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- Guidelines
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- (For Internet electronic distribution, see updated README & additional
- files in GUIDOCI.ZIP)
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- Graphical User Interface Editor and Application Generator for Personal
- Computers running IBM's OS/2 Version 2.1 or higher.
-
- JBA reserves the right to change the function and design of the
- Guidelines product without prior notice.
-
- Copyright Notice
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- Copyright in the software contained on these diskettes referred to by
- its product name "GUIDELINES", ("the Software") is the exclusive
- property of JBA International plc.
-
- The User is licensed to use the Software subject to accepting and
- complying with the following conditions.
-
- 1. It may only be used by the party ("the User") to whom JBA have
- directly supplied the Software.
-
- 2. The User shall only use the Software on one processor and no part
- of it shall be reproduced or loaded into, transmitted to or used on
- any other processor.
-
- 3. This licence is personal to the User who shall not assign or
- transfer any interest in it or grant any right under it to any third
- party or part with possession of the diskettes or any other
- media on which the Software is stored without the prior written
- consent of JBA.
-
- 4. Information necessary to achieve interoperability of the Software
- with other programs within the meaning of Section 50B of the
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Directive of the
- Council of the European Communities on the Legal Protection of
- Computer Programs is available from JBA - Reference JKJ/1810,
- (UK) telephone number (0527) 854525.
-
- Getting Started
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- To install Guidelines, insert the first installation disk (Disk 1 of 3)
- into your floppy drive and type:
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- [D]:\install
-
- where [D] is the drive you are installing from, e.g. "a:\install".
- Press ENTER and the install program will start and display an initial
- banner dialog. Press the OK button (or ENTER) and you may then begin
- selecting options from the installation menu.
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- Selecting The Install Path
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- From the installation menu, selecting the 'Directories...' menu option which
- will display a dialog providing the ability to modify the directories in
- which Guidelines will be installed. The source directory will default to the
- path from where the installation program was run and the target directory
- will default to [D]:\GUIDE (where [D] is your boot drive).
-
- If you want to install Guidelines in another directory (or on another
- drive), modify the target directory to the path required. The installation
- program will ask you if you wish to create the directory when the target
- directory does not already exist.
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- If the nominated directory already contains an existing copy of Guidelines,
- the installation program will prompt you to confirm the over writing of
- the Guidelines system files. Note that any existing user GUI files within
- the old Guidelines directory will not be destroyed or modified.
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- Installation Options
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- When Guidelines finishes installing the software, it will automatically
- create a Workplace Shell folder for the software (this is the default).
- If you wish, this may be prevented by unchecking the 'Create WPS Folder'
- option.
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- You may also optionally prevent the automatic updating of the CONFIG.SYS
- from this dialog. Guidelines requires various LIBPATH and other environment
- settings to be set correctly before it can be run. If you are installing
- over an old copy of Guidelines, you may wish to turn this feature off.
- You can also optionally select that the changes which would normally be
- made to CONFIG.SYS be written to a seperate file (created in the target
- directory) which you can then apply yourself after running the install
- program.
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- Installing
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- Once you have selected an installation directory and set the appropriate
- install options, you should select the 'Install...' menu item from the
- 'Install' submenu to begin the install. Before the files are actually copied
- to disk, a registration dialog will be presented which allows you to personally
- customize your copy of Guidelines. Enter your name and company (if applicable)
- and your registration number (if you are a registered user). For non-registered
- users, a blank registration number will enable full-functionality for
- the base product only. Once these details are entered, and the OK (or
- ENTER key) is pressed, a status dialog is displayed which will show
- the install status as the files are copied to disk.
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- Once the installation is complete, you may need to reboot your machine
- so that any CONFIG.SYS file changes can take effect. The install program will
- notify you if this is required (i.e. if changes have been made to the
- CONFIG.SYS file).
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- Installing Extensions
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- Guidelines control packs may be installed via the 'Install Extensions...'
- menu item. Extension packs are seperately available on their own
- disks. To install an extension, you should set the appropriate directories
- and install options in the same manner as for the base Guidelines product.
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- Running Guidelines
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- After a sucessful installation you may invoke Guidelines by typing "Guide"
- and depressing the Enter key at a command prompt, or via the work place
- object created (optionally) during the install.
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- System Requirements
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- Guidelines requires that you have OS/2 Version 2.1 or higher already
- installed on your computer. For information about setting up OS/2 on your
- computer, see the instructions in your OS/2 package.
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- The minimum hardware requirements for running Guidelines are the same
- as the normal OS/2 requirements. However the recommended configuration
- for Guidelines development are as follows:
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- ■ Numeric coprocessor
- ■ 15" or greater display monitor
- ■ 8514 or XGA graphics adapter running at 1024x768 resolution
- ■ 16MB or memory
- ■ 30MB of available swap space
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- These are the requirements for running the IBM C Set++ compiler.
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- Guidelines assumes that you have a supported C++ compiler and the OS/2
- Toolkit installed on your hard drive. While applications can be designed
- without the C++ compiler, the source code generated cannot be compiled
- into an executable unless a compiler is present.
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- NOTE: The only supported compiler in this version of Guidelines is
- the IBM C Set++ compiler.
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- Guidelines Support
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- If you have problems installing this copy of Guidelines, or require
- additional information about Guidelines, contact Guidelines Support
- using one of the following means:
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- 1. CompuServe
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- Support is available in the OS2AVEN forum, Section 1 (other vendors).
- Address enquiries to "Guidelines Support" at 100316,3353.
- (or 100316.3353@compuserve.com via Internet).
-
- 2. JBA Direct
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- JBA may be contacted by telephone for Guidelines enquiries at the following
- offices:
- Africa: +27 11 804 5062
- Australasia: To be advised
- Europe (UK): 081 899 5600
- North America; 416 940 2442
-
- * IBM, C Set++, Operating System/2, OS/2 and Presentation Manager are
- trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business
- Machines Corporation.
-