
TEXT VIEW 1.20
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Author: Michael Fenemore - Celista Software

Text View is a utility for viewing DOS text files (ASCII files) in
MS-Windows.


Features
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  * Text View is not an editor, so files can't be accidentally changed

  * Reports: Total bytes
             Total lines
             Total columns
             Current line number
             Current column number

  * Use the toolbar to navigate through files easily

  * View up to 80 characters per line without horizontal scrolling (The
      Windows Notepad editor limits the view to 76 characters in 640 x 480
      screen resolution).

  * View up to 30 lines of text without vertical scrolling

  * Properly display text files that include extended ASCII code graphic
      characters

  * Double space file for easier reading

  * Clean up your own text files by exposing embedded tabs and trailing
      spaces

  * Print files with or without page formatting (title, page numbering, top
    and bottom margins)


Hardware and software requirements
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  Computer: IBM or compatible running Microsoft Windows 3.1
  Video:    VGA color or better, supports all screen resolutions
  Other:    Mouse required
            VBRUN200.DLL required (see below)


Installing Text View
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Pre-installation
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If you have a copy of VBRUN200.DLL in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, then
skip this section and continue at the sub-heading "Installation".

Text View requires the file named VBRUN200.DLL to be copied into your
WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory BEFORE running the install program.  This file may
not be present with the copy of Text View you have aquired.  If it is, use
the DOS COPY command or the Windows File Manager to copy it.

Example:

               copy  a:\vbrun200.dll  c:\windows\system


VBRUN200.DLL may instead be present in compressed form as VBRUN200.EXE.
This is a self-extracting file that must be expanded into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory.  VBRUN200.DLL is created by running VBRUN200.EXE.  The expansion
operation must be executed from DOS.  (See instructions below.)

If VBRUN200.DLL is not present in either form, then it will have to be
aquired from another source.  Check your usual sources for shareware.


Creating VBRUN200.DLL from DOS
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1. Set the current default directory to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
   The following is most likely what you need to type:

               c:
               cd c:\windows\system

2. Specify the location (path) for VBRUN200.EXE followed by the the command
   to run it.  If VBRUN200.EXE is stored on a diskette in drive A:, in a
   directory called TEXTVIEW, type:

               a:\textview\vbrun200

These commands assume:

  1. That your copy of Windows is on drive C:
  2. That you are installing Text View from a diskette in drive A: where
     VBRUN200.EXE is stored in a directory called TEXTVIEW.


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Installation
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Text View must be installed from Windows, not DOS.  To install Text View
using the Windows File Manager, select the directory where the compressed
Text View files are stored and double click the file called TVSETUP.EXE.

Files before installation:

  3D.VB_
  DEMO.TX_
  ORDERFRM.EX_
  README.TXT
  SETUPKIT.DLL
  TV.EX_
  TVSETUP.EXE
  VBRUN200.DLL (May not be present)
  VBRUN200.EXE (May not be present)


Files installed to the Text View directory:

  3D.VBX
  DEMO.TXT      Sample text file that is long enough and wide enough to
                  demonstrate all of Text View's toolbar features.
  ORDERFRM.EXE  Prints an order form for a registered copy of Text View.
  README.TXT    This file.
  TV.EXE        Text View.

  Text View creates a file called TEXTVIEW.INI and stores it in the Windows
    directory.

Optional Command Line
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After installation, you can change Text View's command line to load a
particular file on start up if you wish.  In the Windows Program Manager:

  Click (not double click) Text View's icon so its caption is highlighted,
  then choose the following:

    File
    Properties...
    Command line:

  At the end of the command line, add a space, then the drive, path and
    filename.

  Command line syntax: TV [[drive:][path]filename]

  Example: c:\textview.120\tv c:\txtfiles\maillist.txt

  (This example assumes you have a directory named TXTFILES which
   stores a file named MAILLIST.TXT.)


Large Fonts
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Text View uses the Windows "Terminal" font so that extended ASCII code
graphic characters will be displayed properly.  An error can occur if you
have used your video card software to display "large fonts".  Using large
fonts causes other problems for Text View as well.  If you are using large
fonts, use your video card software to reset Windows to use "normal fonts".


Association
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You can "associate" filename extensions with Text View.  For example, the
extension "TXT" is usually associated with the Windows Notepad editor.  This
means that any time you double-click a filename with a TXT extension in the
Windows File Manager, Notepad automatically starts and loads the file you
clicked.  If you spend more time viewing text files than you do editing
them, you may wish to associate the TXT extension with Text View.  Run the
File Manager for help on associating.


Software Developers
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As a software developer:

  1. You MAY distribute an UNREGISTERED copy of Text View with your
     applications.

  2. You MAY call an UNREGISTERED copy of Text View from within your
     applications.

  3. You MAY exclude README.TXT and/or DEMO.TXT to keep your package
     smaller.  You MAY merge parts of README.TXT into your own documentation
     for the purpose of assisting users with Text View.

  4. You MAY NOT distribute a REGISTERED copy of Text View.

  5. You MAY NOT change any of Text View's files (other than README.TXT) in
     any way other than to compress them to save space.  You MAY use your
     own setup procedure to install Text View with your application.

  6. You MUST include the file ORDERFRM.EXE.

  7. You MUST include the following statement in your documentation:

     Text View is a separate product from <the name of your application>.
     Registration fees for Text View should be sent directly to Celista
     Software at the address listed on the Text View order form.  The order
     form may be viewed and printed by running the file called ORDERFRM.EXE.
