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- *** CLMREAD.TXT ***
- Installation and release notes for
- ClipMate (TM) for Windows v2.09b
- Release Date (09/12/93)
-
- *********************************************************
- TO LEARN HOW TO USE CLIPMATE, CONSULT THE ON-LINE HELP.
- START WITH OVERVIEW, TOOLBAR, WHAT'S NEW.
- *********************************************************
-
- *********************************************************
- CLIPMATE MUST BE RUNNING, EVEN AS AN ICON, IN ORDER FOR
- IT TO COLLECT DATA!
- *********************************************************
-
-
- Notice:
- Thornton Software Solutions is owned and operated by Chris Thornton,
- author and copyright owner of ClipMate(TM) for Windows.
-
- *********************** LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS **********************
- v2.07 introduced a changing title bar, which shows the title of the button
- that the mouse is currently over. This currently works only for buttons
- that aren't disabled - i.e. grey buttons don't have this property.
-
- V2.01 introduced a new feature, the FILTER WIZARD, to facilitate the creation
- and understanding of FILTERS, which are needed to filter out unwanted
- clipboard data. The Filter Wizard will activate itself when it
- senses that a filter is needed, to deal with data coming from a
- particular application. It will list the formats currently available
- on the clipboard, explain a little about them, and let you select
- the ones you want. Once the filter is created, the Wizard will no
- longer be invoked, in response to data coming from the application
- that you just copied data from, but may be invoked by data coming
- from other applications. i.e. the Wizard won't pester you for ever.
-
- Several bugs were fixed, since the 2.0 release:
- If you have used a prior 2.x release, check out the bug list at the
- bottom of this file.
-
- **********************************************************************
- NOTE TO AUTO-GLUE and PowerPaste USERS:
-
- If your application reports an error during an Auto-Glue or
- PowerPaste, then it is
- likely that your application and ClipMate are both going after the
- clipboard at the same time. To overcome this, you need to create a
- filter for that application, and then use the ADVANCED OPTIONS dialog
- (accessed from the FILTER dialog) to initiate a small delay (100 ms)
- when copying the data. This should ensure that your app is allowed to
- complete its clipboard operations, before ClipMate tries to update
- the clipboard. This should not be necessary with applications that
- use the clipboard "by the book", but with some applications, including
- Word for Windows, you need to do this.
- **********************************************************************
-
- *********************** Installation Notes *************************
- To install ClipMate, just run the accompanying
- SETUP program from the Program Manager.
- (ex: FILE|RUN A: SETUP)
-
- If you already have the files on your hard drive, you can still use
- the SETUP program. It is strongly recommended that ClipMate be
- placed in its own directory.
-
- When the Setup program runs, it will create a ClipMate group,
- with the ClipMate icon, and icons for documentation. If you
- decide to move the ClipMate icon to another group, such as the
- STARTUP group, you can delete the ClipMate group.
-
-
- ******************************************************
- * WARNING: * *
- * ClipMate 2.0 REQUIRES WINDOWS 3.1 OR LATER. *
- ******************************************************
-
- ******************************************************
- * WARNING: *
- * If you already have ClipMate on your system: *
- * If the old version is running, quit out of it. *
- * Make a backup of any data files (.CLM) that *
- * you want to keep. *
- * Your data files will be converted to v2.0, *
- * which is NOT backward-compatible. *
- * You may install ClipMate into the same directory *
- * as the older version. *
- ******************************************************
-
- It is important that ClipMate be placed in its own
- directory. When first run, ClipMate will create a
- \data directory.
-
- You are encouraged to place ClipMate in your Startup Group,
- and to assign a hot-key to it. The hot-key must be done
- through the Program Manager, but the group can be changed
- during installation.
-
- To assign a hot key (after installation), just click once
- on the icon, and select File|Properties from the Program
- Manager's File Menu. In the Hotkey field, press a
- key-combination, such as Ctrl+Alt+C.
-
- ClipMate 2.0 has many new features, such as support for
- virtually all data types, such as Graphics, and OLE
- objects. Be sure to try the new PowerPaste feature!
- See: "What's New" in the on-line Help.
-
- **************** End of Installation Notes ******************
-
-
-
- ***************************************
- * Notice to Compuserve Users: *
- * On-Line registration is available. *
- * See HELP for details! *
- ***************************************
-
- Product Description:
- --------------------
- ClipMate remembers all items that you copy to the Windows Clipboard.
- You can view, edit, combine, and print clipboard data. Data is saved to
- disk between sessions.
- New release features support for most clipboard formats, including Bitmap,
- Picture, RTF, OLE, and more! Select items visually with new Thumbnail View.
- New PowerPaste(tm) feature eases pasting into your application.
- Advanced memory management lets you collect hundreds of items.
- Shareware $25 U.S. ASP Author.
-
-
- Inventory:
- ----------
- CLIPMATE.EXE The executable program - requires Windows 3.1
- CLIPMATE.HLP Help file.
- CLMICONS.DLL Dynamic Link Libary to support the iconbar.
- CLMREAD.TXT README file with installation notes.
- CLMREG.TXT Registration form.
- VENDOR.DOC Vendor Description for Shareware vendor or BBS Sysops.
- FILE_ID.DIZ BBS Standard Description File
- SETUP.EXE Setup Program, by Brad Smith
- SETUP.INF Configuration file for SETUP
- HINTS.TXT Hints on configuration, troubleshooting
- NOTE: The OMBUDSMN statement can be found in the on-line help.
- For that reason, it is not duplicated on its own file.
-
- Optional Files: Archives, containing all above files.
- May or may not be present, depending upon where you obtained
- ClipMate.
- ---------------
- CLIPMT.ZIP or ZIP file containing all of above files. May or may not
- CLIPMT20.ZIP be present, depending upon where you got ClipMate from.
- CLIPMT20.EXE Self-Extracting archive, often used instead of .ZIP file.
-
- OBSOLETE FILE: CLMVEND.DOC - Old version of VENDOR.DOC. Name changed
- to conform to standards.
-
-
- Installation:
- -------------
- Just run SETUP.EXE. ClipMate will be installed,
- and the icon will be put in the program manager,
- in a new group called CLIPMATE. It is suggested
- that you move this icon to your STARUP group.
-
- Manual Installation:
- -------------------
- To manually install ClipMate, just copy all of the
- Distribution Files to the directory of your
- choice. It doesn't need to be in the path, and
- there are no funny environment variables to set.
- Create a directory, such as \clipmate, and put the
- files there.
-
- Create an icon in the program manager with a
- Command Line that points to ClipMate.
-
- For example:
- C:\clipmate\clipmate.exe
-
- Effect on Your System:
- ----------------------
- The first time that you run ClipMate, it will
- create \windows\clipmate.ini. WIN.INI is NOT
- altered in any way, nor are any of your other
- system files.
-
- See CLIPMATE.INI in the on-line help.
-
- ClipMate will create and save the clipboard data
- into DEFAULT.CLM, or another .CLM file that you
- specify.
-
-
- De-Installation Notes:
- ----------------------
- These instructions are included in the event that you determine that
- ClipMate does not meet your needs, and therefore should be removed
- from your system.
-
- Before deleting ClipMate, you should review the contents of
- the OVERVIEW screen in the on-line help. If you have put ClipMate through
- a proper evaluation, then everything on that screen should be familiar to
- you. If this is not the case, then you may want to spend some more time
- evaluating ClipMate.
-
- In the event that you wish to remove ClipMate from your system,
- erase the following files:
- CLIPMATE.EXE |ClipMate distribution files.
- CLIPMATE.HLP |
- CLMICONS.DLL |
- CLMREAD.TXT |
- CLMREG.TXT |
- VENDOR.DOC |
- FILE_ID.DIZ |
-
-
- CLIPMT.ZIP |The archive file should
- CLIPMT20.ZIP |be one of these.
- CLIPMT20.EXE |
-
- Anything in the DATA sub-directory, located off of the
- ClipMate directory.
-
- CLIPMATE.INI |found in your Windows directory.
-
- Please note that no changes were made to your WIN.INI, System.INI,
- or any other Windows system files. There are no hidden files.
-
-
- System Requirements:
- --------------------
- Windows 3.1.
- VGA or better display. Monchrome vga is ok.
- Mouse.
-
- Bug Reports:
- ------------
- Please send any bug reports, along with a description of your
- system (hardware and software) to CompuServ id: 70743,2546 or
- Thornton Software Solutions
- PO Box 26263
- Rochester, NY 14626
-
- Known Problems:
- --------------
- Norton Desktop for Windows users should upgrade to Norton Desktop
- version 2.0.
- Version 2.0 will work, if you make this change:
- To make ClipMate (and most other programs compiled with a Borland
- compiler) compatible with NDW v 2.0: make a change to the NDW.INI
- file, which is found in the Windows directory.
- In the [NHookSettings] section of NDW.INI, set Int21hHook=0.
- Like this:
- [NHookSettings]
- Int21hHook=0
- There is sometimes a problem in conveting a clipmate data file from
- previous releases. If you run into a General Protection Fault when
- converting an old file, you will need to delete, or rename the
- file. If possible, send it to us, so that we can see what is
- causing the problem.
-
-
- Revision History:
- -----------------
- v2.09b (09/12/93)
- Fixed GPF in Print Setup, which occurred if you had lots of
- printer entries in WIN.INI, with long names.
- Fixed Load On Demand to function properly with PowerPaste.
- In previous versions, items were not reloaded from disk properly
- during power paste.
-
- v2.09a (09/09/93)
- The Shareware registration information was missing from the help
- file. 2.09a and 2.09 are functionally identical.
-
- v2.09 (08/31/93)
- Removed Errant BEEP that 2.08 introduced....
-
- v2.08 (08/29/93)
- Provided work-around for launching ClipMate with LOAD=, RUN= in the
- WIN.INI. The problem typically showed up as error messages, with funny
- path names, such as C:\\data. This is due to the fact that LOAD= and RUN=
- don't set the current directory, when launching apps. ClipMate was left
- thinking that it was installed in the root directory. The new
- "Home Directory" setting in the ClipMate.Ini can fix this:
- for example: [ClipMate]
- Home Directory=C:\CLIPMATE
- This should fix the problem. To make this easy, you'll be prompted upon
- startup, if ClipMate isn't happy with the current directory.
-
- If you have experienced this situation, you need to delete your DEFAULT.CLM,
- to enable this fix to be effective. If you wish, you can just delete the
- offending Clip Items.
-
- v2.07 (08/23/93)
- Added titlebar hints - titlebar tells what each button is for, as
- mouse travels over buttons.
-
- v2.06 (08/19/93)
- GPF - Word Search GPF, if it encountered a blank title.
- Invalid Copy Warning - ClipMate now checks for data with zero
- length. It will inform you with a message box, as it occurs.
- You should probably filter these formats out, unless this only
- occurs during certain events, such as when opening the application.
- Micrografix Draw does this sometimes, when opening files.
- MS Access sometimes does this too, when copying Queries. The Query
- will be ok, but it will copy TEXT, with zero length.
- Mag Window had a problem with automatically selecting a format
- to display, if it didn't know how to display any of the
- available formats. Now it will at least display the title
- and stats of the item.
-
- v2.05 (08/09/93)
- Added HINTS.TXT
- GPF - Menu item for PRINT wasn't greyed-out, when no item selected.
- GPF - when shutdown with no items left - fixed.
- GPF - when glue aborted, try to copy to safe list - fixed.
- These GPF's were tracked down with the assistance of user
- Frans Lichtenauer - Thanks Frans!
-
- v2.03 (08/06/93)
- Fixed conflict with AutoGlue - if you are copying data without
- text in it, or if you were filtering out the TEXT component,
- then ClipMate generates an error. Prior to this release, the
- error dialog could effectively freeze your system.
-
- v2.02 (08/04/93)
- Fixed bug in "load on demand" logic, which prevented large
- text items from re-loading, once the file was saved. They would
- fail to display in the Magnification and Thumbnail Windows.
- Fixed bug with serial number. They were being re-used, if Windows
- happened to crash before ClipMate was properly shut down.
- Now, the serialization is synchronized with file saves.
- The problem existed in version 2.0, 2.1, and could lead to
- corrupt data files. If you think you are experiencing problems
- due to this, contact Thornton Software Solutions, and we'll
- help you work around the problem.
- Both of these bugs are corrected in this release.
-
- v2.01 (07/30/93)
- Filter Wizard added. Too late to include in manual.
- Fixed bug in re-drawing Thumbnail Window.
- Fixed bug that occurred when thumbnail or magnification windows
- were open, and ClipMate was minimized. GPF, R/T 204.
-
- v2.0 (07/13/93)
- Graphics, other large data types.
- PowerPaste, Thumbnail Select. Load On Demand.
-
- v1.15 (8/6/92)
- v1.14 (3/07/92)
- v1.01 (1/02/92)
-