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- Almanac for Windows
- Version 0.96
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
-
- DO NOT COPY THE ALMANAC FILES INTO THE DIRECTORY OR DIRECTORIES THAT
- YOU WISH TO INSTALL THEM TO! INSTALLATION SHOULD BE PERFORMED FROM
- A TEMPORARY DIRECTORY OR A FLOPPY DISK ONLY.
-
- The program ALMSETUP.EXE is provided to allow easily installation and
- initial configuration of Almanac in your Windows system. If you are a
- registered user, and are installing Almanac into a NEW windows system
- (like Windows 3.0, you should run ALMSETUP twice; once to install and
- register, and a second time with the '/C' option (see item #1.C. below)
- just to convert any existing support files. Sorry for the inconvenience,
- I will update the program to do the convert AFTER registration on the
- next release.
-
-
- WINDOWS 2.x USERS: You must change the current Windows directory to
- the directory containing the setup files before
- running ALMSETUP.
-
- WINDOW 3.0 USERS: Simply select 'File' from the Program Manager
- and then select 'Run...'. Enter the command line
- for ALMSETUP using the directory the setup files
- are located in.
-
- Examples> A:\ALMSETUP or D:\TEMP\ALMSETUP
-
-
- 1. Start ALMSETUP from Windows from within the same directory
- as the rest of the Almanac files. If you perform the setup
- from a hard disk, files are relocated to the installation
- directories. If your setup files are on a floppy disk, the
- files will be copied (and not removed) from the floppy.
-
- Besides starting ALMSETUP for normal installation, you
- may also activate two other features by using the 'Run...'
- command from the 'File' menu:
-
- A. Entering 'ALMSETUP C:\mywindir' tells the program
- where to find your Windows directory if it is not
- WINDOWS or WIN386 or is on a drive higher than 'F:'.
-
- B. Entering 'ALMSETUP /C' will skip the installation
- process and go immediately to the support file
- conversion phase (available only to registered users).
-
- 2. You will be presented with a dialog box allowing selection of
- the sub-directories for Almanac's files. To accept the default
- installation paths simply select 'Install'. The installation
- paths are described in detail below. Select 'Install' after
- selecting your desired directories.
-
- 3. If ALMSETUP detects a previous Almanac installation and you are
- a registered user, you will be provided with an opportunity to
- convert any existing support files you may have created (except
- the location data base). You will be prompted to select the
- disk drive(s) you would like scanned. ALMSETUP will locate all
- overlay, auto-load module, and desk files that will require
- conversion. You may select any or all of these files for
- processing. All current files will be renamed by changing the
- 'A' in their extensions to a tilde '~' when they are converted
- so the old files are still available should they be required.
- You should delete these files after determining the new files
- work correctly and that you are comfortable with version .95.
-
- 4. After installation has completed, ALMSETUP will continue with
- options for entering registration information or viewing the
- Almanac documentation.
-
- NOTE: ALMSETUP will not copy any of the *.TXT elements during the
- installation process (the program manual ALMANAC.WRI *is* copied into
- your Almanac directory). You should review these files, and
- unregistered users who would like to order Almanac should print the
- ALMORDER.TXT file.
-
-
- INSTALLATION PATHS
- ------------------
-
- A suggested directory structure:
-
- ----------------
- | WINDOWS |
- ----------------
- | ALMANAC.EXE |
- ----------------
- |
- ----------------
- | ALMANAC |
- ----------------
- | ALMANAC.MST |
- | ALMLOCN.DAT |
- | ALMFONTx.FON |
- | ALMANAC.ALM |
- | other *.ALMs |
- ----------------
- |
- -------------------------------
- | |
- ---------------- ----------------
- | ALO | | ALD |
- ---------------- ----------------
- | overlays | | desk files |
- | ( *.ALO ) | | ( *.ALD ) |
- ---------------- ----------------
-
-
- In the above diagram, ALMANAC.EXE is installed in the main Windows
- directory. ALMANAC's system files are contained in the ALMANAC
- sub-directory located below. In addition to the location data file
- and font files provided with ALMANAC, all auto-load modules (*.ALM)
- are maintained in this sub-directory.
-
- Below the ALMANAC sub-directory are the ALO and ALD directories.
- These are the initial directories to store calendar overlay files
- and where ALMANAC maintains desk data information. You may later
- create other overlay and desk sub-directories, if you desire, and
- select them in auto-load modules that you create.
-
- You may select directories however you like. The above example is
- only a suggested approach. It is not neccessary to place the
- directories under your WINDOWS directory, nor do you have to keep the
- files separated into different directories.