Distributed as RCONV130.ZIP ====================================================================== RiadaConvert Version 1.3 Additional Information ====================================================================== To view this file correctly, make sure your viewer displays this file in word wrap mode. This file contains additional information about RiadaConvert. The following topics are included in this file: 1. Installing RiadaConvert 2. Using RiadaConvert With Windows 3.x 3. Upgrading From A Previous Version 4. File List 5. Re-registering RiadaConvert 6. Update History ====================================================================== 1. Installing RiadaConvert ====================================================================== Copy/extract all RiadaConvert distribution files to a new folder or directory. Optionally, name this folder or directory "RConv". Execute the file "rconv.exe". The first time RiadaConvert it executed, it will ask whether you wish to install a group and icons. This will allow you to start RiadaConvert by just clicking an icon. Please note, if you are using Windows 3.x, you must have previously installed Microsoft's Win32s. This Windows extension is available from a number of sites, notably Microsoft on the Internet at, "www.microsoft.com". This extension is not necessary if you are running Windows 95 or Window NT. Optionally, if you are running Windows NT or Windows 3.x, and you have "ctl3d32.dll" in your "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM" or equivalent directory, then RiadaConvert will make use of this library to show 3d controls. This library can usually be obtained from the same locations as the above Win32s. Windows 95 comes with this library, and does not require this step. ====================================================================== 2. Using RiadaConvert With Windows 3.x ====================================================================== Before installing RiadaConvert on a system running Windows 3.x, you MUST install the Win32s system. This is a Windows extension not supplied with Windows 3.x. Failure to install the extension may result in RiadaConvert not functioning properly. This Windows extension is available from a number of sites, notably Microsoft on the Internet at "www.microsoft.com". To install the Win32s execute the program "setup.exe", that is included with the Win32s system. Follow the instructions to complete the setup of Win32s. NOTE: Following the installation of Win32s, you may be required to reboot your computer or restart Windows. Please ensure that you do so, if requested by the Win32s setup. ====================================================================== 3. Upgrading From A Previous Version ====================================================================== If you are upgrading from a previous version of RiadaConvert, then simply install the new version of RiadaConvert in the directory where the previous version was installed. Follow the instructions in 1. Installing RiadaConvert. When upgrading while running Windows 3.x, there should be no reason to reinstall the Win32s extension if it was installed correctly the first time. Please note that versions prior to 1.2 did not save users' modifications in a seperate file, therefore these changes will be lost when installing the new version. Version 1.2 and greater save all user modifications to a seperate file, so that upgrades do not overwrite user modifications. If installing a minor upgrade on top of a registered copy, do not copy the file "rconv.rcr". If you do copy over, or destroy the orginal "rconv.rcr", you will need to follow the registration procedure again, using the original Registration Code supplied to you by Riada. ====================================================================== 4. File List ====================================================================== The following files should be present in the RiadaConvert directory after the installation procedure has been successfully completed: rconv.rcd - The data file, which provides the units rconv.exe - Execute this file to run RiadaConvert rconv.hlp - Provides online help for RiadaConvert rconv.txt - This file rconv.rcr - Registration file rconv.lic - Licensing Agreement file_id.diz - Description of software When distributing RiadaConvert as shareware, ALL these files, and only these files, must be copied, otherwise you may be in breach of your license agreement. If you zip these files to distribute on a BBS or the Internet, they should be called "RCONV130.ZIP". Please note, user additions and modifications to the data (usually saved as "user.rcd"), should not be distributed! Renaming or deleting any of these files may result in RiadaConvert failing to function properly. If any of the files are moved, you may be required to follow the registration procedure again, using the Registration Code supplied to you by Riada (see 5. Re-registering RiadaConvert). ====================================================================== 5. Re-registering RiadaConvert ====================================================================== Occasionally it may be necessary to register RiadaConvert after it has already been registered. This may happen if the registration file is deleted, moved or corrupted, or if you install a minor upgrade, along with the supplied registration file. This can also happen if you decide to change the location that RiadaConvert is stored at. In the event that RiadaConvert needs to be registered again, you MUST re-enter your name exactly as you did when you first registered this product, into the Contact dialog box (Setup|Register). Failure to enter these details exactly as orginally entered may result in RiadaConvert being unable to be registered. Once you have entered these details, enter the Registration Code originally supplied to you by Riada to complete the registration. ====================================================================== 6. Update History ====================================================================== Version 1.21 ------------------- * Addition of a new system in most categories called 'All', allowing all units within the category to be seen at once. * Increased performance when initially loading the units, and in other areas. * Addition of an information dialog box at the start, which indicates which units are being loaded, and how many have been loaded. * Introduced changes that allow units to have multiple spellings without being redefined (for example, metres and meters). The data has been updated to take advantage of this. * The 'Radiation' category has been added, with over 200 additional units. * A problem adding new categories (especially with icons) has been rectified. * All user additions are now stored in a different file than the base data, allowing updates from Riada to preserve users' additions. * Supplied units may be overwritten with the use of the 'overwrite' check box when editing units. If this check box is not set, no modifications to provided units are allowed, ensuring data integrity. Deselecting the overwrite check box restores the unit as originally supplied. * Problems with the 'Money' category have been rectified. Version 1.3 ------------------- * Added reference menu, for useful information, such as SI and metric prefixes, and physical constants. * Added calculator to reference menu.