****** Slidesaver Installation Notes **********
********** Important Safety Tips **************

slidesvr.exe is a self-installing program
for the Slidesaver screen saver. It uses 
one of the most advanced setup programs 
available (WISE) for creating safe, customized 
installations.

Installing new shareware is always a bit of a 
gamble, because a bad installation can do a 
fair number on your system. The usual causes 
are from overwriting of existing controls and
dynamic link libraries with out of date versions, 
or having the wrong versions of the same .vbx, .dll,
and/or .drv file accessed by the executing program,
if you have multiple versions of these files
scattered across your drive.
Important system files may also be rewritten in
such a way that existing programs may no longer
work properly.

The slidesvr.zip file contains the slidesvr.exe self
installing program for Slidesaver, as well as install.txt
(this file) and a file_id.diz file for easy identification
of this program from within a zip file.

The slidesvr.exe file installs an uninstall program
for Slidesaver as well as the program files needed
for execution. Files which are installed are:

slidesvr.scr  (MUST go in your WINDOWS directory)
slidesvr.hlp  (MUST go in the same dir as slidesvr.scr)

The following files SHOULD go in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory:
gifbox.vbx    (required to show GIF images)
vbrun300.dll  (visual basic 3 run time module)
cmdialog.vbx  (visual basic control - common dialog)
commdlg.dll   (dynamic link library for common dialogs)
aspin.vbx     (visual basic control - spin buttons)
threed.vbx    (visual basic control - 3D panels)

When the program is run the first time, features you
establish in the setup dialog box (GIF directory, delay,
password) are stored in the CONTROL.INI file in your
WINDOWS directory.

If you already have some of these files installed, 
you will be asked if you wish to overwrite with the
files from the install set. ONLY replace files if 
they are older versions of the ones being installed.
Please note that most of these files MUST be placed
in either C:\WINDOWS or in a directory accessed via
the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If
you install files to a different directory you may
get unpredictable results. This is because if there
are two different versions of the same .vbx file on
your hard drive, you may end up using the wrong 
version with Slidesaver. Since in this installation
the slidesvr.scr file is required in the C:\WINDOWS
directory (or whatever directory you have WINDOWS 
installed in), the underlying DOS operating system
will automatically use the .vbx files which are in
the same directory the executable file (slidescr.scr)
is in, and if these are not present, your PATH 
statement determines the order in which DOS searches
for the .vbx files required by Slidesaver. This 
discussion also covers .dll (dynamic link libraries)
and .drv (driver) files as well.