21-Feb-99
ButtonWiz
Version 5.5
Copyright 1998 and 1999

Legal Information

Disclaimer of Warranty
This software and the accompanying files are distributed "AS IS" and without warranties as to performance of merchantability or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. Because of the various hardware and software environments into which this software may be put, no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered.  Use this software at your own risk.

Copyright Information
This program is copyright 1998 and 1999 by Joel Ryan.  You may distribute this program freely as long as no fee is charged for the program itself, the media it is distributed on, the service that is used to obtain it, or any other product distributed with it.  You must have written permission to distribute this program with a magazine, on a shareware CD, or any other way that requires direct or indirect payment, no matter how small.

Revision History

Version 1.0.0 Alpha
Start of initial design and development.

Version 1.1.0 Beta
More features added.

Version 1.3.0
First public release.

Version 1.3.1
Cleaned up some problems where the version number was displayed incorrectly.

Version 2.0.0
Added the font selection tab.  Added on-line registration information to this documentation.

Version 2.1.0
Updated the program to make registration easier.  (No Public Release)

Version 3.0.0
Moved the button preview window to the bottom of the form.  Fixed a bug where the preview would be cleared if another form (including the save dialog) covered the preview window.  Text is now centered exactly on the button (instead of up and to the left).  Multiple button sizes can now be used.  Button templates are now stored in categories.  Added copy to clipboard option.

Version 4.0
Multiple line button captions added. Version numbers reduced to two digits. Users guide is now loaded each time that the users guide is opened.  Shareware registration screens added.

Version 4.1
Fixed a couple of cosmetic bugs.  Removed the FreeProtect OCX and incorporated its code into the executable.   Updated conflicting names of several button templates so that they could be included in the distribution file.

Version 4.2
Fixed a simple bug that caused an error when trying to view the registration form after ButtonWiz had expired.  Added the option to print the registration form on the Expire dialog box.

Version 4.3
Several miscellaneous changes.

Version 5.0
Added the ability to save PNG, JPG, TIF, PCX, and TGA file formats as well as the old BMP format.  Removed the hand-made documentation viewer (WordPad is now used).  Added the ability to load any BMP, WMF, ICO, EMF, RLE,  or JPG file for use as a button style.  Added left, center, and right alignment options.  Added colored ButtonWiz title.  Added new registration utility and password button.  Added "Send Email" button.  Removed "Expires in x days" nag screen.

Version 5.1
Added single, double, and triple line option buttons.

Version 5.2
Corrected small bug that no one would ever notice.

Version 5.3
Corrected a dialog bug that caused the dialog title to say "Load" instead of "Save".  Reduced the distribution file size in order to reduce download time and bandwidth requirements.  Converted from two separate "editions" back to a single application, and combined the templates from the two editions.  Updated "Send Email" button to send email to joel@joelryan.com instead of bw@joelryan.com (which never actually worked).

Version 5.4
Corrected a bug that caused the program to end with an Unexpected Error.

Version 5.5
Corrected dependency information.

Special Thanks

Microworld Dotcom
Makes my web site and internet access work quickly and consistantly at very affordable prices.  Visit their web page at http://www.microworld.com.

Smaller Animals Software
Generously made it possible to save in PNG, JPG, TIF, PCX, and TGA file formats.  Visit their web page at http://www.smalleranimals.com.

GKWare
Publishers of the GKSetup utility.  The best setup utility that we've used, and it's FREE.  Visit their web page at http://www.gkware.com.

Contact Information

On the Internet
Visit http://www.joelryan.com for the latest information about this program and others.  E-mail questions, comments, and suggestions to joel@joelryan.com. 

Through the Mail
You can send letters to my post office box listed below.

Joel Ryan Software
P.O. Box 10364
Ogden, UT  84409