
WinMerge 1.0 (c) 1995 Hannu Pohjanheimo, All Rights Reserved

ABOUT

WinMerge will merge several ASCII-text or Windows Write WRI files into 
one ASCII file. It is straightforward, easy to use and fast. Except 
normal text files you can also merge BBS index files found on some 
CDROMs and get a good index.


INSTALLATION

WinMerge doesn't need any installation, just copy all files into 
a directory and execute WINMERGE.EXE. Of course you may install a new 
icon into the Program Manager. WinMerge requires Windows 3.1 and 
a 386 computer or better.


FILES

WINMERGE.EXE
CTL3D1.DLL
README.TXT


SHAREWARE
WinMerge is a Shareware program. You may use WinMerge on a thirty 
(30) day trial basis only. If you use WinMerge past the 30 day 
evaluation period you are required to purchase it. The registration 
fee is only 10.00 US Dollars. You can send equivalent amount of 
money in any freely exchangeable currency. Please don't send money 
orders or checks. Registration includes your personal copy of the 
latest WinMerge without the reminder screens. 


MY ADDRESS
 
Hannu Pohjanheimo
Saarenmaantie 90
FIN-40220 Keski-Palokka
Finland


OFFER

Look also for WinSplit 1.0 (WSPLIT10.ZIP). It will split large 
files into many small files, so you can transfer them to disks. 
It can of cource join them back again. Now you can register both, 
WinMerge and WinSplit, for a special price of 15.00 US Dollars.


HOW TO USE

The main window consist of two list boxes and five buttons. The 
left list shows the directory of the disk. The right hand list shows 
the selected files for merging. 

- To add new file to the selections list, single mouse click over 
  the name in the directory, then press the ADD button or just double 
  click over the name. 

- Files will be merged in that order they appear in the selections list. 
 Using the INSERT button you can add a new text between previously 
 selected items. First highlight one file in the directory with single 
 click, then highlight a file in the selections box and press the INSERT 
 button. The new file will be added before the highlighted file.

- With VIEW button you can look at the beginning of the highlighted file 
  in directory.

- With the selector below the directory you can change the filter for 
  the file extensions.
  NOTE - When you merge WRI files, they will be converted to ASCII text. 
  All font styles and other text formatting will be lost. WinMerge can 
  not remove possible existing pictures from the text, so there will be 
  some garbage in place of the picture.

- With REMOVE button you can remove highlighted item from the selections 
  list.

- MERGE button first opens the file selector, so you can type in the name 
  for the output file. Then WinMerge will merge the files and clears the 
  selections list.

- QUIT will close the program.

If you make a mistake, press wrong buttons etcetera, you will hear a beep. 



COPYRIGHT

WinMerge is copyrighted material. You may not make any changes or 
modifications to WinMerge or this text. You may not decompile, disassemble, 
or otherwise reverse-engineer the software in any way.

WinMerge is Shareware program. You may use WinMerge on a thirty (30) day 
trial basis only. If you use WinMerge past the 30 day evaluation period 
you are required to purchase it. Registration fee is 10.00 US Dollars.

You may make copies of WinMerge only under the following terms:

No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted or requested by 
anyone.

Public Domain Disk Vendors May NOT CHARGE a fee for WinMerge itself. 
However you may include WinMerge on a diskette/CD-ROM for which you 
charge a nominal distribution fee. The purchaser of said diskette must 
be informed that the payment to the vendor covers only distribution 
costs and does not include WinMerge itself.
     
Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (Sysops) may post WinMerge 
for downloading by their users only as long as the above conditions are 
met.  A fee may be charged for access to the BBS as long as no specific 
fee is charged for downloading WinMerge files.


DISCLAIMER

The author is not responsible nor liable in anyway for any problems or 
damage caused by the licensed or unlicensed software that may result 
from using the software. This includes, but is not limited to, computer 
hardware, computer software, operating systems, and any computer or 
computing accessories. End user agrees to hold the author harmless for 
any problems arising from the use of the software.

THIS SOFTWARE AND ALL THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED 
TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE. ANY LIABILITY OF THE AUTHOR WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO 
PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE PRODUCT PURCHASE PRICE.
