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- To install STATE MATE, first start Microsoft Windows. Then, from the
- Windows Program Manager, select the File menu. Then choose Run.
- If the STATE MATE installation files are on a diskette, place this
- diskette in drive A or drive B.
-
- Then type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP) and press Enter. The Setup program
- will then take over. After it starts, it will ask you where to install the
- STATE MATE files. The drive and directory are already filled in with
- C:\STATE. This is usually where you want to install the files, so just
- press Enter, and the installation will complete, and will create a program
- group and icon in Windows for you.
-
- If the STATE MATE installation files are located somewhere other than on
- a diskette, (such as in a directory on your C drive), instead of typing
- A:\SETUP, type the name of the drive and path first, followed by \SETUP
- and press ENTER. For example, if the STATE MATE files are located in a
- subdirectory called DOWNLOAD on your C drive, you should type
- C:\DOWNLOAD\SETUP and then press Enter.
-
- The setup program will not modify any of your existing files.
- It will copy the VBRUN300.DLL to your Windows System directory if that
- file does not exist, file SETUPKIT.DLL to your Windows System directory,
- and file SMSETUP.EXE to your Windows directory.
- It will also copy the SM.EXE, SM.DAT, README.DOC, INSTALL.DOC and
- FILE_ID.DIZ files to a new directory called C:\STATE, unless you specify
- another location when the setup program asks. It is recommended you use
- the default C:\STATE, as STATE MATE will always look for this directory
- if it does not find the SM.DAT file in the working directory.
-
- Only 3 files are needed to run the program. They are SM.EXE and SM.DAT,
- located in the \STATE directory, and VBRUN300.DLL, located in the Windows
- System directory.
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- INSTALLING WITHOUT USING THE SETUP PROGRAM
-
- If you want or need to install STATE MATE manually without using the
- installation program, you can do this. You must first expand 3 of the
- files. To do this, type the following 3 DOS commands:
- EXPAND SM.EX_ SM.EXE
- EXPAND SM.DA_ SM.DAT
- EXPAND VBRUN300.DL_ VBRUN300.DLL
- EXPAND is a Microsoft program that is located in your Windows or
- Windows\System directory. Then move the expanded files to the STATE
- directory, or put VBRUN300.DLL in the Windows\System directory, or in
- whatever name your Windows directory is called if you are running a shared
- copy of Windows. You can instead just put VBRUN300.DLL in your STATE
- directory, as long as your icon properties are set up so the STATE
- directory is the Working Directory (see below).
-
- You must then create a program icon in Windows to run STATE.MATE.
- To do this, highlight the program group you want to create the icon in,
- then choose the File menu in Program Manager, then choose New. You then
- make sure "program item" is selected and click the OK button. Then fill
- in the next screen as follows:
- Description: STATE MATE
- Command Line: C:\STATE\STATE.EXE
- Working Directory: C:\STATE
- Then press the OK button.
-
- To uninstall the program, delete the STATE directory and delete the
- SMSETUP.EXE and SETUPKIT.DLL files from the Windows or Windows\System
- directory, and the icon and program group from Windows.
- You can also delete the VBRUN300.DLL file from your Windows
- System directory, but first MAKE SURE that no other program you have
- uses this file! Any program written using Microsoft Visual Basic
- version 3 uses this file, and a LOT of programs are written using this
- tool. You might want to search for this file before installing STATE
- MATE if you want to know if you are already using it. Be aware that
- some programs you install after installing STATE MATE might also use
- this file.
-