Tapestry Help

Tapestry is a powerful package designed specifically for the personal dial-up Internet user.  Derived from Frontier Technologies' award winning SuperTCP/NFS for Windows networking software, Tapestry offers the popular Internet tools Gopher and World Wide Web (WWW) to assist the user in accessing the wealth of Internet information services.  Gopher is a hierarchical (similar to Windows File Manager) browser to access information from the numerous Gopher servers on the Internet (several Gopher Server locations are included).  The World Wide Web is an information retrieval tool based on hypertext links.  Hypertext is text that is linked in a "web" of associations.  This "web" is non-sequentially oriented, thus allowing you to browse related information without regard to the order (or even location) in which the information is actually stored.

For help on the menus and function windows:

Getting Started

Following are some specific examples based on the Default Bookmark file provided with your Tapestry disks.  The examples, using real bookmarks, servers and Gopher items, are designed to demonstrate how to connect to a server and read a text file, how to download an image file to your computer, and how to launch a Telnet session to directly connect to a remote host.  Unless you are an experienced Internet/Gopher user, we recommend you follow the examples step by step on your own computer.

Before launching Tapestry, there are a couple of important terms to review, specifically, "bookmark" and "Gopher item":

A bookmark is a description of how to retrieve a Gopher item.  Bookmarks contain:

Descriptor:	A description of the bookmark.

Hostname:	The host on which the item is stored.

Port:	The port (needed by the network software, you usually can ignore this).

Selector:	The selector, or the command used to retrieve the item.

Type:	Gopher item type.  This may be a menu(directory), text file, image file, telnet session, etc.

Gopher+ Check box:	Indicates whether the server understands Gopher+.

ASK+ Check box:	Indicates whether the item is actually a Gopher+ ASK block.

Tapestry allows you to add, modify or delete bookmarks, and to categorize them.

In general, a Gopher item is an object to be retrieved or launched from Gopher.  This includes text files, image, audio and other binary files, indexed searches of remote databases, Telnet sessions, etc.

Examples

Double click on the Tapestry icon in the SuperTCP group box.  The Internet Organizer "tab control" window now appears.  The tabs along the top of this window list the bookmark categories contained in this bookmark file.

Example 1: - Accessing a Gopher Server and reading a text file.

Note:  The text file to be accessed is a description of the online services available to Internet users on the Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS).

1.)  Select the tab "Interesting Places" and click the left mouse button.  Below the tabs, the window will display all the bookmarks associated with this category.

2.)  Select the bookmark "Library of Congress (LC Marvel)" from the bookmark list and double click on it.  The tab control window now splits into a two section window.  The bookmark, referred to now as a "node", moves to the left side of the window.  Double click on it again to connect to the gopher server and expand the tree; i.e., display "child nodes" analagous to subdirectory listings in Windows File Manager.

The Status Bar at the bottom of your screen displays the status of Tapestry's attempts to connect to the server defined in the bookmark you have selected.  You will see a message similar to "[Server name]: Connecting to Server...", and "Awaiting response from Server."  If Tapestry should have difficulty resolving a hostname, attempting to connect again usually resolves the problem.  When a connection has been made, the Status Bar displays "Done!".  You may also click the Abort button at any time to halt the connection attempt.

3.)  Double click on the node "Library of Congress Online Systems".  The Gopher tree expands again, this time displaying Gopher items on the right side of the window.

4.)  On the right side of the window, double click on the Gopher item "Overview".  Note that the item is represented by the Text File bitmap.  Tapestry connects to the server again and retrieves the file to your screen for reading.  As it does so, the Status Bar displays a running total of the number of bytes retrieved.  Once the entire file has been retrieved, you can save the file to your own disk, search the file for a particular text string and copy it to the Windows Clipboard for pasting into another document.

Example 2: - Accessing a Gopher Server and downloading an Image file.

Note:  This example requires a GIF format file viewer to view the downloaded file.  The file to be downloaded is a satellite-generated weather image of the entire United States.

1.)  Open the Internet Organizer Window as described above.

2.)  Click on the tab "Resources (general)".

3.)  Double click on the bookmark "Weather Machine (from the University of Illinois)".

4.)  On the left side of the Bookmark Window, double click on the node "Images".  The Gopher tree will expand into several child nodes.

5.)  Double click on the child node "Satellite Images".  The Gopher tree expands further.

6.)  Double click on the child node "Satellite USVIS".  The right side of the Bookmark Window now displays the individual Gopher items (in this case, represented by the Image file bitmap).

7.)  Double click on the gopher item "00LATEST.GIF" to begin automatically downloading the Image file.  As the download progresses, the Status Bar will display a running total of how many bytes have been received.  When the download is complete, you can view the file or save it to disk for later viewing.

Example 3:  Accessing a Gopher Server and running a Telnet session.

Note:  This example demonstrates how to connect to a remote host, here the Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS).  If you did not previously do so, select the menu item "Options, Telnet/Tn3270" and specify the executable program name required to run the Telnet application.  When you click on the Telnet Gopher item bitmap (Step 4 below), the Telnet application you specify here will be invoked.

1.)  Open the Internet Organizer Window as described above.

2.)  Select the tab "Interesting Places" and click the left mouse button.

3.)  Select the bookmark "Library of Congress (LC Marvel)" from the bookmark list and double click on it.  The tab control window now splits into a two section window.  The bookmark, referred to now as a "node", moves to the left side of the Bookmark Window.  Double click on it again to connect to the gopher server and expand the tree; i.e., display "child nodes" analagous to subdirectory listings in Windows File Manager.

The Status Bar at the bottom of your screen displays the status of Tapestry's attempts to connect to the server defined in the bookmark you have selected.  You will see a message similar to "[Server name]: Connecting to Server...", and "Awaiting response from Server."  If Tapestry should have difficulty resolving a hostname, attempting to connect again usually resolves the problem.  When a connection has been made, the Status Bar displays "Done!".  You may also click the Abort button at any time to halt the connection attempt.

4.)  Double click on the node "Library of Congress Online Systems".  The Gopher tree expands again, this time displaying Gopher items on the right side of the Window.

5.)  On the right side of the Bookmark Window, double click on the Gopher item "Connect to LOCIS (Public Users - No Password Needed)".  Note that this Gopher item is represented by the Telnet bitmap.  Tapestry now invokes the Telnet application, connecting to and allowing you to log into the remote host LOCIS.


Menus

MAIN MENU

FILE MENU

The File Menu found under the Main Menu allows you to perform printer setup and to exit the application.


Connect To Dialog
Connect To

This menu item allows you to connect to a remote server manually, as opposed to clicking on a bookmark.  When you click the menu item, the Server Info dialog box appears.  You can choose to connect via the following methods:

By Hostname

If you click this button, you must specify the remote server's hostname and its type.  Server type includes: CSO (Phone Book), Gopher, and WWW (World Wide Web).  Click the Advanced button to further specify remote server characteristics, depending on the server type you have selected.

By Universal Resource Locator

A Universal Resource Locator is a text string used to identify and point to a particular resource.  The string includes the protocol to be used (e.g., FTP), the remote server's hostname, and a path on the remote server to locate the specific item (e.g., text file, image file, etc.)

The information you specify in this dialog box can be saved as a bookmark for later use, or you can click the Go button to connect immediately.


Connect to CSO Server
CSO (Phonebook Server)

For a CSO (Phone Book) server, you can specify:

Hostname

Specify the CSO server's hostname.

Port

The port (needed by the network software, you usually can ignore this).


Connect to Gopher Server
Gopher Server

For a Gopher Server, you can specify:

Hostname

Specify the Gopher server's hostname.

Port

The port (needed by the network software, you usually can ignore this).

Selector

The selector, or the command used to fetch the item.

Type

From the drop-down list, select one of the Gopher item types.


Connect to WWW Server
WWW (World Wide Web) Server

For a WWW (World Wide Web) Server, you can specify:

Hostname

Specify the WWW server's hostname.

Port

The port (needed by the network software, you usually can ignore this).

Path

Specify the path to the file (or other resource) on the remote system.

For more information on World Wide Web:


INTERNET ORGANIZER MENU

The Internet Organizer Menu allows you to open the bookmark category window.

Open Organizer

This item allows you to access the "tab control" bookmark category window.  Click the left mouse button on the tab labelled with the category you want to open.


WINDOW MENU

The Window Menu allows you to control the appearance of your window; e.g., whether the Tool Bar, Status Bar and/or Smart Bar are visible.

Tool Bar

This menu item lets you display or hide the Tool Bar.

Status Bar

This menu item lets you display or hide the Status Bar.

Smart Bar

This menu item lets you toggle the Smart Bar attribute of the Tool Bar.


World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is an information retrieval tool based on hypertext links.  Hypertext is text that is linked in a "web" of associations.  This "web" is non-sequentially oriented, thus allowing you to browse related information without regard to the order (or even location) in which the information is actually stored.

The non-sequential orientation of WWW hypertext links adds additional flexibility to your information search and retrieval as compared to hierarchically oriented browsers such as Gopher.

World Wide Web searches result in a list of indexed documents that contain links to other Internet resources such as the USENET news or remote databases.

When you retrieve a document, you will notice sections of text that are displayed in a green underlined format.  These sections of text are the hypertext links.  The status bar at the bottom of the window shows a link's definition; i.e., what remote host name and path are associated with this link.  Clicking on the hypertext link jumps you to a related document.  As you continue to retrieve new documents and jump to other documents (or other resources), you build a list of related documents.


Navigating the WWW Document List

Clicking on the forward or backward arrow buttons in the WWW window allows you to move forward and backward one document at a time through the list of documents that you have assembled.


Bookmark Window Help
Internet Organizer Help

Tapestry allows you to add, modify or delete bookmarks, as well as categorize, copy and move them.  This section discusses how to use the Internet Organizer Window.

The Internet Organizer Window uses a "Tabbed folder" style to list the bookmark categories available to you.  The tabs are displayed along the top of the Internet Organizer Window.  Click the left mouse button on the tab of your choice to bring that tab to the foreground and display the bookmarks contained in that bookmark category.  Notice that there is a special tab marked Startup.  You can place your favorite bookmarks in this category, to be automatically loaded each time you launch Tapestry.  A separate window will be created for each bookmark contained in the Startup category.  (If the Startup category does not exist, you can create it using the menu option "Internet Organizer, Add Category").

Letter buttons are displayed down the left side of the Internet Organizer Window.  Click any button to jump to the first bookmark beginning with that letter.  If your bookmark list is large, this method provides much faster access to a particular bookmark than scrolling down the Window.

For convenience, Tapestry remembers the category and window size you were using when you last exited the application.


Find Text - Categories and Bookmarks
Find

This menu item allows you to search the categories and their associated bookmarks for a text string you define.  You can specify the text string for which you want to search, and you can specify whether you want to search bookmarks in the current category only or the category titles only.  You can also specify whether the search is to match case exactly.


Modify Bookmark

This menu item allows you to change bookmark parameters, including descriptor, hostname, port, selector, type, Gopher+, and ASK+.  See the Bookmark Modify Dialog help for more information.


Copy Bookmark

This menu item allows you to copy the currently selected bookmark from one category to another.  You are presented with a dialog box listing all the current categories; highlight the desired category and click the Select button.  This operation is equivalent to dragging and dropping a selected bookmark while holding down the "Ctrl" key on your keyboard.  Note that copying a bookmark results in the bookmark being located in more than one Bookmark Category.


Move Bookmark

This menu item allows you to move the currently selected bookmark from one category to another.  You are presented with a dialog box listing all the current categories; highlight the desired category and click the Select button.  This operation is equivalent to dragging and dropping a selected bookmark from the current category to one of the category tabs along the top of your Internet Organizer Window.  Note that moving a bookmark deletes it from the category in which it is currently located.


Add Category

This menu item allows you to add a new bookmark category.  A dialog box appears, prompting you for the new category name.


Rename Category

This menu item allows you to rename a selected bookmark category.  A dialog box appears, displaying the old category name and prompting you for a new category name.


Delete Category

This menu item allows you to delete a selected bookmark category.  You are prompted for confirmation before the deletion is carried out, since deleting a bookmark category also deletes all bookmarks associated with it.


Menus

FILE MENU

The File Menu allows you to save and print open documents, as well as exit the application.


Save Document
Save

This menu item saves an existing open document.


Save Document as New Name
Save As

This menu item saves an open document with a new name.


Print Document
Print

This menu item prints the open document.


Print Preview Document
Print Preview

This menu item displays a full page layout of the open document, allowing you to see how the document will look when it is printed.


Printer Setup
Print Setup

This menu item accesses the Windows print driver setup.


Exit

This menu item exits the application.  If you have a document open, you will be prompted to save it before exiting.


EDIT MENU

The Edit Menu allows you to perform editing functions on an open document.  You can cut, copy and paste selections to or from the Windows Clipboard, undo the last editing action, and perform text searches.


Edit - Undo
Undo

This menu item undoes the previous editing action.


Edit - Cut
Cut

This menu item removes selected text, copying it to the Windows Clipboard so that it may be pasted into the current article or into another location.  To select text, click and drag the mouse.


Edit - Copy
Copy

This menu item copies selected text to the Windows Clipboard for pasting elsewhere.


Edit - Paste
Paste

This menu item moves previously cut text from the Clipboard into the place indicated by your cursor position.


Edit - Select All
Select All

This menu item allows you to select all the text in the document for copying, cutting, reformatting, etc.


Edit - Find
Find

This menu item accesses a search dialog box.  You can specify a search string to be located, and whether the match must be exact.


Edit - Find Next
Find Next

This menu item repeats the last search performed.


INTERNET ORGANIZER MENU

This item allows you to access the "tab control" Bookmark Category Window.  When the window is open, click the left mouse button on the tab labelled with the category you want to open.


Open Bookmark

Select this menu item to access the Bookmark Window.


Add Bookmark

Select any item from the gopher tree window either from the tree view or the item view.  Select the menu item "Internet Organizer, Add Bookmark".  A dialog box displaying all the categories will appear.  Select the category in which you want to place the bookmark.  A new bookmark will be created in that category.  If the category was already opened the bookmark will be added to the end of the listing. If the category is not opened yet, the next time you expand the category the bookmarks will be in sorted order.

Using Drag and Drop to add the bookmark

A new bookmark can also be created by dragging the item from the gopher tree window and dropping it on either category or on the bookmark listing.


Delete Bookmark

Select the menu item "Bookmark, Delete Bookmark" to delete the selected bookmark.


OPTIONS MENU

The Options Menu allows you to define your preferences on how Tapestry operates, to assign an application to run when a Telnet or Tn3270 gopher item is activated, and to specify the font and font style in which you want your display to appear.


Preferences

Prompt on Bookmark Delete

If you check this box, you will be prompted to confirm before deleting a bookmark.  The box is checked by default.

Prompt on Mouse operations (Move or Copy)

If you check this box, you will be prompted to confirm before moving or copying a bookmark.  The box is checked by default.

Automatic Collapse of items on same level

Check this box to use Automatic Collapse.  Automatic collapse is a means to limit the size of the Gopher tree by automatically causing an expanded gopher item to collapse when another Gopher item at the same level in the Gopher tree (also known as a "sibling") is selected and expanded.

Download Text to File

Check this box to automatically download text to a file when you activate a text file Gopher item.  The default setting is to download a text file to your screen.


Telnet/Tn3270

This menu item lets you assign an application to be run when a Gopher item which is a Telnet or Tn3270 session is activated.  You can browse for the relevant application's name, or you can select the default command line.


Fonts

This menu item allows you to specify fonts, font styles, font sizes, colors and other text settings in both the Article View and Compose windows.

Font

Select the desired font from the drop down box provided.  Your selection is displayed in the Preferences Dialog box.

Font Style

Select the desired font style (bold, italic, etc.) from the drop down box provided.

Size

Select the desired point size from the drop down box provided.  Your selection is displayed in the Preferences Dialog box.

Effects

You may select strikeout or underline singly, in combination, or not at all.

Color

Select the desired text color from the drop down box provided.

Sample

The Sample box displays your selections so you may view their appearance before committing to them.


WINDOW MENU

The Window Menu allows you to control the appearance of your window; e.g., the arrangement of open windows, whether the Tool Bar, Status Bar and/or Smart Bar are visible, etc..


Cascade

This menu item causes all open windows to be cascaded on top of each other in a standard size.


Tile

This menu item causes all open windows to be sized and tiled (horizontally or vertically) to fit within the main window.


Arrange Icons

This menu item evenly arranges all icons within the main window.


Close All

This menu item closes all open windows.


New Gopher Window

This menu item spawns a new Gopher window using the currently selected Gopher item as its "root".


Tool Bar

This menu item lets you display or hide the Tool Bar.


Status Bar

This menu item lets you display or hide the Status Bar.


Smart Bar

This menu item lets you toggle the Smart Bar attribute of the Tool Bar.


Internet Organizer

This menu item lets you jump directly back to the main bookmark window from another window which may be several levels "deeper" in the Gopher tree.


Gopher Window Help

Gopher is a hierarchical (i.e., directory tree structured) browser to access information resources on the numerous Gopher servers accessible via the Internet.  Unlike the file entries in the directory tree structure(s) on your local system, using Gopher you also have directory entries representing searches on remote databases, logins to remote systems, interactive forms to fill out, and a variety of file types you can download.  In general, a Gopher item is an object to be retrieved or launched from Gopher.

Tapestry represents the many types of Gopher items in the Gopher tree display via bitmap images.  For a description of the images:

The Activity Manager Bar is available in this window as an aid to monitoring your Gopher searches.  For more information on the Activity Manager Bar:

This section discusses how to use the Tapestry Gopher window.

Expand or Collapse the Tree

Double click a node to connect you to the associated gopher server and expand the tree.  Menu items will be added to the tree as child nodes.  All the items will be listed in the item view in a hierarchical fashion similar to the Windows File Manager.  When the node is expanded, you can double click it again to collapse it.

Automatic Collapse

The automatic collapse option can be used to limit the size of the gopher tree.  To use this feature, choose the menu item "Options, Preferences" and check the Automatic Collapse option.  The next time a gopher window is opened, it will be set to automatic collapse style.  Automatic collapse is a means to limit the size of the Gopher tree by automatically causing an expanded gopher item to collapse when another Gopher item at the same level in the Gopher tree (also known as a "sibling") is selected and expanded.

New Gopher Window

If the tree becomes too large and you want to create a new gopher tree window, you can select the node you want to expand and use the menu item "Windows, New Gopher Window".  A new gopher window will be created with the selected node as the root of the new window.

Show Gopher Item Information

Click the right mouse button to see the gopher item information.  See Gopher Item Information Dialog for more detail.

Move around the tree

You can use your mouse to scroll up and down the tree.  You can also use your keyboard to move around the tree as described below:

Left arrow: 	Parent

Right arrow : 	First child

Up arrow : 	Move up one item

Down arrow: 	Move down one item

Page Up: 	Move up one page

Page Down: 	Move down one page

Enter: 	Expand a collapsed node

Search

Select the menu item "Edit, Find".  The search dialog box will appear.  Type the keyword you want to search.  Depending on the focus, it will search either in the tree view window or the item view window.

Change font

Select the menu item "Options, Fonts".  The font dialog box will appear.  Select your desired font.  The font in all the gopher tree windows and bookmark windows will be changed accordingly.

Abort button (status bar)

You can abort the gopher session at any time by clicking the Abort button on the status bar.


Phone Book Window
Phone Book Window Help

The phone book window is used to retrieve information such as an Email address or phone number for one or more users at a particular site.  You can define search criteria based on on or more fields such as "name" or "alias".  The most common search criterion is name.  The phone book server running at the remote site will try to find the name you specify and return the results of that search to you.  The status bar at the bottom of the search window displays information on how to start the search, and also displays the ongoing status of the search.

For example, perhaps you need the Email address of a person named Joe Smith, who works at a site running a phone book server.  You connect to the server, and the Search Fields list shows a field called "name".  Highlight this field and click the Select button, then type in "Joe" and press OK.  Now click the Select button again (while you still have the "name" field selected), type "Smith", and click OK.  The Search Criteria list will show the following:

name="Joe", name="Smith"

Now click the Search button.  The results of the search will be shown in the Search Results window.  If Joe Smith is found and has an Email address which the server knows about, it will be displayed.

Search Fields

This is a list of all the fields on which the server will allow a search to be performed.  The most common field on which to search is "Name".  Note that some fields are preceded by an asterisk, which indicates that this field is indexed by the server to speed searches.  You can select as many fields to build your search as you wish but at least one indexed field must be selected.

Info

This button is used to get a definition of a particular Search Field.  Select a field from the Search Fields list and click the Info button.  A message box is displayed which gives a brief description of the field or a list of possible values that the field may have.  This description is provided by the server and may not be very informative, especially for more obscure fields.

Clear

Click this button to clear the contents of the Search Criteria list.

Search Criteria

Each time you Select a field and enter a value on which to search, the Search Criteria list will be updated with this new information.  The format of the list is "<field>=<item>, ...".  For example, if you select the "name" field and enter "smith", then select the "email" field and enter "joe@company.com", the Search Criteria will show the following information:

name="joe", email="joe@company.com"

Search

Click this button to start the search.  Note that it is not possible to start a search until one or more Search Criteria have been selected (using the Search button), with at least one of the selected Search Fields being an indexed field.  If both of these conditions have been met, the Search Results window will be cleared so that the server's information can be displayed there and the search will begin.  At this time, the Search button will change to a Stop button, which can be used to abort a search in progress.

Stop

Once the search is started by clicking the Search button, it can be stopped at any time by clicking the Stop button.  This is especially useful if the server is returning a long list of results and you can already see the one you were trying to find.

Search Results

Responses from the server are displayed in the Search Results window.  If the search was successful, the window will be filled with all the matches which the server found based on your selected search Criteria.  Most servers will also indicate how many matches were found.  If the search is not successful, the Search Results window will indicated this as well, and will generally state the reason for the failure.  Two common reasons for failure are that the server could not find any entries which matched the given Search Criteria, or the server found too many matches to return.  In the first case, the Search Results window will usually say something like this:

Server reports the following problem(s):

No matches to your query.

In such cases, you can either try different Search Criteria or expand your Search Criteria with more items.

NOTES:

Following are some general notes regarding phone book searches:

Search Criteria are ANDed together, which means that in the above example, only entries which contain the name "Joe" AND the name "Smith" will be returned by the server.

Search Criteria are case-insensitive, so it does not matter if you enter "Joe" or "joe" as a search item.

In general, if you are searching for a name and you know the first and last name, you should create two separate Search Criteria, one for the first name, and one for the last name.  In this way, it will not matter whether the server knows a person as "Joe Smith" or "Smith, Joe"; you will find the person either way.

Most servers will only return a limited number of entries in response to a search, in an effort to keep the server from being used to create mailing lists.  Therefore, sometimes the server will return a message which says that it found too many matches to your query.  If this happens, you can try to refine the search further by adding additional Search Criteria using any other information you may have, so that the server will find fewer matches to your query and be able to return the results.

Each server supports its own set of fields, both for use as a Search Criteria and for displaying as the result of a search.  There is no guarantee that a given server will allow searches on a particular field you may need, or that it will return the kind of information you want.  Almost all servers will include such common information as name and email address, but some might not.

The Activity Manager Bar is available in this window as an aid to monitoring your phone book search.  For more information on the Activity Manager Bar:


Phonebook - Select Search Field
Select

Click this button to choose a particular Search Field as a Search Criterion.  Select a field from the Search Fields list and click the Select button.  You will be prompted to enter the value you want to search for.  Click OK when you are finished; the field name and item will be added to the Search Criteria list.  Note that double-clicking on a field in the Search Fields list is equivalent to clicking the Select button.


Phonebook - Return Fields
Return

Normally, the server will return a certain set of default information for each entry it finds on a successful search.  You can control what information is displayed by pressing the Results button, which presents you with a new dialog showing the following information:

Fields To Return

Choose one of the three values below to tell the server which fields you want it to return for each entry it finds.

Default Fields Only

When this item is selected, the server will return a predefined set of fields for each entry.  Generally, you should never need to use anything other than the Default fields, since they usually include  the most commonly requested information (such as name, email address, etc.).

All Fields

When this item is selected, the server will return all possible fields for each entry.

Selected Fields Only

When this item is selected, you may choose one or more fields from the list of Fields which may be returned.  In this case, the server will return only the selected fields for each entry.

Fields Which May Be Returned

This is a list of the fields which the server will return for each entry it finds in respose to a search.  If the Default fields only or All fields option is selected, this list will indicate which fields the server will return.  If the Selected fields only option is elected, you may select one or more fields yourself.


File Download Window Help

A wide variety of binary file types may be downloaded to your local system for viewing, editing or storage.  This section discusses the File Download Window.

File Download Window

This window appears if you expand a gopher item which is an image or text file.  The file may be one of the following types:

a) A BinHexed Macintosh file

b) A DOS binary archive of some sort

c) A Unix uuencoded file

d) A binary file

c) A GIF file

d) An undetermined Image file type

e) Sound files

f) Text files

Select viewer

The program made an attempt to determine what type of file it is downloading and to assign a file name based on the gopher descriptor string.  Since this attempt may fail, you have the option to choose the correct image viewer from the Select viewer drop down list.  The application to invoke is based on the file extension association through the Windows File Manager.

Status bar

The status bar shows the progress of the file download.  If the gopher server supplies the total size of the file, the status bar will show the progress of the download as a percentage of the total file size.  Otherwise, the number of bytes downloaded so far will be displayed.


New Window ("Window, New Gopher Window")


File Download Launch
Launch button

Click on the launch button to invoke the appropriate application to view the file.


Abort button

Click this button to abort the operation in the current window.


Close Current Window
Close Window button

Click this button to close the current window.  This is equivalent to selecting "Window, Close" from the menu bar.


Activity Manager Bar

The Activity Manager Bar allows you both to monitor the progress of a file download and to switch your current window to any previously or subsequently launched Gopher Items.  For example, you may decide to download an image file while you are reading a downloaded text file.  If you want to jump back to the text file while the image file is downloading, you can click on the text file bitmap button to return to the text file's window.

This bitmap, found at the left side of the Activity Manager Bar, is the Activity Monitor.  The Tapestry symbol will rotate as long as there is any activity in any windows you may have launched.  When all file downloads, phonebook searches, etc. have completed, the Tapestry symbol stops rotating to alert you to this.

Activity Manager bitmapped buttons

As a further aid in monitoring a window's activity, the Activity Manager bitmapped buttons occur in two forms.  The first button, shown here as the left button of each pair, is displayed while the download, search, etc. is actually occurring.  The right button of each pair is displayed when the process is complete.  The following button types are seen:

Audio file

Binary file

CSO Phonebook search

Gopher bookmark

Image File download

Menu (Directory)

Text File download

Video file

World Wide Web search


Terminal Emulation
Telnet, Tn3270 Help

Telnet, Tn3270

If the gopher item is Telnet or Tn3270, it will invoke the application configured through the menu item "Options, Telnet/Tn3270".  You can browse for the relevant application's name, or you can select the default command line.


Index Search Server

Index Search Server

If you click on an index search server bitmap you will be prompted for the keywords with which you want to search.  The words can be separated by: and, or, not or Space.  For example, to search for references to either Bill or Hillary Clinton, you could enter "Bill or Hillary" in the edit box.  Another gopher tree window will be spawned to display the search results.


Modify Bookmark
Bookmark Modify Dialog Help

Bookmark Modify Dialog

You can modify the following bookmark parameters:

Descriptor:	The description string that will be displayed to you.

Hostname:	The gopher server machine host name

Port:	Gopher port.  Usually this is port 70.

Selector:	The selector string that will be sent to the gopher server.

Type:	Gopher item type.  This may be a menu(directory), text file, image file, telnet session, etc.

Gopher + check box:	Indicates whether the server understands Gopher+.

Ask Block check box:	Indicates whether this item is actually a Gopher+ ask block.


Gopher Information
Gopher Information Dialog Help

Gopher Information Dialog

You can modify the following gopher parameters:

Descriptor:	The description string that will be displayed to you.

Hostname:	The gopher server machine host name

Port:	Gopher port.  Usually this is port 70.

Selector:	The selector string that will be sent to the gopher server.

Gopher + check box:	Indicates whether the server understands gopher+.

Ask Block check box:	Indicates whether this item is actually a gopher+ ask block.


Tool Bar
Using the Tool Bar

The Tapestry tool bar provides quick access to the most frequently used functions.  Note that when these buttons have their functions labelled on them, the Tool Bar is referred to as the Smart Bar.  You can click on the menu option "Window, Smart Bar" to toggle the Tool Bar between its "normal" and "Smart Bar" attributes.  The menu commands that provide access to these functions are shown in parentheses.

Open Bookmark ("Internet Organizer, Open Bookmark")

Add Bookmark ("Internet Organizer, Add Bookmark")

Delete Bookmark ("Internet Organizer, Delete Bookmark")

Save As ("File, Save As")

Click this button to access a dialog box which prompts you for a directory and file name to which to save the file you have just downloaded.

Copy ("Edit, Copy")

Print ("File, Print")

Click this button to print the open file you have downloaded.

Preview ("File, Print Preview")

Click this button to access a dialog box which allows you to view the file you have downloaded in a full page format.  This dialog box is similar to the "File, Print Preview" menu option in Microsoft Word, and offers the following options:

Print

Click this button to print the file.

Next Page

Click this button to display the next page of a multiple page file.

Prev Page

Click this button to display the previous page of a multiple page file.

Two Page

Click this button to display the file in two page format; i.e., you can view two pages of a multiple page file side by side.

Zoom In

Click this button to "zoom in" on a section of the file, enlarging the section so that it can be viewed more easily.

Zoom Out

Click this button to "zoom out"; i.e., return the display to its original size.

Close

Click this button to close this window and return to the File Download Window.

Find ("Edit, Find")

About Tapestry ("Help, About Tapestry")


Gopher Item Bitmap Key
Internet Organizer Bitmaps

Following is a list of the Gopher Item bitmaps and their descriptions.

The item is an Indexed-Search Server.

The item is a Directory.

The item is a Bookmark Category.

The item is a CSO Phonebook Server.

The item is a Text File.

The item is an Image file of unspecified type.

The item is a text-based Telnet session.

The item is a text-based Tn3270 session.

The item is an ASK Block.

The item is a Video file.

The item is an Audio file.

The item is a file of type undetermined by the server.

The item is a binary file.

The item is a DOS binary archive file.

The item is an error.

The item is a BinHex Macintosh file.

The item is a Unix uuencoded file.

The item is a redundant server.

The item is a GIF format graphics file.

The item is a Bitmap file.