README.TXT ========== CONTENTS 0 Introduction 1 Running MOZART. 2 Files installed 3 Uninstallation. 4 Registration benefits 5 So what is Shareware? 6 Trouble-shooting 0. INTRODUCTION =============== This file is README.TXT. It contains information about MOZART and how to register, and uninstall it. Installation instructions are given in the file README.1ST which is recommended reading prior to installation. 1. Running MOZART ================= Having completed the setup as described in README.1ST, you are now ready to run MOZART: just click on the icon which has been set up for you in the Mozart group of Windows programs. If there are any problems getting MOZART running, read the section on trouble-shooting below. Unlike many word processors, MOZART does not automatically open a blank document when you start it up: you must choose "New..." or "Open..." from the "File" menu in order to get going. This is explained in the item "Getting started" which is available on the Help menu. Once you have got over the basics, the index of commands, also available from the Help menu, will guide you to the more advanced editing options. The supplied sample tunes also contain comments at the top which illustrate certain features. Have fun! 2. Files installed ================== The following files are installed in the MOZART directory: Program files: MOZART.EXE MOZART0.DLL MOZARTF.DLL MOZARTS.DLL MWCNTL.DLL MOZART.HLP Information files (readable with Windows Notepad): README.1ST README.TXT FILE_ID.DIZ VENDOR.TXT Registration files (readable with Windows Write): REGISTER.WRI A diary file listing improvements since previous versions (also readable with Windows Write): DIARY.WRI In addition to the icon for running MOZART, Windows icons are installed by SETTUP.EXE to give direct access to MOZART.HLP (the help system), README.TXT (this file) and REGISTER.WRI (the registration form). The following files are installed in your WINDOWS directory (unless you already have newer versions): CTL3DV2.DLL BWCC.DLL BWCC0007.DLL BWCC0009.DLL BWCC000C.DLL In addition, various MOZART data files (*.MZ) containing sample tunes are installed in your MOZART TUNES directory. 3. Uninstallation ================= Should you find that MOZART does not suit your needs, or if you are temporarily really desperate for hard disk space, you may uninstall MOZART as follows. a) Keep your original installation files (eg on floppy disk) as you may wish to reinstall MOZART. BUT PLEASE NOTE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS if you are using a shareware evaluation copy. b) All the files listed above as being installed in the MOZART directory may be deleted. c) All your tune files (*.mz) may be removed from your hard disk. (Only MOZART can read them.) d) Delete the file MOZART.INI if it is present in your Windows directory. e) Retain CTL3DV2.DLL BWCC.DLL BWCC0007.DLL BWCC0009.DLL and BWCC000C.DLL in your WINDOWS directory, as these are general utilities and may be used by other programs. (Unless of course you are sure that you have NO other program which uses them. But some other application will probably only install them again anyway, and so it's best just to leave them.) f) Delete the MOZART group of icons from the Windows Program Manager (using "Delete" from the "File" menu). 4. Registration benefits ======================== If you have registerd MOZART, thank you. Otherwise please read this: MOZART is Shareware. You may evaluate it for a period of not more than 30 days. If you find it useful after this period you must pay for it. Please see the separate registration form for details of how to register the program, and the (modest) charge. If you do not intend to register the program after the evaluation period you must delete it from your hard disk. (See "uninstallation" above.) There are significant benefits to registering your copy. Upon registration you will receive:- A registered copy of the latest version of MOZART. A number of extra sample data files with different pieces (and more illustrations of different features). Support, and the opportunity to influence the introduction of new features into future versions. (Suggestions are very welcome from registered users.) Notification of upgrades to the program, and information about new and complementary products. Optionally, at a (modest) extra charge, you may purchase the non-shareware "virtuoso" version of Mozart which goes beyond the solos, duets and trios of the standard (Shareware) edition allowing up to 64 part music. And apart from all that, you get the comfort of knowing that you are helping to support the Shareware concept, a distribution system that brings you quality software at realistic prices. 5. So what is Shareware? ======================== Shareware is copyrighted software which is distributed by authors through bulletin boards, on-line services, disk vendors, and by copies being passed among friends. It is commercial software that you are allowed to try before you pay for it. This makes shareware the ultimate in money back guarantees - if you don't like the product, you don't pay for it! Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. There is good and bad shareware, just as there is good and bad retail software. The primary difference between shareware and retail software is that with shareware you know if it's good or bad before you pay for it. You benefit because you get to use the software to determine whether it meets your needs, before you pay for it. Authors benefit because they are able to get their products into your hands without the expenses it takes to launch a traditional retail software product. The shareware system and the continued availability of quality shareware products depend on your willingness to register and pay for the shareware you use. It is the registration fees you pay which allow us to support and continue to develop our products. Please show your support for shareware by registering those programs you actually use and by passing them on to others. Shareware is kept alive by your support! 6. Trouble-shooting =================== MOZART has been developed over a period of years and used by the author and other beta-testers before the release. (Some of the sample tunes were kindly supplied by beta- testers.) Every effort has been made to ensure its stability on a range of computers. 6.1 Inconsistent BWCC.DLL ------------------------- If MOZART refuses to run and puts up a message box complaining about an inconsistent version of the BWCC libraries, the cause and the cure are as follows. 6.1.1 Cause: MOZART uses the following public Dynamic Link Libraries (in addition to some private ones of its own): CTL3DV2.DLL from Microsoft and BWCC.DLL, BWCC0007.DLL, BWCC0009.DLL, BWCC000C.DLL from Borland. MOZART v1 is written with Borland C++ version 4.02 and will not work with versiuons of the BWCC libraries supplied with earlier versions of Borland C++. Attempting to do so causes the response described above. The MOZART setup program installs these (at time-of-writing up-to-date) libraries in your WINDOWS directory, unless you already have newer ones there. Older versions in your Windows directory will be overwritten, but old applications will work with the newer libraries - they are designed like that! The problem arises if you have old versions of the BWCC libraries somewhere else on your machine. It is possible that MOZART will find this instead of the newer version and then fail. (This will happen, for example, if you are already running an application, which is using one of these libraries. Any program requiring a library of that name will simply try to use the one in memory.) This is a particular nuisance as many older applications install BWCC libraries all over the place. They shouldn't. (Note that CTL3DV2.DLL has been designed so that it will only run if it is in your WINDOWS or WINDOWS SYSTEM directory - just to avoid potential problems of this nature.) 6.1.2 Cure Go to the DOS prompt in the root directory (usually C:\) on you hard drive. Enter DIR /s BWCC*.DLL to locate all versions of BWCC libraries on your machine. Make sure you have back-ups of them all, and remove them all - except one up-to-date set, which should be left in the WINDOWS directory (in preference to the WINDOWS SYSTEM directory, which is read-only on some networked machines). Well written applications should find the newer libraries in the WINDOWS directory and, as the newer ones are backwards-compatible, should still work perfectly normally. Before trying MOZART again, exit from Windows and run it again (to be absolutelty sure that no old DLL's are left running in memory). All should now be well. When you install new software it is worth checking that it doesn't install older versions of these libraries in its own directory. If it does then the above problem can potentially recur. 6.2 Other faults ---------------- Every effort is made to ensure that MOZART runs on all systems with Windows 3.1. Release 1.0.2 however failed on systems with certain super-VGA video cards/drivers. This was corrected within 1 week at Release 1.1.0 on all systems to which the author has, or could gain, access. Just in case there are any remaining conflicts, please check to see whether the problem persists using standard VGA drivers before contacting the author. This information will help ensure a speedy correction to the fault. --oOo--