TEXT VIEW 1.02 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author: Michael Fenemore (Celista Software) Text View is a utility for viewing DOS text files (ASCII files) in MS-Windows. It is ideal for reading the documentation files included with virtually all software packages. Features ~~~~~~~~ * Text View is not an editor, so files can't be accidentally changed * Use the toolbar to navigate through files easily * Reports: Total bytes Total lines Total columns Current line number Current column number * View up to 80 characters per line without horizontal scrolling (The Windows Notepad editor limits the view to 76 characters) * View up to 30 lines of text without vertical scrolling * Properly display text files that include extended ASCII code graphic characters * 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 3.0 or higher Video: VGA color or better 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 from VBRUN200.EXE simply by typing: vbrun200 However, the location of VBRUN200.EXE must be considered as well as the destination for VBRUN200.DLL. VBRUN200.EXE creates VBRUN200.DLL in the current default directory. So, if VBRUN200.EXE is on a diskette in drive A: and in the root directory, and that directory is the current directory, that's where VBRUN200.DLL would end up if you type: vbrun200 To have VBRUN200.DLL created in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory: 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 drive A: in the root directory, type: a:\vbrun200 VBRUN200.EXE will create VBRUN200.DLL and store it in the current directory which is C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM. These commands assume: 1. That your copy of Windows is on drive C: 2. That you are installing Text View from the root directory of a diskette in drive A: If VBRUN200.DLL is not present in either form, then it will have to be aquired from another source. Check with your usual sources for shareware. ------------- Installation: ------------- Text View must be installed from Windows, not DOS. To install Text View from the Windows Program Manager select: File Run... If installing from drive A:, type: a:\tvsetup Files ~~~~~ DEMO.TX_ README.TXT SETUPKIT.DLL THREED.VB_ TV.CFG TV.EX_ TVSETUP.EXE VBRUN200.DLL (May not be present) VBRUN200.EXE (May not be present) Files installed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------- Installed to the Text View directory: ------------------------------------- DEMO.TXT Sample text file that is long enough and wide enough to demonstrate all of Text View's features. README.TXT This file. TV.CFG Stores the user selected color scheme. TV.EXE Text View. ------------------------------------------ Installed to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory: ------------------------------------------ THREED.VBX 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\tv c:\txtfiles\maillist.txt (This example assumes you have a sub-directory named TXTFILES which stores a file named MAILLIST.TXT.) 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 NOT distribute a REGISTERED copy of Text View. 4. You MAY NOT change any of Text View's files 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. 5. 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 user's with Text View. 6. You MUST include the following statement in your documentation: Text View is a separate product from . 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 from within Text View.