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Welcome to SpotCheck

This version of SpotCheck is a beta release. That means that we believe SpotCheck is basically ready for widespread use, but we want to be as confident as possible that there are no nasty bugs lurking, before we make the final product announcement. We appreciate your help in this process. (Unsubtle translation: we need your feedback!)

There are a few important tips and a list of known problems that you should read before you launch SpotCheck. In addition, you should look over the software license.

In case you didn't get a chance to explore our web site completely, this installation includes the complete Product Information section from the site.

If you have just downloaded and installed SpotCheck, you'll probably want to try our tutorial, which is not included in the main download archive for size reasons. The tutorial archive is available from the download page on our website. If you don't have WWW access, send us mail at support@genieworks.com.

Once you have downloaded the archive and expanded it, you will have a "SpotCheck Tutorial" folder containing 3 items: a README, a "Tutorial" folder, and a "Tutorial Projects" folder. The "Tutorial Projects" folder can be placed anywhere. The "Tutorial" folder (NOT the outer "SpotCheck Tutorial" folder) should be dragged into your "SpotCheck:Documentation" folder, so that the SpotCheck Help menu item will function correctly. Also, once you've installed that folder, this link to the Tutorial page will function correctly.

A User's Manual is in the works, but it is still very skeletal. We are including two sections here that are ready for public consumption, and that hopefully will be helpful to you. The first section explains the general aspects of SpotCheck's interface to compiler/runner/viewer helper apps. The second section explains the details of the interface to Metrowerks' CodeWarrior.

As a last resort, our original README document may serve to clarify some points. It was our first piece of documentation, and may be outdated -- in the event of a discrepancy between it and the tutorial or user's manual, the latter two should be trusted. In spite of its age, the README still has some information that we haven't moved into our newer documents yet, so we're including it here as a stopgap measure.