PMsndX version 1.36
                        by
                William Scott Hiles

As always, all comments are welcomed as well as bug reports.



INTRODUCTION:

This is the a new release of PMsndX.  Extensive online
help is provided from the main control panel.  To read the
help, pull down the system menu in the upper left corner
of the PMsndX control panel and select HELP.  This provides a
description of the form and function.



CONTENTS:

You should have ten files from the compressed .zip file.
Name                  CRC-32     Description
------------          --------   -----------------------------------------
pmsndx.exe            62f07e63   Executable PMsndX
install.exe           6ed57281   PMsndX Installation program
pmsndx.hlp            42880c79   Help file
smallhlp.hlp          b2b9e236   Help file without user interface examples
README.TXT            56442b7e   This file
HISTORY.TXT           2549af84   History of all changes and future work
file_id.diz           cde7a0ea   Information file to BBS sysops too.
order.txt             a398dcac   Form for registering
license.txt           d668c05b   Licensing information
hints.txt             45ec06f8   Hints for commonly asked questions
bugrep.txt            3369a2fc   Form for reporting bugs
sample/               00000000   Sample directory
sample/brettapp.wav   3f389a3b   Example sample
sample/example.cmd    a166992b   Example REXX command script
sample/testsntx.cmd   1f5a2195   File with full syntax for reference


INSTALLATION PROGRAM:

Starting with version 1.36, PMsndX includes a very simple
installation program which copies the executable and appropriate
help file to the destination directories.  The program lets
the user select the paths that are in the PATH and HELP
variables.


MANUAL INSTALLATION:

If the installation script does not work on your system,
you may manually install PMsndX on your system with the
following instructions.

Installation of PMsndX is very simple.  You must place
the executable in a directory that is referenced in your
PATH statement in your config.sys.  If this is not done,
PMsndX will not be able to play samples from the command
line.  You must then place the help file in a directory
in your HELP path or in the same directory as the
executable program.  That is it.

Look at your config.sys file with an editor like E.EXE
and locate the statement that looks like this:

SET PATH=E:\OS2;E:\OS2\SYSTEM;E:\OS2\INSTALL;E:\;E:\OS2\MDOS;E:\OS2\APPS;

Choose something like \os2\apps and copy the file pmsndx.exe
to that directory.

There are two help files included in the compressed .zip file.
They are identical in content except that the larger one
contains bitmap examples of the user interface in the text.
The smaller file (smallhlp.hlp) does not contain the bitmaps
and is about one-third the size of the larger file.  The
smaller file is provided for people who are concerned about
disk space.  Whichever file is not used can be deleted.  To
use the smaller help file, rename smallhlp.hlp to pmsndx.hlp.

Look at your config.sys file with an editor like E.EXE and
locate the statement that looks like this:

SET HELP=E:\OS2\HELP;E:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;E:\MMOS2\HELP;

Choose something like \os2\help and copy either pmsndx.hlp
or smallhlp.hlp to that directory and name it pmsndx.hlp.



WARNING:

There is a known problem with PMsndX and MMPM/2 version 3.0.
When running PMsndX under Warp, anything which interrupts the
playback of a sample (such as a system sound or pressing Pause)
will cause PMsndX to hang the next time playback is requested.
A future release of MMPM/2 will correct this problem.  To
minimize the effect, I have provided the option to have
PMsndX open the Audio device without sharing (the default).
This problem does not appear to affect PMsndX on previous versions
of OS/2 (i.e. 2.0, 2.1 and 2.11).


ENDING:

I can be contacted using email at whiles@relay.nswc.navy.mil.

Thanks for your time.
Scott