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- MultiView
-
- Displays picture files, text files, AmigaGuide files, sound files, and
- animated graphics files.
-
- Format
-
- MULTIVIEW [FILE <filename>] [CLIPBOARD] [CLIPUNIT <clipboard unit>] [SCREEN]
- [PUBSCREEN <public screen name>] [REQUESTER] [BOOKMARK] [FONTNAME <font
- name>] [FONTSIZE <font size>] [BACKDROP] [WINDOW] [PORTNAME <ARexx port
- name>]
-
- Template
-
- FILE,CLIPBOARD/S,CLIPUNIT/K/N,SCREEN/S,PUBSCREEN/K,REQUESTER/S,BOOKMARK7s;FON
- TNAME/K,FONTSIZE/K,BACKDROP/S,WINDOW/S,PORTNAME/K
-
- Location
-
- SYS:Utilities
-
- Be sure to specify the complete path to the file if it is not in the current
- directory. MultiView displays a file requester if no file is specified.
-
- If CLIPBOARD is specified, the Clipboard is viewed instead of a file.
- CLIPUNIT specifies the Clipboard unit to use when using the CLIPBOARD
- keyword.
-
- SCREEN indicates that you want the object to appear on its own screen rather
- than in a window on the Workbench screen, using the display mode specified by
- the object. For example, if an ILBM picture file is Low Res, MultiView opens
- a Low Res screen.
-
- If REQUESTER is specified, MultiView displays a file requester.
-
- BOOKMARK recalls the object and position when opening a file with a bookmark.
-
- FONTNAME specifies the font to use when viewing text objects. FONTSIZE
- specifies the font size in points to use when viewing text files.
-
- BACKDROP indicates that the window should be a backdrop window.
-
- WINDOW allows the MultiView window open without requesting a file to load.
- Using this option lets you keep a small MultiView window open on the
- Workbench screen so you can drag icons into it whenever necessary.
-
- PORTNAME allows you to specify an ARexx port name when you run MultiView. If
- you do not specify a name, each MultiView window is given the default port
- name of MultiView.x, when x is a slot number starting from 1. (For example,
- if you have three MultiView display windows open, their port names are
- MultiView.1, MultiView.2, and NultiView.3.) This port name allows you to
- refer to a particular MultiView display from within an ARexx script.
-
- MultiView supports the following ARexx commands:
-
- OPEN
-
- Open an object from the specified file name or Clipboard unit. The options
- are as follows:
-
- FILENAME/K
- Specifies the object file name.
-
- CLIPBOARD/S
- Specifies that the object comes from the Clipboard.
-
- CLIPUNIT/K/N
- Specifies the Clipboard unit from which to obtain the object if using the
- CLIPBOARD option.
-
- RELOAD
-
- Reload the current object.
-
- SAVEAS
-
- Save the object to the specified file. If there is a selected block, then
- only that block is saved. SAVEAS has one option: NAME/K.
-
- PRINT
-
- Print the current contents. If there is a selected block, then only that
- block is printed.
-
- ABOUT
-
- Display the About requester.
-
- QUIT
-
- Close MultiView.
-
- COPY
-
- Copy the current contents to the Clipboard. If there is a selected block,
- then only that block is copied.
-
- CLEARSELECTED
-
- Clear the selection block.
-
- GETTRIGGERINFO
-
- Returns the commands for the trigger methods of the current object. The
- options are VAR/S and STEM/K.
-
- If using the STEM option, the following stem extensions are used:
-
- .COUNT
- Number of elements
-
- .n.LABEL
- Label
-
- .n.COMMAND
- Command
-
- .n.METHOD
- Numeric method
-
- DOTRIGGERMETHOD
-
- Perform the trigger method on the current object. The option is METHOD/A.
-
- SCREEN
-
- Specify whether to display object on a screen. The options are TRUE/S and
- FALSE/S.
-
- PUBSCREEN
-
- Specify the name of the public screen on which to display the object. The
- option is NAME/A.
-
- GETCURRENTDIR
-
- Returns the full name of the current directory associated with the current
- object.
-
- GETFILEINFO
-
- Returns the complete path and file name associated with the current object.
-
- GETOBJECTINFO
-
- Returns the name, basename, group, and ID for the current object. The options
- are VAR/S and STEM/K.
-
- If using the STEM option, the following stem extensions are used:
-
- .FILENAME
- File name of object
-
- .NAME
- Descriptive name of the DataType
-
- .BASENAME
- Base name of the DataType
-
- .GROUP
- Group containing the DataType
-
- .ID
- ID string for the DataType
-
- MINIMUMSIZE
-
- Size the window to its minimum size for the contents type.
-
- NORMALSIZE
-
- Size the window to its normal size for the contents type.
-
- MAXIMUMSIZE
-
- Size the window to its maximum size for the contents type.
-
- WINDOWTOFRONT
-
- Move the window to the front of the display.
-
- WINDOWTOBACK
-
- Move the window to the back of the display.
-
- SCREENTOFRONT
-
- Bring the screen to the front of the display.
-
- SCREENTOBACK
-
- Send the screen to the back of the display.
-
- ACTIVATEWINDOW
-
- Activate the window.
-
- BEEPSCREEN
-
- Cause a display beep in the screen that the window resides in.
-