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x Chat 2.0 Readme.txt
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About x Chat
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x Chat has not been proved as a unique name. And it has not registered yet. It "x Chat" is a registered trademark of Your/your Company's product. Please contract me by email dragonsix@bigfoot.com.
x Chat is a simple and easy-to-use chat program for Internet/Intranet. It has some powerful features over the plain text chatting. 


Agreement:
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This program is freeware. It can be distributed freely as long as it is not for resale purpose. The author does not have any responsibility of any damage to any data, programmes and your computer. There is no software or program without bugs or errors. (Even the one you have to pay for) I will keep update to fix major/minor bugs and add some improvement. Please check the website for the update x Chat.


Terms you should be known:
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Agreement - The statement you have to agree or you should not use this
 	    program.
Alpha     - A version of program is only for internal testing.
Beta      - A release version of program to public to test/preview it's
            functions.
Copyright - You cannot change the author name and said it is your
            program/property.
Preview   - Not official version of program.


Program Requirement: (2 Computers running this program.)
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OS          : Windows 95/98/NT with TCP/IP protocol setup properly
Memory      : 16MB, 32MB is recommended
Processor   : As fast as possible, Pentium recommended
Modem       : Faster modem is recommended (i.e. 56K modem or above) 
Network Card: For Intranet or local network chat
Monitor     : Support 16 bit colour (65535 colours)
Mouse	    : Required for x Draw feature


Installation
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To avold duplicate x Chat uninstall in "Add/Remove Program".
Alway uninstall previous x Chat program.
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  If you get a full version of this program, it is easy to install.
  Unzip it and run Setup.exe. 

  If you get a regular version of this program, you have to be sure:

  1)  You have VB6 runtime on your computer already.
                     or
  2) You have to download VB6 runtime from any site below
     ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/dll/simvb6-3.zip
     http://support.microsoft.com/support/vbasic/runtime.asp


Files to be installed (Including VB Runtime 6.0)
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"xChat.exe"
"MSVBVM60.DLL"
"OLEAUT32.DLL"
"OLEPRO32.DLL"
"ASYCFILT.DLL"
"STDOLE2.TLB"
"COMCAT.DLL"
"HHCTRL.OCX"
"ITSS.DLL"
"ITIRCL.DLL"
"HH.EXE"
"MSWINSCK.OCX"
"COMDLG32.OCX"
"MSCOMCTL.OCX"
"xchat.chm"
"SETUP1.EXE"
"VB6STKIT.DLL"
"ST6UNST.EXE"
"dee.wav"
"ding.wav"
"dong.wav"
"doo.wav"
"xchat.ini"
"xReader.exe"
"rec.gif"
"off.gif"
"send.gif"
"DrawTips.txt"
"Tips.txt"
"badIP.txt"

x Chat Overview 
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x Chat is a private chat program designed for Intranet or Internet use. It is simple, portable, easy-to-use and with some useful features, such as x Draw and transfering file . 

It is a one-to-one private chat without open to public. It is ideal for two people in different locations to share his/her idea with the partner. You can discuss about the project, send a document or picture with your partner. 


How to use this program?
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1) Select 'File' - 'Connect'.
2) Type "Remote IP address", click OK button.
3) Wait for the 'Connected' signal in the status bar and start the chat session


Features
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- Font Remote Setting. Change local font name, style & size, and show on remote user's screen
- Colour Remote Setting. Change local background colour, and show on remote user's screen
- Customized instant messages.
- Attention Bell. Ring to remote user to get his/her attention
- Support Copy and Paste.
- Support Drag and Drop. Drap a text to paste or drag a file to send to remote user
- Pause File Sending. Interrupt file sending and restore it at a later time, as long as the connection is active
- Web Check. Detect URL and open it in default broswer
- Adjustable internal port setting.  For using in a corporate system with firewall
- Save previous chat to file
- x Draw. A powerful whiteboard with screen capture and photo import
-x Reader. An additional program for reading two text files together and x Chat record



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It requires Visual Basic Virtual Machine 6.0 Dynamic Link Library
 (MSVBVM60.dll) and associated components. 
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For more and updated information and troubleshooting, please select Online Help and visit the website. 
[ http://webhome.idirect.com/~ericlo/digital/xchat ]

Author Email: dragonsix@bigfoot.com


