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- License and Registration Information
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- This file contains important license and registration information.
- Please read it carefully before using the program.
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- NOTE: READ THE ONLINE HELP - IT IS WORTH IT!
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- Disclaimer - Agreement
- ======================
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- Users of File Viewer must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
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- "File Viewer is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties,
- expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
- merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no
- liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from
- the use of File Viewer."
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- File Viewer is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to
- the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but
- please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The
- essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer
- users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide
- incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you
- find this program useful and find that you are using File Viewer and
- continue to use File Viewer after a reasonable trial period, you must
- make a registration payment of $9.95 to Maze Computer Communications.
- The $9.95 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
- computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a
- book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of
- people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another,
- so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location
- while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two
- different persons at the same time.
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- Commercial users of File Viewer must register and pay for their copies
- of File Viewer within 30 days of first use or their license is
- withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Maze
- Computer Communications.
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- Anyone distributing File Viewer for any kind of remuneration must
- first contact Maze Computer Communications at the address below for
- authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to
- distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for
- shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering File
- Viewer immediately (However Maze Computer Communications must still be
- advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest
- version of File Viewer).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of File Viewer along to your friends
- for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they
- find that they can use it.
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- This program does not have any printed documentation - all information
- on use and capabilities is included in the online help.
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- All registers user receive free technical support for 101 days from
- the date of registration. Also all registered users receive a free
- upgrade to the next version of this program when that version becomes
- available. To report bugs, receive help and bug fixes please send a
- CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to:
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- Jurek Makowiecki
- [70152,1501]
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- or, if you do not have access to CompuServe, write to the address below.
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- Make payment by check or money order to Maze Computer Communications
- and mail to:
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- Jerzy Makowiecki
- Maze Computer Communications, Inc.
- 269 Amethyst Way
- Franklin Park, NJ 08823
- USA
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- Note that you can also register this program using CompuServe facilities:
- just type GO SWREG at any ! prompt and follow instructions.
-
-
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- Definition Of Shareware
- =======================
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- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before
- buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you
- are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details --
- some request registration while others require it, some specify a
- maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the
- simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with
- printed manual.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and
- the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
- exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
- programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of
- comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad
- ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The
- author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the
- software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For
- example, some authors require written permission before a commercial
- disk vendor may copy their Shareware.
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- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should
- find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's
- commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs
- easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead
- is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back
- guarantee - if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it.
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- Future Plans
- ============
- We do not intend to add display of Windows or Windows apps formats. The
- originators of those files will always make a much better job of displaying
- them. There will be no WinWord, Paintbrush or Excel file display. What we
- do consider is low-level display of files in various formats. For example PCX
- headers, BIFF records or RIFF chunks. We also do consider display of ZIP
- directories and NTFS/HPFS file attributes.
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- Future plans for this program include the following items. These are plans,
- They may get changed: dropped if there is not enough interest - read
- registered users, or expanded according to user's feedback. We reserve the
- right to change plans at our discretion without giving any reason.
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- See Release Notes, for comments on file formats and bug fixes. The Windows NT
- version is at this time source-level compatible with Windows 3.1 version but
- is compiled as native 32-bit WinNT application. Some #ifdef magic was
- necessary to make this happen. In future versions File View for Windows NT
- will support some NT specific features (long file names, NTFS gimmicks,
- Unicode etc.)
-
- And here is the wish list as of version 1.2:
- * Modeless search in large files with Cancel button to interrupt search
- * Line numbers and file offsets display
- * Jump to file offset or line number
- * Fine adjustment if starting address in hex mode
- * More elaborate search: skipping white space, search in display data, other
- * Toolbar and status bar
- * OLE Server mode
- * Page and screen layout enhancements
- * Block select in addition to line select
- * Multiple document interface (?)
- * Explicit color selection
- * Separate format options for print and display
- * ZIP contents display
- * More elaborate page heading definition (user text with variables for fields)
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