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Thank you for choosing LifeTime! LifeTime is the PIM that makes
the basic tasks of time management easier than any other. Follow
the simple instructions below to install. If you are already
using a version of LifeTime earlier than 2.00, keep in mind that
the registration key file of that version does not work with this
one, so it will be an evaluation copy until you order the
registration. Otherwise this version is completely compatible
with the earlier ones, and if you install it into your current
LifeTime directory, all your existing database information will
be preserved.
INSTALLING LIFETIME
Just choose "Run" from the Program Manager File menu, and in the
box that comes up, type A:\SETUP.EXE. This assumes you have the
LifeTime files on a diskette in your A:\ drive. If they are
anywhere else instead, type in the path to them in place of the
"A:\". Before you try to install, though, see the section on
VBRUN300.DLL.
DOS SHARE
As a potentially multi-user product, LifeTime requires to have
DOS SHARE present for its database access. SHARE is initiated in
the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files. If you do not currently
run DOS SHARE, insert the following line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file before it calls Windows:
C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE
This assumes that DOS is on that drive and directory.
VBRUN300.DLL
LifeTime requires a special library of routines called
VBRUN300.DLL. The SETUP program mentioned above must have this
file available also in order to run.
If you obtained your LifeTime files directly from a bulletin
board, this file was probably not included among the ones you
downloaded for LifeTime. This is because VBRUN300.DLL is a file
common to many Windows programs, and most of the people who
download LifeTime will already have this file.
Virtually any source from which you obtained these LifeTime files
will also be able to provide you with VBRUN300.DLL at no charge.
And if you got the files from a current user, it should already be
on the disk. To see if it is either there, or on your system, try
running the SETUP program as directed above. If VBRUN300.DLL is
not present, a message will appear saying that the program cannot
be run.
Once you have VBRUN300.DLL, you may place it on the
WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
MANUAL INSTALL
If you experience a problem installing through the SETUP program,
you may install the files manually. In File Manager, create a new
directory called LIFETIME (you may use another name if you wish).
Then copy all the LifeTime files into it.
You will also want to create the icon to represent LifeTime on
your desktop. Follow the instructions in your Windows manual to
do this.
If you want to make the common Windows routines in LifeTime
available to other programs you might obtain, you can move them
from the LifeTime directory to a place where they can be accessed
by other programs as well as LifeTime. In File Manager, move the
files VBRUN300.DLL and CMDIALOG.VBX into the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory. You should check first, however, to make sure you
don't overlay a more recent copy of these files that may already
be there. You can then delete them from your LifeTime directory,
as only one copy of them is needed.
INSTALLING THE LIFETIME UTILITIES
Upon registering LifeTime, your Registration Key diskette will
contain the bonus Utility files in the \UTILS\ directory. Just
choose "Run" from the Program Manager File menu, and in the box
that comes up, type A:\UTILS\SETUPU.EXE. This assumes you have
the LifeTime Utility files on a diskette in your A:\ drive. If
they are anywhere else instead, type in the path to them in place
of the "A:\".
NOTE: The INSTALL.EXE program may not operate correctly unless
the file VBRUN300.DLL, which came with your original LifeTime
program files, is moved to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
MANUAL INSTALL FOR UTILITIES
If you experience a problem installing through the SETUP program,
you may install the files manually. In File Manager, select the
directory where your original LifeTime program files reside. Then
copy all the LifeTime Utility files into it, except SETUPU.EXE.
The utility programs can be called from the File menu of
LifeTime, but you may optionally create icons to represent them.
Follow the instructions in your Windows manual to do this.