mjreadme.txt © By Berrie Bloem 1995 This mjreadme.txt file forms part of this zip file. This file contains release notes, installation information and information about error messages for Mah Jongg for Windows. The following files are contained in this zip file: mahjongg.exe The program main executable file mahjongg.hlp Windows help file tiles.dll Library containing tile images bwcc.dll Borland custom controls mjreadme.txt This file If you have the Borland bwcc.dll file already installed in your Windows\System directory and it is not older than the one included in this zip file, then you don't need the Borland bwcc.dll file from this zip file. System Requirements: Microsoft Windows (TM) version 3.10 or higher. Installing Mah Jongg for Windows: Create a new directory in your favorite games directory called mahjongg or whatever name you fancy. Extract or copy all the files from this zip file to the directory you have just created. You can move the Borland file to your Windows\System directory if you like, so other programs can access this file too. In Windows, open File Manager and Program Manager side by side. You now need to drag the file mahjongg.exe from File Manager to a program group in Program Manager. For example, if you already have a "games" program group in Program Manager you might like to add the mahjongg.exe file to this group. Now double click on the newly created icon for mahjongg in the program group and off you go - you are ready to play! Removing Mah Jongg for Windows: Just delete the files; mahjongg.exe, mahjongg.hlp, tiles.dll, mjreadme.txt. In the case of the Borland bwcc.dll file only delete if it is NOT in your Windows\System directory. Mah Jongg for Windows also creates its own initialization file called mahjongg.ini in your Windows directory. You can safely delete this file. If you are unlucky Mah Jongg for Windows might show one of the following error messages: 1 Can't find "TILES.DLL" Solution: Move TILES.DLL, MAHJONGG.HLP, MJREADME.TXT and MAHJONGG.EXE all to the same directory. 2 You are using an old version of "BWCC.DLL". Copy the version from the Mah Jongg zip file to your Windows\System directory. Mah Jongg will now exit. Solution: Make sure that the correct version of BWCC.DLL is loaded in memory. If the copy of BWCC.DLL that came with the Mah Jongg zip file is newer than the copy found in your Windows or Windows\System directory, then copy the version from the Mah Jongg zip file to your Windows\System directory and delete any copies found in your Windows directory. Try running Mah Jongg again. If the problem remains then you have to search all directories listed after the "PATH=" and possibly "SET PATH=" statements in your autoexec.bat file and your Windows and Windows\System directory for copies of BWCC.DLL. Close all applications except Program Manager and File Manager. Make backup copies of all versions on a floppy disk and include information from which directory a particular copy came from. Delete any versions of this DLL in your Windows directory and copy the newest version you can find of this DLL to your Windows\System directory. Try running Mah Jongg again. If the problem still remains, then delete all versions of this DLL on your system, except for the copy in your Windows\System directory. Mah Jongg should run now. 3 Sorry... You are using a version prior to Windows 3.1. Mah Jongg needs Windows 3.1 or higher. Mah Jongg will now exit. Solution: I'm afraid you'll have to install a version of Microsoft Windows (TM) newer than the version you have now. Versions onwards from 3.10 should run Mah Jongg properly. 4 Mah Jongg has a problem allocating memory. Free up memory by closing other applications. Mah Jongg will now exit. Solution: The memory on a computer is limited. Other applications have taken up so much of it that Mah Jongg can't get enough to run properly. Close all applications you're not working on at the moment and try running Mah Jongg again. 5 Could not Create Timer Solution: There are only a limited number of timers in Windows. Other applications have taken up so many of them that Mah Jongg can't get the two timers needed to run properly. Close all applications you're not working on at the moment and try running Mah Jongg again. 6 Error opening Help. Can't find "mahjongg.hlp". Make sure it is in the same directory as mahjongg.exe. Solution: Move TILES.DLL, MAHJONGG.HLP, MJREADME.TXT and MAHJONGG.EXE all to the same directory. You can contact me if problems persist, see Ordering Information in "mahjongg.hlp" on how to contact me.