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RSS Magic for .Net - ReadMe File
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Copyright 2003, Jay Alman, Silverband Software
Website:  http://www.silverbandsoftware.com
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Table of Contents:
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1. General Information
2. System Requirements
3. Installation
4. Using RSS Magic in Your Visual Studio .Net Project
5. Contact Information
6. How to Order a License Key
7. Copyright Notice


General Information
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RSS Magic is a .Net class library that allows developers the ability to download, manipulate, and save RSS feeds through familiar properties and methods. With the Silverband RSS Magic .Net component, at the top level an RSS document is an RSSFeed object, with a mandatory attribute called Version (defaults to "2.0"), that specifies the version of RSS that the document conforms to. The Silverband RSS Magic component provides you the ability to read and create RSS feeds that conform to version 2.0 and earlier.


System Requirements
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Any system that can run .Net applications.


Installation
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1. See http://www.silverbandsoftware.com/order.html for information on how to order a license key.
2. Download the file.
3. Unzip the file to a folder of your choice on your hard drive.


Using RSS Magic in Your Visual Studio .Net Project
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In your project, make a reference to the Silverband.RSSMagic.dll file just like you would make a reference to any other external DLL file.

If you do not know how to reference external DLLs, follow the simple instructions below:

In the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio, right-click on your project's References and select 'Add Reference'. In the Add Reference dialog, click the 'Browse' button, locate the Silverband.RSSMagic.dll file, click 'Open', then 'OK'. Highlight 'Silverband.RSSMagic' in your References list and in the Properties Window make sure 'Copy Local' is set to 'True'.


Contact Information
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Sales, Distribution, and General Enquiries:
silverband@silverbandsoftware.com 

Support Issues and Bug Reports:
support@silverbandsoftware.com

Feedback on our Website:
webmaster@silverbandsoftware.com


How to Order a License Key
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Visit http://www.silverbandsoftware.com/order.html for information on how to order a license key.


Copyright Notice
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Many of the descriptions on the website and help file for RSS and its various elements came from UserLand Software at http://backend.userland.com/rss. The following is the copyright and disclaimer provided by UserLand Software:

 Copyright 1997-2002 UserLand Software. All Rights Reserved.

This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and these paragraphs are included on all such copies and derivative works.

This document may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to UserLand or other organizations. Further, while these copyright restrictions apply to the written RSS specification, no claim of ownership is made by UserLand to the format it describes. Any party may, for commercial or non-commercial purposes, implement this format without royalty or license fee to UserLand. The limited permissions granted herein are perpetual and will not be revoked by UserLand or its successors or assigns.

This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and USERLAND DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.