Category : Printer + Display Graphics
Archive   : NVIEW11C.ZIP
Filename : README.NV

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³ The NOMSSI Viewer Release 1.1c (15.12.93) ³
³ An image file viewer for Super VGA ³
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³ Copyright (c) 1993 by NOMSSI NZALI Jacques Hubert Christian ³
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Welcome to The NOMSSI Viewer!

This program is a graphics file viewer, that reads and displays images
stored within files with different formats. The NOMSSI Viewer works with
raster images, offering support for Windows and OS/2 2.x BMP, GIF, IFF/
LBM/HAM, PCX, TIFF, TGA and JFIF/JPEG files formats.

This file contains the following information:

- Some features
- Hardware requirements
- Licensing agreement
- Files in distribution
- Setting up The NOMSSI Viewer
- Acknowledgement
- Problems
- Function keys
- Disclaimer
- History

SOME FEATURES

The NOMSSI Viewer includes a multi-window filemanager to locate
and select files with mouse support, online help and a search
function that recursively scans directories for image files. The
scan parses all files and selects those who matches the supported
file formats specifications, it doesn't just rely on the file
extension.

The files can be viewed one at a time or selected for a slide show
with full user control. One can easily generate an array of images
using high quality image reduction.
There are no command line switches. All parameters, e.g. screen
resolution, monitor gamma, image scale etc. may be specified at run-
time in a setup dialog.

Once loaded, the images can undergo simple transformations and
colour editing, and then be dumped to a palette colour TIFF file.


HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

The NOMSSI Viewer Release 1.1 should run under DOS 3.3 or higher on
any IBM PC compatible with 640 Kb memory, 80286 processor and VGA
adapter or better. The JPEG decoding routines will run only with a
80386SX processor or better.

The NOMSSI Viewer detects and uses EMS, XMS or disk space to buffer
images for slideshows or transformations like rotating or scaling.
The SVGA chipsets
Acumos, Ahead, ATI, AL2101, Chips&Tech, Cirrus, Cirrus54, Compaq,
Everex, Genoa, MXIC, NCR, Oak, Paradise, Poach, PRIMUS, Realtek,
S3, Trident, ET3000, ET4000, Video7
and the VESA extensions should be autodetected, 256 colour modes are
used.

LICENSING AGREEMENT

"The NOMSSI Viewer" is SHAREWARE. It is requested that all users
comply with the following licensing and registration provisions if
they use The NOMSSI Viewer on a regular basis. Should you find this
program useful, register it. You will get the latest release of
"The NOMSSI Viewer". The user fee for this Software is DM 34,- or
US$25 (see REGISTER.FRM).

You may copy and distribute verbatim UNMODIFIED copies of these
Software as long as it remains in its complete form with all support
files, documentation files and this license agreement.
You may charge a distribution fee for the physical act of
transferring a copy. You may not copy, sublicense, distribute or
transfer The NOMSSI Viewer except as expressly provided under this
License Agreement.
Any attempt otherwise to copy, sublicense, distribute or transfer
The NOMSSI Viewer is void and your rights to use the program under
this License agreement shall be automatically terminated. However,
parties who have received computer software programs from you with
this License Agreement will not have their licenses terminated so
long as such parties remain in full compliance.

FILES IN DISTRIBUTION

The archive file contains:

README.NV ; This file
NV.EXE ; The executable
NV.HLP ; Online help texts
NVGER.HLP ; german help texts. Rename it to NV.HLP
REGISTER.FRM ; register form

You need PKUNZIP ver 2.04g or higher to 'unzip' the archive.

SETTING UP THE NOMSSI VIEWER

Create a target directory on your hard drive in which you want to
install The NOMSSI Viewer. If you want to update from a previous
version, first remove the config and help files (NV.CFG and NV.HLP)
from the target directory.

Copy all the files from the archive onto the target directory on
your hard drive. Start The NOMSSI Viewer typing NV.EXE at DOS prompt,
there are no command line switches, your machine configuration
(VGA chipset and video memory) is automatically detected.

Set the environment variable TEMP to a list of directories to look
in when creating a temporary file (i.e. insert SET TEMP=C:\TEMP;C:\
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot). If this variable doesn't exist,
the current directory is used.

First press F9 to open the setup window. Use the TAB-key and SHIFT+
TAB-key to navigate through the items and set your default options.
Press F1 to get help on the selected field. The file NV.CFG is
written or updated each time you leave the setup window.

Please refer to the help texts for further information, they are
available online trough the F1 key. If you still have trouble using
The NOMSSI Viewer, feel free to send an email to the address below
(including a valid return path and the program version, actually
The NOMSSI Viewer 1.1c).

If you need a VESA driver, check The Universal VESA VBE, a stand
alone program Copyright (C) 1993 by Kendall Bennett. It is available
via ftp from SIMTEL20 mirrors (i.e. Oak.Oakland.Edu) as
/pub/msdos/graphics/UVESAxx.ZIP

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

This program uses
- The VGADOC package version 2, Copyright (c) 1993 by Finn Th›gersen
- The JPEG Unit, Copyright (c) 1993 by TBH-Softworx
- The STREAMS package version 1.5, Copyright (c) 1993 by D.J. Murdoch.

PROBLEMS

- ILBM/HAM files are said to be 64 colours images, they are
nevertheless displayed correctly.
- Scrolling doesn't work in VGA-mode 320x200 on some chipsets,
so the "mosaic" will not work well.

FUNCTION KEYS

General
Alt + Key select an active Option. Press left Alt-key
*together* with the lit letter.
(i.e. Alt + S for "SlideShow", Alt + A for "Scan",
Alt + N for "Name").
Alt+F3 Close window
ESC Cancel the current operation.
Enter Confirm a valid input/selection
TAB select (highlight) the next field in a dialogbox.

Help: F1 Open Helpwindow
F5 Zoom/restore size of the active helpwindow
Ctrl+F5 Change the size and/or position of the active
window

File: F3 Open dialogbox "Load an image file"
Space bar select (tag/reverse tag) file. Needed for Slideshow
or for group copy
Gray + tag all files
Gray - clear all tags
Gray x or * reverse all tags
F10 go to the menubar
F7 copy file(s)
Alt+F7 Scan directory trees
F8 slide show

Options: F9 Open dialogbox "Options"

Tools
Ins Brightness +
Del Brightness -
Home Contrast +
End Contrast -
F10 restore original palette
F2 Save as TIFF-file
Shift+F9 Set EGA Palette
F9 Set Grayscale
Alt+F9 Set Gamma=2,2

F3 scale down (half) (EMS/XMS/disk needed)
F4 scale to fit page (EMS/XMS/disk needed)
F5 flip left/right (mirror)
F6 flip up/down
Shift+F6 rotate
F7 copy image to buffer
F8 restore image from buffer

PgUp/PgDn scroll up/down (slow)
arrow keys scroll up/down/left/right (fast)

Slideshow: F8
Space bar freeze image, stop (Mouse right button)
Enter continue, next image (Mouse left button)
TAB reverse slideshow direction
ESC cancel slide show, end


DISCLAIMER

Except when otherwise stated in writing, NOMSSI NZALI Jacques Hubert
Christian, refered hereafter as "The author" and/or other parties
provide "The NOMSSI Viewer" "as is", without warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the
implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of
"The NOMSSI Viewer" is with you.

In no event unless required by applicable law will The author and/or
any other party who may redistribute "The NOMSSI Viewer" as permited
above be liable to you for damages, including any lost profits, lost
monies, or other specials, incidental or consequential damages arising
out of the use or the inability to use "The NOMSSI Viewer" (including
but not limited to loss of data or losses sustained by third parties
or a failure of the program to operate with any picture or any other
programs), even if you have been advised of the possibility of such
damages, or for any claim by any other party.

Mere aggregation of another unrelated program with this program on a
volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other
program under the scope of these terms.


Please feel free to report any problems, suggestions for improvements,
comments, good or bad, concerning the program or its licensing agreement
to

MAIL NOMSSI NZALI Jacques Hubert Christian
Thueringer Weg 3/435
09126 Chemnitz
Germany


E-MAIL Internet: [email protected]


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CompuServe Incorporated. GIF(sm) is a Service Mark property of
CompuServe Incorporated."

PC, PC/AT are trademarks, and IBM is a registered trademark,
of International Business Machines Corporation.

All other products or services mentioned in this manual, including:

Acumos, Ahead, ATI, Chips&Tech, Cirrus, Compaq, Genoa, NCR, Oak,
Paradise, Poach, PRIMUS, Realtek, S3, VGA, Paradise, Everex,
Trident, Video 7, Tseng Labs, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, PCX, Windows, OS/2,
PC Paintbrush, GIF, Compuserve
are trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks, or
registered service marks of their respective companies or
organizations.

We state that we are using the other trademarked names only in an
editorial fashion, with no intention of infringement of the
trademark.

HISTORY

15.12.93 release 1.1c, small changes made
(large files, slideshow w/o buffer)
13.12.93 The second public release 1.1
Extended file format support:
- OS/2 Bitmaps (1.3, 2.x Bitmap Arrays)
- IFF/LBM with HAM and IFF/PBM
- TGA file type 3,11
- PCX 1..8 Bit/Pixel
- JFIF support
Slideshow with image array, antialiasing
edit image: scale to fit page, flip, mirror, rotate,
uses EMS/XMS/disk, more file management/options,
some internal changes, speed up

bugs fixed: Auto detect, video switch after 50 lines mode,
TV bugs, GIF, TIFF bugs, VESA support
new bugs
4.8.93 first public release