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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Documentation for PowerView -Special Edition │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Version 1.02 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Note: This documentation is pleminary, and will be revised
substantialy in the shareware release.
Poweriew is a DOS based image viewing program that views most popular
image file formats. Images may be viewed, modified and re-saved
in different formats.
PowerView comes with SciTech's UniVBE Driver built in.
UniVBE is a Universal VESA BIOS Driver for over 160 different
Graphics Chips. Installation is simple and painless.
Files Included:
PV EXE Main Program
UVC_EXEC EXE Setup Manager
UVCONFIG EXE UniVBE Configuratin
PV DOC This File
FEATURES DOC Discussion of PowerView features
REGISTER DOC Information on Registering PowerView
FILE_ID DIZ Banner File for BBS's
System Requirements:
* A 386sx or greater CPU is required.
* A VGA display is required.
* 512K free conventional memory is required.
* MS-DOS or PC-DOS 5.0 or later is required.
Optional System Features:
* A mouse.
* VESA BIOS extensions to access resolutions beyond the
VGA standard such as 800x600 @ 256 colors, etc.
* 600+K free conventional memory.
* XMS and/or EMS memory. The more the better.
Keys Available from the Desktop
-------------------------------
"A"-"Z", "a"-"z", ...... Move to the next file or directory
"0"-"9", ".", "@" that starts with that character
Enter .................. View currently selected file
Space .................. Tag/untag current file and advance to next file
Backspace .............. Tag/untag current file and advance to last file
Tab .................... Tag/untag next 5 files
Shift+Tab .............. Tag/untag next 25 files
F1 ..................... Help
F2 ..................... Begin Slideshow
F3 ..................... Directory history list (very useful)
F4 ..................... Lock "auto" video mode selection
F5 ..................... Go to last available video mode
F6 ..................... Go to next available video mode
F7 ..................... Assign Alt+Fkey Directories
F8 ..................... Change current file mask
F9 ..................... Change current directory
F10 .................... Activate Pull-down Menus
F12 .................... Display Extended file description
Alt+F1 to Alt+F9 ....... Goto Pre-assigned Directory
Alt+F10 ................ Goto Startup Directory
Alt+Q, Alt+X, Esc ...... Quit program
Alt+T .................. Tag all files
Alt+U .................. Untag all files
Alt+1 .................. Tag/untag all files
Alt+2 .................. Go to first directory
Alt+3 .................. Go to first file
Alt+A .................. Quick Locate File by Name
Alt+E .................. Recursively Search for File
Alt+N .................. Resume last Recursive Search
Alt+Z .................. Delete (Zap) file(s) or directory
Alt+R .................. Rename file or directory
Alt+C .................. Copy file(s)
Alt+M .................. Move file(s)
Alk+K .................. Make new Subdirectory
< ...................... Go to last available video mode
> ...................... Go to next available video mode
? ...................... Display Full File Descriptions
Special Keys Recognized when an Image is Displayed
--------------------------------------------------
"[" or "{" or "/" ...... Go immediately to the previous image in file list
"]" or "}" or "*" ...... Go immediately to next image in file list
"<" or "," ............. Switch to previous video mode
">" or "." ............. Switch to next video mode
"?" .................... Display Current Video Mode
F ...................... Display Current File and File Size
V ...................... Display Current Image Size
M ...................... Reset video Mode
N ...................... Lock video mode (stands for "no mode change")
B ...................... Blank the Screen, Press any key to Unblank
T ...................... Tag image currently being viewed
U ...................... Untag image currently being viewed
Alt+Q, Alt+X ........... Quit program immediately
Z ...................... Toggle Zoom mode on/off. EMS required
F1 ..................... Help
F2 ..................... Save Current Image
File Saving Options
-------------------
Alt+G .................. Save image as .GIF file
(2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 colors)
Alt+I .................. Save image as Interlaced .GIF file
(2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 colors)
Alt+P .................. Save image as .PCX file
(2, 8, 16, 256, 16m colors, rle comp)
Alt+F .................. Save image as .TIF file
(2, 16, 256, 16m colors, no comp)
Alt+T .................. Save image as .TGA file
(256, 32k, 16m colors, no comp)
Alt+B .................. Save image as .BMP file
(2, 16, 256, 16m colors, no comp)
Alt+A .................. Save image as Raw image file
(256, 32k, 64k, 16m colors)
Special Keys Recognized in 16 and 256 Color Modes
-------------------------------------------------
The following keys work in 16 and 256 color modes only:
8 ...................... Toggle 8-bit RAMDAC support on/off
G ...................... Color-kill on/off (or greyscale)
I ...................... Inversion on/off
A ...................... Cycle palette on/off (press ESC, a mouse button, or
"A" to stop cycling)
C ...................... Component swap (cycles through all combinations of
the RGB components: RGB, RBG, BGR, etc.)
Ctrl+C ................. Component swap reset
"1", Shift+"1" ......... Red Component -
"2", Shift+"2" ......... Red Component +
Ctrl+"1", Ctrl+"2" ..... Red Component Reset
"3", Shift+"3" ......... Green Component -
"4", Shift+"4" ......... Green Component +
Ctrl+"3", Ctrl+"4" ..... Green Component Reset
"5", Shift+"5".......... Blue Component -
"6", Shift+"6" ......... Blue Component +
Ctrl+"6", Ctrl+"7"...... Blue Component Reset
F7, Shift+F7 ........... Brightness -
F8, Shift+F8 ........... Brightness +
Ctrl+F7, Ctrl+F8 ....... Brightness Reset
F9, Shift+F9 ........... Contrast -
F10, Shift+F10 ......... Contrast +
Ctrl+F9, Ctrl+F10 ...... Contrast Reset
F11, Shift+F11 ......... Color Saturation -
F12, Shift+F12 ......... Color Saturation +
Ctrl+F11, Ctrl+F12 ..... Color Saturation Reset
W, Shift+W ............. Hue Rotate +
S, Shift+S ............. Hue Rotate -
Ctrl+W, Ctrl+S ......... Hue Reset
E, Shift+E ............. Linear Brightness +
D, Shift+D ............. Linear Brightness -
Ctrl+E, Ctrl+D ......... Linear Brightness Reset
O, Shift+O ............. Gamma +
L, Shift+L ............. Gamma -
Ctrl+O, Ctrl+L ......... Gamma Reset
R ...................... Toggle between original settings and new settings
Ctrl+R ................. Resets all settings, does not toggle
Special Keys Recognized in Zoom Mode
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Tab .................... Increase zoom factor (zoom mode only)
Shift+Tab .............. Decrease zoom factor (zoom mode only)
+ ...................... Increase zoom factor (zoom mode only)
- ...................... Decrease zoom factor (zoom mode only)
Special Keys Recognized During Slide Show
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U .....................