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TechView 2.1 Technical Reference Manual
(C) Copyright 1992-3 Technalysis Limited. All rights reserved.
Last Revised: 1 Feb 1993
Hardware requirements
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IBM Compatible PC (min 286; 386 or better preferred)
Memory used: 47K
Video: Super VGA Card with 640x400x256 mode
OS: DOS 3.30 or later
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NAME
TECHVIEW - Links pictures into documents/databases/spreadsheets
SYNOPSIS
TECHVIEW [-h] [-U] [-d] [-b color] [-p position] [-r row] [-c col]
DESCRIPTION
TechView is TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) program which can be
activated by the hot key Alt-LeftShift from any application program
which operates in 80x25 text mode. The hot key will cause TechView
to search the display screen for picture file names with the extention
".GIF" . Use the arrow keys to select a highlighted file name and press
the Enter key to display the picture.
To select another picture type ESC and use the arrow keys again.
Type ESC a SECOND time to return to your application program.
The position of the picture can be specified by using either -p or
-r and -c options. -p gives a course description of position (see
"OPTIONS" below), while -r and -c specify row and column of the top
left corner of the picture.
The professional version of TechView also permits pictures to be
resized.
OPTIONS
-h Display summary of options.
-U Unload TechView from memory.
-d Don't display the background text with the picture.
Useful with large pictures. Displays picture faster.
-b color Places a border around the picture in a given color.
Colors codes are :-
0 = BLACK 8 = DARKGRAY
1 = BLUE 9 = LIGHTBLUE
2 = GREEN 10 = LIGHTGREEN
3 = CYAN 11 = LIGHTCYAN
4 = RED 12 = LIGHTRED
5 = MAGENTA 13 = LIGHTMAGENTA
6 = BROWN 14 = YELLOW
7 = LIGHTGRAY 15 = WHITE
-p position
"position" is a number from 1-9 which indictates a coarse
position on the screen to place the picture.
------- ------- -------
| Top | Top | Top |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Left | Middle| Right |
-------+-------+-------
|Centre | Centre|Centre |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Left | | Right |
-------+-------+-------
|Bottom |Bottom |Bottom |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Left | Middle| Right |
------- ------- -------
e.g. -p4 will centre the picture on the left side of the
screen. The default position is -p5, centre of screen.
-r row
-c col Position top left corner of picture to a row and column
of the background text. "row" must be in the range 0 - 24,
and "col" in the range 0 - 79. Both must be specified to
override a -p option or the default of -p5 .
EXAMPLES
techview -b15 -p7
Display pictures in bottom left corner with background text.
Surround pictures with a white border.
techview -d -p5
Display pictures in the centre of the screen with no background
text. Pictures have no border.
DEFAULT OPTIONS
techview -p5
No Border. Background text. Picture is centre screen.