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- WnScroll v2.0
- A Text Browser Application
- for Microsoft(R) Windows
-
- Introduction:
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- WnScroll is a text file viewer/browser for the Microsoft(R) Windows
- environment that allows viewing of files of ANY SIZE in a window
- with full horizontal and vertical scrolling facilities.
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- WnScroll has VERY FAST file loading and scrolling, even with very large
- files. All standard keyboard and mouse conventions are available for
- scrolling, resizing and viewing text files.
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- WnScroll overcomes Notepad(R)'s 52K file size limitation.
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- Find, Find Next,Print and Clipboard Copy are implemented.
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- WnScroll may be called with a filename from the command line. If no
- filename is specified, WnScroll displays a ListBox to enable a file
- to be selected for display.
- A new file may be opened for display at any time from the Open menu.
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- Multiple instances of WnScroll can display several files at once.
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- Important Note:
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- Note that WnScroll (unlike Notepad) is designed to be a file viewer.
- The original file is NEVER altered in any way.
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- Quick-Start:
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- Installation:
- Execute WSCRL.EXE to de-compress the WnScroll files.
- Place the executable file WnScroll.EXE into your chosen directory.
- For maximum utility it is recommended that you tell Windows Program
- Manager about WnScroll.
-
- eg to instal WnScroll in the \UTIL directory do the following:
- type CD \UTIL
- put WSCRL.EXE into the \UTIL directory
- type WSCRL
- if you have WnScroll on a floppy disk, type A:WSCRL (or B:WSCRL)
-
- Once the files have been de-compressed in the desired directory,
- select Program Manager "File" menu.
- select "New"
- select "Program Item" then click OK button
- in "Description" field type "WnScroll" (or a name of your choice)
- in "Command" field type \util\WnScroll.exe
- click OK button.
- You should now see the WnScroll icon in the active ProgMan group.
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- Start-Up:
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- To start WnScroll, double click on the WnScroll Icon or use Program
- Manager "Run.." box. You can specify a file to view using the latter
- method (or by calling WnScroll from a PIF,BAT etc file).
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- You can start WnScroll with the name of a file to display....
- eg WnScroll myfile.txt
- will load and display myfile.txt .
- If no filename is specified, WnScroll will start up with a blank display.
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- Using WnScroll:
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- WnScroll has several menu items in the Windows header bar;
- File, Mark, Print, Clipboard, Search.
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- To display a file, click File on the header bar, then Open in the menu.
- WnScroll will display a listbox to allow you to choose a file. The left
- side of the listbox will display files in the current directory that match
- the type you have selected (*.* is default).
- The right side allows you to change to another directory or to a new drive.
- An Edit Window in the listbox displays the name of the last selected file,
- including drive ,path and extension as appropriate.
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- To select a file for display, you may do ANY of the following:
- -double click on the file in the list box.
- -move the highlight bar to the file, and press Enter.
- -move the highlight bar to the file and click the View button.
- -type the name of the file in the Edit window.
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- To select a different drive or directory, do ANY of the following:
- -double click the drive or folder logo in the right side listbox.
- -move the selection box to the required logo and press Enter.
- -type the pathname in the Edit window.
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- If you don't have a mouse use the TAB key to move to different sections
- of the Listbox.
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- Once the file is loaded and displayed, use the cursor keys and /or mouse
- to traverse the file in either direction or to scroll horizontally if
- required.
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- The MARK menu:
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- The MARK menu allows any portion of the current file to be marked for
- subsequent Print or Copy operations.
- A segment is marked by defining the start-line and end-line of the segment.
-
- To mark the start-line, move the desired line to the top of the display
- and click Mark Top.
- Similarly to mark the end-line, move the desired line to the top of the
- display and click Mark End.
- To mark a single line click Mark Line in the menu.
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- You may also drag the mouse over the segment you want to mark.
- Start with the mouse on the first line to mark.
- Press and hold the left mouse button.
- Move the mouse to the last line to be marked.
- Release the left mouse button.
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- The marked segment will be displayed in a highlight color. You may now
- copy or print the marked segment
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- The PRINT menu:
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- You may print the current page, the marked block, or to the end of the
- current file .Choose the appropriate selection in the Print menu.
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- The CLIPBOARD menu:
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- You may copy the current page or a marked block to the Windows Clipboard.
- Once copied to the Clipboard,the information can be accessed by other
- Windows applications that can utilise this feature.
- Because WnScroll does not allow the original file to be modified, there
- is no Paste from the Clipboard implemented.
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- The SEARCH menu:
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- The Find command finds and highlights the first line of text in the
- file that contains text matching the user-supplied pattern.The Find
- is not case sensitive. Find Next will find the next matching line.
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- WnScroll will display a dialog box to allow you to enter the text
- or pattern you want to search for in the current file.
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- If the match is on the current display, it is simply highlighted.
- If the match is off the current screen, the display is re-drawn with
- the matching line highlighted at the top of the display.
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