
                        R A T I O B A R    D L L(tm)
                               Version  1.10
                             S H A R E W A R E

                    Copyright 1998,1999 Jesse I. Deutsch 
                            All Rights Reserved



Jesse Deutsch
the doss boss
PO Box UB 70411
Gaborone
BOTSWANA
dossboss@mega.bw


(All trademarks are property 
of their respective owners.)



Introduction
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   Recent articles have expressed concerns about development issues
for Windows programming.  In particular, it is clear that many 
developers will have to continue to market a 16 bit Windows version 
of their products for some time to come.  According to one article, 
"[m]any corporate users still cling to Windows 3.1 because of cost
or support issues" (see Al Williams, 'Not your Grandfather's Computer
Industry', Dr. Dobb's Special Report, Careers 97).

   RatioBar DLL(TM) may be useful to large corporations or other
organizations who cannot justify upgrading to Windows 95/98(TM) or 
Windows NT(TM) on a rational business basis, or who otherwise need to
support a 16 bit Windows product and would like to include a modern
user interface.  It is not difficult to integrate this code into a 
practical Win16 program.  Also, one clear point is that there is a 
certain arbitraryness to what the user considers as the operating 
system interface.

   RatioBar DLL(TM) is available in three versions: for 16 bit
Windows, for the 16 bit WOW layer (which 16 bit executables
inhabit when run under WIN 32) and for 32 bit Windows.  Check
our website www.dossboss.bw to see the new enhancements that 
developers can include in their Windows software!
   
  

Price
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   The price is $225 for a single user license.  Quantity discounts
and site licenses are available.  



Installation Notes
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   The shareware version of RatioBar DLL can be used in 16 bit 
operating systems such as Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups (TM).  

   After running the setup executable, setup.exe, on the diskette, 
RatioBar DLL will be installed in the directory you have selected.  
These softwares have been tested with MSVC 1.5 and MSVC 1.0.
   
   Three files must be installed in order to use the product.  The 
dynamic link library rbar16.dll must be placed in the SYSTEM directory 
below the WINDOWS directory. The other two files are the header file, 
rbarimp.h, and the import library file, rbar16.lib.  There are two
options for dealing with these files.  One option would be to leave
them in their installation directories, typically C:\RATIOBAR\INCLUDE
and C:\RATIOBAR\LIB, and add these directories to the INCLUDE and LIB
environment variables respectively.

   The other choice would be to move the header and library files to
the compiler's INCLUDE and LIB directories respectively.  These
directories would typically be C:\MSVC\INCLUDE and C:\MSVC\LIB.  The
exact directories may be different for the particular installation of
your C/C++ compiler.

   It may also be convenient to copy or move the help file icon from
the RatioBar program manager group to your compiler's program manager
group.



License
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   You have a 30 day grace period to test and see if you wish to use
the software.  You may use and test the software only on an individual
development computer.   Further licensing conditions are listed in the 
file license.txt and are included here by reference.



Updates
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   Registered users will be informed of updates to this software.



Distribution
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   This version is shareware, and distribution by shareware vendors 
is encouraged.  The conditions of distribution are:

   all copyright notices are to be left intact

   the distribution archive file is to be labelled as shareware

   the concept of shareware is explained in a prominent place

   all files are to be distributed together

   you agree to stop distribution if I ask you to stop

If you agree to these conditions, then you are free to distribute 
the archive in the reasonable and customary manner of shareware
distribution.

   The essential files in this distribution are:

       readme.txt     file_id.diz     vendor.txt 
       register.txt   license.txt     rbar16.dll
       rbarimp.h      rbar16.lib      hlp16.hlp
       rbar16.ini     setup.exe       setup.inf
       ms???stf.dll (6 files)

There are also files of sample programs that should be included.



Price
-----
   The price is $225 for a single user license.  Quantity discounts
and site licenses are available.  



Money Back Guarantee
--------------------

   If you are dissatisfied with this product, you may return it
within 30 days for a refund.



(All trademarks are property 
of their respective owners.)



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One line description:
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rbar110 -- Proportional scrollbars for 16 bit Windows.



Short description:
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rbar110 -- Proportional scrollbars for 16 bit Windows.
Corrects bugs in default scrollbars including Null 
motion and defect in scrollbar arrow button size.  
Includes toolbar with tooltips.  Corrects defect in 
behavior of WIN16 tooltip buttons.

