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DESCRIPTION OF FEATURES
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1. [L]ist
The list command simply lists all of the files in the archive. This
is the same listing that you get upon entering DataView. When you do
a list, you may also add the optional filespec parameter which will
list only those files which match your given filespec. Here are some
examples below:
L *.DOC - lists all files with the "DOC" extension.
L COMM*.* - lists all files starting with "COMM".
L - lists all files in the archive
L M - lists all marked files
2. [R]ead
The read function will allow you to read a text file or a binary file
from within an archive. Simply specify a file number, name, or wildcard
(or a mixture of them) and DataView will display all of the files to you
which match your command stack.
If the file is a text file, DataView displays it to you in the normal
way that you would expect to view a text file, however, if the file
is a binary file (ie: an EXE or something) DataView will display it
in a hex dump mode.
In hex dump mode, you would see 16 bytes for each line. On the left
side of the screen, you would see the values of each byte represented
in hexidecimal notation. On the right side of the screen you see the
ascii character that each byte represents. All non-printable ascii
characters will appear as a period.
If you attempt to read a MOD music file, DataView will give you a full
technical description of the file including all sample names and quite a
bit of other information.
While in the read function, there are many different things that you
can do:
[F]ind
The find feature will let you search for text in the file. Upon
invoking the find feature, you will be prompted to enter a text
string to search for. After you enter it, DataView will search
through the whole file until it finds a match. If no match is found,
you will get the message "Search string not found." You may press the
spacebar to abort the search at any time.
If DataView finds a match, it will show you the page that it found it
on. The search string that was found will appear highlighted. If you
are not in color mode, you will not be able to see where the text is,
however, DataView places the first match in the middle of the page so
you should be able to locate it easily.
If multiple matches are found, they will also be highlighted as you
scroll through the file.
After doing a successful search, if you invoke the find feature
again, you will be prompted if you would like to continue searching
for your previous search string. If you enter "yes", DataView will
show you the next occurence. If you enter "no", it will prompt you
for a new search string.
[J]ump
The jump command simply prompts for a line number that you would like
to jump to. This is a quick and easy to get to a position in the file
that you are reading. DataView will give you a range list of line
numbers so that you have a good idea of where you want to go.
[P]gUp
The pageup feature does exactly what it says, it jumps to the
previous page that you were viewing. This way, if you missed anything
on the last page or any number of pages above, you can easily get
back there to read it.
[<|>]
This feature allows you to do horizontal scrolling either to the left
or to the right. You activate this with the "<" key or the ">" key.
These are NOT the arrow keys, they are the "," and the "." keys with
the shift key being held down.
Horizontal scrolling will allow you to read files that are longer
then 80 columns. You may come across BBS lists and such where this
feature will come in very handy.
If you are reading a binary file in hex dump mode, then horizontal
scrolling won't really provide any benefit for you since the hex dump
only takes up 75 colums.
3. [A]rchive view
While viewing compressed files in DataView, you may occasionly or
frequently come across archives which have additional archives within
them. You can view these archives just like the one that you are
currently viewing by using the archive view feature.
After specifying a filename or file number, DataView will extract the
file and determine if it is actually an archive. If it is not an
archive, DataView will return back to the current archive that you
are viewing. If the file IS an archive, DataView will view it just
like the current one that you are viewing. You will be able to use
all of DataView's features just as usual.
When or if you are ready to return to the previous archive, use the
[P]revious command from the main menu.
4. [I]ntegrity scan
The integrity scan feature shells to DOS and calls up the
corresponding archiver for the archive that you are viewing to
perform an integrity check. DataView intercepts the result from the
archiver and reports back to you. If any of the files in the archive
are corrupted, you will get a message that one or more files in the
archive are corrupted. Otherwise, DataView will report that there are
no errors. The integrity scan feature is only available for ZIP and
ARJ archives.
5. [V]irus scan
Because the virus scan feature can sometimes be slow, DataView will
first prompt you if you are sure you want to perform a virus scan.
The virus scan feature is only slow if the archive contains a lot of
files which contain executable code in them.
First, all of the files that contain executable code in the archive
are extracted to a temporary directory. After that, DataView will
call up the SCAN.EXE virus scanner by Mcafee Associates and report
the result back to you. If the file contains any viruses, you will be
notified.
DataView also reports the version of SCAN being used so that you can
be ensured that a relatively recent version of the virus scanner is
being used. This is important because an older virus scanner can
easily miss new viruses.
6. [M]ark
The mark feature allows you to mark files for later download. Specify a
list of file numbers, filenames, or wildcards and DataView will mark all
of those files for download.
7. [U]nmark
This feature is the opposite of the Unmark feature. It takes the same
kind of command line, except you specify files which you would like to
be removed from the marked list.
8. [C]lear marked
There's not much that can be said about this one, it simply clears all
files that you have marked. :)
9. [E]dit marked
The edit marked feature provides a better interface for the above three
commands. It splits those commands into a seperate menu and also shows
you a listing of the current marked files. This feature works very much
like WildCat's edit marked feature. Some may find it easier to access
the above three commands through this edit marked menu, but others may
find that accessing the commands with parameters is a faster way to go
about it.
10.[D]ownload
The download feature lets you create new archives from files contained
in the archive that you are viewing. You can pass file numbers, names,
or wildcards to this command. If you have previously marked files,
DataView will give you the edit marked menu (described above) so that
you can verify that these are the files that you want to download. If
you do not have any marked files, DataView will prompt you for them.
Once you have chosen the files that you want to download, DataView will
then prompt you for the archiver that you want to use. Under most
situations, the folling three will be available:
ZIP, ARJ, LZH
Of the three, ZIP is the standard and usually the best one to choose. If
you only have one file marked, DataView will also give you the option
"[N]one" so that your file will not be compressed.
After you choose an archiver, DataView will start extracting the files,
then it will create the new archive (if you have chosen one of the three
above mentioned archivers).
At this point, DataView will prompt you for the protocol that you would
like to download. The following four will be available:
Xmodem, Ymodem, Kermit, Zmodem
Under most cases, Zmodem is the best protocol to choose. After that,
DataView will start sending the file, and the rest is up to you! :)