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         README.DOC                                          August 1996

         Welcome to FXT - the FORTRAN EXPLORATION TOOLS!

         The FORTRAN Function Tree Generator (FFT) is a powerful program
         development,  maintenance and  documentation tool.  It provides
         the  programmer the ability to analyze  the FORTRAN source code
         of applications,  no matter how big or complex they are. FFT is
         very  useful to  explore new, unknown  software and  to support
         software reuse and maintenance.

         By  scanning and analyzing the program  source code, FFT builds
         an  internal  representation  of  the  function call  hierarchy
         relations. The  analysis is done with the original source code,
         no  additional editing to mark  functions or data  types in the
         source  code is necessary.  Several features  and options allow
         the user to customize the generated hierarchy tree chart output
         and  to get a large set of  useful information about the source
         code.

         An  important feature is  the database  generation which allows
         the  recalling of information without  reprocessing the source.
         This  database can again be read from  FFT to produce different
         outputs  or  to add  new files  to the  database.  The database
         format  is dBASE  compatible. A  special recall  program called
         FFTN  allows fast  searching for  items  in the  database. This
         program  can be used  within any environment,  for example from
         inside editors like BRIEF, QEDIT or MicroEMACS (DOS and WINDOWS
         version), to  provide a full software project management system
         with  access  to  all functions  and  data  types  with  just a
         keystroke.  This feature makes a  comfortable "hypertext source
         code browser and locator" system out of the editor. The windows
         version provides an additionally DLL for database access.

         The  generation of  output files  compatible with  HTML viewers
         like  NCSA Mosaic,  Netscape or  WinWord Internet  Assistant is
         possible.  Also  RTF output  files  which can  be  compiled for
         Windows  Help and  output for  the Rational  Rose CASE  tool is
         possible.

         Another  feature is  the calculation  of the  critical function
         call  path. It  is possible  to  generate formatted  ASCII text
         files  with lists of the functions and  the scanned files which
         can be used as input for other programs like word processors or
         spreadsheet calculators.

         This software  package is provided either as a compressed self-
         extracting  archive file FXTnmm.EXE  (FORTRAN EXPLORATION TOOLS
         version  n.mm)  or as  a  ZIPped archive  file  FXTnmm.ZIP. The
         Windows  versions  are named  FXTWnmm.EXE  (FORTRAN EXPLORATION
         TOOLS version n.mm for Windows) or FXTWnmm.ZIP.

         The official  release contains the following files (D=only DOS,
         W=only WINDOWS):

         FFT.EXE        D  The FORTRAN Function Tree Generator
         FFTN.EXE          The FORTRAN Function Tree Navigator
         FXT.CM            The BRIEF macro file

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         FXT.CB            The source code for the BRIEF macros
         FXTKEYS.CM        The BRIEF macro key definition file
         FXTKEYS.CB        The source code for the BRIEF key defines
         FXT_QEDT.DAT      The QEDIT macro source code
         FXT_ME.CMD        The MicroEMACS macro source code
         FFTIDE.BAT     D  The Borland IDE transfer batch file for FFT
         SXT.DOC           The complete SXT documentation
         INSTALL.DOC       The installation instructions
         PRODUCTS.DOC      The SXT product overview
         REGISTER.US       The INTERNATIONAL registration information
         REGISTER.GER      The GERMAN registration information
         NEWnmm.FXT        The new features and changes for version n.mm
         HISTORY.DOC       The revision history
         PROBLEMS.DOC      The problem and bug list
         README.DOC        The file that you are currently reading
         FILE_ID.DIZ       The BBS description file
         HTML_RTF.DOC      The SXT HTML and RTF output description
         FFTWIN.EXE     W  The  FORTRAN   Function  Tree  Generator  for
         Windows
         SXTWIN.DOC     W  The additional documentation for Windows
         NEWnmm.WIN     W  The new features for the windows version
         CTL3D.DLL      W  DLL for 3D dialogs
         FFTN16.DLL     W  DLL to access FFT database
         FFTN16.LIB     W  The library for the DLL
         FFTNWIN.H      W  The prototype header file
         SXTNVIEW.EXE   W  Visual  Basic   sample  application  for  DLL
         access
         SXTNVIEW.ICO   W  The SXTN icon
         SXTNVIEW.FRM   W  The VB source code
         SXTNVIEW.FRX   W  The VB source code
         SXTNVIEW.MAK   W  The VB makefile
         SXTNVIEW.DOC   W  The documentation for the sample application

         All documentation files are ASCII files and should be printable
         on every printer.

         For more  information about usage, hardware and software system
         requirements, installation, trademarks, warranties, license and
         registration   details   see  the   appropriate  documentation,
         especially   SXT.DOC,   INSTALL.DOC   and   REGISTER.US   resp.
         REGISTER.GER.


         This  software is Copyright  (C) 1988-1996  by Juergen Mueller,
         Aldingerstrasse   22,   D-70806  Kornwestheim,   GERMANY.  This
         software  is NOT public domain  or free software,  but is being
         distributed as SHAREWARE.












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