WinSpell Version 1.05 The Ultimate Windows Spelling Supervisor Checks Your Spelling in ANY Window WinSpell is Copyright (C) 1991 by R&TH Inc. All Rights Reserved (319) 362-6242 or (319) 338-0477 WinSpell is a Windows based spelling supervisor which can check your spelling three different ways. 1) WinSpell acts in real-time, as you type. While typing, WinSpell will notify you as soon as you misspell a word. 2) WinSpell spell checks files such as Windows Write files and ASCII text files. 3) WinSpell checks the spelling of information copied to the Clipboard. These three modes of WinSpell allow you to check your spelling in virtually any Windows application, including DOS based applications running in a window, spreadsheets, telecommunication packages, etc. If you would prefer to receive an evaluation (ungregistered) copy directly from R&TH Inc., feel free to call us. VERY IMPORTANT: Old Versions 1.00 and .95 The index files (full.ndx) are incompatible with older versions. Also note that the asc2dct.exe utility now automatically generates the index file. WinSpell will simply complain of the index file does not exist and expect you to use asc2dct.exe to create it. See the Documentation in WINSPELL.WRI for more details. VERY IMPORTANT: NEW DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY WinSpell uses WINSPDLL.DLL as its dynamic link library now. HOOK.DLL is no longer used or compatible. VERY IMPORTANT OPTION: Use Memory WinSpell has the ability to run faster by setting the Use Memory option in the Settings... Dialog box. This option defaults to off upon first running WinSpell. See the Documentation in WINSPELL.WRI for more details. VERY IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES: Delete the old versions of WinSpell completely. They are no longer useful as Version 1.05 is not backward compatible with index files. If you have dictionary files you still want to use, execute the DCT2ASC and ASC2DCT utilities. See the documentation in WINSPELL.WRI for details. WinSpell is ShareWare and as such, you have certain obligations to register WinSpell if you use it past the initial evaluation period. See the documentation in WINSPELL.WRI for details on license information. In order to install this evaluation version: 1) Expand the (compressed) archive file: pkunzip winspell 2) Run the Installation script (batch file) from floppy: install [drive:]path where drive represents the hard disk on which WinSpell should be installed and path represents the directory in which WinSpell should be placed. Note that if you expand the archive file to your hard disk, your installation is essentially complete. You need not run the INSTALL.BAT script. Simply add the directory in which you placed WinSpell to your DOS PATH. See your DOS manual for details on the PATH environmental variable. 3) Follow remaining instructions as specified by the installation script. The following is an explanation for each file: WINSPELL.EXE - WinSpell's main executable. This is the file that you will want to add to your program manager in Windows, or have Windows load via the "load=" option in WIN.INI. WINSPELL.EXE is required for proper operation. WINSPDLL.DLL - WinSpell's dynamic link library. HOOK.DLL is required for proper operation. WINSPELL.HLP - WinSpell's Help file for use in Windows Help. WINSPELL.HLP is not required for proper operation. WINSPELL.WRI - Disk based documentation for WinSpell WINSPELL.WRI is not required for proper operation. FULL.DCT - WinSpell's Disk Based Dictionary. FULL.DCT is generally required for proper operation. (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information on this file). FULL.NDX - Index information to WinSpell's Disk Based Dictionary. FULL.NDX is generally required for proper operation. (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information on this file). COMMON.DCT - WinSpell's Memory Based Dictionary. COMMON.DCT is generally required for proper operation. (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information on this file). ASC2DCT.EXE - Conversion program for producing a WinSpell dictionary from an ASCII file. ASC2DCT.EXE is not required for proper operation. (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information on this file). DCT2ASC.EXE - Conversion program for producing an ASCII text file from a WinSpell dictionary (.DCT) file. DCT2ASC.EXE is not required for proper operation. (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information on this file). History: Version 1.00 Initial ShareWare release. Version 1.05 Initial Registered version Release. Includes following fixes from Initial ShareWare release: 1) Fixed read errors while file/clipboard checking and typing simultaneously. 2) Installation to WIN.INI fixed if run from DOS PATH instead of explicitly via fully qualified path. 3) Fixed File Check Dialog Box not closing via System Menu. 4) Fixed file 64K size limit for file checks. 5) Fixed lookups of words that start with characters "zo" and above. 6) Fixed problem with exiting Windows and WinSpell not asking to save changed dictionaries. 7) Renamed HOOK.DLL to WINSPDLL.DLL in preparation for Windows 3.1 which also has a HOOK.DLL. 8) Fixed broken add operation in Guess Dialog Box. 9) Fixed problem with File Check word Additions not updating dictionaries used for checking keyboard typed words. 10) Fixed maximum length of many edit fields in dialog boxes. 11) Corrected documentation and help files. 12) Unbottlenecked Guess lookups. 13) Enhanced many of the dialog boxes. Known bugs remaining: 1) Bitmap and Metafile pictures in files and the clipboard sometimes confuse WinSpell. WinSpell just stops checking the text before completion and comes back as if it finished. Workaround: Use the clipboard to transfer just the text, then let WinSpell check that.