CICA 1994 September/CICA_Shareware_for_Windows_Walnut_Creek_September_1994.iso/docs/dosview.doc

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           USING THIS DISC AND THE DOSVIEW PROGRAM

For better accessibility of this cdrom, we at Walnut Creek developed
a browsing program called "DOSView."  Located in the root directory,
this "DOSView" program allows the user to traverse through the
directories and examine all the file descriptions on the cdrom.  The
DOSView program in general searches for files, extracts and
uncompresses them from the cdrom onto the user's hard drive.

To use the view program from MS-DOS, change the current drive to your
CD-ROM drive. Type "DOSVIEW" at the root directory and press enter to
start the program.

To use the DOSview program from MS-Windows, use the "Run" option
under Program Manager.  Assuming the cdrom drive is accessed through
"D:", type "D:\dosview.exe" into the command line box and click on
the "OK" button.  The DOSView program can also be accessed through
the File Manager.  For information on how to use the File Manager,
please consult the MS-Windows manual.

Once started, the DOSView program displays a listing of the
directories of the cdrom along with their content descriptions.  Use
the arrow keys to move the cursor bar up and down the list to select
the desired directory.  Pressing ENTER on any of the entries will
bring the program into that directory.  (To return back to the
directory listing, press the ESCAPE key.)  Once inside a directory,
the DOSView program then displays an index of filenames along with
the file descriptions in that particular subdirectory.  Here the
DOSView program allows the user to read text files, uncompress
archived files, and copy files onto other disk drives.

To read a text file from the file index menu, position the cursor bar
onto the file entry and press ENTER.  The DOSView program will open
up the text file, and will allow the user to read and scroll through
the document.  While scrolling through a text file, searching of a
text string is accomplished by pressing the key 'S'.  (The key 'R'
searches a string in the reverse direction.)  To return back to the
file index menu after reading the text file, press the ESCAPE key.

To uncompress an archived file from the index menu, select the file
entry with the cursor bar and press ENTER.  In general, archived files
have names that end with the file extension ".zip", ".arc", or ".zoo".
After selecting an archived file for extracting, a "destination query"
screen will appear to ask for the directory where the archived file is
to be uncompressed.  A default destination directory will be already
suggested by the DOSView program, printed and highlighted in the
destination box.  Press ENTER here to use the default directory, or
modify the default entry before pressing ENTER.  The usee may also
scroll through some "suggested" default directories by using the
down-cursor key.  Once the ENTER key is pressed, the DOSView program will
then create the destination directory if it doesn't already exist, and
begin to uncompress the archived file into that directory.

After the archived file is successfully uncompressed, the DOSView
program then displays another index menu similar the previous one
based on the files extracted from the archive.  Here most of the
"readme" files and text files extracted are be labeled as
documentations on the right side.  Use the cursor bar to select these
files to open them for viewing.  Extracted files that have ".bat",
".com", or ".exe" as extensions are executable files and are labeled
as such on the right side.  Selecting these files will run these
applications on top of the DOSView program.  If wished, the extracted
files can be removed from the hard drive at this point by pressing
the keys "Alt-R".  To return back to the first index menu, press the
ESC key.

To copy a file from the index menu, again highlight the file entry
with the cursor bar, and press the 'C' key.  A screen similar to that
from the archive uncompressing process will appear asking the user
for a destination.  Enter the desired directory name where the file
is to be placed, and press ENTER. The DOSView program then copies the
file to the destination directory, and returns back to the file index
menu.

At any stage of the program, hitting the ESC key always brings the
user back to the previous state -- so don't worry about accidentally
hitting a wrong key.  The On-line help is also provided at all stages
of the program.  Pressing the '?' key any time can bring up the help
screen.

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Trouble Shooting:

Due to memory problems and the restrictions of other software, the
DOSView program may at times conflict with other applications when
running them on top of itself.  Whenever any newly uncompressed
program retrieved from the cdrom doesn't run from the interactive
file menu, please try running it directly from MS-DOS or MS-Windows.
And in most cases, a shareware program usually comes with its own
documentations and instructions.  These instructions are normally
stored in files such as "readme.txt".  Please read all documentation
included with a file before running a program.  Doing so will prevent
the occurrence of common problems that many users often encounter.

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We hope that this DOSView program will further improve the usability
and the quality of our cdroms.  Comments, suggestions, and criticisms
are greatly appreciated.  Thank you very much for using Walnut Creek
CDROM products.

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1-800-786-9907 (US and Canada only)    Walnut Creek CDROM
1-510-674-0783                         1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260
1-510-674-0821 (fax)                   Walnut Creek, CA  94596
[e-mail] (e-mail)                USA

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