Copyright 1991-1993 Hware Corporation. Hware(tm) Hware Corporation P.O. Box 4415; Wheaton, Il. 60189-4415 (708) 858-7429 HVIEWS(tm) - PRODUCT PROFILE Hviews is a Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) Version 3.1 application. It performs enhanced functionality as compared with Program Manager and File Manager which is included with Windows. The function of the File Manager and Program Manager are combined into one application. Programs may be started by a double-click on the application icon or by a double-click on the program name or document file name. Features o Combined functionality of Windows Program Manager and Windows File Manager. o Multiple Document Interface (MDI) application allowing a mixture of icon groups and file/tree windows. Currently, a max of ten windows is allowed. o Tool bar for file view. o File sorting by Name, Type, Date, and Length. o File view, and/or Tree view. o File view with document icons used for selection. o Optionally display of directories first. o Quick movement through directory structure. o Quick file locating by clicking on Locator Bar. o A group can display up to 256 icons, so you can use multiple groups or one group containing all your icons. o Overriding default action file processing (i.e. double-click on a file). o File/directory masks per directory. o DDE support for opening document files. o DLL support for third party actions. o Directory printing. o DLL for printing ASCII files o DLL for creating a ZIP file (Note: Requires PKZIP(R)). o Action buttons configured for (File Browsing, Edit, Compile, ASCII File Printing, File Deleting, Creating ZIP file, and unzipping a ZIP file) o Windows application for browsing ASCII and binary files (HBROW). Getting Started =============== To quickly copy Hviews to your hard disk; from Program Manager start the Run dialog box under the File menu entry. Type A:INSTALL in the Command Line edit box and press the Enter key. This assumes you have placed the Hviews distribution disk in the A drive; if not then use the drive letter corresponding to the drive you are using. When the first dialog box is presented, press the Continue push-button. The installation process will continue until done without further interaction. A new Program Manager group will have been created with an icon for Hviews, Hviews Builder (used to generate the icon group files), and Hbrow. You can then move or copy the icons to the program manager group of your choice. Overview of the View types: ========================== Hviews is a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) application were the documents are one of four view types. Namely, the file view, the file view with icons indicating documents types in the current directory, the icon group view (Like a Program manager group), and the search view used to display the search results. All these window types are equal in terms of windows that may be minimized and/or maximized, and arranged with the other windows on the Hviews workspace. The Icon view displays a collection of application or document icons similar to the Program Manager. At the top of the Icon view window is displayed information about the selected (i.e. icon with box around it.) icon. There are three lines of information displayed about the icon. That of the icon title, the command line that will be executed if the icon is started (i.e. double clicking on the icon with the mouse), and the working directory that Hviews will change to on application startup. There are three buttons at the top left of the icon view. The top two buttons determined if the application will start minimized (left button depressed), as a normal window (both buttons up), or as a maximized (right button depressed) window. The larger button under the two buttons, if depressed, will cause Hviews to minimize itself on application startup. The File view consists of from four to six sub windows within the view window. The four windows that are always present are the drive selection window along the top of the window. The action push buttons along the left side of the window. The status window along the bottom. The remaining space within the view window contains the file details and/or the directory tree view. The directory tree window is always to the left of the file detail window. Finally, a sixth window, that of the locate bar, is optionally present between the drive window and the file details window. The File view with the Icons by Dir menu item checked adds a seventh window between the locator bar window and the file details window. It displays the icons of applications that have document files within the selected directory. The File view is similar to the File Manager. The current sort mode is determine by which one of the first four commands in the VIEW menu is checked (i.e. By Name, By Type, By Date, or By Size). If the Icons by Dir menu item is checked in the View menu then the file detail window will initially list only sub directories. In addition, if there are any application document files in the current directory the icon corresponding to the application will be displayed. Each application icon displayed will be labeled with a file type. Note that a given application icon may have more than one file type associated with it (i.e. Word for Windows has the following file types: DOC, DOT, and RTF) The application icons are displayed across the first row. A single-click on the application icon will display the document files associated with the file type. A double-click on a document file entry will start the application with the selected document file. A double-click on the application icon will start the application.