Welcome to Winfile
     
	WinFile is an intuitive personal Windows database
manager for storing, retrieving and printing free-form text
information. WinFile remembers the name of its last database,
dimensions, font, color scheme, and other settings between 
sessions. WinFile's features include random text search, phone
dial, add item, discard item, update item, date stamp, and 
cursor toggle. The program displays Windows fonts and prints
them if supported by your printer.

	Each WinFile entry or record can contain up to 2048
characters, and the maximum number of records in a single
database can be in the thousands!  WinFile automatically backs
up your database at five-minute intervals and names each backup
with the extension BK!.

			System Requirements

	WinFile requires an IBM-compatible 386/486 20+MH PC
running Windows 3.1 (or WFWG) with a VGA or better color
monitor, a hard disk, mouse, and an optional Hayes-compatible
modem with a connected telephone.  Without a modem, all of
WinFile's features work except the telephone dialing function.
			
		WinFile Files in WNFL.ZIP (9 Files)
	
	WFILE.EXE - The main executable file for WinFile
	WFILE.HLP - The WinFile on-line help file
	WFILE.TXT - This text file containing information
                    and installation instructions
	CMDIALOG.VBX - A required support file used by
                       WinFile's common dialogs
	CTL3D.DLL - A required dynamic link library used
                    for 3-D dialogs and messages
	THREED.VBX - A required support file needed for the
                     3-D status bar
	MSCOMM.VBX - A required communications support file
	EMEDIT.VBX - A required support file used for input
                     and output and searching
	EMEDIT.LIC - A required license file used by EMEDIT.VBX

			Installing WinFile
	
	The file CTL3D.DLL should be copied to your Windows
system subdirectory. All other files should be copied to a
single directory or subdirectory reserved for WinFile, e.g.,
C:\WFILE. It is essential that EMEDIT.LIC be on the same
directory as EMEDIT.VBX. In addition, you must have the Visual
Basic 3.0 run-time module, VBRUN300.DLL, in your Windows system
subdirectory. VBRUN300.DLL is available from CompuServe and
most BBSs.
	
	WinFile is launched by running WFILE.EXE.  After WinFile
is loaded, a configuration file WFILE.INI is created in the same
directory as WFILE.EXE. All databases used by WinFile have the
extension WNF and must be in the WinFile directory.  When first
loaded, WinFile creates a default database called OMNI.WNF.

	Care should be taken in setting up your WinFile color
scheme to ensure that selected text is highlighted in WinFile's
main window. The backcolor of WinFile's main window should contrast
with both the forecolor AND the highlight color for your system
as set by Window's Control Panel. For example, if you want WinFile's
backcolor to remain black (default) and the forecolor text white
(default), be sure that Control Panel is set to some other,
contrasting color (like red) for the highlight setting. This will
make it easy to see search text highlighted in each entry and the
selected telephone numbers that you highlight before dialing.


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