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- Mark Three-Oh Version 1.50 7/22/90
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- Copyright (c) 1990, Charles E. Kindel, Jr.
- All rights reserved.
-
-
- 3000 118th Ave. SE, Suite A-203
- Bellvue, WA 98005
-
- CompuServe 71551,1455
-
- Please read this document carefully before attempting
- to run Mark30 on your system.
-
-
- VERY IMPORTANT! READ THIS! DO NOT IGNORE!!!!!!
-
- Mark 30 was designed to defeat the mechanism
- within Windows 3.0 that detects Windows 2.x
- applications.
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- Use with EXTREME care! Serious data loss
- could occur if an ill behaved Windows 2.x
- application crashes under Windows 3.0!!!!
-
-
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- USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK!
- Charles E. Kindel, Jr. IS NOT responsible for any
- damages caused by the use of this program.
-
-
- Mark30 DISTRIBUTION FILES
- Mark30.EXE - Mark Three-Oh v1.50 program.
- Mark30.DOC - This Document.
-
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- COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
-
- Mark30 is a commercial copyrighted program protected
- by both U.S. and international copyright law. You
- are authorized to use and distribute it without
- charge.
-
- Mark30 is distributed as freeware. Mark30 may be
- freely copied and distributed as long as the
- following three rules are followed:
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- 1) The program and this documentation are not
- modified in any way, shape, or form.
-
- 2) A copy of this documentation (Mark30.DOC)
- accompanies each copy of the program (Mark30.EXE).
-
- 3) No charge, other than a media and handling charge
- (not to exceed $5.00), is made.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- Mark30 is a Windows 3.0 utility that marks old
- Windows applications so that they will run under
- Windows 3.0 without the Windows 3.0 warning message.
- This utility does no checking of the application
- being marked, except to verify that it is a Windows
- application.
-
- There are two flags in the header of a Windows
- executable file (called the "new executable format").
- The memory flag indicates that the application makes
- clean use of memory, thus enabling it to run under
- Windows 3.0 in protected mode. The font flag
- indicates whether the application can handle the
- proportional system font in Windows 3.0. Mark30
- allows you to set and unset both of these flags.
-
- Many Windows 2.x application work fine under Windows
- 3.0, but many do not. If you have a Windows 2.x
- application that works under Windows 3.0, and you are
- tired of the annoying warning message Windows 3.0
- gives you each time you run your program, Mark30 will
- save you.
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- IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!
- Just because a Windows 2.x application APPEARS to
- work under Windows 3.0 don't assume it is completely
- compatible, there may be situations where the
- application will fail!!!!
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- USAGE
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- To use Mark30, simply start it as you would any
- Windows application. When it starts up you are
- presented with a file selection list box, two check
- boxes, and several buttons.
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- Select a file either by typing a name in the edit
- control, or by clicking on a name in the list box.
- You may also change directories and drives as you
- normally would in a Windows application.
- Once you have a file selected, choose the flags you
- want set. The font flag can only be set if the
- memory flag is set.
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- Press the "Mark File" button to mark the application.
- If the application you choose is not a Windows
- application a message box will appear informing you
- of this. If the application IS a Windows program a
- warning dialog box will appear asking you to confirm
- your choice.
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- Once a file is marked, it can be "unmarked" by
- reversing the check boxes.
-
- That's all there is to it!
- Please send all problem reports, suggestions, and
- multi-million dollar donations to:
-
- Charles E. Kindel, Jr.
- 3000 118th Ave, SE, A-203
- Bellvue, WA 98005
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- CIS PPN: 71551,1455
-
- VERSION HISTORY
- 1.00 May 31, 1990 First version.
- 1.30 May 31, 1990 Much refined... Now a Windows
- 3.0 specific Application. Will
- NOT run under Windows 2.x!
- 1.32 June 1, 1990 More refinements. Allows
- marking of Windows 1.x apps and
- apps with marked as 1.x apps.
- It is VERY IMPORTANT that you
- DO NOT USE any version of
- Mark30 prior to 1.32! It will
- not harm anything now, but when
- a new version of Windows comes
- out (4.0?) there MAY be
- trouble.
- 1.33 June 2, 1990 Minor refinements. Does not
- alter any info other than the
- Memory and Font bits.
- 1.50 June 25, 1990 Fixed bugs in dialog box item
- enabling and disabling.
- Version 1.50a has an "Advanced"
- dialog box, allowing the
- setting of any of the 16
- identification bits. Version
- 1.50a is ONLY available via a
- DIRECT request to Charles E.
- Kindel; E-mail for more info.
-