Invokes the Character Cell Viewer, which lets you view a compound
   document file on a character cell terminal or DECwindows display.
   Note that many of the  text display  attributes are not processed
   when displaying the  document,  because of the limitations of the
   viewing device.  For example,  the blink,  underlining,  and bold
   attributes are not processed.

   Format:

       VIEW input-file

Additional information available:

ParameterCommand qualifiersDefault format

  input-file

   Specifies the name of the  file  to  be viewed.   You cannot use
   wildcard characters in the file specification. The default input
   file-encoding format is DDIF, and the default file type is DDIF.
   Valid input file formats are DDIF and TEXT.

Additional information available:

/FORMAT/OUTPUT/PAGE/OPTIONS/SELECT

 /FORMAT[=format-name]

   Specifies the format of the  input file.   The default format is
   DDIF. The appropriate front end must be available in SYS$LIBRARY
   for the specified format-name.  The valid  formats  are DDIF and
   TEXT.

 /OUTPUT[=output-file-spec]

   Specifies a file that receives  the text output.  The default is
   /NOOUTPUT. If an output file specification is not specified, the
   output file specification  defaults to input-file.LIS.   If this
   qualifier is specified,  the output of  the  VIEW command is not
   displayed on the screen, but is instead written to the specified
   file. Note that if you specify the /OUTPUT qualifier, you cannot
   also specify the /PAGE qualifier.

 /PAGE

   Controls the display of output, providing the same effect as the
   DCL command TYPE/PAGE when used on a non-DECwindows device.  The
   default is /NOPAGE.  The /PAGE qualifier has no effect when used
   with a DECwindows display  because  the  scroll bars provide the
   same capability.   Note that if you specify the /PAGE qualifier,
   you cannot also specify the /OUTPUT qualifier.

 /OPTIONS=file-spec

   Specifies a file that contains options to be applied during the
   conversion of the file to the CDA in-memory format. The default
   file type is DDIF$OPTIONS.

 /SELECT=select-list

   Allows the user to tailor the CDA Viewer output.   The selection
   items you can specify are as follows:

      [NO]GRAPHICS          Directs the  viewer either  to  mark the
                            location  of  graphics  embedded  in the
                            DDIF   file  being   processed   by  the
                            character  cell viewer, or to ignore the
                            graphics.

      [NO]IMAGES            Directs the  viewer  either  to mark the
                            location of the  images embedded in  the
                            DDIF  file   being   processed   by  the
                            character cell viewer, or to  ignore the
                            images.

      [NO]TEXT              Directs the viewer either to process the
                            text  contained  in  the DDIF file being
                            processed, or to ignore the text.

      ALL                   Directs  the   viewer  to   process  all
                            information  contained  in the DDIF file
                            being processed.

      [NO]SOFT_DIRECTIVES   Directs the viewer either to  process or
                            ignore soft directives in  the DDIF file
                            being   processed  in  order  to  format
                            output.   Soft  directives  specify such
                            formatting commands  as  new  line,  new
                            page, and tab.

      [NO]AUTO_WRAP         Directs  the  viewer  to   perform  word
                            wrapping of any text  that  would exceed
                            the right margin. NOAUTO_WRAP allows the
                            text to exceed the margin.

      [NO]X_DISPLAY         Directs the viewer to create a DECwindows
                            widget to be used  when  viewing the file
                            on a workstation  display  defined by the
                            logical  name DECW$DISPLAY.  NOX_DISPLAY,
                            the default,  invokes  the character cell
                            viewer.   Note that  X_DISPLAY  cannot be
                            specified  if  the  /OUTPUT  qualifier is
                            also specified.

   /SELECT = (GRAPHICS, IMAGES, TEXT, SOFT_DIRECTIVES,
              AUTO_WRAP, NOX_DISPLAY)

   Because the Character Cell Viewer is  really  a specific instance
   of the CDA Converter  (where the output format is screen output),
   the  CONVERT routine is used to invoke the  Character Cell Viewer
   as well as the CDA Converter. For more information on the CONVERT
   routine, see the VMS Compound Document Architecture Manual.