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- Program: S3 Doc View Utility
- Version: 1.2
- Author: George Spafford
- Date: 05/26/92
-
- Purpose:
-
- To provide a simple ASCII file browsing utility at a low price to
- users and program developers.
-
- SDV will only operate on DOS versions 3.3 and above.
-
- OutLine:
-
- I. Starting the Program
- A. Single File
- B. Using the File Menu
- II. File Menu System
- A. How to get Help
- B. Command Summary
- C. Changing File Attributes
- D. Copying a File
- E. Deleting a File
- F. Editing a File
- G. Information on a File
- H. Moving a File
- I. Printing a File
- J. Renaming a File
- K. System Information
- L. Shelling to DOS
- III. Viewing a File
- A. How to get Help
- B. Command Summary
- C. How to print a screen
- D. How to search for text
- E. Repeating the last search
- F. Shelling to DOS
- IV. How to Register this Program
-
-
- I. Starting the Program
-
- SDV can be invoked either with a filename to view a single file or
- it can be invoked without a filename to bring up all files that are
- in the current subdirectory. With this in mind, SDV should either
- be in the current directory or in directory that is contained in your
- PATH statement.
-
- A. Single File
-
- SDV myfile.txt <- this will only read myfile.txt
-
- myfile.txt is the name of the single file that you want to read.
-
- B. Using the File Menu
-
- SDV <- this will start SDV and use the menu
-
- Use the arrow, home or end keys to move around in the menu.
- While in this menu, a number of options are available to you.
- ESC will back you up one menu each time that you press it.
-
- II. File Menu System
-
- A. A help screen that summarizes the command keys can be pulled
- up at any time by pressing the F1 key,
-
- B. Command Summary
-
- F1 Help
- F10 Shell to DOS
- A Change File Attributes
- C Copy a File
- D Delete a File
- E Edit a File
- I File Information
- M Move a File
- P Print a File
- R Rename a File
- S System Information
-
- C. Change File Attributes
-
- While you have the desired file highlighted, press the
- letter "A" and then select the attribute that you wish
- to add to the file or "C" from the attribute menu to clear
- all attributes.
-
- D. Copying a File
-
- While you have the desired file highlighted, press the
- letter "C" and then designate the target directory that
- you want the file to go to. Attributes will not be copied.
-
- E. Deleting a File
-
- While you have the desired file highlighted, press the
- letter "D" and then confirm the request. Note, this will
- delete any file regardless of its attribute.
-
- F. Editing a File
-
- While you have the desired file highlighted, press the
- letter "E" to edit it. By default, the DOS EDIT program
- is used. You can specify your own editor by making a .BAT
- file called MYEDIT.BAT containing the name of your editor,
- the environment variable %1 which will be passed the name of
- the file to edit and then any command line options that you need.
- For example:
- QEDIT %1
- SDV will look for MYEDIT.BAT in the current directory or it will
- search the PATH.
-
- F. Information on a File
-
- While you have the desired file highlighted, press the
- letter "I" to get the file date, time, size and attributes.
-
- G. Moving a File
-
- While you have the desired file highlighted, press the
- letter "M" and designate the target directory. Note,
- attributes do not transfer and the original file will be
- deleted regardless of its attribute.
-
- H. Printing a File
-
- While you have the desired file highlighted, press the
- letter "P." The file will print to LPT1 using the file's
- formatting. At this time, SDV will not affect any changes
- to the pagination, box codes, etc.
-
- I. Renaming a File
-
- While you have the desired file highlighted, press the
- letter "R" and designate the new file name. Note, the
- original file's attribute WILL be carried to the new file.
-
- J. System Information
-
- From anywhere in the file menu, press the letter "S" to bring
- up a summary of the system. This summary includes:
- CPU class
- If there is a math coprocessor
- Number of Floppies
- Number of Com ports
- Number of parallel ports
- The DOS version
- If SHARE is loaded
- The active drive
- Size of the active drive
- Remaining space on the active drive
- If it is a network drive
- Type of video subsystem
-
- K. From anywhere in the file menu, press F10 to shell to DOS.
- To return from the SHELL, type EXIT on the command line and
- then press <ENTER> to return.
-
- III. Viewing a File
-
- If you are using the file menu to move around, select the name of
- the file that you want to browse and press <ENTER>. If you are
- using a single file name, you are already here!
-
- Use the arrow, page up, page down, tab, shift-tab, home and end
- keys to move around. ESC will return to the file menu if you used
- it or to DOS if you speicifed only a single file.
-
- A. How to get Help
-
- Press F1 at any time to get a summary of the commands
- available while in the viewing module.
-
- B. P Print Screen
- S Initial Search
- F1 Help
- F3 Search Again
- F10 Shell to DOS
-
- C. How to print a screen
-
- While you are viewing the desired information, press the
- letter "P". This will print all of the text, but avoid the
- header and footer lines that SDV displays.
-
-
- NOTE: The search function does not operate correctly yet, please avoid
- | using it and associated functions.
- |
- ---------------------------------------------|
- D. How to search for text <-----------|
-
- To perform the initial search, press the letter "S" and then
- enter your search text. The search process itself is case
- insensitive. The search will start from the beginning of the
- file and will end at the end of the file.
-
- E. Search Again
-
- Push F3 if you want to continue searching for items specified
- using "S". F3 will pick up where "S" left off. "S" forces the
- search to begin at the start of the file.
-
- F. Shelling to DOS
-
- At any time while in the view module, you may push F10 to shell
- to DOS. To return, enter EXIT at the command line.
-
-
- ============================
- IV. Please Register This Program
- ============================
-
- "SDV" and "S3 DOC VIEWER" are CopyRights of George Spafford All Rights Reserved.
-
- SDV is distributed as SHAREWARE. It is not Public Domain.
- If you find that this program aids you in your work, it should be
- registered within 30 days of your first usage of it. If you are an
- end user, and want to use this for your personal use, it is $5 for
- each concurrently used copy meaning that for $5 you can only use it on
- one (1) PC at a time.
-
- If you are a program developer and wish to distribute SDV with your
- program to aid your users in reading your ASCII files, SDV can be
- licensed for you to distribute an unlimited number of copies for
- a one-time fee of $20 per each application that you intend to release SDV with.
- With this, you are entitled to use new versions as they are released to the
- public on BBS systems. Once SDV reaches your end-users, this distribution
- license terminates. In other words, when they get the program, your
- distribution rights do not transfer with it. If they are going to bundle it
- with a program of their own, they must register SDV with me in order to
- distribute the program.
-
- History:
-
- v1.2 05/26/92
-
- Whew....
- - File menu system
- - Text searches
- - Line Numbers
- - Printing
-
- v1.1 03/26/92
-
- Increased the internal buffering & added the line number display
- as well as the EOF indicator. <Never Released Due to Bugs>
-
- v1.0 03/25/92
-
- Initial Release.
-
- Registration of this product will allow me to continue developing
- specialized software for you, the consumer, at shareware prices.
- Payments (please do not send cash) can be sent to:
-
- George Spafford
- 3001 Lakeshore Drive, #329
- St. Joseph, MI 49085
-
- Queued Access BBS 19200-8-N-1 ANSI (616) 468-5026 FIDOnet 1:2340/0
- Sysop: Tim Akright NEC/NC
-
-
- SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTORS:
-
- You may distribute this program as long as it is made clear that you are
- only a distributor and that the program is not registered until they make
- payment to me. Please do not charge more than $5 per disk to distribute
- SDV to your customers.
-
- ::::: Legal :::::
-
- SDV IS DISTRIBUTED AS IS. THE AUTHOR (GEORGE SPAFFORD) MAKES
- NO WARRANTIES OF APPROPRIATENESS, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
- PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE AUTHOR ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES
- (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, WAGES OR ANY OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
- DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF THE MISUSE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT.
-