Copyright (c) 1992 - 1993 by Intelligent Voice Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The document may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent, in writing from Intelligent Voice Solutions, Inc. INS & OUTS(tm)is a trademark of Intelligent Voice Soultions, Inc. IBM(R) is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. MS-DOS(R) is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Windows(tm) 3.1 is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. Welcome to INS & OUTS Please spend the few minutes it takes to read this users guide. We want you to be able to fully enjoy this product and understand how to use it. Registering INS & OUTS ---------------------- To register and receive timely updates, add-ons and upgrades please send $12.00 and your version number to: Intelligent Voice Solutions, Inc. INS & OUTS (version number) 4752 Walden Circle, Suite 726 Orlando, FL 32811 If you need technical support or have suggestions for future INS & OUTS versions call: (407)658-2572 System Requirements ------------------- To obtain maximum performance of INS & OUTS the following is recommend as a minumum system configuration: * A 80286, 80386, 80486 or above computer capable of running Windows 3.1 in Standard or Enhanced mode. * At least 2MB of RAM, to provide acceptable Windows performance. * 2 MB of free hard disk space, to allow for program files. * For superior graphics we recommend VGA. EGA is also supported. * Mouse or Keyboard supported. Preparing to Install INS & OUTS ------------------------------- Be sure to look at the README.TXT and/or print this file. It will outline enhancements in the current version of INS & OUTS . You can use Windows Write to print this file. Installing INS & OUTS --------------------- A group should be created so you can locate the INS & OUTS icon more easily. a. Use the File menu item selection in Windows Program Manager. Select the New.. menu item. Choose Create Group. Enter a group description (Ex. Description: IVS Apps) and select OK. A Group window will appear. b. Use the File menu item again, and select New.. again. This time choose Create Item and enter the information. (example) Description: INS&OUTS Command Line: INANDOUT.EXE Working Directory: c:\inout Select OK. USING INS & OUTS ---------------- INS & OUTS can be started by double-clicking on its icon. Once that is done the control box for INS & OUTS will appear. You have the ability to use INS & OUTS as much or as little as you like. Placing an "x" in the Window Event boxes, causes that event to be turned on. (i.e. Close, Minimum, Open, Maximum, and Restore.) Over 30 Window Enhancers are available. You will need to experiment with all of the Window Event boxes to discover them because some enhancers are not available for certain Window Event boxes. PUSH BUTTONS ------------ The control box contains 6 different push buttons that will described. 1. SELECTION BUTTON To begin choosing different Window Enhancers you must first click on the down arrow located at the right hand side of the five Selections boxes. Once you have clicked on the down arrow, the window will open and you can either move up or down using the arrows provided. If the selection you wish to test is on the screen simply click on that enhancer and then on the test button for the display. 2. TEST BUTTON Once an enhancer is chosen you can click on the TEST button to see the Window Enhancer in action. You can continue to test the different enhancers until you are satisfied. Once you are ready to activate the enhancer you have selected, click on the OK button, located at the lower left of the control box. 3. OK BUTTON The OK button is the only way to save your enhancer selections. Once you are finished testing the different enhancers and you are ready to save the ones you have selected. Simply click on the OK button and your selections will be saved. 4. ACCEPT COLOR BUTTON You can select different colors on selected enhancers. Once you have selected an enhancer to change, you will see the enhancer name appear in the Option: box. Move your mouse to the Adjust Color box. You have three methods of changing colors. You can drag the button from left to right and watch the color box for the color of your choice, or click on one of the arrow push buttons for left or right movement. You may also enter the number in the color select box. Once you have found the color you want, click on the Accept Color button. Only by pushing the Accept Color button will your selected color be saved for that enhancer. A total of 16 different colors are available. 5. ACCEPT SPEED BUTTON The Accept Speed button works exactly like the Accept Color button previously described. Nine different speeds are available. Remember, to save your selected speed, click on the Accept Speed button. 6. CANCEL BUTTON The Cancel button only affects the Window Enhancer selections for the Window Events. If you select an enhancer and then select the Cancel button, the previous enhancer will return to the selection box. The colors and speed that were changed for the individual enhancers, will not be changed back. OPTION BOX ---------- The Option: box shows the Window Enhancer you are working on. Window Enhancers can appear in more than one Window Event box. But the options selected for the Window Enhancer are used by all Window Events. SETTINGS -------- The Settings option is located in the upper left hand corner on the pull down bar. Under Settings you can use the HIDE feature. The HIDE feature, if selected, allows you to hide the INS & OUTS icon. To enable the HIDE feature, click on settings. The check mark next to Hide indicates if the feature is enabled. To enable or disable click next to the Hide feature. CHECK REVISION LEVEL OF INS & OUTS ---------------------------------- Click on the word About on the pull down bar in the control box to get the version and revision level. Trouble Shooting ---------------- 1. Most problems will occur because of lack of enough memory. Possible symptoms are: - After the INS & OUTS enhancer is complete, the windows on screen do not get fully restored. - INS & OUTS enhancers become irradic. To solve this problem you will have to close 1 or more applications running or add more RAM to the computer system. It is recommended that the computer have at least 2 megabytes of RAM. 2. An INS & OUTS Window Enhancer was supposed to occur on a certain window event but did not. INS & OUTS Window Enhancers are initiated when a certain events occurs in the Windows operating system. Some applications give the impression that an event is supposed to occur, when in reality this event does not take place. 3. Colors and speed can't be changed for all INS & OUTS Window Enhancers. Some enhancer's options cannot be changed because by changing the color or speed will take away from the animation.