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AVU - archive viewing utility for Wildcat 4.1x - VIEWCOMP.WCX
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Version 1.6 27/5/96 Compiled with wcCode 4.12
About..
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See HISTORY.TXT for revision history!
Well, i got fed up with VZ that came with Wildcat. It's ok, but not
wonderful. I also got p*ssed off with shareware, nagware, crippleware,
beerware, expireware, charityware archive viewers at ONLY $60 etc,
so i wrote my own.
I also hate programs that advertise other BBSes - especially if it comes
from somewhere like "The Grunting Dog BBS" - looks REALLY impressive when
your main sponsor logs on and sees software supplied by ..well, you know!
so there's NO advertising, copyrights etc in it - only in the DOCS and the
source..
This is a stable version, and is released into the public domain as freeware.
All the source is commented. If you modify the source and redistribute it,
PLEASE make a note of what you did and who you are, in the source. Thanks!
Installation:
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1. Unzip viewcomp.wcx into your Wildcat directory;
2. Run UNZ512X.exe in a temporary directory (self-extracting ZIP)
3. Copy unzip.exe to a directory in your path. You CAN'T use PKUNZIP.
4. You need a single work area for this utility:
In your AUTOEXEC.BAT, you must have either:
SET TEMP=x:\somewhere
or
SET AVU=x:\somewhere
It will use the drive/directory pointed to by AVU in preference.
Where x: is a real drive letter and \somewhere is a real directory.
Trailing "\" is optional - the program will sort it out.
If you are rich, and have a BIG ram drive, you could always point
AVU to that for REAL speed! This is where the display limit comes in
useful - if your RAM disk is say 512K, you can have a display limit
of say, 500K !
NB: if the directory doesn't exist, VIEWCOMP will not create it!
you should have TEMP defined though..
5. If you want to limit the number of bytes that a caller can display
(to save someone viewing a 3Mb text file online!) simply create a
file named VIEWCOMP.CFG in the same directory as VIEWCOMP.WCX, and
enter the number of bytes that you wish as a maximum: i.e
500000
will beep at the caller and stop the display when that number of
bytes has been reached.
Two typical example VIEWCOMP.CFG files:
200000 ;display maximum of 200,000 bytes
100 ;extract files to filearea 100
0 ;don't password protect extracted files
SUBSCRIBER SYSOP ;these sec levels can download
99999999 ;(theoretically) unlimited display maximum
100 ;extract files to filearea 100
-1 ;password protect extracted files
* ;everyone can download
If you do make a config file, DON'T PUT THE ;COMMENTS IN !!!!!
6. Once you have installed it, run it from your local node to make sure
it acts like you expect it to..!
Running it:
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This will be run when you (V)iew a file from your FILES menu instead of
Viewcomp.bat.
It will work on text files with .TXT extension and .ZIP files at the moment.
If you point it an .EXE file, it will check to see if it can find a ZIP in
there - if found, it will display it.
It's choosy about what types of files it will display. The list isn't
comprehensive though. If it displays program files strange things may happen
on your display, although the program won't be affected. See the source for
file extensions it will and won't display.
It should be multi-node aware - all the work files have unique names.
It deletes it's work files on exit (and on entry if they exist!)
What it won't do:
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Intelligently determine whether a file is binary or non-binary (adds a
HUGE overhead as it has to open/read-a-little/close each file the caller
selects). Let me think about this one..
Other things:
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No responsibility for ANY damage caused! I won't be responsible if it
writes huge files and fills your hard disk. However, it works fine for me!
Displays full pathname of stored file(s) if applicable. They will probably
wrap round and spoil the display if they are too long.. I'm working on this.
I use UNZIP in preference to PKUNZIP as:
* it's free (subject to conditions)
* you can select ultra-quiet operation on unzipping with no copyright
info filling the file, unlike PKunzip.
* it works fine under OS/2 Warp, but then, don't most things <g>
I would appreciate comments etc:
* call Mildew Hall on +44 (0)1420-543542 or
* email sysop@mildewh.dircon.co.uk or
* messages in .. MSI-UK Wildcat Sysops, MSI-World Wildcat