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Mark Three-Oh Version 1.50 7/22/90
Copyright (c) 1990, Charles E. Kindel, Jr.
All rights reserved.
3000 118th Ave. SE, Suite A-203
Bellvue, WA 98005
CompuServe 71551,1455
Please read this document carefully before attempting
to run Mark30 on your system.
VERY IMPORTANT! READ THIS! DO NOT IGNORE!!!!!!
Mark 30 was designed to defeat the mechanism
within Windows 3.0 that detects Windows 2.x
applications.
Use with EXTREME care! Serious data loss
could occur if an ill behaved Windows 2.x
application crashes under Windows 3.0!!!!
USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Charles E. Kindel, Jr. IS NOT responsible for any
damages caused by the use of this program.
Mark30 DISTRIBUTION FILES
Mark30.EXE - Mark Three-Oh v1.50 program.
Mark30.DOC - This Document.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Mark30 is a commercial copyrighted program protected
by both U.S. and international copyright law. You
are authorized to use and distribute it without
charge.
Mark30 is distributed as freeware. Mark30 may be
freely copied and distributed as long as the
following three rules are followed:
1) The program and this documentation are not
modified in any way, shape, or form.
2) A copy of this documentation (Mark30.DOC)
accompanies each copy of the program (Mark30.EXE).
3) No charge, other than a media and handling charge
(not to exceed $5.00), is made.
INTRODUCTION
Mark30 is a Windows 3.0 utility that marks old
Windows applications so that they will run under
Windows 3.0 without the Windows 3.0 warning message.
This utility does no checking of the application
being marked, except to verify that it is a Windows
application.
There are two flags in the header of a Windows
executable file (called the "new executable format").
The memory flag indicates that the application makes
clean use of memory, thus enabling it to run under
Windows 3.0 in protected mode. The font flag
indicates whether the application can handle the
proportional system font in Windows 3.0. Mark30
allows you to set and unset both of these flags.
Many Windows 2.x application work fine under Windows
3.0, but many do not. If you have a Windows 2.x
application that works under Windows 3.0, and you are
tired of the annoying warning message Windows 3.0
gives you each time you run your program, Mark30 will
save you.
IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!
Just because a Windows 2.x application APPEARS to
work under Windows 3.0 don't assume it is completely
compatible, there may be situations where the
application will fail!!!!
USAGE
To use Mark30, simply start it as you would any
Windows application. When it starts up you are
presented with a file selection list box, two check
boxes, and several buttons.
Select a file either by typing a name in the edit
control, or by clicking on a name in the list box.
You may also change directories and drives as you
normally would in a Windows application.
Once you have a file selected, choose the flags you
want set. The font flag can only be set if the
memory flag is set.
Press the "Mark File" button to mark the application.
If the application you choose is not a Windows
application a message box will appear informing you
of this. If the application IS a Windows program a
warning dialog box will appear asking you to confirm
your choice.
Once a file is marked, it can be "unmarked" by
reversing the check boxes.
That's all there is to it!
Please send all problem reports, suggestions, and
multi-million dollar donations to:
Charles E. Kindel, Jr.
3000 118th Ave, SE, A-203
Bellvue, WA 98005
CIS PPN: 71551,1455
VERSION HISTORY
1.00 May 31, 1990 First version.
1.30 May 31, 1990 Much refined... Now a Windows
3.0 specific Application. Will
NOT run under Windows 2.x!
1.32 June 1, 1990 More refinements. Allows
marking of Windows 1.x apps and
apps with marked as 1.x apps.
It is VERY IMPORTANT that you
DO NOT USE any version of
Mark30 prior to 1.32! It will
not harm anything now, but when
a new version of Windows comes
out (4.0?) there MAY be
trouble.
1.33 June 2, 1990 Minor refinements. Does not
alter any info other than the
Memory and Font bits.
1.50 June 25, 1990 Fixed bugs in dialog box item
enabling and disabling.
Version 1.50a has an "Advanced"
dialog box, allowing the
setting of any of the 16
identification bits. Version
1.50a is ONLY available via a
DIRECT request to Charles E.
Kindel; E-mail for more info.