DESCRIPTION:

SlyNFO was designed for viewing files which are in text format, specifically NFO files. When we first started this project, the main aim was to build a flexible and customizable application. The application had to feature the ability to display files containing ASCii art, be command line executable and with features to change the user interface display colors, fonts and posioning on screen. The idea came up to have the command line carry parameters and to instruct the program to apply these parameters to it's own display configuration and settings...and that is exacly what we have achieved with the design of this application.

FEATURES:

The program's settings can be changed by opening it's "Settings" dialog. It can be accessed via a button in the program's toolbar. In this dialog box the user is presented with the following options:

• Toolbar Color: The toolbar is the top part of the user interface. The background color of the toolbar can be set to preference.
• Text Background: This option will set the background color of the document that is viewed to any system supported color.
• Text Color: This option allows the user to set the actual display font's coloring inside the user interface. The small buttons next to the color chooser buttons sets the chosen colors as defaults.
• Presets: These are quick color options that can be applied if the user does not want to use the individual color choosing buttons.
• Display Font: This group of options lets the user select either quick font presets or a specific font. The small "F" button diplayed there will set the chosen font as the default.
• Program Settings: Choose whether tooltips when hovering over the toolbar must be shown or not and select whether the program must open a new window when a new file is being launced or to re-use the existing window for the new file. Another option here is to set the maximum number of recent items to keep in the recent folder.
• Save Settings: In this group of options the user will be able to 'create' commands for the program. There are three kinds to use. The first being a Batch script file which will be used to execute commands via the Windows command interpreter to the program. The second is a VBScript file. The program writes these files for the user and they can be saved where the user is going to launch them in order to open a specific NFO or DIZ file. These command files are just samples and can be altered, except for the actual command line with it's parameters. The command line string if of utmost importance, beacuse this is what the program will be needing when launched. Lastly we get to the "INIT" command. This is unique to SlyNFO Viewer in that it writes a command line with parameters into the currently displayed NFO file. When this file is launched (double-clicked) in future then the program will read this "INIT" command string inside the file and set it's coloring, fonts etc. accordingly. What is important to remember here is that SLYNFO Viewer MUST be set as the default application for opening, vieweing NFO and DIZ files. If these files are opened with another application then the "INIT" command string will be voided and will not be recognized by that program.
• File Type Handling: This option allows the user to register default file handling capabilities supported by the program. For example: If registered, the program will in future open NFO and DIZ files as the system's default viewer. These system settings can be removed by uninstalling or un-registering program file type handling by using the native Windows control panel applet.

INSTALLATION:

SlyNFO Viewer does not require installation, meaning it can be run from any location in the Windows environment without requiring special system resources. The "Install SlyNFO Viewer" button in the settings dialog merely registers file type handling for the program, then copies itself to a destination inside the system's Program Files directory so that it can be properly set as the systems default viewer application for NFO and DIZ files. It creates two shortcuts also; one in the root of the Start Menu and one in the Quick Launch folder. All these settings will be removed when the program is being "Un-Installed" from the Windows Control Panel applet.

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