README for Symantec Visual Page 1.1 Evaluation ================================================================ Copyright (c) 1997 by Symantec Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Table of Contents: I. Welcome II. System Requirements III. Installation Notes IV. User Tips V. Known Problems VI. Revision History VII. Contacting Symantec * * * * * * I. Welcome! ================================================================= Welcome to Symantec's Visual Page Evaluation for Windows 95 and Windows NT. This is a fully functional version of the retail product, but with a 30 day end-user license agreement. Please take a few minutes to read this file which contains the latest information regarding this release. The Visual Page Template set is only available in the retail product. * * * * * * II. Minimum System Requirements ================================================================= IBM PC or 100% compatible Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 486-66 Mhz or above 20 MB free hard disk space VGA (256 colors are required for previewing Java Applets) 8 MB of RAM for Windows 95 12 MB of RAM for Windows NT * * * * * * III. Installation Notes ================================================================= Installing from Symantec's Web Site ----------------------------------- If you download the files from our Web site, please copy them into an empty directory. To expand the installation files, run the executable from File > Run, or at a DOS prompt. Once expanded, run SETUP.EXE to install Visual Page. If you choose not to download the full version of the Evaluation, you may at any time download individual supporting files, such as the Tour (Getting Started). Place these supporting files; e.g. tour.bin, into the directory containing the installer and then run Setup.exe. Note: When downloading individual components (*.bin) Netscape Communicator may incorrectly append an extension to the file name. Once the file has been downloaded to your computer please rename the file to contain the appropriate extension; e.g. help.bin, tour.bin, or template.bin. In the web release we have included the Getting Started manual in PDF format which is optimized for printing, because of this some images may appear blurry when viewed through Acrobat Reader. Instructions for running the Getting Started tour are located in \Visual Page\Tour\tour.pdf. As with any new software, please install Visual Page into a clean directory. Installing Starbase's Versions Software --------------------------------------- An evaluation copy of Starbase's Versions source control software has been included on the Visual Page CD and is also available as a separate download from our Web site. During the installation process you will be prompted for a serial number and a key. Click the Next button to continue. You will be asked if you want to install an evaluation copy. Select Yes. Please contact Starbase directly if you have product related questions or if you would like to purchase the full version. Visual Page Highlights --------------------------------------- To view the highlights main page, open highlights.htm located in the \Visual Page\highlights directory. * * * * * * IV. User Tips ================================================================= Q: How do I retain my entries in the custom dictionary if I reinstall Visual Page to a different drive, directory or another machine? A: The Visual Page uninstaller will not remove the custom.pd file in the \Visual Page directory containing custom entries for the user dictionary. If you choose to install Visual Page into another directory or machine and wish to retain the dictionary, copy the custom.pd file into the Visual Page root directory of the new install. The installer will also not write over an existing custom.pd. Q: I noticed after uninstalling Visual Page the install directory was not deleted. A: The Visual Page installer logs all files installed with the exception of the initial spell checker's custom user dictionary, custom.pd. Should you choose to uninstall Visual Page, this file, and other files created after installation, will not be uninstalled. Q: I'm using frames with mixed border widths, however Netscape displays the entire frameset using the border width of the first frame. A: Netscape uses the first border width value encountered and applies it to the entire frameset. Q: How do I run QuickTime Movies? A: In order to run QuickTime Movies in Symantec Visual Page, you will need to obtain the QuickTime software from Apple Computer, Inc. At the time this file was written, the QuickTime files were available at http://quicktime.apple.com. QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Q: I have 256 color video capabilities but my applets do not appear in preview mode. A: It is not uncommon for vendors of Java applications to install any supporting virtual machine (VM) or Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler files into the system directory. Check your Windows and system directories (system32 for NT) for JAVAI.DLL and AWT.DLL. Rename the file(s) to *.SAV and relaunch Visual Page. Q: How can I determine why my applet won't run in preview mode? A: Place the HTML file in preview mode. Select Show Java Console from the View menu. All Java errors are displayed within this window. In many cases, it is likely that Visual Page is unable to find one or more supporting class files for the applet. This may occur if your applet contains a custom component. Create an environment variable for the Classpath variable. Point the Classpath variable to the zip file that contains the class file. In Windows 95, place a statement similar to the one below in the AUTOEXEC.BAT: Set Classpath=C:\directoryname\classfile.zip. In Windows NT Choose Start > Control Panel > System. Select the Environment Tab in the System Properties dialog box. Enter the word Classpath in the Variable field. Enter the path to the zip file containing the classes in the Value field. * * * * * * V. Known Problems and Workarounds ================================================================ o List boxes and drop down lists do not function in Preview mode. o Canceling a remote file download leaves a zero byte file. o When converting 24 bit (true color or 16 million color) BMP files to GIF files, the palette may not be saved with the image. As a result the image may appear as a black square. We recommend you manually convert the image with an external program and then add the GIF to your HTML file. o Columns that span across multiple pages may not appear when printing from the Visual Editor. o The Printer Setup dialog fails to appear when invoked a second time on an invalid or unavailable printer. To reinstate the dialog you must select a valid printer in the Control Panel before selecting Printer Setup in Visual Page. o The entities.htm file is located in the same directory as VPAGE.EXE. * * * * * * VI. Revision History ================================================================ 1.0a 1. Added Preview in Browser button to the Properties/Views toolbar. 2. Added recalling of the previous size and position of Visual Page on the desktop when relaunched. 3. Added current color highlight to the HTML color syntax, Page, Table and Cell properties color palettes. 4. Added automatic refresh of images edited outside of Visual Page. 5. Added prevention of Java class caching for use with Visual Cafe 2.0. 6. Resolved wrong color palette which occurs on some 8-bit video subsystems. 7. Resolved hanging in preview mode of some Java applets. * * * * * * 1.1 1. Added font face support. 2. Added spell checking. 3. Added default document tab to Preferences. 4. Added border size control, including borderless frames, to the Frame Properties dialog. 5. Added Ctrl+drag functionality for images, plugins and applets dragged from site windows, the desktop or Explorer windows to invoke the Save As dialog. 6. Added F5 refresh capability to the site window. 7. Changed Preview mode to not toggle back to edit mode after loading links. 8. Changed border default from 2 to 0 for image submit buttons and links. 9. Resolved crash when opening pages containing invalid nested table HTML code. 10. Resolved removing parameter variables for Active X. 11. Resolved Visual Page parsing non-HTML files for anchors when creating links. 12. Resolved the Page Properties dialog corrupting the tag when opening the file directly instead of opening the entire frameset. 13. Resolved Base Target being reset when the Base Target dialog was opened from the Page Properties dialog. 14. Resolved Page Properties dialog resetting the target of a page to Parent if the page is normally part of a frame set, but opened individually. 15. Regrouped contents of the Frame Properties dialog to better distinguish between frame properties and frameset properties. 16. Reworded the tabs in the Preferences for better clarity. * * * * * * VII. Contacting Symantec ================================================================ o Free and unlimited electronic support is available on Symantec's news server at: service.symantec.com. o Please refer to the newsgroups under: symantec.support.devtools.pc.visualpage Note: your company's firewall may prevent you from accessing this service. o Web based discussion groups that do not require news reader software are available at: http://service.symantec.com/discuss o Support is also available on the Usenet newsgroup: comp.lang.java o Send bug reports to: Support_javawin@symantec.com o Should you have any support questions regarding Netscape or Starbase please refer to the Readme files for these products for contact information. * * * * * * Thank you for using our Evaluation version of Visual Page! We are confident it will assist you with your Web page development efforts. Sincerely, The Symantec Internet Tools Team