Readme dated 29/07/2008 applicable to SigmaMD5 ver 2.02


DISCLAIMER & OTHER ISSUES.
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The SigmaMD5 program was written by Keith Merrington and is (C) Copyright 2005-2006 by Keith Merrington. 

All rights reserved. 


These programs may be freely distributed and may be used by and distributed along with any other software, provided that these files are not internally modified, nor sold as a complete package by themselves.   The program will function for 31 days after which it will require registration. Registration is completely free and without any obligation whatsoever.   Registration is only for me so that I can get a feeling if its worth my effort to continue developing this program further. 

These programs are provided "as is" without any warranty of any kind either expressed or implied.


Registration
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This program is fully functional for 31 days after first running the program. After 31 days the generate and check functions are disabeled unless you register. In the About message box the number of days left before registration is required can be seen. 

Registration is FREE and without obligation. To register this program just send an email to me (Keith Merrington) at k.merington@gmail.com (be careful my name in my email address is mispelt), with the name you want to be registered under. I will send you your registration name and code.  

Please state in your email PLEASE NOTIFY ABOUT UPDATES only if you want to be informed about any future update.   
     
The ONLY reason that I have included registration is to get an idea if it is worth my while to develop this program further. This information will NEVER go to any thirdparty whatsoever. 

Once you have the registration code you can enter it by selecting the pull down menu Options -> Register and then entering your registration name and code without any additional spaces. 


Installation
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The program is currently supplied as a ZIP file created with INFO-ZIP. I assume you have unzipped it as you are reading this file! 


NOTE ONLY FOR EXISTING SIGMAMD5 USERS:

1. Please remove all previous versions of SigmaMD5 language DLL's to avoid incompatability problems!
2. Backup your existing SigamaMD5.ini file & SigmaMD5.fini file and then copy them to the diredctory where you will place the new 
   version of SigmaMD5. 
3. THIS VERSION OF SigmaMD5.dll is identical to that supplied with SearchPlus 1.04 and does noot therfore need replacing!



I have not yet implemented an installation routine so just UNZIP the programs to a directory of your choice preferably referred to in the PATH statement in config.sys. You should associate this program with all file types with the extension '.MD5'.  (A utility "assoed21.zip" written by Henk Kelder available on Hobbes - http://hobbes.nmsu.edu - is ideal for this task). If you do this, then whenever you double click on such a file, SigmaMD5 will  automatically open that file, and check the checksums listed in that file against the files themselves.   
   
All DLL files should be placed in a directory which is referenced by the LIBPATH statement as otherwise they might not be found. 


NOTE the change in the LIBPATH requires a reboot!


The following files are included in the zip file: 

SigmaMD5.exe                   - the executable program. 
SigmaMD5.dll                   - dll for large file support. 
SigmaEN.dll                    - English language file. 
SigmaEN.hlp                    - English language help file. 
SigmaNL.dll                    - Dutch language file. 
SigmaNL.hlp                    - Dutch language help file. 
SigmaSV.dll                    - Swedish language file. 
SigmaSV.hlp                    - Swedish language help file. 
SigmaDE.dll                    - German language file. 
SigmaDE.hlp                    - English language help file (will be replaced with German version when translation is complete).
SigmaIT.dll                    - Italian language file. 
SigmaIT.hlp                    - Italian language help file.
SigmaZH.dll                    - Chinese language file. 
SigmaZ1.dll                    - Chinese language file for English systems. 
SigmaZH.hlp                    - Chinese language help file.
SigmaES.dll                    - Spanish language file. 
SigmaES.hlp                    - Spanish language help file.


NOTE: If you wish, all language files which you do not use can be deleted to save disk space.  These are the files SigmaXX.dll and SigmaXX.hlp where XX is the language.   
 



If you like or dislike my program LET ME KNOW send me an email or a postcard! 

If you have ideas, improvements LET ME KNOW. 

If I should improve the help file LET ME KNOW. 

If you find a bug (heaven forbid) not listed under known problems, LET ME KNOW giving as much detail as 
 possible, I will try to solve it.          
                                              
                                              
Enjoy. 

  Keith Merrington 
  Nimrodel 31 
  5663 TE 
  Geldrop 
  The Netherlands 

  k.merington@gmail.com   

This read me, was automatically translated by Babel fish Translation - so please excuse any translation faults and idiosyncrasies.