You may use RealView for 30 days. If you decide to keep it beyond this period you must register. The registration fee is $25.
How to Register
To learn about the registration options please read the file named "How To Register RealView" that comes with RealView.
Note: If you have already payed the shareware fee for previous versions, you can register for free. See the "How To Register RealView" for details.
General Description
RealView is a Text and Image File Viewer
RealView can open ANY FILE of ANY SIZE.
RealView has three display modes:
• PLAIN TEXT - plain text with a choice of font and size.
• HEXADECIMAL - plain text with a choice of font and size, alongside a hexadecimal view of the text.
• ORIGINAL - text or image in optimal (original) display.
With QuickTime™ installed (version 2.5 or better) RealView can open virtually any kind of image file. Including PICT, Photoshop, GIF,JPEG, BMP, TIFF and more.
RealView converts Html files to text files, allowing you to view and print them as plain text.
RealView is very fast. Our tests show that RealView is up to 6 times faster than Simple Text!
System Requirements
• Power Macintosh Computer (PPC version)
• Mac OS 7 or later, 68020 (Mac II) or better (68k version)
• QuickTime™ 2.5 or better for image files viewing
Main Features of RealView
• Viewing text files
RealView can open text files displaying them with their fonts, font sizes, colors and Embedded Pictures. RealView does it up to 6 times faster than Simple Text.
• Viewing Image Files
With QuickTime™ installed RealView can display virtually any kind of image file including PICT, Photoshop, GIF,JPEG, BMP, TIFF and more.
• Viewing HTML files off-line
RealView enables you to convert HTML files to Text files (using the HTML->TEXT conversion filter), view and print them.
• Viewing 'non regular' text files
RealView can open PC and UNIX files and convert them on the fly to a Macintosh format.
• Viewing files created by any application
RealView does not discriminate. It will open any kind of file you request.
• Viewing 'Invisible' and 'Busy' files
Through the 'Open File' dialog box you can safely open files that are invisible from the Finder, you can also safely open 'Busy' files (files open from another application).
• Viewing 'Other' files
For Hacking, Reverse engineering or just for plain curiosity. RealView can display files in plain text or hexadecimal modes.
How to use RealView
RealView is very simple to use so this section only points out a few of the not-so-obvious features you might want to check out.
Drag and Drop (NEW!)
You can drop a files on RealView's windows and the file will be opened in a separate window. You can also drag text and pictures embedded inside the text to the desktop or into another application's window.
Zooming and Info (NEW!)
You can view image files at different zoom levels, from 12.5 percent to 400 percent. Information about those files, including size, colors, etc. may be toggled on and off on the fly.
"Smart Open" (NEW!)
When you open a file with RealView, it will try to determine the best viewing mode for the file according to the file type and content of the file. "Smart Open" speeds up opening files that should be viewed as hexadecimal text and images.
New From Clipboard (NEW!)
Located at the bottom of the edit menu the "New From Clipboard" option allows you to see the clipboard contents in a window and save it into a file. This option is especially useful when you copy finder icons or text from another application.
Find
From the "File" menu you can launch a text or hexadecimal string search.. The search is performed from start to end or from the place you've last clicked at onward.
NOTE: Currently the text search is case sensitive.
Preferences
From the "File" menu you can open the 'Preferences' dialog box. Use the preferences to set:
• Default Display Mode: If you wish RealView, when it opens a file, to automatically identify the file and display it as it is, select 'ORIGINAL'. If you wish to see newly opened files as plain text, select 'TEXT'. To see files as Hex-data select 'HEXADECIMAL'.
• Default Font and Default Size: Here you can select the default font and default font size for the Text and Hexadecimal display modes.
• Default Page Setup: Pressing this button will bring up the standard Page Setup dialog box where you can choose the page size on which RealView would layout newly opened files.
• Show document details: Here you can Turn on/off files details display (at the top of the window).
Tips
Here are some (hopefully) helpful tips to help you get the most out of RealView:
Getting the Best Performance
RealView is designed to work perfectly on any Macintosh™ computer from the MacII onwards, but it can benefit from a faster processor and more memory. By default, RealView's memory partition is set to 1024k (1MB). This partition will serve you well with most tasks, but increasing the memory partition (through the "Get Info" dialog box in the finder) will allow RealView to open files even faster, especially with high resolution images. (Try giving RealView a 3092k partition)
Closing All Windows
Clicking on a windows close box while holding the 'Option' key will close all open windows.
Opening very large files
RealView can open any file of any size but it cannot open files that are larger than it's own memory partition. If you get a 'not enough memory' error when trying to open a file you should Quit RealView, select it's icon in the finder, choose 'Get Info' from the 'File' menu and allocate more memory to RealView.
Aborting long processes
You can abort any time consuming processes (such as drawing a large, high resolution image or opening a very large file) by pressing . (Command key + Period).
Navigating with the arrow keys (NEW!)
Pressing the arrow keys will scroll the window by the same distance as clicking the scroll bar buttons. This works for left and right as well as for up and down.
And Finally...
If you like, hate, have any suggestion, comment or bug report, pleeeeze drop me an e-line.
Contact Information
send eMail to:
<relview@kagi.com> or
<realview@actcom.co.il>
Send regular mail to:
Eyal Redler
P.O.B 270
Hod-Hasharon 42102
ISRAEL
Legal stuff (Check out the small print!)
RealView can be Distributed freely without any charges, keeping the following restrictions:
• All rights for RealView are reserved to its owner, Eyal Redler.
• No changes will be made to this file, other files in this folder or the software file.
• This file and all other files in this folder must be distributed, unchanged, with the software file.
• any Distribution, Renting, Loaning or any other type of transfer of RealView, made for a charge is prohibited, except for distribution on private on-line services.
• Distribution of RealView on CD-ROMs or any other form of media for commercial or non commercial purposes is prohibited unless the author, Eyal Redler has given his written consent in advance.
• No government official, in Israel or abroad, will be allowed to use RealView at a government building or institution. No government agency, in Israel or abroad, will be allowed to use RealView, regardless of if it paid the shareware fees or not.
• Bill Gates is not allowed to use this software product.
