HOUSE - ADVANCED DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS - SHAREWARE VERSION 3.0
INSTALLATION & READ ME 
September 26, 1993


SEE HOUSETEC.WRI for more information on installation

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Suggested Minimum SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

386-25MHZ For Standard VGA - 4mB RAM 
386-40MHZ For SVGA - 4mB RAM 
486-33MHZ For High Resolutions (12,500-19,600+) - 8mB RAM 

Approximately 1mB Free Disk Space is required. (835,000 bytes)
 

These recommended minimums may be different for your system.
If you have a Windows video accelerator you may be able to use
a slower processor without experiencing any video delays.

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Before installing BE SURE TO CLOSE/END ANY VERSION OF HOUSE YOU MAY
ALREADY HAVE RUNNING!
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S P E C I A L  N O T E:

While the install program is designed for use from FLOPPY DISK, it can be run
from any HD directory.  If you install from HD, be sure the destination path
is not the same as your source file path, since the install basically copies
files and it can't copy a file to the same place. ALSO, note that you MUST HAVE
YOUR OWN COPY OF VBRUN200.DLL to install this software. This library is freely
available on almost ALL Windows oriented BBS systems. It is included with all
registered versions but not with shareware versions.



U S I N G  T H E  I N S T A L L A T I O N   P R O G R A M
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You will want to use either File Manager, 
Program Manager, or any other Windows program that can 
execute a RUN command to launch the install.exe. 

Installing HOUSE is easy and fast in most cases, but because HOUSE is 
an ADVANCED Desktop, there are several ways you can use it with your 
Windows system and you may want to make some additional changes--
after the initial installation is complete.

You should read HOUSECTY.WRI (described below), in your HOUSE MENU,
before deciding how to 'set-up' HOUSE.

You can decide AFTER you have run the initial installation.
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There are a few things you will may want to set yourself, such as 
any SHELL or RUN statements. (SYS.INI / WIN.INI)
These will be described after we look at how HOUSE is installed from 
FLOPPY DISK, using the install.exe program.

TO INSTALL HOUSE from floppy disk, use Program Manager or File Manager
from Windows, using the FILE-RUN command with this syntax: (FILE-RUN)

A:\INSTALL.EXE

This would install from your "A" floppy disk. Of course, your 3.5 inch
drive might be "B" in which case your command would be: (FILE-RUN)

B:\INSTALL.EXE

The install program can take 5 seconds to two minutes to APPEAR! 
If your system is fast and you already have VBRUN200.DLL
installed...the install program will appear very quickly. 
If not...and you haven't got VBRUN200.DLL installed yet...
be prepared to wait a  > few minutes < extra for your
installation to get under way!    

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When the INSTALLATION program appears you will see the default directories
 (TO: & FROM:)

You can install to any existing directory if you want...even a previous
HOUSE directory if you wish---since FILE EXISTS checking is employed.
You will be asked if you want to overwrite any files that might already
exist if you choose such a directory.  

If the directory you enter does not exist, the install program will
attempt to create it...so you can change the destination to a new path
that doesn't exist yet.  It must be 'connected' to an existing path though.
You can't create C:\Newpath1\Newpath2  only C:\Existpath\ExistPath\NEWPATH


INSTALLATION is easy and takes just minutes in most cases. All you do is 
press INSTALL HOUSE when you are sure the directories (TO/FROM) are correct.

The installation program will install all the necessary files to your
hard disk, ALL in the directory specified.  If you don't have the .DLL files
on your system yet, the install will copy them to a different directory:

VBRUN200.DLL
SETUPKIT.DLL

Will be copied to your x:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. 
No INI files are created in your Windows directory.


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AS SOON AS THE INSTALLATION HAS COPIED ALL NECESSARY FILES IT WILL RUN HOUSE.EXE!!

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* NOTE:  AN ICON is NOT created by install.exe in your Program Manager, 
         so you will want to set one up using NEW-PROGRAM-ITEM
	 if you intend to launch HOUSE from your PROGRAM MANAGER,
	 or similar program.

	You should decide HOW you want HOUSE to work on your system.
    	Read the HOUSE- HELP -USING CITYMANAGER AS YOUR START UP GROUP


	*** DOUBLE CLICK THE MENU ITEM BELOW IN YOUR FIRST HOUSE MENU ***
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	 	HOUSE  HELP USING CITY MANAGER AS A START-UP GROUP 	*
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This file is called HOUSECTY.WRI and you can read it now using your WRITE.EXE
program.  CITY MANAGER is a group launcher that comes with HOUSE and can be
used AS A SHELL (with WIN 3.1)  in order to launch a HOUSE menu WORK GROUP
at the time you START WINDOWS, as well as launching your HOUSE.EXE.

CITY MANAGER will always launch a HOUSE if it is used as a START-UP program,
either as a shell, or in your WIN.INI as a RUN=C:\HOUSE\CITYMAN.EXE type command.  

If you have Windows 3.1 you can use CITYMAN.EXE or HOUSE.EXE as your shell!
(If you want a start up group to launch when Windows loads, use CITYMAN.EXE!)

If you don't have 3.1, or prefer to use a different shell, you can put HOUSE.EXE
or CITYMAN.EXE in your Run command in WIN.INI as

 RUN=C:\HOUSE\CITYMAN.EXE
 
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If you don't want to be bothered with this complex set up stuff...just make an ICON
in Program Manager using C:\HOUSE\HOUSE.EXE as a NEW-PROGRAM-ITEM after you have run
the initial install.exe from your Program Manager (FILE-RUN).
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You can launch HOUSE from Program Manager, if you made an ICON, or from your
File Manager, using a DOUBLE CLICK on the file called HOUSE.EXE.  Of course, the
best way to handle things is to put CITYMAN.EXE in your Windows 3.1 SHELL statement!
But you will have to decide HOW you want HOUSE to work for you after you read the HELP
files in your first HOUSE menu!
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Please note:

If your initial HOUSE session runs slowly--and seems to be activating your FLOPPY DISK
you should close the program and reload it from your new HARD DISK directory. 

To Close HOUSE, click the BUTTON labelled [ SET  ] and then
click the center "menubox" item labelled [ HSE ].

This will close HOUSE, and you can then re-start it from your hard drive using
Program Manager or File Manager (FILE-RUN-C:\HOUSE\HOUSE.EXE)




 


