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Graphically Assisted Programming Interface

        README.DOC                                         September 1994

        Welcome to FXT - the FORTRAN EXPLORATION TOOLS!

        The FORTRAN Function Tree Generator (FFT) is a  powerful  program
        development,  maintenance and documentation tool. It provides the
        programmer the ability to analyse  the  FORTRAN  source  code  of
        applications,  no matter how big or complex they are. FFT is very
        useful to explore new,  unknown software and to support  software
        reuse and maintenance.

        By scanning and analyzing the program source code,  FFT builds an
        internal representation of the function call hierarchy relations.
        The analysis is done with the original source code, no additional
        editing to mark functions or data types in  the  source  code  is
        necessary.  Several  features  and  options  allow  the  user  to
        customize the generated hierarchy tree chart output and to get  a
        large set of useful informations about the source code.

        An  important feature is the database generation which allows the
        recalling of informations without reprocessing the  source.  This
        database  can again be read from FFT to produce different outputs
        or to add new files to the database. The database format is dBASE
        compatible.  A special recall program  called  FFTN  allows  fast
        searching  for  items  in the database.  This program can be used
        within any environment,  for example  from  inside  editors  like
        BRIEF,  QEDIT or MicroEMACS (DOS and WINDOWS version), to provide
        a full software project management  system  with  access  to  all
        functions  and  data  types  with just a keystroke.  This feature
        makes a comfortable "hypertext source code browser  and  locator"
        system out of the editor.

        Another  feature is the calculation of the critical function call
        path.  It is possible to generate formatted ASCII text files with
        lists of the functions and the scanned files which can be used as
        input  for  other  programs  like  wordprocessors  or spreadsheet
        calculators.

        This  software  package  is  provided  either  as  a   compressed
        self-extracting  archive  file  FXTnmm.EXE  (FORTRAN  EXPLORATION
        TOOLS version n.mm) or as a ZIPped archive  file  FXTnmm.ZIP  and
        contains the following files:

        FFT.EXE        The FORTRAN Function Tree Generator
        FFTN.EXE       The FORTRAN Function Tree Navigator
        FXT.CM         The BRIEF macro file
        FXTKEYS.CM     The BRIEF macro key definition file
        FXTKEYS.CB     The source code for the BRIEF key definition file
        FXT_QEDT.DAT   The QEDIT macro source code
        FXT_ME.CMD     The MicroEMACS macro source code
        FFTIDE.BAT     The Borland IDE transfer batch file for FFT
        SXT.DOC        The complete SXT documentation
        INSTALL.DOC    The installation instructions
        PRODUCTS.DOC   The SXT product overview
        REGISTER.US    The INTERNATIONAL registration informations
        REGISTER.GER   The GERMAN registration informations


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        NEWnmm.DOC     The new features and changes for version n.mm
        HISTORY.DOC    The revision history
        README.DOC     The file that you are currently reading

        Similar  to the DOS version is the WINDOWS version available as a
        compressed  self-extracting  archive  file  FXTWnmm.EXE  (FORTRAN
        EXPLORATION  TOOLS  version  n.mm  for  Windows)  or  as a ZIPped
        archive file FXTWnmm.ZIP.  The archive contains the same files as
        listed  above  except  that  the  file FFT.EXE is replaced by the
        Windows  version  FFTWIN.EXE  and  the   files   SXTWIN.DOC   and
        NEWnmm.WIN have been added.

        If you find any other than the above listed files,  then you know
        that this is not the  official  shareware  distribution  diskette
        and/or  archive.  All  documentation  files  are  ASCII files and
        should be printable on every printer.

        For more informations about usage,  hardware and software  system
        requirements,  installation,  trademarks, warranties, license and
        registration   details   see   the   appropriate   documentation,
        especially    SXT.DOC,    INSTALL.DOC   and   REGISTER.US   resp.
        REGISTER.GER.

        This software is Copyright  (C)  1988-1994  by  Juergen  Mueller,
        Aldingerstrasse 22,  D-70806 Kornwestheim, GERMANY. This software
        is NOT public domain or free software,  but is being  distributed
        as SHAREWARE.


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