OS/2 Shareware BBS: 5 Edit/05-Edit.zip/yafv200.zip/YAFVII.HLP

OS/2 Help File | 1995-12-04 | 17KB | 324 lines

ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. About Yet Another File Viewer II ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Yet Another File Viewer II

Created by Peter Koller, La vieille Maison d'Anglais, Trebuon, 29530 Plonevez
du Faou, France. (...more...)

About La Maison d'Anglais

La Maison d'Anglais pictured above is a 17th century (169?) weavers cottage of
either English or Flemish (Angles) origin. The products originating therein are
the products of Peter Koller, a dedicated Hardware and Software engineer of
more than 18 years experience in the design of computers, their software, and
their interface to the real world.

Yet Another File Viewer II features automatic HEX/ASCII switching, and a host
of other features designed to make a comfortable file viewer. YAFVII will
display any file in a suitable viewing mode simply by dropping the file on the
YAVFII icon.

Other products available

   1. Program Editor

 PM Based editor with.-

          LOADS of minor features plus...

          Customisable edit functions (scripts).

          Background Exec to Parse. Test/Make your programs before exiting the
           editor.

          Works with most compilers.

          Customizable goto error keys position you at the error.

          Extensively MultiThreaded.

          Smoooooooooooth Scrolling.

          Now at V1.20 eg.- Well Tested.

          Good General Purpose Editor, esp. large files.

          Fast, Reliable, Safe.

   2. PM Make

 PM Make is a programmers make utility that makes use of the PM interface to
 provide the necessary functions for project maintenance.-

          Built in project backup and restore.

          User menus defined in the makefile can set compiler, etc., options.

          Can include 'global' makefiles as headers.

          Can stop on error.

          Allows review of error messages.

          Force make according to compiler or linker options or make all.

          Can make .exe, .hlp, .dll, etc... all in one build.

          Background build with 'pop up on error' mode.

          Will work in multiple directories.

          Fast.

          Applicable to any third party compilers, linkers, or other tools.

 Enquiries concerning the production of new products, or the inclusion of this
 product into new products, or the inclusion of features from this product into
 new products are very welcome.

  See Also:-

      (c) Copyright
      Installation


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Installation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Installation Instructions

Yafvii is best installed as a user application. As such you will have to do
three things.

   1. Copy yafvii.exe to a user file directory such as \os2\apps

   2. Copy yafvii.hlp to a help directory such as \os2\apps\help

   3. Create a program object for yafvii.

 1) and 2) If you hard disk is c: and you have not modified OS/2 directories.

  copy yafvii.exe c:\os2\apps
  copy yafvii.hlp c:\os2\apps\help

 3) Open the Templates folder and drag a Program template to your preferred
 place for the yafvii icon.

 When prompted, fill in the filename of yafvii. eg c:\apps\yafvii.exe

 Select the General tab and enter the name you wish to give yafvii eg 'View It
 All'.

 Close the settings dialog.

 If you are a registered user, you should set the registration CRN at this
 point.

 That's It!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. (c)copyright ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This program is the (c) copyright of

      Peter Koller,
      La vieille Maison d'Anglais,
      Trebuon,
      29530, Plonevez du Faou,
      FRANCE.

 All Rights Reserved.

 Note:  This copyright includes the whole product, and all documentation
 associated with the product.

 You may

   1. Copy the program or associated files into machine readable or printed
      form for backup or data compression purposes.

   2. You may give this product to others. You may also charge the end user
      reasonable costs incurred by your distribution of this product. Please
      ensure you distribute the entire package. See below.

 This product is Shareware. You Must be registered if you continue to use this
 product after you have evaluated it.

      You must not

   1. You must not reverse engineer or disassemble this product.

   2. You must not sell this product for gain or profit.

   3. You must not remove any copyright notices.

   4. You must not disclose any registration numbers you may have for this
      product.

 The Author accepts no liability for fitness of purpose, or damages caused
 whether incidental, or consequential, by the use of this product, howsoever
 caused. This product is Sold As Seen. In those countries where this statement
 conflicts with your statutory rights your statutory rights shall remain
 unaffected.

 This product consists of

 yafvii.exe          The executable file.
 yafvii.hlp          The help File.
 yafvii.inf          The help File(for view.exe).
 read.me             How to Register and more...


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu enables you to open a file, or exit yafvii. There is no separate
close file, who wants to look at a blank screen anyway?

 See Also:-

      Opening a File
      Close and Exit


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Opening a File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Use the standard file dialog provided. If you have a file already opened, you
are prompted with this file. If you do not know how to use a standard file
dialog, feel free to experiment. Because this is only a file viewer, you cannot
do any damage.

Hint. Double click on a text item in a listbox to select a file, change
directory, change drive.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Close and Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Select this menuitem to exit yafvii. Any colour or font selections you have
made will be saved for next time.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Search Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

First select the search mode you require. The search will be performed in the
mode selected, regardless of the actual display mode.

Enter the text or hex string you require. In the case of a hex string you must
specify a fixed number of bytes. eg 'a' must be typed as '0a'.

The following are equivalent.

10 20 ab cd ff 03
or
1020abcdff03

Select find. If you wish to start a search from the start of the file, select
home first.

Select done when you have finished searching.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Options Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You may set colours and fonts from this menu, or register yafvii. Please read
the read.me file supplied for further information on how to register.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Line Numbers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Select this option to show line numbers on an ASCII display.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Font Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You may select any font from this standard font dialog. If you wish to change
the colour of text, open the pure colour palette in the system folder, and drag
a colour to the sample display shown. Look at the OS/2 tutorial to see how to
drag and drop.

You can also drop colours on the main yafvii text screen. This will change the
background colour of the window.

All colour and font settings are saved on exit.

Warning
Small or inappropriate fonts can cause severe headaches and/or eyestrain!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3. Statistics ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The statistics menu displays the current memory usage of yafvii. It also shows
your customer registration number if you are registered. Registered users can
expect to use this number to obtain technical support.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4. Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Please see the supplied read.me file on information on how to register.

YAFVII is dedicated to all struggling computer users everywhere, Share and
Enjoy!

You may find yafvii cheaper to register than you realised. It is imperative
that we all support the shareware concept. If you do not have a read.me file,
please take the time to write to me at the address shown in Product
Information, telling me where you obtained this copy of yafvii. Hint.
Registering does not go unrewarded!!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. ASCII Mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

In ASCII mode, plain text is shown in readable form on the screen. Note that
word processor files are not often in ASCII, as they usually also contain such
things as formatting and hilighting information. Yafvii will automatically pick
ASCII mode depending whether the file can reasonably be expected to be read.
Any fonts you select will only work in ASCII mode.

If you disagree with the display mode, select either HEX or ASCII to change it.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. HEX Mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Any file considered unreadable by yafvii will be displayed in HEX. This is a
hexadecimal, (numerical) display of the values found in the file. To make
things easier, the ASCII equivalent is also shown where possible.

Any fonts you select will only work in ASCII mode.

If you disagree with the display mode, select either HEX or ASCII to change it.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Help Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

To make yafvii quick at starting, Help is not automatically enabled. On a slow
PC this makes yafvii much faster, and on a fast PC, it's only slightly more
difficult to get help. Many users may not even notice the difference.

Having made it to here, help is now Enabled.

To enable help select Help from the menubar or press the F1 key. Help will also
automatically be enabled when selecting a Help button in a dialog.

Until help is enabled pressing F1 during a menu selection will have no effect.

If help is enabled select Help.. and then the topic of interest. If no specific
help is available, the About page is displayed. See Using Help for a more
detailed description of the help system.

The About page is also found in Help.. General Help.. on the menubar.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following keys are available.

     Page Up
     Page Down
 To go up or down a page
     Up
     Down
 To go up or down a line
     Left
     Right
 To scroll left or right. This has a slightly different meaning in HEX mode.

      Any other keys are noted alongside the menuitems they represent.