Category : Printer + Display Graphics
Archive : VESAVW50.ZIP
Filename : VESAVIEW.WP
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ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁFEATURESƤ ` ÆÁp0!ü!Á 4
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁINSTALLING PROGRAM:Ƥ ` ÆÁp0!ü!Á 5
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁRUNNING with COMMAND LINE QUALIFIERSƤ ` ÆÁp0!ü!Á 5
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁSYSTEM DEFAULTSƤ ` ÆÁp0!ü!Á 9
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁCHANGING DIRECTORYƤ ` ÆÁp0!ü!Á 9
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁVIEW SINGLE IMAGE (from Text directory)Ƥ ` ÆÁp0!ü!Á 9
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁVIEW MULTIPLE IMAGES (slide show) (from Text directory)Ƥ ` ÆÁp0!ü!Á 9
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ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁVIEWING GIF89A FILES © Special CaseƤ ` ÆÁp !ü!Á 11
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁVIEWING HPG or PLT FILESƤ ` ÆÁp !ü!Á 12
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ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁSAVING SCREEN AS a BMP, GIF or PCX FILEƤ ` ÆÁp !ü!Á 14
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ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁSAVING XMEM CONTENTS AS an IMG or PCX FILEƤ ` ÆÁp !ü!Á 14
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁPRINTING IMAGESƤ ` ÆÁp !ü!Á 15
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁMOUSE USEƤ ` ÆÁp !ü!Á 15
ÂX` ` ¸ ÂÁ ÁRUNNING Under WINDOWS 3.1:Ƥ ` ÆÁp !ü!Á 16
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Á ÁPlease send your $35.00 registration fee to:
Á ÁÁ` ` ¸ ÁWilliam M. White
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~ J x ¨ *
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~ J Ð ¨ *
Ôo X ÂFiles can be selected either from a text directory listing or graphically from a previously created array
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selected.ÆT$Æ
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~ J ð#¨ *
Î Ôo X ÂIf the file is larger than the screen mode you selected, you can quickly pan around the image. Size of
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² Ôimage is limited only by the amount of extended memory you have. NOTE: The entire image is read
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Ôinto Extended memory to allow for quick panning of large images. Black & White images are stored
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Ôin memory with 1 byte per 8 pixels. 16 (4 bit) and 256 color (8 bit) images are stored in memory with
Ô
Z Ô1 byte per pixel. 24 & 32 bit images are stored in memory as 256 color images so only 1 byte per pixel
is required.ÆT$Æ
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~ J ¨ *
h Ôo X ÂBlack & White printing (color images will be halftoned) and Color printing are supported. Prints can be
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® Ôsized, rotated and positioned on paper. Printers supported are HP LaserJet Series, DeskJets, DeskJet
500/500C/550C, PaintJet, PaintJet XL, and PaintJet XL300.ÆT$Æ
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~ J ¨ *
Z Ôo X ÂRed/Blue/Green/Contrast/Brightness values may be changed while viewing a color image. Image can
be converted to GrayTone.ÆT$Æ
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~ J x¨ *
À Ôo X ÂColor screen images can be saved as a 256 color BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX file. These images may be
cropped & scaled before saving.ÆT$Æ
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~ J Ш *
Ôo X ÂBlack & White images can be saved as an IMG or 2 color PCX file. This is useful to save a HPGL file
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4 Ôthat is displayed on screen out to a quicker retrieving raster file. If these images are displayed in a
color VESA mode they can also be saved &/or cropped as 256 color BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX files.ÆT$Æ
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~ J ð
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Ôo X ÂArrays of up to 144 images can be displayed on a single screen at once. This screen can then be
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l Ôsaved as a single BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX file for cataloging or printing or use as a graphic menu for
VESAVIEW.ÆT$Æ
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~ J ¨ * ÔÅ XÅo X ÂSupports VESA modes (assuming your graphics card can handle):ÆT$Æ
Á ÁÁ` ` ¸ Á100 - 640 x 400 x 256
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Á ÁÁ` ` ¸ Á103 - 800 x 600 x 256
Á ÁÁ` ` ¸ Á105 - 1024 x 768 x 256
Á ÁÁ` ` ¸ Á107 - 1280 x 1024 x 256
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~ J ¨ * Ôo X ÂWill support a 800 x 600 x 2 color B&W mode if your card has one. (See /SVn option below)ÆT$Æ
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~ J ¨ * Ôo X ÂSupports the use of a MicroSoft compatible 2-button mouse.ÆT$Æ
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~ J ¨¨ *
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nor the Compressing of printer data.ÆT$Æ
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~ J Ȩ * Ôà Ã× ×INSTALLING PROGRAM:Ä Ä× ×
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" ÔCreate a directory on your HardDrive to hold the VESAVIEW program files. Copy the zipped file you
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"~ Ôdownloaded from a BBS or received on diskette into this directory. The ZIP file is usually named
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" ÔVESAVWnn.ZIP where nn represents the version number. Unzip it using PKUNZIP version 2.04g or higher
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" Ô(earlier versions will not work). Set your default directory to the VESAVIEW directory you've created and type
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" Ôin VESAVIEW to run the program. The first time you run it, you'll be asked to enter your registration information
Ô
" Ôincluding User Name and Access Code. This personal access information will be stored in a new file named
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"h ÔVESAVIEW.REG in your VESAVIEW directory. Please DO NOT distribute this file. All files in the original
zipped file may be distributed to your friends or other BBS as the Shareware version.
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~ J `"¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×RUNNING with COMMAND LINE QUALIFIERS× ×:Ä Ä
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"ð ÔMake sure you have enough extended memory available and that a driver (such as HIMEM) ÅXÅis loaded. Make
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software driver. Keyin:
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f ÔÂ X ÂVESAVIEW [/AB or /AW] [/AMmode] [/AS] [/CS, /CO or /COD] [/Dn] [/Fn] [/FN, /FB or /BW] [/FTMn]
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Ô[/LOmode] [Mx] [/NB] [/NLAM] [/P1, /P2 or /PF] [/PAn] [/PC] [/PGn] [/PLMn] [/PRn] [/PTMn] [/PSBH,
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Ô/PSBS, /PSCH or /PSCS] [/PTDJ, /PTLJ, /PTPJ, /PTPJXL, /PTPJXL3, /PTDJC or /PTDJ5C] [/PWn]
[/SVn] [/UPSA, /UPSB or /UPSC] [/WN, /WH or /WF] where items in brackets are optional.ÆT$Æ
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" ÔCAUTION: DOS has a limitation of 127 characters on the command line. If you exceed this when adding
qualifiers, some may be truncated.
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~ J ¨ *
"â ÔNOTE: ÃÃUnderlinedÄÄ (or *) qualifiers are only available in the REGISTERED VERSION. The optional qualifiers
Ô
~ J X¨ *
": Ôcan also be changed while in the program by pressing
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"¦ Ôchanges are only for the current session and will not be saved. A 'space' is needed between each qualifier on
Ô
"Æ Ôthe command line. If you wish to use the same qualifiers each time you evoke the program, write a BAT file
like:
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~ J @¨ * ÔÁ ÁCD \GIFÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁ ¸ hhCÂrem Assumes your graphics files are hereÆT$hÆ
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ Á\VV\VESAVIEW /P1 /NW /COÂ ¸ hhCÂrem Assumes program in VV dirÆT$hÆ
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~ J ¨ * ÔTheà à /ABÄ Ä forces the array mode to use a black background and white text for the filenames.
Ô
~ J ` ¨ * ÔTheà à /AWÄ Ä forces the array mode to use a white background and black text (saves black ink when printing).
Ô
~ J ð
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"2! ÔThe à Ã/AMmodeÄ Ä (where mode is 100, 101, 103, 105 or 107) will let you default to a specific mode when displaying
Ô
" Ôarrays. The program will default to mode 101 if this switch is not used. Only use a mode number that your
card can support!
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~ J ¨ *
"Ê ÔThe à Ã/ASÄ Ä (array sizes) enables the display of image sizes above each image of an array. The size will be
Ô
"D Ôdisplayed after the filename of each image only if it will fit. Typically at a resolution of 1024x768, the sizes will
Ô
"â Ôfit on 6x6 arrays and below. At 800x600, the sizes will fit on 5x5 arrays and below. At 640x480, the sizes will
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"þ Ôfit on 4x4 arrays. Each image is tested individually, so on a given array screen, some sizes may appear and
some may not. You will see the sizes displayed after all images on a page have been processed.
Ô
~ J ˬ *
" ÔThe à Ã/COÄ Ä (color-optimized) will force 16, 24 & 32 bit images to be processed using an optimized 256 color
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"( Ôpalette. The process reads in all the colors in your image, creates a histogram of the most used colors, and
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"` Ôthen creates an optimized palette of the results. The processing time is greater than if the /CS option is used,
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"! Ôbut the results are spectacular. The color reduction method used is much faster than that of other program that
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" ÔI have tested. After the image has been displayed on the screen, you might want to save it as a 256 BMP, GIF,
JPG or PCX file, so that the next time you want to display it, you can use the quicker 256 color version.
Ô
~ J 8¨ *
"| ÔThe à Ã/CODÄ Ä qualifier is similar to /CO above, expect that besides using an optimized palette, the image will also
be dithered to smooth out the transition between colors.
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~ J ¨ *
"Ð ÔThe à Ã/CSÄ Ä (color-standard) will force 16, 24 & 32 bit images to be displayed using a standard palette. The colors
will be adequate for previewing, but for more exact colors, use the /CO.
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~ J è ¨ *
" ÔThe à Ã/DnÄ Ä (delay) is for setting the delay in seconds to use between slides. The n is an integer number from 1
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"D Ôto 999 and defaults to 5 seconds. This time is approximate and will vary depending on the size of the image
being read in.
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~ J Ð ¨ *
"6 ÔThe à Ã/FnÄ Ä (fade) option will fade in and out your images on screen when displaying them as a slide show. The
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~ J !¨ * Ôn can range from 0 to 10. 0 is no fade, 1 is the fastest fade and 10 is the slowest fade.Ã Ã
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~ J (#¨ *
"Z ÔÄ ÄThe à Ã/FNÄ Ä, à Ã/FBÄ Ä or à Ã/FWÄ Ä specify the foreground color (N=none, B=Black and W=White) of your Black & White
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"n Ôimages. By specified foreground color, the program will be able to save more of your image's original context
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"´ Ôwhen scaling down. This qualifier works best if your images are line drawings and not pictures. For example,
Ô
"! Ôif your image appears on the screen as black lines on a white background, use the /FB qualifier. If your images
Ô
"þ Ôdon't have a main foreground color such as the case with pictures, use /FN. Note that using either the /FB or
Ô
"6 Ô/FW qualifiers will increase the processing time for B&W scaling. If you don't need the increased quality, use
/FN.
Ô
~ J h)¨ *
" ÔThe à Ã/FTMnÄ Ä (fixed top margin) option will allow you to override the program's default values for that part on the
top of a page that your printer can't print on. The defaults are:Ô " 0* ´-8+8+L,Ò " ÔÔ
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ Á0.1"Á` ` ¸ Á©Á¸ ¸ æ ÁDeskJet, DeskJet 500, DeskJet 500C
Ô
~ J È ¨ * ÔÁ Á0.05"Á` ` ¸ Á©Á¸ ¸ æ ÁDeskJet 550C
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ Á0.0"Á` ` ¸ Á©Á¸ ¸ æ ÁLaserJet Series, PaintJet XL, PaintJet XL300
Ô
~ J X¨ * ÔÁ Á0.0"Á` ` ¸ Á©Á¸ ¸ æ ÁPaintJet (tractor feed)
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"V ÔIf your printed margins don't match what you set in the Printer Setup Menu, then use this qualifier to adjust
them.
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~ J @¨ *
"n ÔThe à Ã/IDxÄ Ä (index drive override) option will allow you to override the drive that is embedded in the graphic menu
Ô
"¸ Ôindex files (.VNX). This is useful if you create graphic menus and their indexes on one drive and later move
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"d Ôthem to another drive. x is the drive letter (A©Z) you want to use instead of the one in the index file, or make
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"ª Ôx = 0 to use the current drive you're on. The other alternative to this qualifier is to actually edit the first line in
the index file (.VNX) to reflect the new drive letter.
Ô
~ J ð
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"D ÔTheà à /LOmodeÄ Ä (lockout mode) (where mode is 100, 101, 103, 105 or 107) will lock out a mode. This is useful
Ô
" Ôif your VESA driver is designed for a graphics card which has been fully populated with memory chips but your
Ô
"" Ôcard doesn't have all of this memory installed. You may use more than one of these switches on your
command line.
Ô
~ J ب *
" ÔThe à Ã/MxÄ Ä (mask for filenames) will allow you to include only certain file types in your directory listing. It can be
Ô
"| Ôone of the following: /MALL (all filenames), /MDIS (all displayable graphics files), /MBMP (only *.BMPs), /MGIF
Ô
" Ô(only *.GIFs), /MIMG (only *.IMGs), /MJPG (only *.JPGs), /MPCX (only *.PCXs), /MTGA (only *.TGAs) /MTIF
Ô
~ J 0¨ *
"Ô Ô(only *.TIFs). Ã ÃNote:Ä Ä Array index files (.VNX) are always accessible by the program, even if they are not being
Ô
~ J ø¨ *
" Ôdisplayed in your directory listing. Ã ÃCaution:Ä Ä When you use this qualifier to eliminate the display of certain file
Ô
"â Ôtypes from your screen, and you display a previously created array image that includes file types that are not
Ô
"H Ôcurrently displaying, those files will not be found even though they are actually in the directory. (they will be
flaged on screen with a red crosshatch)
Ô
~ J ਠ* ÔThe à Ã/NBÄ Ä (no beep) option will disable the beeps after images are displayed on screen. The default is to beep.
Ô
~ J p¨ *
" ÔThe à Ã/NLAMÄ Ä (no load array into memory) will disable the automatic loading of the first graphic array menu into
Ô
"H ÔXMEM even if there is enough memory to do so. The program by default will load the first array image that
Ô
"R Ôwill be used as a graphic menu into XMEM, if there is enough memory to hold this array and one more image
Ô
" Ô(both are assummed to be the maximum size of 1280x1024x256). If you are low on XMEM and you wish to
Ô
" Ôbe able to pull up larger files (B&W for example) from the array menu, you will probably need to use this
qualifier.
Ô
~ J è ¨ * ÔThe à Ã/P1 Ä Äorà à /P2Ä Ä (port) designates which printer port to use for printing (LPT1 or LPT2).
Ô
~ J ° ¨ *
"â ÔThe à Ã/PFÄ Ä option forces printer output to a file instead of a port. The file will be created in your current directory
Ô
~ J x ¨ *
"ú Ôwith the same filename as your image file but with an extension of à à .VVPÄ Ä . This option works with multiple plots
as well. No checking for duplicate filenames is done. To plot the file(s), from DOS keyin:
Á ÁCOPY/B filename.VVP LPT1:
Ô
"H Ôwhere filename could be a wildcard and LPT1: could be LPT2:. The /B instructs DOS to use a binary copy
mode.
Ô
~ J (#¨ * ÔThe à ÃÃÃ/PAnÄ ÄÄÄ (print angle) is used to rotate your print on the printed page. Values for n can be 0, 90, 180 or 270.
Ô
~ J ¸$¨ *
"Ê ÔÁXX. Á*Á°°\ ÁThe à ÃÃÃ/PCÄ ÄÄÄ (print compress) option will force the transfer of data from your computer to the printer to be in a
Ô
" Ôcompressed (encoded) format. This will speed up the transfer of data (especially for serial or networked
Ô
"` Ôprinters). Time savings will vary depending on the type and size of plot. In some cases, you may find no time
Ô
"2! Ôsavings overall since the printer has to decompress the data, but your CPU should be freed up from processing
Ô
"ð Ôsooner. (default is no compress). The PaintJet and LaserJet II don't support this type of data compression.
If your printouts look garbled, don't use this qualifier.
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~ J ¨ *
"¸ ÔThe à Ã/PGnÄ Ä (print gamma correction) option will allow you to adjust the gamma of your Black & White or Color
Ô
"´ Ôprint. Simply put, gamma correction will adjust the intensities of red, green & blue values logarithmically since
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"| Ôthe human eye's perception of color intensity is non©linear. The gamma value is a decimal value between 0.5
Ô
"( Ôand 2.0. If set to 0, no gamma correction will be performed. If this qualifier is not used, gamma defaults to a
Ô
"ì Ôvalue best suited for the printer type selected. Using higher values will result in the darker colors in your image
being printed lighter and the lighter ones remaining the same. This gives a much more natural looking printout.
Ô
~ J x¨ *
"â ÔÁXX. Á*Á°°\ ÁThe à ÃÃÃ/PRnÄ ÄÄÄ (printer resolution) is used to specify the resolution in dots per inch (dpi) of your active printer. For
Ô
"Ê Ôthe DeskJet series, it can be 75, 150 or 300. For the PaintJet series (except XL300), it can be 90 or 180.
Defaults to highest resolution for selected printer.
Ô
~ J ¨ *
"ª ÔThe à Ã/PSxÄ Ä (print style) option allows you to select the style of printing for Black & White or Color prints. It can
Ô
"® Ôbe one of the following: /PSBH (B&W Halftone), /PSBS (B&W Scatter), /PSCH (Color Halftone) or /PSCS
Ô
"$! Ô(Color Scatter). The Halftone styles will process much faster than the Scatter dithering types which use an error
Ô
"Ø Ôdifusing algorithm, however, the Scatter styles will in most cases have much better detailing and quality.
Halftoning is the default.
Ô
~ J H
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"¼ ÔThe à Ã/PTxÄ Ä (printer type) is used to select your printer. It can be one of the following: /PTDJ (HP DeskJet),
Ô
" Ô/PTLJ (HP LaserJet), /PTPJ (HP PaintJet), /PTPJXL (HP PaintJet XL), /PTPJXL3 (HP PaintJet XL300), /PTDJC
(HP DeskJet 500C) or /PTDJ5C (HP DeskJet 550C).
Ô
~ J h¨ *
": ÔÁXX. Á*Á°°\ ÁThe à ÃÃÃ/PWnÄ ÄÄÄ (print width) is used to specify a print width. It is a decimal value from 0.0 to 10.5. If you enter a
Ô
"$! Ônumber greater than 8.0, the print will automatically be rotated 90 degrees. The print width represents the width
Ô
"Æ Ôthat you want the horizontal image dimension as seen on your screen to be printed, no matter what rotation
angle you use.
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~ J P¨ *
"´ ÔÁXX. Á*Á°°\ ÁThe à ÃÃÃ/PTMnÄ ÄÄÄ (printer top margin) sets the number of inches from the current position of printhead that the image
Ô
"Æ Ôwill start printing. It is a decimal value ranging from the minimum value of your printer (see /FTMn above) to
Ô
~ J ਠ* Ô10.0. If set to à Ã99Ä Ä, your image will be centered from top to bottom.
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~ J p¨ *
"ª ÔÁXX. Á*Á°°\ ÁThe à ÃÃÃ/PLMnÄ ÄÄÄ (printer left margin) sets the number of inches from the left side of page that the image will start
Ô
~ J 8¨ *
"ð Ôprinting. It is a decimal value from 0.25 to 7.5. If set to à Ã99Ä Ä, your image will be centered from left to right. The
maximum printable width on all printers is 8.0" (1/4" left & right margins).
Ô
~ J ¨ *
" ÔThe à Ã/SVnÄ Ä (SVGA) will allow you to use a 800 x 600 x 2 color mode to display IMG or HPGL files in a high
Ô
"6 Ôresolution mode if your graphics card supports it. The n is the decimal mode number that your card uses for
Ô
"Ð Ôthis mode. Most Paradise cards use 41 decimal for this mode, and the Tseng cards (including Orchid) use 89
Ô
"Ð Ôdecimal. This special mode and the standard 640 x 480 x 2 mode will allow faster panning on screen than the
Ô
"R Ôsame resolutions in VESA modes will for large B & W images. NOTE: The panning icon which is available in
VESA modes is not available for B & W modes.
Ô
~ J ¨ *
"â ÔThe à Ã/UPSA, /UPSB & /UPSCÄ Ä (unknown plot size) qualifiers will allow the user to specify a default plot size (A,
Ô
"6 ÔB. or C) if the program that created the .PLT file did not include the HPGL cmd PS to signify what the Plot Size
Ô
"r Ôwas. If one of these qualifiers is not used, and the .PLT file doesn't have a PS cmd, VESAVIEW will default
to a 'C' size plot.
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~ J ð#¨ * ÔTheà à /WFÄ Ä (full weights) will display the weights as originally drawn.
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~ J ¸$¨ * ÔTheà à /WHÄ Ä (weight half) is similar to /WN except that the weights of lines will be halved (divided by 2).
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~ J %¨ *
" ÔThe à Ã/WNÄ Ä (weight none) will not display weights of lines in an HPGL plot file if the SP (select pen) keyword was
Ô
"´ Ôused when creating the plots. This will greatly speed up the screen drawing if you don't need to look at or print
Ô
" Ôthe weights. Some CAD programs which generate the plot files create weighted lines by simply drawing the
Ô
"| Ôlines multiple times in the plot file (each slightly offset) and not by using the SP (set pen) command. The /WN
& /WH switches will have no effect on this type of plot files.
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and delay 10 seconds between slides.ÆT$Æ
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b ÔÂ X ÂEx: VESAVIEW /LO105 /LO107 /AM103 - Will lockout modes 105 and 107 from being valid VESA
modes and will use mode 103 when displaying arrays.ÆT$Æ
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"¸ ÔThe program will test to see if your graphics card supports the VESA Bios Extensions by either hardware or
software driver, whether you have a HIMEM driver loaded and how much extended memory you have available.
Use the
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~ J ð
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" ÔWhile the list of files is on your screen, you can change your current directory by placing the ÅXÅcursor on the lite
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~ J H
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" Ôblue entries (which are directory names) and pressing
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~ J ¨ *
" Ôroot directory, and theà à ..Ä Ä (double dots) will take you back one directory level. Selecting a yellow Disk Drive entry
will change your disk drive.
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~ J h¨ *
"n ÔYou can also press the
Ô
"v Ôdrive. (Ex: B: or B:\ or C:\GIF or C:\IMAGES\GIF or \GIF or \GIF\). NOTE that the program tolerates trailing
backslashes.
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~ J ¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×VIEW SINGLE IMAGE (from Text directory)× ×:Ä Ä
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"þ ÔTo view a single image move the cursor (with arrows, pageup, pagedown, home or end keys) ÅXÅto the desired
Ô
" Ôimage file and press
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"2! ÔMode (calculated by the program) which will display the most of your entire image on a single screen in the best
Ô
"R Ôresolution. After your image is displayed, press
Ô
"" Ôthat when viewing IMG files or HPGL files, you can use a VESA mode (only B&W colors used), use the
Ô
"¸ Ôstandard 640 x 480 x 2 mode or use the Super VGA mode that you optionally entered on the command line.
Entries in gray on the Mode Menu are not available for your graphics card.
Ô
~ J X¨ * Ôà ÃÅ Å× ×VIEW MULTIPLE IMAGES (slide show) (from Text directory)× ×:Ä Ä
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"D ÔTo view multiple images as a 'slide show', use the
Ô
~ J ° ¨ *
": Ôyou wish tÅ Åo view. You can mark all images in the current directory with the
Ô
~ J x ¨ *
"6 Ômouse) or unmark them with the key (or à ÃUNMARKÄ Ä with mouse). These can include BMP, GIF, IMG, JPG,
Ô
"P ÔPCX, TGA, TIF, PLT and HPG files. By pressing the
Ô
"¸ ÔDirectory. Press
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" Ôone in the best VESA mode as determined by the program (640x480x2 mode is used for PLT & HPG files).
Ô
"â ÔThe delay between slides will vary depending on the time it takes to read in the next file while one is on your
Ô
"2! Ôscreen and the value used in the /Dn switch. Fading in and out between multiple images can be done by using
Ô
"Þ Ôthe /Fn switch. After the last file is displayed, the program will loop back to first slide. Pressing
Ô
~ J ð#¨ *
"Ð Ômouse button) during the display will stop the slide show. (this may take several seconds). Ã ÃNote:Ä Ä Files will be
Ô
"( Ôdisplayed in the order in which they were selected. You can pause the slide show by pressing the
key on keyboard. Any other key will continue the show.
Ô
~ J '¨ * Ôà ÃÅ Å× ×VIEW / CREATE AN ARRAY OF IMAGES (from Text directory)× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"Â ÔTo view multiple images on a single screen at once, use the
Ô
" Ôimages Å Åyou wish to view. These can include BMP, GIF, IMG, JPG, PCX, TGA and TIF files but not PLT or
Ô
~ J 0*¨ *
"H ÔHPG files. Press (or point to à ÃARRAYÄ Ä with mouse) to select array display. Select the VESA mode fromÔ " 0* ´-8+8+L,Ò " Ô Ô
" ÔMode Menu and then select the number of images to display per screen page. Then sit back and watch your
Ô
" Ôimages appear. Pressing
Ô
" Ôdisplayed. After each page is displayed, you could press to save the currently displayed page as a
Ô
"L ÔWindows BMP file,
display the next page.
Ô
", ÔIf you used the /AS qualifier or selected 'Show Array Sizes' from the Options Menu, the image sizes will be
displayed alongside the filenames.
Ô
"Þ ÔSince each image uses it own unique 256 colors, a special optimized color table and color dithering is used to
Ô
", Ôdisplay arrays. Note that when displaying a 2-color file in an array, the scaling down of the original image
Ô
" Ô(especially a line type drawing) will cause much of the info to be lost on the screen unless the /FB or /FW
command qualifier is used.
Ô
"R ÔCreating arrays of your images is a good method of saving a sequence of images for a slide show. They are
Ô
"â Ôsaved in the array in the order you selected them. To play them back, just pull up that array image, press 'M'
to mark all images, and press left mouse button to display them.
Ô
~ J ¨ *
"| ÔÃ ÃWARNING:Ä Ä Files with more than 81 (9 x 9) images per page should not be viewed with versions of VESAVIEW
prior to version 5.0 since a system hangup could occur because of internal array variable overflow!
Ô
~ J h¨ *
"( ÔÃ ÃNOTE: Ä Ä Arrays are only available in VESA modes. Files will be arranged in the array in the order in which they
were selected.
Ô
~ J À¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×AUTO ARRAY GENERATION/SAVING× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"ð ÔIf you are going to have many pages (screens) of array images and you will be saving them ÅXÅall out as single
Ô
~ J ¨ *
" Ôfiles, you can do this automatically by the
Ô
"Ê Ôoption. This will automatically display the arrays on the screen and then save them out without any user
Ô
"Ø Ôintervention until the last one is processed. You begin just as you would for the standard array option by
Ô
" Ôselecting the files to display, the VESA mode, and then the number of images/page. You are first prompted for
Ô
"r Ôthe file type to use when saving. Then you are prompted for the first 1-6 characters of the filename that the
Ô
"â Ôprogram will use for the files it generates. You may precede the filename with a Disk & Directory if you don't
Ô
"þ Ôwant to use the current Disk/Dir. The system will append a 2 digit page number and appropriate extension
to your input.
Ô
"Ô ÔEX: You are going to have 3 pages of array images and you select
the filename. The System will generate 3 files named TEST01.GIF, TEST02.GIF & TEST03.GIF.
Ô
~ J x ¨ * Ôà ÃÅ Å× ×VIEWING FILES (from a previously created Array image)Ä Ä× ×:
Ô
"Æ ÔIf you have previously created and saved an array of images, you can use it to graphically select the images
Ô
~ J Ð ¨ *
"d ÔÅ Åyou want to display either singularly or as a slide show or for plotting. Ã ÃNOTE: A mouse is required for this
Ô
~ J !¨ *
": Ômode. Ä ÄJust select the array image from the Text directory listing. After it is displayed, use the box shaped
Ô
"ì Ôcursor to select the files. The left mouse button will select one file and display it immediately. The right mouse
Ô
"Â Ôbutton is used to Mark/Unmark files for a slide show or multiple plotting. Files are outlined with a red box when
Ô
": Ôthey are marked. If a file on your array menu does not exist in your current any more, the file will be crossªÔ
"þ Ôhatched with red lines. After all files you desire are marked, press the left mouse button to start the display.
Ô
"Â ÔThe /Dn and /Fn (delay and fade) work with multiple selections from arrays. Files will be displayed in the order
Ô
"L Ôthat they were selected on the screen. If you want to display all of the files in the same order they were
Ô
~ J '¨ *
" Ôcreated, just press 'M' to mark them all, and press the left mouse button to start the show. Ã ÃNOTE:Ä Ä Normally
Ô
"Ô Ôa right mouse button is used to Quit the current image, but since that button is used to Mark/Unmark files in
Ô
": Ôthe array menu, you must simultaneously press both the left and right button to Quit. You can still use the
Ô " 0*
´-8+8+L,Ò " ÔÔ
"Â ÔArray images created before VESAVIEW version 4.0 will not allow graphic file selection. Version 4.0 and above
Ô
"R Ôcreates an additional index file for each array image you create. This file will have the same filename as your
Ô
~ J ¨ *
"æ Ôarray image but with an extension of à Ã.VNXÄ Ä . If this files does not exist in the same directory as your array
Ô
"D Ôimage file, you will not be able to use the array image as a graphic menu, but you can still view it as a normal
Ô
" Ôimage. The index file is very small, and unlike other graphic packages which allow graphical selection of
Ô
~ J è¨ *
" Ôimages from the screen, ÃÃVESAVIEW does not requireÄÄ separate ÃÃTHUMBNAILÄÄ files for each image which saves
Ô
"¦ Ôconsiderable time and disk space. As of version 4.3, the array image together with its index file may be stored
Ô
"Ð Ô(or saved) on a Disk/Directory that is different from the location of the images in the array. This will allow users
Ô
"¦ Ôto catalog images from CDROMs (which can't be written to) etc. VESAVIEW assumes that if your array images
Ô
"Æ Ôhave nested arrays, all of these arrays are located in the same directory, but each of the array's images can
Ô
" Ôbe located on different Disk/Directories if needed. The index file stores the Disk & Directory of the images in
Ô
~ J ¨ *
"D Ôthe array. Ã ÃNOTE:Ä Ä If you ever move your images from where the array was initially created, you will either need
Ô
"r Ôto re©catalog them or use a text editor to change the path (first entry) in the .VNX file. To make the index file
Ô
"ú Ôdownward compatable with versions prior to 4.3, the program will accept index files that didn't store the images
path in them as the first entry.
Ô
"D ÔUp to six levels of array menus can be used (nested). For example, you could have one array image that had
Ô
"D Ôother array images in it. One idea would be to have individual array images for BMPs, GIFs, JPGs, PCXs and
Ô
"Z ÔTGAs. Then have a master array image which would include the BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX and TGA arrays.
Ô
"D ÔWhile an array image is displayed, selecting another array image from it will pull up that new array menu and
Ô
"r Ôso on. If you have displayed an image out of a sub©level array menu, the
Ô
"D Ôreturn you to the previously displayed array menu. (remember that if you are displaying an array file, you must
use both the left and right mouse button together to return to previous image).
Ô
" ÔIf you need to add or delete an image from the array image, you will need to re©create it. New array images
can only be created from the Text directory listing.
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔAdditional Keys available while displaying an array image:ÁppÎÁ
Ô
~ J ¨¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃM1 (left mouse button)Ä Ä Â ¸ hhCÂUsed to start displaying a single or marked multiple imagesÆT$hÆ
Ô
~ J p¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃM2 (right mouse button)Ä ÄÁhhCÁUsed to Mark or Unmark files
Ô
~ J 8¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃM1 & M2 (together)Ä ÄÁÁÁhhCÁUsed to Quit from an array image
(See 'SPECIAL KEYS WHILE VIEWING' later for standard keys available)
Á Á
Ô
~ J X¨ *
"¸ ÔÃ ÃWarning:Ä Ä You cannot have different array files with the same filename and different extensions in the same
Ô
~ J ¨ *
": Ôdirectory since each file will use the extension .VNX for its index file. Ã Ã Ex:Ä Ä You cannot have DIR01.GIF and
Ô
"v ÔDIR01.BMP array files in the same directory since the program would not know which one the index file
DIR01.VNX should be associated with.
Ô
~ J ¨ * Ôà Ã× ×VIEWING GIF89A FILES © Special Case× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"! ÔIf you are viewing a single GIF89A file, most of the 89A extensions will be processed including multiple images,
Ô
"n Ôplain text and control blocks. Comments will not be displayed. Because of the way VESAVIEW reads images
Ô
"( Ôinto Extended memory before displaying them, the plain text will only be displayed on the screen (not XMEM).
Ô
" ÔThis will prevent the printing of the text since printing is done from what is in Extended memory. One way
Ô
"Â Ôaround this, if your screen has enough resolution to display the entire file, is to save your screen out to another
Ô
"¸ Ôfile with
Ô
"Â Ôon the screen after all of the 89A extensions are processed. If the extensions include delays between images,
Ô
"Þ Ôor require the user to
will not be put in a wait state looking for user input.
Ô
"` ÔIf you are viewing arrays which include GIF89A files, the extensions will be processed entirely in XMEM before
Ô
"¸ Ôdisplaying them in the array. No text extensions will be displayed (they would probably be too small to readÔ " 0* ´-8+8+L,Ò " Ô Ô
"` Ôanyway). Delays between GIF89A extensions are not processed when displaying array images for increased
speed.
Ô
~ J X¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×VIEWING HPG or PLT FILES× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"ô ÔÅXÅTo view a plot file created in a HPGL format, move the cursor to the filename and press
Ô
" Ôchoose the Display Mode and Plot Mode you wish to use. The program will try and determine the size of plot
Ô
"Ø Ôfrom the plot file header, but some CADD packages don't supply this info in which case the program will
assume a "C size". The HPGL codes for Plot Sizes are:
Á ÁPS4 = 'A' size
Á ÁPS0 = 'B' size
Á ÁPS1 = 'C' size
Ô
"þ ÔChoosing a display mode of FIT, 2X or 4X will speed up the drawing process but the resolution of the image
Ô
" Ôwill be diminished. As the image is decoded, you will see it being drawn in a preview mode at screen size.
Ô
"Ð ÔAfter the image is complete, pressing any key will swap you to the actual image as stored in Extended memory
for panning around in. Pressing
Currently supported HPGL commands are: PU,PD,PA,PR,PS,IP,SC,SP, CI and AA
Ô
"H ÔEven though the LB,SI,SR,DF,DI & DR commands are parsed and used to display the image on the initial
Ô
"! Ôpreview screen, they are not supported as the drawing is being created in Extended memory. This won't usually
Ô
"¦ Ôpose a problem since this program was designed to view HPGL files created by CADD programs and most of
those programs represent Text etc. as vector elements.
Ô
"¦ ÔWARNING: Only plot files which were created as C size or smaller should be viewed, since the program does
Ô
" Ôno checking for elements which could be drawn 'off' the page if too big. This check was omitted to speed up
the drawing.
Ô
~ J p¨ * Ôà Ã× ×VIEWING ASCII FILES:Ä Ä× ×
Ô
"d ÔTo view a single ASCII file on your screen, just select it as with any other filetype. The file will be displayed
Ô
"Æ Ôin a text window. The following file extensions are recognized as ASCII files © .1ST, .ANS, .ASC, .ASM, .BAT,
.C, .DIZ, .DOC, .H, .LIS, .ME, .TXT and .VNX. You may use the following keys while viewing an ASCII file:
Ô
~ J X¨ * ÔÁ ÁPan Up a LineÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁ© à ÃUP ARROW or RIGHT MOUSE BUTTONÄ Ä
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁPan Down a Lineà ÃÄ ÄÁÁ© à ÃDOWN ARROW or LEFT MOUSE BUTTONÄ Ä
Ô
~ J è ¨ * ÔÁ ÁPan Up a PageÁÁ© Ã ÃPAGE UPÄ Ä
Ô
~ J ° ¨ * ÔÁ ÁPan Down a PageÁÁ© Ã ÃPAGE DNÄ Ä
Ô
~ J x ¨ * ÔÁ ÁAbortÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁ© à ÃESC or Both LEFT & RIGHT MOUSE BUTTONS simultaneouslyÄ Ä
Ô
"¸ ÔNOTE: ASCII files cannot be viewed from a graphics menu or in a slide show. Only the first 2000 lines of a
file will be displayable. The entire file is not stored in memory but accessed from the disk drive as needed.
Ô
~ J `"¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×DELETING FILES× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"V ÔWhile the file list is displayed on your screen, you may delete a file by moving the cursor to ÅXÅit and pressing
Ô
"` Ô
then press
Ô
~ J '¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×SEARCHING FILENAMES× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"þ ÔWhile the file list is displayed on your screen, you may select files by searching their ÅXÅfilenames for a specific
Ô
~ J h)¨ *
" Ôstring. Press
"ª Ôit contains the exact string anywhere in its filename. Don't use the wildcard characters * or ? since they will
be search for literally.
Ô
~ J X¨ * Ôà ÃÅ °Å× ×SPECIAL KEYS WHILE VIEWING× ×:Ä Ä
While viewing images in a VESA mode (other than arrays):
Ô
~ J x¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃF1/F2Ä Ä Á¸ ¸ æ ÁIncrease/Decrease RED
Ô
~ J @¨ * ÔÅ°ÅÁ Áà ÃF3/F4 Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÄ ÄIncrease/Decrease GREEN
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃF5/F6 Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÄ ÄIncrease/Decrease BLUE
Ô
~ J Ш * ÔÁ Áà ÃF7/F8Ä Ä Á¸ ¸ æ ÁIncrease/Decrease RED
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃF9/F10Ä Ä Á¸ ¸ æ ÁIncrease/Decrease RED
Ô
~ J ` ¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃALT F9Ä ÄÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁChange to Gray tones
Ô
~ J (
¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃALT F10Ä ÄÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁRestore original palette
Ô
~ J ð
¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃBÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁCreate a BMP file (256 c) of screen contents
Ô
~ J ¸ ¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃCÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁCrop an image and save as BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX file
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃGÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁCreate a GIF file (256 c) of screen contents
Ô
~ J H
¨ * Ôà ÃÁ ÁH or ?Ä Ä Á¸ ¸ æ ÁGraphics Help
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃJÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁCreate a JPG file (24 bit) of screen contents
Ô
~ J ب * ÔÁ Áà ÃPÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁSend XMEM contents to printer as B&W or Color image
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃSÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÂ ¸ ¸ æ ÂScale XMEM contents to screen and save as BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX fileÆT$¸ Æ
Ô
~ J h¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃVÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁDisplay the current VGA palette
Ô
~ J 0¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃZÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁCreate a PCX file (256 c) of screen contents
Ô
~ J ø¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ Ã+Ä ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÂ ¸ ¸ æ ÂZoom in (change VESA resolution to next lower mode)ÆT$¸ Æ
Ô
~ J À¨ * ÔÁ Áà éÁ` ` ¸ ÁÄ Ä ¸ ¸ æ ÂZoom out (change VESA resolution to next higher mode)ÆT$¸ Æ
Á ÁÁ` ` ¸ ÁNOTE: Mode 100 (640x400) is skipped when using +/© above.
Ô
~ J P¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃÄ Ä
Å °ÅWhile viewing an array (one about to be saved, not a previously saved one):
Ô
~ J ¨¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃBÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁCreate a BMP file (256 c) of screen contents
Ô
~ J p¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃCÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁCrop an image and create a BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX file
Ô
~ J 8¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃGÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁCreate a GIF file (256 c) of screen contents
Ô
~ J ¨ * ÔÅ°ÅÁ ÁÃ ÃJÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁCreate a JPG file (24 bit) of screen contents
Ô
~ J Ȩ * ÔÁ Áà ÃZÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁCreate a PCX file (256 c) of screen contents
Å XÅWhile viewing IMG or HPGL files in a B & W mode:
Ô
~ J è ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃPÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁSend XMEM contents to printerÅXÅ as B&W image
Ô
~ J ° ¨ *
¢ ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃIÄ ÄÂ °` ` ¸ ÂCreate an IMG file (2 c) of entire XMEM contents. The 'I' option may also be used if you are
viewing an IMG or HPGL file in a color VESA mode.ÆT$` Æ
Ô
~ J @ ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃZÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁCreate a PCX (2 c) file of entire XMEM contents.
Å èÅIn both Color and B & W modes you may pan screen with:
(make sure the NUMLOCK key is on to use keypad)
Ô
~ J `"¨ * ÔÃ Ã
Ô
~ J (#¨ * ÔÁ ÁÄ Äà ÃHOMEÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁTop left of image
Ô
~ J ð#¨ * ÔÅèÅÁ Áà ÃENDÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁBottom right of image
Ô
~ J ¸$¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃPage UpÄ Ä Á¸ ¸ æ ÁMove up approx. 1 inch
Ô
~ J %¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃPage DnÄ ÄÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁMove down approx. 1 inch
Ô
~ J H&¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃESCÄ ÄÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁReturn to File Selection Menu
Ô
"V ÔThe arrow keys on either numeric keypad or separate arrow keypad pan the image approx. 1/4 inch in that
Ô
"Æ Ôdirection. In addition, on the numeric keypad, the 1,3,7 & 9 keys pan the image diagonally and the 5 pans to
center of image.
Ô " 0*
´-8+8+L,Ò " ÔUse the Control key with left or right arrows to pan 1 inch to the left or right.
Ô
~ J ¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×SAVING SCREEN AS a BMP, GIF or PCX FILE× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"Þ ÔWhile viewing an image in a VESA mode, pressing will save the current screen (not ÅXÅnecessarily everything
Ô
" Ôin Extended memory) to a BMP file with the filename of your choosing. Pressing
Ô
" ÔPressing
Ô
"ª Ôimage in or the cropped size that you used. The color table written to file will reflect any adjustments you've
Ô
"r Ômade with the Function keys. When keying in the filename, if you don't include the period or extension, the
Ô
" Ôprogram will append the correct extension to your keyin. If you keyin the extension with your filename, the
Ô
" Ôprogram will use that instead, but make sure you keyin the appropriate extension since the extension is how
Ô
"â Ôthe program determines the file type to display! You may precede the filename with a Disk & Directory if you
don't want to use the current Disk/Dir.
Ô
~ J ð
¨ * Ôà Ã× ×SAVING SCREEN AS a JPG FILE:Ä Ä× ×
Ô
"ì ÔJPEG is a standardized compression method for full©color (24 bit) and grayscale images. JPEG is a lossy type
Ô
"R Ôof compression, meaning that the output image is not necessarily identical to the input image. This software
Ô
"N! Ôimplements JPEG baseline and extended©sequential compression processes and the file format used is called
Ô
" ÔJFIF. This format has been agreed to by a number of major commercial JPEG vendors and probably will
Ô
"n Ôbecome the de facto standard. Some commercial JPEG implementations are incompatible, especially if they
Ô
"` Ôwere written before the summer of 1991. Some other shareware JPEG program's output will only work if they
have the option of outputing as JFIF standard files.
Ô
"` ÔThe procedure for saving the current screen to a JPG file is the same as for saving to a GIF, BMP or PCX (see
Ô
"d Ôabove section), except that an extra question is asked after you key in the filename. You will need to enter
Ô
"Æ Ôa JPEG quality factor ranging from 25 to 95. The default if you just press
Ô
"¸ Ôwill result in larger files and less loss of image quality. A lower quality factor will result in smaller files with
more loss of image quality.
Ô
"¦ ÔIt is not recommended to save array images as JPG files if they will be used as graphic menus, since they will
take considerably longer to decode.
Ô
~ J Ȩ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×CROPPING SCREEN & SAVING AS a BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX FILE× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
", ÔIf you press
Ô
"Ê ÔYou will see a box drawn around your screen image when you first press
Ô
"( ÔTopLeft corner of box. Press to move the BottomRight corner. Use the arrow keys to move a single pixel
Ô
"h Ôat a time, or PageUp, PageDown,
Ô
"â Ô
Ô
"¸ Ôbox to Bottomright of screen.
whether to save as a BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX file. See 'Using a Mouse' below.
Ô
~ J !¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×SCALING XMEM CONTENTS TO SCREEN & SAVING× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
" ÔIf you press
Ô
"ª Ôaround your screen when you first press
Ô
"r Ôwill be fitted to your screen at the current VESA resolution. Use the arrow keys etc. (like in cropping above)
Ô
"| Ôto move the lower right corner of box. Scaling always occurs about the upper left corner of image, so you can't
move this point.
Ô
~ J Ø'¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×SAVING XMEM CONTENTS AS an IMG or PCX FILE× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"þ ÔWhile viewing a 2 color Black/White image (either IMG, 2-color PCX or HPGL files), pressing ÅXÅan will save
Ô
" Ôthe entire eXtended memory contents to a IMG file, or pressing
"6 Ôhave the opportunity to reverse the image before saving. It doesn't matter whether you are viewing the image
Ô
"¸ Ôin a color VESA mode or one of the Black & White modes in order to save with the mode, as long as the
Ô
"( Ôoriginal image was actually a 2 color image. Currently, there is not a cropping option before saving as a IMG
Ô
"d Ôfile. However, if you are viewing the 2-color image in a color VESA mode, you could save out as a cropped
BMP, GIF, JPG or PCX file.
Ô
~ J °¨ * Ôà ÃÅ Å× ×PRINTING IMAGES× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"V ÔBefore displaying an image that you will be printing, you should pull up the Printer Setup Menu and Printer
Ô
" ÔModel Menu (submenus of OPTS menu) and make any necessary changes to model, style, size, margins,
Ô
"d Ôrotation and gamma etc. After an image is displayed, any adjustments to color/brightness/contrast will be
Ô
"ô Ôreflected in your print. The gamma value (see description of /PGn qualifier above) is a good tool to use if
Ô
"´ Ôadjustment to brightness is needed for printouts. The maximum size of image is limited only by the amount of
Ô
"( Ôfree XMEM you have. The maximum size of print is 10.5 x 8.0 inches on most printers. On the DeskJet 550C
Ô
": Ôprinter, note that you can't print on the bottom 1/2" of page, so if you are centering your print, the maximum
Ô
"d Ôlength can't be greater than 10.0", but if you set your Top Margin to the minimum of 0.05", you can squeeze
in about 10.4".
Ô
"` ÔIf you want to print multiple images, select them from the file list with the
Ô
~ J ب *
"¸ Ôas for slides, and then press
(or point to à ÃPLOTÄ Ä with mouse). Each file will be displayed on screen and will create a print on your active printer in the will create a Black & White key, otherwise the printer may lose
Ô
"Â Ôautomatically plotted until the last one is processed. NOTE that all of the plots will use the same size, rotation,
Ô
"Þ Ôjustification etc. from the plotting options menu. Pressing
NOTE: This option is only available in Registered Versions.
Ô
"´ ÔWhile a color image file is displayed on the screen, pressing
Ô
"ì Ôcurrent print style. The fastest print style isÅ Å the halftoning process. The scatter style will produce a better quality
Ô
"ô Ôprint in most cases, but will take longer to process. You may cancel the plot by pressing
Ô
"ì Ômouse button) during the plot. The port defaults to LPT1 unless you specified a command line argument of /P2
Ô
"Þ Ôor /PF when starting the program. The actual plot will be of your entire image (stored in extended memory) and
not just what you may be viewing on your screen.
Ô
" ÔWhile viewing a 2©color (black & white) file or HPGL (.PLT or .HPG), pressing
print.
Ô
"n ÔSee description of /FB, /FW & /FN above to preserve image context when your print is being scaled down from
Ô
"Æ Ôthe original size. You can use any of the printer qualifiers (available as command line qualifiers or from the
Ô
"6 ÔPrinter Menu within program) to change the defaults for Printer Port, Printer Type, Resolution, Rotation Angle,
Width and Top & Left Margins.
Ô
"| ÔIf you select a Print Width greater than 8.5", the program will automatically rotate print 90 degrees (unless 270
Ô
"â Ôwas already selected). The program will beep if you try to use an invalid combination of size, rotation angle,
margins or resolution.
Ô
~ J !¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×MOUSE USE× ×:Ä Ä
Ô
"þ ÔIn most cases where the keypad is used to move the text cursor, a MicroSoft compatible ÅXÅmouse can also be
used. You must install any required mouse drivers before running VESAVIEW.
Ô
"þ ÔThe Left button is used just like the
Ô
"ô Ôchoices from pop-up menus, to select commands at the bottom of screen and to select the PageUp and
PageDown icons from the vertical bar on the right side of screen.
Ô
"¦ ÔThe Right button is used just like the
to mark files for use in arrays or for displaying them as slides (like the
Ô " 0* ´-8+8+L,Ò " ÔÔ
"¦ ÔIf a large image has been displayed in one of the 256 color VESA modes, holding down the Left mouse button
Ô
"( Ôwill display a panning icon on your screen. The green box represents your entire image size and the red box
Ô
"ª Ôrepresents your screen size. While holding down the Left button, move the mouse and the red box will pan
Ô
"L Ôaround with the green box. When you let go of the button, the screen with be moved to reflect your new
Ô
"ú Ôwindow area. This mode of panning is much quicker than using the arrow keys, although you will probably use
Ô
"ª Ôthe arrow keys for fine tuning the pan. If a double-beep is heard when trying to use this feature, your image
is probably smaller than your screen and no panning is possible.
Ô
"Ô ÔWhen Cropping an image, the Left mouse button will move the upper left corner of the cropping box and the
Ô
"À ÔRight mouse button will move the lower right corner of box. Pressing both the Left and Right buttons
Ô
"Â Ôsimultaneously will start the save (like pressing
is not used (can't move the upper left corner of scaling box).
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~ J (
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" ÔVESAVIEW can be run in a Full Screen mode from Windows 3.1. Because of the way Windows 3.1 allocates
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" Ômemory, it is suggested that you use a à Ã.PIFÄ Ä file to run VESAVIEW. The following are recommended settings
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~ J ب * ÔÁ Áà ÃÃÃProgram Item PropertiesÄ ÄÄÄ
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁDescription:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁÃÃVesaViewÁÀÀqÁÁÁÄÄ
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~ J h¨ * ÔÁ ÁCommand Line:ÁÁÃÃVESAVIEW.PIFÁÁÄÄ
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~ J 0¨ * ÔÁ ÁWorking Directory:ÁÁÃÃC:\GIFÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁÁÁÄÄÁppÎÁÁÈÈûÁ<©© Path of initial image directory
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~ J ø¨ * ÔÁ ÁShortcut Key:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁÃÃNoneÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁÁÁÄÄ
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î ÔÂ X Â(NOTE: You can use the ICON that is delivered with VESAVIEW or your own. The supplied icon is
in the file VESAVIEW.ICO.)ÆT$Æ
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~ J ਠ* Ôà ÃUse the following for 386 ENHANCED MODE ©Ä Ä
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~ J ¨¨ * ÔÁ Áà ÃÃÃPIF EDITOR © VESAVIEW.PIFÄ ÄÄÄ
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~ J p¨ * ÔÁ ÁProgram Filename:ÁÁÃÃC:\VV\VESAVIEW.EXEÁÁÄÄÁppÎÁ<©© Path of VESAVIEW.EXE
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~ J 8¨ * ÔÁ ÁWindow Title:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁÃÃVesaViewÁÀÀqÁÁÁÄÄ
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁOptional Parameters:ÁÁÃÃ/AW /AM103 /PTDJ /ASÄÄÁppÎÁ<©© Modify these as needed
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~ J Ȩ * ÔÁ ÁStart©up Directory:ÁÁÃÃÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁÁÁÄÄ
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁVideo Memory:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁ_ TextÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁ_ Low GraphicsÁÈÈûÁÃÃXÄÄ High Graphics
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~ J X¨ * ÔÁ ÁMemory Requiremts:ÁÁKB RequiredÁÀÀqÁÃé1ÄÄÁÁKB DesiredÁÈÈûÁÃé1ÄÄ
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁEMS Memory:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁKB RequiredÁÀÀqÁÃÃ0ÄÄÁÁKB LimitÁÈÈûÁÃÃ1024ÄÄ
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~ J è ¨ * ÔÁ ÁXMS Memory:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁKB Required ÁÀÀqÁÃÃ1024ÄÄÁÁKB LimitÁÈÈûÁÃé1ÄÄ
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~ J ° ¨ * ÔÁ ÁDisplay Usage:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÃÃXÄÄ Full ScreenÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁExecution:ÁppÎÁ_ Background
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~ J x ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁ_ WindowedÁÀÀqÁÁÁÁppÎÁÁÈÈûÁÃÃXÄÄ Exclusive
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~ J @ ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃÃXÄÄ Close Window on Exit
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~ J Ð ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃÃÃPIF EDITOR © Advanced OptionsÄ ÄÄÄ
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~ J `"¨ * ÔÁ ÁBackground Priority:ÁÁÃÃ50ÄÄÁhhCÁForeground Priority:ÁppÎÁÃÃ100ÄÄ
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~ J (#¨ * ÔÁ ÁÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁÃÃXÄÄ Detect Idle Time
Á ÁMemory Options:
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~ J ¸$¨ * ÔÁ ÁÁ` ` ¸ Á_ EMS Memory LockedÁÀÀqÁÁÁÃÃXÄÄ XMS Memory Locked
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~ J %¨ * ÔÁ ÁÁ` ` ¸ Á_ Uses High Memory AreaÁÀÀqÁÁÁÃÃXÄÄ Lock Application Memory
Á ÁDisplay Options:
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~ J '¨ * ÔÁ ÁÁ` ` ¸ ÁÃÃXÄÄ TextÁÁÁhhCÁ_ Low GraphicsÁppÎÁÁÈÈûÁÃÃXÄÄ High Graphics
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~ J Ø'¨ * ÔÁ ÁÁ` ` ¸ ÁÃÃXÄÄ Emulate Text ModeÁhhCÁÃÃXÄÄ Retain Video Memory
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~ J (¨ * ÔÁ ÁOther Options:Á¸ ¸ æ Á(leave as default)
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~ J 0*¨ * ÔÃ ÃUse the following for STANDARD MODE ©Ä ÄÔ " 0* ´-8+8+L,Ò " ÔÔ
~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃ ÃÃÃPIF EDITOR © VESAVIEW.PIFÄ ÄÄÄ
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~ J È ¨ * ÔÁ ÁProgram Filename:ÁÁÃÃC:\VV\VESAVIEW.EXEÁÁÄÄÁppÎÁ<©© Path of VESAVIEW.EXE
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁWindow Title:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁÃÃVesaViewÁÀÀqÁÁÁÄÄ
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~ J X¨ * ÔÁ ÁOptional Parameters:ÁÁÃÃ/AW /AM103 /PTDJ /ASÄÄÁppÎÁ<©© Modify these as needed
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁStart©up Directory:ÁÁÃÃÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁÁÁÄÄ
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~ J è¨ * ÔÁ ÁVideo Memory:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁ_ TextÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁÃÃXÄÄ Graphics/Multiple TextÃÃÄÄ
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~ J °¨ * ÔÁ ÁMemory Requiremts:ÁÁKB RequiredÁÀÀqÁÃé1ÄÄÃÃÄÄ
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~ J x¨ * ÔÁ ÁXMS Memory:Á¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁKB Required ÁÀÀqÁÃÃ1024ÄÄÁÁKB LimitÁÈÈûÁÃé1ÄÄ
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~ J @¨ * ÔÁ ÁDirect Modifiers:ÁÁ_ COM1ÃÃÄÄÁÀÀqÁ_ COM3ÁppÎÁ_ Keyboard
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÁ` ` ¸ ÁÁ¸ ¸ æ ÁÁÁ_ COM2ÁÀÀqÁ_ COM4
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~ J Ш * ÔÁ Á_ No Screen ExchangeÁÁÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁ_ Prevent Program SwitchÃÃÄÄ
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~ J ¨ * ÔÁ ÁÃÃXÄÄ Close Window on ExitÁhhCÁÁÀÀqÁ_ No Save Screen
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~ J ð
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"Ø ÔThe array used to store the files in current directory is limited to 999 files. More files than this will just be
truncated from directory listing.
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"Î ÔThe program determines the type of file to display by the extension used on the filename. Supported
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"À Ôextensions are BMP, GIF, IMG, JPG, PCX, TGA, TIF, HPG and PLT. Any other extensions are ignored.
Incorrect extensions may cause program to hang (ie. Don't name a PCX file with a GIF extension).
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"n ÔEven though your VESA driver thinks it supports some of the higher resolution modes, your hardware may not
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"Ô Ôhave the required memory to do so. Therefore, you need to lockout these modes from the program with the
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"ð Ô/LOmode command line switch. If you don't lock out these modes, the program may hang and you'll have to
do the 3 finger trick ().
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"Ô ÔWhen printing, make sure your printer is online before pressing the
some of the data or lock up the program.
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~ J 8¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×HINTS× ×:Ä Ä
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"H ÔWhen creating arrays of images that include 24 bit files, you may want to toggle the 24 bit ÅXÅpalette option to
STANDARD to speed up the processing. The color detail will not be too apparent at this small scale.
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" ÔTo create and save a slide show sequence, just create an array image and save it. The images on the array
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"ð Ôwill be arranged in the order in which they were selected originally. All you need to do to play the slide show
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"ð Ôis pull up that array image, press 'M' to mark all files, and then press the left mouse button to start the show.
You should set the delay and fade before pulling up the array if desired.
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" ÔIt is suggested that you prefix your array filenames with a 0 (zero) so that they will be alphabetized at the
beginning of the directory listing for easier location. (Ex. 0DIR01.GIF, 0DIR02.GIF etc).
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" ÔIf you will be using your array images as graphic menus for file selection, a lower resolution array image will
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"D Ôupdate on the screen faster. Even if you have just a few images to catalog, by placing them in a larger format
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"â Ôarray image (ie. You have only 9 images to catalog but create a 6 x 6 array image), the screen will be able to
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" Ôrecall this array as a menu much faster than creating it in a 3 x 3 array image. This is due to the greater
compression of large areas of blank space on the screen.
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" ÔIf you don't have a mouse, the graphic arrays you create can't be used graphic menus. You ÃÃwill need toÄÄ
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"Ê Ômanually delete the .VNX file for the array file so that the system will think the array file is just an ordinary
image.
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"Ô ÔIf you are using a printer supported by the DOS GRAPHICS command, you can get a quick print of a Black &
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" ÔWhite screen by using the GRAPHICS command before running VESAVIEW. Version 5.0 of DOS supports the
DeskJet & LaserJets and the syntax would be:
Á ÁGRAPHICS DESKJET /r (the /r will reverse black & white)
 X ÂUse
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"Ê ÔIf you are printing to a color printer and you need to lighten up your print, try increasing the Gamma value
instead of the brightness. This will lighten up the lower intensities and leave the higher intensities as they are.
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"Ð ÔBesides using the SCALE option, there is a trick you can use to scale down an image by 1/2,1/3,1/4...1/9. Mark
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" Ôjust one image and display it as an array. Select the Array Size according to the scale factor you wish to use.
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"¸ Ô(The color table used to display a single image as an array will be the true color table of that image and not
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" Ôthe standard palette). After the image is displayed, use the CROP feature to save the area you desire as a
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"@! Ôcolor image. Note that when a single array image is displayed, the background color and text colors will change
according to the color table of the single image being displayed.
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" ÔIf you need a VESA driver for your graphics card, login to Compuserve and go to the IBMPRO forum (GO
VESA). In Lib #12 (Vesa), you will find VESA drivers for almost any card.
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" ÔIf you are not sure what graphics card you have in your machine, there is a great little program in the
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"ð ÔGRAPHSUPPORT forum on Compuserve (GO PICS). In Lib #14 (Misc Util & Code) download VDEOID.EXE.
This program will try and determine the card manufacturer & memory on it.
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~ J À¨ * Ôà ÃÅ Å× ×CARDS TESTED× ×:Ä Ä
This program has been tested on the following computers and graphics cards:
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DELL 325D - Using built-in Paradise card
DELL 325D - Using a CompuAdd Hi-rez card
DELL 433D - Using Trident 8900 card
DELL 433P - Using built-in Paradise card
DELL 433P - Using a Video-7 VRAM II card
DELL 486D/50 - Using built-in Paradise card
DELL 486D/66 - Using built-in Paradise card & ATI Ultra card
NEC 386SX - Using a CompuAdd Hi-rez card
AST 286/386 Premium - Using Orchid Designer Pro card
AST 286/386 Premium - Using Diamond Stealth card (has built in VESA Bios on card)
IBM 286 AT - Using a Paradise VGA Plus
IBM 286 AT - Using an ATI Wonder card & ATI Vantage
GATEWAY 2000 486/33 © Using an ATI Ultra card
DEC PC 486 © Using built©in graphics card
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~ J !¨ * Ôà ÃÅ XÅ× ×SUPPORT× ×:Ä Ä
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" ÔIf you have any comments, suggestions or questions, please leave me a message in the ÅXÅGRAPHSUPPORT
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" Ôforum (GO PICS) on Compuserve. My CIS ID number is 71170,2340. The current shareware version of
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", ÔVESAVIEW will always be posted in the LIB #3 (Decoders & Encoders) of the GRAPHSUPPORT forum on
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" ÔCompuserve. It can also be found on the Blue Ridge Express Bulletin Board (804)©790©1675. The Zipped
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"þ Ôarchival of VESAVIEW will usually be named VESAVW.ZIP or VESAVWxx.ZIP where xx is the version number.
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"â ÔIf you can't find it by filename, try searching for the keywords VESA and HPGL. You can also reach me at the
P. O. Box listed in the Registration section.
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~ J h)¨ * Ôà Ã× ×REVISION HISTORY× ×:Ä Ä
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~ J ¨ * Ôv1.0 - v1.9 Á` ` ¸ ÁDevelopmental versions
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~ J È ¨ * Ôv2.0 (4/03/92)Á` ` ¸ ÁFirst release to the Public as Shareware
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Ì Ôv2.1 (4/10/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂChanged algorithm used for arrays color palette. Now uses color dithering for much more
accurate color reproduction.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¨ *
È Ôv2.2 (4/21/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded new option to Automatically generate multiple pages of array images and save them to
GIF files without user intervention. Also added a Scaling option.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J °¨ * Ôv2.3 (4/27/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂFixed a minor bug while displaying multiple pages of arrays.ÆT$` Æ
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ì Ôv2.4 (6/05/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂChanged GIF decoder so that files which do not follow the standard of setting byte 13 of
header as a zero are decoded anyway.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¨ *
X Ôv2.5 (7/6/92) Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded saving as PCX files (both 2 & 256 color). Added cmd line qualifiers /FN, /FB & /FW so
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Ôthat scaling of B&W images could retain more info of the original. Can now read in Windows
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t Ô3.X .BMP files (256 color). Added ability to select files for display with a search string. Added
AA (absolute arc) & CI (circle) cmds to HPGL module & fixed minor bug in display size.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J (
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Ôv2.6 (7/16/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded decoding of TIF (2 color) files and fixed bug with Filename Search option. Only decodes
non-compressed and run-length encoded TIFs.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¸ ¨ *
. Ôv2.7 (10/9/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded decoding of 24 bit PCX & BMP files and decoding of 16, 24 & 32 bit TGA (Targa) files.
Added ability to change command line options from within the program from a menu.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J H
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Ú Ôv2.8(11/20/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded qualifier to disable beep after displaying images. Added print enhancements: Color
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â Ôprinting to HP PaintJet, PaintJet XL, PaintJet XL300, DeskJet 500C & DeskJet 550C.
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¾ ÔREGISTERED VERSION ONLY: Added ability to select plot size, rotation angle, resolution,
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¾ Ôgamma correction and page placement. Data can now be compressed before sending to
printer to reduce size and speedup printing.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J 0¨ *
ÔV2.9 (12/9/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded qualifier (/COD) to optimize color palette and dither the image when 16, 24 or 32 bit bit
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ò Ôimages are read in. Fixed a bug which wouldn't allow an array of images to be saved as a GIF
file if no GIF file was displayed in the array.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¨ *
ÔV3.0(12/14/92)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded new B & W Scatter print style and Color Halftone print style. Also added qualifiers for
these styles (/PSBH, /PSBS, /PSCH & /PSCS). Added /FTMn (fixed top margin).ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¨ *
¬ ÔV3.1 (1/11/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂChanged halftone printing pixels from 4 bits to 5 bits to allow more shades. Added saving as
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Þ Ôa Windows BMP (256c). Arrays can now be saved as either GIF, BMP or PCX files. The
screen is now erased around a cropped area before saving for easier viewing.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J p¨ *
N ÔV3.2 (1/22/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded support for 16 color PCX, BMP & GIF files. Added support for 256 color (8 bit) TGA
files. Saving of images or arrays is now 3©4 times faster.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¨ *
t ÔV3.3 (2/2/93) Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded support for 16 and 256 color TIF files. Added ability to use 320x200x256 & 640x480x2
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X Ômodes without requiring a VESA driver. These modes do not allow array generation. Added
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< Ôpanning with window icon for B&W display modes. Added qualifiers /PXSn & /PYSn to allow
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* Ôslight adjustment of X & Y scales when plotting HPGL & 2©color files. Fixed bug where multiple
image GIFs would hang. Now, only the 1st image of these multi©image GIFs is displayed.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J è ¨ *
ÔV3.4 (2/9/93) Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded support for GIF89A files by completely rewriting the GIF decoder module. Multiple files
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 Ôcan now be selected for automated plotting (only available in Registered Version). File
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È Ôdirectory is now sorted vertically instead of horizontally for easier viewing. Zooming (changing
resolution) is now possible while viewing in a VESA mode with the +© keys.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¨ * ÔV3.5 (2/26/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂFixed bug with vertical directory listing which caused incorrect scrolling.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J Ð ¨ *
° ÔV3.6 (3/18/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded cmd qualifiers /UPSA, /UPSB & /UPSC so user could select a default plot size if the
.PLT file did not have an embedded PS cmd to signify what plot size to use.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J `"¨ *
Ú ÔV3.7 (4/12/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded printer output to a file option (from menu or new /PF qualifier). Added support for 24
TIF and 32 bit TGA files.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ð#¨ *
. ÔV4.0 (4/20/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂImages can now be graphically selected for display or printing from previously created array
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Ôimages. These previously created arrays images act as graphic directory menus. Also, a help
menu is now available while displaying graphics.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J H&¨ *
´ ÔV4.1 (5/14/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂProgram now checks for sufficient disk space before writing out files. When keying in a
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j Ôfilename, you don't have to include the extension (ex: .GIF) anymore. If your keyin doesn't
contain a period, the appropriate extension will automatically be appended to your keyin.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J (¨ *
Ú ÔV4.2 (5/18/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂIf you have enough XMEM, the first graphic array menu you select will be stored in memory,
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¬ Ôso that returning to that menu screen will be instantaneous instead of having to re©read in theÔ " h) ´-8+8+z+Ò " Ô Ô
N Ôfile on each return. This can be overridden with the /NLAM qualifier. Added a new Printer
Model submenu to the Options Menu.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¨ *
Ì ÔV4.3 (6/11/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded capability to put an array image and its index file on a different disk/directory than its
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¬ Ôimages are on. This allows cataloging of images on a CDROM etc. Image sizes can now be
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f Ôdisplayed on the images of an array if you use the qualifier /AS (array sizes). Some changes
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Ö Ôin the way stack memory was allocated were made to hopefully alleviate some users memory
restraint problems.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J x¨ *
ÔV4.4 (7/2/93) Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded a fade in/out of images when displaying a slide show. This is done with new qualifier
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Ô/Fx or from Options Menu. The order in which files are selected is now used when displaying
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X Ôor creating arrays of them. The sequence numbers are shown on the text directory listing. A
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| Ôfilename mask option has been added. The new qualifier /Mxxx sets the mask to use.
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j ÔEnhanced error checking when printing to prevent hangups when user input print sizes &
margins were invalid.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J (
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ö ÔV4.5 (7/21/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded the reading and saving of 24 bit and grayscale JPEG files (.JPG). Added a progress
bar when reading in files from the graphics menu to prevent boredom.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¸ ¨ * ÔV4.6 (7/26/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂFixed problem where extremely long paths in filenames would abort program.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ¨ *
8 ÔV4.7 (7/30/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂFixed bug with reading in 16 bit Targa files. Changed algorithm for calculating HPGL plot scale
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Ôfor different Page Sizes. Fixed sorting of directory when using Auto Array Generation.
Changed maximum entries per directory from 500 to 999.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J ب *
t ÔV4.8 (8/10/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded more error trapping for critical hardware errors (such as CDrom write errors, etc), and
changed the initial VESAVIEW Logo.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J h¨ * ÔV4.9 (8/22/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded ability to display an ASCII file on screen. Added Disk Drives to the directory listing.ÆT$` Æ
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~ J 0¨ *
Ôv5.0 (9/9/93)Â °` ` ¸ ÂAdded ability to create an array image (menu) of up to 12 x 12 images (144 total) per page if
Ô
ö Ôthe resolution you select is high enough for the filenames to display above images. Added
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È Ôcheck for free diskspace when auto©generating arrays. Fixed bug wÔ
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Ôhen displaying long JPEG
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J Ôerror messages which cause system hangups. Ô
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ÔMade keyin field larger for filename of autoªÔ
Ôgenerated arrays. Directory listing now returns as it was bracketed on the screen after viewing
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è Ôimages etc. instead of resetting to display file number 1. New qualifier /IDx to override the
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8 Ôembedded drive letter in index (.VNX) files. Trailing backslashes when entering a new path are
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º Ônow tolerated. Removed now unnecessary qualifiers /PYS and /PXS. Added new registration
procedure using a username/access code combination.ÆT$` Æ
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