------------------------------------------------------------------ If you cannot read all the text, click Word Wrap on the Edit menu. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Installing FlowCharter 7 30 Day Trial Version ------------------------------------- This is a 30 day trial version of FlowCharter 7. FlowCharter 7 is fully functional; there are no limitations to your use of the product. After 30 days from the install date of the trial version, you will no longer be able to launch FlowCharter 7. To install FlowCharter 7 on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0: a. Start Windows 95. b. Insert the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. c. Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon in My Computer. d. Double-click SETUP.EXE. e. Follow the instructions on screen. To install FlowCharter 7 on Windows NT 3.51: a. Start Windows NT. b. Insert the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. c. Click the CD-ROM drive icon in the File Manager. d. Double-click SETUP.EXE. e. Follow the instructions on screen. Note: FlowCharter 7 supports double-byte character sets. This means that if you run FlowCharter 7 on the Chinese or Korean versions of Windows 95, you can use native non-English character sets. Note about virus checkers: Virus checkers installed with "strict" checking prevent you from copying files to the hard disk until the checker has gone over the file. If you have a virus checker on your system, disable the checker or set it to a different mode before installing FlowCharter 7. Note about Fonts: Windows requires that fonts be installed to the same drive where Windows is located. If your computer's hard drive is set up as more than one drive (for example, drive C: and drive D:), you can choose to install FlowCharter 7 to any drive, but you must have enough space available for fonts on the drive that contains Windows. Installing FlowCharter 7 on a Network ------------------------------------------ Instructions for installing FlowCharter 7 on a network are located on the root of the CD-ROM in an uncompressed help file entitled NETREAD.HLP. You can access this file from My Computer by double-clicking on its icon. Where to Find Help ------------------ Technical support is not provided for a Trial version of FlowCharter. On-line Help -- The FlowCharter 7 context-sensitive, online help system is designed so you can easily find the information you want. Using the Windows 95 help system, it's easier than ever to find exactly what you're looking for with a few mouse clicks. Check our web site for easily accessible information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. http://www.micrografx.com Read Me -- This file contains the latest information available. What's on the CD-ROM? ----------------------- FlowCharter 7 Trial -- The number-one, all-in-one flowcharting program for Windows 95 and Windows NT. This 32-bit program includes the capabilities of flowcharting, statistical process analysis charts, and quick-and-easy graphics (formerly known as SnapGraphics)! FlowCharter 7 Multimedia Demonstration -- An interactive demonstration of the features and benefits of FlowCharter 7. WebCharter -- WebCharter lets you visually map Web sites using FlowCharter. To install WebCharter refer to "Installing WebCharter" in this file. Visual Basic Script documentation -- Visual Basic Script can be used in FlowCharter 7 with the Living FlowChart feature. We have provided documentation on Visual Basic Script on the CD-ROM. To install the documentation, refer to "Installing Visual Basic Script Documentation" in this file. Installing WebCharter --------------------- 1 Open the Explorer or My Computer. 2 Browse to the WebChart folder on the CD-ROM. 3 Double-click the file called WCInstal.exe. A dialog box appears asking if you want to install WebCharter. 4 Click Yes. The WebCharter license agreement appears. 5 Click Yes to accept the license agreement. 6 The program displays a default directory path. If you want to install WebCharter in a different directory, click the Browse button and select it. NOTE: You cannot create a new directory during setup. If you want to install WebCharter in a different directory, exit the setup and create the directory. 7 Click OK. Installing Visual Basic Script Documentation -------------------------------------------- 1 Open the Explorer or My Computer. 2 Browse to the VBS folder on the CD-ROM. 3 Double-click the file called Vbsdoc.exe. The documentation installs. Importing Data from Databases ----------------------------- FlowCharter 7 only supports the importing of data from Microsoft Access databases, Excel, and text files. Other ODBC data sources are not supported. VB3TO4.EXE ---------- The VB3TO4.EXE utility converts Visual Basic form files written using ABCAUTO.VBX so that they will use FLOW.OCX (not ABCFLOW.OCX as the utility states). Refer to the automate help file for instructions on converting your forms. To open the automate help file: 1 In the \Program Files\Micrografx\FlowCharter folder, double-click automate.hlp. 2 Click the Index tab. 3 Type: vb3to4.exe 4 Press Enter. Saving FlowCharter 7 Files as ABC FlowCharter 6 or 4.0 Files ------------------------------------------------------------ You can save your FlowCharter 7 files in a file format that is readable by ABC FlowCharter 4.0 and ABC FlowCharter 6. However, when you choose to do that, you should be aware that you will lose some of the files' attributes, as described below: Gradient Fills -- Shapes with gradient fills will appear correctly in ABC FlowCharter 4.0 and ABC FlowCharter 6. However, when you open the file in FlowCharter 7 again, the shapes will not have the gradient fill attribute set. The shapes will have a series of bands that can be individually formatted and colored. Rotated bitmaps -- Rotated bitmaps (not 90 degrees) will appear correctly in ABC FlowCharter 6, but when read back to FlowCharter 7, the bitmaps will become a series of bitmaps defining the mask and the scan lines. The original bitmap will be gone. Scripts -- Scripts will be lost. Lines -- Filled lines will become normal lines. Wide, styled lines will become hairline. Shadows and 3D effects on lines will be lost. Shadows -- Any shadow not available in ABC FlowCharter 4.0 or ABC FlowCharter 6 will be converted to the default shadow. (The default shadow appears on the bottom, right of a shape.) 3D -- 3D attributes are lost. Worksheet -- Worksheet state data will be lost (for example, the worksheet window's position and location where you have the window docked will be lost, etc.). Allow Styling - You will not be able to change the style of objects with multiple fills or lines in ABC FlowCharter 6, unless you turn on the checkbox in the Shape Properties dialog. Groups -- Groups are ungrouped; they become individual objects again. Layers -- Objects will no longer be on separate layers. Pages across and down -- Values are lost, across and down are recalculated when an old file is read in. CoolSheets - CoolSheets will be lost, but shapes that were placed using a CoolSheet will appear in the correct locations in ABC FlowCharter 4.0 and ABC FlowCharter 6. Rotated text - Rotated text will appear to be unrotated in ABC FlowCharter 4.0 and ABC FlowCharter 6. Links to Internet - Links to the Internet will still work. The data specifying the link will be there, but it will just launch your browser. Your browser may prompt you to download the file. Linking to charts on the web ---------------------------- If you want to link to charts on the web ("trans-web linking"), you must install either Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher, or WebCharter. WebCharter is included on the FlowCharter 7 CD-ROM. When you install WebCharter, you install some files necessary for the support of trans-web linking. WebCharter installation instructions are included earlier in this readme.txt file. If you already have Internet Explorer 3.x or higher installed, you do not need to install WebCharter to use the trans-web linking feature. =============== Known Problems =============== Having the 3D effect on by default prevents drawing open shapes --------------------------------------------------------------- If you set a 3D style, then try to draw a line, FlowCharter automatically closes the shape and applies a 3D effect. This situation occurs when you select the Draw Tool, then select Jointed Line or Curved Line when a 3D effect is turned on. If you want to draw a line without it turning into a closed shape, turn off the 3D effect. To do so: 1 Click the 3D button on the Formatting toolbar. 2 Click No 3D. Shapes drawn with solid, nominal width lines ------------------------------------------- You may observe some display problems when you have charts containing shapes drawn with solid, nominal width lines and you have certain Chips and Technologies video drivers. Contact your vendor for updated drivers. Saving a .FLO file -- "Failed to save document" message ------------------------------------------------------- A "Failed to save document" message may occur when saving a .FLO file that contains an OLE-embedded image to certain network environments. If this occurs, save a .FLO file that does not contain an OLE-embedded image. After you do this, you will be able to save your file normally. Installation to systems not supporting long file names ------------------------------------------------------ To install FlowCharter successfully, your storage device (hard drive) must support long file names. Windows 95 and Windows NT both support long file names by default. You may run into this problem: - If you are running on a Windows NT system and have turned off support for long file names. - If you are using a diskless workstation which uses a network server as your hard drive, and the server does not support long file names. You must have support for long file names on your system to install FlowCharter successfully. If either of the two conditions apply to you, contact your system administrator for help. Saving FlowCharter 7 files (.FLO) as ABC FlowCharter 6 (.ABC) files ------------------------------------------------------------------- You can save FlowCharter 7 files (.FLO) as ABC FlowCharter 6 files. However, when you do so, you will not be able to place objects outside of the first page. To work around this problem: 1 Open the file in ABC FlowCharter 6. 2 On the File menu, click Page Setup. 3 Click OK. 4 Change the zoom level. After you follow this procedure, you will be able to place objects outside of the first page. Can't open files -- Embedded OLE objects and Shapes with 3D effects ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you apply a 3D effect to shapes, you will not be able to open files that contain embedded OLE objects until you close and reopen FlowCharter. Saving to previous versions of ABC FlowCharter formats -- CoolSheets -------------------------------------------------------------------- CoolSheets saved to .AF3 files will not open in ABC FlowCharter 4.0. Can't access the web link in the multimedia demonstration under Windows NT -------------------------------------------------------------------- The web links in the multimedia demonstration do not work under Windows NT. To visit our web site for the FlowCharter trial CD, load your browser (either Internet Explorer or Netscape) and go to http://www.micrografx.com/getresults/. Our Web Site ------------ Please visit our Web site (http://www.micrografx.com) for information about other known problems and resolutions.