<s>
ViewMAX	B-Application
is	O
a	O
CUA-compliant	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
supplied	O
with	O
DR	O
DOS	O
versions	O
5.0	O
and	O
6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
cut-down	O
runtime	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Digital	O
Research	O
's	O
GEM/3	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
modified	O
to	O
run	O
only	O
a	O
single	O
statically	B-Application
built	I-Application
application	O
,	O
the	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
the	O
systems	O
remained	O
close	O
enough	O
for	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
to	O
recognize	O
GEM	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
accessories	O
(	O
executables	O
)	O
automatically	O
and	O
to	O
allow	O
some	O
native	O
GEM	B-Application
applications	O
(	O
executables	O
)	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
inside	O
the	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
environment	O
(	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
launch	O
GEM	B-Application
first	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
display	O
drivers	O
for	O
GEM	B-Application
3.xx	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
as	O
well	O
,	O
enabling	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
non-standard	O
display	O
adapters	O
and	O
higher	O
resolutions	O
than	O
possible	O
using	O
the	O
default	O
set	O
of	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
Digital	O
Research	O
's	O
SID86	O
,	O
the	O
symbolic	O
instruction	O
debugger	O
that	O
shipped	O
with	O
DRDOS	B-Application
3.xx	O
and	O
provided	O
dedicated	O
functions	O
to	O
debug	O
GEM	B-Application
applications	O
(	O
see	O
GEM-specific	O
help	O
under	O
SID86	O
or	O
GEMSID	O
)	O
,	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
named	O
Navigator	B-Application
in	O
beta	O
versions	O
,	O
ViewMAX1.00	O
was	O
distributed	O
with	O
DR	O
DOS	O
5.0	O
in	O
1990	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
equivalent	O
to	O
DOSSHELL	B-Application
in	O
MS-DOS/PC	O
DOS	O
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
a	O
very	O
similar	O
appearance	O
to	O
Digital	O
Research	O
's	O
previous	O
GEM	B-Application
desktops	I-Application
–	O
two	O
fixed-size	O
windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
underlying	O
operating	O
system	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
DRDOS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
file	O
and	O
directory	O
passwords	O
and	O
access	O
permissions	O
were	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
settings	O
could	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
configuration	O
files	O
named	O
%DRDOSCFG%	O
\VIEWMAX.INI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
more	O
flexible	O
character	O
set	O
support	O
ViewMAX2	O
loaded	O
display	O
fonts	O
from	O
a	O
standard	O
DOS	O
file	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
current	O
code	O
page	O
rather	O
than	O
using	O
a	O
GEM	B-Application
specific	O
character	O
set	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
also	O
incorporated	O
into	O
FreeGEM	B-Application
since	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS/V	B-Application
-compatible	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
,	O
as	O
distributed	O
with	O
DR	O
DOS	O
6.0/V	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
supported	O
DBCS	B-Application
characters	O
loaded	O
by	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
the	O
DRDOS	B-Application
task	O
switcher	O
TaskMAX	O
;	O
if	O
this	O
was	O
present	O
,	O
applications	O
would	O
be	O
launched	O
as	O
separate	O
tasks	O
,	O
and	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
could	O
switch	O
between	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
TASKMGR	O
in	O
later	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Novell	O
DOS	O
7	O
,	O
OpenDOS	B-Application
7.01	O
,	O
DR-DOS	B-Application
7.02	O
and	O
higher	O
continued	O
to	O
emulate	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
task	O
switcher	O
API	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
ViewMAX2	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
switch	O
and	O
control	O
multiple	O
concurrently	O
running	O
full-screen	O
DOS	O
tasks	O
under	O
the	O
DR-DOS	B-Application
preemptively	O
multitasking	O
kernel	O
(	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ViewMAX3	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
graphical	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
Novell	O
's	O
next	O
version	O
of	O
DRDOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
underlying	O
DR-DOS	B-Application
had	O
the	O
optional	O
multi-user	O
security	O
module	O
loaded	O
,	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
would	O
also	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
extended	O
world/group/owner	O
access	O
permission	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
ViewMAX3	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
DR	O
DOS	O
"	O
Panther	O
"	O
Beta	O
1	O
distribution	O
in	O
October	O
1992	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
completed	O
and	O
apparently	O
abandoned	O
in	O
favour	O
to	O
Apple	O
's	O
and	O
Novell	O
's	O
"	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
"	O
team	O
project	O
in	O
1992/1993	O
,	O
which	O
remained	O
unreleased	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
Novell	O
DOS	O
7	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
DRDOS	B-Application
7.0	O
"	O
was	O
called	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
came	O
without	O
any	O
graphical	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Caldera	O
bought	O
the	O
remaining	O
Digital	O
Research	O
assets	O
from	O
Novell	O
on	O
23	O
July	O
1996	O
,	O
initial	O
plans	O
were	O
to	O
revive	O
GEM	B-Application
and	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
technologies	O
for	O
a	O
low-footprint	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
OpenDOS	B-Application
in	O
mobile	O
applications	O
as	O
Caldera	O
View	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
plans	O
were	O
abandoned	O
by	O
Caldera	O
UK	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
DR-WebSpyder	B-Application
and	O
GROW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
closing	O
the	O
DR-DOS	B-Application
development	O
center	O
Caldera	O
UK	O
in	O
early	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
remaining	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
ViewMAX3	O
beta	O
version	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
April	O
1999	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
parent	O
company	O
Caldera	O
Thin	O
Clients	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
following	O
continued	O
community	O
request	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
sources	O
,	O
shortly	O
before	O
the	O
company	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Lineo	O
and	O
switched	O
to	O
Linux-based	O
technologies	O
three	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
ViewMAX	B-Application
features	O
not	O
previously	O
found	O
in	O
GEM	B-Application
have	O
been	O
incorporated	O
into	O
FreeGEM	B-Application
since	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
