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- TEXT VIEW 1.20
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Author: Michael Fenemore - Celista Software
-
- Text View is a utility for viewing DOS text files (ASCII files) in
- MS-Windows.
-
-
- Features
- ~~~~~~~~
- * Text View is not an editor, so files can't be accidentally changed
-
- * Reports: Total bytes
- Total lines
- Total columns
- Current line number
- Current column number
-
- * Use the toolbar to navigate through files easily
-
- * View up to 80 characters per line without horizontal scrolling (The
- Windows Notepad editor limits the view to 76 characters in 640 x 480
- screen resolution).
-
- * View up to 30 lines of text without vertical scrolling
-
- * Properly display text files that include extended ASCII code graphic
- characters
-
- * Double space file for easier reading
-
- * Clean up your own text files by exposing embedded tabs and trailing
- spaces
-
- * Print files with or without page formatting (title, page numbering, top
- and bottom margins)
-
-
- Hardware and software requirements
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Computer: IBM or compatible running Microsoft Windows 3.1
- Video: VGA color or better, supports all screen resolutions
- Other: Mouse required
- VBRUN200.DLL required (see below)
-
-
- Installing Text View
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ----------------
- Pre-installation
- ----------------
-
- If you have a copy of VBRUN200.DLL in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, then
- skip this section and continue at the sub-heading "Installation".
-
- Text View requires the file named VBRUN200.DLL to be copied into your
- WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory BEFORE running the install program. This file may
- not be present with the copy of Text View you have aquired. If it is, use
- the DOS COPY command or the Windows File Manager to copy it.
-
- Example:
-
- copy a:\vbrun200.dll c:\windows\system
-
-
- VBRUN200.DLL may instead be present in compressed form as VBRUN200.EXE.
- This is a self-extracting file that must be expanded into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory. VBRUN200.DLL is created by running VBRUN200.EXE. The expansion
- operation must be executed from DOS. (See instructions below.)
-
- If VBRUN200.DLL is not present in either form, then it will have to be
- aquired from another source. Check your usual sources for shareware.
-
-
- Creating VBRUN200.DLL from DOS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. Set the current default directory to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
- The following is most likely what you need to type:
-
- c:
- cd c:\windows\system
-
- 2. Specify the location (path) for VBRUN200.EXE followed by the the command
- to run it. If VBRUN200.EXE is stored on a diskette in drive A:, in a
- directory called TEXTVIEW, type:
-
- a:\textview\vbrun200
-
- These commands assume:
-
- 1. That your copy of Windows is on drive C:
- 2. That you are installing Text View from a diskette in drive A: where
- VBRUN200.EXE is stored in a directory called TEXTVIEW.
-
-
- ------------
- Installation
- ------------
-
- Text View must be installed from Windows, not DOS. To install Text View
- using the Windows File Manager, select the directory where the compressed
- Text View files are stored and double click the file called TVSETUP.EXE.
-
- Files before installation:
-
- 3D.VB_
- DEMO.TX_
- ORDERFRM.EX_
- README.TXT
- SETUPKIT.DLL
- TV.EX_
- TVSETUP.EXE
- VBRUN200.DLL (May not be present)
- VBRUN200.EXE (May not be present)
-
-
- Files installed to the Text View directory:
-
- 3D.VBX
- DEMO.TXT Sample text file that is long enough and wide enough to
- demonstrate all of Text View's toolbar features.
- ORDERFRM.EXE Prints an order form for a registered copy of Text View.
- README.TXT This file.
- TV.EXE Text View.
-
- Text View creates a file called TEXTVIEW.INI and stores it in the Windows
- directory.
-
- Optional Command Line
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- After installation, you can change Text View's command line to load a
- particular file on start up if you wish. In the Windows Program Manager:
-
- Click (not double click) Text View's icon so its caption is highlighted,
- then choose the following:
-
- File
- Properties...
- Command line:
-
- At the end of the command line, add a space, then the drive, path and
- filename.
-
- Command line syntax: TV [[drive:][path]filename]
-
- Example: c:\textview.120\tv c:\txtfiles\maillist.txt
-
- (This example assumes you have a directory named TXTFILES which
- stores a file named MAILLIST.TXT.)
-
-
- Large Fonts
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Text View uses the Windows "Terminal" font so that extended ASCII code
- graphic characters will be displayed properly. An error can occur if you
- have used your video card software to display "large fonts". Using large
- fonts causes other problems for Text View as well. If you are using large
- fonts, use your video card software to reset Windows to use "normal fonts".
-
-
- Association
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- You can "associate" filename extensions with Text View. For example, the
- extension "TXT" is usually associated with the Windows Notepad editor. This
- means that any time you double-click a filename with a TXT extension in the
- Windows File Manager, Notepad automatically starts and loads the file you
- clicked. If you spend more time viewing text files than you do editing
- them, you may wish to associate the TXT extension with Text View. Run the
- File Manager for help on associating.
-
-
- Software Developers
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- As a software developer:
-
- 1. You MAY distribute an UNREGISTERED copy of Text View with your
- applications.
-
- 2. You MAY call an UNREGISTERED copy of Text View from within your
- applications.
-
- 3. You MAY exclude README.TXT and/or DEMO.TXT to keep your package
- smaller. You MAY merge parts of README.TXT into your own documentation
- for the purpose of assisting users with Text View.
-
- 4. You MAY NOT distribute a REGISTERED copy of Text View.
-
- 5. You MAY NOT change any of Text View's files (other than README.TXT) in
- any way other than to compress them to save space. You MAY use your
- own setup procedure to install Text View with your application.
-
- 6. You MUST include the file ORDERFRM.EXE.
-
- 7. You MUST include the following statement in your documentation:
-
- Text View is a separate product from <the name of your application>.
- Registration fees for Text View should be sent directly to Celista
- Software at the address listed on the Text View order form. The order
- form may be viewed and printed by running the file called ORDERFRM.EXE.
-