Symlink Readme For Symlink v1.26. Feb 2000 Overview Symlink is a tool that provides two key additions to the Psion 5 system: 1. Hyperlink style links within applications, as well as inline display of some types of external files. 2. Shortcut/symbolic link style entries within folders. The application is designed to be relatively intuitive to the user. Depending on the settings, the application itself may only be seen when creating new links or changing properties: it is possible to directly launch files without further user interference. Before installing the tool, you should read the legal notice below. If you do not accept the terms then please do not install the software. Installation Symlink itself is installed by installing the symlink.sis file via the Install New Program option of PsiWin 2.1 - just opening the file normally invokes this. Alternatively you can transfer it to the a Psion and use the Add/remove control panel that is normally installed as part of the Message Suite installation - the Install tool can be downloaded separately from http://www.psion.com if required. A second module, TreesoftSupport will also be created. Normally this is invisible, but you may get a dialogue that you have a later version installed and asking whether to continue. This should only come about if you have installed other software by Treesoft, and you should not install an old version or that software will cease to work. A third module relates to the documentation files installation is optional but you are advised to install them, at least initially. Installation will create a folder \System\Apps\Symlink that contains the program and help files - TreesoftSupport will be installed in C:\System\Libs. These takes about 150K of file space. The documentation files are copied into \Documents\Symlink Docs: including Symlink Readme and Symlink Manual. Symlink Readme is the Psion version of the Readme file on the PC. There is also a Symlink file called Link to Symlink Manual. Note that you can remove the module Symlink Docs via the Add/Remove control panel. Its absense will not affect the working of the program ignore the warning that it might stop other programs from working. Also note that if you are upgrading from earlier versions of Symlink, you might need to delete the folder C:\Documents\Symlink Data that is no longer used. Furthermore, depending on your setup, your Preferences may return to their default settings in which case you should enter Symlink and modify them as appropriate. Evaluation and Purchasing You are free to use Symlink for 28 days for evaluation purposes, after which you must purchase. The standard method is for online registration there is more information about registration in the online help and the manual file. In particular, there is more at the web site: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/j.forrest/treesoft/symlink Legal Stuff and Disclaimers This is a copy of the legal agreement that accompanies the installation: Licence Agreement for Symlink Version 1.2 Important. Your right to use Symlink version 1.2 (the Software) is subject to the terms set out in this Licence Agreement (the Agreement). Please read this carefully: by clicking on the Yes button, you (the Licensee) are agreeing to be and are hereby bound by the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree to the terms of the Agreement or do not understand them, please do not install the Software onto your system. 1. Grant of Licence Under copyright law you are not permitted to install or run the Software supplied to you without the permission of John Forrest, trading as Treesoft (the Licensor). In consideration of your agreement to the terms of this Agreement, the Licensor hereby grants you, the Licensee, a non-exclusive licence to install and run the Software provided with the Agreement subject to the following terms. All references to the Software mean the binary code only of the program comprising the Software. (i) During the Evaluation Period (as defined at paragraph 3 below) but not thereafter, the Licensee may use the Software for any number of computers under the Licensees control for the Licensees own personal or professional use, copy the Software for backup or archival purposes, demonstrate the software to other people and give copies to other potential users, providing the Software is supplied in its entirety including with this Agreement; (ii) The Licensee may not modify, translate, reverse engineer, de-compile, disassemble, including removal of any time limiting or registration protection mechanism (save that the Licensee may de-compile the Software only to the extent permitted by the EC Software Directive as enacted by the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 as amended where this is indispensable to obtain the information necessary to achieve the interoperability of an independently created program with the Software or with another program and such information is not readily available from the Licensor or elsewhere); or create derivative work based upon the Software, sell distribute, rent, loan or sub-license this Software, or otherwise transfer rights to the Software or remove any proprietary copyright notices. (iii) If the Licensee decides to use the Software after the Evaluation Period by paying the Registration Fee in accordance with paragraph 4 below, the Licensee must pay for separate registration keys in respect of each computer under the Licensees control on which the Licensee wishes to use the Software. (iv) Subject to clause (i) above, the Licensee may not permit other individuals to use the Software and shall not divulge the registration key to any third party whatsoever. Breach of this term entitles the Licensor to claim damages against the Licensee and to take all steps to terminate or prevent use of the Software by the Licensee. Not withstanding the forgoing, the Licensee may give copies of the Software to other potential users, provided that the registration key is not so distributed and the Software is supplied in its entirety including with this Agreement. 2. Title This Software is protected by English copyright law and international treaty provisions. All title, copyright, ownership, rights and other proprietary rights, in and to this Software shall remain with the Licensor. The Licensee acknowledges that no title, copyright, ownership rights or other proprietary rights to this Software shall be vested in the Licensee, and that title, ownership, rights and other intellectual property rights will remain the exclusive property of the Licensor. 3. Duration This Agreement entitles the Licensee to evaluate the Software free of charge for 28 days from the date of installation of the Software by the Licensee (the Evaluation Period). The Licensee accepts that the Software will expire after 28 days and that the Licensee will have no entitlement to use it after that date and agrees not to use it after that date, save as provided at Paragraph 4 and at Paragraph 12 below. 4. Registration Fee If, before the expiration of the Evaluation Period, the Licensee decides that it wishes to use the Software after the Evaluation Period, the Licensee shall pay a registration fee to the Licensor or the Licensors appointed agent, of the amount specified from time to time on the Treesoft website, currently US$27. Upon receipt of the Registration Fee, the Licensor or the Licensors appointed agent shall send to the Licensee a registration key to unlock the Software which the Licensee agrees may only be used on one computer. It should be noted that a registration key for Symlink version 1.1 entitles the Licensee to instead use version 1.2. 5. No Warranty The Licensor warrants to the original Licensee and then only in cases where the Licensee has pain a Registration Fee that the Software when used properly will provide the functions and facilities and will perform substantially as described in the manual supplied for the Software. The Licensors obligation and the Licensees exclusive remedy under this Warranty is limited either: (i) to the Licensor at its own expense using all reasonable endeavours to rectify any non-conformance with the warranty by repair (by way of a patch workaround correction or otherwise) within a reasonable period of time or at the Licensors option replacement of the Software in whole or in part; or (ii) to a refund of the License paid if, in the Licensors reasonable opinion, it is unable to rectify such non-conformance within a reasonable time scale or at an economic cost upon which the License shall terminate. 6. Exclusion of Other Warranties The Licensor does not warrant that the Licensees use of the Software will be uninterrupted or the operation of the Software will be error free or secure. It is the Licensees responsibility to ensure that the Software is suitable for its needs and the entire risk as to the performance of the Software is assumed by the Licensee. In the light of the various environments in which the Software may be used, the Licensor hereby disclaims all other warranties, conditions or representations with respect to the Software, statutory or otherwise, either express or implied, including, but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose (save as may not lawfully excluded by any relevant applicable law including but without limitation the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977), and non-infringement of third party rights. 7. Limitation of Liability In the light of the fact that no software is completely bug free, and for the Evaluation Period the Software is supplied free of charge, the Licensor shall not be liable, (save as provided at Paragraph 5 above) whether in tort, contract or any other legal basis whatsoever to the Licensee or any other person for any loss or damage arising by virtue of the Licensees use of the Software, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any direct, special, incidental or consequential damage of any nature including without limitation damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, loss of profits, loss of contracts, loss of or corruption of data, computer function or malfunction, loss of business or any other damage or loss whatsoever even if the Licensor shall have been informed of the possibility of such loss or damage save that the Licensor accepts liability to the extent that such liability cannot lawfully be excluded, for example, pursuant to Section 2 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977. 8. Termination This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the expiration of the Evaluation Period unless the Licensor shall have paid a Registration Fee in accordance with paragraph 4 above. This agreement shall also terminate automatically if the Licensee fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement. In such a case, the Licensees obligation not to use the Software after the Evaluation Period in accordance with Paragraph 3 or this Agreement, shall remain valid and enforceable and the Licensor shall be entitled to take such steps as are necessary to prevent the Licensor from using the Software and to claim damages for any unauthorised use. 9. Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales without regard to conflicts of law provisions and the Licensor and the Licensee hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales. All disputes arising from this Agreement shall be submitted to the English High Court. 10. Entire Agreement This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the Licensee and the Licensor with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior oral or written understandings, communications or agreements. This Agreement may not be varied except in writing signed by the Licensor and the Licensee. The use of the licence is expressly made conditional on the consent of the Licensee to the terms set out herein. 11. Severability If any part of this Agreement is found by a Court of competent jurisdiction or other competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable then such part will be severed from the remainder of this Agreement which will continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. 12. TreesoftSupport Module The software makes use of a shared software module, TreesoftSupport (TreesoftSupport). TreesoftSupport is automatically installed as part of the Softwares installation, unless a later version of TreesoftSupport is already installed on the system in question. In that case, TreesoftSupport means that later version. TreesoftSupport is an integral part of the Software, use of which is permitted pursuant to this Agreement and all terms of this Agreement shall apply to it. Not withstanding the forgoing, the Licensor agrees that: (i) The Licensee may use TreesoftSupport with other Treesoft products that require its use in respect of which the Licensee has entered into a valid licence agreement with the Licensor (Other Treesoft Products). (ii) Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, or upon the Licensee uninstalling the Software, which ever occurs sooner, the Licensee may continue to use and not uninstall TreesoftSupport, providing the Licensee requires TreesoftSupport for use with Other Treesoft Products. Nothing in the above shall permit the Licensee to use TreesoftSupport with any programs not supplied by the Licensor. Where the Licensee continues to use TreesoftSupport after termination of this Agreement or uninstallation of the Software, the terms of the licence agreement applicable to the Other Treesoft Products shall apply to the use of TreesoftSupport.