Welcome to the WINDOWS Magazine Version Browser v1.2!
(c) 1993-1994 WINDOWS Magazine

This program allows you to examine the various executable
files on your hard disk, and see the "hidden" version information
contained within many of them.  Depending on the file, you
may be able to tell who wrote it, when, and why.

This program is the same as described the "Power Windows" 
columns of the December, 1993 and January, 1994 issues of 
WINDOWS Magazine, with three additions and two changes.  


Additions
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1.  The program can now print a report showing the version 
    information of selected files, or of all files in a directory.  
2.  It remembers the last location of the frmDisp and frmPrint 
    windows and repositions those windows to those locations the 
    next time it runs.  Window position is not saved if window
    is miminized when the program exits.
3.  It now recogizes *.SCR as an executable file type.

Changes
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1.  The EXE file is now named PWBROWSE.EXE.  Some folks reported 
    problems running the program when it was named VER.EXE (perhaps a
    conflict with the DOS VER command), so the named was changed.
2.  The program can now examine files in the root directory of a disk.
    Prior to version 1.2, only files in subdirectories could be examined.


This program and its source code can be freely distributed
and used PROVIDED that all copyright notices, and this README.TXT
file are included and not changed.

In addition to the files contained in this archive, you must
also have a copy of VBRUN300.DLL in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM file.
If you do not already have that file, you can download it from
the same online service where you found this archive.  In the
WINDOWS Magazine Online section of AOL, VBRUN300.DLL is in the
"Miscellaneous" section of the WINMAG file library.


About this archive
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This archive contains the actual program (PWBROWSE.EXE), the file
CMDIALOG.VBX, and all the Visual Basic v3.0 source code and 
other files needed to create PWBROWSE.EXE.

If you're not a programmer, or not interested in modifying the
program, delete all files *except* PWBROWSE.EXE and CMDIALOG.VBX.  
They're not needed and just waste disk space.


Quick Installation
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1.  Make a directory named C:\WINMAG ("MKDIR C:\WINMAG")

2.  Copy the files PWBROWSE.EXE and CMDIALOG.VBX to C:\WINMAG.

3.  Create a Program Manager icon for PWBROWSE.EXE by opening the folder
    where you'd like the icon to appear, selecting "New" from 
    Program Manager's "File" Menu, selecting "New Program Item", then 
    clicking on the OK button.

    In the dialog that follows, make the following entries:
    Description:  WINDOWS Magazine Version Browser
    Command Line:  C:\WINMAG\PWBROWSE.EXE
    Working Directory:  C:\WINMAG

    Finally, click on the OK button.



Optional Disk Saving Steps
--------------------------

PWBROWSE.EXE makes use of a file named CMDIALOG.VBX, which you may
already have.  If so, you can save disk space by only keeping the
newest copy (yours, or the one that came in this archive).

First, determine the date of your copy of CMDIALOG.VBX (if any)
residing in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Then compare that date 
to the date of our CMDIALOG.VBX (4-28-93 at 12:00 am).

If the copy of CMDIALOG.VBX in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory is as
new or newer, just delete our copy of CMDIALOG.VBX from your hard disk.

If the copy of CMDIALOG.VBX in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory is *older* 
than the one in this archive then you have two choices:

1.  Copy our newer CMDIALOG.VBX into your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, 
    replacing your older version.  You can then delete the copy of
    CMDIALOG.VBX in C:\WINMAG.

2.  Or, leave our newer version in the directory with PWBROWSE.EXE, letting
    PWBROWSE.EXE use it but letting your other programs use the older copy
    in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM.