GUITAR TEACHER 1.70 for Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author: Michael Fenemore - Celista Software Guitar Teacher is a system for displaying guitar-chord diagrams. Features: * Seven chord formulas (major, major 7, minor, minor 7, 7, suspended 4, 7 suspended 4) * Six alternatives for each chord * 504 chord diagrams in total * Formula and voicing displayed * Right- or left-handed fingering * Hear the notes of each chord through the computer's speaker * Includes a guitar tuner * Instruction on tuning and chord structure Hardware and software requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computer: IBM or compatible running Microsoft Windows 3.1 Video: VGA color or better, supports all screen resolutions Other: Mouse required VBRUN200.DLL required (see below) Installing Guitar Teacher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------- Pre-installation ---------------- If you have a copy of VBRUN200.DLL in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, then skip this section and continue at the sub-heading "Installation". Guitar Teacher requires the file named VBRUN200.DLL to be copied into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory BEFORE running the install program. This file may not be present with the copy of Guitar Teacher you have aquired. If it is, use the DOS COPY command or the Windows File Manager to copy it. Example: copy a:\vbrun200.dll c:\windows\system VBRUN200.DLL may instead be present in compressed form as VBRUN200.EXE. This is a self-extracting file that must be expanded into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. VBRUN200.DLL is created by running VBRUN200.EXE. The expansion operation must be executed from DOS. (See instructions below.) If VBRUN200.DLL is not present in either form, then it will have to be aquired from another source. Check your usual sources for shareware. Creating VBRUN200.DLL from DOS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Set the current default directory to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. The following is most likely what you need to type: c: cd c:\windows\system 2. Specify the location (path) for VBRUN200.EXE followed by the the command to run it. If VBRUN200.EXE is stored on a diskette in drive A:, in a sub-directory called GT, type: a:\gt\vbrun200 These commands assume: 1. That your copy of Windows is on drive C:. 2. That you are installing Guitar Teacher from a diskette in drive A: where VBRUN200.EXE is stored in a sub-directory called GT. ------------ Installation ------------ Guitar Teacher must be installed from Windows, not DOS. To install Guitar Teacher using the Windows File Manager, select the directory where the compressed Guitar Teacher files are stored and double-click the file called GTSETUP.EXE. Files before installation: 3D.VB_ CHORDS.DA_ DEMO.TX_ ENHANCE.EX_ GT.CFG GT.EX_ GTSETUP.EXE HZ.DAT INDEX.DAT ORDERFRM.EX_ README.TXT SETUPKIT.DLL STRUCT.TX_ TUNING.TX_ TV.EX_ USING.TX_ VBRUN200.EXE Files installed to the Guitar Teacher directory: 3D.VBX CHORDS.DAT Guitar Teacher chord database. DEMO.TXT Sample text file that is long enough and wide enough to demonstrate all of Text View's features. ENHANCE.EXE An advanced version of Guitar Teacher called "Guitar Pro" is available. ENHANCE.EXE previews Guitar Pro's enhancements. GT.CFG Guitar Teacher configuration file. GT.EXE Guitar Teacher. HZ.DAT Guitar Teacher data file. INDEX.DAT Guitar Teacher data file. ORDERFRM.EXE Order form printing utility. README.TXT This file. STRUCT.TXT Instruction on chord structure. TUNING.TXT Instruction on tuning. TV.EXE Text View. USING.TXT Instruction on using Guitar Teacher. Text View creates a file called TEXTVIEW.INI and stores it in the Windows directory. Text View Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may wish to copy Text View's icon into another program group, for instance, whichever group you use to hold all of your Windows accessories. In the Windows Program Manager: Click (not double-click) Text View's icon so its caption is highlighted, then choose the following: File Copy... Then choose the group you want to copy to. You can now run Text View from the Guitar Teacher group or the group containing the new copy. When you double-click the Text View icon (with the caption "Read Me") in Guitar Teacher's program group, the file README.TXT is automatically loaded into Text View on start up. This feature is controlled by setting Text View's command line. It's best to leave the copy in the Guitar Teacher group as is, but for an icon you copy to another program group, you can change Text View's command line so that it doesn't load a file on start up. In the Windows Program Manager: Click (not double click) Text View's icon so its caption is highlighted, then choose the following: File Properties... Command line: Remove the filename at the end of the command line. You can cause Text View to load any text (ASCII) file. Command line syntax: TV [[drive:][path]filename] Example: c:\gtwin.170\tv c:\txtfiles\maillist.txt This example assumes you have a sub-directory named TXTFILES which stores a file named MAILLIST.TXT. Large Fonts ~~~~~~~~~~~ Text View uses the Windows "Terminal" font so that extended ASCII code graphic characters will be displayed properly. An error can occur if you have used your video card software to display "large fonts". Using large fonts causes other problems for Text View and Guitar Teacher as well. If you are using large fonts, use your video card software to reset Windows to use "normal fonts". Association ~~~~~~~~~~~ You can "associate" filename extensions with Text View. For example, the extension "TXT" is usually associated with the Windows Notepad editor. This means that any time you double-click a filename with a TXT extension in the Windows File Manager, Notepad automatically starts and loads the file you clicked. If you spend more time viewing text files than you do editing them, you may wish to associate the TXT extension with Text View. Run the File Manager for help on associating.