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                 WinGREP Readme File
                     Version 1.10
               Hurricane Software, Inc.
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WinGREP is a shareware program intended to take the sting out
of searching for strings.  Regular Expressions are simple and
fast to create with no characters to memorize or confuse.


GREP History
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In the "grand old days", UNIX had a handy utility called GREP
(it still does for those of you using UNIX of some form).  GREP
would use Regular Expression syntax to help you quickly find
pieces of text embedded in a text file of some form.  Its
output was simply redirected to the CRT.  This utility
eventually made its way to the DOS world and worked in a
very similar fashion.  Then along came Windows with it GUI
(gooey) interface.  Many GREP-like utilities have been created
for the windows enviroment.  But most of these utilities don't
take advantage of the rich user interface features available
in Windows.  This is where WinGREP comes in.

WinGREP has an interface that does away with the old notion of
command line GREP utilities.  It contains the features that
you have come to expect in quality professional software :
Hint lines and fly-over help, 3-D dialogs and controls, easy
to use controls to minimize your typing, and integrated
on-line help.


Why WinGREP
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WinGREP was built with the way that a programmer works in
mind.  Programmer's often need to find a very specific piece
of text in a sea of source code. The only practical way of
doing this is to have a utility sift through all of the files
for you.  This is where most utilities stop. You simply see
the results of the search.  Some even let you view/edit the
file.  This is where WinGREP goes the extra step to save you
an extra step.  When you have found the piece of text that you
were looking for, you obviously want to do something with it.
You may want to change it or move it somewhere or simply look
at the context in which it is used.  It would make sense that
the best place to do this is in your standard working
enviroment.  Your enviroment has the colors customized the way you
like, the keys are set-up just right, and you know that if
you save a file in your enviroment that you don't have it open
somewhere else.  WinGREP gives you the option to your IDE to
view the results of a search.

After a search has completed, WinGREP displays the results in
a heirarchial listbox of the names of the files that contain a
match and each match.  When you choose "Open" (either by
double-clicking or the Open Button) while on a match, WinGREP
will open that file for you.  How it is opened is up to you.

      1 - You can have it opened in the internal editor
          supplied with WinGREP.  The file is opened and it is
          postitioned on the line number of the match.

      2 - You can open it in the editor of your choosing
          (like NOTEPAD.EXE).  If WinGREP opens the file this
          way, the editor cannot be positioned on the match.
          You must bring up your search/find window and find
          the match manually.

      3 - You can have WinGREP syncronize your currently open
          IDE automatically! If the file is not already open
          in your IDE, then it is opened, otherwise the open
          copy is brought to the front. Then the IDE is
          positioned on the match. At this point you can
          simply return to work without any further delays.


WinGREP Features
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WinGREP has many features that make it a useful addition
to any users tool belt.

       *  IDE Integration.

       *  Full online help file with regular expression
          examples.

       *  Full featured text editor built in.

       *  Easy directory navigation.

       *  Search multiple filemasks at the same time.

       *  Regular expression search support.

       *  Regular expression button bar assistant with
          quick hints and examples. Creating regular
          expressions is simple with WinGREP!

       *  Good status indicator for long searches. It tells
          you the file currently processing, the total files
          processed and the number of matches found so far.

       *  Fly-over hints for all controls and right-click
          menus for quick access.

       *  Can automatically become a "Stay-on-Top" window.

       *  Very fast searching.  WinGREP can process a long
          search as fast or faster than many command line GREP
          utilities.

       *  The search results list is updated as the search
          progresses enabling you to stop the search when you
          see the file of interest (Searches can be cancelled).

       *  Only $19.00 to register.

 WinGREP is intended to aid you in your quest to create great
 software.  It can enable you to quickly find the information
 you are looking for and then helps you return to your
 favorite enviroment sooner so you can be more productive.


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