DAMN NFO Viewer is an utility for viewing text files containing ASCII Art (e.g. nfo files), and it proved itself to be handy =) So... if you don't like the way ASCII Art looks like in notepad (I bet you don't), or tired of starting some DOS-kind file manager each time you need to view nfo file, or just ain't too happy with the viewer you use - give this one a try.

Features include

Shell intergation

Double-click .nfo or .diz file in explorer to view it.

Hyperlinks autodetection

When this option is turned on, hyperlinks get autohighlighted. You can specify colors to use for hyperlinks, hovered hyperlinks (that is, when mouse pointer is over it), and turn underlined hyperlinks on. There're 3 possible ways to open a hyperlink:

• Double-click
• Ctrl+click
• Choosing 'Open URL' from context menu.

Most Recently Viewed [MRV] Files list

Provides you with quick access to recently viewed files and may contain up to 9 entries.

Reuse Viewer window

You can specify whether you want only one instance of the program to be allowed to run (new files will be opened in the same window).

Copy-on-Select

You know what does it mean if you use mIRC =) For those who don't, text is copied to clipboard right after you've selected it and released your mouse button.

Drag'n'Drop support

Just drop your file in the viewer to open it.

New in version 2.0 BETA 2

• Fixed problem with window font getting back to system default sometimes.

New in version 2.0 BETA

• Hyperlinks autodetection
• Underline hyperlinks option
• Customizable hyperlinks color
• Customizable hover color
• Most Recently Viewed [MRV] Files list
• File loading speed increased significally
• All new cool 256-color icons for the program and associated files
• Settings dialog redesigned. This includes:
• Added context help for settings
• Redesigned color pickers
• Changed layout
• Status bar now displays size of file being viewed
• Starting up with File Open dialog can now be turned off
• Fixed awkward status bar behaviour for file names with display width exceeding width of the status bar pane
• Added history.txt
• Old bugs fixed
• New ones coded (uhm... probably =)

Look inside of 'history.txt' for changes in older versions.

Bug reports, comments and suggestions are welcome.

NOTE: This program is compiled with dynamic version of MFC (that is, it needs mfc42.dll to run), so if you get something like 'routine blah blah cannot be located in mfc42.dll' (99% that you WON'T get this error, though) - your mfc42.dll is outdated and you should think about upgrading it.

SCREENSHOTS
main window	settings dialog

Download

Latest BETA version: v2.0 BETA 2
Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT/2000
File dm_nf2b2.zip (43.7K)

Latest version: v1.0.4
Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT/2000
File: dm_nf104.zip (30.5K)