Category : Graphic Animations - Lots of older FLI's
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GL-VIEW V2.0

BY STEVE McGRATH

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

(C) COPYRIGHT JULY 1993

A FREEWARE SOFTWARE








WHAT IS GL-VIEW ?
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GL-VIEW is a simple shell for manipulating ".GL". It will read the
first 999 ".GL" in the selected path. In order to use it and to avoid
"Out Memory", I suggest that you make as much memory as possible and to
start from the command line or from WINDOWS 3.x.

FILES INCLUDED IN THIS ARCHIVE:

GV.EXE = The GL-VIEW program.
GV.DOC = GL-VIEW documentation.
GV.HIS = Revision History.
GV.PIF = PIF file for running SHEZ under Windows.
GV.ICO = Windows ICON for SHEZ.
FILE_ID.DIZ = Short description
WHATS.NEW = Whats new in this version


COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:
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GV [/?] [FILE.GL] [/M*.*] [/PPATH] [/EPATH] [/GPATH] [/F] /[I] [/X]

/? : A resume of this documention
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV /?

FILE.GL : Execute the FILE.GL
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV D:\GL\MISC\EXEMPLE.GL

You must put ".GL".

/M*.* : The mask
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV /MA*.GL

If you included a MASK in GV.CFG, it will have the prioritie.

/PPATH : Where the ".GL" are
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV /PC:\GL

If you included a Path in GV.CFG, it will have the prioritie.

/EPATH : Where the editor is
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV /EC:\GL

If you included a Editor in GV.CFG, it will have the prioritie.

/GPATH : Where grasprt is
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV /G:C:\GL

If you included a Path in GV.CFG, it will have the prioritie.

/F : File display with the number in the list, date and time added
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV /F

/I : Force internal viewer if no editor in GV.CFG
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV /I

/X : Exit after executing FILE.GL
Exemple: C:\GL-VIEW>GV D:\GL\MISC\EXEMPLE.GL /X


COMMAND IN THE SHELL:
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ENTER : View the ".GL"

? OR / : A short resume of this documention

I : Information on the ".GL" Information File (".GLI")

Your editor or the internal viewer will show you the ".GLI"

If it doesn't have a ".GLI", a startup file will be created but
you must specify a editor in order to edit it.

M : Change the mask

Useful to select some of your ".GL"
Exemple:
Mask : M*.GL
Mask : TES*.GL

P : Change the path of your ".GL"

E : Change the path of the editor

Exemple:
Editor : C:\EDITOR\EDITOR.EXE

If you have DOS 5.0 and don't specified any editor, GL-VIEW will
get the DOS editor unless you put the /I in the command line to
force the internal viewer.

Exemple:
Editor : C:\DOS\EDIT.EXE

If you don't specify any editor the internal viewer will be
selected.

Exemple:
Editor : INTERNAL VIEWER


G : Change the path of the GRASPRT.EXE

Exemple:
Grasptr: C:\GL

T : Tag file

U : Untag file

F : File display with the number in the list, date and time added

SPACE : Tag/Untag file
After a Tag/Untag, the cursor will go to the next one.

CTRL-ENTER : View all tagged files

CTRL-T : Tag all files

CTRL-U : Untag all files


GRASP INFORMATION FILE:
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For the creator's of ".GL", I would like them to include the following
information file ".GLI". It will give detail about the ".GL".


TITLE :
FILENAME :
CATEGORIE:
AUTHOR :
DATE :

DISPLAY TYPE:
SOUND :
SOUND CARD :
ENTER ENABLE:
COLOR :
LOOPING :

SCREEN TYPE DIGITIZED IMAGE COLOR FULLSCREEN


TIME(MIN.) PROCESSOR H.D.(MS)


Exemple:

EXEMPLE.GLI
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE : FIRST EXEMPLE
FILENAME : EXEMPLE.GL
CATEGORIE: DEMO
AUTHOR : ABC INC.
DATE : 15-04-93

DISPLAY TYPE: CGA
SOUND : NO
SOUND CARD : NO
ENTER ENABLE: YES
COLOR : NO
LOOPING : YES

SCREEN TYPE DIGITIZED IMAGE COLOR FULLSCREEN
1 TEXT YES
2 MOVING YES 16 NO YES

TIME(MIN.) PROCESSOR H.D.(MS)
03:30 386SX-20 18
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GV.CFG OPTION:
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OPTION Description
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DATE This option will give you the choices of having a short or
long date.

Exemple:
DATE = LONG

Long : FRIDAY, APRIL 15 , 1993
Short: 15/01/1993

DEFAULT: SHORT

PATH This option will give you the location of the ".GL".

Exemple:
PATH = C:\GL

DEFAULT: CURRENT PATH

EDITOR This option will give you the location of the editor.

Exemple:
EDITOR = C:\EDITOR\EDITOR.EXE
EDITOR = IV (INTERNAL VIEWER)

DEFAULT: IV

GRASPRT This option will give you the location of GRASPRT.EXE.

Exemple:
GRASPRT = C:\GL

DEFAULT: CURRENT PATH

FILEDISPLAY This option will give you the short or long description of the file

Exemple:
FILEDISPLAY = LONG

Long : 1 GL1 .GL 123,567 15/01/93 22:01
Short: GL1 .GL 123,567

DEFAULT: SHORT

MASK This option will give you a mask to select some ".GL".

Exemple:
MASK = A*.GL

DEFAULT : *.GL

SCROLLBAR This option will give you the possibility to put the scrollbar at
the bottom or the side.

Exemple:
SCROLLBAR = SIDE

DEFAULT : BOTTOM


The command line AND configuration are NOT case sensitive, and will work when
typed in upper, lower or mixed case.

Exemple 1:

DATE = LONG
FILEDISPLAY= ALL
GRASPRT = c:\gl
path = C:\GL
EDITOR = C:\EDITOR\EDITOR.EXE
MASK = *.GL
SCROLLBAR = side

Exemple 2:

DATE = LONG
FILEDISPLAY = ALL
GRASPRT = C:\GL
PATH = C:\GL
EDITOR = C:\EDITOR\EDITOR.EXE
MASK = *.GL
SCROLLBAR = SIDE

The command line AND configuration are NOT case sensitive, and will work when
typed in upper, lower or mixed case.

ENVIRONNEMENT VARIABLE:
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If you want to start GL-VIEW from anywhere, you can use the SET GVCFG
environment parameter so it can find the configuration file. Put it in
the AUTOEXEC.BAT or any batch file before starting GL-VIEW.

Exemple:

SET GVCFG=C:\GL


HOW TO USE IT FROM WINDOWS:
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1. Select FILE from the PROGRAM MANAGER menu bar

2. Select NEW

3. Select PROGRAM ITEM

4. DESCRIPTION : GL-VIEW 2.0

5. COMMAND LINE : GV.PIF

6. WORKING DIRECTORY: C:\GL-VIEW

7. CHANGE ICON to C:\GL-VIEW\GV1.ICO

For more information see your WINDOWS USER'S GUIDE.

LIMIT OF LIABILITY:
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GL-VIEW is distributed as is. The author disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied. The author will assume no liability for
damages either from the direct use of this product or as a
consequence of the use of this product.

COPYRIGHTS:
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The copyrights on GRASP and GRASPRT are owned by Paul Mace
Software, Incorporated of Ashland, Oregon.

This program is free but I retain all copyrights You can
copy it to friends.

Please state the version of the software you currently have.
All comments will be taken into consideration for the next
version. All donation will be accepted, send them to:

Steve McGrath
2173 des Bouvreuils
Charlesbourg, Qu‚bec
Canada, G1G 1Z9