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                       |  Wimpy Automated Font Installer |
                       |         - Version V1.1 -        |
                       |Copyright (C) 1998 Wimpy Software|
                       |     All Rights Reserved (R)     |
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First and foremost, thank you for taking the time to try Wimpy Automated 
Font Installer.  

Please read the entire text below which should answer any questions you may 
have.

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| How Automated Font Installer (AFI) came to be |
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There is a small, but definite need for an easy way to install fonts 
automatically on a system.  I had never been able to find a reliable method 
to do this.  That's where the AFI comes in.


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| Usage Instructions |
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First, there is no install program.  There are only two files.  The 
executable (AFIUTIL.EXE) and this file (README.TXT).  It's so small, an 
installation program would be nothing but overkill :)

To install a font automatically, simply pass the font filename on the 
command line of AFIUTIL.EXE.

	Example:

	AFIUTIL C:\FONTDIR\MYFONT.TTF

Also, if you are on a network, you may specify a UNC (universal naming 
convention) path to the font file.

	Example:

	AFIUTIL \\SERVER\SHARE\FONTS\MYFONT.TTF

If the font is successfully registered you will get no confirmation.  This
is to facilitate the automation of the font installation.  If there are
problems, you will get an error message with instructions.  Also, 
after the process is finished, the program will send a message to all 
running applications informing them of the new font so that it may be
used immediately without first needing to restart the application.


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| Taking Automation to the next level| 
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If you have a need to automate the installation of fonts even further, such 
as many corporations do, the easiest way to accomplish this is to simply 
create an entry in the registry's "Runonce" key for AFIutil.exe and the 
associated font you want installed.

For instance, let's say you wanted to run AFIUtil.exe from a server called 
SERVER and the share called UTILS and also wanted to install the font 
MYFONT.TTF from the server/share \\SERVER\UTILS\FONTS you would create and 
entry in the Run key in the registry that would look like this:

The value name can be anything.  We'll call it autofont in this example.
The value data is a string value which would be set to:

"\\SERVER\UTILS\AFIutil.exe \\SERVER\UTILS\FONTS\MYFONT.TTF"

To get a better idea of this, cut the below text and save it as 
autofont.reg.

***********cut starting at next line***********
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"autofont"="\\\\SERVER\\UTILS\\AFIutil.exe 
\\\\SERVER\\UTILS\\FONTS\\MYFONT.TTF"

***********end snip here***********************

Make the necessary changes to the file (such as filename, server/share name, 
etc.) and then double-click it.  Now look in your registry under the above 
key and notice the entry.  This alerts Windows that on the next boot, it 
should run this program one time.  Afterward, Windows will delete this entry 
for you automatically.  After you're done, simply delete this "autofont" 
entry.


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| How to Uninstall AFI |
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There's no real magic here...or an uninstall procedure, either.  Simply 
delete the executable (AFIUTIL.EXE) and this file (README.TXT) and you're 
done.


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| In Closing |
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If you have suggestions for this program, or if you would like other 
utilities written, please feel free to drop me a line:

Email address:	wimpy@dfw.net

Web site:	http://www.dfw.net/~wimpy/

This program is donationware.  If you like it, please contribute a donation 
that you think is a deserving amount which will keep me motivated to write 
other utilities :)


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| License Agreement: |
======================

The terms of this license agreement below should be read before using this 
software.  If you do not agree with any part of this license agreement, you 
should not use this software.

1.  Wimpy Software and/or the Author assumes no responsibility for the 
quality or reliability of this program.  The Software is provided "as is" 
without warranty of any kind.

2.  You are granted the right to redistribute this software so long as the 
author is notified and approves this redistribution beforehand.  Any other 
redistribution is expressly prohibited.

3.  Corporate use of this product is expressly prohibited without contacting 
the author beforehand for appropriate licensing.  Corporations who would 
like to license this software should contact the author at the below address 
for more information.

Wimpy Software is:

James Blackwell
813 Willow Court
Fort Worth, Texas 76179

For more information about this software:

Email address:	wimpy@dfw.net
Web site:	http://www.dfw.net/~wimpy/
