iSlide Pro Studio for websites & intranets

IMPORTANT: To run this software you must have Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.0 or higher installed. (See below for more details).	
Do NOT try to install this in the same directory as the IMINT 
indexing system!

PACKAGE VERSION: No.10 (December 1999)

PACKAGE CONTENTS

iSlide Pro Studio 1.16
 - Applet Menu Designer
 - Resource Library
 - Documentation
iSlide Pro Navigation Applets (Trial Versions)
 - Tree I 
 - Tree II 
 - Sliding Buttons 
 - Hook / Expanding Buttons 
 - MenuBar 
iSlide Express Navigation Applets (Trial Versions)
 - Tree 
 - Sliding Buttons 
 - Expanding Buttons 


The 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 tested and
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.


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 must 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.


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 large selection
of demonstrations of the applets. iSlide Pro Studio can be
used for making further example implementations.


STARTING iSlide Pro Studio

This can only be started by clicking the icons created
on the Windows interface when installing it.


UPDATE HISTORY FOR iSlide Pro Studio

For an applet update history, please refer to the HTML
documentation on our website. This applies only to the
development environment, 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
iSlide Pro Studio 1.1 (Package 7)
	* integration of 4 further foundation applets
	* menu editor file-separator bug fixed
	* index->parameter conversion bug fixed
	* new graphic user interface for applet designer
	* resources added for menu bar applet
	* number of templates increased to 68
iSlide Pro Studio 1.11 (Package 8)
	* inclusion of more recent trial versions of applets
	* documentation update
	* polygon drawing under W98 corrected
iSlide Pro Studio 1.12 (Package 9)
	* indexing system moved to separate package
iSlide Pro Studio 1.16 (Package 10)
	* numbering realigned with indexing system
	* start.bat added as an additional launch option
	* trial applets updated to various much more recent versions
	* additional templates in an additional demonstration package


INSOLUBLE PROBLEMS

Please contact info@imint.com if you get irretrievably stuck
or puzzled. Remember to read the FAQ's first!


