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Customizing You customize PC-Browse by defining parameters. There are two types of parameters: File Load Parameters and Startup Parameters. This section includes: * Descriptions of the parameters * Places you can define parameters Descriptions of the Parameters Each parameter controls one PC-Browse feature. You only need to define a parameter if the default setting of the feature does not fit your needs. A parameter consists of: * The switch character, "/" (slash) * The letter or number that represents the parameter * A colon (optional) * One or more letters or numbers, separated by periods. You can put spaces between parameters, but not within a parameter. Here are some examples of parameters: /A:N.A /I:60.62 /W:7 You can omit any options you don't need in parameters with several options. For example, /A:N.N.A could be written as /A:..A since N is the default setting. In each description below, the first line shows the parameter with its default value. File Load Parameters File load parameters define the window length, keyword delimiters, print and paste options, and screen colors for a file. You can include file load parameters directly in each PC-Browse file. Then, when you load a file, it uses the specific parameters for that file. They can also be given as startup parameters when you first load PC-Browse. File load parameters in one file can be defined differently from those in the next file. Once the parameter is defined it remains active until you load another file that actually changes it (loading a new file per se doesn't reset parameters to their default settings). - 77 - Window Length Parameter /W:13 Sets the number of lines in the PC-Browse window, and therefore how many windows can fit on the screen (this is also affected by the screen length, parameter Y). The default of 13 lines allows for two windows. The minimum total length is three lines, and the maximum is the number of lines on the screen (25, or as set by parameter Y). The maximum number of windows is limited for small /W: values, as shown below. Here are some possible choices for a 25 line screen: /W:13 2 windows of 11 lines /W:5 5 windows of 3 lines /W:9 3 windows of 7 lines /W:4 6 windows of 2 lines /W:7 4 windows of 5 lines /W:3 8 windows of 1 line Keyword Delimiter Parameters Delimiters are the symbols that define text as a target keyword, lookup trigger keyword, or linear trigger keyword. A delimiter can be any one character, empty (no such keyword defined), or a "non-alpha" code that matches any space or character that is not a letter (A to Z, a to z) or digit (0 to 9). Characters are defined by their character codes. The empty delimiter is code 0; non-alpha is code 8. By default, all delimiters are zero, so no keywords are defined. Codes 10, 11, 12, and 13 cannot be delimiters, except 12 (page break) can be used as a start delimiter if the keyword is always the first thing on a page. The parameter value is the starting and ending delimiter, separated by a period. /I:0.0 Defines the target keyword delimiters. There is only one kind of target keyword, whether you are doing a linear search or a lookup search. To use a lookup search, the two delimiters must be different. For example: /I:60.62 Starting delimiter is "<"; ending delimiter is ">". /J:0.0 Defines the linear search-trigger keyword delimiters. Using the linear trigger and target keyword allows you to link related text for easy retrieval. For example: /J:47.8 Starting delimiter is " / "; ending is any non-alpha. /K:0.0 Defines the lookup search-trigger delimiters. A lookup is a fast search of sorted pages. A lookup trigger can also be included in the file for linking text. For example: /K:35.8 Starting delimiter is "#"; ending is any non-alpha. - 78 - Print and Paste Parameters /G:P.P.0 For printing, tells whether or not to include PC-Write font characters, whether to include a final form feed, and what end-of-line character to use. /G:A.x.x Always print font characters. /G:N.x.x Never print font characters. /G:P.x.x Prompt each time to ask user about font characters (default). Printing font characters (most codes from 1 to 31) is different than printing the text in the font style. Normally you would only include font characters if you were printing to a file to be used with PC-Write, or a file with embedded printer codes. /G:x.A.x Always send a form feed after each print request. /G:x.N.x Never send a form feed after the print request. /G:x.P.x Prompt the user after each print request (default). For some kinds of files, you may always or never want the form feed. /G:x.x.13 Sets end-of-line character to carriage return only. /G:x.x.32 Sets end-of-line character to a space. By default, PC-Browse sends a carriage return and line feed to the printer at the end of each line. You may want to change this because of the way your printer works. /H:P.N.0 For pasting, tells whether or not to include PC-Write font characters, whether to include a "piping delay", and what end-of-line character to use. /H:A.x.x Always paste font characters. /H:N.x.x Never paste font characters. /H:P.x.x Prompt each time to ask user about pasting font characters (default). Normally, you only include font characters (codes 1 to 31) when you paste PC-Write text from one file to another. /H:x.A.x Always include the piping delay. /H:x.N.x Never include the piping delay (default). /H:x.P.x Prompt each time to ask user about including the piping delay. The piping delay makes PC-Browse wait until the second request for each key from the host program when pasting. This fixes pasting into PC-Write versions up to 3.02, and some other programs. PC-Write - 79 - versions 3.03 and up, and PC-Write Lite, work with or without it. Some programs work without the delay, but hang if you include it. /H:x.x.0 Enter keystroke at end-of-line. /H:x.x.9 Tab keystroke at end-of-line. /H:x.x.32 Space at end-of-line. You can set the end-of-line character to fit the needs of the program you are pasting to. In many database programs Tab moves from field to field. In most word processors, a space makes the pasted text wrap correctly. The Enter value (0) and Tab value (9) do not actually send codes 0 and 9; instead they simulate the pressing of these keys. Screen Attribute Parameters Screen attributes define the way parts of the PC-Browse window are displayed: reversed, underlined, in a color. etc. The parameter has three parts, giving values for monochrome, single color, and full color displays. Since most people only use one type of monitor, you can enter a single value that sets the value for all three (/1:7 is the same as /1:7.7.7). To set attributes for a full-color monitor, you must add a foreground and a background color to form a complete attribute. Since these are file load parameters, each file can use different colors. Here are the parts of the PC-Browse window and their default values: /0:112.112.112 The Window Frame; the single line border surrounding the window. /1:9.15.79 The Menu, found along the bottom frame; displays your options. /2:7.7.116 General Text; the text from the file you are viewing. /3:1.7.126 Font text; text surrounded by PC-Write font characters. /4:9.112.127 Target keywords; text surrounded by target keyword delimiters. /5:15.15.113 Trigger keywords; text surrounded by linear or lookup delimiters. /6:112.120.64 Text found by a normal search, or selected trigger keyword. /7:9.120.79 Top line prompt text, for File and Find prompts. /8:7.7.126 Help Text; general text when you view the help file. /9:1.120.79 Message Text, on the bottom line. - 80 - Screen Attribute Values Monochrome Value Single Color Value --------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Black 0 Black 0 Underline 1 Normal (light on dark) 7 Normal (light on dark) 7 Normal Bright 15 Bright underline 9 Reverse (dark on light) 112 Normal Bright 15 Reverse Bright 120 Reverse (dark on light) 112 Blinking, add +128 Blinking, add +128 Full Color Foreground Value Foreground Value Background Value -------------------- ------------------- ------------------- Black 0 Dark Grey 8 Black 0 Blue 1 Light Blue 9 Blue 16 Green 2 Light Green 10 Green 32 Cyan 3 Light Cyan 11 Cyan 48 Red 4 Light Red 12 Red 64 Magenta 5 Light Magenta 13 Magenta 80 Brown 6 Yellow 14 Brown 96 Light Grey 7 White 15 Light Grey 112 Here are some examples: /6:9.15.31 When a search finds the text, it is displayed underlined (9) on a monochrome monitor, in bright characters (15) on single color composite monitor, and as white letters on a blue background (15 + 16) on a full color monitor. /0:7 The frame of the window will be displayed with normal light-on-dark characters on monochrome and single-color composite monitors. Full- color monitors will display the frame as light grey on black. Startup Parameters Startup parameters tell PC-Browse about your computer and allow you to define preferences such as window attributes and hot keys. You enter these parameters when you load PC-Browse into memory. Do not put them into the file load parameter area. - 81 - User Preference Parameters /A:N.N.N Sets three options for interacting with PC-Browse. /A:A.x.x Full but abbreviated main menu option. This sets whether you get the abbreviated menu with all function keys listed, or the normal main menu with more descriptive key names. /A:x.A.x Swap PgUp/PgDn keys with Shf PgUp/PgDn keys. Swaps the PgUp/Dn and Shf PgUp/Dn keys, so PgUp and PgDn scroll by screenful. /A:x.x.A Swap PgUp and PgDn (also Shf and Ctl versions). Swaps the direction of the PgUp and PgDn keys (and their Shf'd and Ctl'd versions). /Z:COM.EXE.OBJ.OVL.OVR This gives file name extensions that PC-Browse doesn't search. If you don't want to search a particular database, spreadsheet, etc. files, add their extensions to this list. A "+" after the ":" adds to the default list; without a "+", this list replaces the default. There is a limit of 25 extensions. Note that periods (not commas) separate the items. /Z:+DBL.WKS Don't search *.DBL or *.WKS files either. /Z:COM.EXE Search all but *.COM and *.EXE files System Parameters /C (default is off) Turn on color when present; use color attributes. /C Use color attributes. /E (default is off) Tells PC-Browse to use EMS memory, if available. By default it doesn't use EMS, since some programs use EMS in non-standard ways. PC-Browse can share EMS with most other programs, since it uses EMS in standard ways. LIM 3.2 and up is supported. Additional buffers set with /X go into EMS, to a maximum of 20K. /E Set PC-Browse to use EMS memory. - 82 - /M (default is off) Tells PC-Browse to run stand-alone. By default, PC-Browse is memory-resident, using approximately 60K of memory. When it runs stand-alone, you must load the program each time you want it. Needed to run programs from PC-Browse, as in a menu system. /M Set PC-Browse to run stand-alone. /X:4096.1024 Tells PC-Browse how much memory to reserve for the text buffer and the location list. A larger text buffer makes searching faster. Also, each page in a file used for a lookup search must fit in the text buffer. The location list size indicates approximately how many location entries can be saved, with about 45 bytes per entry. The total of both numbers cannot exceed 36K bytes (less any extra screen buffer set with /Y). /X:6000.1024 Increase text buffer to 6000 bytes. /X:4096.2000 Increase location list to 2000 bytes. /Y:25.80 If your monitor supports more than 25 lines (many EGAs and VGAs offer this option) or more than 80 characters per line, this option lets you use the full height. PC-Browse windows are always 80 columns wide, but it uses the true screen width to save the application screen. PC-Browse knows about some 132 column displays automatically. Increasing these parameters requires memory (about 4K more for a 50-line display), limiting the maximum PC-Browse text buffer length (see /X parameter). /Y:43.80 EGA with 43 line display. /Y:50.80 VGA with 50 line display. /Y:66.132 Special 66 line by 132 column display. /B:N.N Sets two options for display adapters. /B:A.x Remove synchronization, speed up EGA/VGA. Normal video synchronization avoids "snow" on CGA display adapters. If you have an EGA or VGA adapter this option can speed up operation. /B:x.A Remove text mode check, permit non-standard modes. Removes the check for a normal video text mode. If PC-Browse won't pop up with a non-standard or extra-function display adapter, try it. If you get non-textual garbage when PC-Browse pops up, the display is in graphics mode and PC-Browse won't work. - 83 - Hot Key Parameters To avoid conflicts with other programs, or just for personal preference, you can redefine the hot key combinations. You may use any one key with the Shf, Ctl, and Alt keys. The value is a number from 0 to 7 for the Shf/Ctl/Alt status, a period, and a number (the scan code) for the individual key. Here are the Hot Key parameters and their defaults: /P:3.59 (Shf Ctl F1) Pop up PC-Browse to the last place viewed. /Q:3.60 (Shf Ctl F2) Pop up and do a lookup search for the word at the cursor. /R:3.61 (Shf Ctl F3) Pop up and do a linear search for the word at the cursor. /S:3.65 (Shf Ctl F7) Paste text into application, if paste is active. /T:3.66 (Shf Ctl F8) Pop up and move to the File text area to do a directory. /U:3.67 (Shf Ctl F9) Pop up and move to the Find text area. /V:3.68 (Shf Ctl F10) Pop up and move to the first page. Shf/Ctl/Alt keys: 0 (none) 2 Ctl 4 Alt 6 Ctl Alt 1 Shf 3 Shf Ctl 5 Shf Alt 7 Shf Ctl Alt Keyboard Scan Codes: Key Code Key Code Key Code Key Code Key Code ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Esc 1 E 18 J 36 PtSc 55 76* 1 2 R 19 K 37 SpBar 57 Rt 77 2 3 T 20 L 38 F1 59 G+ 78 3 4 Y 21 ; 39 F2 60 End 79 4 5 U 22 ' 40 F3 61 Dn 80 5 6 I 23 ` 41 F4 62 PgDn 81 6 7 O 24 \ 43 F5 63 Ins 82 7 8 P 25 Z 44 F6 64 Del 83 8 9 [ 26 X 45 F7 65 9 10 ] 27 C 46 F8 66 0 11 Rtrn 28 V 47 F9 67 - 12 A 30 B 48 F10 68 = 13 S 31 N 49 Hm 71 Bksp 14 D 32 M 50 Up 72 Tab 15 F 33 , 51 PgUp 73 Q 16 G 34 . 52 G- 74 W 17 H 35 / 53 Lf 75 * (Code 76 is the center key of the numeric keypad, with NumLock on it is the 5 key.) - 84 - Here are some examples: /P:4.25 Sets the hot key for popping up to Alt P. /U:0.57 Sets the Paste hot key to the space bar (fine as long as you don't ever use spaces. As a rule, don't redefine a hot key as a single keyboard key without one of the shift keys.) Remarks Redefining hot keys can be useful, but you can run into conflicts with other programs. Be aware of key combinations used by other programs, including other pop-up programs. For example, PC-Write uses Shf Ctl F5 to clear the hold area, and Shf Ctl F6 to append a box to the hold area. How to Define Parameters There are four ways to define parameters. PC-Browse reads them in the following order: 1. The control file called BR.DEF 2. The environment string SET BR= 3. The command line when you enter the BR command. 4. Within a text file, in [BR=...] brackets on the first line. Defining Parameters in the BR.DEF File When you run PC-Browse, it first looks for a file called BR.DEF. This file must be in the current directory when you call PC-Browse, or in a directory listed in PCBROWSE or PATH environment strings. You can create BR.DEF with PC-Write or any text editor. BR.DEF is limited in size to the text buffer size, usually 4K. The main advantage of using BR.DEF is that each parameter can go on a separate line. This means you can place comments after the parameters to document them. In the other methods, all parameters must be listed on the same line. To define parameters with BR.DEF: 1. Using a text editor or PC-Write, create a file named BR.DEF in the directory from which you normally call PC-Browse or in a directory in the PATH. 2. Place each parameter definition on its own line. If you want to use comments, start each with a left parenthesis. You don't need to end them with a right parenthesis. For example, to use a color monitor, set the basic pop-up hot key, set the length of the window, and - 85 - change the color of the text in the window, create a BR.DEF file like this: /C (use a color monitor /P:5.48 (set basic pop-up key to Shf Alt B (B is for Browse) /W:7 (set window length to 7 lines; allows 4 windows /2:4 (set normal text to black with red Defining Parameters in the Environment After it checks for a BR.DEF file, PC-Browse checks the computer's environment for a BR= string. If PC-Browse finds the same parameter defined in both BR.DEF and the environment, the environment setting takes precedence. The environment is an area of memory where DOS holds text parameters. You place text into the environment with the DOS SET command. The information from the DOS PATH and PROMPT commands is put into the environment. There is one restriction; the default environment is limited to 160 bytes. If you exceed this, you get the message: Out of environment space If you have a long PROMPT (it might look neat, but it eats space) or PATH, you can decrease their sizes, leaving more room. If you use DOS version 3.1 or later, you can increase the environment (to a maximum of 32,768 bytes) by adding the SHELL command to your CONFIG.SYS file, as follows: SHELL=c:\command.com /e:# /p where "c:\command.com" is the command processor and "#" is the new size, in bytes. (DOS 3.1 only: /e: is in 16 byte blocks, and you must remove all spaces in the line.) To define parameters in the environment: * At the DOS prompt type: SET BR=/parameter1/parameter2/parameter3/........... Note that there must be no space between "BR" and the equals sign. For example, to set a color monitor, the basic pop-up hot key, the window length, and the color of the text in the window, type the following at the DOS prompt: Set BR=/C/P:5.48/W:7/2:4 - 86 - Defining Parameters from the Command Line After PC-Browse checks the environment, it searches the command line for parameters. You enter parameters on the command line like you do in the environment, all on one line and one right after the other (or separated by spaces). Place the parameters after the BR command, and after the file name, if any. If there are parameter conflicts with either the BR.DEF file or the BR= environment string, the command line takes precedence. To define parameters from the command line: * At the DOS prompt, type: BR filename /parameter1 /parameter2 /parameter3 /..... where "filename" is the file to load into PC-Browse (optional). For example, to load the default file HAMLET, and set a color monitor, the basic pop-up hot key, the window length, and the color of the text, type the following when loading PC-Browse into: BR HAMLET /C /P:5.48 /W:7 /2:4 Defining Parameters Within a File Finally, as PC-Browse loads each file, it checks for parameters on the first line. You can only define file load parameters in a file, not startup parameters. These parameters take precedence over all others. A parameter in a file stays set until you load another file with a different setting for that parameter. Parameters must occur in the first 160 characters of the first line of the file. To include file load parameters in a file: * Anywhere in the first 160 characters of the first line of the file, type: [BR=/parameter1/parameter2/......] For example, to set the window length type the following on the first line of the file: [BR=/W:7] - 87 - Summary of Parameters Parameter(default) Description ------------------ -------------------------------------------- /A:N.N.N Choose Menu type and PgUp/Dn actions. /B:N.N Video Synchronization and Text Mode check. /C (off) Use Full Color screen attributes. /E (off) Use EMS expanded memory. /G:P.P.0 Print: include fonts, form feed, end-of-line char. /H:P.N.0 Paste: include fonts, piping delay,end-line char. /I:0.0 Target keyword delimiter. /J:0.0 Linear search-trigger delimiter. /K:0.0 Lookup search-trigger delimiter. /M (off) Run in stand alone mode. /P:3.59 Set basic "last page viewed" hot key. /Q:3.60 Set "lookup search word at cursor" hot key. /R:3.61 Set "linear search word at cursor" hot key. /S:3.65 Set "Paste text" hot key. /T:3.66 Set "Directory" hot key. /U:3.67 Set "Pop up to Find text" hot key. /V:3.68 Set "Pop up to first page" hot key. /W:13 Set length of window, in lines. /X:4096.1024 Set size of text buffer and location list. /Y:25.80 Set size of screen display (rows and columns). /0:112.112.112 Set screen attribute for the Window Frame. /1:9.15.79 Set screen attribute for the Menu. /2:7.7.116 Set screen attribute for the General text. /3:1.7.126 Set screen attribute for PC-Write font text. /4:9.112.127 Set screen attribute for Target keywords. /5:15.15.113 Set screen attribute for Trigger keywords. /6:112.120.64 Set screen attribute for text found by a search. /7:9.120.79 Set screen attribute for File and Find prompts. /8:7.7.126 Set screen attribute for Help text. /9:1.120.79 Set screen attribute for Message text. - 88 - Appendix Using PC-Browse with other programs PC-Browse is designed to be as friendly as it can be with other application programs and TSR's (memory resident programs). You may load PC-Browse first if other TSR's request that they be loaded last (don't they all). Conflicts may, however, occur whenever you are using a TSR. Sometimes redefining the hot key will resolve the problem, sometimes changing the load order will help, and sometimes two programs or a combination of programs simply will not work together. Here are the conflicts we are aware of: Novell Network Load PC-Browse before network software. Novell must be loaded last. Ventura Publisher Unload PC-Browse before running Ventura; it needs plenty of memory. PC-Tools, version 5.0 If you use the shell program, load PC-Browse first. Works ok with version 5.5. Software Carousel Don't pop up PC-Browse with left shift key; it blanks the screen. TallScreen Incompatible with PC-Browse. Turbo Lightning v1.00a If PC-Browse is loaded first, it won't pop up. If PC-Browse is loaded last, it works until Lightning pops up. Concurrent DOS v2.0 Incompatible with PC-Browse. Sidekick Load PC-Browse first. It pops up over Sidekick, but not reverse. InSet PC-Browse will pop up over InSet, even in graphics mode. Other TSR's in general: To avoid possible conflicts within DOS, PC-Browse sets a DOS flag to "claim" DOS when it pops up, and checks this flag to be sure DOS is free before it pops up itself. Many other disk-based TSR's do the same thing. This means PC-Browse won't pop up over an active disk-based TSR, and vice versa. Using PC-Browse with other hardware Keytronics 5151 Keyboard PC-Browse may interpret keys on the separate cursor pad as shifted when they are not. Check with Keytronics for an EPROM upgrade to solve this problem. - 89 - About the Program's Author Steven B. Levy has been programming, on and off, since the late '60s. In the "on" periods, he created one of the earliest microcomputer-to- typesetting conversion programs. Among the other software he has developed are a variety of educational programs for the high school and college markets and interactive, computer-based training materials for companies ranging from A.I. giants to retail stores. He joined Quicksoft as Senior Programmer and Development Manager in 1988. (In the "off" times, he was Artistic Director for eight years of an Off-Off- Broadway theatre company and played in a bunch of rock-and-roll bands.) Licensing PC-Browse PC-Browse is shareware. This is an unusual approach to marketing software, one we at Quicksoft have used for many years and that works well for us and our many customers. If you have a PC-Browse full registration, printed PC-Browse manual, or just a user certificate, you have the right to use the PC-Browse software with your own files. If not, we do expect you to pay for the use of PC-Browse by purchasing one of these items. Prices are: Full PC-Browse Registration (include current software, full printed manual, PC-Browse user certificate, technical support for one year, and our newsletter, Quicknotes, for one year)....$49.00 PC-Browse printed manual and User Certificate......$24.00 PC-Browse user certificate only....................$10.00 We have group and campus licenses available for cases in which multiple users in an organization will be using PC-Browse. If you received PC-Browse with application files from someone else, they are responsible for paying for your use of PC-Browse with their files. You still need to pay for the use of PC-Browse if you use it with your own files. Assuming you have a copy of the PC-Browse software diskettes, you are also encouraged to give copies of these diskettes to other people to evaluate PC-Browse, with some restrictions given below. If you want to distribute PC-Browse with your own information (application files), you must get a license from Quicksoft. This is only fair, since people receiving your information (your customers, clients, employees, students, etc.) are indeed using PC-Browse with your information, not just evaluating PC-Browse for their own use. - 90 - This license is simple, easy to get, and inexpensive. There are three payment options: 1. A one-time fee based on projected use. 2. A royalty per unit sold or distributed. 3. A user certificate per person using it. To order, or for more information call Quicksoft at 1-800-888-8088. The rules on shareware distribution of PC-Browse are: 1. Please don't copy this printed manual. Purchases of the book pay for the software. That's why each book comes with a User Certificate. 2. Please distribute complete, unmodified copies only. The person receiving it deserves a full collection of all files. You can compress and/or transmit files. 3. Please do not include your own PC-Browse application files (where PC-Browse is used in a productive way) unless this use is licensed as described above. You may include other types of files when you distribute PC-Browse, such as descriptions or tutorials. 4. Please don't distribute copies outside the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In other countries like Great Britain, France, and Germany, PC-Browse is not distributed as shareware. 5. If you're advertising the diskettes, please describe PC-Browse as "shareware" and note Quicksoft trademarks "PC-Browse" and "Quicksoft". Quicksoft is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). For more information about shareware, you can contact ASP at PO Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006. - 91 - Glossary Application File A file loaded into PC-Browse used to help people manage information. Application Program The program running on the computer when PC-Browse pops up, from which PC-Browse gets a word to find, and to which PC-Browse can paste text. ASCII American Standard for Computer Information Interchange, a character set. Bookmark A PC-Browse tool for marking your place in a file so you can quickly return to it. Cross-reference See Link. Delimiter A character used to "flag" text as a type of keyword in the file. File Area The area on the top frame of the window (left side) where the file name or file name pattern to be searched is typed. File Load Parameter Parameters that define information that applies to a particular file. The definitions of file load parameters are kept with each file on the first line. File Name Pattern A combination of text and/or wild card characters that defines which files to include in a multi-file search. The file name pattern is used in place of a specific file name. Find Area The area on the top frame of the window where the text to be searched for is typed. Find Text The text that is to be searched for. Host Document The application software (or DOS) that is running when you activate PC-Browse. Hot Key Key or combination of keys that activates (pops up) a TSR program. Hypertext Non-linear text; text with links from one point or block to another pointer or block (term invented by Ted Nelson). Linear Search One of the three search methods. Instead of searching for all occurrences of text, searches only for text designated as a target keyword, through the use of delimiters. Link A connection between two places in a file or between two files, based on a trigger keyword in one place and a target keyword in the other place; a cross-reference. - 92 - Location List A method of remembering each place (location) as you search within a file or across files. You can move quickly, back and forth, along the list. Lookup Search One of the three search methods. Like the linear search it only looks for text designated as a target keyword. Lookup search can only be done on a file sorted alpha-numerically. It is a fast method of searching large amounts of information. Multi-File Search Any search that automatically searches more than one file for the find text. Wild card characters are used to build a file name pattern in place of a specific file name. PC-Browse then searches for all files that match the file name pattern. Normal Search A search for any and all occurrences of the find text. Open Creates another window on your screen (assuming space is available). The new window will be an exact copy of the current window. Parameter Defines the way PC-Browse works. See File Load and Startup Parameters. RAM-resident See TSR. Shut Close the current window and return to the last window opened, or to the host document if there is only one window. Startup Parameter Parameters that define information common to all files. Target Keyword The delimited text within a file that both a lookup and linear search attempt to find. Trigger Keyword The delimited text within a file that initiates (triggers) a lookup or keyword search for the matching target keyword. TSR Terminate and Stay Resident. A TSR program loaded into your computer memory (RAM) remains inactive and invisible until you activate it. Also called RAM-resident. Wild Card A special character that matches or represents another character or characters. There are two kinds: file name pattern wild cards and text search wild cards. Window The box that appears over the top of your host document when the hot key is pressed. PC-Browse allows for more than one window to be visible at a time. The actual number of windows that can be displayed depends on the number of lines on the screen and length of each window. See also Open and Shut. - 93 - Index entries with * are found in the tutorial section. 43 line display 83 Find Prompt 51 50 line display 83 Linear 50 About this User's Guide 6 Lookup 50 Application files 7 Popping up 12* ASCII 54 Paste 74 Attributes 80 Top of File 51 Bksp 6 How to define parameters 85 Bookmark 73 Hypertext 19*, 65 BR.DEF 85 building links 43 BREF.BRS 7 Hamlet application 20* BTUT.BRS 7 Index page creating 43 Case matching 59 Installation 7 Color monitor 82 Keyword delimiters 78 Colors 80 keyword search 64 Command line parameters 87 using an index page 19* Ctl 6 LIM memory 82 Customizing 77 Linear search 64 Delimiter rules 33 adding a trigger 35 Delimiters 33 building an application 34 Delimiters care in using 34 defining delimiters 36 Directory selecting a file 53 delimiters 78 Display size 83 Linking files 68 Documentation on disk 7 Loading PC-Browse 11* EGA 83 an application 52 EMS memory 82 autoexec.bat 48 End-of-line character Location list 71 for pasting 79 adding manually 72 for printing 79 changing size 83 Environment limit 72 defining parameters in 86 move back 72 increasing size 86 move forward 72 Exit 49 view entries 72 Expanded memory 82 Lookup search 37, 64 File load parameters 77, 87 adding a trigger 42 Font characters build file with mail merge 40 for pasting 79 defining the parameters 41 for printing 79 requirements 37,64 Foreign characters 61 Sailboat application 22* Form feed handling 79 sorting the targets 39 Function key summary 46 delimiters 78 Glossary 91 Manual Terminology & Notation 6 Grey+ 6 Memory loading into 47 Grey- 6 Menu 45, 69 Help 45 abbreviated 46 Hot key 49 default 46 Basic 49 set style of 82 Definition 84 viewing main menu 45 Directory 51 Monitor display size 83 - 94 - Multiple file search 62 PCBROWSE= 48, 53, 53 list files 62 PgUp/Dn options 82 load files 63 Piping delay 79 files not searched 64 Pop up 12*, 49 Non-alpha character 33 Print 73 Non-ASCII files 55 PC-Write font characters 75 Non-document 54 sending form feeds 75 Non-resident mode 69, 83 to a file 76 Normal search 58 Program diskette 7 multiple files 15* Reference diskette 7 one file 13* Running other programs 69 word from another program 58 Sample files using AREACODE 17* Parameters 77 Sample files using HAMLET 20* BR.DEF file 85 Sample files using MISUSED 19* color monitor 82 Sample files using Quarto 21* defining from command line 87 Sample files using SAILBOAT 22* defining in environment 86 Screen attributes 80 EMS memory 82 values 81 end-of-line character paste 79 Screen colors 80 end-of-line character print 79 Screen size 83 File Load 77 Scroll Files not to search 82 bottom of file 57 font characters for pasting 79 horizontally 57 font characters for printing 79 next trigger 57 form feed handling 79 one line 55 hot key 84 one page 56 how to define 85 one window 56 keyword delimiters 78 top of file 57 linear search delimiters 78 Search keys 58 location list size 83 Searching a single file 13* lookup search delimiters 78 Searching multiple files 15*, 62 Menu option 82 Selecting a file 12* monitor display size 83 SET BR= 86 PgUp/Dn options 82 SET PCBROWSE= 48, 53, 54 piping delay 79 Shf 6 screen attributes 80 Shf Ctl F1 49 SET BR= 86 Shf Ctl F2 50 stand alone version 83 Shf Ctl F3 50 startup 81 Shf Ctl F7 74 summary 88 Shf Ctl F8 51 target keyword delimiters 78 Shf Ctl F9 51 text buffer size 83 Shf Ctl F10 51 text mode check 83 Sort order 37 video synchronization 83 Stand alone version 69, 83 Window Length 78 Startup parameters 81 file load 87 Subdirectory-creating 8 Paste 73 Suggested Applications 29 end-of-line character 75 Summary of parameters 88 into another program 14 Target 19*, 34 marking text 14* Target keyword delimiters 78 PC-Write font characters 75 Text buffer changing size 83 - 95 - Text mode check 83 Trigger 19*, 34 Trigger jump to next 57 TSR conflicts with other programs 89 definition 47 working with other programs 89 Unload 48 Using with other programs 89 Using sample file AREACODE 17* Using sample file HAMLET 20* Using sample file MISUSED 19* Using sample file SAILBOAT 22* Using sample QUARTO 21* VGA 83 Video synchronization 83 Viewing a File 12* What is PC-Browse 5 Wild card patterns 51, 62 multi-file search 15 searching 59 Windows length 78 multiple 70 open 16*, 70 reopen 71 shut 71 "Snow" 83 [BR=... 87 - 96 -