InfoViewDA

by Douglas Adams

InfoViewDA lets you view a file's header data---the "info box" and Icon---within an application. All files, groups of files, or commonly used GEOS File Types can be searched for. Up to three Drives are accessible.

Version 2.0 lets you edit the info "note".

When opened, InfoViewDA looks for all the GEOS files on the current Drive---up to 85---and the first found is displayed in a mock-info box. Non-GEOS files are ignored.

To view files forward or backward, click on the respective arrow Icon, or press C=< or C=> (no shift required). Files will be displayed according to their order of placement on the Drive.

To change the File Type to search for, click on the FILE TYPE menu box and select from among All Files, Application Data, Application, Font, Printer, or Desk Accessory. Up to 85 files per Type can be searched for.

Search function

The Search function offers you a powerful means of searching for files by asking for only a partial file name. Handy, too, when you can't remember the exact spellings of files want to see.

Click of the Search Icon or press C=S. Enter the initial letters of the file you are looking for, from one to sixteen characters. For example: if you wish to see a file called "MyData", enter the Search string "my"---or "MY", or "My"; the Search function is not case dependent. All files that begin with the letters m-y are searched for. For another example: if you are writing a novel, and the chapters are on different geoWrite files named "novel1", "novel2", "novel3", etc; enter the Search string "novel" and all files that begin with the letters n-o-v-e-l will be searched for.. Alpha-numeric and punctuation characters are valid.

The Search function does not use wildcards; that is, only the initial characters of a file name are searched for.

To look at files on another Drive, click on the Drive Icon, or press C=D. The File Type or Search string last entered will be searched for.

Editting (version 2.0 only)

To edit the info note, just start typing. All alphanumeric characters are acceptable.

To save your changes, click on the close icon of the info box. When the close icon flashes, your new memo has been saved.

This program has been tested in one, two, and three drive systems and in every DA-supportable GEOS application I could lay my hands on. Please note, there was some difficulty with GATEWAY. It had to do with opening InfoViewDA in Drive C, whereupon it froze up. Otherwise, it operated as described from other Drives. (I've been told by Users In the Know that GATEWAY still has a few bugs.