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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 -1- 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. -2- 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. -3- 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. -5- +------------------------------------+ | +============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). -6- 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. -7- 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 -8- 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. -9- 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: -10- +-[■]---------- 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. -11- 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. -12- 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. -13- 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 -14- Heading Sub-Heading Options ------- ------------------- Windows Resize Zoom Next Close Tile Cascade -18- 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. -20- 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. -21- 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. -22- 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.