster than editing the list in Notepad.
Save as HTML command (File menu)
Use this command to save an existing document in HTML source.
Use this command to save the current HTML with inline images to disk. This command
presents a file selection dialog, where you may specify the directory and file name you
want to save to. The saved files can be viewed later using I-View or any WEB browser.
Save as ASCII command (File menu)
Use this command to save an existing document in plain text without HTML codes.
Use this comm