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                                    Version  3.2
                                          
                        A Windows File Browsing Application
                                          
                                          

            

            

            

            

            

            

            Browser is a MS Windows application designed to allow users
            to browse files in a MS Windows environment.  In addition to
            the browse capability, it supports printing, clipboarding,
            and a hex dump display.  Browser also features the new and
            unusual Hide & Seek information extraction technique.
            

            

            Information in this document is subject to change without
            notice and does not represent a commitment of any kind from
            Wilson WindowWare.

            The software described in this document is distributed free
            or at minimal charge for evaluation only.  Users of this
            software are to license this software according to the
            instructions given in this document.

            Copies of this software may be made only in accordance with
            instructions given in this document.

            

            Copyright Morrie Wilson, 1987-1989

            

            Browser is a trademark of Wilson WindowWare.

            Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows
            is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

            


























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                                 Table of Contents

            



                       Licensing and Duplication Information

                   Duplication Restrictions / Other Information... 5

                   General Licensing Information.................. 6

                   Payment with Order
                    Licensing Information......................... 7

                   Purchase Orders Requiring Billing
                    Licensing Information......................... 8

                   International Orders........................... 9



                                    Introduction

                   Overview...................................... 10

                   Installing Browser............................ 10



























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                                   Using Browser

                   Getting Started with Browser.................. 11

                   Browser Commands.............................. 12
                      FILE....................................... 12
                      HIDE & SEEK................................ 14
                      PRINT...................................... 16
                      CLIPCOPY................................... 18
                      CLIPAPPEND................................. 19
                      OPTIONS.................................... 20
                      GET HELP WINDOW............................ 21

                   System Menu Extensions........................ 22

                   Moving Around in Browser...................... 23
                      With the Keyboard.......................... 23
                      With a Mouse............................... 24

                   Marking Text with Browser..................... 26
                      With the Keyboard.......................... 26
                      With the Mouse............................. 27



                                     Appendices

                   Appendix A - Hide & Seek Tutorial............. 28

                   Appendix B - Browser Version Information...... 30

                   Appendix C - Other Window Applications........ 32

            
















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                       Licensing and Duplication Information

            

                    Duplication Restrictions / Other Information

            

            Browser is a shareware product.  It may be freely copied and
            distributed for evaluation as long as four basic rules are
            followed.  These rules are:

            

                      1) The program and this documentation may not be
                         modified in any way.

                      2) A copy of this documentation is provided with
                         the program.

                      3) No charge, other than a media and handling
                         charge, (not to exceed $8.00) is made.

                      4) Users of the program purchase a license for
                         its use.

            

            One license per usable copy of Browser is required.  Archive
            and backup copies do not count.

            Please note that if you purchased a disk containing this
            software from a public domain/shareware software distributor
            you have paid the media and handling charges as permitted
            above. You have not purchased a license.  Purchasing a
            license is required for continued use.

            The accuracy of the information supplied here and the
            fitness of the Browser program for any purpose may change
            without notice, and should not be construed as any kind of a
            commitment.  No responsibility is assumed for any errors or
            problems that may be encountered with use of this product.

            There are no warranties whatsoever associated with this
            product.









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                           General Licensing Information

            

            Browser must be licensed to be used other than for an
            initial evaluation.  Two licensing rates are available, as
            given below:

            

            Rates for payment with order:

                      $20   Single user license

                      $ 5   Browser software on diskette
                            Please specify 5 1/4" or 3 1/2" diskette.

                      $10   Printed documentation

            

            Rates for Purchase Order requiring billing,
            or for purchase via third party vendors:

                      $50   Includes single user license,
                            diskettes (5 1/4" and 3 1/2"),
                            and printed documentation.

                      

                                          























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                                 Payment with Order
                                Licensing Information

                                          

            Under the "Payment with Order" plan we accept personal and
            business checks, along with Visa and MasterCard charges.

            Checks must be mailed, while we can accept Visa and
            MasterCard purchases over the phone.

            

                                    Mail Orders

            For mail order purchases, enclose the following items in an
            envelope and mail to the address given below:

            Enclose:  1) List of items desired --license(s), disk(s),
                         number of copies of documentation

                      2) Payment (either check or charge card info)
                         For charge card orders, include card number,
                         expiration date and card billing address.

                      3) Name and address

            

            Mail to:  Wilson WindowWare
                      3377 59th SW
                      Seattle WA  98116

            

                                    Phone Orders

            

            For phone order purchases we will need your name, card
            number, expiration date, shipping address, and desired
            purchases.

            Our phone lines are open from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Pacific
            Time.  East Coast residents will need to wait until after
            Noon Eastern Time before placing their calls.

            Our phone number is (206) 937-9335.  Licensing materials
            will generally be sent to you within 24 hours.





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                         Purchase Orders Requiring Billing
                                Licensing Information

                                          

            Purchase orders are subject to acceptance.  We generally
            reject purchase order requests that obligate us to your
            company's terms and conditions.

            As stated above there are no warranties whatsoever
            associated with the Browser software product, and we are not
            responsible for its performance.  You are the sole judge of
            the product's effectiveness and suitability for your
            application.

            To order Browser, enclose the following items in an envelope
            and mail to the address given below:

            

            Enclose:  1) Purchase order stating
                              Number of copies of desired
                              Shipping address
                              Billing address
                              

                      2) Name, address and phone number of a
                         knowledgeable individual whom we may
                         contact should any question about
                         this order arise.

            

            Mail to:  Wilson WindowWare
                      3377 59th SW
                      Seattle WA  98116

                      (206) 937-9335

                                          














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                                International Orders

                                          

            Wilson WindowWare recognizes the difficulties our
            international customers face in presenting payment for our
            products.  These difficulties include excessive fees charged
            for international money orders, various postal delays, and
            currency conversion problems of various sorts.

            For this reason we recommend payment via MasterCard
            (EuroCard) or Visa.  The credit companies will perform any
            necessary currency conversions, and eliminate possibility of
            the loss of the funds by the postal services.

            Although we do accept both mail-order and phone-order
            purchases,  our phone operators generally only speak
            English, and are therefore limited in the amount of non-
            English assistance they can provide.

            In addition, because of the increased postal costs, we must
            charge additional postal fees for international orders.  We
            mail all goods via airmail, thus avoiding unnecessarily long
            waits.  The additional fees are as follows:

            

                         Item      Surcharge
                         ___________________

                         License   None

                         Disk      $2.00

                         Manual    $8.00

                                          

                                          
















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                                    Introduction

                                          

                                      Overview

                                          

            Browser is a Microsoft Windows application designed to allow
            users to browse files in a Windows environment.

            In addition to the browse capability, Browser supports
            printing, clipboarding, and a hex dump display.  Browser
            also has the ability to display files in either Windows
            standard ANSI format, or in the more common ASCII format.

            Browser is not an editor.  There is no possibility of a file
            being modified while it is being examined with Browser.
            (Although you can delete a file entirely with the Browser
            delete command, the delete command requests confirmation
            before actually deleting the file.)

            Browser also features the new and unusual Hide & Seek
            information extraction technique.

            

                                 Installing Browser

            Browser is easily installed.  Simply copy the file
            BROWSER.EXE to your Windows directory.

            You may also wish to copy the file BROWSER.DAT to your hard
            disk.  BROWSER.DAT is a sample file used in the Browser Hide
            & Seek tutorial given in Appendix A.

            

















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                                   Using Browser

            

                            Getting Started with Browser

            

            Browser can be invoked in a number of ways, detailed as
            follows:

                      1) Via the MS-DOS menu in Windows.

                      2) Entering WIN BROWSER at the MS-DOS prompt
                         outside of Windows.

                      3) Via the Point and DoubleClick capability.
                         Selected file extensions may be defined within
                         the WIN.INI [extensions] section file to start
                         various Window Applications.  Browser may be
                         defined in this section.  For example, to
                         initiate Browser whenever a .TXT file is
                         doubleclicked in the MS-DOS menu, the following
                         would be entered:

                            TXT=BROWSER.EXE   ^.TXT

                            Other extensions may also be entered to
                            allow Browser initiation by simple
                            doubleclicking.  See the Windows
                            documentation for a more detailed
                            explanation of this topic.

                      4) Browser may also be initiated by various
                         Windows Menu products that are available
                         (e.g. Command Post).  See the applicable
                         product documentation for further
                         information.

            

            Once started, Browser will display its copyright notice and
            indicate that additional information may be obtained by
            selecting "About...".  See the section on the FILE command
            for more information.









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                                  Browser Commands

            

                                        FILE

            

            The FILE pull down menu contains seven options.  These are:

            

                      OPEN  - Used to select file to browse.  When
                         selected, a listbox will appear.  The files in
                         the current directory will appear at the top of
                         the list, followed by allowable disk drive
                         entries (e.g. [A]), the parent directory entry
                         ([..]), and the list of subdirectories of the
                         current directory (e.g. [SUBDIR]).
            
                         Any item in the list may be selected.

                         If a file is selected, Browser will open that
                         file for display.

                         If a disk drive or a directory-type entry is
                         selected, the listbox will be updated with
                         information from that drive/directory.
            
                         In addition, search specifications may be
                         entered in the editbox found just above the
                         list of filenames to limit the display to
                         particular groupings of files.
                         (E.G. the default entry in the editbox is *.*,
                         which causes all files to be listed.)  You may
                         enter *.BAK to list only files ending in .BAK
                         for selection.

            

                      RE-READ LAST FILE - The last file browsed is
                         re-read.  Useful if the file was modified or
                         Browser was cleared and minimized.

            

                      CLEAR AND MINIMIZE - Clears previous file, if any,
                         from memory, and displays Browser as an Icon.

                   




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                                  FILE (Continued)

                                          

            

                      FILE STATS - Various bits of information about the
                         file are displayed in a pop-up window.

            

                      DELETE FILE - Allow immediate deletion of the file
                         currently being viewed. If this item is
                         selected, a popup window will appear asking the
                         user to confirm the deletion request.

            

                      ABOUT... - Selecting the ABOUT... command will
                         display some information about Browser.

            

                      EXIT  -  Exits Browser and closes the window.

                   




























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                                    HIDE & SEEK

            

            The HIDE & SEEK feature allows a user to control the shown
            (displayable) and hidden (non-displayable) lines of text,
            based upon whether or not a given line contains specified
            text strings or is part of a marked range.

            Appendix A contains a short tutorial on the HIDE & SEEK
            function.

            The HIDE & SEEK pull-down menu reveals a number of options.
            These are:

            

                      FIND - Allows specification of up to a 32
                         character string to search for.  A forward
                         search for the string is performed, and, if
                         found, the file pointer will be positioned to
                         that point, and the line will be displayed in
                         inverse video.  (If the line was previously
                         hidden, it will be shown.)

            

                      FIND NEXT - Finds the next occurrence of the
                         string last specified in the Find command.
                         (If the line was hidden, it will be shown.)

            

                      HIDE ALL  - Marks every line of the file as hidden
                         (non-displayable).  Generally used immediately
                         prior to a FIND or SHOW IF command.

            

                      HIDE MARKED - Any line included in any part of a
                         marked range will become hidden.

            

                      HIDE IF   - Allows specification of up to a 32
                         character string to search for.  The entire
                         file is searched.  Any line on which the string
                         is (or is NOT - depending on selection) found
                         will be marked as hidden (non-displayable).

                   



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                              HIDE & SEEK COMMANDS (Continued)

            

                      SHOW ALL  - Marks every line of the file as
                         unhidden (displayable).  Undoes effects of HIDE
                         commands.

            

                      SHOW MARKED - All lines in a marked range will
                         become unhidden (displayable).

            

                      SHOW IF   - Allows specification of up to a 32
                         character string to search for.  The entire
                         file is searched.  Any line on which the string
                         is (or is NOT - depending on selection) found
                         will be marked as unhidden (displayable).

            

                      INVERT    - Swaps the hidden status.  All lines
                         previously hidden will become unhidden and all
                         lines previously unhidden will become hidden.




























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                                       PRINT

            

            

            Text may be printed, either as text or a hex dump.  Browser
            will attempt to approximate the currently selected font for
            printing.  A choice of the entire file, or just unhidden
            (displayable) lines may be made.

            

            

                      PRINT MARKED ALL - An entire range of marked text
                         is spooled to the default printer.

            

                      PRINT MARKED UN-HIDDEN - The displayable lines of
                         marked text is spooled to the default printer.

            

                      PRINT ALL - The entire file is spooled to the
                         default printer.

            

                      PRINT UN-HIDDEN - All displayable lines are
                         spooled to the default printer.

            

                      PRINT PAGE ADVANCE - Default printer is
                         advanced one page.

















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                                 PRINT (Continued)

                   

                   

            Note 1: Browser will print on the system default printer.
            You may change the system default printer by:

                      1) Get Windows Control Panel, via Browser System
                         Menu (that's the little box in the upper left
                         hand corner)

                      2) In the control panel, get the SETUP menu and
                         select the PRINTER... option.

                      3) Select the printer you want.

                   

            Note 2: If you want Landscape (sideways) print, you can:

                      1) Get Windows Control Panel, via Browser System
                         Menu (that's the little box in the upper left
                         hand corner)

                      2) In the control panel, get the SETUP menu and
                         select the PRINTER... option.

                      3) Select the printer you want.

                      4) If the printer driver is smart enough, a panel
                         will appear on which you can select Landscape
                         print.




















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                                      CLIPCOPY

            

            

            Text is moved to the Windows Clipboard via the ClipCopy or
            the ClipAppend commands.  The ClipCopy commands will replace
            the current clipboard contents with the selected text,
            whileas the ClipAppend commands will append text to the
            current contents of the clipboard.

            If the Hex Dump option is currently selected, then the
            selected portions of the Hex Dump will be appended to the
            clipboard.

            The ClipCopy popup menu commands are as follows:

                   

                      COPY MARKED ALL - The entire marked range will be
                         copied to the clipboard, replacing the prior
                         contents.

                      COPY MARKED UN-HIDDEN - The displayable lines of
                         the marked range will be copied to the
                         clipboard, replacing the prior contents.

                      COPY ALL - All of the current file will be copied
                         to the clipboard, replacing the prior contents.

                      COPY UN-HIDDEN - All the displayable lines of the
                         current file will be copied to the clipboard,
                         replacing the prior contents.




















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                                     CLIPAPPEND

            

            

            Text is moved to the Windows Clipboard via the ClipCopy or
            the ClipAppend commands.  The ClipAppend commands will
            append text to the current clipboard contents, whileas the
            ClipCopy commands will replace the current contents of the
            clipboard with the selected text.

            If the Hex Dump option is currently selected, then the
            selected portions of the Hex Dump will be appended to the
            clipboard.

            The ClipAppend popup menu commands are as follows:

            

                      APPEND MARKED ALL - The entire marked range will
                         be appended to the current contents of the
                         clipboard.

                      APPEND MARKED UN-HIDDEN - The displayable lines of
                         the marked range will be appended to the
                         current contents of the clipboard.

                      APPEND ALL - All of the current file will be
                         appended to the current contents of the
                         clipboard.

                      APPEND UN-HIDDEN - All the displayable lines of
                         the current file will be appended to the
                         current contents of the clipboard.



















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                                      OPTIONS

            

            The OPTION pull-down menu allows control for the display
            format.  The following options are available.

            

                      ASCII TEXT  - MS-DOS default text style.  Used to
                         view most files.

                      ANSI TEXT  - Windows default text style

            

                      RULER  - If selected, a display of line and column
                         numbers will appear at the top of the file
                         display.

            

                      EXPANDTABS  - If selected (default) the tab
                         characters encountered in the file will be
                         expanded.  Tab stops occur every 8 characters.

            
                      WORDWRAP  - If selected (default) lines that would
                         otherwise extend beyond the edge of the window
                         will be wrapped onto the next line, breaking
                         the text at a word boundary if possible.

                      ADD LF AFTER CR  - If selected, a Linefeed will be
                         appended to each carriage return encountered.
                         Useful for viewing certain files in nonstandard
                         formats.

                      7 BIT TEXT  - High bit of each character is
                         ignored.  Used to display files made by some
                         word processors.  If the file you are viewing
                         contains some garbage, try this option.

            

                      HEX DUMP  - A Hex dump of the file is provided.
                         The ASCII/ANSI selection and the 7-Bit Text
                         selection are used to display the "non-hex"
                         data at the right of the hex dump.






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                                  GET HELP WINDOW

            

            The Get-Help-Window menu item displays a special Browser
            Quick Reference Window.  Any menuitem selected in this
            special window will provide a short description of its
            actions in the window text area.

            The normal Browser window is still active, and can be used
            to actually execute the command.  This is a good way to
            become familiar with Browser.

            Once the Get-Help-Window command has been selected, the
            command changes to Close-Help-Window.   The Close-Help-
            Window command, if selected, will close the Quick Reference
            Window.

            The two system commands available in the System Menu, Move
            and Close, do not provide help, but instead allow you to
            move the Quick Reference Window, or to close it (as an
            alternative to the Close-Help-Window menuitem).

            






























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                               System Menu Extensions

                                          

            A number of additional menu items have been added to the
            basic Windows system menu.  These are:

            

            RUN ANOTHER BROWSER

            It is often found that it is useful to browse two files at
            once, especially to compare two similar files to examine the
            differences.  The Run-Another-Browser  function will start
            another browser on the screen.

            

            RUN CONTROL PANEL

            The Run-Control-Panel function will bring up the Windows
            Control Panel.  The Control Panel may be used to setup the
            default printers for the Browser print function, and also to
            select Landscape (sideways) print if desired.

            

            RUN CLIPBOARD VIEWER

            The Run-Clipboard-Viewer function will bring up the Windows
            Clipboard Viewer.  This is handy to verify the contents of
            the Clipboard after Browser clipboard operations.

            

            RUN NOTEPAD EDITOR

            The Run-Notepad-Editor function will bring up the Notepad
            Editor.  This is a convenience item.















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                              Moving Around in Browser

            

                                 With the Keyboard

                                          

            Once a file is selected for browsing, the following keys
            become active, thus allowing the user to navigate throughout
            the document. (There are no surprises here, things work
            pretty much as one might expect.)

                      Pg Dn     Moves down one screen

                      Pg Up     Moves up one screen

                      End       Moves to end of file

                      Home      This one is tricky.  If the window on
                                the file has been shifted to the right
                                (i.e. column 1 is no longer visible)
                                then Home will shift the window to the
                                left back so that column 1 becomes
                                visible. If column 1 is visible, then
                                Home causes a move to the beginning of
                                the file.

                      Up Arrow  Moves the caret (the little blinking
                                vertical bar) up one line. If it is on
                                the top line, a scroll down occurs.

                      Down Arrow Moves the caret down one line. If it is
                                on the bottom line, a scroll up occurs.

                      Left Arrow Moves the caret left one column. If it
                                is in the leftmost column, a scroll to
                                the right occurs.

                      Right Arrow Moves the caret right one column. If
                                it is in the rightmost column, a scroll
                                to the right occurs.

                   










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                                    With a Mouse

            

            The usual Windows scroll bars appear at the right and bottom
            (except for HEX DUMP mode) of the Browser Window.  These are
            called the Vertical and Horizontal scroll bars.  Each scroll
            bar consists of the following parts:

                      Arrows One arrow at either end pointing in
                          opposite directions.  The arrows are at either
                          end of the "Elevator Shaft".

                      Elevator Shaft The area between the arrows that
                          the "Elevator" moves in.

                      Elevator A small box which moves around in the
                          Elevator shaft.  The position of the elevator
                          in the shaft gives a visual cue to the
                          approximate portion of the file currently
                          being displayed.
            

            Browser recognizes three types of mouse activity when the
            mouse is pointing to one the special areas as defined above.
            These activities are:

                      1) Mouse clicking.  When the primary mouse button
                         (usually the left) is quickly pressed and
                         released, Browser considers this a mouse click.

                      2) Mouse holding.  When the primary mouse button
                         is held down, Browser considers this a series
                         of mouse clicks (at a rate of several per
                         second).

                      3) Mouse Dragging.  When pointing to one of the
                         elevators, and the primary mouse button is held
                         down and moved in the elevator shaft, the
                         elevator will follow the mouse pointer (as long
                         as it stays in the shaft).













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                                More on Mouse Moving

                                          

            The following mouse actions are recognized:

            

                      Clicking the Up Arrow    Moves up one line

                      Clicking the Down Arrow  Moves down one line

                      Clicking the Left Arrow  Move left one line

                      Clicking the Right Arrow Moves right one line

            

                      Clicking shaft above the Vertical Elevator

                                               Moves up one screen

                      Clicking shaft below the Vertical Elevator

                                               Moves down one screen

                      Clicking shaft left of the Horizontal Elevator

                                               Moves left a few columns

                      Clicking shaft right of the Horizontal Elevator

                                               Moves right a few columns

            

                      Dragging Vertical Elevator to any position

                                               Instant reposition to any
                                               line in the document

                      Dragging Horizontal Elevator to any position

                                               Instant reposition to any
                                               column in the document









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                             Marking Text with Browser

                                          

            Once a file is selected for browsing, text may be marked for
            use with the commands that support ranges of marked text
            (HideMarked, Show Marked, Print Marked, ClipCopy Marked, and
            ClipAppend Marked).

            Marked ranges have a start point and a stop point.  When you
            view the Browser screen with a file selected, you will see a
            small blinking vertical bar.  This bar is known as the
            caret.  It shows you where a marked range will start.  You
            may move the caret with the arrow keys or by clicking the
            primary (usually left) mouse button.

            

                                 With the Keyboard

                                          

            In order to mark a range of text with the keyboard, first
            display one end (usually the start) of the desired range on
            your screen.  Move the caret to this point using the arrow
            keys.

            Once the caret is positioned at the beginning of the desired
            range, hold down a SHIFT key and press the arrow keys to
            move towards the end of the range.  The screen will scroll
            if necessary.  The selected range will appear in inverted
            text.

            When the desired range has been marked, simply release the
            SHIFT key.

            Any Browser command requiring a range may now be used.

















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                                   With the Mouse

                                          

            In order to mark a range of text with a mouse, first display
            one end (usually the start) of the desired range, position
            the mouse cursor at the start of the range, and click the
            primary (usually the left) mouse button.  This will position
            the caret at that point.

            Once the beginning of the range has been established, there
            are three ways to mark the desired range.  They are:

                      1) While holding the primary mouse button down,
                         drag the mouse cursor to the other end of the
                         desired range.  The marked range will appear in
                         inverted text.  When the desired range has been
                         marked, release the mouse button.

                      2) Move the mouse to other end of the desired
                         range and click the secondary (usually right)
                         mouse button.  The range will be displayed in
                         inverted text.  If the range displayed is not
                         exactly as desired, this operation may be
                         repeated.

                      3) Move the mouse to other end of the desired
                         range hold down a SHIFT key and click the
                         primary mouse button.  The range will be
                         displayed in inverted text.  If the range
                         displayed is not exactly as desired, this
                         operation may be repeated.

            

            Any Browser command requiring a range may now be used.

            
















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                                     Appendices

                   

                         Appendix A - Hide & Seek Tutorial

            

            The Hide&Seek capabilities may seem a bit strange for users
            unfamiliar with the Hide&Seek concept. A few simple examples
            should shed some enlightenment on this subject.

            

            First of all, a few simple examples:

            

                      1) Source code for a program resides in a text
                         file.  It is desired to view all all lines in
                         the file where the variable
                         "SnorkleGrassCounter" occurs.

                         Simply perform a HIDE IF command.  A popup
                         window will appear,  The window will request a
                         text string, and whether to hide the lines
                         containing the string, or the lines that do NOT
                         contain the string.

                         Specify "SnorkleGrassCounter" in the HIDE IF
                         Dialog Box, and also select the "do NOT"
                         option.

                         Either push the return key, or select the HIDE
                         pushbutton.   Voila.

                      2) To temporarily view the remainder of the file,
                         without having to re-specify the HIDE IF
                         command, the INVERT command may be used to
                         flipflop the hidden and displayed lines.














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                   Appendix A - Hide & Seek Tutorial (Continued)

            

            A sample file, BROWSER.DAT, has been provided for your
            perusal.  It contains a list of fictitious people and some
            attributes of those people.  It is intended to be used when
            experimenting with the Hide&Seek capabilities.

            

            Perform the following operations on BROWSER.DAT for more
            insight into the Hide&Seek capabilities.

                   

            A charity basketball game is to be organized. There are a
            number of tasks to perform.  Referring to a list of friends
            in BROWSER.DAT.

                      1) To select members of the  basketball teams,
                         perform a HIDE IF operation, selecting those
                         lines that do NOT contain the word "tall".

                      2) Some radio, TV and print ads must be made.
                         First, perform a HIDE ALL operation to hide the
                         entire file.  Then do a SHOW IF to find lines
                         containing "ad", do additional SHOW IF
                         operations for "radio", "TV", "model","write".

                      4) Someone will be required to help with the
                         organization of this project. Do a HIDE ALL
                         followed by a SHOW IF "organize".

                      5) Funds to rent the gym will be required up
                         front. Show the "rich" people.

                      6) Tickets will need to be sold to local
                         businesses, and other "fund" raising activities
                         will be required.  Good Luck.

            

            It is recommended that some time is spent simply playing
            with the Hide&Seek capability, since this capability, and a
            text file of information, can sometimes completely replace
            data base processors costing hundreds and hundreds of
            dollars more.






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                      Appendix B - Browser Version Information

            

            

                        Version Information for Browser 3.2

            

            Immediately below is a list of differences that this version
            of Browser has when compared to previous major releases of
            Browser.  This is generally only of interest when updating
            to a new copy of Browser from a previous release.

            Changes first appearing in Browser 3.2

                      1) Fixed bug dealing with incorrect elevator
                         position after a find command.

            Changes first appearing in Browser 3.1

                      1) Re-fixed bug dealing with incorrect elevator
                         position when switching char sets in hex dump
                         mode. (See 3.0 below)

                      2) Fixed printing problems. Can now print full 80
                         columns.  Even on TTY devices.

            Changes first appearing in Browser 3.0

                      1) Re-fixed bug dealing with incorrect elevator
                         position when opening anything but the first
                         file. (See 2.7 below)

                      2) Fixed font selection problem.  Browser should
                         look good on all displays now.

                      3) Fixed printing problems.  Browser should now be
                         able to quickly print material on any printer.

                      4) A number of esthetic improvements were made by
                         WJE.  These include better highlighting of
                         marked blocks, and the white left-hand margin.

                      5) Various minor bug fixes and enhancements.








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                          Version Information (Continued)

                                          

            Changes first appearing in Browser 2.7

                      1) Bug Fixed dealing with incorrect elevator
                         position when opening anything but the first
                         file. (See 2.5 below)

            Changes first appearing in Browser 2.5

                      1) Major bug fix of a particularly elusive bug
                         dealing with vertical scrollbar thumbtracking.

                      2) Re-read last file capability added.

                      3) Keyboard usage no longer displays the Hourglass
                         cursor.

            Changes first appearing in Browser 2.3

                      1) Browser now remembers your option settings.

            Changes first appearing in Browser 2.1

                      1) Fixed keyboard interface for the various
                         dialogs (most noticeably File Stats).
                         Basically a bug fix version  of 2.0

            Changes first appearing in Browser 2.0

                      1) The long awaited Word Wrap capability has
                         finally been added.

                      2) First real Windows 2.0 version of Browser.
                         Added Windows 2.0 keyboard support.

                      3) The capability for the user to select between
                         various display formats without losing his
                         place in the file has been added.

                      4) Menu text graying for options that are
                         currently unavailable has been extended.










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                       Appendix C - Other Window Applications

            

            Currently (4/1/89) Wilson WindowWare has two shareware
            applications as listed below. For more information on these
            applications send a SASE to:

            Wilson WindowWare
            3377 59th SW
            Seattle WA 98116

            

            

            Applets 1.1

            Applets are a collection of tiny applications for the
            Microsoft Windows environment.  They are primarily designed
            to operate with Windows menuing environments, such as
            Command Post 5.1 and newer, which allow you to initiate a
            series of applications from a single menu selection.  These
            tiny applications include file manipulation tools (COPY,
            MOVE, RENAME, DELETE), Window manipulation tools (ZOOM,
            ICONIZE, HIDE, SHOW, CLOSE, PLACE), and miscellaneous tools
            (SAY, BEEP, SAYBEEP).

            

            Browser 3.2

            Browser is a MS Windows application designed to allow users
            to browse files in a MS Windows environment.  In addition to
            the browse capability, it supports printing, clipboarding,
            and a hex dump display.  Browser also features the new and
            unusual Hide & Seek information extraction technique.

            

            Command Post 6.1

            Command Post is a MS Windows application designed to allow
            users to easily personalize the MS-DOS Executive control
            window.  Command Post allows users to easily add Menu and
            Submenu items to the main MS-DOS Executive menu bar, and to
            execute desired applications when a menu item is selected.

            

            



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