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- h D C F i r s t A p p s
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- Version 1.0
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- This file contains clarifications of items discussed in the User's Guide
- and describes minor changes and enhancements that were made to hDC
- FirstApps after the User's Guide was printed.
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- Customizing the hDC MicroApp Manager Icon
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- If you have a color monitor, you can change the color of the hDC MicroApp
- Manager icon. To do this modify the following lines in the
- [hDC MicroApp Manager] section of the HDC.INI file:
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- Icon Foreground Color=[Red value] [Green value] [Blue value]
- Icon Background Color=[Red value] [Green value] [Blue value]
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- Specify a value between 0 and 255 for each color. Increase each
- value to add more of that color to the icon. (For more information about
- specifying color values, see the [colors] section of the WIN.INI file.)
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- Use of SHARE.EXE During Install
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- Some computers may have difficulty using Windows in conjunction with
- SHARE.EXE. SHARE is distributed with DOS and facilitates the sharing and
- locking of files in a networked environment. If you are using SHARE take
- appropriate measures to remove it from memory while you run Install again.
- This may involve editing CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT followed by
- rebooting your computer.
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- hDC Windows Express as Shell During Install
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- One of the requirements of Install is that no other hDC products can be
- running. If you have previously installed Windows Express and requested
- that Express be installed as the Windows shell you will need to restart
- windows with another shell. First exit windows, then modify the [boot]
- section of the SYSTEM.INI file to read:
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- [boot]
- shell=progman.exe
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- Now restart windows and run install. To once again make Windows Express
- the shell modify the SYSTEM.INI file to read:
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- [boot]
- shell=express.exe
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- Sound Features
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- Microsoft Windows version 3.0 has a known bug involving the use of sound in
- low memory situations. The bug occurs when the disk is accessed at the
- same time that a sound sequence is being played. The problem is
- particularly severe when using large frame EMS. The symptoms of the bug
- will be a general system slowdown, including sounds, disk activity, and the
- system clock. If this bug occurs, you should exit Windows and invoke it
- again from the DOS prompt. In order to minimize the chances of this bug
- occurring, you may wish to disable sounds altogether. To do this, open the
- Windows Control Panel, choose "Sounds..." from the Settings menu, and
- uncheck the Warning Beep option. The next time you start a MicroApp all
- sounds will be turned off. To turn off sounds in Rocks choose "Options"
- from the Rocks menu and uncheck the Use Sound Effects option.
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- Microsoft has indicated that this problem will be corrected in future
- versions of Windows.
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- Desktop
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- The Fractal and Calendar background features of Desktop are disabled
- when running Windows in real mode. This is indicated by the grayed Fractal
- and Calendar options in the Desktop Background dialog box.
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- For More Information
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- hDC Computer Corporation is dedicated to the development of software that
- increases the productivity of Microsoft Windows users, by maximizing the
- power of the graphical user interface.
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- Other hDC products include:
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- o hDC Windows Express 3.0, the Complete Menu System for Microsoft
- Windows. Windows Express lets you easily create standard
- workstations with consistent menus and increased system security.
- Windows Express includes a library of over 200 icons and an icon
- editor to create your own!
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- For more information on hDC products, please call (206) 885-5550 and ask
- for Customer Service.
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- hDC product support is provided, free of charge, for 90 days from the
- first product support call, for registered users only. Registering your
- copy of hDC FirstApps also allows us to provide you with upgrade and new
- product information. Please take a moment to fill out and send in your
- registration card today!
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- Thank you for your support of hDC products.
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- hDC Computer Corporation
- 6742 185th Ave NE
- Redmond, Washington 98052
- Phone: (206) 885-5550
- Fax: (206) 881-9770
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