Readme file for Magic Squares 1.03
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For further information, problems, bugs etc. please contact:-

        SoftSell,
        65 Heol Rehoboth,
        Five Roads,
        LLanelli,
        Dyfed.
        SA15 5DZ

        Tel. 0269-860206

 or contact the author by email at:-

        martint@llanelli.demon.co.uk
        70374.332@compuserve.com

        CompuServe ID: 70374,332


Network users
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The current version of the Setup program supplied by Microsoft will not
install Magic Squares onto a networked machine.  This is because the Setup
program is unable to find the location of the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
Microsoft have promised a fix for this problem.  For a workaround please see
the section on manual installation.


Installation problems
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All installation problems seem to occur when version 3.0 of Windows is in
use.  There is a known problem with some early versions of LZEXPAND.DLL
supplied with Windows 3.0.  Also, installation problems arise when some
DLL's are duplicated in both the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories.

The setup program actually consists of two programs, the first copies across
system files mainly required for the installation while the second program
copies across the Magic Squares application files.  As both programs check
that enough space is available on your hard disk for the application it's
possible the installation may fail due to lack of disk space.  If this
happens then you will have to free up some disk space before attempting to
re-install.  However, if the installation fails with an error message similar to the following:-

  Unable to copy A:\SETUP1.EX_ -> C:\WINDOWS\SETUP1.EXE

first of all copy the file LZEXPAND.EX_ from the Magic Squares diskette to
your hard disk using the following command from the DOS prompt:-

  EXPAND /r A:\LZEXPAND.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

N.B. this assumes you are installing from drive A, your Windows sub-directory 
is named \WINDOWS & your hard disk is drive C.  If you are installing from
drive B to drive D & your Windows sub-directory is named \WIN31 then the
command would be:-

  EXPAND /r B:\LZEXPAND.EX_ D:\WIN3\SYSTEM

Re-run Setup from the File Manager.  



Manual Installation
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Make a directory on your hard disk for the Magic Squares files:-

  MD \WMS

logon to drive A (B if you are installing from drive B) and copy the
following files from the Magic Squares diskettte to your hard disk:-

  EXPAND /r WMS.EX_ C:\WMS
  EXPAND /r WMS.HL_ C:\WMS
  EXPAND /r WMS.DA_ C:\WMS

if you are on a network copy the following files to the \WINDOWS
sub-directory:-

  EXPAND /r VBRUN200.EX_ C:\WINDOWS
  EXPAND /r THREED.VB_ C:\WINDOWS


if you are not on a network copy the following files to your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
sub-directory:-

  EXPAND /r VBRUN200.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
  EXPAND /r THREED.VB_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM