Invokes  the  DDIF  Viewer,  which lets you view a compound document
  file on a  character  cell  terminal  (the  default)  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
                            DDIF 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
                            DDIF 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  DDIF 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.