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                            TSR Download & Windows

  TSR Download is now compatible with Windows 3.1. You can run TSR Download
  under Windows as a DOS application. (Not as a Windows application.) When
  TSR Download is configured for Windows it examines the Windows environment
  and automatically assigns the same soft font ID numbers that Windows uses.


  CONFIGURING TSR DOWNLOAD FOR WINDOWS

  To use TSR Download under Windows you must first configure the program for
  your system. This configuration is described in detail in the TSRDL.DOC
  file. One additional item has been added to the standard configuration
  menu displayed by the DLCFG program. To use TSR Download with Windows you
  must answer this new question with a "Y". (The program comes configured
  with this value set to "N".) The third line from the bottom on the con-
  figuration menu shown by DLCFG will read:

  Use With Windows 3.1 (Y/N):  N

  Just change the "N" to a "Y", and save the modified version. (Hopefully,
  you also changed everything else to match your system.) TSR Download is
  now set in its Windows compatible mode. You must also run SETCOLOR to
  establish the colors you want to use.

  TSR Download takes a while to locate soft fonts the first time it is
  installed and activated. This can be quite annoying under Windows. You can
  have TSR Download save this internal soft font "catalog" and thus save
  considerable time in starting the program. (Note that once you save a
  "catalog" you can *not* change the colors of TSR Download.) To locate and
  save a font catalog just run TSR Download from the command line as shown:

  dl -c

  TSR Download will pop up and scan for your soft fonts. Once these fonts
  are located you can save the "catalog" of fonts. Once TSR Download
  locates all your soft fonts hit the "Z" key. You will be asked for the
  name of the file to save this soft font information in. Enter "MASTER"
  followed by a return. This tells TSR Download to save the current font
  "catalog". You can then use this catalog instead of searching for fonts.
  (Note that if you add or subtract fonts from your subdirectories you will
  have to repeat this process and create a new catalog. You can now start
  TSR Download instantly by typing:

  dl /master -c

  TSR Download should pop up and only take a second to locate all your soft
  fonts. It should not hunt through your disk again for fonts.


  INSTALLING TSR DOWNLOAD UNDER WINDOWS

  Once TSR Download is configured you need to run a new program WINDINST.
  This program examines the Windows environment and builds up a list of the
  soft font ID numbers that Windows wants to use. To run this program you
  need to know the drive and path that your Windows 3.1 environment is
  installed in (typically c:\win) and the printer port that your DeskJet is
  attached to. Then type:

  windinst c:\win lpt1

  Where the two arguments are the drive and path for Windows and the printer
  port you are attached to. The first argument passed to WINDINST is the
  directory and path that your Windows program is in. The second argument
  is the printer port (LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, COM2, or COM3). Note that any
  time you add soft fonts to your Windows environment you will have to repeat
  this step.

  Once you have run WINDINST you are ready to start Windows. Switch to your
  Windows subdirectory and run Windows. You will now create a PIF file for
  TSR Download, install TSR Download in Windows as a DOS application, and
  change the icon for TSR Download.

  From Windows switch to the Accessories menu. Start the PIF editor. There
  are four items to change here. Find an modify each entry as shown:

  Program Filename:    c:\fonts\dl.exe
  Window Title:        TSR Download
  Optional Parameters: /master -c

  Video:               x Text

  For the "Program Filename" you need to give Windows the complete drive,
  path, and program name for TSR Download. If you used the defaults in the
  INSTALL program, TSR Download in in c:\fonts\dl.exe. The rest of the items
  must be entered as shown.

  While still in the PIF editor click on File, and click Save As. It should
  show c:\fonts\dl.pif. Click OK and exit the PIF editor.

  Now switch Windows back to your Main menu. Click on File, New, OK. For the
  Description enter: "TSR Download". For the Command Line enter:
  c:\fonts\dl.exe. Then click OK.

  Now click on File again, then Properties, then Change Icon. For the icon
  name enter: DL.ICO, click ok, ok.

  You should be at the Main menu and TSR Download should be showing with its
  own icon. To test things double click on TSR Download. The program will
  appear and run. To leave TSR Download (with the program still active) hit
  the Alt-Esc keys together. Hit the Alt-Esc keys again and TSR Download will
  appear as a DOS box at the bottom left hand corner of your screen. Double
  click on this box to restart TSR Download. To completely exit TSR Download,
  just use the normal Escape key instead of Alt-Esc.


  USING TSR DOWNLOAD UNDER WINDOWS

  Once TSR Download is installed under Windows it is quite easy to use. Start
  Windows and activate TSR Download by double clicking on its icon. Leave TSR
  Download by hitting the Alt-Esc keys. Start your application program. Once
  your application is running hit the Alt-Esc key twice to bring the DOS box
  up in the lower left hand corner of your screen. To download fonts, just
  use the mouse to double click on this box. Send whatever fonts you want and
  return to your application by hitting the Alt-Esc key. When finished, exit
  from your application and then click on TSR Download. Exit from TSR Download
  with the normal Escape key. Then exit Windows.