******* SCAN ******* TEXT FILE VIEWER (PLUS) - Browse around your drives & directories. - View and/or print text type files easily. - Delete files that are no longer needed. - Clean up cluttered directories with SCAN. - Quick & ez-to-learn. Quick & ez-to-use. 1. - (NMN) - No Mouse Needed. Saves you time. Table of Contents Screen General Information.......................................1 Disclaimer................................................3 Registration Information..................................3 Support...................................................6 Operating information and tips............................7 Information on EZ BUSINESS...............................16 Formal Disclaimer........................................18 Whats New................................................20 To Install from a disk in drive A, type & enter: a:install To Install from a disk in drive B, type & enter: b:installb To install from the current directory, type & enter: installx A C:\SCAN directory will be made and files copied to it. 2. Also, a file named SCAN.BAT will be copied to the C:\ DIR. To Use -> Type and enter: scan if you are on Drive C. Type and enter: c:\scan if you are someplace else. For use on one 286/386/486 computer with hard disk & 640k RAM. The C:\ DIR CONFIG.SYS file should have lines similar to: files=20 and buffers=22. The numbers can be larger. ANY USER ASSUMES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL RESULTS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT USE SCAN. SEE THE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITED WARRANTY AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND LIMITATIONS. If you find SCAN to be useful and you continue to use it, and you have not registered, please do so by sending $4.95 to: EZ SOFTWARE 3. 1222 144TH ST SE MILL CREEK, WA 98012 USA If you are in the United States of America, write the word SCAN on the envelope, and specify which size disk you want: 3 1/2 - 1.44 MEG, or 5 1/4 - 1.2 MEG. You will get the latest version of SCAN, and two free bonus software items: a multiple-mail-list and label maker named EZ LABEL, and a simple screen saver named STARS. Also the introductory shareware reminder screen will no longer appear. If you are outside the USA, send $5.00 USD and an additional $2.00 for posting to you via air-mail-small-packet. Your total cost will be $7.00 USD. Write SCAN on the envelope and specify disk size. SCAN is for use on one computer at a time. The registered version is covered by copyright law which means that you can 4. make one backup copy if you like for your use only. Businesses, schools, universities, hospitals, government agencies, or other organizations, large and small, are welcome to register and obtain a site or location license to use SCAN on one or more "stand alone" computers at a single site or location. A site license for one computer is $ 5.00. Add $5.00 for each additional computer at the same location, with a maximum cost per site or location of just $20.00. For example, $20.00 would get you a site license for the Pentagon, each separate Army base, Navy ship, etc. would need to pay up to $20.00 maximum for a site or location license. Just determine what your sites or locations are, and send the appropriate amount. Call EZ SOFTWARE for additional information if needed. Because SCAN is quick and easy to learn and ez-to-use, you should recover your cost in employee time saved within a very short time. After that, its all profit for you! 5. As a point of information, there is an earlier version of SCAN that is available as freeware. It was done a number of years ago. It may still be available from vendors and is used as a free promotional item by EZ SOFTWARE. It does not have the lightbar feature for selecting files or directories. You have to type in file names and all directory names. And, it has no delete option. The author says it still is a good file scanner. EZ SOFTWARE also produces EZ Business. EZ Business is a complete, EZ to use, business package for non accountants. It includes: * Point of Sale and Accounts Receivable * Fully integrated Inventory * Accounts payable, Income, Expenses, and Wages More information on EZ Business is shown below. Also, updates are made from time to time, so you can expect that the system will have added features not described here. SUPPORT 6. Because of the low cost of this product, support is limited. For more information on support, scan the file named SUPPORT in the C:\SCAN directory. OPERATING INFORMATION AND TIPS POSSIBLE SOFTWARE AND MEMORY CONFLICTS To avoid conflicts with other software, run SCAN from DOS. If you have Microsoft WINDOWS installed, you should be able to run SCAN from WINDOWS. Either: Double click on the Main Menu symbol Double click on the MS-DOS PROMPT symbol Type and enter: c:scan or: Double click on Program Manager symbol 7. Double click on the File option Double click on the Run option Type and enter: c:scan If you run SCAN from DOS, the hard disk and memory enhancers installed with WINDOWS, will make SCAN run very fast. If you have memory resident programs that are used to run specialized hardware or specialized 'pop up' software, they may keep SCAN from running. Nothing is wrong with your machine. But, if they utilize memory that SCAN needs, SCAN won't run. START UP: To start the SCAN system if you are somewhere on the C drive, just type and enter: scan. To start the SCAN system from somewhere on another drive, type and enter: c:\scan. In both cases, the computer will check the C:\ directory, for 8. the SCAN.BAT file that was added there by the install routine. That file has a single command (\scan\scan), which tells the computer go to the \SCAN directory and start SCAN.EXE. You also can start SCAN from any place by typing and entering: c:\scan\scan. THE MAIN MENU: When you start the SCAN system, you get the following Menu: S C A N M E N U a - LOOK at DIR b - Change DIR c - Copy Files d - Delete files e - Change Drive x - Exit 9. The current drive and directory will be displayed on the lower left of the screen, and h = Help will show on the lower right. SELECT: a - LOOK at DIR If you select: a, you will get a list of the current directory files in alphabetical order. A highlight bar will appear in the upper left of the screen to assist you in scanning the directory and selecting files or a new directory to go to. You also will get menu prompt lines at the top and bottom of the screen. The top menu line prompts you to use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar around the screen to highlight a file or a directory, and then press the Enter key to select it. The bottom menu prompt line is as follows: x=exit t-top m=middle b=bottom PgDn PgUp c=change DIR d=delete 10. You can use the highlight bar as just mentioned to change to a new directory, or you can press the option key c. You will get a small window box for entering the name of a new directory to scan. The directories shown on the current directory listing will be only the directories that are immediately below the current directory. If you press the t, b, or m keys, you will move to the top, bottom, or middle of the directory listings. x = Exit. The d = delete key can be used to mark files for deletion when you exit the directory. When you highlight a file and press Enter, the file contents will be displayed. Only text files will be displayed in text form. Other types of files, if selected, may display as symbols. Because some software packages have files that are critical to the operation of the software, all files to be scanned are first copied to the C:\SCAN directory. Then they are brought into a 11. scanning file for review or printing. The original file will not be altered. However, if you select the delete option, the original file will be deleted as you wish. The scanning file is emptied out after each use to conserve disk space. When you scan a file, menu prompt lines and option keys will be displayed. Most of the keys are similar to those just mentioned. There are two added options however. One is e=edit. A text file editor can be used to edit small files such as BAT files and CONFIG.SYS files, or short notes and letters. If a file is to big to edit, the message: "File is to big to edit" will appear. You press the Esc key to exit the editor. The other option is p=print. It gets you a print of the file. If you press: d for delete, you will get one "yes / no" chance to change your mind. If you press y, the file will be deleted immediately. If you press any other key, no change will occur. Before you clean up a file cluttered directory with SCAN, it 12. is a good idea to copy all of the directory files to a floppy disk for possible later use. After some time has gone by, then reuse the disk to hold a new batch of "old" files. SELECT: b - Change DIR If you select: b, you will get a small window box for entering the new directory name. You can change to any directory on the current drive. To change to a directory on a different drive, you must first use main menu option: d, and enter a new drive letter. When entering the name of a directory just type in its name if it is directly below the current directory. If you are in the \SMITH directory and want to change to the directory named \SMITH\JONES, just type: jones, and press the Enter key. You can type and enter the full path and directory name if you wish. Type: c:\smith\jones, and press the Enter key. 13. If you are in the \SMITH\JONES directory and you want to return to the \SMITH directory, just type: .. and press the Enter key. This is a DOS shortcut. If the directory that you want to change to is not directly above or below the current directory: enter its path and name, and press the enter key. Don't enter the change directory command (cd), or the drive letter. If you want to move to the \SCAN directory and you are in the \SMITH directory, just type and enter: \scan. You have to put in the \ as the first entry, so the computer will look for the SCAN directory on a different path that starts at the main or root directory (the \ directory). Without the \, the computer will look for the SCAN directory on the \SMITH path and it won't find it. SELECT: c - Copy files If you select: c, you can mark files, and then copy them to 14. another directory or drive. You also can copy one file to another. SELECT: d - Delete Files If you select: d, you will be able to mark many files quickly for deletion. If you highlight a file and press the d key to mark it for deletion, the letter D will appear in front of the file name. All marked files will be deleted at the same time when you return to the main menu. You will not have to respond y or n each time you mark a file for deletion. You can blank out any of the d's used to mark files for deletion before you return to the main menu. Also, you will get a chance to change your mind about deleting the marked files when you return to the Main Menu. SELECT: e - Change Drive If you select: e, you will get a small window box for entering a 15. drive letter. If you enter a or b, you will have to put a disk in drive a or b, or you will get stuck. If that happens, press Ctrl-Break, Escape, or Ctrl-Alt-Del to warm boot your computer. This briefly covers the operations of SCAN. We sincerely hope that you find it to be helpful and a time saver. Thank you for your interest and support. EZ SOFTWARE Phone: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Pacific Time 1222 144TH ST SE Monday thru Friday MILL CREEK, WA 98012 206/338-5935 **************************************************************** EZ SOFTWARE also produces EZ Business. EZ BUSINESS is a complete, EZ to use, low cost, business package for non accountants. 16. It includes: - Point of Sale and Accounts Receivable - Fully integrated Inventory - Accounts Payable, Income, Expenses, and Wages EZ BUSINESS makes good looking plain paper: Estimates, Invoices, Packing Slips, Bills, and a variety of EZ to understand reports. EZ Business is menu driven, has "on screen" prompts, "on board" docs, and built in "error checking" to help prevent errors. No accounting is required. Installation is automatic. You are up and running in just three minutes. Registration is nineteen dollars ($19.00). With registration, you will get the current update of the system, a printed manual, and three months of limited support. EZ Business runs on a 286/386/486 computer w. 640K RAM. A dot matrix printer is needed for labels/cards. EZ Business comes on a 1.2 Meg 5 1/4 or 1.44 Meg 3 1/2 disk. Runs from DOS 2 & up. 17. EZ Business is a must for every home business, small business, club, Church, other organization, or any one needing software to run a business or keep track of income and expenses. A complete description of the EZ Business system is in a file in the \SCAN directory. The file name is MONEY.TXT. Scan it with SCAN. *************************************************************** DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITED WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS (INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE) ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. FURTHER, EZ SOFTWARE DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE, OF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS, OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY YOU. IF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE DEFECTIVE YOU, AND NOT EZ SOFTWARE OR ITS DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, 18. AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. THE ABOVE ARE THE ONLY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THAT ARE MADE BY EZ SOFTWARE ON THIS EZ SOFTWARE PRODUCT. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN ADVICE GIVEN BY EZ SOFTWARE, ITS DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANYWAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY, AND YOU MAY NOT RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. **** LIMITATIONS OF REMEDIES **** NEITHER EZ SOFTWARE NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS PRODUCT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFIT, BUSINESS INTER- RUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT EVEN IF EZ SOFTWARE 19. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. This Disclaimer of Warranty and Limited Warranty are governed by the laws of the State of Washington.