Contents

Welcome to FmView 1.1  (1994.10.21)

Basics

Main window

Menus

File Formats

Advanced Configuration

Credits

Registration

Other programs and the future

WHAT'S NEW

Deutsch (German)

Click here to install FmView now! (If you are upgrading from a previous version then you must close the File Manager before installing)

Click here to deinstall FmView now!

Click here to run the File Manager now!


Basics

FmView is a File Manager add-on. It can display the contents of the currently selected file. It automatically determines the file format and selects an appropriate representation.

To use it simply select a file in the File Manager which contents you want to view and click with the right mouse button into the File Manager window or press F9. To close the window repeat the procedure. The open window will be updated if the selection changes.

To save viewed text or convert between different graphics formats simply choose Save As.... from the menu. The later works only if you are registered.

Here are some of the 40 representations that have been implemented so far:

Features

* ASCII text

* ANSI text

* Hex

* WRI Write files

* DOC MS WinWord

* DOS Word

* BMP & PCX bitmaps

* WMF Windows meta files

* ICO, DLL, EXE icons

* DLL, EXE headers

* OBJ files

* ARJ, LZH & ZIP archives directories

* Graphics formats JPG, GIF, TIF,.. (You must be registered)

* FXD, FXR WinFax

* XLS Excel

* DB, MDB, PDX ... Database formats

* MSG CompuServe message file

* CAB format

* WPS MS Works documents

* SAM AmiPro documents

* FmView window opens with the right mouse click

* Save all text visible in the viewer as plain text (including hex dumps)

* Convert between all supported graphics formats

* Find and replace in edit mode.

* Edit mode for text files up to 61k

* Incremental search (text & hex)

* Clipboard support

* Limited selection of viewing mode

* Font selection

* File info and statistics in a status bar

What you need to run FmView

FmView requires Windows 3.1 or above and can only be activated thru the menu of the Windows 3.1 File Manager.

To view compound document files like WinWord 6 you must have OLE 2 installed on your system. This is the case if you have any of the products installed whose formats you want to view, or if you are running Windows 95.

To view any of the data base formats like MDB you must have ODBC installed on your system. This is the case if you have any of the newer products installed whose formats you want to view like MS Access.

OLE 2 and ODBC are available on my support disk.

FmView consists of these files:

fmview.hlp	This help file as Windows help and Installation

fmview.dll	The base DLL (text, hex, Word, Write)

tkbgen.dll	Helper DLL (BMP, PCX, WMF)

fmvexe.dll	Executable file (EXE, DLL...) conversion

fmvlzh.dll	LZH conversion. Written by Andi Rosenberg

fmvzip.dll	ZIP conversion. Based on WizUnzip by Robert A. Heath. Modified for FmView by Andi Rosenberg.

fmvarj.dll	ARJ conversion. Based on UnArj by Robert K Jung

fmvobj.dll	OBJ conversion. Based on ReadObj by Kip Davidson

fmvcis.dll	CompuServe Mail Message conversion

fmvhlp.dll	WinHelp

fmvxls.dll	XLS

fmvcab.dll	CAB files

fmvwps.dll	WPS MS Works documents

fmvsam.dll	SAM AmiPro documents

fmvodbc.dll	Database files (dBase, MS Access, FoxPro, Paradox....)

fmvole.dll	OLE 2 storage helper (WinWord 6)

fmvbit.dll	Graphics helper (JPEG, TIFF, GIF, ..) available on disk only

fmviewx.ini	Extension file for FmView (must be in the FmView directory)

courc.fon	Small Courier Font from Windows 3.0

readme.txt	ReadMe

Installing FmView

Just copy all FmView files to your harddisk. And then...

Click here to install FmView now! (If you are upgrading from a previous version then you must close the File Manager before installing)

Click here to deinstall FmView now!

Click here to run the File Manager now!

This basically adds or removes the line "FmView=fmview.dll" in the "[AddOns]" section of "winfile.ini". You can do it manually if you want to.

Using FmView

FmView is invoked by selecting any file in the Windows File Manager and then pressing F9 or by choosing the FmView entry in the FmView menu on the File Manager menu bar. You can also click the right mouse button over the File Manager or FmView to open or close the window. If you are using Windows for Workgroups 3.1 of higher you can also press the toolbar button.

Files that FmView generates

These file will be placed in your windows directory along with all other "*.ini" files.

fmview.ini	The configuration file

fmview.reg	The registration file


Main Window

The main window of FmView is invoked by selecting any file in the Windows File Manager and then pressing F9 or by choosing the FmView entry in the FmView menu on the File Manager menu bar or by clicking with the right mouse button over the File Manager window.

The contents of the file that has been selected will be shown in this main window. Note that this window stays always in front of the File Manager. You can now select a different file within the File Manager and the FmView window will be updated accordingly.

You can use the F12 key to quickly switch between the FmView and the File Manager window. If you press F9 while the FmView window is active, it will be closed. This allows you to quickly peek into a file by pressing F9 to open and then again to close the FmView window.

If you click on an already selected file name in the File Manager, the verbose level of the shown information will be incremented. This means a more detailed interpretation of the data will be shown. The same can be done by pressing F5 while the FmView window is active, or by selecting File|Verbose from the FmView window menu bar. For example on text files only the first 32k will be read the first time. Clicking on the same file again, reads the remainder of the file. See File Formats or Menus Verbose for details.

The status line on the bottom of the FmView Window contains the following information in that order:

- Full file name

- Full file length

- Verbose level

- Name of the file format

- Current activity or error message


Menus

There are two menus. The first that will be described is the menu extension that FmView provides in the Windows File Manager menu bar. The second menu is the menu bar of the FmView window.

File Manager menu extension

These items are also avialable over an icon in the File Manager toolbar.

FmView

FmView  F9

Pops up the main window of FmView.

Copy File

Copies the selected file to the Windows clipboard as text.

Copy File Name

Copies the selected file name including the full path to the Windows clipboard as text.

Copy Core Name

Copies the selected file name excluding the path to the Windows clipboard as text.

Decompress

Decompresses the selected files to the current directory. The files must have been compressed with the Microsoft compress utility. Most setup disks contain such files, usually they have a underscore "_" as the last character in their extension.

Compact File

OLE 2 compound document files like the files used by WinWord 6 and Excel 5 contain a file system within a file. This also means that they can get fragmented like hard disks which slows down access time. They can also contain unused portions, so the file is larger than necessary. This function defragments and compacts the selected files in a safe manner. No action is taken on regular files.

FmView main window menu

File

Verbose  F5

Gives you a more detailed or different representation of the currently selected file. Note that you can do the same by selecting an already selected file within the File Manager. Don't do that to fast though, because it might result in a double click. See File Formats

New

Clears the FmView window and switches to edit mode, allowing you to create a new text file.

Save

Allows you to save a text file if you have changed it while in the FmView edit mode.

Save As...

Allows you to save a text file if you have changed it while in the FmView edit mode under a different file name. It also saves any text seen in the Viewer as plain text including hex dumps. If you are viewing a graphical image you can use this menu item to convert it to any other format by selecting the appropriate type in the file type combo box in the Save as dialog. The later only works in the registered version.

Close  F9

This closes the FmView window. Note that you can use the F9 key to open and close the FmView window to quickly view a file.

FM  F12

Activates the File Manager window. Note that you can use F12 to toggle between the File Manager and the FmView window.

Edit

Cut  Ctrl+X

Deletes text and puts it on the clipboard.

Copy  Ctrl+C

Copies text to the clipboard. When in viewing mode, the whole text representation of the file is copied. In edit mode only the selected text is copied.

Paste Ctrl+V

Pastes text from the clipboard.

Search...

This pops up a dialog that reminds you that FmView uses incremental search and that you can search for text just by typing it while the FmView window has the input focus. F3 finds the next occurence, F4 the first. ESC resets the search. If you are in the edit mode, you can search and replace.

Edit

Toggles between the regular view and the text edit mode of FmView. The current version of FmView can only edit text files less than 61000 bytes.

Display

Auto

Auto detection of viewing mode depending on the selected files extension and contents.

Hex  F8

When checked FmView is forced into hex dump mode regardless of the file contents.

Text  F7

When checked FmView is forced into text viewing mode regardless of the file contents.

OEM  F6

Toggles between the ANSI and the OEM character set. The later is useful for viewing files containing international characters and were created by a DOS application.

Word Wrap

When checked the word wrap is turned on. Lines that are longer than the current window width will be wrapped to the next line. In the current version of FmView this feature is only available in edit mode.

Level 0 ... Level 5

Selects the verbose level explicitly.

Options

Font...

Allows you to select a font for text representations. The selected font is stored in the configuration file. For some formats it is advisable to use a font with fixed spacing such as Courier. To maximize the amount of information you can see at a glance, you might want to consider installing the "courc.fon" font file that was provided as CGA font in Windows 3.0 but is no longer included with Windows 3.1. You can do this by adding the line "Courier 10,12,15 (60 dpi)=courc.fon" to your "[fonts]" section of "win.ini".

Click here to temporarily install this Font for this session now!

To have this font available in future Windows sessions, make sure that the "courc.fon" is in one of the directories in your path, and click on the following item:

Click here to add the font to "win.ini" now!

Click here to remove the font from "win.ini" now!

Reduce Font  Ctrl+1

Decrements the font size by one pixel.

Enlarge Font  Ctrl+2

Increments the font size by one pixel.

Change Palette

When checked, FmView realizes the palette of a bitmap, when it is shown.

Use right button

If checked the right mouse button can be used to open and close the FmView window. Otherwise the middle mouse button will be used.

On Top of FM

If checked the FmView window stays always in front of the File Manager window.  Otherwise the FmView window behaves more like the window of a separate application.

Registration...

Pops up the registration dialog. See registration for details.

Help

Contents  F1

Opens WinHelp and displays the contents of this help file. You can do the same by pressing F1.

About FmView...

Shows you the release date and author of the FmView program.


File Formats

These are the file formats that are visualized by FmView. To increment the verbose level click on the same file again in the File Manager or press F5 while the FmView window is active.

* ASCII/ANSI text

The first 32k will be read on verbose level 0, the full file on verbose level 1.

* Hex

The first 32k will be read on verbose level 0, the full file on verbose level 1.

* WRI Write files

The first 32k will be read on verbose level 0, the full file on verbose level 1.

* DOC MS WinWord

The first 32k will be read on verbose level 0, the full file on verbose level 1.

* DOS Word

The first 32k will be read on verbose level 0, the full file on verbose level 1.

* BMP & PCX bitmaps

* WMF Windows meta files

Must have an APM header, WMF files are basically worthless without one anyway.

* ICO, DLL, EXE icons

On verbose level 0.

* DLL, EXE headers

On verbose level 1.

* OBJ files

* ARJ, LZH & ZIP archives directories

* Graphics formats JPG, GIF, TIF, TGA, DCX, EPS, WPG, PCT

* FXD, FXR, FXS WinFax

Preview on level 0, full image on level 1

* XLS Excel

* DB, MDB, PDX ... Database formats (Any ODBC compatible format)

First 100 records of each table on level 0, full tables on level 1.

* MSG CompuServe message file

* CAB format

* WPS MS Works documents

* SAM AmiPro documents

The following formats are recognized and their name is shown in the status line:

ARJ Archive

Assembler Source

Basic Form

Basic Source

Binary

C Source

Calender

Card

CIS Mail

Clipboard

Compiler Object

dBase Data Base

DCX Bitmap

Document

Dynamic Link Library

Encapsulated Postscript

Excel

Fax

Fortran Source

GEM Bitmap

GIF Bitmap

Help

Icon

JPEG Bitmap

Linear Executable

Linker Definition

LZH Archive

Make File

MIDI

MS Access Data Base

MSDOS COM

MSDOS Command Batch

MSDOS Executable

New Executable

NT Executable

OLE 2 Compound Document

Pascal Source

PCX Bitmap

PICT Bitmap

Program Manager Group

QuickHelp

Resource Binary

Resource Source

Rich Text Format

RIFF

TARGA Bitmap

TC Desktop Config

TC Project

Text

TIFF Bitmap

TKB Fridge

Wave Sound

Windows Bitmap

Windows Meta

Windows Program Information

WinFaks

WinHelp

WinWord 1 Document

WinWord 2 Document

WinWord 6 Document

Word Perfect Metafile

Write

ZIP Archive

ZOO Archive


Advanced Configuration

There are a couple of FmView options which can only be changed by editing the "fmview.ini" file directly. There is no user interface for those because there is usually no need for them to be modified, but it might come in handy for you to change them.

After you have changed the configuration file, just close the File Mangager and open it again for the changes to take effect.

Click here to edit "fmview.ini" now! You must have run FmView at least once for this to work.

Click here to run FileManager now!

These options are in the "[FmView]" section of "fmview.ini":

MenuTitle=FmV&iew

Specifies the menu title as it appears in the File Manager. The character that follows the ampersand will be used as accelerator key.

FMToolbar=1

Turns off the toolbar icons that are available in the File Manager.

ActivateFM=0

If set to 1 the File Manager window will be activated when the FmView window is closed. Otherwise the window that was active before FmView was activated will be active. This may sometimes seem unnatural.

Hook=1

When set to 0 FmView will not intercept File Manager messages. Use this ONLY IF you have trouble with other utilities that use this method. You will loose the ability to operate the FmView accelerator keys, the keyboard support in the replace dialog, and the right mouse button quick open.

IgnoreDownSelect=1

A value of 1 ignores the file select events if the left mouse button is pressed. This is necessary to compensate a bug in the Norton Desktop for Windows. A value of 0 turns of this fix.

UseFmViewPathForDLLs=1

If set to 1 the path name of the "fmview.dll" will be prefixed to all other DLLs. Otherwise the DLLPath will be used.

DLLPath=

Contains the path that should be used to locate the DLLs.

These options are in the "[DLLs]" section of "fmview.ini":

<DllFile>=<DllFileWithFullPath>

This section contains entries in the above format. If an entry exists in this section, it overrides all other DLL path options. For example:

fmvobj.dll=c:\fmview\fmvobj.dll

The file "fmviewx.ini" located in your FmView directory contains settings that allow additional file formats to be installed into FmView without changing any of the existing program components. The format of the file is documented as comment in the file itself. The API of the filter DLLs is available for developers. You can easily install new ODBC data base formats. If you are an experienced user, the comments in the ini file should be sufficient for now.


Credits

FmView was written by Dieter Prifling. See registration for details.

This program is dedicated to Martina not only because she has put up with him during the hours of development.

The author would like to thank all the guys at The Knowledge Base (Andi, Andy, Hans, John, Peter & Wolfgang) as well as Oliver, Dave, Walter, Hans and Herman for inspiring some of the ideas and for using FmView in their daily work and thus participating in the beta test for this product.

Special thanks go to Andi for writing the LZH FmView add-on and getting the ZIP add-on to work, and to Oliver for doing all the e-mail handling.

We also like to thank Robert K Jung, Robert A. Heath, Pete Davis, and Kip Davidson

for making their source code available. Made our job a little easier.

Portions of the image technology used in the version of FmView that is shipped on disk are copyrighted by AccuSoft Corporation.


Registration

Why should I register and what do I get for it

How do I register and what does it cost

Where can I get in touch with you

Legal stuff

REGISTRATION FORM

Quick REGISTRATION FORM


Why should I register and what do I get for it

Moral obligation

The main reason why you should register if you use FmView over a trial period is because it is the morally correct thing to do. A lot of additional effort was necessary to turn FmView in a more professional product and make it available to a larger number of people. (For example this help file). If there is not enough response to acknowledge this work then future versions and programs developed by this author will not be distributed thru shareware. So much for the guilt producing part.

Peace of mind

The unregistered version of FmView has almost the full functionality of the registered version. To  remind you to register, the caption of all windows contains in addition to their regular title "Unregistered Copy".

After every 10 viewed files the FmView Window will show "Unregistered Copy" for 5 seconds.

A reminder dialog will pop up twice a month asking you to register.

Support and upgrades

Registered users will receive free support. They will be notified of changes and new versions. Free upgrades up to the next major version will be available to them free of charge. (The author doesn't believe in incrementing version numbers that fast, so rest assured). (See The Future for details).

All software will be distributed via electronic bulletin boards. (See below). To receive the software on disk send me the filled out order form. This support disk contains lots of other programs as well.


How do I register and what does it cost

Method

To register you have to send your full name, address and phone number.

To make it easier a registration form has been provided.

The registration fee is 25 DM (deutsche mark) or 15 US$.

Within Europe you can send a EuroCheque (please use the German currency DM).

From the United States you can send any regular check in US$.

Worldwide you can pay with VISA Card, MasterCard, EuroCard and Access (please include your card number, expiration date and signature (mail or fax) and state that you wish to pay 25 DM), or you can send any check in US$ drawn to a US bank, DM check drawn to a German Bank. If you are sending traveler checks or cash you are doing so at your own risk.

You can also register by using the CompuServe registration service. The registration fee will then be charged to your CompuServe account. Just GO SWREG. The program ID for FmView is  3610. You will be asked for your address. Please do not leave the phone number blank. Your account will be charged with US$29 which includes the price for the support disk and the 18% CompuServe processing fee.

Here is a table for the postage necessary to send a business letter from your country to Germany at the time of writing. Call your post office just to make sure the prices are still up to date.

Country	Stamp

U.S.A.	95 cents

Canada	88 cents

Great Britain	25 p

Eire	32 p

Netherlands	80 ct

All information that is submitted will be treated confidentially and will not be given or sold to a third party.

After a short time you will receive your authorization number. You have to enter your personal data as well as this number accoding to the instructions that you will receive. Please enter this information exactly as you have received it character by character. FmView will use this data to verify the authorization number. Note that you must restart FmView to make your registration effective. If you still get the register reminders, check the information that you have entered.

Your personal data will be saved in the "fmview.reg" file. This file must not be given to anyone.

You are encouraged to give FmView to all your friends or distribute it thru mail boxes. Be sure that you include all files as received.

If you have received "fmview.reg" in response to your registration request (for example over e-mail), you don't have to key them in, just copy "fmview.reg" to your Windows directory.

Note that the registration is only valid for one user. Please inquire details for a license for more users.


Where can I get in touch with you

If you are registered or not, your feedback is very important to me, so send in your comments and suggestions for improvement.

Electronic mail:

CompuServe	100012,3651

Internet	100012.3651@compuserve.com

Mail address:

Dieter Prifling

Postfach 1122

93067 Neutraubling

Germany

Fax:

+49 9401 79531 (within Germany (09401) 79531) or

+49 9482 3249 (within Germany (09482) 3249)

Replace the plus sign with your country's international access code. For example from the United States this code is 011 so you have to dial 011 49 9401 79531 to send me a fax.

Phone:

If and only if you don't have access to e-mail services or a fax and mail is to slow for your urgent questions, you can call me directly on weekdays during the day (Central European Time, (EST + 6 hours)).

Dieter Prifling

Phone: +49 9482 2832 (within Germany (09482) 2832)

You can talk to me in German or English.

If you wish to pay with direct bank transfer my account number is:

Country:	Germany

Bank:	Sparkasse Regensburg

Bank code (BLZ):	750 500 00

Account#:	503 4707

Click here for the registration form


Legal stuff

You are using FmView at your own risk. The author may not be held responsible in any way for any damage of any kind caused by this program.


Registration form

Click here to print this form now!. OR

Click here to copy this form to the clipboard and open Write. Then press Ctrl+V to paste this form from the clipboard into Write. Fill it out and print it, or save it as plain text and send it to me as e-mail.

Send it to:

Dieter Prifling

Postfach 1122

93067 Neutraubling

Germany

Fax: +49 9401 79531 or +49 9482 3249

(for example from the United States dial 011 49 9401 79531)

CompuServe: 100012,3651

Internet: 100012.3651@compuserve.com

Registration and order form for FmView

If checked, I want:

( ) To register FmView 1.1 at the cost of 25 DM (or 15 US-Dollars) for a single user license. I will receive an authorization number to switch FmView to its regular mode of operation. In addition I will be eligible for support and my authorization will work with upgrades up to the next major version number. Also I will be notified when the next release is available.

I will not give my authorization number or the contents of the "fmview.reg" to a third party.

All information that I submit will be treated confidentially and will not be given or sold to anyone.

( ) To register additional programs:

( ) To inquire about the cost of multi user licenses (huge discounts apply).

Number of users:

( ) To be sent the printed documentation for the current release for $10 or 15 DM incl. p&p.

( ) in English

( ) To be sent a disk with new versions for $10 or 15 DM incl. p&p.

( ) immediately.

( ) when the next release is available.

( ) when the next release is available but not earlier than:

I am aware that this disk contains all of the shareware programs by this author, and although they are fully functional, I must be registered for most of them, if I want to use them longer than the trial period. I also know that I need this service only once for all the programs that I have registered with this author.

First & last name:

Company (optional):

Street:

City:

Country:

Phone:

Electronic mail address (optional):

Fax number (optional):

The total amount I want to pay is:

Method of payment:

( ) VISA Card, MasterCard, EuroCard or Access

Card number:

Expiration date:

( ) EuroCheck

( ) Check in US$ drawn to a US bank

( ) Check in German currency drawn to a German bank

( ) CompuServe registration service

(GO SWREG, ID: 3610, US$29 incl. disk & CIS fee)

( ) Bank transfer

( ) Traveller check or cash

Signature (if mail or fax registration):


Quick Registration form

Click here to print this form now!

Send it to:

Dieter Prifling

Postfach 1122

93067 Neutraubling

Germany

Fax: +49 9401 79531 or +49 9482 3249

(for example from the United States dial 011 49 9401 79531)

CompuServe: 100012,3651

Internet: 100012.3651@compuserve.com

Registration and order form for FmView

Yes, I want to register FmView 1.1 at the cost of 25 DM (or 15 US-Dollars) for a single user license. I will receive an authorization number to switch FmView to its regular mode of operation. In addition I will be eligible for support and my authorization will work with upgrades up to the next major version number. Also I will be notified when the next release is available.

I will not give my authorization number or the contents of the "fmview.reg" to a third party.

All information that I submit will be treated confidentially and will not be given or sold to anyone.

First & last name:

Company (optional):

Street:

City:

Country:

Phone:

Electronic mail address (optional):

Fax number (optional):

Method of payment:

( ) VISA Card, MasterCard, EuroCard or Access

Card number:

Expiration date:

( ) EuroCheck

( ) Check in US$ drawn to a US bank

( ) Check in German currency drawn to a German bank

( ) CompuServe registration service

(GO SWREG, ID: 3610, US$29 incl. disk & CIS fee)

( ) Bank transfer

( ) Traveller check or cash

Signature (if mail or fax registration):


Other Products and the Future

First of all there is only going to be a future if enough people register. But if successful then there will be many future releases as well as other products. All released products are available on the support disk.

WinDrop

WinDrop is a drag & drop program launcher for Windows in the form of an icon bar. It lets you assign system wide hotkeys to your apps and has a lot of additional features, including saving the last window position of any program, a clipboard doubler, clock, reminder, CD player control, and it can stick to the File Manager. It can be used as full Program Manager replacement. It also supports remote execution with NDDE, MS-Mail, and has an extensive online-help.

It has been included in books like Windows Configuration Secrets.

Planned enhancements are:

* Groups, groups, groups

* Variable number of icons horizontally and vertically

* Group browser

* Startup group with program sequence control

* Move cursor should be an icon.

* Expansion of compilation

* Small ini files (*.drp) to share configurations and one global ini

* WinDrop as DLL

* System menu

* Auto association for *.drp files

* Restriction of other maximized windows to leave WinDrop visible

* History in Run dialog

* Incremental search writes already typed characters in clock area

* Quick search text visible over icons

* Windows NT version (Beta version is available)

FmView

FmView is a File Manager add-on. It can display the contents of the currently selected file. It automatically determines the file format and selects an appropriate representation. Here are some of the 40 representations that have been implemented so far:

* ASCII text

* ANSI text

* Hex

* WRI Write files

* DOC MS WinWord

* DOS Word

* BMP & PCX bitmaps

* WMF Windows meta files

* ICO, DLL, EXE icons

* DLL, EXE headers

* OBJ files

* ARJ, LZH & ZIP archives directories

* Graphics formats JPG, GIF, TIF, TGA, ...

* FXD, FXR WinFax

* XLS Excel

* DB, MDB, PDX ... Database formats

* MSG CompuServe message file

* edit mode for text files up to 61k

* incremental search (text & hex)

* clipboard support

* limited selection of viewing mode

* font selection

* file info and statistics in a status bar

* search/replace in edit mode

Planned features:

* resources on exe and dll files

* edit mode >61k

* selection of preferred viewing modes if more than one alternative is possible

* read 4DOS descript.ion files

* show an indicator during search process (status bar)

* inform the user if search failed (status bar)

* allow search from current position

* Edit menu item in the File Manager menu to immediately edit the selected file.

FmExtMan

FmExtMan (File Manager Extension Manager) is a File Manager add-on. It allows you to add more than the 4 add-on DLLs that File Manager limits you to. All top level menus are put into one menu as submenus, so your File Manager menu is not clogged up. FmExtMan has a dialog that lets you change, reorder, install & deinstall not only its own, but also the top level File Manager extensions. You can quickly park and reinstate add-ons and toggle whether they show up in the menu bar or a submenu. The toolbar is supported.

Planned is: user interface to completely design and reorganize the menu.

MySound

MySound allows you to assign your favorite Windows wave files (*.wav) individually to the sound made by any application. No more boring default sounds. You can also shut up any overbeeped application.Version 2.0 now includes an easy to use user interface. It just takes three mouse clicks to change the sound or beep you have last heard to a different one, or to turn it off completely.

DlgDrop

Dialog Drop allows file drop in all edit fields and file dialogs

DirAll

Produces text files that list the full directory of disks (floppy & hard). Lots of sorting criteria (within one disk or across multiple disks), verification and cross reference across multiple disks. Can be used to find file duplicates even if the file names and time stamps are different, and thus revive valuable hard and floppy disk space. Works in the background as well.

Shouter for Windows for Workgroups

Lets you broadcast messages to any number of WfW users. Shouter will automatically be launched on the remote machine. It's like a cross between Chat (only one partner) and MS-Mail (only slow notification). It's best suited to notify more users immediately. Shouter lets you even send the same message as mail, "shout" it or both. It keeps a history of all sent and received messages.

ShowPar

Small utility to show you all kinds of parameters, directory, & much more.

WWaitNGo

Windows Wait and Go lets you run applications on a during startup after confirmation or timeout. You can even select the application you want to run in Windows from your MS-DOS 6 boot menu.


What's new

Release 1.1

New File Formats

- WinWord 6

- Excel

- Database files (dBase (DBF), MS Access (MDB), Fox Pro, Paradox ....)

- Graphic formats (JPG, GIF, TIF, TGA, DCX, EPS, WPG, PCT)

- WinFax files

- WinHelp

- CAB archives (New compressed files for setup disk from Microsoft)

- WPS MS Works documents

- SAM AmiPro documents

Other Features

- FmView window opens with the right mouse click

- Save all text visible in the viewer as plain text (including hex dumps)

- Convert between all supported graphics formats.

- Find and replace in edit mode.

- FmView can optionally be overlapped by the File Manager

- OEM text toggle works

- Word wrap in edit mode

- Decompresses setup files

- Compacts and defragments OLE 2 files like WinWord 6 DOC files

- Clearer viewing mode selection

- New ZIP formats are recognized

- ZIP converter now works correctly with files containing banners

- FmView now works even with the buggy prerelease of the Windows File Manager from the Sparta project (winfile.exe size: 182848 dated: 1992.04.03).

- FmView now compensates bugs in the Norton Desktop for Windows

Release 1.0

Initial release.


Deutsch (German)

FmView ist ein AddOn für den Windows Dateimanager. Es zeigt Ihnen in einem separaten Fenster den Inhalt der gerade im Dateimanager angewählten Datei an.

Zur Installation einfach alle Dateien in ein Verzeichnis kopieren und "install" im Inhalt dieser Hilfestellung anklicken. Danach ist FmView über das Dateimanager Menü oder über die F9 Taste verfügbar.

Dateiformate.

Registrierung

Wenn Sie an FmView Gefallen finden, sollten Sie sich für 25 DM registrieren lassen. Sie erhalten Unterstützung und werden über das Erscheinen neuer Versionen benachrichtigt. Überweisung, EuroScheck und Kreditkarten (VISA Card, MasterCard, EuroCard und Access) werden akzeptiert. Außerdem stellen Sie damit sicher, daß der Autor weitere Programme über diese unbürokratische Methode vertreibt.

Es gibt ein Bestellformular, das Sie ausdrucken oder editieren und an mich senden können.

Egal ob Sie sich registrieren lassen oder nicht, Ihr Kommentar und Ihre Verbesserungsvorschläge sind stets erwünscht.

Elektronisch (E-Mail):

CompuServe	100012,3651

Internet	100012.3651@compuserve.com

Post Adresse:

Dieter Prifling

Postfach 1122

D-93067 Neutraubling

Fax:

Faxnummer:

+49 9401 79531 (in Deutschland (09401) 79531) oder

+49 9482 3249 (in Deutschland (09482) 3249)

Telefon:

Wenn und nur wenn Sie keinen Zugang zu den E-Mail Services und kein Fax haben und es zu dringend ist, um den Postweg zu benutzen, können Sie mich notfalls auch anrufen:

Dieter Prifling

Telefon: +49 9482 2832 (in Deutschland (09482) 2832)

Nennen Sie bitte Ihren vollen Namen, Privatadresse, Telefonnummer, und wahlweise Firma.

Sie erhalten dann eine Autorisierungsnummer, die Sie nicht weitergeben dürfen.

Meine Bankverbindung in Deutschland lautet:

Bank:	Sparkasse Regensburg

BLZ:	750 500 00

Konto#:	503 4707

Weiteres entnehmen Sie bitte dem Bestellformular.

Viel Spaß!


Bestellformular

Klicken Sie hier, um dieses Formular jetzt zu drucken!. ODER

Klicken Sie hier, um dieses Formular in die Zwischenablage zu kopieren und Write zu starten. Dann drücken Sie Strg+V, um dieses Formular einzufügen. Füllen Sie es aus und drucken es, oder speichern es als ASCII Text und senden es mir über e-mail zu.

Schicken Sie es an:

Dieter Prifling

Postfach 1122

D-93067 Neutraubling

Fax: 09401/79531 oder 09482/3249

CompuServe: 100012,3651

Bestellformular für FmView

Wenn angekreuzt, dann will ich,

( ) FmView 1.1 für 25 DM registrieren lassen. Ich bekomme dann eine Autorisierungsnummer für einen Benutzer, um FmView in seinen normalen Arbeitmodus zu schalten. Außerdem erhalte ich Unterstützung und Beratung und eine Benachrichtigung beim Erscheinen einer neuen Version. Gültigkeit bis zur Erhöhung der Hauptversionsnummer.

Ich werde meine Autorisierungsnummer und den Inhalt des "fmview.reg" keinem Dritten überlassen oder zugänglich machen.

Alle meine Angaben werden vertraulich behandelt und an niemanden weitergegeben oder verkauft.

( ) Informationen über die Preise einer Lizenz für mehrere Benutzer. (Großzügige Vergünstigungen)

Anzahl der Benutzer:

( ) die Dokumentation auf Papier für 15 DM inkl. Porto/Verp.

( ) in Englisch

( ) eine Diskette mit neuen Versionen zugesandt bekommen für 15 DM inkl. Porto/Verp.

( ) sofort.

( ) nach dem Erscheinen der neuen Version.

( ) nach dem Erscheinen der neuen Version, jedoch frühestens ab:

Mir ist klar, daß diese Diskette alle Programme, die der Autor über ShareWare vertreibt, enthält. Obwohl diese Programme ihre volle Funktionalität besitzen, muß ich mich separat registrieren lassen, wenn ich sie über den Probezeitraum hinaus benütze. Außerdem weis ich, daß ich dies nur einmal für alle Programme, die ich beim Autor registriert habe, benötige.

Vor- & Nachname:

Firma (freigestellt):

Straße:

Stadt:

Land:

Telefon:

Electronic Mail Adresse (freigestellt):

Fax Nummer (freigestellt):

Zahlungsweise:

( ) VISA Card, MasterCard, EuroCard oder Access

Kartennummer:

Gültig bis:

( ) Euro-Scheck

( ) Verrechnungsscheck

( ) Banküberweisung

( ) CompuServe Registrierservice

(GO SWREG, ID: 3610, US$29 incl. disk & CIS Gebühr)

Unterschrift (bei Post oder Fax Registrierung):