WinMerge 1.0 (c) 1995 Hannu Pohjanheimo, All Rights Reserved ABOUT WinMerge will merge several ASCII-text or Windows Write WRI files into one ASCII file. It is straightforward, easy to use and fast. Except normal text files you can also merge BBS index files found on some CDROMs and get a good index. INSTALLATION WinMerge doesn't need any installation, just copy all files into a directory and execute WINMERGE.EXE. Of course you may install a new icon into the Program Manager. WinMerge requires Windows 3.1 and a 386 computer or better. FILES WINMERGE.EXE CTL3D1.DLL README.TXT SHAREWARE WinMerge is a Shareware program. You may use WinMerge on a thirty (30) day trial basis only. If you use WinMerge past the 30 day evaluation period you are required to purchase it. The registration fee is only 10.00 US Dollars. You can send equivalent amount of money in any freely exchangeable currency. Please don't send money orders or checks. Registration includes your personal copy of the latest WinMerge without the reminder screens. MY ADDRESS Hannu Pohjanheimo Saarenmaantie 90 FIN-40220 Keski-Palokka Finland OFFER Look also for WinSplit 1.0 (WSPLIT10.ZIP). It will split large files into many small files, so you can transfer them to disks. It can of cource join them back again. Now you can register both, WinMerge and WinSplit, for a special price of 15.00 US Dollars. HOW TO USE The main window consist of two list boxes and five buttons. The left list shows the directory of the disk. The right hand list shows the selected files for merging. - To add new file to the selections list, single mouse click over the name in the directory, then press the ADD button or just double click over the name. - Files will be merged in that order they appear in the selections list. Using the INSERT button you can add a new text between previously selected items. First highlight one file in the directory with single click, then highlight a file in the selections box and press the INSERT button. The new file will be added before the highlighted file. - With VIEW button you can look at the beginning of the highlighted file in directory. - With the selector below the directory you can change the filter for the file extensions. NOTE - When you merge WRI files, they will be converted to ASCII text. All font styles and other text formatting will be lost. WinMerge can not remove possible existing pictures from the text, so there will be some garbage in place of the picture. - With REMOVE button you can remove highlighted item from the selections list. - MERGE button first opens the file selector, so you can type in the name for the output file. Then WinMerge will merge the files and clears the selections list. - QUIT will close the program. If you make a mistake, press wrong buttons etcetera, you will hear a beep. COPYRIGHT WinMerge is copyrighted material. You may not make any changes or modifications to WinMerge or this text. You may not decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse-engineer the software in any way. WinMerge is Shareware program. You may use WinMerge on a thirty (30) day trial basis only. If you use WinMerge past the 30 day evaluation period you are required to purchase it. Registration fee is 10.00 US Dollars. You may make copies of WinMerge only under the following terms: No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted or requested by anyone. Public Domain Disk Vendors May NOT CHARGE a fee for WinMerge itself. However you may include WinMerge on a diskette/CD-ROM for which you charge a nominal distribution fee. The purchaser of said diskette must be informed that the payment to the vendor covers only distribution costs and does not include WinMerge itself. Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (Sysops) may post WinMerge for downloading by their users only as long as the above conditions are met. A fee may be charged for access to the BBS as long as no specific fee is charged for downloading WinMerge files. DISCLAIMER The author is not responsible nor liable in anyway for any problems or damage caused by the licensed or unlicensed software that may result from using the software. This includes, but is not limited to, computer hardware, computer software, operating systems, and any computer or computing accessories. End user agrees to hold the author harmless for any problems arising from the use of the software. THIS SOFTWARE AND ALL THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ANY LIABILITY OF THE AUTHOR WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE PRODUCT PURCHASE PRICE.