IPX & SPX Custom Controls For Visual Basic 3.0 & Windows 3.1 ----------------------------------- Version 1.0 December 25, 1993 This document covers important installation and configuration information. This is a shareware distribution of IPX & SPX Custom Controls. IPX & SPX Custom Controls are for use with Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C++. With these controls you may create applications that can communicate as clients and/or servers on Novell NetWare networks. Installation Directions --------------------------------- Create a subdirectory on your hard drive and copy the zip file into it. Unzip the files using the -d option to create the subdirectories for the three example applications. Copy IPX.SPX and SPX.VBX into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. The evaluation version contains a fully functional IPX control, the SPX control will not load in the design environment. The sample applications can then be run by double-clicking on the executables in File Manager, or by using the File/Run option in Program Manager. *********************** Important Program Notes *********************** The IPX.VBX and SPX.VBX require that the workstation be set up as a NetWare client. This involves loading IPX.COM or IPXODI.COM before starting Windows. The following lines should be included in the SYSTEM.INI file to properly load network components for Windows. [386Enh] network=*vnetbios,vipx.386,vnetware.386 [boot] network.drv=netware.drv The example applications also require the NetWare requester (NETX or VLM) be loaded before starting Windows. The applications make several calls through the requester and NWCALLS.DLL to locate other users on the network. ************ Registration ************ To receive a fully functional SPX control, along with technical support, bug fixes, and upgrades, please register your product. You may either register the control by sending a filled out REGISTER.TXT file or by sending your name, media size, address, and $30 to: Lee Wiltbank Attn: IPX/SPX VBX 869 S. 930 W. Payson, UT 84651 Please send any bug reports, suggestions, and enhancement requests to the same address.