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File Viewer Companion 1.2 By Mark Naughton 07/05/1999
Instructions
FVC is a simple to use interface to other file viewers which may not
provide the functions that you need. FVC tries to address these by allowing
you to view any file as ASCII or as Hexadecimal. Another more powerful
option is Extract (and Exclude). With this, you can filter out text that
you don't want to see, and text that you want to see. This way, a large
text file can be cut down to just a few lines that you are interested in.
To install: Just copy to 'C:' or another appropriate directory!
Current Version
- Fixed bugs in font code and argument handling.
- Shortcuts.
- Improved search method.
- General tidy up, panel changes.
Using The Companion
This program is a breeze to use and I hope you think so as well. If
not, then let me know! All options apart from Delete have shortcuts.
Source : The file you want to browse.
Work : Name given to temporary working files by FVC. The default at
startup will always be "T:FVCWork". Temporary files will be
stored with this pathname with a sequence number appended as their
extenstion. These files are not deleted when the program is
quit. This path is not expanded.
Viewer : Either select from a file requester or type the name of your
favorite file viewer. Return will expand the pathname. When the
program is quit (using ESCAPE or the close gadget), it will save
the file viewer name and path in ENV: and ENVARC:. This is then
read next time the program is started.
Hex : When a file is selected, it is checked for ascii characters. If
it is not ascii, then this gadget will be check marked. You can
turn this on for ascii text files to find those escape codes or
just to use your file viewer as a hex dump viewer.
Skip : Turning this on will display status lines between the extracted
lines of data. It shows the line number and the number ignored.
Extract and Delete : These options allow you to filter out the rubbish from
the necessary in those large text or Hex files. Click
Extract will allow you to enter a string. This will be
compared to each line and those matching lines will
appear in the file viewer. General pattern matching
really. You can select the arguments by using the Up/Down
cursors then pressing RETURN to edit or delete.
By typing '-/' before the string will exclude all lines
that contain this data. Each entry will appear in the
listview and by clicking on one, you can edit it and
press Return to update the list or Delete to well, delete
it.
View Output : This will load up your favorite file viewer and display
your results.
Information : Gives program and if specified, file information.
Search & Extract Method
When extracting or excluding data from files, its nice to know what
will be picked up or what will be ignored. Here's the run-down :
Extract : When a line is checked, if any of the 'Extract' arguments
find a match then the line will be extracted but this
depends on Exclude...
Exclude : If any of the 'Exclude' arguments are found in the line
regardless of whether the line has been marked for
extraction by Extract, the line/data will be discarded.
New Ideas???
Come on people, if you use this program at all, then you must have
some ideas on how to improve it, how to expand on its features, etc.
If you have an idea, send me a mail, no matter how insane you think it is.
Future plans include an AREXX port allowing the functions of FVC to be
shared in scripts and by other programs.
Send to me at:
mark@blue-shantung.demon.co.uk
Credits
File Viewer Companion was written using SAS/C v6.58 by Mark Naughton,
with the interface being designed using GadToolsBox 2.
GadToolsBox 2 and the GetFile image/code is by Jan van den Baard.
(C) Copyright 1992-1993 Jaba Development.