Hi Enrico, the .iok file will look the same when you open it on Desktop or Free Viewer edition. The difference is that Desktop users will be able to work on the file and save changes, and Viewer users will have read-only access.

Paola's answer is factually correct, but sidesteps what I believe is the essence of Enrico's question... namely

"How exactly will my file look in the Viewer?"

This is of great importance to trainers / help authors / testers, because Omniscope 'feels' quite different when in Viewer mode - for example:

• The main menu structure is very different
• Some context menu options are available, but many aren't
• Data export options are different
  etc.
  

In short, the user experience is sufficiently different, that it is often necessary to test an authored IOK file before publishing.

We do this by running Viewer within Windows XP mode (a standard feature of Windows 7). Feel free to contact me for full details, but the essence of this is:

• Install Windows XP Mode for Windows 7
• Install Omniscope 2.7 (or 2.8 etc.) into your new virtual Windows XP environment
• Wait 30 days(!)
• The default licence has now expired on your Windows XP Mode PC - so Omniscope is operating as a Viewer

You can now update the version of Omniscope in your virtual Windows XP environment to whatever Omniscope version you choose, and it will always operate as a Viewer.

It would be very handy if Visokio could add a "View as Viewer" option to the menus bar (perhaps in the Settings > Application Wide area, between Window Size and Zoom?).

In the meantime, I hope the "Viewer in Windows XP Mode" workaround is useful?

Interesting suggestion, Guy. But you can scrub the "Wait 30 days" bit - as long as you don't sign up for the trial, you won't get it (registration for trial was introduced back in 2.6, I think).

All you have to do is tick "Don't show me this again" check box in the bottom right hand corner of the Free trial prompt. After that, you will not be given the prompt.

Note: If you double click an IOK file, you are not given the free trial prompt, Omniscope will open in free Viewer. You are only shown the prompt if you manually start Omniscope.