Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours To view this document most effectively in Notepad, maximize the window and turn on Word Wrap under the edit menu. This file contains important information on the following topics: Using the CD-ROM What's on the CD-ROM Troubleshooting common problems Contacting us for support Our Online sites-Internet Web & FTP sites ___________________________________ Using the CD-ROM To start the CD-ROM, click on the SETUP.EXE file in the SETUP folder in Windows Explorer. The SETUP.EXE will create a program group. Icons will also be created: "What's on the CD-ROM" linking to this document, and "Install Author's Source Code" linking to an install program that will create a directory on your local drive and place all the Author's examples in a newly created directory. Please use the guide below to find the trial and demo software provided on this CD-ROM. If you want to view the directory structure on this CD-ROM without having to run the SETUP.EXE (in Windows 95/NT), view the CD-ROM from within Windows Explorer. ___________________________________ What's on the CD-ROM: Several 3rd Party Applications are located off the 3RDPARTY directory, many have additional documentation located within the directory. Some of the software on this CD-ROM is shareware. Shareware is provided for your evaluation, if you find it useful please read all documentation associated with the software (usually contained with files named readme.txt or license.txt) and follow the guidelines. Macmillan Computer Publishing has not paid the registration fee for shareware, unless otherwise stated. Install these products by clicking on the supplied icon. If it requires a password, it will be found in the readme.txt in that product's directory. ----------------- 3rdParty \ +---3RDPARTY | +---ADOBE Adobe's Acrobat Reader 3.01 | +---ADVNTAGE Advantageware's VB Advantage Evaluation | +---APEX APEX's True DBGrid 5.0 Evaluation | +---DESAWARE Software from Desaware Inc. | | +---GMAUFRY Gallimaufry ActiveX Demo Controls | | +---SPYWORKS SpyWorks 5.0 Demo control | | +---STOOLS StorageTools 1.0 Demo control | | +---VSTAMPER VersionStamper 5.0 Demo Control | +---DYMANICS Software from Data Dynamics | | +---ACTBAR ActiveBar Version 1.0 Demo | | +---ACTRPRTS ActiveReports Version 1.0 Evaluation | | +---DCUBE DynamiCube ActiveX Demo Version 2.0 | +---EARTHLNK EarthLink Network's TotalAccess Software | | +---WIN31 for Windows 3.1 | | +---WIN95 for Windows 95 (doesn't work with NT) | +---GRNTREE Software from GreenTree Technologies, Inc. | | +---CTRLPACK Active Control Pak | | +---TOOLBOX Active Toolbox | | +---DATALIST DataList ActiveX Controls | | +---DATAMASK DataMask ActiveX Controls | | +---DATATREE DataTree ActiveX Controls | | +---DATAVIEW DataView ActiveX Controls | | +---XGRID XGrid 4.0 ActiveX Controls | | +---XSHAPER XShaper 2.0 ActiveX Controls | +---HEXATECH Software from HexaTech | | +---ACETOOL AceToolbar Evaluation | | +---VIEWPRO ViewPro Evaluation | | +---XROSYGUI XRosyGUI Demo | +---MCP Software from Macmillan Computer Publishing | | +---SSAVER Visual Basic Screen Saver | | +---VBKB Knowledgebase of Visual Basic Excerpts | +---MICROSFT Software from Microsoft Corporation | | +---IE Internet Explorer 4 | | | \WIN95 for Windows 95/NT 4 (service pack 3 required) | | +---VB6WM Visual Basic 6 Working Model | +---NICOMAK Powerful Compression Software | +---SHERIDAN Sheridan Software Systems | | +---DTOOLKIT Sheridan Developer's Toolkit | +---TESTPREP MCSD Demo Developing Applications with Visual Basic 5 | \---WINDMILL Software from Windmill Point Software | +---QAASSIST QA Assistant Shareware Series Source - Author's source code for any of the chapters that contained code or listings. Authors' Examples: Are located in the directory titled SOURCE. An install program is provide to install the examples on your local computer. When Windows Explorer copies files from the CD-ROM to the hard drive, the read-only attribute is set. Remove the read only attribute by selecting the file(s). Right-click and select Properties. Uncheck the Read-only box and click on Apply and then OK. All the source code is also included in a file called source.zip in the SOURCE directory. ___________________________________ Troubleshooting Common Problems The usual cause of the CD-ROM not running properly is a damaged or dirty disc. Visually inspect the disc for possible flaws or defects, and clean it properly. You should also test another CD-ROM in your drive. This often reveals setup problems that are not disc-specific. If these procedures fail, you can contact us to get a replacement disc (contact information is at the end of this file). Depending on the topic and the generally accepted operating system for the topic, the CD-ROM may use long and mixed-case filenames requiring the use of a protected-mode CD-ROM driver. The programs run slowly or don't run properly. Do you have at least the follow amounts of RAM (memory)? Windows 95: 8 megabytes Windows NT: 8 megabytes This may sound familiar, but Windows does not run well on anything less than these amounts. If you only have the minimum amount of RAM, the program may run slowly. If you only have a single-spin CD-ROM drive, the time to access the programs and source code may be lengthy. *Visual Basic 5 Knowledgebase You will need a web browser to view this product. *EarthLink Total Access Software The online features in Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours should work automatically if you already have a browser installed and already have network connections through an online service provider. If you do not have a browser already, and if you would like to establish a network connection, we have provided the EarthLink Total Access Browser on this CD-ROM. To access the EarthLink Browser, click "Install Program Group" on the screen that first appears when you load our disk. Select the "Install EarthLink" icon from the program group and the EarthLink program will walk you through the remainder of the install process. Note: if you already have a browser installed and a network configuration established, the EarthLink installer will overwrite that configuration. Be sure that is what you want! If you have no Internet browser currently installed, this will not be a problem. ___________________________________ Contacting us for support If you need assistance with the information in the book or with the CD-ROM, please access the Knowledge Base on our web site at http://www.superlibrary.com/general/support. Our Frequently Asked Questions are answered there. 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