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VENDINFO | 1996-04-06 | 118.2 KB | 781 lines |
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- | This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text |
- | and tools-accessible data about a product. See the last text |
- | section, below, for more information about VENDINFO and its tools. |
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- | This VENDINFO.DOZ file is a specialized VENDINFO file intended for |
- | such uses as CD-ROM front ends, electronic press kits, etc. It |
- | may include information and compressed files not ordinarily found |
- | in a VENDINFO.DIZ file. This DOZ version is not appropriate for |
- | use INSIDE a distributed product package, for reasons of size and |
- | file-format compatibility with the wide range of existing tools. |
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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 6-Apr-1996
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: VendView for Windows VENDINFO File Viewer
- Version: 1.00
- Version Date: 6-Apr-1996
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Freeware, copyrighted but freely distributable and useable
-
- Product Description: VendView for Windows VENDINFO file viewer,
- v1.00. Free end-user menu-driven viewer for
- quick, convenient display of information
- about any product carrying a VENDINFO file.
- Gives quick access to product descriptions,
- categories, required platform, registration
- prices and benefits, ordering and tech
- support, "Read-Me" and installation, lots
- more. Displays multimedia contents of DOZ
- files, and dynamic multimedia demonstrations.
- Reason for version: Initial release
-
- Category: About shareware; For shareware users
- Keywords: VENDINFO SHAREWARE USER VIEWER VendView
- WINDOWS
- Required Packages: VNDVUW10
- This Package: VNDVUW10
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
- Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
- Standard RAM: 512K
- Hard Drive Space: 1150K
- Required:
- Hard drive
-
- Orders:
- Address: Rams' Island Software
- 7644 E. Lakecliff Way
- Parker, CO 80134-5904
- USA
- Phone: 303-841-2848
- FAX: 303-841-6269
- BBS Name: Rams' Island BBS
- BBS Phone: 303-841-6269
- CompuServe: 76244,324
- FidoNet: 1:104/333
- Internet: ramsisle@abwam.com
- RIME: 1235
- Other E-mail: WWW: http://delta.com/ramsisle/ramsisle.htm
-
- Support:
- Address: Rams' Island Software
- 7644 E. Lakecliff Way
- Parker, CO 80134-5904
- USA
- Phone: 303-841-2848
- FAX: 303-841-6269
- BBS Name: Rams' Island BBS
- BBS Phone: 303-841-6269
- CompuServe: 76244,324
- FidoNet: 1:104/333
- Internet: ramsisle@abwam.com
- RIME: 1235
- Other E-mail: WWW: http://delta.com/ramsisle/ramsisle.htm
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- This package contains the VendView for Windows viewer for VENDINFO(TM)
- files, v1.00, by Rams' Island Software. This document contains only a
- brief description of the package and its features, along with
- instructions for its installation. More detailed documentation is
- provided in VENDVIEW.HLP file, which is accessible through VendView, or
- can be invoked in stand-alone fashion as normal Windows help file.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- LOGO.BMP 32950 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 2F52ED6D
- FILE_ID.DIZ 448 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 379E7791
- DUNZIP.DL_ 39566 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 214939C2
- IMGLIB30.DL_ 154100 6-Apr-1996 01:00a FFE4F158
- VENDLIB.DL_ 19139 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 356FF4E6
- VVSTRING.DL_ 22183 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 816126AD
- SETUP.DTA 7327 6-Apr-1996 01:00a C77049E4
- SETUP.EXE 51680 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 3F8269EC
- VENDVIEW.EX_ 232299 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 5B742694
- VENDVIEW.HL_ 135900 6-Apr-1996 01:00a E8F0E46C
- VENDVIEW.IC_ 330 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 7A946442
- CATEGORY.IN_ 8371 6-Apr-1996 01:00a E21C2D47
- VENDVIEW.IN_ 100 6-Apr-1996 01:00a 518AA7E3
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- VendView uses the standard installation conventions of Windows programs.
-
- To install the VendView viewer, simply execute the SETUP.EXE program that
- is provided as part of the package. This can be done by double-clicking
- on SETUP from a Windows Program or File Manager or Win95 Folder or
- Explorer, or by Selecting File Run from such a program and entering the
- full pathname of the SETUP program.
-
- If you're installing VendView from a diskette, just run the SETUP
- program from that diskette drive (perhaps the path would be A:\SETUP).
- If you've temporarily copied or "unzipped" all the files to your hard
- drive, you should run the SETUP program there, and remember to delete the
- temporary files after the installation is done.
-
-
- QUICK START
-
- For a really quick start, just use VendView to look at the VENDINFO
- files that have been installed with VendView itself. In the VendView
- installation directory, you should find both a VENDINFO.DIZ file and a
- VENDVIEW.DOZ file. VENDINFO.DIZ is an example of the normal DIZ
- ("Description In Zip") file that accompanies software products.
- VENDVIEW.DOZ is an example of the more extensive DOZ ("Description Out
- of Zip") file that can carry multimedia information, CD-ROM installation
- information, and other useful extensions.
-
- For the best quick look at VendView, use the VendView File Open command
- to load the VENDVIEW.DOZ file. Then you can just explore the various
- displayable topics using the main toolbar. In particular, use the
- "Demonstration" button or the View Demo command to view the various
- dynamic demonstrations that tell about the VENDINFO system and about
- VendView.
-
- The context-sensitive help system helps you to use VendView, but it also
- provides quite a bit of additional information about software
- distribution and packaging, contacting publishers, and other relevant
- matters. Just press F1 or Alt-H for help.
-
-
- VendView AS A HELPER APPLICATION FOR WORLD-WIDE-WEB BROWSERS
-
- It is a relatively simple matter to install VendView as a helper
- application for Netscape, and perhaps other WWW browsers. Simply define
- "x/vendinfo" as a new Mime type, and associate it with both the VendView
- application and with the filename extensions "DIZ" and "DOZ". If
- needed, detailed instructions can be obtained from the Rams' Island
- Software Website at
-
- http://delta.com/ramsisle/ramsisle.htm
-
- This will cause VendView to be invoked automatically as a viewer if you
- download VENDINFO files from ftp sites (even if they're downloaded via
- the World-Wide Web). We're working on obtaining a generally recognized
- "vendinfo" mime type, so this will also work automatically for downloads
- that come directly from web (i.e., http) sites.
-
-
- UNINSTALL
-
- Should you desire to uninstall VendView, simply remove the directory in
- which you installed VendView, along with the entire contents of that
- directory, and remove the icon (and the VENDINFO program group or folder,
- if it is then empty) from your Program Manager or Win95 Programs folder.
-
- VendView uses several DLLs and a VENDVIEW.INI file, but they are
- installed in the VendView directory, so their installation and later
- removal should have no effect on any other applications you may have on
- your computer.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS.
- RAMS' ISLAND SOFTWARE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS
- SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
- ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE. NEITHER RAMS' ISLAND SOFTWARE NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN
- INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE
- SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL
- DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE,
- EVEN IF RAMS' ISLAND SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK
- AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
-
- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado
- and shall inure to the benefit of Rams' Island Software and any
- successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or
- proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out of or
- related to this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL
- COURT of competent jurisdiction located in Douglas County, Colorado.
- The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- LICENSE FOR USE AND DISTRIBUTION
-
- The materials in this VENDVIEW package are copyrighted by Rams' Island
- Software, but may be installed and used by ordinary end-users without
- payment. Distribution of this product by software publishers, for use
- with their own electronic media or demonstration kits, requires payment
- of a license fee, as does use of this product in conjunction with CD-ROM
- front-end software and other, similar uses.
-
- This provision gives you the right to use the package freely,
- but does not give you the right to sell it or to alter it in any way.
-
- This package may be distributed to others, except as noted above,
- provided the package is unaltered, any payment is clearly indicated as a
- copying fee, and no representation is made that rights to the package are
- being purchased. Any distribution for which payment is required, or which
- involves any alteration to the form or content of this package, is
- allowed only under the terms of the attached VENDINFO data record, which
- is hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the
- distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby
- authorized.
-
- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Rams' Island
- Software.
-
-
-
- ===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
-
- Each VENDINFO.DIZ file contains extensive information about a product.
- This "human-readable" section is followed by a compressed data record
- useable by automated tools. The data record allows BBSes and other
- distributors to automate package handling, and provides users with a
- wealth of product information. VENDINFO tools (free viewer for users,
- free or inexpensive processors for distributors, editors for authors)
- are available from many sources, including the originators of VENDINFO:
- Rams' Island Software Voice: 303-841-2848 CompuServe: 76244,324
- 7644 E. Lakecliff Way BBS: 303-841-6269 FidoNet: 1:104/333
- Parker, CO 80134-5904 USA FAX: 303-841-6269 RIME: 1235
-
-
- ===== Compressed Data Record Follows ===================
-
- DS VendView for Windows 98060000 1.00