iSlide Pro Advanced Navigation for websites & intranets

PURPOSE: automated and/or point-and-click creation of
special HTML menu pages for navigating websites and
intranets; pages include applets for interactive,
compact and convenient menus.

IMPORTANT: To run this software you should have Microsoft 
Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher installed. (See below 
for more details).	

PACKAGE VERSION: No.6 (November 1998)

PACKAGE CONTENTS

iSlide Pro Studio 1.01 (Full Version)
 - Website Indexing Application
 - Applet Menu Designer
 - Resource Library
 - Documentation
iSlide Pro Navigation Applets (Trial Versions)
 - Tree I 5.02
 - Tree II 5.02
 - Sliding Buttons 5.02
 - Hook / Expanding Buttons 5.02

iSlide Pro Studio is a java application and an environment
for developing your website navigation files and pages.
An application is not applet. That means that it will not 
work if embedded in an HTML page. A java application, like 
any other programme, is designed to run on a single computer 
in a stand-alone fashion. A java application uses a stand-alone 
interpreter called a java viewer to run on the file system. 
It does not use a browser. The java viewer is part of the 
operating system and should already be present on your 
computer. For further information, please refer to the 
HTML documentation contained in this package or see below.

The package also contains a number of trial applets which
you may access via the documentation. The applets are
indeed applets, and therefore run in webpages and on
intranets. The applets are much more widely compatible 
than the development environment. This is
because you will only need the development environment on
your own computer, but the applets will have to stand the
test of being used by everyone who visits your website.
The applets are therefore JDK 1.0.2 compatible and can be
used on java-compatible versions of Netscape 3 and MSIE 3
as well as the later versions of these and other browsers.

Image material contained in the resource library is
authored by and copyright of Image Intelligence Ltd.


INSTALLATION OF iSlide Pro Studio

iSlide Pro Studio has a complete InstallShield installer
and uninstaller. Simply run the file islidepro.exe. This
will link the application with your java viewer and create
icons and short-cuts for fast starting and fast access to
documentation and applet demonstrations.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR iSlide Pro Studio

The application has been optimised for a 800x600
screen. A smaller screen will not work. A larger one
is OK.

You should have Microsoft's java viewer version 4.79.2339 
or later installed in the main Windows directory (not
a sub-directory). The easiest way to ensure that this
is the case is to have Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
(or higher installed), as this installs the necessary 
software for you. It is not necessary to install the
Active Desktop components of MSIE 4. It is possible
to use this software with other java viewers, but this
is unnecessarily difficult.


USING OR TRYING OUT THE APPLETS

No special installation is required. After installing
iSlide Pro Studio, you will find a large amount of
HTML documentation included. Start any of this documentation
and you should find it easy to navigate to a large selection
of demonstrations of the applets. iSlide Pro Studio can be
used for making further example implementations.


LICENCE

Please refer to licence.txt. This contains information
both for end-users and for distributors.


UPDATE HISTORY FOR iSlide Pro Studio

For an applet update history, please refer to the HTML
documentation on our website. The following applies only to the
iSlide Pro Studio, not the applets.

iSlide Pro Studio 0.9.3 (Beta Package 3)
	* inclusion of development options for hook/expanding buttons
	* additional shadow options on panel 2
	* additional controls for stylesheets (reset and global setting)
	* additional demos and resources
	* image size checking on panel 4 overhauled
iSlide Pro Studio 0.9.4 (Beta Package 4)
	* java viewer version check
	* conversion of index files to parameters moved from index editor
	  to page generator; much easier to do now - single click and no 
	  extra files
	* automatic resource management completely overhauled
	* now tracks about a dozen working resource directories
	* PPF files work properly even after "output" directory has been tidied
	* "output" directory generally remains tidier
	* created pages can be output anywhere with resource sub-directory
	  systems automatically generated as well
	* application GUI alignment error removed
	* HTML background emulation implemented in WYSIWYG display
	* cosmetic GUI improvements
iSlide Pro Studio 1.0 (Package 5)
	* PPF file management rewritten
	* several dozen PPF files included in package
	  (i.e. numerous applet designs are now preset for you)
	* the preset applet designs have additional and more convenient
	  access from within the applet designer
	* the colouring of the applications has been improved
	* error in path-finding when saving indices corrected
	* further improvements to automatic image size finding
	* documentation additions and improvements
iSlide Pro Studio 1.01 (Package 6)
	* changes to dovetail with automatic installation
	* front end added to switch conveniently between the two applications 
	* index templates added


INSOLUBLE PROBLEMS

In the first instance, please refer to the FAQ's and/or knowledge
base on our website at http://www.imint.com. These sources of
information include a lot of helpful code and tips. After that,
if you get irretrievably stuck or puzzled, contact info@imint.com 
Remember to read the FAQ's first!

Image Intelligence Ltd.
info@imint.com
http://www.imint.com


