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PAGE 1
EZVIEW RELEASE 4.1
COPYRIGHT 1992 CHARLES HILL USEFULL CONCEPTS, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1303 B CARLISLE DRIVE SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA 94402-1917 USA
EZVIEW is a quick, handy file viewing utility. The wrinkle that's worthy of
note here is CURSOR CONTROL. Have you ever been programming or analyzing
files and wished you could use the cursor to count bytes or characters ?
Now you can____with EZVIEW.
To put it to work, install it in a directory in your path (Change the name
to suit your needs, ie : VIEW). Type EZVIEW at the command line. The current
directory appears for file selection. To change directories, place the
cursor on one of the up or down arrows and press enter. To change drives,
press <D> and select a drive. Once in the desired directory, use the cursor
to select a file to view and press enter. Your cursor is active in all
directions and is now a counter, tracked at the top of the screen.
If you want to view the file in HEX FORMAT, press <H>. You may go back to
viewing in TEXT FORMAT by pressing <T>. Pressing <F> takes you to the FILE
SELECTION screen. F1 produces a HELP SCREEN listing keyboard commands for
these and all other functions available.
If you have an edit program in the current directory or in your path, press
<E> to either edit the file you are viewing, or the file you've selected
from the file selection screen. By default EZVIEW uses 'EDIT', and searches
your path first for edit.com and then for edit.exe. If you have a program
with a different name then 'EDIT', and prefer to use it, press <Alt> E and
enter the name, not including the extension (i.e. 'QEDIT' for a program
named qedit.com or qedit.exe). EZVIEW saves the name you entered and will
use it from then on.
Go DIRECTLY TO ANY LINE NUMBER in a file by pressing <L> and entering the
desired line number. This saves time trying to get around in a large file.
EZVIEW includes a SEARCH ROUTINE to find strings in either hex or text
format and a SORT ROUTINE to arrange files by Name, Extension, Size or Date
for the file selection screen.
PRINT out all or part of a file by moving the cursor to the top line of the
block of text you wish to print and mark it by pressing <ALT> T. Then use
<ALT> B to mark the bottom line of the block. Use <Alt> P to print out the
marked block. Unmark a marked block by pressing <ALT> U. If you are printing
out hex code, use <ALT> F to activate the hex filter. This masks out ASCII
charcacters 0 - 31 and 127, which represent printer commands.
Fancy a paticuclar COLOR CONFIGURATION ? ... Use the F2 - F7 keys to toggle
through and find your favorite colors. Press <Alt> C to save them.
MOUSE SUPPORT - The mouse controls the keys listed at the bottom of the
screen and can be used in the file, text and hex modes to reposition the
cursor. Put the mouse cursor over your choice or screen position, and
click the left mouse button.
EZVIEW is IBM XT/AT compatible with DOS 2.0 and up. CGA, EGA and VGA are
supported. EZVIEW views files to 16Mb and handles directories to 1870 files.
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* SHAREWARE STATEMENT
EZVIEW is protected by U.S. Copyright law and is not in public domain.
You are granted a limited license to make an evaluation copy for trial use
on a private, non commercial basis for the specific purpose of determining
whether EZVIEW is suitable for your purposes.
At the end of the trial period, you should either register or discontinue
use. The purchase of a disk from a shareware distributor does not constitute
registration. A registration form is available in file REGISTER.FRM.
* SHARING WITH OTHERS
EZVIEW may be given to friends or others so that they may evaluate its use
and register their own copy as long as the package of EZVIEW.EXE,
EZVIEW.MAN, REGISTER.FRM and REGISTER.EXE are kept together.
* DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
IMPORTANT: Read this warranty information before you register. If you do not
agree to the terms, please discontinue use.
This program is sold without any express or implied warranties whatsoever,
including but not limited to merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. In no event shall Charles Hill or Usefull Concepts be liable
for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages from loss
of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or
other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use this
product, even if Usefull Concepts has been advised of the possibility
of such damages.
* REGISTRATION
To register use the text file REGISTER.FRM included in the EZVIEW package.
When you register EZVIEW, you will receive a letter of confirmation,
including instructions on how to replace the registration message with your
name and serial number.
Registration entitles you to the use of the version you are registering and
all future versions of EZVIEW.
Technical support is available for EZVIEW through electronic mail at the
following BBS's :
COMPUSERVE : 70732,343
PCLINK : RUNOUT
GENIE : C.HILL14
If you wish to attain support through U.S. mail, please include a stamped
self addressed envelope.
Registered users will be able to get technical support by phone.
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* VERSION HISTORY
EZVIEW 1.0 - 12/1/91 Original release
EZVIEW 2.0 - 12/16/91 Added printing capabilities, hex filter, searching
with ignore case and color configuration.
EZVIEW 2.1 - 1/17/92 Fixed 80th character backspace bug.
Fixed form-feed/carraige-return pair bug.
EZVIEW 3.0 - 3/1/92 Fixed clearing last character of input search string.
Fixed integer overflow marking lines above 32767.
Fixed memory reallocation when > 150 files.
Fixed handling the empty disk case.
Added going directly to line numbers, invoking an
editor with the name "EDIT.EXE or EDIT.COM" and a
registration program for registered users.
EZVIEW 3.1 - 3/2/92 Fixed bug updating file(s) on return from edit.
EZVIEW 4.0 - 5/11/92 Fixed bug maintaining the identity of a file when
changing directories by using its full path name.
Uses 80 column color text video mode versus the
default video mode.
Restores original video mode when done.
Added Mouse Support.
EZVIEW 4.1 - 5/21/92 Fixed bug misidentifying CGA as Hercules.
Fixed bug in command line arguments w/path.
Fixed bug that skipped a line between file reads.
Fixed bug with mouse on last line of file < 22 lines.
Improved empty disk case senario.
Added ability to configure the edit program.
Added ability to change drives.
Enhanced mouse support.
EZVIEW REGISTRATION FORM
USEFULL CONCEPTS
1303 B CARLISLE DRIVE
SAN MATEO, CA. 94402-1917
Version you are registering __________
NAME _____________________________ QUANTITY REGISTERED ______________
COMPANY __________________________ AMOUNT AT $20.00 EACH ______________
ADDRESS __________________________ APPLICABLE SALES TAX ______________
CITY _____________________________ TOTAL ENCLOSED ______________
STATE ________ ZIP _______________ CA. RESIDENTS PLEASE ADD 8% STATE TAX.
DATE ________ PHONE ______________ CHECK IN U.S. FUNDS. THANK YOU.
To be displayed in registered copy (check one): __NAME __COMPANY
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE WARRANTY STATEMENT BEFORE REGISTERING.