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Action!-Player (c)  by MacroMedia
PKUNZIP (c) by PK-Ware

This Presentation can be run under DOS/Windows 3.1 or
also using OS/2 2.1 WinOS2 support or Windows95 or NT.

This diskette contains:
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README.TXT    this file
INSTALL.EXE   a self-decompressing installation file into c:\isisdemo
RUN.EXE       a self-decompressing file working with temporary files, no installation
              this needs more RAM and about 30 MB temporary diskspace


System requirements:
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  5 MB of free disk space ( use a 20MB Swap-Area minimum )
  A VGA display with 256 colors or better


Install procedure:
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1) Make sure you fulfill the system requirements !!!!
2) Insert the diskette in the drive A:
3) Go to the MS-DOS prompt and start a:\install or a:\run
4) The INSTALL.EXE will start execution:
   The install program will create a c:\ISISDEMO directory.
   Should you wish to use another disk or directory, you 
   have to change in the mneu. The PLAYACT.EXE file is 
   copied to the c:\ISISDEMO directory.
   Then the RUN.EXE automatically decompresses itself and runs without installation.
5) The following files are created in the C:\ISISDEMO directory:
   PLAYACT.EXE       the ACTION! player program
   MMPLAYER.DLL      an ACTION! DLL
   DMM.DLL           another ACTION! DLL
   PAPYRUS.ACP       the PAPYRUS DESIGNER presentation file
   OVERVIEW.ACP      the OverView AFP Designer presentation file
6) In Microsoft Windows, 95 or NT goto the Program Manager and
   click the 'FILE' menu and the 'RUN' selection.
   Under OS2 do one of the following:
  Start a WinOS2 FullScreen session and goto the Program Manager 
   and open the 'File Manager' menu.
  Enter PLAYACT.EXE *.ACT in an OS/2 prompt, Windows will
   start automatically ! The seamles mode is in many cases to slow.
  Start the WinOS/2 File Manager and open the ISISDEMO directory.
   CLick on the PLAYACT.EXE file twice. The ACTION! player starts.
7) Type 'C:\ISISDEMO\PLAYACT.EXE *.ACP' and press ENTER.
   Alternatively you can click the PLAYACT.EXE in the FileManager.
8) The ACTION! player is started and loads the presentation.
   This can take up to three minutes.
9) Once you see the presentation start notice, click on the
   'WINDOWS' menu and change to 'Full Screen'. Click on the
   CLick on the ACTION! window button to open the window completely.
10)Click on the 'PLAY' Button in ACTION! or minimize the player
   controls and use the Controls-menu.
11) Sit back and relax, DONT WORRY, BE HAPPY !
NOTE: Depending on your system setup (i.e you have a lot of
      TrueType fonts) 4MB RAM may not be enough, and your Windows
      will hang with Out-of-memory conditions.
12) The Demo runs fine on WinOS2, WIndows95 or NT.



General Tips:
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1) If you run on a SVGA or anything larger than VGA 640x480, 
   you will have a display border, as the demo has been made 
   for VGA.
2) If you do not see the lower part of the screen, you have not
   switched to 'Full Screen' mode within ACTION!
3) If the images look fuzzy, then your mode does not use 256 colors.
   Make sure you use the right driver. Trident8900 cards have
   extremly slow graphic performance. With these or similar slow
   cards the display time runs out before the image can be shown
   so you actually miss out on pictures. There is not much that 
   can be done, except get a faster graphic card.
4) A similar loss of pictures may show if your PC is simply too 
   slow.
5) If the fonts look strange or go off page, than your PC misses
   one or both TRUETYPE fonts. The demo uses Arial and 
   TimesNewRoman in normal, bold and italic.



IF you have any more problems, please call the ISIS HOTLINE:

ISIS Information Systems
A-2344 Maria Enzersdorf
Alter Wienerweg 12
Tel.: + 43 - 2236 - 27551 - Ext. 111 HOTLINE
                            Ext. 101 Sales Department
FAX:  + 43 - 2236 - 21081

E-Mail: hotline@isis-papyrus.com


