Corel ArtShow 6- README (November 1995)

Note: The Book and CD-Rom may vary in content and number
of images.

Read this file for last minute changes to Corel Artshow 6
information that is not documented elsewhere.

- Installation 

- General Information 


Installation
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Previous version of Gallery detected
If a previous version of Gallery is detected the setup
program will update the bookshelf with the ArtShow 6
albums, therefore not installing the ArtShow 6 program
files.

Installation TEMP Paths
Typically, applications store temp files in the directory
pointed to by the TEMP environment variable.  The
application is then limited to the available space on the
drive that the TEMP variable points to.  With graphics
applications dealing with large bitmaps, this amount of
space may not be enough at times.  By setting various
alternative places where TEMP files can be stored,
Corel GALLERY can take advantage of other drives or
partitions the user has for temporary storage, instead of
being unable to complete the task due to a lack of free
space on the one drive pointed to by TEMP environment
variable.

Compression issues and the TEMP directory
It is recommended that the TEMP directory be created and
reside on uncompressed drives.

Screen Savers during install
To speed up the install process, close any screen saver
that you may have active. Once the install is complete,
you can re-activate the screen saver.

Installation and SMARTDRIVE
The Setup routine was designed to work best with
SMARTDRV.EXE, using the default options.  Do not disable
the floppy drive read cache.  Note that the absence of a
disk cache and some third-party caches will increase the
installation time.

Installation and File Manager
The SETUP program was designed to work when launched from
File Manager. You may experience problems running SETUP
from other desktop managers such as HP Dashboard or Norton
Desktop.

The ~COREL.T Directory
During the installation of Corel GALLERY, SETUP will
create the ~COREL.T temporary directory. This directory
is deleted when SETUP has completed successfully.  If you
notice that ~COREL.T remains on your hard drive, you can
delete this directory using File Manager.

 
General Information
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SMARTDRV and CD-ROM Caching
To improve the performance of viewing albums, ensure that
Smartdrive is caching your CD-ROM drive.  Check your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file and ensure that the CD-ROM driver is
loaded before Smartdrive.  For more information, consult
your MS-DOS documentation.

Corel ArtShow 6 and Windows Standard Mode
Corel ArtShow 6 requires Microsoft Windows to run in
Enhanced mode.  Standard Mode is not supported.  For
additional information on Microsoft Windows Enhanced mode,
refer to the Windows documentation.

Object Linking and Embedding
When inserting large or complex OLE objects, especially
ones containing large high-resolution bitmaps, you may
encounter problems depending on available memory and
system resources.  This is a known limitation of the
Microsoft OLE2 DLL's.  If you experience problems trying
to insert large OLE objects (e.g. blank objects appear or
General Protection Faults occur), the work-around is to
export the desired information from one application to a
file on disk, then import the file into the other
application.

Dragging Albums from the ArtShow 6 CD-ROM
In addition to installing Albums using SETUP, you can drag
the album from the CD-ROM.  If you do this, however, you
must manually reset the link back to your hard drive.  To
do this:
1. Open an album.
2. Select the top-most album.
3. Go to File-Properties and insert the drive letter for
your CD-ROM drive as the default drive. 

Using ArtShow 6 Images from CD-ROM
When using the images from the Corel ArtShow 6 CD-ROM,
ensure that you have the CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

Temporary (Temp) files
Each time you open a Corel application, a temp file
~CDRnnnn.tmp is created in a temp directory you specify
during install. These files are normally deleted upon
closing the application.  When a Corel application is
launched, it looks in the CORELAPP.INI file for:

[TempPaths]
Cleanup=1
0=D:\Temp
1=E:\Temp

If Cleanup=1, the application does not clean up the temp
files on the hard drive when it is launched.  It assumes
that the temp files were cleaned up during the last
session.

If Cleanup=0, the application did not exit normally during
the last session. On the next launch, the application
searches temp directories for any temp files and deletes
them.

The Cleanup switch should not be edited manually.  If
there is a problem with Temp files not being cleaned up,
please contact Technical Support.

The application searches the following paths in that order
when looking for temp files for manipulation:

Set Temp=DosTempPath  <-- the Temp variable specified in
the AUTOEXEC.BAT
Ex:  SET TEMP=E:\
User Temp Path <-- [TempPaths] in the CORELAPP.INI file
[defined during setup or by user]
Ex:  0=D:\TEMP
Ex:  1=G:\TEMP1 etc...

Windows Path   <-- the Windows directory for the current
Windows session.
Ex:  C:\WINDOWS

While the application is searching for and/or cleaning up
temp files on the hard drive the user will see an
hourglass.  When this operation is complete the
application will continue.  This can occur when the
opening screen is launching, when you are exiting, or
while you are working in the program.

Note 1: If you did not select any temp paths during the
install, Cleanup=1 will be the last line in the
[TempPaths] section.

Note 2: It is recommended that files in the Temp
directory be deleted only from DOS. Windows should always
be closed before deleting temp files.