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Kudo« for Windows ReadMe file
(c) 1993 Imspace Systems Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
San Diego, CA
619-272-2600
September 20, 1995
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Thank you for using Kudo Catalog Reader for Windows. You have
chosen the best image and multimedia management tool available
for Windows. We appreciate any comments or suggestions you might
have that would help us provide the best product and service
possible.
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INSTALLATION:
This documents all the changes that the Kudo installer makes
when installing Kudo:
* Application files are copied to the target directory,
typically c:\kudoread
* The installer searches for the Microsoft OLE 2.0 DLLs
on your machine. Three things can happen as a result
of this search:
1) If they are found (as the result of someone
having installed another OLE 2.0 compliant
application), and they are of the same or
a newer version as the copies that Kudo is
shipped with, then nothing is done.
2) If they are found but are of an older
version than the copies Kudo is shipped with,
then the Kudo installer will copy its newer
versions over the existing ones, wherever it
might find them on your machine.
3) If they are not found, Kudo places new
copies of all the OLE 2.0 DLLs into your
WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
The OLE 2.0 DLLs are functionally an extension to the
Windows 3.1 operating system, and so are effectively not a part
of Kudo at all.
This means that, once installed, they are available for all
applications that support OLE 2.0, and need not be installed
more than once. Other OLE 2.0 compliant applications will
generally observe this convention, and will not duplicate these
files in their installation if they are already present. For
this reason, if you un-install Kudo, it may be risky to remove
these files unless you are certain there are not other
applications that rely on them.
The OLE 2.0 DLLs are:
ole2.dll
ole2conv.dll
ole2disp.dll
ole2nls.dll
ole2prox.dll
compobj.dll
storage.dll
* An additional DLL, BWCC.DLL is installed following an
identical procedure to the OLE DLLs. This file fills a
support function and is shipped with many applications.
* The Kudo installer determines if it needs to modify
AUTOEXEC.BAT. You will be prompted before it modifies
the file. If you agree to modification, the line:
SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100
will be added to AUTOEXEC.BAT. If there is already a
line present that loads SHARE, then that line will be
modified to ensure that the /L and /F options are at
least as large as the amount that Kudo requires.
* The Ku-do installer then registers Kudo as an application
with Windows, and takes care of registering OLE 2.0 on
your machine. Effectively, this modifies the
registration database, REG.DAT, in your windows
directory, and indirectly, your WIN.INI file. It
is accomplished by running REGEDIT.EXE with the
files OLE2.REG and KUDO.REG, which are installed to
your target Kudo directory. This operation can be
repeated manually if REG.DAT ever becomes corrupted,
see tech note file "REGEDIT.TXT".
* It is recommended to install the program in 256
colors. In some computers, running in more than 256
colors during installation may not create or display
all the Kudo Browser categories.
* Please register the program by filling out the
REGISTER.TXT information found on the CD. To do this,
open the above file name using the Notepad application
found in Program Manager. Fill in the appropriate
information, then print the registration form.
Please fax this registration form to (305)569-1350.
OR MAIL TO:
EXPERT SOFTWARE
P.O Box 144506
Miami, Florida 33114-9796
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KNOWN INSTALLATION PROBLEMS:
Two situations have been observed to cause problems with the
installer:
1) Installing to a PC that is configured as a diskless
workstation can confuse the installer as to the
whereabouts of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. In this
situation, the installer generally cannot access
your boot drive. When the installer attempts to
modify your autoexec file, it will probably come up
with a path to an AUTOEXEC.BAT that doesn't exist,
such as A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT. If this happens, you will
need to make the modifications yourself. Select the
option to NOT have the Kudo installer modify your
autoexec file, and then, after the installation is
complete, manually add the line:
<path>\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100
to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. <path> is the full path
to your DOS directory (or wherever SHARE.EXE exists).
The /L & /F options are suggested minimums. If you are
already loading SHARE in your autoexec, then you only
need to ensure that you add the command line options
to the SHARE statement. If the options are already
there, and they are larger, then leave them alone. If
they are there but are smaller, then use the values
suggested here. You will need to reboot your computer
for this change to take effect.
2) Installing to a network version of Windows can cause
problems if the user does not have write privileges
to some of the Windows directories. The Kudo installer
may need to add some DLL's to your current
WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. This directory will often
be on a networked drive that is read-only when you are
running a network version of Windows. You will get
messages to the effect of "Can't write to file ... due
to read-only protection...", etc. This indicates that
you will need to have the network supervisor run the
installation in supervisor mode to obtain proper
write access to the necessary directories.
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