FileView Window Components

  The FileView window contains many screen objects including
  buttons, menus, list boxes, and text entry fields.  Following is a
  brief description of FileView window components:

  Components            Description
  Title bar             Displays the name of the window.

  Menu bar              Displays FileView's menu names.

  Directory entry box      Displays the name of the current device and
                        directory.

  Parent Directory      Lets you navigate your directory structure.
  button                This button appears when you select a file in
                        the subdirectory list.  As you navigate through
                        your subdirectories, this button label changes
                        to reflect the name of the parent directory.

  Subdirectory list     Displays your subdirectories.  Using the sub-
                        directory list, you can descend the directory
                        structure in the current window.

  File Selection Menu   Contains the names of menus you can use to
  Bar                   select and filter files.

  Apply button          Lets you renew your file list according to the
                        contents of the File Filter and Directory entry
                        boxes.

  File list             Contains different kinds of information, such
                        as the creation date or size, about the files in
                        the current directory or those specified by the

                        File Filter.  The first time you start FileView,
                        the file list contains the names of the files in
                        your top-level directory only.

  File Filter entry box     Lets you list a subset of files, for example, all
                        *.TXT files, in the current file list.

                        FileView displays the number of files you
                        filter on the File Selection menu bar next to
                        the Files Filtered menu.

  Additional topics:

  *   Selecting File Names

  *   Apply/Update Button

  *   Working With Files

  *   Accessing Files and Applications Quickly

  *   Working With Directories

  *   Changing the Look of Your File List

  *   Saving a View

  *   Superseding a Saved View

  *   Restoring a Saved View

  *   Deleting a Saved View

  *   Opening a New FileView Window

  *   Executing a DCL Command

  *   Customizing FileView