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Version 1.09
Congratulations on your purchase of "Flying Colors!"
To supply you with up-to-the-minute information, we
have included the following:
TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS
Depending upon your system configuration, creating a
blank canvas any larger than the size of a Full Printed
Page may cause the performance to be slower or lead
to an error.
VIDEO DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS
Flying Colors requires that your video display driver be set to
256 colors only. If you receive an error message regarding your
display, check your current video driver.
To check your video mode:
o From the Program Manager, double-click the
Windows Setup icon in the Main program group.
o From the Options menu on the Windows Setup box,
select Change System Settings.
o Click the arrow to the far right of the word "Display".
You will see a list of video drivers.
If your current driver is listed as VGA, or 16 color, you must
change to a higher color driver to run Flying Colors. Consult
your user manual for instructions on how to change or upgrade your
driver.
ATI MACH32
If you are using the ATI video card and driver which utilizes
the Flex Desk Utility (located in the Main program group) to
change your video resolution, be sure that the Device Bitmaps
option is checked "off". To change this setting:
o Double click on the Flex Desk Icon.
o Click on the "Advanced" button at the first dialog.
o Click on the "Off" radio button under the heading
"Device Bitmaps".
o Choose OK twice to exit Flex Desk.
o Re-start Windows.
For more information about video drivers, please consult your
Windows documentation. You may also download current video
drivers from the Microsoft BBS if you have a modem and suitable
communications package. The Microsoft BBS number is 510-736-8343.
ENSONIQ SOUND CARDS
If you experience sound problems with the Ensoniq sound card:
o Click on the Control Panel Icon from the Main program
group.
o Click on the Drivers Icon.
o Select "Soundscape DVD MIDI, WAVE, AUX".
o Under the section "Wave Playback DMA", set "Wave A"
to "0".
o Click on the "Test" button and verify that the status
line at the bottom says "Driver OK".
o Choose "OK".
o Exit the Control Panel by double clicking on the upper left
menu bar.
o You may have to re-start Windows if changes were made.
For further information, contact Ensoniq at (610) 647-3930.
IF THE PROGRAM IS VERY SLOW
Close any unnecessary applications, that may be running. If
you have a 33MHz 386 or faster processor, be sure you are running
Windows in enhanced mode. Also be sure that the Virtual
memory settings are active. To check the Virtual memory
settings:
o Click on the Control Panel Icon from the Main program
group.
o Click on the 386 Enhanced Icon.
o Choose Virtual memory and verify the settings.
We require the Virtual memory setting to be a minimum of
8000KB for the permanent swap file.
o To make changes to the settings, consult your
Windows documentation.
PC TOOLS VSAFE and MS-DOS VSAFE
PC Tools VSAFE or MS-DOS 6.0 VSAFE may interfere with the
install process. To disable VSAFE before installing "Flying Colors",
exit Windows and type VSAFE /U, then press
Enter.
Restart your computer after installation of "Flying Colors" to turn
PC Tools VSAFE or MS-DOS VSAFE back on.
TANDY SENSATION USERS
Tandy's WinMate system does not automatically create the
"Flying Colors" icon or launch our program. We
suggest disabling WinMate and running directly from
Windows. If you have further questions about Tandy's
WinMate, please call Tandy Technical Support at (817) 878-
6875.
SCREEN SAVERS
If you are running a screen saver in the background, you may
experience video problems during the program. Disable the
screen saver and this should solve the problem.
NORTON DESKTOP, KIDDESK, PCTOOLS, TABWORKS OR OTHER
WINDOWS PROGRAM SHELLS
If you are using a program shell other than the Windows
Default Program Manager and experience trouble running the
Setup installation program or launching the program, try
changing the shell to the Windows' Program Manager.
To change the program shell:
o First make a back up of your SYSTEM.INI file. Make
NO changes to this file until you have an accessible
backup in case you encounter problems.
o Using the Windows Accessory Notepad (or any
other text only editor), open the SYSTEM..INI file
located in the C:\WINDOWS directory.
o Under the heading [boot], find the section "Shell=".
o Place a ";" in front of this line and then insert a
carriage return and type the line again without the ";".
o Change the new shell= line to "shell=progman.exe".
When you are finished the lines should look as follows:
;shell=XXXXXXX
shell=progman.exe
Save the file and re-start Windows. Then click on the Flying Colors icon,
or run the installation program.
To return to your original program shell:
o Open the SYSTEM.INI file using your text editor.
o Delete the ";" in front of the old shell=XXXXXXX".
o Place a ";" in front of the line which reads
"shell=progman.exe".
o Save the file and re-start Windows.
ERROR MESSAGES
If you receive an error message specifying a particular file
name, check that the following files are installed:
DIB.DRV installed to WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
FLYC.EXE installed to FLYINGC directory (hard drive install only)
If either of these files are missing, run Setup again to re-install
them. You may also copy DIB.DRV directly from the CD.
PROGRAM WON'T LAUNCH OR "OUT OF MEMORY" ERROR
Be sure your Virtual memory is set to permanent and that you
are using a swap file of at least 8000KB. Consult your
Windows documentation on how to set swap file sizes.
Also check your CONFIG.SYS file located in the root directory
(C:\ on most machines) for the line FILES= . On some
machines, changing the FILES line to FILES=99 may solve the
problem. Be sure to re-boot after making any changes to this
file.
Uninstall
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Uninstall can be used to completely remove all "Flying Colors" files
and subdirectories as well as the program group and FLYINGC.INI files.
To uninstall "Flying Colors":
o Insert the CD into the CD ROM drive.
o From File Manager, click on the correct drive letter.
o From File Manager, choose File - Run and type "SETUP UNINSTALL".
If you encounter an error message while running uninstall:
o Check to see that all user created files have been
removed from the Flying Colors subdirectory. Uninstall
will not delete files created by the user. User files will
have the extension ".bmp".
o Check to see that the file "FLYINGC.INI" exists in
your Windows directory and that the line "Program="
points to the Flying Colors sub-directory on your hard drive.
To delete "Flying Colors" manually:
o Run the Windows File Manager (or other third party
file utility) and highlight the "FLYINGC" directory.
Then choose File Delete from the menu options.
o Locate the file "FLYINGC.INI" in the Windows directory and delete
it.
o From Program Manager (or third party shell) highlight
the "Flying Colors" program group (while minimized) and
choose File Delete.
Thank you for purchasing "Flying Colors!"
WinMate is a registered trademark of the Tandy Corporation.