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- DV Tree Version 2.3 (c) 1990-1991 Michael D. Weaver.
- DESQview is a trademark of Quarterdeck Office Systems.
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- The following files should be present in this archive:
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- DVTREE.EXE - The DV Tree executable program.
- INSTALL.DOC - Complete installation instructions for DV Tree.
- DVTREE.DOC - The manual, or 'user's guide' for DV Tree.
- DVQUICK.REF - A 'quick reference' sheet summarizing options/commands.
- NOTES23.DOC - Summary of changes since DV Tree Version 1 (DVTREE19).
- READ.ME - This file.
- MANIFEST.O - The DV Tree Manifesto
- DEAL.REG - A registration deal for DV Tree and DV Task Manager.
- ORDER.FRM - A fill-in form to make registration easier.
- CREDITS.LST - Recognition of those who've helped DV Tree stay alive.
- SAMPLE.EXT - A sample file to show extension linking for DV Functions.
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- TL-PIF.DVP -
- TS-PIF.DVP - DESQview PIF (Program Information Files) for DV Tree.
- TZ-PIF.DVP -
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- TS-SCRIP.DVS -
- TZ-SCRIP.DVS - Script files to auto-load TL-SCRIP.DVS.
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- UTILITY.ZIP - Grab bag of files for DESQview Functions including
- batch files useful in archive management.
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- DVTXDI.COM - Optional TSR for users running DESQview 2.26 + .
- DVTXDI.ZIP - Documentation and supporting files for DVTXDI.COM.
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- DVSCRIP1.ZIP - An editing aid for DESQview scripts.
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- DV Tree is 'shareware' written by a computer industry
- professional, and the contents of this disk or archive comprise a
- copyrighted work. If you continue to use this program after an evaluation
- period of 30 days, you should register with the author. Information
- regarding how to register is contained the file DVTREE.DOC, and is also
- displayed for you at program startup. Please note, however, that the
- shareware version of DV Tree is a fully functioning version of the program
- and is not 'crippled' in any way.
- If you wish, you may print and use the ORDER.FRM file to assist
- you in registering.
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- If you do not currently use an earlier version of DV Tree, please
- follow the installation instructions contained in INSTALL.DOC.
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- To print INSTALL.DOC... type: copy install.doc prn
- To print DVTREE.DOC.... type: copy dvtree.doc prn
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- These documents are preformated for print, but they require your printer
- to be set to an 80 column carriage width. PLEASE ensure that your printer
- will not force a new line prior to the 80th column, especially before
- printing DVTREE.DOC as it is quite long, and we save trees if we only have
- to do this once! Also, both docs contain high ASCII or 'IBM graphics'
- characters. For best results, you should therefore print on a printer
- set up to handle these characters. For a lot of printers, this is
- handled via 'dip switch' settings - if you are unsure whether your printer
- is IBM graphics-capable, please consult your printer manual.
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- Also, the printable documents are formatted 56 lines per page with 2 line
- top margins. If you have a dot-matrix printer, you should manually set
- adjust your top-of-form accordingly.
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- To upgrade from DV Tree Version 2:
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- 1) Copy the files in this archive to your DV Tree directory.
- 4) Review NOTES23.DOC.
- 5) Review the updated manual - changes since 2.1 may be found by
- doing a text search for 'N2.3'.
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- To upgrade from DV Tree Version 1:
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- 1) Copy the files in this archive to your DV Tree directory, and delete
- any old copy of DVTREE.COM.
- 2) Add the TZ-PIF to DESQview via Add a Program if desired.
- 3) Change your old PIFs via Change a Program to run DVTREE.EXE instead of
- DVTREE.COM.
- 4) Review NOTES23.DOC.
- 5) Review the new manual - it has been thoroughly expanded and revised,
- and new commands and features may be found by doing a text search for
- 'N2.'.
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- Things you should know:
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- 1) Running version 2 will re-initialize DVTREE.CNF, and the new
- configuration file will quite likely cause DV Tree 1.x to crash unless you
- either delete DVTREE.CNF, or restore the old version of this file before
- running the old version of the program.
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- 2) The hot-key definitions have been moved to a separate file,
- DVT_HOT0. If you have a very recent version of DV Tree 1.x, you may
- already have hot-key definitions in a file of this name, HOWEVER, DVT_HOT0
- files from 1.x are also not compatible with the new program, so you'll
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- have to redefine any hot keys after bringing up the new version. Your
- F-Key definitions, on the other hand, should be okay.
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- 3) DV Tree 2.x contains many major new features, but one capability
- has been lost in this version, that is the ability to run the program in a
- DOS window with Writes Directly to Screen set to Y. To any of you who
- have used the program in such an environment, I apologize, but the change
- was unavoidable with the implementation of the %A code and the resultant
- need to run the program effectively in small windows. The new color
- customization feature also would not have been possible without this
- change.
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- 4) One of the features DV Tree does not yet have is an internal
- help system. An example for using a LIST F-Key to display the DVQUICK.REF
- file was given in earlier manuals, but a better way, I think, is the use
- of a DV script to kick off a LIST window with the path to DVQUICK.REF
- either 'hard-coded' in the PIF's parameter line, or keyed in by the script
- after a short timed delay. The reason this technique is superior is that
- it is available when you're confronted with the very non-intuitive input
- prompt for entering DV Function startup codes.
- A step-by-step example for setting up such a help system is given
- in the manual in the section SETTING UP A HELP SYSTEM FOR DV TREE.
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- 5) The ESC key no longer exists split screen (I got tired of
- answering 'No, I do not want to exit split screen', and the [-E keystroke
- combination is almost as fast.)
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