MindFrame for Windows 1.1 Release Note ====================================== January 12, 1994 "MindFrame for Windows" is a freeware application developed to teach an object modeling approach presented in the book: "Object-Oriented GUI Application Development", Geoff Lee, Prentice-Hall, 1993, ISBN 0-13-363086-2. This application is useful in many other areas as well, for example, in Bible study (metaphors, parables, prophecies, types), life form modeling, neural modeling, ecological modeling, biology, physics, astronomy, and task modeling. There are 25 sample applications covering these areas. There are also description of each of the sample application in the on-line Help. Please read "About MindFrame..." help topic for more information. Release 1.1 has several improvements over the previous release 1.0. It now supports print preview, and undo, cut, copy, past functions for the text edit controls for better interapplication communication. There are five additonal samples in the release covering the following areas: . Global biogeochemical cycles (nitrogen.frm and carbon.frm in samples\ecology directory). . Biology (cell.frm file in samples\lifeform directory). . Astronomy (galaxies.frm file in samples\universe directory). . Physics (particle.frm file in samples\universe directory). This is a copyrighted software, but you can freely redistribute if you keep the release intact. Please send any comment or suggestion to Geoff Lee ("gcl@netcom.com" on Internet, or 76460,2760 on CompuServe). INTERNET ACCESS: mndfrsfx.exe (a self-extracting executable of MindFrame for Windows release 1.1) is available for anonymous ftp on wuarchive.wustl.edu. It is currently in /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/win. Release 1.0 was loaded on ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the directory /pub/pc/win3/programr (mndframe.zip file), and hopefully will be replaced with this new release in the next few days. CompuServe ACCESS: It is also in the library of the following forums: IBMAPP, WINUSER, and RELIGION. Do a search on user ID 76460,2760 to locate the file (different file names in different forum library). The release is a .zip file in these forum libraries. The following is the content of mdnframe.txt file in the .zip file: 1. Installation Procedure (depending the release file you are getting): A. With mndframe.zip file: DOS> mkdir MndFrame DOS> cd MndFrame DOS> copy b:MndFrame.zip (or where you kept the mndframe.zip file) DOS> unzip -d mndframe.zip (extract files into current and subdirectories) DOS> copy grid.vbx \windows\systems (your local Windows system directory) B. With mndfrsfx.exe file: DOS> mkdir MndFrame DOS> cd MndFrame DOS> copy b:mndfrsfx.exe (or where you kept the mndfrsfx.exe file) DOS> mnmndfrsfx -d (self-extract release files into current and subdirectories) DOS> copy grid.vbx \windows\systems (your local Windows system directory) 2. Running the application: . In Windows, open your "File Manager" . Go to \MndFrame directory . Find the MndFrame.exe file . Drag the MndFrame.exe file icon into a "Program Manager" window . Open the MndFrame.exe program 3. Sample applications: Once you are in the MindFrame application, open files in the \MndFrame\Samples subdirectories. There are 25 sample files organized according to areas of application (e.g., object modeling, neural modeling, bible studying). You can also find description of each of these samples in the On-Line Help file. 4. On-line help: Use the "About MindFrame..." menu item in the "Help" menu to learn more about this application. There is an on-line help provided for this application. Read through the help topics to learn about using this application. 5. Files in this release: mndframe.txt: this file. mdnframe.exe: the executable file of "MindFrame for Windows" freeware. mndframe.hlp: the on-line help file for "MindFrame for Windows". biblnote.ps: the PostScript file of help text on using this application to study metaphors, parables, types, and prophecies in the Holy Bible. grid.vbx: the visual basic grid control that is necessary to run this application. It must be copied into your local "system" directory for Windows (\windows\system in most cases). samples\*: in this directory, there are 25 samples (*.frm files) in the subdirectories for each application area (e.g., objmodel, ecology, lifeform, neural, parable, universe).