WELCOME TO COMMAND POST 7.2! This disk contains Command Post 7.2A and Browser 3.93 This file contains the following information: 1) Late-Breaking News 2) A few legal matters 3) Packing List 4) Installation Instructions 5) De-Installation Instructions 6) Online Support Information 7) Association of Shareware Professionals Ombudsman Statement 8) Changes to the manual 9) The complete licensing agreement 10) Order Form *** LATE-BREAKING NEWS *** Command Post is still Command Post. A programmable, fast, effective, and very powerful shell for the Windows environment. It is text-based. It is designed to either replace or supplement both the Windows Program Manager and File Manager. Although the default menus supplied with Command Post are quite sufficient for many people, the real power of Command Post comes into play when you add your own menu items to it. To do this, you *got* to print out all the documentation, curl up in an easy chair, and spend some time reading it. For those who prefer a more GUI oriented shell, more like File Manager, we offer our new File Commander. With File Commander you can have most of the power of Command Post and your own menu items attached to the Windows File Manager menu. The big news for the 7.2 series of Command post is summarized simply as follows: Network Support Multimedia support DDE Support SendKey capability Dialog Boxes Many more new functions All the new stuff is documented in the, appropriately, NEWSTUFF.TXT file. LEGAL MATTERS Of course the usual disclaimers still apply. We are not responsible for anything at all. Nothing. Even if we are held responsible, the limit of our liability is the licensing fees you paid. The full text of our license agreement is found near the bottom of this file. PACKING LIST: Most of the files will end in a $ until properly installed. Some files have been compressed and will be decompressed by the setup program. README TXT This File NEWSTUFF TXT Blow by blow differences in recent versions. CMDPOST TXT The disk-based manual. Registered users get a typeset, illustrated one. TASKMANR TXT Instructions for installing TASKMANR.EXE CP__VER ??? A dummy file. ??? is the current version number. CMDPOST CPM MAIN menu file. Normally you will not have edit this file. CMDUSER CPM Sample USER menu file. Once installed you WILL have to edit thisfile to configure it for your system! CMDPOST EXE The main Command Post executable file. CP_DLLA DLL Required dynamic-link-library file. WWWDEALR DLL Another dynamic-link-library file. CP_TREE EXE The Command Post tree. TASKMANR EXE Optional replacement for the Windows 3.0 Task Manager. Brings up Command Post when you doubleclick on the screen background. WININFO EXE A utility to help determine window size and position. CP_HELP CRD A cardfile with a mini-manual on it, accessible from the Command Post main menu. CP_QUEST.CRD Another cardfile of commonly asked questions. CP_VIRT BAT A BAT file for running DOS apps. Can change the PATH. CP_PAUSE BAT A BAT file that runs a DOS app and then pauses. CP_ATTR1 DLG A Dialog box used by the default menus. CP_ATTR2 DLG A Dialog box used by the default menus. BROWSER EXE File Browser Utility. WSETUP EXE The Windows-based setup program. WSETUP INF Information file for the setup program. WBINXZ EXE More of the Windows setup program. HOW TO INSTALL COMMAND POST 7.2 Command Post is installed automatically, via our WSETUP.EXE program, as detailed below: 1) Close down >>>ALL<<< extraneous Windows applications. 2) Make sure you closed down >>>ALL<<< of OUR other Windows apps. 3) Double-Click on the WSETUP.EXE program 4) When the setup program asks for a directory, specify initial directory, or accept the given default (C:\WINDOWS). NOTE: If you are updating from a previous version, and made any of the Command Post files READ-ONLY, remove the read-only attribute from the files before running setup. (Or else the setup process will hang) UN-INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS If, for some reason you wish to un-install Command Post from your system, here is a checklist for doing so. 1) Examine the SYSTEM.INI file. If you manually installed Command Post as your primary shell (See Docs), you must edit the SYSTEM.INI file. Change shell=cmdpost.exe to shell=progman.exe 2) Examine the WIN.INI file. If Command Post starts automatically... Change run=cmdpost.exe to run= If there is other stuff on the run= line, you probably want to leave it there. Just delete the cmdpost.exe from the run= line. 3) Delete the following files from the directory that Command Post was installed into. cmdpost.exe cp_dlla.dll (From the Windows Directory) cp_tree.exe browser.exe wininfo.exe cp_blnk.exe cp_help.crd cp_quest.crd cp_info.exe cp_virt.bat cmdpost.cpm taskmanr.exe NOT TASKMANG.EXE OR TASKMAN.EXE !!! cmduser.cpm (you may want to keep a copy around, esp. if you have put some work into this file.) 4) That should do it. ON-LINE SUPPORT Command Post is has on-line support! The home of Command Post is on Compuserve, in the WINAPA forum, in the Wilson WindowWare section (#15 currently). Also the latest and greatest downloads are available from DL15 of the WINAPA forum. The Wilson WindowWare section of the WINAPA forum is checked on a daily basis, and all questions will be responded to. Some of our developers also watch the FidoNet Windows echo which can be found on many of you local BBS's. Contact to local FidoNet sysop about getting access to the Windows Echo. Registered users may use our BBS ... [ (206) 935-5198 USR HST/V32 9600++ 8N1 ] to download the latest versions of our products and ask any questions. Association of Shareware Professionals Ombudsman Statement Wilson WindowWare, the producer of Command Post, is a 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 easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536 CHANGES TO THE MANUAL In the Window 3.0 appendix we tell you how to replace Windows 3.0's Task Manager with Command Post. Microsoft has since renamed Task Manager to "Task List". The Command Post version of the may be found in the \CP-NOTES directory with the file name TASKMANR.EXE (If you used our install program). If you used the manual install, you can find it in the temp directory you used. The legalese section... COMMAND POST Copyright © 1988-1992 by Morrie Wilson. All rights reserved. SOFTWARE LICENSE Command Post is not and has never been public domain software, nor is it free software. Non-licensed users are granted a limited license to use Command Post on a 21-day trial basis for the purpose of determining whether Command Post is suitable for their needs. 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