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Fortuna v1.0
(15.06.95)
by
Alex Van Boxel
Introduction
============
Welcome to the first release of Fortuna, a fortune cookie displayer.
A fortune cookie is a random quote, item of trivia, joke shown to the
user from one of the cookie file.
Fortuna first select one of the cookie files that are in the COOKIES
directory. Then it select one of the, may-be 1000, fortune cookies in
the cookie file. It then displays it in a window, centered on the
screen.
Fortuna uses a custom indexed file format for high speed access to a
cookie. The benefits of this file format are that it won't delay much
of the boot process and that it doesn't use much memory, just enough
for the program and the selected fortune cookie.
Features
========
- A full 32 bit application for Windows95
- High speed access to a cookie in a cookie file through indexing
- Low memory usage
- Popup Menu
- Get a new cookie at runtime
- Custom font Support
- Custom font and background color
- Multiple cookie files
- Per-user-customization by use of the registry
- FreeWare
Minimum Requirements
====================
- 386SX with 4MB
- 1MB free disk space
- Windows95
Note that you need a NT or Windows95 unzip to extract the full filenames
of the files in the zip archive.
Installation
============
When you decompressed Fortuna with its full directory structure and full
Windows95 long filenames, you should be ready. Make sure there is at least
one fortune cookie file in the Cookies directory, if you want to get a
fortune cookie. The directory where Fortuna looks for its cookie files
must be named COOKIES and should be in the same directory as FORTUNA.EXE.
If you like a cookie every time you start your computer, create a shortcut
of Fortuna (not Fortuna itself) in your Startup directory.
Usage
=====
Just start the program by clicking its icon or its shortcut. When you
have done this Fortuna will choose a random cookie in a randomly selected
cookie file. When you have read the cookie you can get ride of it just by
clicking on its window or by pressing escape.
When you don't like the cookie or when it's too long you can get a new
cookie by using the popup menu item "New Cookie". You can bring up the popup
menu by pressing the right mousebutton when you are over the cookie window.
You can customize Fortuna by using the menu items "Select Font..." and
"Select Background Color..." in the popup or system menu. The custom
settings are registered in the registry. This has as wonderful side
effect that if your computer is used by different people (and are logged
in as different users), the settings are stored per user and not as a single
setting for all users.
Conversion
==========
If you have existing ASCII cookie files there is a extra command line
program FConvert to convert to the Indexed Fortuna Format. For more
information read "FConvert.txt".
Other Computers
===============
There will be (or is, depending on when you read this.) a version of Fortuna
for the Macintosh, ported by Daniel Van Den Broeck. The cookie files are
interchangeable.
Thanks
======
Thanks to Nico Franτois and Peter Stuer for suggestions and testing.
Thanks to Daniel Van Den Broeck for porting Fortuna to the Macintosh.
History
=======
Version 1.0
- First Release
CopyRight
=========
This program can be freely distributed and used as long as it is not sold
or made part of any commercial product.
Disclaimer
=========
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL
THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU ARE USING IT AT YOUR
OWN RISK.
Contact
=======
All suggestions, comments (negative and positive) may be send to one of the
following addresses:
- Alex Van Boxel
Perksesteenweg 16
B-1910 Kampenhout
Belgium
- fidonet: 2:292/603.30