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- MidiGate - Midi Player / Browser-Helper Application
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- Shareware Copyright ⌐ 1998 PRS Corporation
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- DON'T REMOVE OR ALTER THIS DOCUMENT. DOING SO VOIDS THIS LICENSE!
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- MIDIGATE v.860 - player/browser helper/app.
- MidiGate is a MIDI player and Web browser
- helper application. It will start
- playing one or more files as soon as
- they are chosen. Unlimited queuing is
- automatic. Looping. Can show ASCII
- contents. Standard play controls.
- Shareware (US$10.- MC/Visa/Check)
- P.Schwob PRS Corp. prs@prs.com
- Page at http://www.prs.net/midigate.html
- Register at http://www.prs.net/prs-net.html
-
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- Short Description
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- MIDIGate can be used either as a stand-alone MIDI player or as
- a Web browser helper application.
-
- - <NEW> MidiGate used under Windoes 95/98/NT can load and display long filenames.
- This version, however, still cannot save files using long filenames.
- If you want to have a long filename for a MIDI file, save it (using the
- short filename) and then rename it later to a long filename.
- - MidiGate will start PLAYING as soon as given a filename argument.
- - MidiGate's Queue allows you to click many .mid file links,
- as fast as your winsock allows: they will all be entered in the queue.
- There's no need to wait for one file to complete downloading
- before clicking to download another file.
- - Use the Save As function before you exit your browser though:
- Otherwise the files (usually downloaded in your Temp directory)
- will be deleted by the exiting browser before they have a
- chance to be played!
- - Seek feature by pointing to the gauge
-
- Some new features have been added to the latest release.
- - You can choose to reset the midi system each time MidiGate starts a new sequence.
- - Play one of four midi reset files (GM, GS, XG, Patches)
- - You can also select if you want MidiGate to start up minimized or not.
- - Select one or more files to place in the queue at once.
- - Delete one or more files from your disk at once.
- - Queue all files in one instance (unlimited number)
- - Save and recall your favorite queues
- - Looping, auto-exit, auto-stop control
- - "Stay-on-top" function
- - Scan for text in the midi file (while playing)
- - Display path and length of file
- - Invoke mixer
-
- Click the "Hint" key in the About form to get an idea...
-
- You should tell your browser that MidiGate should be invoked
- whenever a Mime = Audio/Midi (or whatever your server sends)
- file is received.
- MidiGate will automatically play a MIDI sequence when:
- 1) the browser receives a file with a Mime=Midi header
- 2) it is given a filename as an argument;
- otherwise, it will present a directory and file list to choose
- a sequence interactively.
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- In case (1) and (2), the sequence will be played even if the file
- received or given has an extension <> ".mid" - which does happen!
- The program will queue itself in if a sequence is received/given
- before another one has finished playing. At the end of play,
- the program automatically terminates, unless you defeat that
- function by clicking the checkbox at the end of the gauge.
-
- Finally, although the program is automatically reduced to an
- icon at start up, it can be restored if one wishes to see or
- control the status of the player.
-
- Installation Note: The Installation Kit file is MIDIGAT_.EXE.
- The actual executable file is MIDIGATE.EXE. Once you've
- run MIDIGAT_.EXE once (to install and create MIDIGATE.EXE)
- you may want to delete MIDIGAT_.EXE to save disk space.
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- Minimum Requirements
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- - IBM PC compatible machine;
- - MS Windows Version 3.1 or later;
- - Microsoft (or compatible) mouse;
- - Display minimum: 540x480 x 256 colors;
- - MCI.VBX and THREED.VBX in the \windows\system dir.
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- How To Reach Us
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-
- PRS Corporation can be contacted via:
-
- Pierre R. Schwob
- PRS Corporation
- P.O.Box 60252
- Palo Alto, CA 94306-0252
- Voice: (650) 322-1233
- Fax: (650) 322-1082
- Internet Email: prs@prs.com
- World Wide Web: http://www.prs.net
- http://www.prs.net/midigate.html
-
- For SECURE registration with a credit card,
- see http://www.prs.net/prs-reg.html
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- License and Legal Information
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-
- This is MidiGate, a MIDI player for Windows
- and WWW browser/helper application
- ("Software").
-
- This Software is owned by PRS-Program Research & Software
- Corporation ("PRS"), a New York corporation.
-
- MidiGate is a Trademark of PRS.
-
- The Software source code, object code and associated materials
- are all Copyrighted ⌐ 1995-98 PRS Corporation.
-
- PRS grants to the user a nonexclusive license to use this Software
- solely for its internal private purposes. The user shall not
- distribute, sublicense, resell, or otherwise transfer
- for any consideratione, the Software or any modification or
- derivation thereof, either alone or in conjunction with any other
- product or program without express prior written permission from
- PRS. However, the shareware setup kit may be freely distributed
- with the express understanding that the midigate.ini file
- (if in possession of the user) and/or the user's or anyone else's
- registration code shall NOT be duplicated or
- given to any third party, under any circumstance.
- Further, the user shall not modify the Software without
- express prior written permission from PRS.
-
- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO THE USER "AS IS." PRS MAKES NO WARRANTIES,
- EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND/OR
- ASSOCIATED MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE USER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
- TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
- AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT.
-
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY - PRS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS OR
- DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY,
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR INTERRUPTION
- OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES,
- HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF WARRANTY, CONTRACT,
- TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
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- Getting More Information
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- Write, fax, or email to PRS Corp.
- (Above coordinates.)
-
- Pierre R. Schwob
- President, PRS Corporation
-
- Palo Alto, March 1998
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