                                     
                                  CDProW
                The Ultimate CD database system for Windows
                                     
                        Copyright (c) 1993-1998 by
                              Bruce Bukovics
                              P. O. Box 2192
                      Alpharetta, Georgia 30023-2192
                                  U.S.A.
                                     
                          Version 2.3 August 1998
                       Windows 95 or Windows NT Only


Contents
     
Contents
License Information
     1 - Purchase and Warranty Information
     2 - End User License Agreement
     3 - Copyrights
Installation
     4 - Hardware and software requirements
     5 - Installation Steps
     6 - Files and their locations
     7 - Release Highlights
     

License Information

1 - Purchase and Warranty Information

CDProW is a shareware package.  Shareware is not free.  If, after an
initial trial period not to exceed 30 days, you find the software
useful and continue to use it, you must pay a license fee for the
right to use it.  During the 30 day trial period you are under no
obligation to register it.

The license registration fee for CDProW is U.S. $25.00.

It is possible that our address or registration instructions have
changed since you obtained this copy of CDProW.  For this reason, we
suggest that you visit our web site to verify that you have the latest
version as well as our current registration address.  Our URL is:
     
     http://bukovics.home.mindspring.com
     
Once your register your copy of CDProW, you are entitled to download
and use any new releases of the software.  While copies of CDProW may
be obtained in many different places, you can always rely on our web
site to have the latest release.

To register, send:

1.   Your name and address
2.   Internet E-mail address if available
3.   The location where you downloaded CDProW.  This is the internet URL
address, BBS name and phone number, major online service forum, etc.  This
information helps us to update known sites with the latest version. If you
obtained CDProW from our Web site, please tell us how you found out about
the site.
4.   U.S. $ 25.00 (check or money order payable in U.S. Dollars only!)
Since this release of CDProW was published, there may be other payment
options available.  Please check our web site for the latest payment
options.
5.   Checks should be payable to:  Bruce Bukovics

To:
     Bruce Bukovics
     P. O. Box 2192
     Alpharetta, Georgia 30023-2192
     U.S.A.

Once you have registered, you will receive a registration number which
must be entered using the Options / Register menu selection.  This
registration number unlocks the software so that you have unlimited
use beyond the 30 day trial period.  The fastest way to receive your
registration number is to provide an internet E-mail address.  If you
provide this address, we will E-mail you the registration number and
you can immediately begin using CDProW beyond the trial period.

As a shareware program, you are permitted to distribute it, provided
that you do not charge for it and that all files are distributed
together along with all copyright information.  This program is
provided as is without any warranty, expressed or implied.

For support, contact the author at:
     bukovics@mindspring.com
     or send correspondence directly to the address above

You may also visit our web site in order to get the latest copy of
CDProW.  Our URL is:
     http://bukovics.home.mindspring.com

MS Windows and Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft
corporation.

2 - End User License Agreement

This end user license agreement is a legal agreement between you and
Bruce Bukovics for the use of CDProW.  This includes the computer
software itself as well as any printed materials and on-line or
electronic documentation provided with CDProW.  By installing, copying
or otherwise using CDProW, you agree to be bound by the terms of this
agreement.  If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, do not
install or use CDProW.

CDProW is a shareware package.  Shareware is not free.  If, after an
initial trial period not to exceed 30 days, you find the software
useful and continue to use it, you must pay a license fee for the
right to use it.  During the 30 day trial period you are under no
obligation to register it.

Once your register your copy of CDProW, you are entitled to download
and use any new releases of the software.

As a shareware program, you are permitted to distribute it, provided
that you do not charge for it and that all files are distributed
together along with all copyright information.

You may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble CDProW or any
of the components included with it.  CDProW is licensed as a single
product.  Any components included with it may not be separated and
used for any other purpose other than CDProW.

CDProW is copyright by Bruce Bukovics.  Please refer to the copyright
section for more information.

This program is provided as is without any warranty, expressed or
implied.

3 - Copyrights

CDProW is copyright by Bruce Bukovics.

All title and copyrights to CDProW (including but not limited to any
copies of CDProW itself, any custom applets or components incorporated
into CDProW, any accompanying printed materials, any on-line help, any
example files) are owned by Bruce Bukovics.  CDProW is protected by
copyright laws and international treaty provisions.

CDProW was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic.  Visual Basic and
all of itĘs components are copyright by Microsoft.

CDProW makes use of the internet-based CD Database (CDDB) in order to
retrieve track information.

Thanks to Ti Kan, author of xmcd and the creator of the CDDB concept.
Ti also maintains the CDDB sites.
Thanks also to Steve Scherf, author of the CDDB server software and co-
designer of the remote CDDB interfaces.

For more information, check out http://www.cddb.com


Installation

4 - Hardware and software requirements

Beginning with release 2.0, CDProW is a full 32-bit Windows
application.  This means that it requires Windows 95 (or greater) or
Windows NT to run.

CDProW uses approximately 3,700,000 bytes of disk space for it's
initial installation.  This includes demo and help files along with
necessary Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 runtime files.

The Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 runtime file MSVBVM50.DLL is required
in order to run CDProW.  If you are running any other Visual Basic 5.0
programs, you already have this file installed on your machine.  For
this reason, it is not included in the CDProW installation package.
However, it is available for download from our Web site.  To make sure
you have the latest version of the Visual Basic runtime that is
compatible with CDProW, you may download it from our web site or from
Microsoft.

5 - Installation Steps

Important note if you are upgrading from a previous release of CDProW!

Starting with release 2.3 of CDProW, all configuration settings reside
in the system registry rather than file CDPROW.INI.  When you install
a new version of CDProW, it does not convert your old configuration
settings to the new version.  For this reason, you will need to make
note of the old settings in your previous version (prior to 2.3)
before installing the new version.

Please follow these steps BEFORE you have installed the new version of
CDProW:

	1)   Start your old version of CDProW.
	2)   Select Help|About and make note of your registration number.
	3)   Select Options|Sort and make note of the sort sequence you have
	     selected.
	4)   From the Options menu, make note of the Load Last File setting as
	     well as Default Categories and Auto Calculate Total Time.
	5)   Select File|Print Setup and make note of the fonts and font sizes you
	     have selected.
	6)   Now you may install the new version of CDProW.
	7)   After it has been installed, you should repeat the steps above with
	     the new version to restore all of your previous settings.

You may now continue with the installation:
     
     1.   If you do not already have the Visual Basic 5.0 runtime file
          MSVBVM50.DLL installed on your machine, you must install it
          first before you attempt to run CDProW.  If you do not have
          it, this file is available for download from our Web site or
          directly from Microsoft. IMPORTANT! AS OF RELEASE 2.2,
          CDProW REQUIRES VERSION 5.0.4319 DATED JULY 19, 1997 of
          MSVBVM50.DLL.  If you receive any messages that indicate
          "Wrong version of run-time DLL", then you do not have the
          correct version of MSVBVM50.DLL.  To get the correct
          version, you may download MSVBVM50.EXE from our web site and
          run it.  The version on our web site was downloaded directly
          from Microsoft and also updates other Visual Basic runtime
          files if necessary.  We do not recommend copying individual
          Visual Basic files to your system.  You should only execute
          the Microsoft created setup program (MSVBVM50.EXE).
     
     2.   Create a temporary directory that will store the extracted
          CDProW Zip file.  This directory and its contents may be
          deleted after you have successfully installed CDProW.
     
     3.   Unzip the distribution file into the temporary directory.
          You have obviously already done this otherwise you would not
          be reading this.
     
     4.   Using Explorer, double click on the SETUP.EXE program in the
          temporary directory to start the installation.  Optionally,
          you can use the Control Panel Add-Remove Programs to install
          CDProW.  Just point it to the SETUP.EXE program in the
          temporary directory.  In either case, follow the prompts to
          install CDProW on your computer.  The default location for
          the CDProW program is in "\program files\Bukovics\CDProW".
     
     5.   That's all - the installation is complete.  To run CDProW,
          simply use your Start Menu, select Programs, then CDProW by
          Bukovics!  If you need to uninstall CDProW, you can do so
          from the Control Panel Add-Remove Programs section.

6 - Files and their locations

The following list includes all application files provided with
CDProW.  All of these files are installed into the location that you
specify during the installation.
     
     File           Description              File Size
     Cdprow.hlp     Help file                82 KB
     CDProW.EXE     Application program      530 KB
     CDDB.EXE       CDDB access module       352 KB
     README.TXT     This file                12 KB
     Demo1.dat      Demo data file           25 KB
     DEMO1.IDF      Demo Import file         < 1 KB
     REPORT1.RDF    Demo report file         < 1 KB
     REPORT2.RDF    Demo report file         < 1 KB
     REPORT3.RDF    Demo report file         < 1 KB
     REPORT4.RDF    Demo report file         < 1 KB
     
The following system files are required by CDProW in order to execute.
They are all installed into the \Windows\System directory.  If you
already have a version of one of these files, the installation program
will check to see if you have the latest version.  If you do, nothing
will be done to your existing file.  If your version is older than the
one distributed with CDProW, then the new version will be installed
over your version.
     
     File           Description              Version
     comct232.ocx                            5.1.43.19
     comctl32.ocx                            5.1.43.19
     comdlg32.ocx                            5.1.43.19
     msflxgrd.ocx                            5.1.43.19
     mci32.ocx                               5.1.43.19

The following system files are part of the Visual Basic runtime system
that is required by CDProW.  They are NOT SUPPLIED with the CDProW
installation package.  They should be in your \Windows\System
directory. If you do not have these files, then you should download
and execute the Microsoft created setup program MSVBVM50.EXE.  This
may be downloaded from Microsoft or our web site.
     
     File           Description              Version
     msvbvm50.dll   VB 5.0 runtime           5.0.43.19
     oleaut32.dll                            2.20.4122.1
     olepro32.dll                            5.0.4118.1
     stdole2.tlb                             2.20.4122.1
     asycfilt.dll                            2.20.4122.1
     comcat.dll                              5.0.1555.1

7 - Release Highlights
     
All of the enhancements to CDProW were a direct result of your
suggestions so keep those suggestions coming!

Release 2.3 contained the following enhancements and corrections.

1.   Added new CDDB functionality.  CDProW can now connect to a CDDB site
     via the internet in order to retrieve track title information.
2.   Corrected memory management problems with large databases.  This
	greatly reduced the time needed to load large databases and also corrected
	random memory-related abends.
3.   Moved all configuration settings from CDPROW.INI to the system
	registry.  File CDPROW.INI is no longer needed.


Release 2.2 contained the following enhancements and corrections.

1.   Corrected a problem with opening files that have a path greater than
     40 characters.
2.   Corrected a problem selecting fonts during printer setup.  As part of
     this correction a new install program was developed.  This new install
     program should prevent accidental replacement of system-level DLLs with
     older versions.

Release 2.1 contained the following enhancements and corrections.

1.   Added CD Player access.  This allows you to retrieve total CD time,
     number of tracks, and individual track times automatically from the CD.
     There is no longer any need to manually type in this information.
2.   Corrected a problem with the custom report definition and import
	definition.  The problem arose when you tried to open an existing
	definition but selected Cancel without selecting a file.  This caused the
	program to crash.

Release 2.0 contained the following enhancements and corrections.

1.   Ported the application from 16-bit Windows to full 32-bit Win32
     (Windows 95 or Windows NT).
2.   Added a printer setup dialog that allows you to specify which printer
	to use.

Release 1.7 contained the following enhancements and corrections.

1.   Corrected subscript out of range error when the number of tracks field
     receives focus.  Error only occurred when starting with an empty file.
     Workaround was to start with one of the demo files and delete all entries.
2.   Corrected several problems with fields not being correctly painted.

Release 1.6 contained the following enhancements and corrections.

1.   Added a new sort sequence:  label and catalog number.
2.   Searches may now be performed using any combination of text, medium
	and category search.

Release 1.5 contained the following enhancements and corrections.

1.   Corrected a bug:  If you open a second file without exiting, the
     artist list will merge with the first file.
2.   Eliminated the search menu and moved it under the Edit menu.
3.   Overall use of cleaner fonts and design.  Bold and 3D attributes were
     minimized in order to present an overall better appearance.
4.   The main list window has been redesigned.
5.   Increased the Title field from 40 to 80 bytes.
6.   Increased the Artist field from 40 to 80 bytes.
7.   Increased the Description from 40 to 80 bytes.
8.   Increase the Track titles to 80 bytes.
9.   Provided new search fields:  label; catalog number; release year;
     track description.
10.  Modified the design of the search screen to be more user friendly.
11.  Added new drop down lists for label field.
12.  Now allows the entry of individual times and descriptions for each
     track.  Track times are entered in minutes and seconds.
13.  Allows entry of total recording time in minutes and seconds.
14.  A new option is provided to automatically update the total time based
     on the individual track times.
15.  Added a new custom print field "Track Titles/Times" that prints both
     the track title and time.
16.  Enhanced import/export to handle new total time format of min/sec.
     Also added the ability to import and export track times along with track
     titles.
17.  Added a tape calculator function that allows the selection of
     individual tracks from multiple CDs.
18.  Added new standard tape calculator report.
19.  Added the ability to copy the tape calculator report to the Windows
     clipboard.  This allows you to paste this into any format that you want
     using the standard Windows paste function.
20.  General clean up of the online help.

Release 1.4.1
     
1.   Corrected a screen redrawing problem with the entry and additional
     entry screens.

Release 1.4.0
     
1.   Corrected a problem with the number of tracks being zeroed out when
     you add a new record.  This forced reentry of this number before you could
     enter track titles.
2.   Made the default category list optional.  By turning off default
categories, the category list will be built from the list of categories
that are actually in use within your file.
3.   Added a new search type (Text / Begin) which will only match the start
of a field.  Useful if you want to only print a section of your file.
4.   Added 3 new sort sequences.  1) Artist / Release Year, 2) Category /
Title, 3) Category / Artist.  These are in addition to 4) Title and 5)
Artist / Title that were already supported.
5.   The registration number is now shown in the about box.
6.   The program now starts quicker if you have registered - the initial
delay in the about box is shorter.
7.   The size of track titles has been increased from 40 to 60 positions.
8.   Added an option to automatically open the last file loaded when you
start the program.
9.   Removed the "Are you sure?" confirmation from the program exit.

Release 1.3.0
     
1.   Added Import and Export capabilities
2.   Added right mouse support for popup menus
3.   Changed Release Date to Release Year.  This field now only accepts a
year value.
4.   Added the ability to print track titles on custom reports
5.   Added Open/Save buttons on the report designer window
6.   Moved the Number of Discs, Number of Tracks and Total Time fields to
the main Recording Entry window.  Moved the misc key fields to the
Additional Info window.
7.   Added a View Previous button to the Recording Entry window.
8.   Corrected problems with international date formats
9.   Improved overall display performance
10.  Create help file using 3.1 help compiler.  Version 3.1 of help is now
required to view online help.

Previous release highlights:
     
1.2.5     Corrected numerous printing problems
1.2.4     Performance Enhancements for handling large data files
1.2.3     Correct miscellaneous problems
1.2.2     Correct miscellaneous problems
1.2.1     Enhancements to search functions
1.2.0     New version with major enhancements
1.1.1     Correct miscellaneous problems
1.1.0     Enhancements to editing and printing functions
1.0.1     Correct miscellaneous problems
1.0.0     First version


