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- Fireworks for Windows 95
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- Perpetual Motion Software
- Stefan K. S. Tucker
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- Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- Contents
- Requirements
- Installation
- Uninstall
- Disclaimer
- Release Notes
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- Introduction
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- This screen saver runs under Microsoft(R) Windows(R) to simulate
- fireworks launching and exploding on your screen. It is EXTREMELY
- customizable -- you have to see it to believe it!
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- It is distributed as freeware. The suggested registration fee for this
- application is $5. You are free to distribute any unregistered versions
- of this application to individuals and to bulletin boards, as long as you
- distribute all of the files in their original, unregistered, format.
- (In fact, we encourage it because that is the only way that we can let
- people know about our work.)
-
- Please see Products.TXT for more information on registering this
- application and for details on other products that are available
- from Perpetual Motion Software.
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- Contents
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- The following files are included in this package:
- ReadMe.txt - Installation instructions and release notes (this file)
- Firework.inf - The installation script
- Firework.scr - The application
- Firework.hlp - The Microsoft Windows help file for the application
- Products.txt - Information on this and other products
- Order.txt - Information on how to order this and other products
- Support.txt - Information on technical support
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- Requirements
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- IBM PC or compatible (386, 486, Pentium, or better)
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95, or later
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- Disclaimer
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- The author and distributors of this software are in no way legally
- liable for any negative effect resulting from its use. In the extremely
- unlikely event that something bad does happen and we are held responsible,
- our liability is limited to the licensing fees paid by the user to the author.
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- Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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- Installation
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- 1. Right-click on the Firework.inf file and select the Install command.
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- Now, open the Control Panel and run "Display". Click on the Screen Saver
- tab. You should see a new screen saver called "Fireworks" in the list of
- screen savers. If not, Fireworks is not installed properly. (Please try
- to install it again and then contact us via any of the methods listed in
- 'products.txt'.)
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- Not all of the files are installed on your computer. You should keep them
- in case you need to refer to the .txt files or need to reinstall the
- application. (You can keep them either on the distribution media they
- came on or you can copy them to your computer yourself.)
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- Uninstall
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- 1. Open the Control Panel and run "Add/Remove Programs".
- 2. Select "Fireworks for Windows 95" and press the "Add/Remove" button.
- (The actual name may be slightly different.)
- 3. Please send us a message telling us what you don't like about Fireworks.
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- Release Notes
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- Version 2.55
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- Recompiled with new class libraries.
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- Version 2.54
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- Recompiled with Visual C++ 5 and changed About box.
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- Version 2.53
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- Enhancements
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- The sounds are now gathered under a single heading in the Control Panel
- sounds section. There is now a heading called "Fireworks screen saver"
- which contains all of the supported sound events.
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- Version 2.51
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- Fixes
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- Due to an operating system limitation, the maximum number of rockets is 62.
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- Version 2.50
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- Enhanced
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- The fireworks are now multithreaded -- each rocket/explosion is a thread.
- Now, each rocket can have a different speed.
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- The settings dialog box uses property pages to better organize the options.
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- Version 2.10
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- Fixes
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- All memory is freed when the screen-saver stops.
- The About box works again.
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- Enhanced
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- The registry is used for all settings. Separate settings are stored for
- each user of the system (who uses the Fireworks screen-saver).
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- The sound event names have been changed slightly:
- "Crowd Applauding" is now "Explode High"
- "Crowd Screaming" is now "Explode Low"
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- There will be unused entries in your system registry. If you wish to
- delete them, please consult your Windows help on how to edit the registry.
- You can search for the string "Fireworks" to find these entries.
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- There will also be an unused section in your control.ini. The heading
- of this section is "[ScreenSaver.Fireworks]". You can delete the entire
- section.
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- Version 2.01
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- Removed pmsutil.dll.
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- Version 2.0
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- Enhanced for Windows 95.
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- Version 1.11
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- Fixes
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- An error message is displayed when the user enters a value for the "Erase
- after N rockets" which is less than the maximum value in the "Number of
- rockets" field. This message is now more clear and is not displayed when
- the user enters zero, a legal value.
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- Enhancements
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- There is now a Defaults button on the configuration screen. When the user
- presses this button, the controls are filled with the default values.
- If the user then presses Cancel, the changes are not saved.
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- Version 1.1
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- Added percent sign to two fields in Configuration dialog box.
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- Version 1.0
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- Initial release.
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