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- ****** Slidesaver Installation Notes **********
- ********** Important Safety Tips **************
-
- slidesvr.exe is a self-installing program
- for the Slidesaver screen saver. It uses
- one of the most advanced setup programs
- available (WISE) for creating safe, customized
- installations.
-
- Installing new shareware is always a bit of a
- gamble, because a bad installation can do a
- fair number on your system. The usual causes
- are from overwriting of existing controls and
- dynamic link libraries with out of date versions,
- or having the wrong versions of the same .vbx, .dll,
- and/or .drv file accessed by the executing program,
- if you have multiple versions of these files
- scattered across your drive.
- Important system files may also be rewritten in
- such a way that existing programs may no longer
- work properly.
-
- The slidesvr.zip file contains the slidesvr.exe self
- installing program for Slidesaver, as well as install.txt
- (this file) and a file_id.diz file for easy identification
- of this program from within a zip file.
-
- The slidesvr.exe file installs an uninstall program
- for Slidesaver as well as the program files needed
- for execution. Files which are installed are:
-
- slidesvr.scr (MUST go in your WINDOWS directory)
- slidesvr.hlp (MUST go in the same dir as slidesvr.scr)
-
- The following files SHOULD go in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory:
- gifbox.vbx (required to show GIF images)
- vbrun300.dll (visual basic 3 run time module)
- cmdialog.vbx (visual basic control - common dialog)
- commdlg.dll (dynamic link library for common dialogs)
- aspin.vbx (visual basic control - spin buttons)
- threed.vbx (visual basic control - 3D panels)
-
- When the program is run the first time, features you
- establish in the setup dialog box (GIF directory, delay,
- password) are stored in the CONTROL.INI file in your
- WINDOWS directory.
-
- If you already have some of these files installed,
- you will be asked if you wish to overwrite with the
- files from the install set. ONLY replace files if
- they are older versions of the ones being installed.
- Please note that most of these files MUST be placed
- in either C:\WINDOWS or in a directory accessed via
- the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If
- you install files to a different directory you may
- get unpredictable results. This is because if there
- are two different versions of the same .vbx file on
- your hard drive, you may end up using the wrong
- version with Slidesaver. Since in this installation
- the slidesvr.scr file is required in the C:\WINDOWS
- directory (or whatever directory you have WINDOWS
- installed in), the underlying DOS operating system
- will automatically use the .vbx files which are in
- the same directory the executable file (slidescr.scr)
- is in, and if these are not present, your PATH
- statement determines the order in which DOS searches
- for the .vbx files required by Slidesaver. This
- discussion also covers .dll (dynamic link libraries)
- and .drv (driver) files as well.
-