mjreadme.txt (c) By Berrie Bloem 1995 This mjreadme.txt file forms part of this zip file. This file contains release notes, installation information and information about error messages for Mah Jongg for Windows, Version 1.01A. Please feel free to upload this ShareWare software to any electronic bulletin board, include it on the cover disk of your magazine, give it to anyone who might be interested, so as many people as possible will have a chance to enjoy this software, provided you distribute it in full, including all the files listed below, not more, not less, in an unaltered state. Mah Jongg for Windows Version 1.01A is available on CompuServe's SWREG (GO SWREG). The ID is 5675. Registration numbers for version 1.01 will work with this version. ******** Release Notes ******** The following 14 files are contained in this zip file: mahjongg.exe The program main executable file mahjongg.hlp Windows help file for Mah Jongg tiles.dll Library containing tile images bwcc.dll Borland custom controls (dialog boxes) demorun.exe Utility to run a Mah Jongg Demo stake.wav Sound of tile landing on a stake table.wav Sound of tile landing on a table alltiles.bmp External tile set antique.bmp External tile set modern.bmp External tile set redgreen.bmp External tile set voices.zip Zip file containing voices (25 wave files) mjreadme.txt This file file_id.diz Identification file If you have the Borland bwcc.dll file already installed in your Windows\System directory and it is not older than the one included in this zip file, then you don't need the Borland bwcc.dll file from this zip file. Note: This note concerns all files EXCEPT BWCC.DLL. None of the files of the previous release of "Mah Jongg for Windows 1.00" will work properly with this version. The best option is to replace all old files with these new ones. Note: Mah Jongg will run properly without all the sound files (*.wav) or the bitmap files (*.bmp). Note: See "mahjongg.hlp" topic "Licensing and Ordering Information - What's New" to read about all the additions and improvements in this version of the game. Note: Mah Jongg no longer uses the file called "mahjongg.ini" which is in your Windows directory. You can delete it if you no longer wish to play with the previous version. ******** Installation and Removal ******** System Requirements: Microsoft Windows (TM) version 3.10 or higher. Installing Mah Jongg for Windows: To install the files which are contained in the file "voices.zip", see the next section called "Installing the voice files". Create a new directory in your favorite games directory called mahjongg or whatever name you fancy. You can install this version over the previous version if you no longer wish to play with the previous version. Extract or copy all the files from this zip file to the directory you have just created. You can move the Borland file to your Windows\System directory if you like, so other programs can access this file too. In Windows, open File Manager and Program Manager side by side. You now need to drag the file mahjongg.exe from File Manager to a program group in Program Manager. For example, if you already have a "games" program group in Program Manager you might like to add the mahjongg.exe file to this group. Now double click on the newly created icon for mahjongg in the program group and off you go - you are ready to play! You can also drag the file "demorun.exe" to Program Manager. Starting this program will start "mahjongg.exe" in demo mode. Mah Jongg will now play endlessly. This demo mode is especially meant for shops, exhibitions and situations where you might like to have something attractive displayed on the screen. Installing the voice files: The zip file called "voices.zip" contains one set of voice files, which can be used for all players. To install the voice files, create a directory called "voices", which MUST be a subdirectory of the directory where you installed "mahjongg.exe". So if you installed "mahjongg.exe" in the following directory: c:\mahjongg\ then the voices will go in this directory: c:\mahjongg\voices\ This is meant to keep your hard disk tidy. Extract all the files contained in "voices.zip" to this newly created directory "voices". Now you're ready to start "mahjongg.exe". Choose the menu option "Game | Preferences | Sound" and check the "Player's Voices" and the "Your Voice" check boxes. As soon as you start a game the players will call out the tiles they discard. Note: The two sound files called "table.wav" and "stake.wav" should stay in the same directory where you've installed "mahjongg.exe". See the "mahjongg.hlp" file for extensive information on creating new voice files. Removing Mah Jongg for Windows: Just delete the files: mahjongg.exe, mahjongg.hlp, tiles.dll, mjreadme.txt, demorun.exe, mahjongg.cfg, all the wave files and possibly any bitmap files used as tile sets. In the case of the Borland bwcc.dll file only delete if it is NOT in your Windows\System directory. Mah Jongg for Windows no longer uses its own initialization file called mahjongg.ini in your Windows directory. You can safely delete this file. ******** Error Messages ******** If you are unlucky Mah Jongg for Windows might show one of the following error messages: 1 Old version of "TILES.DLL" Solution: Make sure that the right version of tiles.dll is in the same directory as mahjongg.exe. You can check the version numbers in File Manager if you select the menu "View | All File Details". The version numbers of mahjongg.exe and tiles.dll are shown in the time stamp of those files: 01:01:00. The version of tiles.dll that came with release 1.00 (January 1995) will not work properly with this new version. If the problem remains, try the strategy followed in point 3 below, but look for TILES.DLL in stead of BWCC.DLL. After you've done all that, move the one and only copy of TILES.DLL left on your computer to the directory where you've installed mahjongg.exe. 2 Can't find "TILES.DLL" Solution: Move TILES.DLL, MAHJONGG.HLP, MJREADME.TXT and MAHJONGG.EXE all to the same directory. 3 You are using an old version of "BWCC.DLL". Copy the version from the Mah Jongg zip file to your Windows\System directory. Mah Jongg will now exit. Solution: Make sure that the correct version of BWCC.DLL is loaded in memory. If the copy of BWCC.DLL that came with the Mah Jongg zip file is newer than the copy found in your Windows or Windows\System directory, then copy the version from the Mah Jongg zip file to your Windows\System directory and delete any copies found in your Windows directory. Try running Mah Jongg again. If the problem remains then you have to search all directories listed after the "PATH=" and possibly "SET PATH=" statements in your autoexec.bat file and your Windows and Windows\System directory for copies of BWCC.DLL. Close all applications except Program Manager and File Manager. Make backup copies of all versions on a floppy disk and include information from which directory a particular copy came from. Delete any versions of this DLL in your Windows directory and copy the newest version you can find of this DLL to your Windows\System directory. Try running Mah Jongg again. If the problem still remains, then delete all copies of this DLL on your system, except for the copy in your Windows\System directory. Mah Jongg should run now. 4 Sorry... You are using a version prior to Windows 3.1. Mah Jongg needs Windows 3.1 or higher. Mah Jongg will now exit. Solution: I'm afraid you'll have to install a version of Microsoft Windows (TM) newer than the version you have now. Versions onwards from 3.10 should run Mah Jongg properly. 5 Mah Jongg has a problem allocating memory. Free up memory by closing other applications. Mah Jongg will now exit. Solution: The memory on a computer is limited. Other applications have taken up so much of it that Mah Jongg can't get enough to run properly. Close all applications you're not working on at the moment and try running Mah Jongg again. 6 Could not Create Timer Solution: There are only a limited number of timers in Windows. Other applications have taken up so many of them that Mah Jongg can't get the timers needed to run properly. Close all applications you're not working on at the moment and try running Mah Jongg again. 7 Error opening Help. Can't find "mahjongg.hlp". Make sure it is in the same directory as mahjongg.exe. Solution: Move TILES.DLL, MAHJONGG.HLP, MJREADME.TXT and MAHJONGG.EXE all to the same directory. All other problems are dealt with in the "mahjongg.hlp" file topic "Technical Information - Error Messages" or in the appropriate description of the dialog boxes "The Program Full Explanation - Information and Message Boxes". You can contact me if problems persist, see Ordering Information in "mahjongg.hlp" for how to contact me.