Demo Software

We provide two demos for download from our Web site.

• Synex SGML/XML Viewer for Windows (3.1x and Windows 95/NT)
• Synex ViewPort Sample Tour

The Synex SGML/XML Viewer is our brand new sample program—it is provided with full C source code for all ViewPort customers to use as a "smorgasbord" of sample code for use in their own applications. Sample code include style sheet, navigator and hotspot editors. Sv32 is also useful for validating SGML data, and creating support files such as style sheets and navigators. The application will be continuously updated as ViewPort evolves. Please contact sales @ synex.se for downloading details.

The Synex ViewPort Sample Tour for Windows, is a good programmer's introduction to the software. It consists of demo applications (including source) that you can use for tests against your own SGML data; one of the samples is a minimal MFC integration. You can also view the Sample Tour demo as a quick tutorial on the ease of programming with ViewPort.

Note that the Sample Tour is somewhat outdated and using an old version of Synex ViewPort (even though the concepts it illustrates are eternal).

Synex ViewPort Sample Tour for Windows installation instructions

1. Fetch the file vptour.zip, which is a pkzipped archive. The URL for this file is http://www.synex.se/eval/vptour.zip. The vptour.zip file is roughly 1 Mb.

2. pkunzip.exe is available from http://www.synex.se/eval/pkunzip.exe or you can download WinZip from its homepage.

3. Go to the root directory where you want the VPTOUR directory to be created
4. Remember to use folder names when extracting (with pkunzip, use the option -d):
   pkunzip -d [path:]vptour.zip
   where [path:] is the path to the location of the zip file. Note that it is essential to use this option: -d specifies that a specific directory structure is to be created.
5. Launch 'VPTOUR' from the command-line of Windows or install a Windows Program Manager icon for the ViewPort Sample Tour application.