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ImgViewer/16 <ASP>
version 1.22
⌐1992-1996 All rights reserved
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By Don Bradner ____|__ | (R)
Arcata Pet --| | |-------------------
600 F Street | ____|__ | Association of
Arcata, CA 95521 | | |_| Shareware
|__| o | Professionals
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|___|___| MEMBER
Compuserve: 76130,1007
America OnLine: DBirdMan
Internet: dbirdman@redshift.com
http://www.redshift.com/~arcatpet
The online help file is the primary documentation for ImgViewer/16.
This text document is meant to get you started.
Contents of this file:
I. Program Description
II. Program Requirements
III. Installing ImgViewer/16
IV. Getting Started
V. Files and Uninstalling
VI. Troubleshooting
VII. Obtaining images
VIII. Getting future upgrades
IX. Purchase and distribution
X. ASP Ombudsman Statement
I. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.
ImgViewer/16 is a Windows program for viewing and printing
digital images in a variety of standard formats. Image formats
supported include GIF, .BMP, PCX, TGA, TIF, and .JPG. GIF and
PCX provide compression of 256-color images, while .JPG
provides compression for 16-million color images, thus saving
disk space.
ImgViewer/16 has editing features and file conversion routines built
in, which allow you to change images to suit your needs. You can
crop, resize, stretch, rotate, mirror, flip, sharpen, soften, extract
edges, negate and adjust brightness, contrast and gamma.
A quick Zoom Tool provides instant magnification of areas of an
image, for close inspection.
Full documentation is included in the form of a Windows Help file.
When you desire help, press your F1 function key for context-sensitive
help, or press the help button if you are in a dialog box.
ImgViewer/16 is shareware. It is fully functional and provides
all features that are included in the registered version, but
it will "nag" non-registered users occasionally. You are
entitled to evaluate the program for a period of 30 days, after
which you are expected to register to continue use. When you
register you will receive a copy that includes a key file that
eliminates the nag screens.
ImgViewer/16 contains functions which can read and write the .GIF format,
which contains compression technology covered by U.S. Patent No.
4,558,302, owned by the Unisys corporation. The author of ImgViewer/16 has
obtained a license from Unisys, and pays a royalty on each
sale, to use this technology. The following statement is
required by that license:
"Use of this software is permitted only to the extent
reasonably required to determine whether to purchase
the software.
"After payment is made, use of this software is limited
to use on only a single personal computer or
workstation which is not used as a server. An
additional payment is required for each use on
another personal computer or workstation.
"Only a single copy may be made of this software
solely for backup or archival purposes. The software
may also be transferred to a single hard disk.
"Any use of this software in violation of the above is
not licensed.
"For information concerning licensing the LZW
compression and/or decompression capability, please
contact:
Unisys Corporation
Welch Licensing Department - CISW19
Township Line & Union Meeting Roads
P.O. Box 500
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19424"
II. Program requirements.
ImgViewer/16 requires an IBM compatible 386 or better, running
Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, or Windows NT, with at least 8 megs of RAM
and VGA or better graphics. Recommended: 486DX or better with an
accelerated graphics adapter.
Most operations require a mouse.
Graphics files can be quite large, particularly with true-color, so a
large hard disk is recommended. ImgViewer/16 will require under 1
meg for program installation.
III. Installing ImgViewer/16
If you obtained ImgViewer/16 by downloading it from a computer
Bulletin Board (BBS) or another online source, one necessary
file may not have been included. You will need a file called
VBRUN300.DLL, which is almost always available from any source
that would have ImgViewer/16. Windows 95 includes
VBRUN300.DLL, but earlier Windows versions do not. On BBS
systems the file will usually be called VBRUN300.ZIP or
VBRUN3.ZIP. If you obtained the program on disk, the file
should be included. If it is missing, contact the supplier of
the program. Versions purchased from the author will always
include VBRUN300. If you are installing VBRUN300 separately,
it MUST be put in the \Windows\System directory.
To install ImgViewer/16, run the included setup program. If the
program is on a floppy disk, you can use File/Run in the Program
Manager and type a:setup or b:setup, whichever drive is involved.
You can use the same technique to run setup from a directory on your
hard drive by supplying the full path, such as c:\temp\ivsetup.
Alternatively you can use File manager to find the files and
double-click on IVSETUP.EXE.
Windows 95 users can use the "Add/Remove Programs" item in the
Control Panel to find and start IVSETUP.
IV. Getting Started.
Double-click the ImgViewer/16 icon to start the program. If this is
not a registered copy you will see a shareware "nag" screen. This
screen will only be repeated every 10 days, so as to not unduly
interfere with your operation of the program. Click OK, or you may
choose to print an order form.
When you see the main program window, Click the "folder" icon at the
left end of the icon bar, and then browse for image files to view.
If you would like to alter the image, most of the items in the Image
menu are simple. Browsing the help file will provide you with more
information on the image-altering functions.
V. FILES AND UNINSTALLING
When ImgViewer/16 is installed, a program (UNINSTAL.EXE) and a data
file (INSTALL.LOG) are placed in the ImgV16 directory. The
following information is provided to aid in removing the
program in case those files are lost or damaged.
Files distributed with ImgViewer/16:
IVSETUP.EXE
This file contains all of the program files. Running it will
install of the files where they belong, and will also produce a
record and program that can be used to uninstall this package.
README.TXT
The text file you are reading now. It is placed outside
the main install program so that it is readable before the
program is installed.
VENDINFO.DIZ, FILEID.DIZ, VENDINFO.DOC
Information files for shareware distributors and online
services. These explain distribution rights and allowable
methods.
Files installed by ImgViewer/16:
Main Program directory files
IMGV16.EXE, IMGV1616.HLP, README.TXT, UNINSTAL.EXE, INSTALL.LOG.
Windows\System directory files
IKENG16.DLL, IKJPG16.DLL, IKCOL16.DLL, IKDSP16.VBX,
IVPLIBR.VBX
Registered users will have one additional file: IV16_REG.KEY.
This file must be in your ImgV16 directory, and will keep the
startup shareware screen from appearing. If you upgrade to a
new version of ImgViewer/16, do not delete this file - it will work
with all future versions. If you obtain ImgViewer/32, the key
will work with it as well - just rename to IV32_REG.KEY.
Files required by ImgViewer/16:
VBRUN300.DLL
A "runtime" library for programs written in Visual Basic 3.0.
This file is almost always available from any source for
ImgViewer/16. From on-line sources, look for VBRUN3.ZIP or
VBRUN300.ZIP. It must be placed in your Windows\System
directory.
Files created by ImgViewer/16:
IMGV16.INI
This file contains your preferences so that the program can
startup with the same settings as you last used.
ImgViewer/16 also creates some temporary files with .TMP
extensions in the directory pointed to by your TEMP variable.
If there is no TEMP variable the files will be in