=============================== README.TXT ================================== Welcome to the Walnut Creek CDROM BUSINESS & HOME LIBRARY CD ROM This CDROM copyright (c) 1995 Walnut Creek CDROM & PDSL Ltd. CONTENT: This disk brings you a huge collection of more than 560Mb of selected top quality programs for business and home applications. IMPORTANT: This package includes a book and this disk. The book gives descriptions and list of the disk content and will help you find the items you are looking for. If you did not receive both items contact your dealer or PDSL. This disk contains many shareware programs. Shareware can be considered to be a sort of try before you buy system where you are expected to pay the program author a registration fee if you find the program useful. You will find detail of registration included in the document/text files provided with each program. The cataloguing system, disk numbering system, program descriptions, directory files and certain copyright names used in this CD and its accompanying book are copyright (C) PDSL 1995. We also claim anthology copyright for the disc as a whole and for certain program compilations included. BBS operators NOT in the UK or Eire may make the contents of this CD available for download. However, this does not apply to the materials in the accompanying book and associated file numbering system, neither does it override individual authors copyright requirements. It is entirely up to the BBS operator to ensure that he is not infringing any individual authors copyright by distribution in this way. (See also UKREAD.ME file) Public Domain & Shareware Library Winscombe House, Beacon Road. Crowborough, Sussex, TN6 1UL United Kingdom +44 1892 663298 +44 1892 667473 (fax) BBS +44 1892 661149 ============================================================================ Here is a list of some important files in the root directory. readme.txt The file you're currently reading. view.exe MSDOS: Program to view the index files and select files to unzip. \utils\winview\winview.exe Windows: Index/File Browser. \utils\unzip.exe Program that unzips *.zip files. 00_index.txt Descriptions of all the files on this disc. filelist.txt Full path names of all files on the disc. docs\ Important docs from Walnut Creek CDROM. _bbs\ Bulletin Board Systems support. vbrun\ VBRUN100.DLL, VBRUN200.DLL, VBRUN300.DLL ========================================================================== To use this disc, you will need to unarchive the compressed programs on the CDROM to your hard disk. To make browsing the disk easier, we have included the WINVIEW program for Windows and VIEW for MSDOS in the root directory of the CDROM. This program allows you to page through the index files and then unarchive the program(s) you want onto your hard disk. ========================================================================== MSDOS: The VIEW Program To use this disc under MSDOS, first change drives to your CDROM drive. Then type VIEW in the root directory of the CDROM drive and press ENTER. The VIEW program will display a listing of the disc's subdirectories and their descriptions. Use the cursor (arrow) keys to move the highlight bar up and down the screen, and press ENTER to change into any of the subdirectories. The VIEW program will then display a list of files within that particular directory. To view or run any of these files, press ENTER. To copy a particular file, press the "C" key. To return to the subdirectory listing, press the ESCAPE key. Pressing "?" will display a help screen. Please consult \DOCS\VIEW.DOC for further instructions. ======================================================================= WINDOWS Installation: Although the WINVIEW and VIEW programs require no installation (as they can run directly off of the disc), you can install the programs onto your hard drive using the SETUP program. To run the installation: 1) Start up Windows 2) Choose RUN from the Program Manager File menu to see the RUN dialog box. 3) In the command line box, type D:\setup (If the D: drive is not your CDROM drive, change it to the appropriate CDROM drive letter.) 4) Click OK to start the installation. ======================================================================= To install a program you uncompressed onto your hard drive from the CDROM so it displays an icon in your applications group, you can do one of two things: 1) First select Windows Setup in the Main Group. Then select Options in the menu bar. Select Set Up Applications. Select Ask You to Specify An Application. Type the path and name of the program you'd like to install. Windows setup will copy the program's icon into the Application Group and set up the program to run from the icon. 2) Start up File Manager, then locate the executable program (which usually ends in .EXE or .COM) you wish to install. Drag that program icon to your Applications program group inside your Program Manager window, then release the mouse button. The icon will now be in your Applications window, and the program can now be run from that icon. ======================================================================= For windows programs compiled with Visual Basic, the run time library is required. Copy the files vbrun100.dll, vbrun200.dll, and vbrun300.dll in the VBRUN\ directory to your windows directory (which is most likely C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM). ======================================================================= Although you may own this disk, you do not own the programs recorded on it. Many of the programs on this disk are shareware. You are free to try each program for a limited amount of time. If you are satisfied, and want to continue to use the program, you are required to register the program by sending a specified amount of money directly to the author of the program. In many cases the author will send you the most up to date version of the program and a printed manual. Please check the individual files for specific information. Please help support shareware by contributing to these authors. They make discs like this possible. ============================================================================= Disclaimer: This CDROM comes with a full money back guarantee. If you are dissatisfied for any reason, you can return it for a full refund. Walnut Creek CDROM makes no warranty about any file on this CDROM, including any written by Walnut Creek. You, not Walnut Creek CDROM, assume all risk of using any of the files on this CDROM. We reserve the right to limit any effort on our part to rectify problems with any file on this CDROM. ===================================================================== You also need to be aware that we cannot accept any responsibility, or liability in the event that using the software on this disk causes you grief, malfunction, data loss or thinning of the hair. As with any new software, make sure that you back up your system regularly so that you can recover from unforeseen crashes. Although we have made every attempt to examine every program on this disc, some non-shareware or public domain programs may have slipped by. If you find such a program on this disc, please notify us immediately so we can rectify the situation. Thanks. ===================================================================== Walnut Creek CDROM is an approved vendor and associate member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. ====================================================================== All trademarks belong to their respective trademark holders. Third-party applications/software/information are copyrighted by their respective owners. ====================================================================== This CDROM copyright (c) 1995 Walnut Creek CDROM & PDSL Ltd. All rights reserved. ====================================================================== This CDROM is covered by the Walnut Creek CDROM unconditionally guaranteed. If you are dissatisfied for any reason, simply return it with a short note and your contact information for a full refund. ====================================================================== Walnut Creek CDROM Suite 260 1547 Palos Verdes Mall Walnut Creek CA 94596 USA 1 800 786-9907 (toll free sales) +1 510 674-0783 (sales) +1 510 603 1234 (tech support) +1 510 674-0821 FAX Email: orders@cdrom.com (orders) Email: info@cdrom.com (information) Email: support@cdrom.com (tech support) WWW: http://www.cdrom.com/ FTP: ftp.cdrom.com =============================== README.TXT ==================================