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- S o f t w a r e F o r g e Sysex Manager 1.0
-
- * The Sysex Manager program and its associated documentation files are
- copyright (C) 1995 Samuel Marshall
-
-
- * System Requirements
-
- ▄ ∙ Windows 3.1 or later
- ▐ ∙ CTL3D.DLL file (is freely distributable but I left it out to keep
- ▐ the size down; look for it on other people's Windows or Windows\system
- ▐ directories if you don't have it, it comes with all modern Microsoft
- ▐ applications)
- ▐ ∙ MIDI input and output drivers for your soundcard or MIDI interface
-
-
- * Help File Graphics
-
- ▄ Yes, they are supposed to look like that. They're *supposed* to look
- ▐ like that (with green coloured bits, etc) on 24 bit as well, but I
- ▐ didn't have time to convert them to 16 colours (the programs I tried
- ▐ wouldn't do it the same as WinHelp, so I would have had to mess with
- ▐ Photoshop).
-
-
- * Bugs
-
- ▄ Hmm? There aren't any! :-) Seriously, there are a few *possible* bugs,
- ▐ mainly due to me completing this upgraded version in two days.
- ▐
- ▐ ∙ Closing MIDI ports when minimised may not work as expected
- ▐
- ▐ I couldn't find another program to reliably use the MIDI ports and
- ▐ report errors, in the time available.
- ▐
- ▐ ∙ The minimised icon does not display properly. Also, the icon is
- ▐ absent from the Alt-Tab display.
- ▐
- ▐ This is due to the way the program is written as a dialog box. The
- ▐ changes to get it to work are fairly minor but I ran out of time.
- ▐
- ▐ ∙ Do not try to run two copies of Sysex Manager unless really necessary.
- ▐ If it *is* necessary, ensure they never try to access the same port.
-
-
- * Why it was rushed
-
- ▄ Well, my programs are usually rushed for something or other! This time,
- ▐ it was to try and get it done for the Best of British Shareware CD.
-
-
- * What the upgrade adds over version 0.9
-
- ▄ More than was initially planned! :)
- ▐
- ▐ ∙ Support for the manual creation of SysEx messages
- ▐ ∙ A comprehensive and nice-looking help file
- ▐ ∙ MIDI port driver releasing when minimised
- ▐ ∙ Proper registration facilities
- ▐ ∙ Now doesn't crash when you try to change the input port
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-
- * That's all, folks...
-
- ▄ You can now go ahead and use the program. Hope you like it; hope you
- ▐ register. And please feel free to contact me if there are features you
- ▐ would like to see added, or if you have spotted any bugs, or if the
- ▐ help file is unclear.
-