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╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ VIEW/QVU Copyright (c) 1992 Malcolm Drury ║
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Note: this package contains the following files:
VIEW.EXE (version 5.0)
QVU.EXE
MODVU50.COM
MODQVU.COM
FLVIEW.DOC
VIEW and QVU are file viewing utilities. VIEW allows you to read ASCII,
Wordstar, WordPerfect (4.2 through 5.1, including Windows) and Microsoft Word
(including Word for Windows) files, and to all or part of them to file or
printer. QVU is a scaled-down version of VIEW; it only allows viewing of
ASCII files and it lacks the printing capabilities of VIEW. Both programs
allow you to search for case-sensitive text strings.
MODVU50 and MODQVU allow you to customize display colors for VIEW and QVU
respectively; MODVU50 also allows you to customize the printing capabilities
of VIEW.
*** IMPORTANT ***
The author makes no warranty that the software in this package will work with
your particular hardware configuration. Further, you use the programs
entirely at your own risk, and the author will not be held liable for any
damage caused to your hardware or software through their use.
Legalities aside, you should not run into difficulties with this software.
VIEW and the other programs in this package are distributed as "contributory
shareware". You do not have to register as a user, nor are you under any
obligation to pay for the use of the programs. However, in the spirit of
shareware, you are requested to consider making a small donation to the author
if you find the software in this package useful. The suggested contribution
is $10, but less (or more!) would be fine. Should you decide to make
a contribution, please remit to:
Malcolm Drury
11 Adele Crescent
Nepean
ON K2J 2T7
Canada
Thank you.
IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY PAID FOR AN EARLIER VERSION - THANKS, AND
OF COURSE YOU ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PAY AGAIN.
Please note that at the contribution requested, I cannot provide direct
technical support, nor automatically send upgrades, should they
become available. If you have comments, questions, bug reports etc., please
leave a message on this BBS, or to my CIS address - 70574,3457 - or
to my INTERNET address - drury@gsc.emr.ca
The software is supplied on an "as is" basis, and is fully functional
- not crippled in any way. Furthermore, you will never be prompted with
"Have you paid me yet?" notices.
You are free to distribute this software package provided that you
distribute the ENTIRE package, including this documentation file.
I hope you find this package useful.
Now to the fun stuff!
**************************************************
VIEW and QVU
Using these programs is pretty straightforward, and the interface is
essentially the same. Pressing F1 brings up a help menu, and the key features
of the menu are permanently displayed on the bottom line.
Note that both programs read as much of a file as possible into memory,
but if not all of a file can be read in they won't display the full file.
This allows you to skip instantly to any part of the file in memory without
disk reads. Depending on how much conventional RAM you have installed and how
many TSRs you have running, you should have no difficulty reading in up to
400kb of text - and believe me, that's one big file! If you are not using
DOS 5.0 or a memory manager such as QEMM386, I strongly recommend you do so.
Note that if you have WordPerfect files with embedded graphics, the file
size may be substantial - not to worry, VIEW will automatically bypass the
graphics information, which would be stored in an enormous header preceding
the text.
MODVU50 and MODQVU
These programs produce files called VIEWSET.50 and QVUSET.UP respectively,
which are read when VIEW or QVU are loaded and override the default color
schemes. You should ensure that the 50 and UP files are stored in a directory
that is referenced by your AUTOEXEC.BAT PATH statement. However, if you wish
to have different versions of your color scheme in different directories, just
place the specific 50 or UP file in the directory you want.
Setting colors is self-explanatory. However. MODVU50 also allows you to set
some print parameters, such as number of lines per printed page, number of
spaces to expand tabs, and number of spaces to leave for the left margin.
MODVU50 also allows you to choose whether the "delete file?" feature of
VIEW is activated. As a safety measure, the default is delete off. You can
override this through VIEWSET.50. Even with the feature on, a file will not
be deleted until you have answered an "are you sure?" question.
In MODVU50 you can also set the default file type. VIEW will automatically
detect WordPerfect 5.0 and later and Microsoft Word formats. However, you can
override by using the appropriate switch settings. To see these, just type
VIEW followed by a non-existent file name. It is suggested you set your
default at ASCII, unless you wish to read mostly Wordstar or WordPerfect 4.2
files (which VIEW does not automatically detect).
**** NOTE *****
I have attempted to cover every possibility for reading and decoding
WordPerfect's file structure, but if you find that VIEW is not properly
displaying a WordPerfect document, please send me a copy of the file
along with the version of VIEW you are using (see the help menu),
and I will attempt to resolve the problem and send you back an updated
version of VIEW. Owing to the tortuous complexities of WordPerfect document
file structures, I cannot guarantee that I'll be able to resolve the problem -
however, I have been able to resolve all difficulties I've come across so far.
Malcolm Drury
3 September 1992