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INTRODUCTION This file contains information about the INSTALLATION or SETUP procecure for the Windows version of the TCN program. For general information about the TCN program or Shareware, browse the file README.DOC. GENERAL You can install the TCN Program on your computer in one of three ways: 1) Use SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE (fully automatic Windows programs) 2) Use TCNSTALL.BAT (run manually from DOS prompt, self-documenting) 3) Use individual DOS commands from DOS prompt (see TCNSTALL.BAT) SETUP.EXE (or TCNSETUP.EXE for those who do not have SETUP.EXE) can be used to install the TCN program (set it up) on your computer. Refer to "OPERATION OF SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE" for detailed instructions about using these programs. TCNSTALL.BAT results in a slightly different arrangement of TCN program files when it is used. For further information, refer to "OPERATION OF TCNSTALL.BAT" which is contained in the last 3 paragraphs in this file. Following "OPERATION OF SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE", additional information is presented which may be helpful in those cases where the SETUP.EXE procedure does not work. Please try these procedures and TCNSTALL.BAT before calling for technical assistance. OPERATION OF SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE 1. Access the Windows Program Manager. (If you're not sure what the Program Manager is, start Windows on your machine. The Program Manager is usually the first screen to appear when Windows starts.) 2. Click on the File menu at the upper left hand corner of the Program Manager window. (The menu appears.) 3. Click on the Run option (7th option down, just above Exit Windows option) of the File menu. (The dialog box for the Run option appears. If you know how to type drive and path information for the SETUP.EXE program, you can do that and skip to step 9.) 4. Click the Browse button (at right side, 3rd button down) in the Run option dialog box. (The Browse dialog box appears.) 5. Click on the Drives: box at lower left of the Browse dialog box. A menu pops down below the Drives: box. If needed, use the vertical scroll bar to scroll the drive icon into view for the drive which contains your TCN program setup files. Click on the icon for the drive that contains your TCN program files. (The pop down menu disappears and the drive letter and volume name of the indicated drive appears in the Drives: box.) 6. Click the Directories: scroll box (above the Drives: box) to indicate which directory contains your TCN program setup files. (The name of the directory you indicated is displayed above the Directories: scroll box.) NOTE: If you do not see the name of the directory you know contains the TCN program files, you can click the root directory icon (always displayed at the top of the Directories: scroll box) and work down to the known directory from there. 7. When you have found and identified the appropriate directory in step 6, the program name SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE should appear in the File Name: scroll box below the File Name: box which is to the left of the Directories: box. If needed, scroll through the File Name: scroll box using the vertical scroll bar until you see the program name SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE. Click on the program name SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE. (The name you indicate appears in the File Name: box just below the File Name: title.) 8. Click the Browse dialog box Ok button (top button at right side) The Browse dialog box disappears and the Run option dialog box appears with the indicated drive, path, and file name from steps 5 - 7 repeated in the Command Line: box. 9. Click the Ok button (top button at right) in the Run option dialog box. If you indicated SETUP.EXE in step 7, the message "Initializing Setup" appears. If you indicated TCNSETUP.EXE in step 7, that message does NOT appear. You may or may not be prompted for the drive and path containing TCN program files. If you are, type drive letter, colon and backslash if files are in the root directory. Follow that by complete path information if files are not in the root directory, in which case, a trailing backslash is not needed. The TCN Program Dedication Screen will appear. View it and move on by pressing a key or clicking the mouse. You can access it from within the TCN program. You WILL be then prompted for a destination directory. 10. When you are prompted for a target install directory, C:\USA is offered as a default. You can click Ok to accept the default or you can specify any valid path on a drive with sufficient space to hold the TCN program files. Click Ok in the Target drive and directory dialog box when the desired target drive and path are correctly indicated. After you click ok, your hard drive is checked for adequate space. If insufficient space exists on your hard drive, you are advised and the setup process is automatically terminated. You must clear some space on your hard drive or start over and indicate a different target drive in step 10. If a copy of the TCN program exists on the path you specify, you are notified by a prompt. You can create an icon and exit without installing the program files, you can create an icon and install the program files, or you can exit without installing either. If your target drive has enough space, the Windows screen will disappear momentarily. This is normal. When it reappears, a SFX file will be running. When the Windows screen reappears, you are advised if the TCN program installed successfully. TCNbP Company provides limited technical support for installation problems. Contact your shareware disk vendor, your CD-ROM supplier (or the manufacturer), or your BBS Sysop for technical support or warranty replacements. Please try the following steps or TCNSTALL.BAT before calling anyone for technical support. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM If the setup process does not complete successfully, refer to the following information to see if you got a complete file set. You might need to unzip VBRUN300.*** (extension may vary depending on method of compression) and copy the resulting VBRUN300.DLL into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Or, you may need to obtain the zipped file. If you got your TCN program copy from a BBS, look for VBRUN300.ZIP or VBRUN300.*** on the BBS. If your copy of the TCN program files came from a CD-ROM, look on it for a likely file. Either place should have a source of instructions about unzipping and installing the file VBRUN300.DLL. You can search for VBRUN300.*** on your hard drive or CD-ROM using the Search facility of the Windows File Manager program. A procedure to do that is included in this file. VALID TCN PROGRAM FILE SETS To accommodate shareware distribution using various media (diskettes, BBS, CD-ROM), the TCN program can be distributed in three different file sets. The complete file set distributed by TCNbP Company contains the following files: SETUP EXE 15,312 04-28-93 12:00a VER DL_ 9,008 03-10-92 3:10a SETUPKIT DL_ 3,657 04-28-93 12:00a VBRUN300 DL_ 276,684 05-12-93 12:00a TCNSETUP EX_ 15,529 03-20-96 9:23p README DOC 29,378 03-20-96 10:01p SETUP LST 51 07-10-94 11:49a TCN34WIN EX_ 250,950 03-20-96 10:45p SETUP DOC 14,865 03-20-96 10:02p TCNSTALL BAT 6,647 03-01-96 5:11p WTP BMP WTP TCN NOTE: The provided file sizes, dates, and times are approximate. This file set can be abbreviated in two ways. The first way is: VER DLL 9,008 03-10-92 3:10a SETUPKIT DLL 7,008 04-28-93 12:00a TCNSETUP EXE 30,225 03-20-96 9:23p README DOC 29,378 03-20-96 10:01p TCN34WIN EX_ 250,950 03-20-96 10:45p SETUP DOC 14,865 03-20-96 10:02p TCNSTALL BAT 6,647 03-01-96 5:11p WTP BMP WTP TCN The second way this file set can be abbreviated is: VER DLL 9,008 03-10-92 3:10a SETUPKIT DLL 7,008 04-28-93 12:00a VBRUN300 DLL 398,416 05-12-93 12:00a TCNSETUP EXE 30,225 03-20-96 9:23p README DOC 29,378 03-20-96 10:01p TCN34WIN EX_ 250,950 03-20-96 10:45p SETUP DOC 14,865 03-20-96 10:02p TCNSTALL BAT 6,647 03-01-96 5:11p WTP BMP WTP TCN If you have the second file set, look for a compressed version of VBRUN300.DLL. It will probably have an extension like .ZIP, .EX_, .EXE, .ARC or something like that. If the extension is .ZIP, try using PKUNZIP to decompress it. If the extension is EXE, type VBRUN300 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM to decompress it. If the extension is EX_, use the DOS EXPAND command to decompress it. Refer to appropriate helps or documentation as required to decompress VBRUN300.***. If you have the 3rd file set, copy all three .DLL files to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory and try TCNSETUP again. If that does not work, try contacting your vendor. If that does not work, order a viable copy of the TCN program directly from TCNbP Company, P.O. Box 516, OLLA, LA 71465 USA. Cost is $10.00 and that amount applies toward registration if you register. Also, you receive both a DOS version and a Windows version of the TCN program. From CD-ROM If your trial copy of the TCN program is on a CD-ROM, follow the manufacturer's instructions with the CD-ROM program launcher. Contact your supplier or the manufacturer for technical support. Refer to OPERATION OF SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE in a prior paragraph for a description of what is supposed to happen while the TCN program is installed. From BBS download files If the TCN program download file is 500 K in size (typical, could be as low as 375K), it probably includes VBRUN300.DL_. If the TCN program download file is 250K or less (typical, could be up to 325 K), it probably does NOT include VBRUN300.DL_. If your download file includes VBRUN300.DL_, run SETUP.EXE from the "Run" option of the "File" menu of the Windows Program Manger. If your download file does NOT include VBRUN300.DL_, make sure you have a copy of VBRUN300.DLL in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory before attempting installation. SEARCHING FOR VBRUN300.*** ON YOUR HARD DRIVE OR CD-ROM NOTE: The TCN program requires that VBRUN300.DLL be in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. TCNSETUP can operate with VBRUN300.DLL in the same directory with TCNSETUP. Hence, if TCNSETUP ran ok but the TCN program won't start, first check the floppy copy with the TCN program files on it or the directory where you unzipped BBS download files for the file VBRUN300.DLL. If it is there, copy it to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory and ignore the rest of this procedure. To determine whether you have VBRUN300.DLL or a zipped file that contains it, you can use the search feature of the Windows File Manager (icon looks like a file cabinet). The search feature is activated by clicking on the "Search" option (12th option down, 2 above Exit option at bottom) of the "File" menu (icon at top left) of the Windows File Manager. Type VBRUN*.* in the "Search For:" box. Click "Search all subdirectories" box so that an "X" appears in it. Type a \ (backslash) in the "Start search from" box. Click ok. If you get a message "No matching entries found", your search key is not on the drive you indicated. Repeat search for another logical hard drive until you find VBRUN300.*** or you have searched all logical hard drives. If your search key is on a drive, a box will appear with each occurrence of the search key listed by drive and path. You can use the drive and path information to locate VBRUN300.*** If you locate VBRUN300.DLL somewhere other than in WINDOWS\SYSTEM, copy it to WINDOWS\SYSTEM. If you do not find VBRUN300.DLL on your hard drive or CD-ROM, obtain a copy of it and copy (decompress if necessary) it into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. After you know you have VBRUN300.DLL, unzip the TCN program download file and run TCNSETUP.EXE from the "Run" option of the "File" menu of the Windows Program Manger. Refer to OPERATION OF SETUP.EXE or TCNSETUP.EXE in a prior paragraph for a description of what is supposed to happen while the TCN program is installed. OPERATION OF TCNSTALL.BAT TCNSTALL.BAT can be run with no options to display its documentation. You can doubleclick on its icon from Windows File Manager. Or you can exit to DOS, make the drive where TCNSTALL.BAT is located current, and then make the directory where it is located current. After that, type TCNSTALL and press ENTER. FYI, TCNSTALL places VBRUN300.DLL, TCNSETUP.EXE, and the TCN program files in the same target directory. This is as opposed to SETUP.EXE which puts TCNSETUP.EXE in the WINDOWS directory, VBRUN300.DLL in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, and the TCN program files in the install directory you specify. After using TCNSTALL to install the TCN program, you can start the TCN program from Windows File Manager by double clicking on the TCN.EXE icon in the target directory you specified. Or you can use TCNSETUP.EXE to create the icon. When TCNSETUP.EXE prompts you for the install directory, specify the same path you used as the option for TCNSTALL.BAT. When TCNSETUP.EXE detects the TCN program already installed there, it will offer you the option of "Create Icon Only?" Click yes.