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- ComponentSource CD README.TXT
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- How to use this Document
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- To view this README.TXT on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad
- window and from the Edit menu enable Word Wrap.
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- To print this README.TXT, open it in Notepad or another word
- processor, then use the Print command on the File menu.
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- Contents of this Document
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- 1. About ComponentSource
- 2. Installing ComponentSource
- 3. Using ComponentSource
- 4. UnInstalling ComponentSource
- 5. Experiencing difficulties ?
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- 1. About ComponentSource
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- On this issue of ComponentSource you will find demonstrations,
- technical specifications, retail help files and encrypted
- full retail versions of hundreds of software components for visual
- development tools. To buy and unlock any product on the CD simply
- call our sales hotline of +44 (0) 118 958 1111 and within minutes
- you will be using the products you need.
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- 2. Installing ComponentSource
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- If you have a later dated or later numbered ComponentSource
- CD then please run SETUP.EXE from that CD instead.
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- Minimum System Requirements :
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- 486 66MHz (Pentium recommended)
- 12Mb RAM (16Mb recommended)
- 256 Colour VGA
- 8Mb Hard Disk
- Double Speed CD-ROM (Quad Speed recommended)
- Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11
- Windows95, Windows NT 3.51 or Windows NT 4.0 (32bit recommended)
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- ComponentSource is designed to run best in 32bit Windows.
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- On Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 run 'install' from the Add/Remove
- Programs applet in Control Panel.
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- For Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11 and WIndows NT 3.51 run SETUP.EXE
- in the CD's root directory from File Manager.
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- Depending on which system files you already have installed,
- you will need on average approximately 5Mb of disk space on
- the drive that contains your Windows System directory and
- another 5Mb of disk space on the drive where you choose to
- install the program files.
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- Files called CSINST16.LOG (for 16bit machines) and CSINST32.LOG
- (for 32bit machines) will be created in the target directory
- after the installation and will contain a list of all files
- that were copied onto your system. Please DO NOT delete these
- file as they are needed by the the UnInstall program, should you choose to run it.
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- ComponentSource does not modify your WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI,
- AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files in any way. Dynamic link
- libraries and other software components are copied to your Windows
- System directory. Older versioned or earlier dated files
- are copied to the backup directory you specified during the
- installation process. The installation program does not
- overwrite later versioned, later dated system files.
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- Should you wish to obtain a list of files included in the
- installation kit or would like to manually extract any files
- contained within them, run SETUP16.EXE or SETUP32.EXE located
- in the \INFO directory with the "/X" command line parameter.
- You will find a full list of files together with file date,
- time and size information.
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- You will find other useful utilities in the \UTILITY directory such as
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and Video for Windows.
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- 3. Using ComponentSource
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- From the ComponentSource Program Group or Start Menu,
- select the ComponentSource icon and the CD browser will run.
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- **** IMPORTANT **** IMPORTANT **** IMPORTANT ****
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- The CD browser is capable of reading the contents of all
- the previous ComponentSource CD's, from local or networked
- CDRom drives, for example:-
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- ComponentSource CDs 9, 8 and 7
- ComponentSource CD 4 (Mastering Microsoft Access Programming)
- ComponentSource CD 3 (Mastering Microsoft Visual C++)
- ComponentSource CD 2 (Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic)
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- If you do not have any of the earlier ComponentSource CDs then
- contact ComponentSource on +44 (0) 118 958 1111 and we will send
- them, free of charge.
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- You DO NOT need to have installed previous ComponentSource CD's for
- this CD Browser to access their contents. When you are
- prompted to insert a different ComponentSource CD, simply remove the
- CD currently in the drive, replace it with the requested CD,
- wait a short while for the CD to spin-up and then press OK.
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- 4. UnInstalling ComponentSource
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- Run 'ComponentSource UnInstall' from the ComponentSource Program
- Group created during the installation process or from the Add/Remove
- Programs applet on the Control Panel (Win95/WinNT4.0 only).
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- Uninstall gives you a choice of what you would like to remove. We
- recommend that you use the 'Automatic' option.
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- **** IMPORTANT **** IMPORTANT **** IMPORTANT ****
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- If the UnInstaller asks if you would like to remove shared DLLs
- that are not longer used, say 'No to All'. Removing shared files
- from Windows System, may stop other programs from working correctly.
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- 5. Experiencing difficulties ?
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- Problem - SETUP went through OK but get 'Error loading from file'
- or 'Object not found' when running the CD browser for the
- first time.
- Resolution - The OCX's needed by the CD browser are not correctly
- registered in the system registry. The program
- REG16.BAT (for 16bit machines) or REG32.BAT (for 32bit
- machines), found in the CD's HELPME\REGISTER
- directory, will register them correctly for you.
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- To run REG16.BAT or REG32.BAT just double click it
- from either File Manager or Windows 95 Explorer.
- Several dialog boxes appear giving the status of
- each file registration. If any of the registrations
- fail, please call ComponentSource on
- +44 (0) 118 958 1111.
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- Problem - On Win311, if you do not have an internet browser on your
- machine, ComponentSource will run the 16bit Microsoft
- Internet Explorer. The first time this is run it works
- fine but subsequently an error occurs if the option
- was selected to make it the default browser.
- Resolution - When running the Internet explorer for the first time
- select 'No' when asked if you would like to make the
- explorer your default browser.