A Brief Introduction to PIC (Program Instance Control)

February 20, 1995

SOFTWARE LICENSE
The PIC software is copyrighted.  You have a limited license to use
this software free for 30 days and to distribute copies of this program
without charge to other people who may want to use it.  If you wish
to use the software beyond the 30 day free-trial peroid, you must
register your copy of the program either on your Online Service or by
sending a check or money order for $19.95 along with your name and
address (or your company name and address) to

                    Green Willow Software
                    4123 Snowbank Court
                    San Jose, CA 95135

This license is non-transferable.  If this program is used on a local
area network it is licensed on a per-node basis for each node that has
access to the program.  Site licenses are available.

DISCLAIMER
While considerable effort has been made to a provide high-quality error
free product, you use this software entirely at your own risk.  In no
event shall Green Willow Software or its distributors be held liable
for any direct, incidental or consequential damages arising from the
use of or inability to use this software, including without limitation,
lost time, out of pocket expenses, business interruption, loss of
business profits, loss of information or any other monetary loss, even
if Green Willow Software has been advised of the possibility of such
damages.

THE PROGRAM
PIC is the Mighty Mouse of program managers for Windows.  It has the
most accessible user interface yet devised for a Windows system program.

PIC requires no configuration and no setup to run the standard Windows
programs.  After you have used it for a while you will want to add your
own programs to its menus. To do this, see "Customizing" in the PIC
on-line help while you are running the program.

To run PIC you need only two files: PIC.EXE and PIC.INI.  Both files
should be placed in a subdirectory of your Windows directory. This
location in the Windows directory is particularly important if you are
running on a local area network and want to maintain your own private
configuration for PIC.

For example, if it does not already exist and WINDOWS is the name of
your Windows directory, you could create a directory such as,

    C:\WINDOWS\UTILS

and copy the PIC files to it.

Run PIC from this directory with Program Manager the first time you
use it. Once PIC is running, you can access the on-line help to find
out how to complete the installation and how to customize the menus.
"Help", along with all of the other PIC menus, is located on the system
menu that pops up when you click the upper left corner of the PIC window.

Note that the shareware version of PIC supports up to 10 groups of 10
commands each.  If you need more, REGISTER THE PROGRAM.  The registered
version will allow more than 50 command groups.

Enjoy,

Ray Connell
CompuServe 73277,1501
INET: RayConnell@engineers.com