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VIEWGIF v2.1 (c) 1993 Andrew Ramsey - The Keep BBS (215)855-0401
History:
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Well, this is how it all started... I wanted to go through the
GIFs I had online and recatagorize them and purge poor quality
ones to conserve space. Dropping to DOS and loading a GIF viewer to
view each GIF was getting rediculous. I thought it would be great to
have the option available right through the BBS. The only problem is
I couldn't just put a GIF viewer in the batch file that calls my
archived file viewer... wouldn't be to good to have the board lock up
when a user would try to view a an archived file. So, I wrote this
program. Now, I can screen GIFs after they are uploaded and move them
to their proper area without ever leaving the BBS or dropping to DOS.
And remote callers don't even know the program is there. They just get
the regular archive viewer like they always did.
Now with requests to add support for other types of files also, VIEWGIF
has grown to not only work with GIF files but with any file.
Description:
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VIEWGIF when put into your archived viewer batch file will allow
a SYSOP when logged on locally to call any user defined viewer when a
file with a particular extension is found. It will automatically
determine when the user is on locally or remotely and function
accordingly. Remote users will not even know VIEWGIF is on your system.
Your archive viewer will load up for them whenever they use the VIEW
option. For local users... the viewer will appear and when you are done
your BBS will come back up.
You can have it call up a spcial GIF viewer for GIFs.
A JPEG viewer for JPGs.
A program like SHEZ for ZIPs.
A BMP viewer for BMPs.
...etc... what ever you want...
Up to 50 different extensions/viewers can be defined.
VIEWGIF is fully customizable as to what viewer is used. You pick!
Setup:
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I've been using it on my Multi-Line Wildcat! 3.xx system without
any glitches.
For an example of the command line and config file structure just type
VIEWGIF <enter>
or
VIEWGIF /?
* NOTE * See VIEWCOMP.BAT for sample setup with Wildcat! 3.xx
* NOTE * See VIEWGIF.CFG for instructions on the configuration format.
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All you have to do is hit [V]iew compressed file and
VIEWGIF will take over.
I use PICEM to view the GIFs and it works great. Others
will work, though. Just make sure you include any needed
commands for it to operate properly on the command line.
VIEWGIF should work with any system that creates a standard
DOOR.SYS drop file. Currently that is all that it supports.
Others might be added in the future.
Registration:
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This program is distributed as Shareware. You are allowed a
reasonable time to test it, but after 15 days you should register
or discontinue use.
This unregistered version is fully functional, but has a 5 second
delay at the begining. By registering the delay will be removed and
a nice [REGISTERED] Thank you! message will be displayed REAL QUICK!
Please help support Shareware. See REGISTER.FRM for more details.
Thanks!
Bugs:
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Any bugs should be reported to me:
Andrew Ramsey The Keep BBS (215)855-0401
976 Jacks Lane or Netmail 1:273/731 FidoNet
Lansdale, PA 19446-5412 FidoNet Wildcat! Conference
Warranty:
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This software is distributed AS-IS... I make no guarantee other than
this program will take up space. I will not be responsible for and any
damage incurred through use or misuse of this software. By using this
software you agree to the above statements.
Revision History:
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03-03-93
v1.0 Initial Release
03-05-93
v1.1 Bug fix. In the initial release I didn't realize that the
unregistered version was causing a pause for all files whether
a user was online or not. This has been corrected.
11-26-93
v2.0 Complete rewite of the program.
Command line switches have been replaced by a configuration file.
Extension of file determines what viewer is called as defined in
configuration file.
As many as 50 different extensions and viewers can be defined.
ViewGIF no longer calls viewer directly. A batch file is written
with proper command lines. On some systems with little free
conventional memory previous versions would lock up. The batch file
method should eliminate that.
Sample VIEWCOMP.BAT file illustrates how archive viewer can be
bypassed after exiting ViewGIF.