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Micro Haus Viewer v2.0
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Introduction :-
The Micro Haus Viewer, referred to as MHV, has been provided for
users of the 'Black Box' CD-Rom Disc. MHV enables users to
browse the listings of the various categories, to interrogate the
Archived files, and to provide an easy and quick method of
running programs within the archives.
Installation :-
First, create a DOS directory where you would like to run
the MHV program from.
MD \MHV
CD \MHV
Copy the following files to this directory:
MHV.EXE
MHV.HLP
FLM2CFG.DTA
ARCHIVER.FLM
EXTERNAL.FLM
Enter "MHV paths" at the DOS prompt, and press Return. Two
questions are asked, first the path to the MHV Data stored on
the 'Black Box'. The data, is stored in the \MHAUS\DATA
directory, all you will need to alter from the preset
configuration, is the Drive letter for your CD-Rom drive. Also,
you are able to specify the letter of a HD drive, which you
would like MHV to use as workspace.
In addition, MHV uses the following utilities:
PKUNZIP.COM - PkWare's .ZIP format archiver
ARJ.EXE - Robert K Jung .ARJ format archiver
LIST.COM - V.Buergs file browser.
these only need to be in your DOS path.
Operation :-
1) Enter 'MHV' at the DOS prompt. The program makes a check that
the 'Black Box volume 3' can be located.
A list of the filelists is displayed on the screen. You are
able to move the Highlight Bar so as to select one of the
areas. To select an area, simply press the Return key.
2) After selecting one of the areas, the filelist is displayed.
The filenames, filesize and description is shown for each file.
Again, use your Cursor Keys to move the Highlight Bar from file
to file.
The following functions are available when a filename is highlighted:
Copy - facility to copy a file to any destination as input.
Extract - facility to Extract the contents of an archive into a
destination directory as input.
Shell - facility to extract the contents of an archive or
copy the file as is if not an archive, to the Work
directory. MHV will then swap itself out of memory
and invoke a DOS shell. Once done, you can use any
of your normal DOS commands, for instance DIR will
then list the files. Using the Shell, you are able
to run the programs which were in the Archive.
To return to MHV, type EXIT at the DOS prompt.
View - this facility will use the LIST.COM utility, to
enable you to Browse thru the file.
Archive - as most files are in a compressed format, use the
Viewer Archive Viewer to show the contents of the archived
[TAB] file. When displayed, the files within the archive
are broadly categorised into three types.
a) displyed in Yellow, are the textfiles,
documents, readme files.
b) displayed in Cyan, are the executable's. ie
.EXE, .COM, .SYS and .BAT files
c) displayed in Green, are all other files.
Usually, documentation will be at the top of the
list, and by using the Key 'V' for View you will be
able to read the documentation files to gather
further information about the archive beyond the
scope of our brief 1 line descriptions.
You are also able to Extract a specific file from the
archive by entering 'E' for extract.
F10 - The Record Card for each file provides the following
information on each file:
a) the directory the file is located in
b) the file size
c) the date of the file
d) 2 line description of each file
e) an indicator of whether we have tested the file
and it's contents for Viruses. You will quickly
see that every single file in fact has passed our
checks and is marked 'Virus Free'. For your
information, this took over 50 hours processing
time on a fast 386 machine.
Sub Headings - Many of the longer lists have been categorised even
[SPACE] further, and Sub-Headings are marked within the list.
By pressing the [SPACE] bar, a list of the Sub-Headings
are displayed, and by then using your cursor keys and the
Return key you are able to Select a Sub-Heading and move
directly to that portion of the filelist.
Keyword - by pressing 'K', you will be asked for a Keyword to search
Search for in the descriptions of the files on this list.
After the first file is found, you can then use 'A' for
again to move to the next file with the Keyword specified
in it.
F1 - displays online, the commands and options available at this
point of the MHV program.
3) From the Main Menu, you can press the F4 function key which will display
a GLOBAL list of every file on the 'Black Box' in Alphabetical order.
All of the facilities listed above are still opperable, but additionally
a very fast Search and Collate system is available.
Filename - by entering just the first few characters of the filename
Search you will be taken to that portion of the list of files
where your choice is listed. Or enter the filename in full
and you will be taken to that file specifically.
Keyword - enter the Keyword to search for, and MHV will find the
Search first file whose description contains the Keyword entered.
To continue the search, enter 'A' for again.
Collate - You are able to create an extract of the files from the
system GLOBAL list, using your own Keyword selection.
[F4] Enter a Keyword, and MHV will find all those files with the
Keyword listed in the file descriptions. You can continue
to add files to current collation using another Keyword by
continuing to press F4
Alt+F4 - to finish with the collated list, and return to the GLOBAL
list, press the key sequence Alt+F4
In all parts of MHV, pressing the ESCAPE key will return you to the
previous screen, and finally exit the program.
MicroHaus Viewer v2.0
(c) Micro Haus 1992
written by Derek Bryant