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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. About NGVPM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
NGVPM for OS/2 is a native OS/2 2.0 PM application that makes it possible to
view Norton Guides on your Desktop without having to start a windowed or full
screen VDM. NGVPM uses the standard PM interface to view Norton Guides. The
Norton Guide Viewer was originally written for Windows, but the author got
wiser and moved to OS/2.
The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2 beta version 0.25
Copyright 1993 by Steven van Loef
This is a beta version of what is to come. It allows you to view entire guides.
The final version will support all the features that are included in Norton
Guides:
Γûá Short and long entries
Γûá See-also list*
Γûá Bold text**
Γûá Underlined text (even on a color screen!)*
Γûá Reverse text**
Γûá All the standard DOS-colors**
Extra features in NGVPM:
Γûá Searching for text in both short and long entries*
Γûá Printing a topic or some lines from a topic*
Γûá Copy selected text to the Clipboard*
Γûá Mouse support
Features with a * behind them have not yet been implemented. See Future plans
Features with a ** behind them have bugs, the color is ok but the fonts are
not. Have to figure out why this is (if you have any idea please send me
net-mail). See Contacting the Author for more information.
Also, the following menu items are not yet implemented:
Γûá File Print
Γûá File Printer Setup
Γûá File Setup NGVPM
Γûá File Register
Γûá Edit Copy
Γûá Search Find
Γûá Search Find Next
Related information:
Distribution notes
Future plans
Contacting the Author
Release history.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Distribution notes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You may freely use and distribute this beta version of NGVPM provided nothing
is changed and this INF file is included. The final release will not be free
and should be registered. Users of the Windows version will be able to upgrade
for a smal l fee.
A note for sysops: I would appreciate it if the archive name and description
will look something like:
NGVPM10B.xxx - The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2 (beta version 0.25)
where xxx stands for ZIP, ARJ, LZH or some other archiving method. The original
file was a ZIP file containing NGVPM.EXE and NGVPM.INF and extended attributes
for the EXE file, so it's best to leave this unchanged. You should use an OS/2
version of UNZIP to extract the extended attributes.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Future plans for NGVPM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The following features will be implemented in a next version.
Γûá A toolbar
Γûá A statusbar which will describe the menu items and show the name of the
Norton Guide
Γûá Search option
Γûá Copy to clipboard option
Γûá Setup colors and default directory
Γûá Printing of (parts of) topics
Γûá Online help for all dialogs
Γûá A complete manual in INF format
Γûá Bookmarks
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Contacting the Author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you would like to contact me to report bugs or give suggestions, please
write me at the following address:
Steven van Loef
Prof. Bronkhorstlaan 50
3451 ET VLEUTEN
THE NETHERLANDS
or send NetMail to:
Steven van.Loef
2:512/45.16@fidonet
The Norton Guide Viewer is another fine product of:
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Release history ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
*** Juli 1993 beta version 0.25
- First beta release