home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- ED 1.0 - Visual Editor Interface
- Written in Microsoft Visual Basic (tm)
- 06/23/91 - R. Neal - 72315,16
-
- What is ED?
-
- ED is a Windows "front end" for use with your favorite
- text editor. It provides an easy way to access your
- DOS or Windows based text editor at any time while in
- Windows.
-
- How does it work?
-
- When you start ED, it displays a form that lists the
- files in the root directory of the current drive. You
- can switch between drives and directories using the
- familiar file list commands. Once you locate the file
- you want to edit, you just "double click" the file and
- ED runs your editor, passing the file name to the editor
- startup command you specify on the ED Options menu.
-
- How do I setup ED?
-
- Installation and setup is easy:
-
- Note: ED requires the Visual Basic run-time DLL. Before
- you continue, make sure you already have the Visual Basic
- run time DLL (VBRUN100.DLL or latest version) in your
- WINDOWS directory. VBRUN100.DLL is available on
- CompuServe in the Microsoft Languages Forum.
-
- 1. Copy all the ED files to their own directory.
- Make sure you have ED.EXE, ED.CTL, and ED.DOC
- in the directory.
-
- 2. Activate the Windows Program manager, select the
- program group to which you wish to install ED, and
- select "File", "New", and "Program Item".
-
- 3. On the "Program Item Properties" form, enter a
- description, then enter the ED startup command
- followed by the name of the directory containing
- the ED files.
-
- For example, if you installed ED into a directory
- called "C:\WINDOWS\ED", then you would enter:
-
- Description: Text Editor
-
- Command line: C:\WINDOWS\ED\ED.EXE C:\WINDOWS\ED
-
- Note:
-
- Make sure you don't enter a backslash character at
- the end of the ED directory path name. ED will
- append the "\" character to the path name.
-
- 4. Now you should be able to start ED by clicking on
- the ED icon. If you get an error message saying
- "Bad File Name" or "File Not Found", verify the ED
- directory path name you specified in ED's Program
- Item Properties.
-
- 5. The first time you use ED, you must select the
- "Options" menu to specify the command ED will use
- to start your text editor. Enter your editor
- startup command exactly as you would enter it on
- the Windows "Run" option or in the Windows Program
- Item Properties form for your text editor.
-
- When you select a file to edit using ED, ED will
- append the selected file name to the command you
- enter here.
-
- Example:
-
- If you normally use the DOS 5.0 EDIT command to
- edit files, you would enter:
-
- C:\DOS\EDIT.COM
-
- Then, when you select a file using ED, ED will
- execute the command:
-
- C:\DOS\EDIT.COM x:\path\filename.ext
-
- Note:
-
- You can specify any standard Windows style
- startup command, such as a .PIF file, a .COM file,
- an .EXE file, or a .BAT file.
-
- Included with the ED files are sample .PIF files
- for Brief and the DOS 5.0 editor:
-
- B.PIF - Run Brief
- E.PIF - Run DOS 5.0 EDIT
-
- You can specify one of these files as ED's editor
- startup command, or your can create your own.
-
- That's all there is to it! If you have any problems,
- questions, or suggestions, you can E-Plex me, Randy Neal,
- at Compuserve 72315,16. If I have time I'll be happy to
- answer your questions about ED.
-
- Special Bonus:
-
- The complete Visual Basic source files are included for
- your study and/or modification. The ED program is "public
- domain" and you are free to use it or distribute it any
- way you want.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-