컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Da Vinci eMAIL Demonstration Kit This kit contains two different versions of eMAIL, designed to run under DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.0. These are NOT slide shows: they are actual versions of the commercial eMAIL products. However, before running eMAIL, you should read this file to learn the features and limitations of the demo kit. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 IMPORTANT NOTE The eMAIL programs on this kit are configured to run ONLY OFF DRIVE A. If you attempt to run this kit from a drive other than A:, or copy it onto your hard drive or network, the software WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. However, it is possible to create a demo kit on your hard drive or network by using the program MOVEDEMO.BAT. Instructions on using MOVEDEMO are given at the end of this text file. NOTE: If you attempt to run the MOVEDEMO.BAT program from your B: drive, it will fail. In order to successfully use MOVEDEMO.BAT from the B: drive, you will need to use the DOS ASSIGN command. At the prompt, simply type ASSIGN A=B. At this point, calls to the A: drive will be redirected to the B: drive. At this point, you will be able to successfully run the demos or the MOVEDEMO.BAT program from your B: drive. After you have run the required programs, reset your drive by typing ASSIGN and then enter. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Using the Demo Kit There are three ways that you can use this kit to learn about eMAIL. 1) A short (c. 5 minutes) demonstration of eMAIL for DOS is included in this kit. To see this demonstration, simply type DOSDEMO. 2) A mailbox has been created for a user named GARY. Run eMAIL (any version), log in as GARY, and read through your mail. The messages will tell you about various parts of the eMAIL system. To run eMAIL for DOS, type EMAIL. To run eMAIL for Windows 3.0, double-click on EMAILW30.EXE. Both programs will then ask for a username: give the name GARY and any password you like. (The commercial version of eMAIL is not so forgiving about names and passwords, of course.) DOS users can avoid the login box by using a command-line parameter: type EMAIL GARY. 3) Try eMAIL for yourself! Run eMAIL (any version), and log in by any name with any password (see instructions above). Send a message to any user by any name. Then log in as that user and receive the message. Note that the sender and the receiver do NOT have to use the same version of eMAIL, since both versions are totally compatible with each other! 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Important Limitation In this demonstration kit, you can only have ONE WAITING MESSAGE PER USER. In other words, if you send two messages to ELENA and then log in as ELENA, you will receive only the second message. The commercial version of eMAIL suffers from no such limitation, of course. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Creating a Demonstration Kit on your Hard Drive or Network This demonstration kit is configured to run ONLY OFF DRIVE A. If you simply copy it to your network, it will NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. The program MOVEDEMO.BAT has therefore been provided. To run MOVEDEMO, designate a directory on your hard drive or network as an eMAIL directory (e.g. M:\EMAIL). Then type MOVEDEMO with that directory as a parameter: for instance, you might type MOVEDEMO M:\EMAIL. A demonstration kit will be created in the directory you specify; MOVEDEMO will tell you what directory you can run eMAIL from in that demo kit. IMPORTANT: you MUST GIVE MOVEDEMO an ABSOLUTE PATH! For instance, typing MOVEDEMO M:\EMAIL will create a valid demo kit. Typing MOVEDEMO M: (no backslash -- WRONG!) will create an unusable demo kit. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 DDE Macros for Windows 3.0 eMAIL for Windows fully supports the Microsoft DDE spec, which allows Windows applications to exchange information in real time. You can therefore write your own DDE macros that give different Windows applications access to eMAIL. Two such macros have been included on this disk: one that lets you send messages from Excel, and one that lets you send messages and view Word attachments from Microsoft Word. If you have Microsoft Word for Windows, run Word and open the file EMAILW30.DOC. This document explains how you can install eMAIL into your Word menus. Once eMAIL is installed, you can compose messages in Word and then send them FROM WITHIN WORD. You can also read Word files that are Attached to eMAIL messages; again, without leaving Word. From Excel, load the file EMAILW30.XLM to install the macro. Again, you will then be able to choose an "eMAIL" menu item to create eMAIL messages without leaving the application. This macro, in its current form, is less useful than its Word counterpart; however, it demonstrates the ease of DDE inter-application access, and it could be modified to format a message automatically based on a particular spreadsheet (e.g. a financial report). 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� For More Information... For more information about Da Vinci eMAIL, contact your local eMAIL dealer, or call Da Vinci Systems at 1-800-DAVINCI.