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ImgView (VERSION 1.00)
Copyright (c) 1996 Ziff Davis Publishing Company by Jeff Prosise 
First Published December 3, 1996 
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About  ImgView...
Purpose:  ImgView enhances the Windows 95 Quick View facility by adding 
viewers for seven additional graphics formats: GIF, JPEG, Kodak PhotoCD, 
PCX, PNG, TARGA, and TIFF.

Usage:  The ImgView program consists of two executable files named 
Install.exe and Uninstal.exe, plus several dynamic link libraries, or DLLs. 
ImgView.dll is the main DLL; it houses the code for ImgView itself. The other
DLLs are part of LEADTools Win32 Pro, which provides the imaging capability, 
and must not be distributed separately from ImgView.dll.

To install ImgView, first create a directory on your hard disk to hold the 
ImgView executables. Next, expand the zip file that contains the ImgView files 
in the ImgView directory. Then run Install.exe and answer the prompts. YouÆll 
be asked to enter the path to ImgView.dll, and then youÆll be presented with a 
list of file formats. Check the formats youÆd like ImgView to support and click 
OK to complete the installation process.

A check box that is initially unchecked means Install determined that a viewer
for that format may already be installed. ItÆs your choice whether to leave the 
existing viewer intact or allow ImgView to provide a viewer for that file format. 
If you choose the latter, itÆs a good idea to uninstall the existing viewer first. 
If you donÆt install the complete set of ImgView viewers the first time around, 
you can add more later by running Setup again. You can also run Install 
again if you want to remove support for certain formats.

                              Once ImgView is installed, when you right-click any file with the extension 
.GIF, .JPG, .PCD, .PCX, .PNG, .TGA, or .TIF you'll see the Quick View 
command on its context menu. When you select Quick View, the file's image 
will be displayed. ImgViewÆs Options menu contains four commands: Copy 
to Clipboard, Status Bar, About This Viewer, and Exit. Status Bar toggles 
the status bar at the bottom of the window on or off, About This Viewer 
displays ImgViewÆs About box, and Exit closes the Quick View window. 
The Copy to Clipboard command copies the image to the Windows clipboard. 
By copying to the clipboard and then pasting the image in the Windows 95 
Paint applet, you can translate graphics files to BMP format. You can then 
use Paint's Print function to print the image.

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Jeff Prosise is a contributing editor of PC Magazine. In addition to writing our
popular Tutor column, he is the author of several books, including the recent
Programming Windows 95 with MFC, from Microsoft Press.
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