ImgViewer/16 ©1992-1996 All rights reserved _______ By Don Bradner ____|__ | (R) Arcata Pet --| | |------------------- 600 F Street | ____|__ | Association of Arcata, CA 95521 | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER Compuserve: 76130,1007 America OnLine: DBirdMan Internet: dbirdman@redshift.com http://www.redshift.com/~arcatpet The online help file is the primary documentation for ImgViewer/16. This text document is meant to get you started. Contents of this file: I. Program Description II. Program Requirements III. Installing ImgViewer/16 IV. Getting Started V. Files that make up ImgViewer/16 VI. Troubleshooting VII. UnInstalling ImgViewer/16 VIII. Obtaining images IX. Getting future upgrades X. Purchase and distribution XI. ASP Ombudsman Statement I. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION. ImgViewer/16 is a Windows program for viewing digital images in a variety of standard formats. Image formats supported include GIF, .BMP, PCX, TGA, TIF, and .JPG. GIF and PCX provide compression of 256-color images, while .JPG provides compression for 16-million color images, thus saving disk space. ImgViewer/16 has editing features and file conversion routines built in, which allow you to change images to suit your needs. You can crop, resize, stretch, rotate, mirror, flip, sharpen, soften, extract edges, negate and adjust brightness, contrast and gamma. A quick Zoom Tool provides instant magnification of areas of an image, for close inspection. Full documentation is included in the form of a Windows Help file. When you desire help, press your F1 function key for context-sensitive help, or press the help button if you are in a dialog box. ImgViewer/16 is time-limited shareware. It is fully functional and provides all features that are included in the registered version, but it will stop functioning after 60 days if a copy has not been purchased. ImgViewer/16 contains functions which can read and write the .GIF format, which contains compression technology covered by U.S. Patent No. 4,558,302, owned by the Unisys corporation. The author of ImgViewer/16 has obtained a license from Unisys, and pays a royalty on each sale, to use this technology. The following statement is required by that license: "Use of this software is permitted only to the extent reasonably required to determine whether to purchase the software. "After payment is made, use of this software is limited to use on only a single personal computer or workstation which is not used as a server. An additional payment is required for each use on another personal computer or workstation. "Only a single copy may be made of this software solely for backup or archival purposes. The software may also be transferred to a single hard disk. "Any use of this software in violation of the above is not licensed. "For information concerning licensing the LZW compression and/or decompression capability, please contact: Unisys Corporation Welch Licensing Department - CISW19 Township Line & Union Meeting Roads P.O. Box 500 Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19424" II. Program requirements. ImgViewer/16 requires an IBM compatible 386 or better, running Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, or Windows NT, with at least 8 megs of RAM and VGA or better graphics. Recommended: 486DX or better with an accelerated graphics adapter. Some operations require a mouse. Graphics files can be quite large, particularly with true-color, so a large hard disk is recommended. ImgViewer/16 will require under 1 meg for program installation. III. Installing ImgViewer/16 If you obtained ImgViewer/16 by downloading it from a computer Bulletin Board (BBS) or another online source, one necessary file may not have been included. You will need a file called VBRUN300.DLL, which is almost always available from any source that would have ImgViewer/16. On BBS systems the file will usually be called VBRUN300.ZIP or VBRUN3.ZIP. If you obtained the program on disk, the file should be included. If it is missing, contact the supplier of the program. Versions purchased from the author will always include VBRUN300. If you are installing VBRUN300 separately, it MUST be put in the \Windows\System directory. To install ImgViewer/16, run the included setup program. If the program is on a floppy disk, you can use File/Run in the Program Manager and type a:setup or b:setup, whichever drive is involved. You can use the same technique to run setup from a directory on your hard drive by supplying the full path, such as c:\temp\setup. Alternatively you can use File manager to find the files and double-click on SETUP.EXE. Do not use any SETUP.EXE that is not in the same directory as the ImgViewer/16 files. Windows 95 users can use the "Add/Remove Programs" item in the Control Panel to find and start SETUP. Again make sure that the SETUP you are starting is in the directory where your ImgViewer/16 distribution files are located. NOTE: Setup will not run if any other program is using VBRUN300.DLL or any other library file used by the program. An error message will be generated, and you must end all such applications before retrying the installation. You may restart these programs after installation is completed - they will share the VBRUN module without problem. IV. Getting Started. Double-click the ImgViewer/16 icon to start the program. If this is not a registered copy you will see a shareware "nag" screen. This screen will only be repeated every 10 days, so as to not unduly interfere with your operation of the program. Click OK, or you may choose to print an order form. When you see the main program window, Click the "folder" icon at the left end of the icon bar, and then browse for image files to view. If you would like to alter the image, most of the items in the Image menu are simple. Browsing the help file will provide you with more information on the image-altering functions. V. FILES THAT MAKE UP ImgViewer/16. The program files are compressed prior to setup. They are listed here with their compressed and uncompressed names. The setup program only copies a file to your disk if it does not find the file already or if this file is newer. References to the ImgViewer/16 directory refer to the directory selected at installation; default is C:\IMGV16 Compressed File Name Type and where installed IMGV16.EX_ IMGV16.EXE Program, ImgViewer/16 directory IMGV16.HL_ IMGV16.HLP Help file ImgViewer/16 directory SETUPIV.EX_ SETUPIV.EXE ImgViewer/16 Setup Windows directory -- SETUP.EXE Setup Program, not transferred -- SETUP.LST Used by Setup IKCOL16.DL_ IKCOL16.DLL Library File, Windows\System directory IKENG16.DL_ IKENG16.DLL Ditto IKJPG16.DL_ IKJPG16.DLL Ditto IKDSP16.VB_ IKDSP16.VBX Ditto SETUPKIT.DL_ SETUPKIT.DLL Ditto VER.DL_ VER.DLL Ditto IVLIBR.VB_ IVLIBR.VBX Ditto -- IV16_REG.KEY Ownership key, ImgViewer/16 directory ***Note: WWP_REG.KEY included only with purchased versions. -- README.TXT This file, ImgViewer/16 directory -- VENDINFO.DIZ program description for shareware vendors VBRUN300.DL_ VBRUN300.DLL Library File, Windows\System directory ***note: VBRUN300.DLL may not be included if the program was obtained from an online source. It will have to be obtained to run the program and the setup program. From on-line sources, it is usually VBRUN300.ZIP or VBRUN3.ZIP. If the program was obtained on disk then the file should be included; if not, contact the source of the disk. If the file is obtained separately, it must be installed in your Windows\System directory BEFORE you run setup. VI. Troubleshooting. If you have an image that ImgViewer/16 will not display, it may be in a format that cannot be used. There are some variations of .GIF and .PCX that are known to make problems for ImgViewer/16. There are many non-standard versions of JPEG that will cause problems. Virtually no tool supports all JPEG types, and ImgViewer/16 will sometimes be able to read files that other viewers can't, and vice-versa. If you are finding that you haven't sufficient memory to display large files, make sure the Undo Enabled item in the Edit menu is unchecked. When Undo is enabled it requires an additional copy of the image to be retained in memory. VII. Uninstalling ImgViewer/16 The following information is provided if you would like to remove ImgViewer/16 from your computer. Most of the files used by ImgViewer/16 are located in your ImgViewer/16 directory. This will be C:\IMGV16 unless you chose another directory during installation. Delete this directory using File Manager. In your Windows\System directory, delete IVLIBR.VBX. Four other files are installed to this directory: IKCOL16.DLL, IKENG16.DLL, IKJPG16.DLL and IKDSP16.VBX. These are files that may possibly be used by other programs. If you delete them, make backup copies first so that they can be reinstalled if another program complains about their absence. Delete your ImgViewer/16 program group. Make sure that you have selected "Save Settings on Exit" in the Options menu, and close Windows. ImgViewer/16 is now removed. VIII. Obtaining images. If you regularly use Computer BBS systems or online sources such as Compuserve, America Online, or the Internet, you will find a wealth of images that can be downloaded. These images are usually in the .GIF or .JPG formats to reduce download time. The author is maintaining a small collection of his scans of his own photos and those of users where permission has been granted. It is available by FTP from redshift.com/arcatpet/wwplus/images Files are in .JPG format. Thumbnails are available at the website http://www.redshift.com/~arcatpet IX. Getting future Upgrades. When you order ImgViewer/16 from the author, you will receive a copy of the latest version and an ownership key that permanently enables the program. That key file will work with future versions of the program, so no upgrade fee will be required. Recent versions of ImgViewer/16 can always be found on Compuserve in several forums, including WINAV, GRAPHSUP, and PHOTOFORUM. Current versions are also posted to America OnLine. Use the keyword "Windows" and search the software library for "ImgViewer/16." The author maintains a current copy available for internet FTP. ftp://redshift.com/arcatpet/imgv16/iv16xxx.zip where xxx is the version number. If you find this address to be inaccurate in the future, E-Mail the author dbirdman@redshift.com or dbirdman@aol.com for a current address. There is also a jump available from http://www.redshift.com/~arcatpet Current versions are also uploaded to two internet archival sites, CICA and SimTel. Addresses respectively are ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/desktop and ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/win3/desktop. These two sites have many mirror sites worldwide as well. Registered users who do not have online access may get a disk copy from the author for a fee of $5 ($7 non-US). Send a short note indicating your registered status and requesting the latest copy. Please use the same name under which you ordered originally. X. Purchase and Distribution. ImgViewer/16 is shareware. Free use is extended to any user for an evaluation period of 60 days. For use to be continued, the program must be ordered from the author. Price is $20.00. California residents please add $1.45 sales tax, and non-US buyers should include $1.00 for airmail shipping. All funds should be drawn on a US Dollar account. A convenient form for ordering is included in the Help file (and may be printed from there). If you do not order, the program will disable after 60 days from installation. As a purchase incentive, the author will provide on request two free scanned images from your original prints or slides, when sent with the order. Commercial use: ImgViewer/16 may be used commercially, as long as there is a registered copy for each computer/terminal that is using it. Bulk licensing is available. You may freely distribute ImgViewer/16 as long as no fees are charged for the program, and all necessary files are included. Commercial Shareware vendors should read the included VENDOR.DOC file for details. If you are a registered user, do not distribute the file IV16_REG.KEY, which identifies you as the user (This identification shows up in the "About" box). XI. ASP Ombudman Statement This program is produced by 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 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536