Quick Note ========== Version of FVIEW.EXE 1.2 dated 11-08-93 01:20:08 ------------------------------------------------ - Corrected tab expansion in text mode. No other changes were made to the EXE. No changes were made to other files. License and Registration Information ==================================== This file contains important license and registration information. Please read it carefully before using the program. NOTE: READ THE ONLINE HELP - IT IS WORTH IT! Disclaimer - Agreement ====================== Users of File Viewer must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "File Viewer is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of File Viewer." File Viewer is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using File Viewer and continue to use File Viewer after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $9.95 to Maze Computer Communications. The $9.95 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of File Viewer must register and pay for their copies of File Viewer within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Maze Computer Communications. Anyone distributing File Viewer for any kind of remuneration must first contact Maze Computer Communications at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering File Viewer immediately (However Maze Computer Communications must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of File Viewer). You are encouraged to pass a copy of File Viewer along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. This program does not have any printed documentation - all information on use and capabilities is included in the online help. All registers user receive free technical support for 101 days from the date of registration. Also all registered users receive a free upgrade to the next version of this program when that version becomes available. To report bugs, receive help and bug fixes please send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to: Jurek Makowiecki [70152,1501] or, if you do not have access to CompuServe, write to the address below. Make payment by check or money order to Maze Computer Communications and mail to: Jerzy Makowiecki Maze Computer Communications, Inc. 269 Amethyst Way Franklin Park, NJ 08823 USA Note that you can also register this program using CompuServe facilities: just type GO SWREG at any ! prompt and follow instructions. Definition Of Shareware ======================= Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee - if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. Future Plans ============ We do not intend to add display of Windows or Windows apps formats. The originators of those files will always make a much better job of displaying them. There will be no WinWord, Paintbrush or Excel file display. What we do consider is low-level display of files in various formats. For example PCX headers, BIFF records or RIFF chunks. We also do consider display of ZIP directories and NTFS/HPFS file attributes. Future plans for this program include the following items. These are plans, They may get changed: dropped if there is not enough interest - read registered users, or expanded according to user's feedback. We reserve the right to change plans at our discretion without giving any reason. See Release Notes, for comments on file formats and bug fixes. The Windows NT version is at this time source-level compatible with Windows 3.1 version but is compiled as native 32-bit WinNT application. Some #ifdef magic was necessary to make this happen. In future versions File View for Windows NT will support some NT specific features (long file names, NTFS gimmicks, Unicode etc.) And here is the wish list as of version 1.2: * Modeless search in large files with Cancel button to interrupt search * Line numbers and file offsets display * Jump to file offset or line number * Fine adjustment if starting address in hex mode * More elaborate search: skipping white space, search in display data, other * Toolbar and status bar * OLE Server mode * Page and screen layout enhancements * Block select in addition to line select * Multiple document interface (?) * Explicit color selection * Separate format options for print and display * ZIP contents display * More elaborate page heading definition (user text with variables for fields)