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- AxMan v2.21 (Official Release) --
- -------------------------------------------------
- AxMan is a Win95/WinNT application that can split any file into pieces.
-
- AxMan takes care of all of the overhead cutting a file into pieces:
- - It split the file into pieces
- - Writes them anywhere you want
- - Restores the file from anywhere
- - Restores the file to anywhere you want
-
- If you have any questions, please send e-mail to dfend@wwnet.com.
-
- License
- ------------
- Please read the accompanying License.txt file before using this program.
-
- Help / Instructions
- -------------------
- Please read the accompanying help files. These can be accessed under the
- Help menu in AxMan. Select "AxMan Help". If you still have questions,
- the send email to dfend@wwnet.com.
-
- REGISTRATION
- ------------
- AxMan costs just $10 (U.S.)* to register, Registering AxMan entitles you to
- free bug fixes, new minor releases, along with automatic notification (via
- email only) when these are available. AxMan v2.21 has no feature limitations,
- but does implement a 30 day trial evaluation time limit. It also, includes one
- of those annoying nag screens reminding you that you are using an unregistered
- version.
-
- Included with this version of AxMan, is AxManRestore, which is a restore-only
- version of AxMan. AxManRestore is considered to be a free product which you
- automatically obtain the rights to, and which you may freely distribute
- to others.
-
- You can register on-line at
- https://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=1021-1
-
- or by Fax at
- Fax Number: 425-392-0223
-
- When ordering by fax, you MUST provide the following information:
- - You wish to register AxMan
- - First Name
- - Last Name
- - Company
- - Street address
- - City
- - State / Province
- - Zip / Postal Code
- - Country
- - Phone number
- - Email address (This is the address that your registration code should be sent to)
- - Quantity
- - Name on card
- - Type of credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amercian Express, and Discover(Novus) accepted)
- - Card Number
- - Expiration Date (Month and Year)
-
-
- or you can find out more registration possibilites by visiting the DFend Software
- order page at
- http://www.wwnet.com/~dfend/order.htm
-
- or you can inquire by email by sending your questions to dfend@wwnet.com.
-
- * - These prices are only guaranteed until 9/1/98
-
-
- Acknowledgements
- ----------------
- We would like to thank everyone out there (you know who you are!) who has
- taken the time to send in bugs, comments, or suggestions. It is these
- responses that help direct AxMan to the future. Thanks!
-
- In particular, the following people deserve special recognition for their
- support, suggestions, testing, bug reports, and work: Dennette Fend
- (Sweetheart), Mike Mariani (The awesome graphic artist), John Sivak
- (John Boy), and Augustus B. Lake (Bau).
-
- AxMan Features
- ------------
- - AxMan can split any file, regardless of type, size or long filename.
-
- - AxMan can automatically write the split file pieces to a floppy disk. There is
- no need to run AxMan and then copy the pieces to floppy disks manually.
-
- - AxMan does not require that the disks be empty. Unlike Microsoft Backup
- and other utilities, AxMan does not require that the disks that it is
- splitting the file to be empty. Instead, AxMan will fit as much onto
- each disk as it can.
-
- - AxMan can split to predefined sizes
-
- - AxMan can include a restore version (AxManRestore.exe) when splitting that
- will restore the split files without AxMan being installed.
-
- - AxMan can calculate a checksum for each piece to guarantee the integrity
- of all AxMan files.
-
- - AxMan restores the file for you.
-
- - AxMan if fully customizable.
-
- - AxMan can split files into any size pieces.
-
- - AxMan can analyze existing ".axman" files.
-
- - AxMan allows for a "right-click" in Explorer on a file to "send to"
- AxMan for splitting.
-
- - AxMan registers its ".axman" file extension so you can "double-click" on
- an existing ".axman" split file in Explorer to start the restore procedure.
-
- - Simple and easy to use graphical interface.
-
- - AxMan can automatically remove the files being split or restored.
-
- - AxMan can prompt to format all the floppy disks that it writes to
-
- - AxMan can split the file into "Non-AxMan" format pieces. This allows
- users to restore the pieces on Non Windows 95/NT platforms. Ex. DOS
- users can restore using "copy /B" and Unix users can restore using "cat".
- This option will also minimize on disk space used. AxMan can restore
- this split type, however, remember, when splitting to non-AxMan format,
- AxMan will not be able to verify that pieces are being put together
- in the correct order, how many pieces there are total, etc.
-
- - AxMan can write a batch file to restore the file when the "Non-AxMan"
- split option is chosen.
-
- - AxMan can generate 8.3 compliant file names when splittin to Non-AxMan
- format
-
- - AxMan has full keyboard support
-
-
- Installation
- ----------------------
- AxMan v2.21 comes with full installation and deinstallation support. To install
- AxMan, simply unzip the package (which you had to do to read this file), and
- run the install.exe. That's it! To uninstall, select Start Menu, then Settings,
- then Control Panel, then add/remove Programs, then AxMan. That's it!
-
- Changes in AxMan v1.02
- ----------------------
- - Fixed permission denied problem when writing to "A:\"
-
- Changes in AxMan v1.10b1
- --------------------------
- - Enhanced error checking for write problems (Such as unformatted disks, disk missing)
- - Added the analyze tab
-
- Changes in AxMan v1.10b2
- -------------------------
- - GUI redesign
- - Added fixed size split option
- - Modified split file naming convention to allow for fixed size splits to hard drive
- - Added installation and deinstallation support
- - Added "right-click" send to AxMan option
- - Added "double-click" restore AxMan option
- - Added registration key
- - Added 30-day trial limit enforcement
-
- Changes in AxMan v1.10 (Official Release)
- ------------------------------------------
- - Final mods needed for releasing
-
- Changes in AxMan v1.20b1
- ----------------------------
- - Modified so that when using "Send To" the path is fully converted to a long file name
- - Added 3 new split options (include AxManRestore, remove split files, and format)
- - Added 1 new restore option (remove split files)
- - Added display of reg key to About AxMan
-
- Changes in AxMan v1.20b2
- ----------------------------
- - Added "Non-AxMan format" split and restore options
- - Added option to create batch file for restoring "Non-Axman format" splits
- - Fixed a problem with copying AxManRestore.exe to the last disk.
-
- Changes in AxMan v1.20b3
- ----------------------------
- - Modified GUI layout to accomodate users with less screen space
- - Modified to allow users to enter registration codes after AxMan has expired
- - Fixed a problem with restoring files split with AxMan v1.02
-
- Changes in AxMan v2.10b4
- ----------------------------
- - Version number has been changed from 1.20 to 2.10
- - Added file menu
- - Added advanced split option page
- - Added advanced restore option page
- - Added option menu (along with ability to save settings)
- - Added options for changing default settings
- - Added view menu
- - Added checksum options to split and restore
- - Added verify tab to verify checksum values
- - Fixed problem with determining # of disks when AxManRestore.exe is included
-
- Changes in AxMan v2.10 (Official Release)
- ----------------------------
- - Fixed problem with restoring files split with AxMan v1.02
- - Fixed problem with splitting to same dir as file and including AxManRestore
- - Clean up
- - Fixed problem with AxMan not removing last split (when option is set) when restoring
- - Fixed problem with send to and double-click not showing up properly in edit boxes
- - Added html based help files which can be accessed through the help menu
-
- Changes in AxMan v2.11 (Official Release)
- ----------------------------
- - Fixed problem with starting help when Netscape is the default browser
-
- Changes in AxMan v2.12 (Official Release)
- ----------------------------
- - Fixed problem with Send To on WinNT. Previously the file name would not appear
- in the edit box correctly.
- - Fixed problem with determining the amount of free space on partitions with more than
- 2 Gb of disk space.
-
- Changes in AxMan v2.20 (Beta 1)
- ----------------------------
- - Fixed problem with Axman creating batch restore file even when splitting to NonAxMan
- format is no longer selected as an option.
- - Added predefined sizes option
- - Added option to select user defined sizes in either bytes, Kilobytes, or Megabytes
- - Enhanced keyboard support
-
- Changes in AxMan 2.20 (Beta 2)
- ----------------------------
- - Option to only have AxMan alert you when a file fails the verification
- test (No more saying "ok" to every file in the set).
- - Option to create 8.3 compliant file names when splitting to non-axman format
- - Further enhancements to keyboard support
-
- Changes in AxMan 2.20 (Official Release)
- ----------------------------
- - Improved performance by 20%
- - Updated help files
- - Fixed rare problem that caused spans to not work properly
- - Fixed problem with disk spanning in which AxMan did not use the last <= 4k of each disk
- - Fixed rare problem that could cause AxMan to crash when exiting AxMan
- - Fixed problem with generating 8.3 compliant names
- - Clean up and final mods needed for releasing
-
- Changes in AxMan 2.21 (Beta 1)
- ----------------------------
- - Fixed problem with edit boxes (certain keys would not work)
- - Added error codes to all possible errors for quick problem resolution
- - Fixed problem with combo boxes on split dialog losing values when switching between tabs
-
- Changes in AxMan 2.21 (Official Release)
- ----------------------------
- - Fixed problem that caused Send To on NT to bring up the filename in 8.3 format.
- - Enhanced help files (There is now a FAQ!)
- - Fixed problem that caused AxMan to spin endlessly when attempting to restore a bad file.
- - Clean up and final modifications for releasing.
-
- ----------------------------
-
- REPORTING BUGS
- --------------
- If you experience an uncaught exception, General Protection Fault (GPF),
- or something you believe is a bug, please send e-mail to dfend@wwnet.com.
-
- Please do not assume someone else will report it. We will try to resolve
- reported bugs as quickly as possible. However, we can't resolve bugs that
- are not reported.
-
- Please describe the problem in as much detail as possible. In your
- e-mail message, please include the following information:
-
- - the version of AxMan (as shown in the About dialog box)
- - the error message you received (if any)
- * the error number reported in the title of the message box
- (should read as "AxMan - Error ###")
- - a short description of what happened.
- - the operating system and version of your system
-
- * - Most important
-
- Note that if a disk that contains a ".axman" file becomes corrupt, there
- is nothing we can do to help you recover/restore the file. Instead you
- may want to check into some of the many popular disk utilities.
-
-
- COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS
- -----------------------
- We always welcome any comments or suggestions. If you have any suggestions
- on how we may improve the product, let us know. There is a very good
- chance that it will be added in the next version.
- Please send all comments and suggestions to dfend@wwnet.com.
-