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QWINPRT - version 1.5

(c) copyright 1994  Christopher Riley

Registration: as little as $5, What-A-Deal! See [Registration] for more
details.
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[Requirements]

QWinPrt is very small and requires very little to run.  If you are
currently running Windows 3.1, you should be able to run QWinPrt with
no problems.

One of the requirements when I wrote QWinPrt was that it be
unobtrusive and small.  As a result, QWinPrt uses only about 30K of
Windows resources when running, so it should not conflict with any of
your larger applications.


[Description]

QWinPrt was written as a utility to work around one very annoying
aspect of Windows 3.1, which is that you have to go around your head to
pick your nose if you wish to do a screen print.

Trying to do a screen print without QWinPrt requires that you do the
following:

     1.  Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.
     2.  Go into a windows program that lets you paste from the Windows
         clipboard, for example, Paintbrush.
     3.  Copy from the clipboard.
     4.  Choose to Print the picture.

With QWinPrt, you need only press the CTRL and the P keys
simultaneously, and QWinPrt does the rest, copying your Windows screen
and sending it to your default printer.

Very smooth, very easy.

You will find that QWinPrt is fully functional and not crippled in
anyway.  It will not stop working after your 30 day trial period is up
and it will not occasionally pop up one of those annoying "Please
Register" messages now and then.  All you will see is the
"UnRegistered" line in the program window.

If you are reading this AFTER September 1, 1996, please note that you
do NOT have to register this product.  That is right, scan around to
see if you can find the Public Domain version, but if you can't - no
sweat!  Since I imagine Windows 4.0 will remove the annoying way screen
prints currently work in Windows, there will not be all that much use
for this utility anyway, so I intend on releasing this product into
public domain at that time.  Until then, I retain the copyright and all
rights guaranteed therein.

You are free to distribute the unregistered version of QWinPrt freely,
provided that you do not charge more than a nominal fee for the utility's
distribution.  This fee may not exceed $5.00 unless written approval has
been granted by the author (that's me).  QWinPrt may be distributed
freely on BBS's and the like that charge a fee for membership or use
without any restrictions.

As for the average Joe, you are free to give this unregistered copy of
QWinPrt to anyone and everyone - your boss, your friends, a bum on the
street.  Just so long as you adhere to that stuff about how much you
charge for it.


The files required in distribution are the following:

        QWINPRT.EXE
        README.TXT
        ORDER.FRM
        FILE_ID.DIZ

All other files are not needed by QWinPrt, including TEMP.DIB.  This
file is a temporary file QWinPrt creates, and -usually- deletes.  You
may wish to delete this file if for some reason Windows crashed before
QWinPrt could delete this file itself.

[Installation]

Okay, QWinPrt 1.5 does not have a flashy install program, and for that
I apologize.  Perhaps a later version may, who knows.

Still, the `manual' installation of QWinPrt is not all that bad.  If
you are comfortable in DOS making directories and copying files, great.
If not, we suggest you use the Window's File Manager to accomplish
these steps.

1)  First, you must either go to a DOS prompt or launch the Window's
File Manager buy double clicking the icon.

2)  Choose the drive you wish to install QWinPrt on.  In most cases
this will be the C: drive.  You choose the drive in File Manager by
clicking the mouse over the corresponding drive picture and letter
(which appear underneath the File Manager menu).

NOTE:  QWinPrt will not work properly from a floppy drive.  This is
due to the fact that it creates a temporary file image of your screen.
A screen print will be quite slow if this file is written to floppy,
and what is more, QWinPrt may lock up if it runs out of space (a
defect I am working on correcting).

3)  Make a directory for QWinPrt.  I suggest you name it QWINPRT, but
to tell you the truth you can call it whatever you want - QWinPrt does
not care.  Make sure before you create a directory that you are on the
root (\) directory.  This is the topmost folder in File Manager.

To create a directory using File Manager, choose the File menu option.
Then choose the Create Directory option.  File Manager will prompt you
for the name of the new directory.  Type in QWinPrt (or whatever) and
press enter or the OK pushbutton.

4)  Copy all the QWinPrt files from wherever you have them into your
new directory.  If you are using File Manager and the files are on the
same drive but in another directory, simply find the files and select
them by clicking the topmost file and then clicking the bottom most
while holding down the SHIFT button at the same time.  Keep holding
down the left mouse button, and drag the files over to your newly
created directory.  If the files are on another drive, say your floppy,
you must first double click the drive letter at the top of File
Manager.  This will bring up a new window with the files on that drive.
Again, locate the files and this time drag them, as described above,
over to the other window where the directory you created is located.

5)  Now create a Window's Program Item.  Since QWinPrt is an Accessory
Utility, your Accessories window group would be a good place to put
QWinPrt.  This is only a suggestion, and you may wish to put the
program elsewhere.

Creating a Program Item is done by choosing the File option in the
Window's Program Manager window.  Choose the New option.  You will be
asked if you wish to create a Program Group or Program Item.  Choose a
Group only if you want to have a different group all together for
QWinPrt, otherwise choose Program Item.  Enter the following for each
of the prompts:

DESCRIPTION         QWinPrt
COMMAND LINE        QWINPRT.EXE
WORKING DIRECTORY   [drive letter]:\[name of directory - e.g. QWINPRT]

Press the OK pushbutton when done.

6)  Great!  Now you should have a neat paint roller icon that says
QWinPrt.  To make QWinPrt come up whenever you start Windows, open
your Window's StartUp program group.  Click your cool new QWinPrt icon
(just once, double clicking launches it) and hold down the left mouse
button.  As you hold down the mouse button, press the CTRL button as
well and move the copy of the QWinPrt icon over to the StartUp group.

7)  All done, I apologize again for the hassle.


[Registration]

The are two kinds of ways to use QWinPrt - Business and Personal.
These two types of use fall under two distinct usage agreements.  These
are outlined in the (ta -da) legal mumbo jumbo that CYA's my A.  Read
it when your are unable to sleep.

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LEGAL DISCLAIMER:

THE AUTHOR AND/OR DISTRIBUTOR OF THE QWINPRT UTILITY SHALL IN NO WAY
BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES BELIEVED TO BE INCURRED BY THE USE
OF THIS PRODUCT. OUR ONLY ASSURANCE IS THAT ALL REASONABLE MEANS HAVE
BEEN EMPLOYED TO INSURE THAT QWINPRT IS FREE FROM MAJOR DEFECTS.

IF THIS PROGRAM IS USED AT ANYTIME PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1996, THE
TEMPORARY LICENSE OUTLINED IN THE FOLLOWING TWO PARAGRAPHS MUST BE
ADHERED TO.

IF QWINPRT IS USED ONLY FOR PERSONAL USE, YOU ARE GRANTED A NON-
RENEWABLE 30 DAY EVALUATION PERIOD IN WHICH TO USE QWINPRT ON A SINGLE
COMPUTER WITHOUT OBLIGATION.  AFTER SUCH PERIOD, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO
EITHER SUBMIT THE REGISTRATION FEE AS DICTATED IN THIS DOCUMENT, OR
TERMINATE YOUR USE OF QWINPRT AND REMOVE THE QWINPRT UTILITY FROM
YOUR SYSTEM.

IF QWINPRT IS USED AT OR BY A BUSINESS (INCLUDING HOME BUSINESSES),
YOU ARE GRANTED THE LIMITED LICENSE AS STATED IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH,
WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE TEMPORARY LICENSE IS RENEWABLE. THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL STIPULATION THAT AFTER THE EVAL