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- Documentation for VIEW.EXE, version 1.70
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- VIEW.EXE is Copyright (C) 1993-1997 B.J. Guillot. All Rights Reserved.
-
- VIEW is designed for use with the BGFAX shareware fax receiving/sending
- program for DOS and OS/2. http://www.blkbox.com/~bgfax/
-
- VIEW [filename|filespec] [options]
-
- VIEW has been designed to read faxes stored in the following formats
- (a) ZFAX version 2 (1D-MH coding only)
- (b) Smith Micro Software's QuickLink II QFX
- (c) TIFF-Class-F (used by Faxworks, Word Perfect 5.1+, etc.)
- (d) Unknown formats (such as Binkley RAW, etc.)
- (Results will vary when trying to read an unknown format)
-
- It can VIEW, PRINT, and CONVERT the above fax types to PCX and DCX files.
-
- The default filespec is "*.??X" which nicely handles *.FAX, *.QFX, *.PCX,
- and *.DCX. If you specify a filename rather than a filespec, VIEW works
- in batch mode rather than menu mode. (See notes on BATCH mode at the end
- of this document.)
-
- To use VIEW, change into the directory where all your faxes are located,
- and then start it, by typing "VIEW". If if finds any faxes, it will bring
- up a list of them on the screen, and you can use the up and down arrows to
- select which fax you wish to view or print.
-
- The available commands are listed on the bottom of the screen...
- <Enter>=view, <Ctrl-Enter>=print, <F2>=convert to PCX, <F3>=convert to DCX,
- and <Delete>=delete the fax
-
- If you are converting the fax to PCX or DCX format, see the special
- notes about this near the end of this file.
-
- If you start VIEW without any command line parameters, it will automatically
- detect either a CGA, EGA, or VGA display. However, IT WILL NOT DETECT THE
- PRINTER TYPE, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO SPECIFY THAT MANUALLY. If a printer type
- is not specified, the "print" option on the menu will be greyed out.
-
- To force a specific video mode when starting VIEW...
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Mode Resolution Addr
- ---- ---------- -----
- VIEW /CGA $6 640x200 $b800
- VIEW /EGA $10 640x350 $a000
- VIEW /VGA $11 640x480 $a000
- VIEW /800 (or VIEW /SVGA) $102 800x600 $a000 (VESA mode)
- VIEW /1024 $104 1024x768 $a000 (VESA mode)
- VIEW /1280 $106 1280x1024 $a000 (VESA mode)
- VIEW /HERC n/a 720x352 $b000 (Hercules mono)
-
- Your video card and/or monitor may not be able to support all of the modes
- available. If your monitor starts to make funny noises when going into
- some of the higher modes (/1024 or /1280), then TURN IT OFF! B.J. Guillot
- will not be liable for any damage caused by leaving the monitor in a state
- in which it was not designed to be used in.
-
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- Commands available while viewing the fax itself
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When the fax image is on the screen, you have a few choices...
-
- F1 HELP screen showing list of commands
-
- Alt-I INVERT the fax colors, white <--> black, easier to read for some
-
- Alt-F FLIP the fax for thoese people that send you upside down faxes
-
- Alt-S SHRINK/SQUEEZE the fax so that the image appears smaller
- (You can press Alt-S *multiple times* to change between many
- different magnification factors.)
-
- Alt-J JUMP to page number entered by user when prompted
- (If using Alt-J on a ZFAX stored file, VIEW must first analyze
- the fax finding all page boundries. On slow machines that may
- take several seconds.)
- Alt-G GOTO page number (same as Alt-J)
-
- Ctrl-Enter PRINT CURRENT PAGE
-
- PgDn Goto NEXT Page
- PgUp Goto PREVIOUS Page
-
- You can pan around by using the up, down, left, and right arrow keys.
-
- F2 Debug Info--Nothing useful to you
- F3