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EzView
by
JB Technology Inc.
Version 1.10
Copyright (c) 1991, JB Technology Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Starting EzView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
EzView's Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
EzView's Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EzView's Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
EzView Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The JBT Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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INTRODUCTION
EzView is an ASCII text file viewer. The size of the file that
can be viewed is dependent on the amount of free RAM available.
EzView has pull down menus and multiple files can be
simultaneously displayed. The files are displayed in windows which
can be moved and resized.
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STARTING EZVIEW
To start EzView, simply type EZV at the Dos prompt or type EZV
with the file names which will be automatically loaded.
Examples:
1. Load EzView, loading no files.
C:\JBTT\EZV
2. Load EzView and load the file AUTOEXEC.BAT into a window.
C:\JBTT\EZV C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
Note: The FULL PATH must be included in the file name.
3. Load EzView and load the files CONFIG.SYS and GO.BAT.
C:\JBTT\EZV C:\CONFIG.SYS C:\DOS\GO.BAT
That is all there is to loading EzView.
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EZVIEW'S SCREEN
When EzView is loaded the display consists of the following
elements:
MENU:
The EzView Menu is a pull down menu and the menu headings;
FILE and WINDOWS. The menu system is accessed three ways.
They are;
* Depressing function key F10
* Depressing the ALT key and the first letter of the
menu heading. (i.e. ALT F for File)
* Move the mouse cursor to the menu heading and press
the left mouse button.
STATUS LINE:
The bottom line is the STATUS LINE. The Status Line consists
of the following short cut keys;
F3 - Open
Alt F3 - Close
F5 - Zoom
Ctrl F5 - Resize
F6 - Goto Next Window
F10 - Invoke Menu
If any the above items are not functional, (i.e.. If no
windows are opened then F5 - Zoom is not functional) it will
be displayed in a lighter color.
For mouse users, you can move the mouse cursor to the
function and depress the left mouse button and the function
will be evoked.
VIEWING AREA:
The area between the Menu and the Status Line is the viewing
area. All windows are displayed in this area.
-4-
EZVIEW'S WINDOWS
Files are displayed in WINDOWS. Windows can be resized, moved and
zoomed. The following is an example of an EzView window.
+-[■]------------------- C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT -------------------[^]-+
|CLS |
|PROMPT $P$G |
|ENCORE /b125 |
|C:\BOOT>NUL: |
|IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO CONFIG2 |
|IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO CONFIG1 |
|:CONFIG1 |
|PATH=C:\;E:\PCKWIK;C:\UTILITY;D:\DOS;C:\MENU;C:\TP6 |
|SUPERPCK /B+ /D+ /H+ /O- /Q- /T+ /V+ /W+ /S:=512 /P- |
|PCKKEY /&U /A- /I+ /K- /M:3 /R7A /T5C /P- |
|PCKSCRN /&U /B:5 /K- /P- |
|PCKSPL |
|D: |
|CD\SI |
|E:\386MAX\386LOAD SIZE=27136 PROG=d:\si\si -T 1 |
|SW H |
+------ 1:1 ----------------------------------------------------+
MOVING AND RESIZING A WINDOW:
All text windows can be moved around the screen and resized.
Select SIZE/MOVE from the WINDOWS Main Menu option or by
depressing the Quick Key, Ctrl-F5.
Once the SIZE/MOVE option has been selected, the following
keys can be used.
Key Action
Arrow Keys Move the window.
Shift+Left Arrow Make window smaller horizontally.
Shift+Right Arrow Make window larger horizontally.
Shift+Up Arrow Make window smaller vertically.
Shift+Down Arrow Make window larger vertically.
When window is the desired size and in the desired location
depress <Enter>.
TILING/CASCADING:
Multiple windows can be displayed two ways; TILE and
CASCADE.
A TILED view will display all open windows on the screen at
the same time, adjusting their size to accomplish this. The
following is an example of how a four windowed tiled display
would appear.
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+------------------------------------+
| +============1==++------------2--+ |
| | || | |
| |(Active Window)|| | |
| | || | |
| | || | |
| +===============+└---------------┘ |
| ┌------------3--┐┌------------4--┐ |
| | || | |
| | || | |
| | || | |
| | || | |
| └---------------┘└---------------┘ |
+------------------------------------+
A CASCADED view will display all open windows on the screen
at the same time, stacking them. The following is an example
of how a four cascaded windows would appear.
+--------------------------1-+
|+-------------------------2-+
||+------------------------3-+
|||+=======================4=+
|||| |
|||| |
|||| (Active Window) |
|||| |
|||| |
++++=========================+
TRAVERSING BETWEEN WINDOWS:
When multiple files are displayed, moving between the
windows is accomplished by selecting the NEXT sub-heading
option under WINDOWS, or depressing function key F6.
ZOOMING
If a window is not full size, it can be ZOOMED and UNZOOMED.
The WINDOWS submenu option ZOOM (F5) "toggles" the zoom
state.
CLOSING A WINDOW:
Closing a window will remove the window from display and
unload the text file associated with it. This is
accomplished by selecting the WINDOWS submenu option CLOSE
(Alt-F3).
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MOUSE FEATURES:
For mouse users, there are several feature the windows have.
They are:
* Moving up and down the file. The file can be scrolled
vertically by moving the mouse cursor along the
vertical scroll bar (located along the right side of
the window) and clicking the left button.
* Moving horizontally on the file. The text can be
scrolled left and right by moving the mouse cursor
along the horizontal scroll bar (located on the
bottom line of the window) and clicking the left
button.
* Zooming the Window. If the window has been resized
(Ctrl F5), the zoom state can be toggled by moving
the mouse cursor to the box "[^]" and click the left
button.
* Close the Window. The window can be closed by moving
the cursor to the box "[■]" (top left of the window)
and clicking the left mouse button.
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DIALOG BOXES
Dialog Boxes are a method of selecting/inputting data. EzView has
Dialog Boxes for Opening a file and Changing Directory.
The following are keys common to both Dialog Boxes in EzView:
Key Action
----------- --------------------------------------------
Tab Move to the next item in the Dialog Box.
Shift Tab Move to the previous item in the Dialog Box.
<Enter> Finish entering data in the Dialog Box.
Note: If you have a mouse, moving the mouse cursor to
the field, file name, option and clicking either
button will select that field or highlight the
file name.
The following will display both Dialog Boxes and how to use them.
THE FILE OPEN DIALOG BOX:
The FILE OPEN Dialog Box is used to open a new window with a file
to be viewed. When the FILE OPEN command is evoked via the Main
Menu or the Quick Key (F3), its Dialog Box will "pop up". An
example of the Dialog Box is:
+-[■]-------------- Open file ------------------+
| |
| Name |
| *.* Open |
| |
| Files |
| BOXES.SQZ | ..\ Cancel |
| IMPORT.COM | |
| POP.COM | |
| POPP.COM | |
| SAYWHAT.EXE | |
| TEST.BAT | |
| VIDPOP.COM | |
| VIEWLIB.COM | |
| ■▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ |
| |
| C:\GRAPHICS\SAYWHAT\*.* |
| BOXES.SQZ 1418 Apr 24, 1991 7:22am |
+-----------------------------------------------+
There are four (4) areas (fields) for data selection. They are:
* Name
* File List
* Open
* Cancel
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NAME:
There are three (3) ways of entering information. They
are:
Enter the file name. The file name can be
entered at the keyboard and when the <Enter>
key is depressed, the file will be loaded into
a new window.
Enter a file mask. A file mask (*.*, *.txt,
*.bak ..) can be entered and files matching
the file mask will be displayed in the file
list.
Pick from history list. Depressing the DOWN
ARROW will "pop up" a HISTORY LIST. This is a
list of files and file masks that have been
previously entered in the NAME field or
selected from the FILES LIST. A file mask or a
file name can be highlighted and when <Enter>
is depressed, either the file mask will be
used on the files list, or the highlighted
file name will be loaded into a new window.
FILE LIST:
The FILE LIST is a scrollable list of file names
available in the current subdirectory. The following
keys can be used to move the highlight bar from to a
file.
Key Action
------------- ------------------------------
Up Arrow Move up one file.
Down Arrow Move down one file.
Right Arrow If in the left column, move to
the right column. If in the
right column, move to the last
file in the right column.
Left Arrow If in the right column, move
to the left column. If in the
left column, move to the first
file in the left column.
Home Move to the first file in the
left column.
End Move to the last file in the
right column.
For mouse users, there are two ways to move the
highlight bar. The first is to move the mouse cursor
to the file and click the left button.
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The second is to put the mouse cursor on the
horizontal scroll bar and click a mouse button. This
will move the highlight bar between the first and last
file name.
To load the highlighted file into a new window simply
depress <Enter>, or if you using a mouse, click the
left button twice.
OPEN:
When the file to be opened (loaded) is highlighted, it
can be loaded into a new window as described in the
previous paragraph or by depressing the TAB key which
will move to the OPEN field. Depressing <Enter> when
in the TAB field will load the highlighted file into a
new window.
If you are using a mouse, moving the mouse cursor to
OPEN and clicking the left button TWICE will load the
highlighted file into a new window.
CANCEL:
If you decide that you do not want to Open a File you
can depress the TAB key until you are in the CANCEL
field. Depress <Enter> to cancel the FILE OPEN
function.
If you are using a mouse, moving the mouse cursor to
CANCEL and clicking the left button TWICE will cancel
the FILE OPEN function.
Note: The FILE OPEN function can be canceled at any
time by depressing ESC.
THE CHANGE DIRECTORY DIALOG BOX:
The CHANGE DIRECTORY Dialog Box is used to change the directory
where files are to be stored or opened. When the CHANGE DIRECTORY
command is evoked via the Main Menu, its Dialog Box will "pop
up". An example of the Dialog Box is:
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+-[■]---------- Change Directory --------------+
| |
| Directory name |
| C:\GRAPHICS\SAYWHAT |
| |
| Directory tree |
| Drives OK |
| +-+C:\ |
| +-+GRAPHICS |
| +--SAYWHAT Chdir |
| |
| |
| Revert |
| |
| |
| |
| |
+----------------------------------------------+
There are five (5) areas (fields) for data selection. They are:
* Directory Name
* Directory Tree
* OK
* Chdir
* Revert
DIRECTORY NAME:
The Directory Name field will display the current
directory where files will be loaded from.
If you wish to type in the drive/subdirectory in lieu
of selecting from the graphical tree, then type it in
this field and depress <Enter>.
Pick from history list. Depressing the DOWN ARROW
will"pop up" a HISTORY LIST. This is a list of files
and drive/subdirectories that have been previously
entered in the DIRECTORY NAME field or selected from
the DIRECTORY TREE. A drive/subdirectory can be
highlighted and when <Enter> is depressed, the
highlighted drive/subdirectory will be the new default
path.
DIRECTORY TREE:
The Directory Tree field is a graphical representation
of the subdirectories on your drive.
If the root directory IS NOT current default
directory, move the highlight bar to the root
directory and depress <Enter>. All subdirectories will
be displayed.
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The following keys can be used to move the highlight
bar to a subdirectory.
Key Action
------------- ------------------------------
Up Arrow Move up one subdirectory.
Down Arrow Move down one subdirectory.
Home Move to the first sub-
directory displayed in the
window.
End Move to the last subdirectory
displayed in the window.
Page Down Display the next page of sub-
directories, highlighting the
first subdirectory on that
page.
Page Up Display the previous page of
subdirectories, highlighting
the first subdirectory on that
page.
Ctrl Page Down Display the last page of sub-
directories, highlighting the
last subdirectory.
Ctrl Page Up Display the first page of sub-
directories, highlighting
"Drives"
For mouse users, there are two ways to move the
highlight bar. The first is to move the mouse cursor
to the subdirectory and click the left button.
The second is to put the mouse cursor on the vertical
scroll bar and click a mouse button. This will move
the highlight bar up and down the tree.
To change drives, move the highlight bar to "DRIVES"
and depress <Enter>. A list of drives will be shown.
Highlight the desired drive and depress <Enter>. The
graphical tree for that drive will be displayed.
Once the desired drive has been highlighted, depress
<Enter>. If you are using a mouse, clicking the left
button TWICE will have the same results as depressing
<Enter>. The highlighted drive/subdirectory will be
displayed in the DIRECTORY NAME field. Depress TAB to
move to the OK field and depress <Enter>.
CHDIR:
If you tab to this field and decide you want to go
back to the graphical tree, depress <Enter>, or move
the mouse cursor to this field and click the left
button.
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REVERT:
If you change your mind about the drive/subdirectory
you selected and you want to go back to the previous
one, depress <Enter>, or move the mouse cursor to this
field and click the left button.
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EZVIEW'S MAIN MENU
EzView's Main Menu is a "pull down" menu. A pull down menu
consists of horizontal menu headings and each menu heading has
associated vertical sub-heading options:
To access the Main Menu depress function key F10. To move the
highlight bar to a menu heading use the left and right arrow
keys.
To choose a Main Menu heading move the highlight bar to the
desired choice and depress <Enter>, or depress the first letter
of the heading. If you are using a mouse, move the mouse cursor
to the desired heading and click the left mouse button.
When a Main Menu heading is chosen, it's sub-heading options are
displayed directly below. The following are the keys that can be
used in a sub-heading.
Key Action
------------- ------------------------------------------
Up Arrow Highlight the previous sub-heading option.
Down Arrow Highlight the next sub-heading option.
Home Highlight the first sub-heading option.
End Highlight the last sub-heading option.
Right Arrow Move to the sub-heading menu to the right.
Left Arrow Move to the sub-heading menu to the left.
Once the desired sub-heading option has been highlighted,
depressing <Enter> will evoke its associated function. Mouse
users can move the mouse cursor to the preferred choice and click
the left mouse button.
Depressing ESC anywhere within the pull down menu will exit the
menu system.
EzView's Main Menu heading's and their related sub-heading
options are:
Heading Sub-Heading Options
------- -------------------
File Open
Change Dir
Dos Shell
Exit
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Heading Sub-Heading Options
------- -------------------
Windows Resize
Zoom
Next
Close
Tile
Cascade
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EZVIEW'S COMMANDS
The following is a list of EzView's commands.
Cursor Movement Commands
Character left ^S or Left Arrow
Character right ^D or Right Arrow
Word left ^A or ^Left Arrow
Word right ^F or ^Right Arrow
Line up ^E or Up Arrow
Line down ^X or Down Arrow
Page Up ^R or Pg Up
Page Down ^C or Pg Dn
Beginning of File ^QR or ^Pg Up
End of File ^QC or ^Pg Dn
Beginning of Line ^QS or Home
End of Line ^QD or End
Window Commands
Open New Window F3
Close Window Alt F3
Size Window Ctrl F5
Zoom Window F5
Goto Next Window F6
Miscellaneous Commands
Save file F2
Exit Alt X
-19-
The JBT ToolBox
The program you are using is one of several programs that I have
written that are either public domain or shareware.
These programs have appeared on bulletin boards, distributed by
ShareWare clearing houses and are included in several of the
Dvorak-Osborne series of books.
Most users of these programs are not aware that the other
programs that I have written exist.
I have created The JBT Tools to provide an interface that allows
all my programs to be used.
The following is the programs included in the JBT Tools and a
brief description of each program.
EzDoss
EzDoss is a Dos Shell. As with all Dos shells actions
can be taken on multiple files. I have used many Dos
shells in the past and they have many features that are
great. Unfortunately, all these features are not
included in one shell. Therefore, I wrote EzDoss to
include the features I like the best. Some of the
features are:
Copying/Moving
When copying or moving files and there is a
file with the same name on the destination,
most Dos Shells offer only "Overwrite"
option.
EzDoss provides several options. They are:
OverWrite:
This option is typical. It will
overwrite any the file on the
destination with the file on the
source.
Newer:
This option will copy/move the file
to the destination only if the file
on the destination is OLDER than
the file on the source.
Copy/Rename:
This option will rename the file on
the destination and copy the file
from the source.
Rename/Copy:
This option will rename the source
file, then copy the file to the
destination.
These options provide the most flexible
options when copying or moving files.
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Tagging Files:
Multiple files can be "tagged". Besides
tagging individual files, all files can be
tagged, files can be tagged by specifying a
"pattern" or by selecting a date in which
files newer, older, same or a combination
will be tagged.
Help System:
EzDoss's manual is online. Help for the
current function can be displayed by
depressing function key F1. Depressing Alt F1
will display the list of help "topics". There
are over fifty (50) help "topics".
Zip Management:
Many of public domain/shareware users access
bulletin boards. Files downloaded from these
boards are compressed into a "ZIP" file.
EzDoss allows files to be "zipped", "zipped"
files to be "unzipped" and to display files
within a "zip". Those files displayed within
a "zip" can be "tagged" and "unzipped",
viewed on the screen or deleted from the zip
file.
Disk Sort:
When files are displayed, they can be sorted
eight (8) different ways. This does not sort
the files on the disk.
EzDoss DOES provide a public domain program
that can be called from within EzDoss that
will sort the disk.
Search:
EzDoss comes with EzFind. EzFind will search
any non executable files for a string. This
can be used to find a key word within
wordprocessing files that are not ASCII.
These are just a few of the many features that EzDoss
has. I use this program every day, and I am sure you
will find it as useful.
EzEdit:
EzEdit is a text editor. The file to be edited/created
is displayed in a window. EzEdit can have multiple
windows opened.
A block of text can be copied to the "clipboard" where
the text can be copied/moved into other files.
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Windows moveable and resizeable. A pop up calculator
and ASCII chart also come with the program.
EzView:
EzView will display an ASCII file in a window. EzView
can have multiple windows opened.
Windows are moveable and resizeable.
EzLocate:
EzLocate is a file finder program. Multiple drives can
be scanned for files which meet the user specified
masks. Multiple masks can be specified.
EzLocate can also look inside ARC and ZIP files for the
user specified masks.
Find Duplicates:
Find Duplicates is a program that can scan multiple
disk drives and find all the files with duplicate file
names. Once the drive(s) have been scanned, the
duplicate files are displayed on the screen. Each file
can be viewed (ASCII only), renamed, suspend to DOS in
that file's subdirectory or "tagged" for deletion.
Find Duplicates can list duplicate files that are
stored in ARC and ZIP files. If your PC has PKZIP and
ARC or PKUNPAK, those duplicate files can be deleted
within the ZIP or ARC files.
Back Off!:
Back Off! is an utility that you will use on a weekly
basis. Back Off! is a multiple file extension deletion
program. It will search any and all drives for files
ending with extensions matching a previously prepared
list. (i.e. .BAK, .CHK, .$$$).
Back Off! will show you the matching filenames and
their locations, and give you the option of viewing
them and/or "tagging" and deleting them.
CopyCon:
When I first used a MSDOS PC, I wrote small batch files
using COPY CON command from the Dos prompt. If I had a
dime for every time i goofed and had to start over
again, I would be a rich man. I wrote CopyCon to help
me write small batch files.
CopyCon has grown since version 1.00 and now not only
allows simple batch files to be created/edited, but
allows graphic boxes, ASCII characters to be inserted
and line centering.
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One of the most important features of CopyCon is the on
line help. Not only does the help provide information
on how CopyCon works, but it is a reference on batch
file commands including examples.
Also included are two small programs that can be used
in batch files and two useful batch files. They are
STATUS.BAT which will read your PC and list out its
status. The other batch file is MENU.BAT which is a
menuing system that is all set up.
You will find that these programs will increase your
productivity and make using your PC easier.
The following page is an INVOICE that you can order the JBT
Tools from:
JBT TOOLS INVOICE
Remit to: From:
JB Technology Inc. __________________________
28701 N. Main St.
Ridgefield, Wa. 98642 __________________________
(206) 887-3442
__________________________
__________________________
Contact Individual
__________________________
__________________________
Quantity Unit Price Total
_______ JBT Tools Software $35.00 ___________
_______ JBT Tools Manual $20.00 ___________
(Laser Quality)
Total ___________
I want 5 1/4" _______ 3 1/2" _______ diskette. (Check One)
Note that The JBT Tools computer software has been delivered and
accepted by the customer. Upon receipt of paid invoice, a
current disk will be sent.