
TEXT VIEW 1.02
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Author: Michael Fenemore (Celista Software)

Text View is a utility for viewing DOS text files (ASCII files) in
MS-Windows.  It is ideal for reading the documentation files included with
virtually all software packages.


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

  * Use the toolbar to navigate through files easily

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

  * View up to 80 characters per line without horizontal scrolling (The
      Windows Notepad editor limits the view to 76 characters)

  * View up to 30 lines of text without vertical scrolling

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

  * 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 3.0 or higher
  Video:    VGA color or better
  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 from VBRUN200.EXE simply by typing:

               vbrun200

However, the location of VBRUN200.EXE must be considered as well as the
destination for VBRUN200.DLL.  VBRUN200.EXE creates VBRUN200.DLL in the
current default directory.  So, if VBRUN200.EXE is on a diskette in drive A:
and in the root directory, and that directory is the current directory,
that's where VBRUN200.DLL would end up if you type: vbrun200

To have VBRUN200.DLL created in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory:

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 drive A: in the root directory,
   type:

               a:\vbrun200

   VBRUN200.EXE will create VBRUN200.DLL and store it in the current
   directory which is C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.

These commands assume:

  1. That your copy of Windows is on drive C:
  2. That you are installing Text View from the root directory of a diskette
       in drive A:

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


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Installation:
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Text View must be installed from Windows, not DOS.  To install Text View
from the Windows Program Manager select:

           File
           Run...

If installing from drive A:, type:

          a:\tvsetup


Files
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  DEMO.TX_
  README.TXT
  SETUPKIT.DLL
  THREED.VB_
  TV.CFG
  TV.EX_
  TVSETUP.EXE
  VBRUN200.DLL (May not be present)
  VBRUN200.EXE (May not be present)


Files installed
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Installed to the Text View directory:
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  DEMO.TXT      Sample text file that is long enough and wide enough to
                  demonstrate all of Text View's features.
  README.TXT    This file.
  TV.CFG        Stores the user selected color scheme.
  TV.EXE        Text View.

------------------------------------------
Installed to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory:
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  THREED.VBX


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\tv c:\txtfiles\maillist.txt

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


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 NOT distribute a REGISTERED copy of Text View.

  4. You MAY NOT change any of Text View's files 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.

  5. 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 user's with Text View.

  6. 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 from within Text View.