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"The SEE Utilities" are five handy FREEWARE programs that enable you to:
■ Provide people who get software from you with a way to view or print text
■ Set up fancy, nested menus in a batch file
■ Set up simple, one-line multiple-choice questions in a batch file
■ Control video text modes
Here are some of the things you can do with "The SEE Utilities"...
■ Set up a DOS shell with an UNLIMITED number of menus
■ Create an on-disk magazine
■ Document and integrate any programs you write
■ Send "disk letters" to friends
■ Design diskette-based catalogs
■ Write a branching adventure story
"The SEE Utilities" are ideal for:
■ Shareware, freeware and commercial software authors
■ Any computer user who wants to organize his hard disk
■ People who like DOS shells but need the flexibility of batch files
"The SEE Utilities" will:
■ Use color or monochrome mode, as appropriate
■ Detect if the user is in 25-, 43- or 50-line mode and adjust accordingly
■ Work with a mouse, if installed
And what does all this cost you? ZERO. Nothing. FREE!
(Please refer to the "Distribution" section before giving copies away)
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To see how each utility works, enter START at the DOS prompt.
If you already did that, then you're already using GO-MENU and SEE:
■ GO-MENU is the menu you used to pick this article.
■ SEE is the program you're using right now to view this article.
After you've read through all the articles, you might find it helpful to
have a look at the batch file START.BAT to see how it works. To view it,
enter the following command at the DOS prompt:
SEE START.BAT
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The programs SEE, SEESETUP, GETKEY, GO-MENU, SV and MIDNIGHT are:
Copyright (C) 1991, 1993 by Pinnacle Software of Montreal, Quebec
You are entitled and encouraged to use the Pinnacle Software programs
cited in the copyright notice FREE OF CHARGE, with these restrictions:
■ You may not alter the files in any way (though they may be compressed, or
stored on varied media).
■ You are permitted to copy portions of the text files related to these
utilities for your own use, provided these excerpts are distributed with
one or more of the programs included in "The SEE Utilities".
■ If you are giving any subset of "The SEE Utilities" to others, (i.e. any-
thing other than the complete package),
you must include a copy of ┌────────────────────────────┐
the text file AMAZE.TXT │ Replace this part with the │
and add this legal ┌────────────┤ names of SEE utilities you │
notice to your │ │ are using in your package. │
documentation: │ └────────────────────────────┘
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║ The programs SEE and GO-MENU were created by Pinnacle ║
║ Software and are used by permission. For more information ║
║ about Pinnacle Software, please see the text file AMAZE.TXT ║
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If you do not have any formal documentation, you must include the notice
in a text file named READ.ME.
■ For optimum performance and for your protection, we recommend that you
download the latest copy of SEE from our support BBS at 514-345-8654.
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│ "WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?" Some people ask us why we have released these │
│ utilities as "Freeware". They wonder why we don't ask for some money! │
│ Well, we like money just as much as anybody else does. But we're try- │
│ ing something a little different with "The SEE Utilities". As you will │
│ see when you look at the file AMAZE.TXT, we would like people to get to │
│ know our larger products, such as our Sapphire BBS system. We figure │
│ that if people like these utilities, they'll LOVE our other programs! │
│ So we let people use "The SEE Utilities" for free, as long as they │
│ don't mind passing around our "advertising flyer" (AMAZE.TXT). │
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IMPORTANT: SEE is becoming quite popular with software developers, who are
using it for on-disk documentation. This means that we sometimes get calls
from users who press F1 and see our phone number in the help screen. We
have modified the screen accordingly, but we still expect that we will get
occasional support calls for other products. If you are going to use SEE
in your product, we recommend that you do the following:
(A) State your phone number clearly at the beginning of your documentation.
(B) Phone us up and let us know that you will be using SEE in your package.
We'll note down your number so we can direct your customers to you.
CUSTOM VERSIONS: If you need a few changes to any of the SEE utilities, you
can contract Pinnacle Software to make them for you. Modifications are per-
formed at a rate of $35 per hour. This rate can be reduced if we believe
your requirement would appeal to a wide range of our customers.
SOURCE CODE LICENSE: You can purchase the Turbo Pascal source code for SEE
for $135. This entitles you to distribute modified versions of the program.
The license requires that the program be distributed under a different name
and requires that you do not divulge the source code to anybody not holding
a SEE source license for the same or later version.
MANUALS: When creating on-disk documentation, we recommend that you:
(A) Make sure that no page is longer than 55 lines. Although most matrix
printers have a page-length of 66 lines, most laser printers have a
page length of 55. Separate your pages with a form feed, that is to
say: ASCII 12, Hex $0C. You can see an example of the form feed char-
acter on the line before the DISTRIBUTION HINTS title box, above.
(B) Indent the text slightly to give the user room for a three-hole punch.
GENIE: If you are a shareware developer, we recommend that you participate
in the shareware forum in the HOSB roundtable of the GEnie telecomputing
network. All you need is a modem, a credit card, and $4.95 a month (current
U.S. pricing). Dial 1-800-638-9636 (voice) for information. GEnie is a
service of General Electric and is not affiliated with Pinnacle Software.
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║▒ CREDITS: We'd like to thank the following people for their helpful ▒║
║▒ suggestions, which we have incorporated into the "SEE" project: ▒║
║▒ Paul Mayer, Michael Riley, Pete Smith, Bob Schenot, Dan Stasinski, ▒║
║▒ James Ludwick, Marc Branchaud, Michael Kill. Last but not least... ▒║
║▒ the rest of the gang in the "HOSB" Shareware Authors Area of GEnie! ▒║
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Thank-you for trying "The SEE Utilities"! If you have any comments or sug-
gestions, we'd really like to hear from you. You can call us at any time
by dialing 514-345-9578 (Voice) or 514-345-8654 (BBS -- up to 9600 bps V32).
Or write to us!
In particular, we'd like to know how YOU are using the utilities!
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NOV 91 1.00A First public release of SEE
DEC 91 1.01A Added "partial print" for printing starting from found text
1.02A Printing allows selection of LPT1 and LPT2
JAN 92 1.03A Full screen used if video mode is in 43- or 50-line mode
1.10A Complete rewrite for faster performance and more functions
1.11A Corrected minor problem affecting some Herc cards
FEB 92 1.12A Corrected minor problem affecting AT&T PC6300 "CGA" cards
1.20A Optimized memory usage to allow listing of larger documents
Fixed cross-directory listing problem
MAR 92 1.30A Printing now offers to translate extended ASCII characters
1.31A Supports viewing of read-only files
1.31B Minor adjustment to ASCII translation table
APR 92 1.32A Print/Char Translation "Yes/No" question wording improved
1.33A New ruler function
MAY 92 2.00 Added GO-MENU and GETKEY utilities
2.10 Added SV utility
Added to SEE: copy block to file or printer
Improved support for monochrome 43/50-line mode
2.11 Minor cosmetic improvements
JUN 92 2.12 SEE: Fixed bug causing error 201 during some copy operations
SEE: Blocks ($B0 $B1 $B2 $DB) now translate to + (was X)
Added Midnight utility
GetKey reduced in size by about 15% without loss of function
JAN 93 2.20 SEE: Upgraded to version 2.00
Support for >80 char lines (up to 255 chars)
External configuration program (SEESETUP)
MIDNIGHT: Upgraded to v1.10
Cross-directory support
GETKEY: Upgraded to version 1.22
Fixed occasional problem restoring color
SV: Upgraded to version 2.02
Fixed: lock-up on some machines if set to BW 80x25
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ROOTNAME EXT PURPOSE DESCRIPTION
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START BAT Batch Guided tour of "The SEE Utilities"
MYMENU BAT Batch Sample batch file to demonstrate GO-MENU
MENUSAVE BAT Batch Sample batch file to demonstrate GO-MENU
TRYGET BAT Batch Sample batch file to demonstrate GETKEY
FILE_ID DIZ Data Auto-descriptor file used by some BBS's
VENDOR DOC Docu Distribution information for disk vendors and sysops
AMAZE DOC Docu About our other programs
DONE EXE Program Closing screen for START.BAT
SEE EXE Program Browse & print utility
SEESETUP EXE Program Configuration program for SEE.EXE
GO-MENU EXE Program Menu utility
GETKEY EXE Program Keypress interpreter utility
SV EXE Program SetVideo utility
MIDNIGHT EXE Program File-time changing utility
INT INF Docu Introduction to "The SEE Utilities"
SEE INF Docu How to use SEE.EXE
GO-MENU INF Docu How to use GO-MENU.EXE
GETKEY INF Docu How to use GETKEY.EXE
SV INF Docu How to use SV.EXE and MIDNIGHT.EXE
IDEA INF Docu Ideas for using the utilities
READ ME Docu Tells the user to run START.BAT to begin
MYMENU MNU Data Menu definition file used by MYMENU.BAT
(other) MNU Data Menu definition files used by START.BAT
SEESETUP SBT Data Help text for SEESETUP.EXE
SEESETUP SBI Data Help index for SEESETUP.EXE
DESC SDI Data Auto-descriptor file used by some BBS's
AMAZE TXT Docu Quick-mailer for ordering our other programs
The following files may be created automatically when the utilities are
run. They should NOT be distributed when you pass around copies of The
SEE Utilities:
ROOTNAME EXT PURPOSE DESCRIPTION
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SEEUTILS.MSV Data Save file for menu selections
SEE.CFG Data Optional configuration file for SEE.EXE