AD Reader 2.1 Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 by Carlos Yagui All Rights Reserved SUMMARY AD Reader is a shareware program that allows you to use your favorite bitmaps (.BMP) with your After Dark Screen Saver. Simply select the bitmaps, choose the effect and AD Reader will take care of the rest. You'll never get bored again watching the same screens again and again...and again....!!! Simply copy the bitmaps you like to your hard disk and replace them once you get bored or read them from your favorite CD ROM directly. It's like designing a new screen saver every time you like! Here are some registered used comments: "...I scanned some family pictures and made a screen saver with the photos we took in our last vacation...my wife and children love it!.." "...I made my own screen saver with all the pictures I downloaded from my favorite BBS...once I got bored, I simply replaced them with new pictures!" "...I hated to see the same pictures over and over. The guys at the office told me "When are you gonna get rid of that screen saver? almost everyday... now, I can change my screen saver every week...I even made one screen saver with my company logo (my boss love it...)... great work! and I hope many register as I did..." "... I don't have a big hard disk so I hate to install a screen saver that required 3.5 Mb of hard disk space... I simply tell AD Reader to read the images directly from my CD ROM or over the network in the office.." This is a shareware program. This means that you are allow to have a 15-day trial period. After that, you must register because: 1) it's the right thing to do 2) it's nice to be honest 3) because..I don't know exactly why...but I feel I can trust you....(^-^) If you register, you will receive the latest version of AD Reader, the "Unregistered Copy" messages will be gone and your name will be branded in the AD Reader Dialog (you will have a personalize copy of the program...so please write your name clearly , as you would like it to appear, in the registration form..)B Licensing I certainly don't like authors who ask you to pay for every copy you install For example, they ask you to pay for the copy you have at your home, to pay for your another copy at the office and another more for your laptop! Let's be honest, that it's too much. Part of the joy of writing shareware software is to know that the registered user is using it, having fun with it, and one (the author) haven't ripped you in the process. So if you register, you will have the license to install AD Reader in as many computers as you like, PROVIDED that those computers are YOUR computers. This means that you can install AD Reader in YOUR home computer, at YOUR office computer, in YOUR laptop, at YOUR Dacha...(Do you really have one? Whoww!!) . However, you are NOT allowed to install it in your friend's computer or give it for free to anybody. Also, you CANNOT buy one copy and install it in a computer center (please ask about site licenses). Let's be honest: if you do so, I won't be able to make a penny...and a penny counts...(you will be surprise to know how many people use shareware and never register...bad guys!!!) INSTALLATION 1. Set your video resolution to at least 32K colors or 65k colors.. AD Reader works very nicely in these modes, displaying beautiful pictures in full colors. I am really sorry, but with 256 colors you won't be able to see anything clearly. Please consult your video card manual or you computer manual to see how to change your video mode. 2. Copy the READER.AD file into your After Dark directory. If you are using After Dark 2.0, then you MUST put the file in your After Dark main directory (it won't work if you copy it in an After Dark subdirectory). 3. Re-start After Dark by pressing the Control Key (CTRL) and double clicking your After Dark icon. REQUIREMENTS 1) Requires Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and above. 2) After Dark 2.0 for Windows and above. REGISTRATION To order AD Reader 2.1, send a check (drawn in U.S. dollars and in a U.S. Bank) or a money order for $19.95 (U.S. dollars) with the registration form below to: Carlos Yagui 14080 Nacogdoches 117 San Antonio, Texas 78247 U.S.A Again, checks must be in US dollars drawn on a US bank. You can also send international postal money orders in US dollars. Cash is not encouraged because it can get lost in the mail. If you cannot sent a check or a money order, then I'll accept cash but be aware that you are mailing it at your risk. -------------------------------------- cut here---------------------------------------- ORDER FORM AD Reader 2.1 ____ copies at $19.95 each , Total _____________ Shipping: free shipping anywhere in the world!!! Total payment enclosed _____________ Name: _________________________________________________ Company: ______________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________ City, State, ZIP: _____________________________________ Country: _______________________________________________ Where did you find AD Reader 2.1 ? ______________________________ Comments:____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------- Cut here------------------------------------------- DISTRIBUTION You are free to distribute this shareware version of AD Reader 2.1, give it to your friends for evaluation, upload it into your favorite BBS (e.g. Compuserve, Genie, or your local BBS), etc. as long as the following conditions are met: 1) The distributed archive must ONLY contain the files a) READER.AD b) READER.TXT c) FILE_ID.DIZ 2) The contents of this files are NOT MODIFIED in any way. 3) This version is not to be sold. However, a reasonable disk copying fee is permitted. 4) This version is not to be bundled with a commercially sold package without permission from the author. 5) If this program is to be included in a CD-ROM or a book, then a written permission is needed. DISCLAIMER THIS SOFTWARE AND ALL THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT. Ackwnledgments The effect "Saurabah" was based on the source code from Saurabh Dixit that was published on "Dr. Dobb's Sources." May 1995, edition. COPYRIGHTS After Dark is a registered trademark of Berkeley Systems, Inc.