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- ComponentSource ActiveX Working Model CSREADME.TXT
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- How to use this Document
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- To view this CSREADME.TXT on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad
- window and from the Edit menu enable Word Wrap.
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- To print this CSREADME.TXT, open it in Notepad or another word
- processor, then use the Print command on the File menu.
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- Contents of this Document
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- 1. About ComponentSource ActiveX Working Model
- 2. Installing ComponentSource
- 3. Using ComponentSource
- 4. UnInstalling ComponentSource
- 5. Experiencing difficulties ?
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- 1. About ComponentSource ActiveX Working Model
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- On this ActiveX Working Model issue of ComponentSource you will find
- demonstrations, technical specifications, retail help files and
- encrypted full retail versions of a handful of software components
- for visual development tools.
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- The FULL version of ComponentSource, available free of charge
- to software developers, contains hundreds of products.
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- If you find the ActiveX Working Model of use and would like the FULL
- version, just call +44 (0) 118 958 1111.
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- To buy and unlock any product on the CD simply
- call our sales hotline of +44 (0) 118 958 1111 and within minutes
- you will be using the products you need.
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- To correctly view the contents of the CD you must first install
- the ComponentSource Browser, described below.
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- 2. Installing ComponentSource
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- Minimum System Requirements :
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- 486 66MHz (Pentium recommended)
- 12Mb RAM (16Mb recommended)
- 256 Colour VGA
- 8Mb Hard Disk
- Double Speed CD-ROM (Quad Speed recommended)
- Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows95 or Windows NT 3.51
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- Run CSSETUP.EXE found in the root directory and follow the
- on screen instructions. Depending on which system files
- you already have installed, you will need on average
- approximately 4Mb of disk space on the drive that contains
- your Windows System directory and another 3Mb of disk space
- on the drive where you choose to install the program files.
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- An INSTALL.LOG file will be created after completion of the
- installation and will contain a list of all files that were
- copied onto your system. Please DO NOT delete this file as it
- is needed by the the UnInstall program, should you choose to
- run it.
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- ComponentSource does not modify your WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI,
- AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files in any way. Dynamic link
- libraries and custom controls are copied to your Windows
- System directory. Older versioned or earlier dated files
- are copied to the backup directory you specified during the
- installation process. The installation program does not
- overwrite later versioned or later dated system files.
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- Should you wish to obtain a list of files included in the
- installation kit or would like to manually extract any files
- contained within it, run CSSETUP.EXE with the "/X" command line
- parameter. You will find a full list of files together with
- file date, time and size information.
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- 3. Using ComponentSource
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- From the ComponentSource Program Group or Start Menu,
- select the 'ComponentSource Demo CD' icon and the CD browser will run.
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- In order to use this issue of ComponentSource you must first
- have installed it using CSSETUP.EXE, as described above.
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- 4. UnInstalling ComponentSource
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- Run 'ComponentSource Demo UnInstall' from the ComponentSource Program
- Group.
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- Alternatively, locate the directory where you first installed
- ComponentSource, normally, C:\Program Files\CSource on Windows 95
- or C:\CSource on Windows 3.1, and run the program, UNWISE.EXE.
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- The Uninstall program reads the INSTALL.LOG file, also found in
- this directory, that was previously created by the CSSETUP process.
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- Uninstall gives you a choice of what you would like to remove. We
- recommend that you use the 'Automatic' option.
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- Please remember, that if you choose to manually remove files
- and you remove shared files from Windows System, you may find
- other programs that require them, stop working.
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- 5. Experiencing difficulties ?
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- Problem - When running CSSETUP.EXE another program is loaded in
- memory, such as The MSOffice Shortcut bar, and
- SETUP may conflict with one of its in-memory DLLs.
- If at this point the CSSETUP is aborted, there is a
- chance that the other application ceases to function
- correctly, erroring with 'UNDEFINED CALL TO DYNALINK'.
- Resolution - Remove any items from the STARTUP group, restart
- Windows and rerun the ComponentSource CSSETUP.EXE.
- Once installed correctly the problem is rectified.
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- Problem - SETUP went through OK but get 'Error loading from file'
- or 'Object not found' when running the CD browser for the
- first time.
- Resolution - The 16bit OCX's needed by the CD browser are not correctly
- registered in the system registry. The program
- REGISTER.BAT, found in the COMPONEN\HELPME\REGISTER
- directory, will register them correctly for you.
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- To run REGISTER.BAT just double click it from either
- File Manager or Windows 95 Explorer. Several dialog
- boxes appear giving the status of each file registration.
- If any of the registrations fail, please call
- ComponentSource on +44 (0) 118 958 1111.
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