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- ================================== VIEW.DOC ===================================
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- CDROM Browser - DOS/Windows Documentation
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- >------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents --
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- Introduction
- Using View
- Running VIEW.EXE
- File/Directory Indexing
- Reading Text Files
- Uncompressing Files
- Dynamic File Index Menu
- Copying Files
- The Global Index
- General Tips
- Troubleshooting
- Credit
- Conclusion
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- >-------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction --
-
- For better accessibility of our CDROMs, we at Walnut Creek developed a CDROM
- browsing program called "View." With this program, you can traverse through
- the directories and examine all the file descriptions. "View" can search for
- files, as well as extract and uncompress them from the CDROM to your hard
- drive. It is a very useful program.
-
- There are DOS and Windows versions available:
-
- view.exe - (DOS) located in the root directory of the CDROM
- w16view.exe - (Win3.x) located in the CDROM \utils directory
- w32view.exe - (Win95/NT) located in the CDROM \utils directory
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- >---------------------------------------------------------------- Using View --
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- _____Running VIEW.EXE
-
- To use the view program from DOS, change the current drive to your CDROM
- drive. Type "VIEW" at the root directory and press enter to start the
- program.
-
- To use the view program from Windows 3.x, use the "Run" option under Program
- Manager. Assuming the CDROM drive is accessed through "D:", type
- "D:\utils\w16view.exe" into the command line box and click on the "OK"
- button. The view program can also be accessed through the File Manager.
- There may also be an icon labeled "CDROM Browser - WINDOWS" that appears
- after you run setup.exe from this CDROM.
-
- To use the view program from Windows 95/NT, click on "Start", then "Run",
- then type in "D:\utils\w32view.exe". Be sure to change "D:" to your CDROM's
- drive letter. In many cases, View will automatically appear when you insert
- the CDROM so this will not be necessary. There may also be an icon labeled
- "CDROM Browser - WINDOWS" that appears after you run setup.exe from this
- CDROM.
-
- _____File/Directory Indexing
-
- Once started, the view program displays a listing of the directories of the
- CDROM along with their content descriptions. In general, you will see the
- names of files and directories on the left side of the window, and
- descriptions on the right. Use the arrow keys or the mouse to move the
- cursor bar up and down the list to select the desired directory.
-
- Pressing <ENTER> or double-clicking on any of the entries will have one of
- several different results, depending on what was highlighted:
-
- Directory : View changes to that directory and shows you a new listing.
- Press the <ESC> key or click on "Back" to return back.
-
- File : If you selected a text file, view will display it.
- If you selected a binary file (like a .gif or .jpg), view will
- try to use a helper program to display the file. If there is
- no helper program defined, view will display the file as text.
- If you selected a file ending in ".zip", view will try to
- uncompressed it (see "Uncompressing Files" below).
-
- _____Reading Text Files
-
- To read a text file from the file index menu, position the cursor bar onto
- the file entry and press <ENTER> or double-click. The view program will open
- up the text file, and will allow the user to read and scroll through the
- document. While scrolling through a text file, searching of a text string is
- accomplished by pressing the key 'S'. (The key 'R' searches a string in the
- reverse direction.) To return back to the file index menu after reading the
- text file, press the <ESC> key.
-
- _____Uncompressing Files
-
- To uncompress an archived file from the index menu, select the file entry
- with the cursor bar and press <ENTER>. In general, archived files have names
- that end with the file extension of ".zip".
-
- After selecting an archived file for extraction, a "destination query" screen
- will appear to ask for the directory where the archived file is to be
- uncompressed. A default destination directory will be already suggested by
- the view program, printed and highlighted in the destination box.
-
- Press <ENTER> here to use the default directory, or modify the default entry
- before pressing <ENTER>. The user may also scroll through some "suggested"
- default directories by using the down-cursor key. Once the <ENTER> key is
- pressed, the view program will then create the destination directory if it
- doesn't already exist, and begin to uncompress the archived file into that
- directory.
-
- _____Dynamic File Index Menu
-
- After the archived file is successfully uncompressed, the view program then
- displays another index menu similar the previous one based on the files
- extracted from the archive. Here most of the "readme" files and text files
- extracted are be labeled as documentation on the right side. Use the cursor
- bar to select these files to open them for viewing. Extracted files that
- have ".bat", ".com", or ".exe" as extensions are executable files and are
- labeled as such on the right side. Selecting these files will run these
- applications on top of the view program.
-
- If wished, the extracted files can be removed from the hard drive at this
- point by pressing the keys "Alt-R" (DOS View) or by hitting the <ESC> key
- (Windows View). To return back to the first index menu, press the <ESC> key.
-
- _____Copying Files
-
- To copy a file from the index menu, again highlight the file entry with the
- cursor bar, and press the 'C' key. A screen similar to that from the archive
- uncompressing process will appear asking the user for a destination. Enter
- the desired directory name where the file is to be placed, and press <ENTER>.
- The view program then copies the file to the destination directory, and
- returns back to the file index menu.
-
- _____The Global Index
-
- You can also perform all of the above functions on the Global Index File. To
- jump into the Global Index File mode, press the keys "Alt-G" (DOS View), or
- select "Go" -> "Global Index" from the pulldown menus (Windows View). You
- will then be viewing the global index containing all of the files on the
- disc. You can search, view, and unzip from this one large index file instead
- of having to enter multiple directories.
-
- _____General Tips
-
- At any stage of the program, hitting the <ESC> key (DOS View) or clicking on
- "Back" (Windows View) always brings you back to the previous state -- so
- don't worry about accidentally hitting a wrong key. The On-line help is also
- provided at all stages of the program. Pressing the '?' key any time can
- bring up the help screen.
-
- >---------------------------------------------------------- Trouble Shooting --
-
- Due to memory problems and the restrictions of other software, the view
- program may at times conflict with other applications when running them on
- top of itself. Whenever any newly uncompressed program retrieved from the
- cdrom doesn't run from the interactive file menu, please try running it
- directly from MS-DOS or MS-Windows. And in most cases, a shareware program
- usually comes with its own documentation and instructions. These
- instructions are normally stored in files such as "readme.txt". Please read
- all documentation included with a file before running a program. Doing so
- will prevent the occurrence of common problems that many users often
- encounter.
-
- >-------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit --
-
- The view program uses the SPAWNO routines by Ralf Brown to minimize memory
- use while shelling to DOS and running other programs
-
- >---------------------------------------------------------------- Conclusion --
-
- We hope that this view program will further improve the usability and the
- quality of our CDROMs. Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are greatly
- appreciated. Thank you very much for using Walnut Creek CDROM products.
-
- 1-800-786-9907 (US and Canada only) Walnut Creek CDROM
- 1-510-674-0783 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260
- 1-510-674-0821 (fax) Walnut Creek, CA 94596
- info@cdrom.com (e-mail) USA
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