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Introduction

Ulead Browser is a file managing utility that allows you to group, review,
and manage images stored on a CD. Files, called albums, store thumbnail
copies of images organized by groups allowing you to search for files
visually rather than relying on a cryptic filenames.
This pamphlet guides you through creating albums for use with Browser and
burning them and the Browser program to a CD.

The Browser Program Diskettes

This kit contains three 3-5" diskettes with the program files necessary to
view album files using Browser. You may want to install the program on your
hard disk to test the program before burning data to a CD.
To install Browser,
1.    Create a root directory for the Browser program (e.g. C:\Browser).
2.    Create two subdirectories under the directory you created in step 1.
  Name the first ΓÇ£BROWSER2ΓÇ¥ and the second ΓÇ£ULEAD2.ΓÇ¥
3.    Copy all files from the diskettes 1 and 2 to the BROWSER2 directory
  created in step 2.
4.    Copy all files from the diskette 3 to the ULEAD2 directory created in
  step 2.
Note: You can conveniently combine steps 2,3, and 4 using the drag and drop
     features of Windows File Manager
If you followed the instructions given above, your directory structure
should look something like this:


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Preparing files for CDs

Preparing albums for Browser involves creating and configuring album files
and writing the BROWSER.INI file. Use Ulead Image Pals Album 2.0 (or
higher) to create and organize albums. Write the BROWSER.INI file using any
text-based editor (e.g. Windows Notepad).

Preparing Albums

Before you start creating albums, take some time to arrange your images
into categories. Create albums with images and names according to these
categories to make it easier for end-users to find what they are looking
for. Although you can put up to 32,763 images in one album, consider the
ability of the end user to assimilate information; a good rule of thumb is
to limit each album to 2000 or fewer thumbnails.
To create and configure albums:
1.    Organize the image files on your hard disk with the same directory
  structure planned for the CD.
2.    Create and arrange albums using Ulead Image Pals Album 2.0. (If you
  need help, see the Album User Manual.)


3.    When you finish adding and arranging images in an album and are ready
  to save it, Choose ΓÇ£Select:AllΓÇ¥ from the Edit Menu.
4.    Choose ΓÇ£CopyΓÇ¥ from the File menu. The Copy Files dialog box appears.
5.    In the Copy Files to Directory text box, enter ΓÇ£7648599ΓÇ¥ and click
  the OK button. The Set Drive Type and Volume Name dialog box appears.
Note:       The code ΓÇ£7648599ΓÇ¥ activates a hidden feature in Album for
     preparing Album data on devices other than the current default device.
6.    Select ΓÇ£CD-ROMΓÇ¥ from the Drive Type options and enter the Volume Name
  for the target CD in the Volume name text box. Then click the OK button.
  Album updates the file information in preparation of burning the data to
  a CD.

Writing the BROWSER.INI File

BROWSER.INI is a text-based file that tells Browser what albums are on the
CD and where to find them. Browser looks for this program on the CD every
time it starts and then opens all the albums in the list. Each album on the
CD has its own entry showing its directory location and special codes that
tell Browser how to open. For example, assuming you saved all your album
files in the C:\ALBUMS\ directory, your BROWSER.INI file should look
something like the following:
      [Browser 2.0]
      Album1=C:\albums\landscap.abm 2 0 0 0 0
      Album2=C:\albums\seascape.abm 2 0 0 0 0
      .....
      .....
      Albumnn=C:\albums\sunsets.abm 2 0 0 0 0

Note: The drive letter serves as a place holder in the INI file. Browser
     automatically substitutes it with the drive letter assignment for the
     CD-ROM drive. For example, if the CD-ROM drive is drive E, Browser
     searches for the albums shown above as follows:
      E:\albums\landscap.abm 2 0 0 0 0
      E:\albums\seascape.abm 2 0 0 0 0
      .....
      .....
      E:\albums\sunsets.abm 2 0 0 0 0

Testing Albums

After you finish creating albums, but before you burn them into the CD, you
may want to test Browser to make sure everything is in order. To test
Browser, you need to ΓÇ£trickΓÇ¥ it into thinking your hard drive is a CD-ROM
drive. To do this, modify the ULEAD.INI file in the Windows directory and,
(if the volume name of the CD is different from the hard drive volume
name), change your hard drive volume name.
1.    Open the ULEAD.INI file in Windows Notepad (or any other text-based
   editor).
2.    In the section identified by ΓÇ£[Ulead Browser]ΓÇ¥ add, ΓÇ£CD-ROM=C,ΓÇ¥ (or
   the drive letter for the hard disk you have the album and image files
   on). Then save the changes.
3.    If necessary, change the volume name for the hard disk to match the
   name you assigned to the intended CD volume.
4.    Run Browser. The program should start and automatically open all the
   album files listed in BROWSER.INI.

Transferring files to CD-ROM

Browser program files copied to the CD must match the following structure:
In the Root directory:
      BROWSER.INI
In the BROWSER2 directory:
      ULBH.CNV   UBROWSE.DLL UFIDO.DLL  ULCONFIG.DLL
      ULCONVRT.DLL     ULKERNEL.DLL     ULPRINT.DLL      ULUI.DLL
      UMSC.DLL   BROWSER.EXE VIEWER.EXE BROWSER.HLP
      GLOSS.HLP  PRODUCTS.HLP     VIEWER.HLP
In the ULEAD2 directory
      PCDLIB.DLL  UF2CU.DLL  UF2ICI.DLL UF2LZW.DLL
      UF2BMP.FIO  UF2CGM.FIO UF2CLP.FIO UF2CUR.FIO
      UF2DCS.FIO  UF2DXF.FIO UF2EPS.FIO UF2GIF.FIO
      UF2GFF.FIO  UF2ICO.FIO UF2IFF.FIO UF2IMG.FIO
      UF2JPEG.FIO UF2MAC.FIO UF2MSP.FIO UF2PCD.FIO
      UF2PCT.FIO  UF2PCX.FIO UF2PIC.FIO UF2PSD.FIO
      UF2PXR.FIO  UF2RAS.FIO UF2RLE.FIO UF2SCT.FIO
      UF2TGA.FIO  UF2TIF.FIO UF2WMF.FIO UF2WPG.FIO
      FIO.HLP     ADFLIC.MIO AUDIO.MIO  AVI.MIO
      CDR.MIO     DOCDBF.MIO MORPH.MIO  QTIME.MIO
      RTF.MIO     PPT.MIO    VEPRJ.MIO
When copying image, and album files, it is important to maintain the same
directory structure you had on the hard disk for those files. If any
variation is made, Browser will be unable to locate and display images or
albums properly.

End User Installation

Browser is designed to run straight off the CD. The end user can use the
Windows Program Manager or File Manager Run command to start the program.
If desired, Browser can be copied to the hard disk. Copying Browser to the
hard disk makes the program run faster and guarantees that the program path
is always valid should the user install the program in a group window. If
Browser is installed on a hard disk, the file and directory structure
described in the Browser Program Diskettes section must be strictly
followed on the end-user's machine.
Note: The end-user can use the Windows File Manager drag and drop features
     to copy the files from the CD to the hard disk.
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Questions

If you have any questions about the Browser program, please contact:
|In North and South      |International:          |
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|Ulead Systems, Inc. (US)|(Taiwan)                |
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|Suite 520               |East Road               |
|Torrance, CA 90502      |Section 4, Taipei,      |
|Tel: [phone]     |Taiwan, R.O.C.          |
|Fax: [phone]     |Tel: [phone]    |
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Browser 2.0
CD-ROM Development Kit

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