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From: Ray Cox Tut. 1 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Hi, and thanks for trying NAMEVIEW! This Tutorial is actually a series of "messages" which NAMEVIEW is designed to process. Just to make sure that you can find your way around with the Message Display commands, I'll cover them here. By the time you finish the DEMO and tutorial, you should be completely familiar with how to operate NAMEVIEW. Any time a message contains more lines than can be shown on the screen at one time (this one is a good example), this will be indicated to you by the appearance of one or more UP/DOWN arrows on the bottom "Information Line." When this is the case, numerous keys are available to you to move around in the message. These keys will probably act very similarly to what you are used to with your word processor and other programs. * The UP and DOWN cursor keys (white or grey) will scroll the message one line at a time. * The PgUp and PgDn keys will scroll the message 22 lines at a time. (You need to use the DOWN arrow now to see more of this message!) * The Home key takes you back to the beginning, or top of the message. * The End key takes you to the end, or bottom of the message. * When you reach the end of a message by using the PgDn or End keys, you will always be shown a full screen consisting of the last 24 lines of the message. * To read the next message, several keys are available for your convenience: "N" (Next), the Space Bar, ENTER, or the RIGHT arrow. * To read the previous message, press the LEFT arrow, or "R" (Reverse). Here is a chart of the numeric keyboard and NAMEVIEW's Message Review keys: ┌─ Scroll Up one line │ Show First 24 lines ─┐ ╔══════╤══════╤══════╗ ┌─ Scroll Back 22 lines └─║ Home │ │ PgUp ║─┘ ╟──────┼──────┼──────╢ Read Previous message ───║ │ │ ║─── Read Next message ╟──────┼──────┼──────╢ ┌─║ End │ │ PgDn ║─┐ Show Last 24 lines ─┘ ╚══════╧══════╧══════╝ └─ Scroll Forward 22 lines │ └─ Scroll Down one line If you have a separate set of cursor keys, they should work exactly the same as the arrow keys on the numeric keypad if you prefer to use them. Now you know everything you need to know to continue the rest of the demo. Remember, "N", Space Bar, ENTER, or RIGHT arrow takes you to the next "message!" --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo!) From: Ray Cox To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Changes and New Features - versions 3.00 - 3.03 1. New linking library used (Crescent Software PDQ). Linking with the PDQ library has produced a considerable increase in speed and an EXE file size reduction to approximately 50% of the size of version 2.09 in spite of numerous enhancements. Using the special search feature to provide a quasi benchmark for continuous file reading/- searching has shown search times taking approximately 1/2 the time of version 2.09 searches! 2. New Screen Routines added for better message viewing. True line scrolling as well as Home and End key functions have been added. PgUp and PgDn functions were slightly modified. Direct video writing is now used for screen printing for fastest speed and greatest accuracy. 3. Error routines consolidated and simplified. The number of error messages has been reduced, but enough information is still provided to allow for recovery of all expected user/hardware errors. 4. Internally controlled file buffer added. NAMEVIEW now contains an internal file buffer which it fully controls. This has resulted in significant increases in search throughput due to faster file reads. 5. Enhanced DAT file capability. You can now maintain and use an unlimited number of DAT files. A descriptive remark can be added to each DAT file for easy identification and viewing while making DAT file selections. A total of 10 Message Format Blocks can now be defined in each DAT file. 6. Auto Configuration setting for each Message Format Block. Each Message Format Block can now contain custom configuration information which is loaded automatically when a file using that MFB is selected. 7. Autoload enhanced. The autoload feature now searches successively for currently dated files with ANY of the suffixes contained in the current DAT file. After files are read, AutoLoad will continue to load additional files as long as files meeting the AutoLoad criteria are found. 8. CleanUp routine removed. Changing to direct video writes for screen printing resulted in the CleanUp routine becoming unnecessary. All characters are now echoed to the screen exactly as they were downloaded and stored. 9. Toggle settings now displayed on Information Line The status of the Configuration settings which can be toggled while reading messages are now displayed on the Information Line. This eliminates any guessing as to what the current setting for any parameter might be. 10. Versions 3.01 - 3.03 contain minor enhancements, bug fixes, and code optimizations. --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo!) From: Ray Cox Tut. 2 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The information line at the bottom of your screen will keep you constantly informed about what the program is finding and doing. We already talked about messages containing more than 24 lines and arrows at the bottom of the screen. Here is where they are located. │ │ │ When either arrow is visible, pressing the │ corresponding cursor key will scroll the │ message so more lines can be seen in the │ direction of the arrow that was pressed. │ │ │ │ │ ┌┴─┐ │ │ --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo!) From: Ray Cox Tut. 3 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Anytime you have selected Display ALL messages (this was done automatically for you for this demo), and a message contains one of your search words, "Smiley" will wink at you from the Information Line. This feature is helpful when a long message (more than 24 lines) shows up with one of your search words, but the search word doesn't appear within the first 24 lines. Since you won't see any highlighting on the initial message screen, Smiley lets you know to scroll down through the message to see your search word(s). Smiley doesn't appear if you selected Display Messages containing Search Words, as every message you will be shown will contain at least one of them. Here's Smiley... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 4 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The information line also has an area which shows you which keys are active. Any of the keys shown in this area will activate program features. The following pages will describe many of NAMEVIEW's features which are activated by these keys. Active Keys... │ │ ┌─────────────────────┴─────────┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 5 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The "Esc" key will let you terminate program operation at any time. NAMEVIEW always asks if you are SURE you want to exit, so don't worry about accidentally dumping the program. Go ahead and try the "Esc" key now if you want. When you get the "are you SURE" prompt, pressing any key except "Y" will return you to the program (so you can finish the DEMO)! ESC key is active... │ ┌─┴─┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 6 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Function keys 1 - 10, both alone and in combination with the ALT key, are used to save the onscreen message to your sort files. A custom file name, and optionally, a path, can be assigned to each function key and ALT + function key combination for a total of 20 sort files (see documentation for details). Saving to a sort file is just like printing the onscreen message. Regardless of the length of the message, it will be written to the sort filename assigned to the function key which was pressed regardless of which "screen page" of the message you are on. Any time you save the onscreen message to a sort file, it is added to the end of the sort file if it already exists. No data is ever erased or overwritten when adding a message to your sort files! Function Keys are active... ┌─┴─┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 7 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Another handy key is the "H"elp key. Pressing "H" at any time will bring up one of three Help screens. Once you are into the Help system, pressing PgDn or PgUp will cycle through the three available Help screens. You'll find one Help screen which will cover the Action keys, another will show your sort file names (assigned to the function keys), and another will explain all of the Action messages which may appear in the left-most portion of the Information line. If you haven't already done so, go ahead and press "H" and take a look at the three available Help screens. Pressing "Esc" will return you to this screen (or to the screen you were viewing if you were reading a real message). (H)elp Key is active... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 8 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The "P" key will immediately print the message that is onscreen. If the message is a long one, it will be printed continuously from beginning to end regardless of which "screen page" of the message you are on. Using "P" to print will not add any page eject codes to the printout, but will add about three blank lines to serve as a divider between consecutively printed messages. (P)rint Key is active... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 9 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The "F" key (Print with Form Feed) will also print the message that is onscreen. In addition, it WILL add a form feed after the message has been printed. This feature is for those who like to file messages individually on separate sheets of paper. Print + (F)orm Feed is active... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 10 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Most of NAMEVIEW's Configuration parameters can be changed even while you are reading messages. These include Message Display (ALL, or those containing Search Words), Upper Case Check (YES or NO), Line Wrap Check (YES or NO), Sound (YES or NO), and NoEcho mode (ON or OFF). Pressing any of the Configuration changing letters will sound a short BEEP (except for the Sound parameter) if you are viewing messages so you will know that the parameter change has taken effect. Any Configuration parameter which is currently toggled ON, or YES will be shown highlighted (or blinking for mono displays). You can try toggling some of these keys if you like, and watch the settings change on the Information Line. Configuration parameters which can be changed "on the fly" ─────────────┐ ┌────┴────┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 11 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial "Book Marking" (selected by pressing "B") is another handy NAMEVIEW feature. If you need to stop reading a message file before you have finished, you can insert a "Book Mark" and return to it at any time. Book Marked files are identified by the exclamation point (!) which is added to their file name (automatically by NAMEVIEW). This will show up in your File listing so you can easily tell which files you have not finished. When you select a "Book Marked" file from the file list, NAMEVIEW automatically sets the "Find Book Mark" parameter to YES. When you resume reading, the next message you will see will be the one you would have seen next if you had not discontinued your last session with the file. (B)ook Marking Key is active... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 12 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Reverse Read is another useful feature. Pressing "R" or the LEFT Arrow will bring back the previously seen message to the screen. Up to 10 prior messages can be recalled. (R)everse Key is active... │ │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 13 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The NoEcho mode toggle (called by pressing "E") is designed to properly separate messages which do not have Origin lines (not added by some BBS systems until the message is sent out). When set to ON, NAMEVIEW separates messages based on the "First Line" key word instead of the "Last Line" key word set in the DAT file. Look for some sample messages later on to show you how this works. Before you proceed, if the No(E)cho letter in the Information Line is highlighted (or blinking) press "E" to toggle it off. This is necessary for the correct display of the sample messages which will appear later to demonstrate the problem which this key will fix. No(E)cho mode Key is active... ────────────────────────────┐ │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 14 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The final Information Line command to be covered is the Menu Return, called by pressing "M". This command allows you to return to the File Menu Option at any time while you are reading messages. Returning to the File Menu Option allows you to Delete or Mark the current file, load another file to read, or load another support file (for a different search list). You can also Exit NAMEVIEW by pressing <Esc>. You will be asked to verify this command before your reading will be terminated. (M)enu return Key is active... ─────────────────────┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 15 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The next few messages are more typical of what you will normally see when using NAMEVIEW, so you can see how easy it is to find EVERY name in your search list while reading messages. Thanks again for trying NAMEVIEW. --- v1.36 * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox To: All Subject: NAMEVIEW Demonstration message (Cox Names) This is a test file containing all of the names in my search list. Due to the number of "hits" in this message, and the time it takes to do all of the reverse video printing, it takes some intensive work by NAMEVIEW. In spite of the work required, you can see how rapidly the searching and screen display are handled. The names being searched are: Archer, Atwood, Barnes, Basey, Beaver, Belleville, Bucher, Bundy, Busel, Bushel, Carson, Clare, Clause, Coppes, Cox, Culpepper, Davis, Dille, Donter, Drake, Dugan, Ellis, Ferrell, Fortney, Goshorn, Haskett, Hebert, Heinrich, Henly, Hill, Howard, Huddleston, Huffman, Inglis, Jackson, Jessup, Jump, Kimmel, King, Kirk, Kitson, Knebel, Knouff, Lacey, Lamb, Lautzenhizer, Logan, Mallen, Margraves, Matthews, Mathews, Merritt, Meyerley, Miller, Myers, Newby, Nicholson, Nixon, North, Page, Passmore, Paul, Pearson, Points, Price, Pritchard, Reighley, Rice, Rich, Ruley, Sawyer, Schneider, Schroeder, Shatluck, Simons, Spivey, Stonebraker, Striass, Tanner, Taylor, Thomas, Warner, Weldie, White, Wilson, Winslow, and Family Roots. This is the same name list in reverse order to check for sorting: Winslow, Wilson, White, Weldie, Warner, Thomas, Taylor, Tanner, Striass, Stonebraker, Spivey, Simons, Shatluck, Schroeder, Schneider, Sawyer, Ruley, Rich, Rice, Reighley, Pritchard, Price, Points, Pearson, Paul, Passmore, Page, North, Nixon, Nicholson, Newby, Myers, Miller, Meyerley, Merritt, Matthews, Mathews, Margraves, Mallen, Logan, Lautzenhizer, Lamb, Lacey, Knouff, Knebel, Kitson, Kirk, King, Kimmel, Jump, Jessup, Jackson, Inglis, Huffman, Huddleston, Howard, Hill, Henly, Heinrich, Hebert, Haskett, Goshorn, Fortney, Ferrell, Family Roots, Ellis, Dugan, Drake, Donter, Dille, Davis, Culpepper, Cox, Coppes, Clause, Clare, Carson, Bushel, Busel, Bundy, Bucher, Belleville, Beaver, Basey, Barnes, Atwood, and Archer. This is the end of the test file with Cox names. As you can see, if a name is in your (NAMEVIEW.DAT) search list, it will be highlighted no matter where or how many times it appears in a message! --- v1.36 * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Howard Nurse To: Paul Hamlet Msg #514, 30-Nov-8910:37am Subject: R3 Dealer/AZ Paul, the nearest dealer to Phoenix would be Genealogical Clearinghouse in Mesa, (602) 964-8858. --- v1.36 * Origin: COMMSOFT BBS (415) 967-6730 -- Mtn. View, CA DHST/PCP/TMS (143/26) From: Aaron Lyon To: All Msg #515, 30-Nov-89 11:07am Subject: Waiting TMS Reports There are Tafel Reports waiting at COMMSOFT BBS, (143/26), for the following Users: Date of the Report User Name 05 Nov 89 17:13:18Walt Boudreaux 11 Nov 89 23:13:08Mary Caine 06 Sep 89 02:44:06Robert Commagere 14 Aug 89 01:59:39Rick Crume 04 Nov 89 09:41:02Susan Griffin 25 Aug 89 17:58:27John Griffith 01 Oct 89 14:12:56Don Haacke 18 May 89 21:40:36Pamela Heidbrink 18 May 89 21:42:40Richard Heidbrink 25 Oct 89 00:41:01Ken Hereford 03 Sep 89 22:01:10Keith Ivey 24 Nov 89 13:42:24Peter Kolda 19 Oct 89 19:51:20Janet Lacross 29 Oct 89 18:16:32Wilfred Mckelvey 27 Sep 89 18:14:21Stephen Mcnally 26 Aug 89 00:48:10Ed Mertes 26 Aug 89 13:53:02Charles Rose 11 Nov 89 17:47:27Jim Shirey 29 Nov 89 00:03:59Ron Walsh 14 Nov 89 21:19:21Lewis White --- v1.36 * Origin: COMMSOFT BBS (415) 967-6730 -- Mtn. View, CA DHST/PCP/TMS (143/26) From: Debbi Mckay To: Jan Mckenzie Msg #523, 28-Nov-89 10:08pm Subject: Re:MYERS LINE From what I understand, some of my father's family lived in Ohio, however, I don't recall him telling me of any that lived in Mo. or Kansas, or any other area other than in Virginia and Indiana and Ohio. Would be interested in what you find out, and will trade same with you if you would like. Am not going to hold my breath that there is any connection, however, one can never tell when searching. Discovered a cousin in Washington State that I never knew existed because of this stuff! ::grin:: Looking forward to hearing from you..... Debbi McKay P.O. Box 62273 N. Charleston, SC 29419-2273 --- TAGMAIL v2.11 * Origin: Up Goose Creek BBS 803-764-0343 (1:372/22.0) From: Ray Cox To: All Subject: NoEcho mode demo first message (1) This message, as well as the next one, will appear onscreen at the same time, since this one does not contain an Origin line. This is a normal occurrence with many BBS systems which do not add origin lines until messages are sent out of the local system. In order to get each message to appear separately, press "E" to toggle the noEcho mode to ON (and notice that the "E" in the Information Line is now highlighted to show the ON setting). This message will then be automatically reprocessed using the new NoEcho mode, and reshown onscreen. You will then see this message only, and not the one that follows! From: Ray Cox To: All Subject: noEcho mode demo second message (2) This message will be seen with the first one until you set the NoEcho mode to on. It will then be processed as a separate message. --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox To: All Subject: End of NAMEVIEW Demo and Tutorial! You now know quite a lot about what NAMEVIEW will do and how to operate it. The next step is to set up NAMEVIEW for your own use. The NAMEVIEW.DOC file may seem quite lengthy, but it isn't necessary for you to read all of it. The only "must read" portion is the section on setting up your DAT (support) file. This section tells you how to make NAMEVIEW compatible with any type of message format (saved in ASCII form), how to enter your own sort file names, and how to save your own search list. The rest of the documentation describes NAMEVIEW's operation and features in detail. It is for those who want to know how to make the most of NAMEVIEW's numerous features. NAMEVIEW was developed after reading numerous NGC messages about your wants and needs in a message reader. I hope that this program will both ease and speed your message reading. Let me know about additional features you think would enhance your message searching and reading. Regards from Humble, TX (use "Esc" key to terminate program when "Last Message" prompt is visible, or press "M" to return to the File Menu Option). --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo)