NJWIN Version 1.5 Readme.TXT NJStar CJK Multilingual Support System May 18 1997 Copyright (c) Hongbo Data Systems 1995-1997 All Rights Reserved. ======================================================================= Introductions ============= NJWIN v1.5 is designed to support any windows program to display Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters under the standard Windows environment. All Chinese / Japanese / Korean (CJK) coding standards are supported in NJWIN, and coding can be switched on the fly from one coding to another depending on the document being viewed. The Internet is the fastest growing communication tool today. Therefore, many of NJWIN's features are added specifically for Internet. As the result, NJWIN is best Internet CJK viewer for browsing CJK Web pages, reading CJK news in UseNet newsgroups and reading CJK email messages. NJWIN is distributed as Shareware, permission granted for any one to distribute NJWIN free of charge by any media. What's Cool: ============ * The Easiest CJK Viewer with simple User Interface * The Fastest CJK Viewer Available - Saving your time and money * The Smallest CJK Viewer - The Smaller the Better. * Automatic Detection of Various Internal Codes within a Language. * Supports All Major Types of Asian Encoding Standards. * Supports All Windows Platforms (Windows 3.1/95, Win NT 3.5/4.0). * Supports All Unicode based applicayions on Windows 95/NT. * The Only CJK Viewer that Converts Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese with Artificial Intelligence. Solves One-to-Many Character Mapping Problem in real-time. What's New in this Version ========================== 32 bit applications under Windows NT, Unicode based applications under both Windows 95 and NT are now supported in v1.5. Supports All Windows Platforms: NJWIN now supports all windows platforms including all language versions of Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5 and 4.0. Auto Detection of Chinese and Japanese Codes: NJWIIN can automatically detect Chinese GB, Big5, HZ and ISO-2022-GB encodings, and Japanese EUC-JIS, Shift-JIS, New-JIS, Old-JIS, NEC-JIS and ISO-2022-JP encodings. These different codes are supported on the same screen within same language setting. Use True Type Font of Asian Windows: If your windows is Chinese or Japanese Windows, you can configure NJWIN to use your system True Type Fonts when the code being viewed matches your system fonts. Support ISO-2022 Encoding and MIME encoding: Due to popular demand, ISO-2022 CJK encoding is now supported. Two forms of MIME encodings are also supported, namely Quoted Printables and Base64. This is very useful for viewing CJK newsgroups and Email header, as User Name and Subjects are most likely MIME encoded. Improvements: 1. Small CJK characters are now more readable. 2. Control Bar can be minimized. 3. Control Bar can be moved by holding down left mouse button. 4. Screen can be refreshed. 5. GB <-> Big5 conversions accuracy improved. 6. Display speed improved. Bug Fixes: 1. NJWIN sometimes crashed when printing under web browser. 2. NJWIN sometimes crashed when viewing HZ code 3. NJWIN sometimes crashed when viewing GB text as traditional chars. 4. Other minor fixes. Installation and Uninstallation =============================== Installation ------------ If you receive NJWIN in a ZIP file, say NJWINxxx.ZIP (where xxx is the version number), you need to unzip the zip file into a temporary directory, then type or run SETUP.EXE to start the installation. Two most popular unzip programs are: WINZIP available at http://www.winzip.com, and PKZIP available at http://www.pkware.com. If you receive NJWIN in a EXE file, say NJWINxxx.EXE, you simply run the EXE file to start the installation. On Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0: select Run from the Taskbar Start menu, type the full name of the file (for example, C:\DNLOAD\NJWINxxx.EXE), press the Enter key, and follow the prompts. On Windows 3.1 or Windows NT 3.51: activate the Program Manager, select Run from the File menu, type the full name of the file (for example, C:\DNLOAD\NJWINxxx.EXE), press the Enter key, and follow the prompts. If you receive NJWIN on disk, simply insert the first disk in drive A: or B:, then type (or run) SETUP.EXE to start the installation. After starting the SETUP program, the SETUP wizard will guide you through the installation process. All registered users of NJSTAR WP 4.0 can register this version of NJWIN free of charge with NJSTAR WP serial number. Registered NJWIN 1.0x user, please contact NJSTAR Support for your new serial number if you have not got one. Uninstallation -------------- Automatic: an uninstall program is included to automatically uninstall NJWIN from your hard disk. The NJWIN uninstall program (REMOVE.EXE) can found under NJWIN's group folder. Manual: NJWIN is a small package, all files are installed under one directory (default \NJWIN). So to manually remove NJWIN from your hard disk, simply delete all files in the NJWIN directory, and remove all NJWIN icons on the desktop or folders. Revision History: ================= V1.50.08 (05 May 1997) - Release v1.5 Fix Unicode table opening problem when file is not on path. V1.50.07 (28 April 1997) Improve the usability on CJK windows - Keep CJK interface. V1.50.01 (05 March 1997) Add support for 32 bit applications on Windows NT. Add support for unicode based applications on Windows 95/NT. Add support to Netscape 4.0, MSIE 4.0 and Office 97. V1.20.16 (09 JAN 1997) Fix the ISO-2022-KR decoding problem. V1.20.15 (05 JAN 1997) Version 1.2 Release Add new help file for Release. V1.20.10 (16 DEC 1996) 1. Add Support for ISO-2022 encoded CJK text. 2. Add Support for MIME encoded CJK text. 3. Add New Options dialog box. 4. Add New Registration dialog box. V1.20.08 (02 DEC 1996) 1. Add Auto Detect Features. 2. Support CJK WIndows TTF fonts. V1.20.06 (16 NOV 1996) 1. NJWIN crashed when viewing GB text as traditional chars - Fixed. 2. Other minor fixes. V1.20.04 (25 OCT 1996) 1. NJWIN sometimes still crashed when printing under web browser - Fixed. 2. NJWIN sometimes crashed when viewing HZ code - Fixed. V1.20.02 (05 OCT 1996) 1. Improve user Interface such as minimise control bar, refresh display. 2. Improve Display Speed. V1.20.00 (01 OCT 1996) 1. Improve the display of small CJK characters. 2. Fixed crash probelm on Windows 3.1x, now works on win 3.1x. V1.02.06 (20 MAY 1996) V1.02 Release 1. Bug Fix: NJWIN crash when printing under Netscape. 2. Improvement: a new 'Exit' button added on control bar. V1.01.05 (20 NOV 1995) Following bugs have been fixed: 1. NJWIN did not work with Netscape when Certain video card (Cirrus Logic) are used. 2. NJWIN stops the manual dialing of Internet PPP connection. It has to be reboot in order to make the connection again. 3. Now cursor can located correctly with GB, EUC and KSC codings in a normal English application. V1.00.03 (10 OCT 1995) First Release NJWIN support various CJK text (GB/Big5, JIS/EUC/SJIS and KSC) display under windows 95. It works in Windows NT v3.5x for 16 bit applications only. =========================================================================== Hongbo Data Systems Inc. Tel: +61-2-9869-0821 P. O. Box 40 Fax: +61-2-9869-0823 Epping NSW 2121 Email: info@njstar.com Australia Web: http://www.njstar.com/ ===========================================================================