This software is © John A Fotheringham and
JafSoft Limited 1997-1999

The shareware version of AscToHTM 3.2 expires 
after 30 days.  The following line will generate
a contents list should choose to convert this 
file to HTML

$_$_CONTENTS_LIST


Notes on the release 3.2 of AscToHTM
====================================

Thank you for downloading the AscToHTM conversion 
software.  Version 3.2 represents a fairly large
advance on the previous version (3.0)



Locating AscToHTM on the Web
----------------------------

The AscToHTM home page is currently

      http://www.jafsoft.com/asctohtm/?from=readme

The on-line documentation for the current version 
can be found at

      http://www.jafsoft.com/doco/a2hdoco.html

but a copy of the doco for this version is included 
in this .zip file

Downloads of shareware can be found at

      http://www.jafsoft.com/asctohtm/download.html

Should the AscToHTM pages ever move, you can 
re-locate them by going to

      http://www.altavista.digital.com/

and entering

      +"John A Fotheringham" +AscToHTM


Installing the software
-----------------------

The shareware versions of the software now have 
InstallSheild support.  Should this fail, visit the 
download page (URL above) for details on performing
manual installations.


Running the software
--------------------

See the included documentation for more details


Shareware version
-----------------

The shareware version is limited in a number of ways

    - Each page of HTML generated has a "nag" line 
      inserted at the top and bottom of each page. 
      Feel free to delete this.

    - After 30 days it will stop working.

    - Certain features are not available in the 
      shareware version.  These should be described in
      the documentation, and the software will tell you
      when you have attempted to use a denied feature.

    - only the first 1000 lines of your document will be 
      converted correctly.  After that AscToHTM will 
      insert a warning in your HTML and mildly corrupt
      all subsequent lines.  This will allow you to 
      gain some impression of how the registered 
      version would perform, although beyond 1000 lines
      AscToHTM is more prone to errors.

If AscToHTM detects that your conversion has been 
"crippled" in some way (e.g. it's more that 1000 lines 
long), a warning is issued at the end.


Registering the software
------------------------
This software is offered as shareware (cost at time of
writing is $40).  Try it before you buy it.  Then buy 
it!  To register your copy of the software, visit

      http://www.jafsoft.com/asctohtm/register_online.html

for details. 

Registration involves supplying an email address at
which to receive update notifications.  We intend 
offering free upgrades for as long as possible to 
registered users.  To date no-one who has registered
the software has been required to pay for an upgrade.

This policy of free upgrades has now been in place for 
over 2 years and for the last 10 separate upgrades.

Reflecting this the price is slowly creeping up, so it
pays to register early.

I've made this software free to FAQ maintainers, and (I
believe) dirt cheap to everyone else.  If you're a FAQ
maintainer, or wish to enter some special pleading for
discounts, please email me with details (see contact 
address below).

Currently AscToHTM is priced at $40, which has been
increased from the version 3.0 price of $35.



Other Software
--------------
Recently I've developed AscToTab to convert text tables
to HTML (and RTF) tables.  Currently this software is 
offered as freeware, and this technology has now been 
integrated into AscToHTM.  The home page for AscToTab 
can be found at 

	http://www.jafsoft.com/asctotab/

A text-to-RTF converter is under production, and has
a page at

	http://www.jafsoft.com/asctortf/
	
Other products will be listed at

	http://www.jafsoft.com/products/


Contacts
--------
Any problems or feedback should be mailed to 
info@jafsoft.com.  I'm particularly open to bug reports
and suggested improvements.

Once again, thanks for looking

John A Fotheringham	15-Oct-1999