Brief Instructions For The ShareMan 1.5
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1. Hardware and software requirements, installation, file list
2. What can the ShareMan do for me?
3. Features
4. Restrictions
5. Legal stuff
6. Lookout into the future

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1. Hardware and software requirements, installation, file list
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If Windows runs on your system, the ShareMan will, too. First you must copy 
SHARE!.EXE to a new directory and uncompress it by simply starting it. It 
is an LHA self-extracting archive. Now copy BWCC.DLL to your Windows system 
directory (usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\). The files SHAREMAN.HLP, LHA.PIF and 
LHA.EXE must always be in the same directory with SHAREMAN.EXE.

File list:
- README.TXT     this file
- SHAREMAN.EXE   executable program for Windows 3.1
- SHAREMAN.HLP   online help
- EXAMPLE.SHM    a parameter file for demonstration
- LHA.EXE        LHA 2.13 (copyright by Yoshi)
- LHA.DOC        documentation for LHA
- LHA.PIF        PIF file for LHA
- BWCC.DLL       dynamic link library for Borland dialogs (copyright by 
Borland)
- CRYPTO.H       crypto include file for C compilers
- CRYPTO.C       crypto source code for C compilers

The latter two are not required to run the ShareMan.

2. What can the ShareMan do for me?
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The ShareMan is a Windows utility for software distribution; LHA and crypto 
interface can also be used generally. Encryption and decryption of text and 
files, inserting passwords, user IDs and serial numbers with 
authentification digit in the final state of program development as well as 
compressing and copying files for distribution are the first tasks the 
ShareMan will do for you. For shipment to a registered customer the 
ShareMan offers writing serial number, customer's name and company into the 
program, calculating and writing a user ID and storing customer data in an 
address file, with each option to be turned on or off separately. All 
settings can be stored in parameter files for easy retrieval. The ID and 
crypto algorithms are included as C source code and may be used freely.

3. Features
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- automatisation of your distribution tasks by parameter files
- user interface for LHA file compressor
- printing and exporting of selected customer data
- up to 9999 records
- graphical display of registration fees versus time
- freely designed serial numbers with control digit
- test of passwords
- calculation of user IDs
- user interface for encryption and decryption of strings and complete 
files by Cesar or bit shift
- icon bars for address file, LHA manager and crypto
- context-sensitive online help

4. Restrictions
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The unregistered version contains a hint display that appears at program 
start and when selecting the menu item "Parameter file / New". Because this 
item is not needed often, usability is only slightly reduced.

Serial numbers can be made up of 3 to 12 characters.

Customer data include consecutive number, name, company, street, city with 
postal code, phone, date and time of disk creation, serial number with 
control digit, user ID, registration fee and remark. Because the clipboard 
cannot be filled by and by the number of customer data to be exported is 
limited to 100. Repeated exporting will fix this. Printing ist limited to 
300 records at a time. Records are limited to 9999 overall.

For file compression with LHA (copyright by Yoshi) a maximum of 50 files 
can be selected.

Crypto algorithms (Cesar and bit shift) are not very sophisticated but will 
do for the normal user. Up to 134 million key combinations should be 
enough!

5. Legal stuff
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Author of the ShareMan version 1.5. is Bernd Cordes, Wiesingerweg 34, 20253 
Hamburg, Germany. Program and accompanying documentation are shareware. If 
you use the ShareMan on a regular basis you will have to register. 
Registration fee ist US$ 20 or DM 40. See the online help for more 
information.
The two included C files may be used freely.

6. Lookout into the future
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I consider the following improvements:

- Selection of printer, printer font and paper orientation
- Insertion of special dates into registration fee display

Apart from that the shareware principle is: If my program is accepted and I 
get hints for bugs and improvements I will consider them, if possible. If 
nobody wants this program I will not have to think about its future!

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Bernd Cordes, 06/22/94
