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============ STADS DOCUMENTATION TEXT FILE VIEWER ==========
This program is designed to allow the user to view or print
any ASCII or text file. This viewer is very handy for viewing
the documentation that comes with most shareware, and other
types of programs that have information files on disk.
This program is NOT Freeware or Public Domain Software, but
is a part of a larger program called STADS 4.0, which is an
accounting, mailing, inventory program with many more features.
STADS 4.0 can be located in the IBM Applications forum on
Compuserve.
If you find this program useful, it would be appreciated if
you would send the small fee of $5.00 to register the program.
At the present time the next update of this program is under
way. It will incorporate a lot of new and advanced features.
By registering you will be eligible for a FREE update at the
time of release.
To register send fees to:
Single-Touch Software
Highway 8 East
Mena, Ark. 71953 (501) 394-3853
Your registration will be greatly appreciated!!
To begin, you can use this program from a floppy disk or a
hard drive. To use with a hard drive just copy the program
files into a new directory on your drive.
To start the program type STVIEW.EXE at the DOS prompt, this
will take you to the opening screen. At this point press any
key to go to the program menu.
=============== FILE VIEWER MAIN MENU ===============
The STADS File Viewer has three selections at this time, but a
lot more are planned in the near future. Following is a summary
of their features.
{V} View File ---- This selection allows the user to view any text
based file on their monitor screen. The user
will be prompted for the name of the file that
they wish to view. If this file doesn't exist
on the drive specified or the default drive,
the user will be made aware of it. Drive
letters and paths can be included in the file
name, but NO wildcards can be used.
Once in the viewing area the user can scroll
up, down, left and right in the viewing window.
The page up, page down, home and end keys are
supported. Also the user can use a mouse to
view the text by using the scroll bars located
at the right and bottom of the viewing window.
Also included is a handy search routine,
pressing F3 will cause a search window to pop
up on the screen. Enter the text you wish to
search for and press enter. The search text
can be one word or a string of words. The text
if found during the search, will be shown on
the screen in context and will be highlighted.
Pressing ESC will leave the search function as
well as leaving the viewing window. At this
point you will be returned to the main menu.
{P} Print File --- This option will allow the printing of any text
or ASCII based file.
Support at this time is only for dot matrix
printers, but laser support is to be added in
the future.
The user will be prompted for the name of the
file that they wish to print. If this file
doesn't exist on the drive specified or the
default drive, the user will be made aware of
it. Drive letters and paths can be included in
the file name, but NO wildcards can be used.
After the file is printed the user will be
returned to the main menu screen.
{Q} Quit Program -- This does just what it says, it will end the
current viewing session and return the user to
the DOS prompt.
======================= END OF DOCUMENTATION =====================