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- MindFrame for Windows 1.1 Release Note
- ======================================
-
- January 12, 1994
-
- "MindFrame for Windows" is a freeware application developed to
- teach an object modeling approach presented in the
- book: "Object-Oriented GUI Application Development", Geoff Lee,
- Prentice-Hall, 1993, ISBN 0-13-363086-2.
-
- This application is useful in many other areas as well, for
- example, in Bible study (metaphors, parables, prophecies,
- types), life form modeling, neural modeling, ecological modeling,
- biology, physics, astronomy, and task modeling. There are 25 sample
- applications covering these areas. There are also description of
- each of the sample application in the on-line Help. Please read
- "About MindFrame..." help topic for more information.
-
- Release 1.1 has several improvements over the previous release 1.0.
- It now supports print preview, and undo, cut, copy, past functions
- for the text edit controls for better interapplication communication.
- There are five additonal samples in the release covering the following
- areas:
- . Global biogeochemical cycles (nitrogen.frm and carbon.frm in
- samples\ecology directory).
- . Biology (cell.frm file in samples\lifeform directory).
- . Astronomy (galaxies.frm file in samples\universe directory).
- . Physics (particle.frm file in samples\universe directory).
-
- This is a copyrighted software, but you can freely redistribute if
- you keep the release intact.
-
- Please send any comment or suggestion to Geoff Lee ("gcl@netcom.com" on
- Internet, or 76460,2760 on CompuServe).
-
- INTERNET ACCESS:
- mndfrsfx.exe (a self-extracting executable of MindFrame for Windows
- release 1.1) is available for anonymous ftp
- on wuarchive.wustl.edu. It is currently in /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/win.
- Release 1.0 was loaded on ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the directory
- /pub/pc/win3/programr (mndframe.zip file), and hopefully will be
- replaced with this new release in the next few days.
-
- CompuServe ACCESS:
- It is also in the library of the following forums: IBMAPP, WINUSER,
- and RELIGION. Do a search on user ID 76460,2760 to locate the file
- (different file names in different forum library). The release is
- a .zip file in these forum libraries.
-
- The following is the content of mdnframe.txt file in the .zip file:
-
- 1. Installation Procedure (depending the release file you are getting):
- A. With mndframe.zip file:
- DOS> mkdir MndFrame
- DOS> cd MndFrame
- DOS> copy b:MndFrame.zip (or where you kept the mndframe.zip file)
- DOS> unzip -d mndframe.zip (extract files into current and subdirectories)
- DOS> copy grid.vbx \windows\systems (your local Windows system directory)
-
- B. With mndfrsfx.exe file:
- DOS> mkdir MndFrame
- DOS> cd MndFrame
- DOS> copy b:mndfrsfx.exe (or where you kept the mndfrsfx.exe file)
- DOS> mnmndfrsfx -d (self-extract release files into current and
- subdirectories)
- DOS> copy grid.vbx \windows\systems (your local Windows system directory)
-
- 2. Running the application:
- . In Windows, open your "File Manager"
- . Go to \MndFrame directory
- . Find the MndFrame.exe file
- . Drag the MndFrame.exe file icon into a "Program Manager" window
- . Open the MndFrame.exe program
-
- 3. Sample applications:
- Once you are in the MindFrame application, open files in the
- \MndFrame\Samples subdirectories. There are 25 sample files organized
- according to areas of application (e.g., object modeling, neural
- modeling, bible studying). You can also find description of each of
- these samples in the On-Line Help file.
-
- 4. On-line help:
- Use the "About MindFrame..." menu item in the "Help" menu to learn more
- about this application. There is an on-line help provided for this
- application. Read through the help topics to learn about using this
- application.
-
- 5. Files in this release:
- mndframe.txt: this file.
- mdnframe.exe: the executable file of "MindFrame for Windows" freeware.
- mndframe.hlp: the on-line help file for "MindFrame for Windows".
- biblnote.ps: the PostScript file of help text on using this application
- to study metaphors, parables, types, and prophecies in the
- Holy Bible.
- grid.vbx: the visual basic grid control that is necessary to run this
- application. It must be copied into your local "system"
- directory for Windows (\windows\system in most cases).
- samples\*: in this directory, there are 25 samples (*.frm files) in
- the subdirectories for each application area
- (e.g., objmodel, ecology, lifeform, neural, parable, universe).
-