home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
CICA 1993 April
/
CICA MS Windows - April 1993.iso
/
unzipped
/
util
/
aporia14
/
ap_read.me
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1990-10-15
|
8KB
|
241 lines
Welcome to Aporia!
Aporia is a powerful object oriented user interface for Windows 2.x and
3.0. It lets you organize your work simply and clearly by providing a
variety of advanced features that make its icon interface really work.
The heart of Aporia is the concept of tools. A tool is not just a
pretty picture, it also has enhanced abilities. It can be dropped onto
another to be run, or chained together to form a new tool. A tool can
store other tools letting you run multiple programs with one mouse
click. A tool can size and position the programs it runs. And, tools
are fully integrated into a powerful file management scheme.
Windows 3 is great and Aporia is a powerful enhancement to the Windows 3
environment.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Aporia Can Do Things That The File And Program Manager Can't.
--------------------------------------------------------------
INSTALLING and RUNNING Aporia
-----------------------------
From the Aporia floppy disk run the program:
SETUP_AP.EXE
This program installs and sets up Aoria for first-time users
and for those updating from earlier versions of Aporia.
This program copies Aporia to your Windows directory, and
for Windows 3 users installs a library of images and can
make Aporia your shell (replacing the Program Manager).
To run Aporia under Windows:
----------------------------
If you choose to install Aporia as the Windows shell just run
Windows as you normally do and Aporia will come up automatically.
If you have not installed Aporia as the Windows shell at the
DOS prompt type:
WIN APORIA<Enter>
ORDERING INFORMATION
--------------------
To registration your copy of Aporia or to order additional copies contact
NewTools at:
NewTools
P.O. Box 3269
Church Street Station
New York, NY 10008-3269
(800) 924-0018
Complete ordering information is provided in the file ORDER.TXT.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
--------------------
For technical assistance call: (718) 789-5980
As always, we welcome your comments, criticisms, and your feedback
regarding features you would like to see in future Aporia releases.
APORIA DISTRIBUTION FILES
-------------------------
SETUP_AP.EXE The Setup program for Aporia. This program copies Aporia
to your Windows directory, and for Windows 3 users
installs a library of images and can make Aporia your
shell (replacing the Program Manager).
APORIA.EXE The Aporia executable program.
APLIB.EXE Aporia dynamic link library.
IMAGEMKR.EXE Create Aporia icons with this tool.
APORIA.MAN* This is the Aporia manual text. This file
contains everything you need to use Aporia. The
printed version, available with the $50 registration,
is fully illustrated.
APORIA.INT This is the tutorial section of the manual in
Microsoft Write format. It takes you step by step
through the basic operation of Aporia. It is available
online when you double-click on the Help Tool, which is
the icon with the question mark.
NOTES.TXT The default Aporia note file.
CHANGES.TXT* A list of changes in this release.
AP_READ.ME* This important information text that you are currently
reading. Always read this file first.
ORDER.TXT The Order Form for Aporia. Please use this form when
you order.
AIF_16.EXE Self extracting file containing Aporia image
files for the basic Aporia tools and for
programs supplied with Windows 3.0. This file
contains image files for use systems running
in 16 color EGA, VGA, and SuperVGA display
modes under Windows 3.
AIF_256.EXE This is a self extracting compressed file
containing Aporia image files for the basic
Aporia tools and for programs supplied with
Windows 3.0. This file contains image files
for use systems running in 256 color SuperVGA
display modes under Windows 3.
APORIA.GRP A Program Manager group file for Aporia.
AP_ICONS.EXE Self extracting file containing the icons for
the basic Aporia tools in Windows 3.0 icon
(ICO) format.
Note that some of the above files (marked with *) are user manual and
introductory text. If you are short on disk space, you might want to
delete them, from your Windows directory after you have become
acquainted with Aporia.
TO GET ON-LINE HELP FOR APORIA:
-------------------------------
Put the mouse cursor on the question mark icon (the Help tool) and
click twice quickly with the left mouse button. To get help on
any of the Aporia tools (icons) drag them onto the Help tool.
LATE BREAKING PROGRAM INFORMATION
---------------------------------
The following useful information in not included in the user manual.
* Creating your own icons with Paintbrush:
Here's an easy way to create your own icons using Paintbrush and the
Image Maker program supplied with Aporia.
1. Run both Paintbrush and Image Maker.
2. From the Paintbrush Options menu select the Image Attributes
command and set the image size to 33 by 33 PELS.
3. From the Paintbrush File menu select the New command.
4. Draw your icon in the Paintbrush window.
5. In Image Maker select the Capture Icon command and click the mouse
over your the icon you drew in Paintbrush.
6. Your icon will appear in Image Maker and then can be saved to
an Aporia image file.
* Problems installing on 3Com networks:
Some users have had problems running the Aporia setup program on some
3Com networks. If you are running on a 3Com network and have problems
with the setup program trying running it while you are NOT logged on
to the network. Once setup has run Aporia should work fine with your
network.
* Registered users can specify text to appear when the screen blanker
is up in place of their registration name. To do this enter the
following line in the Aporia section of your WIN.INI file:
BlankName=<text>
Where <text> is the text you want displayed. For example if you work
for Acme Scrub Brush Ltd. you could add the line:
BlankName=Acme Scrub Brush Ltd.
This feature is NOT available for unregistered users.
LIST OF IMAGE FILES PROVIDED WITH APORIA:
-----------------------------------------
Aporia Icons (14)
------------
Desk Tool desk.aif
Dir Tool dir.aif
Copy Tool copy.aif
Trash Tool trash.aif
Tree Tool tree.aif
Hide Tool hide.aif
Notes Tool notes.aif
Help Tool help.aif
Size Tool size.aif
Options Tool opt.aif
Aporia aporia.aif
Image Maker imagemkr.aif
Tool tool.aif
File file.aif
Windows 3.0 Bundled Apps (20)
------------------------
File Manager winfile.aif
Program Manager progman.aif
Clipboard clipbrd.aif
Control Panel control.aif
Setup setup.aif
Print Manager printman.aif
DOS Prompt dos.aif
Write write.aif
Paintbrush pbrush.aif
Terminal terminal.aif
Notepad notepad.aif
Recorder recorder.aif
Cardfile cardfile.aif
Calendar calendar.aif
Calculator calc.aif
Clock clock.aif
PIF Editor pifedit.aif
Windows Help winhelp.aif
Solitaire sol.aif
Reversi reversi.aif
Windows SDK Apps (8)
----------------
Font Editor fontedit.aif
Dialog Editor dialog.aif
SDK Paint sdkpaint.aif
Zoom Utility zoomin.aif
Heap Walker heapwalk.aif
Shaker shaker.aif
CodeView cvw.aif
Spy spy.aif
Popular Windows Programs (10)
------------------------
Excel excel.aif
WinWord winword.aif
Almanac almanac.aif
SuperBase2 sb2w.aif
SuperBase4 sb4w.aif
MS Project winproj.aif
Ami Pro amipro.aif
IBM Current current.aif
Corel Draw corel.aif
ToolBook tbook.aif