README.TXT - WorldTime for Windows - Product Documentation This file contains important installation/usage notes! We recommend that all users read through this file first, before attempting to install or run WorldTime 2.0. Users new to WorldTime should also read through the ASCII text file, WTIME20.TXT, which contains more detailed program information. INTRODUCTION ------------ WorldTime for Windows is an easy-to-use world clock utility for the Microsoft Windows operating environment. WorldTime allows you to track the current time in over 150 metropolitan and geographic locations around the world. VIDEO MODE NOTES ----- ---- ----- WorldTime for Windows (Version 2.0) requires a minimum EGA-resolution, and will display adequately under that 640x350 standard. However, we strongly recommend running WorldTime at standard VGA (640x480) or Super-VGA (800x600). We generally recommend making use of the VGA and Super-VGA drivers supplied with Microsoft Windows; in testing, these video drivers actually outperform many third-party drivers supplied with VGA and Super-VGA graphics cards. Because of reported incompatibilities with certain third- party video drivers, we DO NOT recommend running WorldTime at resolutions greater than 800x600. Addition information on video drivers is supplied in the ASCII text file, WTIME20.TXT. PROGRAM FILES ------- ----- The WorldTime 2.0 package consists of five files: README.TXT WTIME20.EXE WTIME20.INI WTIME20.HLP WTIME20.TXT READ ALL ABOUT IT ---- --- ----- -- Product documentation is contained in the WTIME20.TXT file. This is an ASCII text file which can be easily loaded and viewed with Windows Notepad, Windows Write, or any word processor or text editor that supports the ASCII text format. This file includes a program description, instructions, and technical notes. Hypertext program documentation is supplied in the WTIME20.HLP file. This is a Windows Help System format file, which can be loaded and viewed with Windows Help -- and is directly accessed from within WorldTime via the menu bar "Help/Contents" command. Both of these files contain all the information you need to install and run this program. The Windows Help System includes the provision for easily printing any topic or topics from the WTIME20.HLP file. This handy feature can be used to turn your "manual on disk" into hard copy for future reference. QUICK & DIRTY START-UP ----- - ----- -------- The best thing you can do before attempting to install or run WorldTime for Windows is to read this file in its entirety, and then read the WTIME20.TXT file as well. However, you may want to get "up and running" right away. If this is the case, and you are an experienced computer user comfortable with DOS commands, the information in this section might be all you need to get started... Again, once WorldTime is installed, you can always refer back to the WTIME20.TXT file -- or make use of WorldTime's help file, WTIME20.HLP via the Windows Help System (accessed from WorldTime's menu bar "Help/Contents" command). First, we recommend that you make a backup copy of the master program disk(s) before installing or running WorldTime. We also recommend that this program be installed to, and run from, a hard disk. To get this program loaded and running with a minimum of fuss, simply create a new directory or subdirectory on your hard disk (e.g., C:\WTIME or C:\WINAPPS\WTIME) and copy the entire contents of your master disk(s) to that new directory. From Microsoft Windows, you can run this program from File Manager by "double-clicking" the WTIME20.EXE file entry or by selecting the WTIME20.EXE file entry and issuing the menu bar "File/Run" command. Of course, WorldTime's icon can be easily installed into a new or existing Program Manager group for quick, one-step running. PRODUCT REGISTRATION ------- ------------ WorldTime for Windows (version 2.0) is shareware, not freeware. Complete registration information, including printable registration forms, is provided in the WTIME20.HLP file shipped with the shareware version of WorldTime. The .HLP file is accessed via the Windows Help System -- menu bar command "Help/Contents." Registration information is also provided in the WTIME20.TXT ASCII text file. _____________________ "Microsoft" and "Windows" are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.