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================================== VIEW.TXT ===================================
CDROM Browser - DOS/Windows Documentation
>------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents --
Introduction
Using View
Running VIEW.EXE
File/Directory Indexing
Reading Text Files
Uncompressing Files
Dynamic File Index Menu
Copying Files
The Global Index
General Tips
Troubleshooting
Credit
>-------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction --
For better accessibility of our CDROMs, we at Walnut Creek developed a CDROM
browsing program called "View." With this program, you can traverse through
the directories and examine all the file descriptions. "View" can search for
files, as well as extract and uncompress them from the CDROM to your hard
drive. It is a very useful program.
There are DOS and Windows versions available:
view.exe - (DOS) located in the root directory of the CDROM
w16view.exe - (Win3.x) located in the CDROM \utils directory
w32view.exe - (Win95/NT) located in the CDROM \utils directory
>---------------------------------------------------------------- Using View --
_____Running VIEW.EXE
To use the view program from DOS, change the current drive to your CDROM
drive. Type "VIEW" at the root directory and press enter to start the
program.
To use the view program from Windows 3.x, use the "Run" option under Program
Manager. Assuming the CDROM drive is accessed through "D:", type
"D:\utils\w16view.exe" into the command line box and click on the "OK"
button. The view program can also be accessed through the File Manager.
There may also be an icon labeled "CDROM Browser - WINDOWS" that appears
after you run setup.exe from this CDROM.
To use the view program from Windows 95/NT, click on "Start", then "Run",
then type in "D:\utils\w32view.exe". Be sure to change "D:" to your CDROM's
drive letter. In many cases, View will automatically appear when you insert
the CDROM so this will not be necessary. There may also be an icon labeled
"CDROM Browser - WINDOWS" that appears after you run setup.exe from this
CDROM.
_____File/Directory Indexing
Once started, the view program displays a listing of the directories of the
CDROM along with their content descriptions. In general, you will see the
names of files and directories on the left side of the window, and
descriptions on the right. Use the arrow keys or the mouse to move the
cursor bar up and down the list to select the desired directory.
Pressing <ENTER> or double-clicking on any of the entries will have one of
several different results, depending on what was highlighted:
Directory : View changes to that directory and shows you a new listing.
Press the <ESC> key or click on "Back" to return back.
File : If you selected a text file, view will display it.
If you selected a binary file (like a .gif or .jpg), view will
try to use a helper program to display the file. If there is
no helper program defined, view will display the file as text.
If you selected a file ending in ".zip", view will try to
uncompressed it (see "Uncompressing Files" below).
_____Reading Text Files
To read a text file from the file index menu, position the cursor bar onto
the file entry and press <ENTER> or double-click. The view program will open
up the text file, and will allow the user to read and scroll through the
document. While scrolling through a text file, searching of a text string is
accomplished by pressing the key 'S'. (The key 'R' searches a string in the
reverse direction.) To return back to the file index menu after reading the
text file, press the <ESC> key.
_____Uncompressing Files
To uncompress an archived file from the index menu, select the file entry
with the cursor bar and press <ENTER>. In general, archived files have names
that end with the file extension of ".zip".
After selecting an archived file for extraction, a "destination query" screen
will appear to ask for the directory where the archived file is to be
uncompressed. A default destination directory will be already suggested by
the view program, printed and highlighted in the destination box.
Press <ENTER> here to use the default directory, or modify the default entry
before pressing <ENTER>. The user may also scroll through some "suggested"
default directories by using the down-cursor key. Once the <ENTER> key is
pressed, the view program will then create the destination directory if it
doesn't already exist, and begin to uncompress the archived file into that
directory.
_____Dynamic File Index Menu
After the archived file is successfully uncompressed, the view program then
displays another index menu similar the previous one based on the files
extracted from the archive. Here most of the "readme" files and text files
extracted are be labeled as documentation on the right side. Use the cursor
bar to select these files to open them for viewing. Extracted files that
have ".bat", ".com", or ".exe" as extensions are executable files and are
labeled as such on the right side. Selecting these files will run these
applications on top of the view program.
If wished, the extracted files can be removed from the hard drive at this
point by pressing the keys "Alt-R" (DOS View) or by hitting the <ESC> key
(Windows View). To return back to the first index menu, press the <ESC> key.
_____Copying Files
To copy a file from the index menu, again highlight the file entry with the
cursor bar, and press the 'C' key. A screen similar to that from the archive
uncompressing process will appear asking the user for a destination. Enter
the desired directory name where the file is to be placed, and press <ENTER>.
The view program then copies the file to the destination directory, and
returns back to the file index menu.
_____The Global Index
You can also perform all of the above functions on the Global Index File. To
jump into the Global Index File mode, press the keys "Alt-G" (DOS View), or
select "Go" -> "Global Index" from the pulldown menus (Windows View). You
will then be viewing the global index containing all of the files on the
disc. You can search, view, and unzip from this one large index file instead
of having to enter multiple directories.
_____General Tips
At any stage of the program, hitting the <ESC> key (DOS View) or clicking on
"Back" (Windows View) always brings you back to the previous state -- so
don't worry about accidentally hitting a wrong key. The On-line help is also
provided at all stages of the program. Pressing the '?' key any time can
bring up the help screen.
>---------------------------------------------------------- Trouble Shooting --
Due to memory problems and the restrictions of other software, the view
program may at times conflict with other applications when running them on
top of itself. Whenever any newly uncompressed program retrieved from the
cdrom doesn't run from the interactive file menu, please try running it
directly from MS-DOS or MS-Windows. And in most cases, a shareware program
usually comes with its own documentation and instructions. These
instructions are normally stored in files such as "readme.txt". Please read
all documentation included with a file before running a program. Doing so
will prevent the occurrence of common problems that many users often
encounter.
>-------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit --
The view program uses the SPAWNO routines by Ralf Brown to minimize memory
use while shelling to DOS and running other programs
================================== VIEW.TXT ===================================