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   WELCOME TO WINBATCH!

   This disk contains the WinBatch Interpreter version 4.0C, and
   our WinMacro product.

   WinBatch is the Windows Batch Language that you can use to real real
   honest-to-goodness Windows batch files to control every aspect of
   your machine's operation.  There are more than 200 different functions
   to allow you to do *anything* with WinBatch!

   WinBatch supports DDE, Networks, and all Multimedia devices.



   ***   SPECIAL BONUS FOR REGISTERED USERS  ***

   Registered users receive our new "Dialog Editor" which allows them to
   graphically construct dialog boxes, (a lot like the Visual Basic dialog
   editor), and other utilities to help make programming WinBatch files a
   tad easier and faster.


            *** LATE-BREAKING NEWS ***

 This is WinBatch 4.0, a MAJOR update from previous versions.  There are
 over 75 new functions (when compared to the 3.0 version).

 WinBatch has a new dialog box capability for real Windows dialog boxes.
 (Registered users even receive our new graphical Dialog Editor, which makes
  the programming of the Dialog boxes easier than ever.)

 The new WinMacro facility allows you to have menuitems on any and/or all
 applications, and to have HotKeys defined to do most any task.
                                                     

 *** Be sure the following files wind up in a directory defined
     in your DOS PATH statement.

     WINBATCH.EXE
     WINMACRO.EXE
     WWWBATxx.DLL   (where xx is some number like 10)
     WINMACHK.DLL
     WWWDEALR.DLL

     Also check the extensions section of the WIN.INI file to be
     sure the WBT extension points to the directory where WINBATCH
     is installed.


  *** FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUPPORT ***

  WinBatch now supports some foreign languages.  English is built in,
  and the software attempts to examine your system, and, if you are using
  German or French, will configure itself to use German or French.  More
  languages on the way.  There is also "ValSpeak", which is both a
  parody on Southern California slang, and an example of how *some*
  messages may be modified for the end users.

  To access a non-default langauage do the following:

      1) Examine the WWWDLANG.DLL file to determine the languages
         available.  The file has documentation in it that will help you
         figure this out.  (It is not really a DLL, you can look at it.
         It will probably be in your Windows directory.)
    
      2) Edit the WWWBATCH.INI file and add an item to the MAIN section,
         something like:

         WWWBATCH.INI
            [Main]
            Language=ValSpeak




           ***  Announcing the WinBatch Compiler  ***

 Also available is our "WinBatch Compiler".  With the WinBatch compiler,
 you can turn your WBT files into standalone EXE files that you can
 distribute on a royalty-free basis.

 Have a BIG network?  Want all your users to run your WBT files?
 Compile the WBT files with the WinBatch Compiler and put the EXE's
 up on the server.

 Making specialized WinBatch files for clients?  Don't want them modifying
 your files?  Just compile the WBT files, and give the EXE to your client.

 Are you the "corporate guru".  Get a compiler.  Compile those WBT files
 and hand them out like candy.

 The WinBatch compiler, a separate product from the WinBatch Interpreter
 contained in these files, is available for $395.00, plus shipping, if
 applicable.



                       PACKING LIST:

 Most files will end in a _ (underscore).   Some of them have been
 compressed and will be expanded by the setup program, whileas the
 others are sinply renamed.  In any case, the setup program
 (WSETUP.EXE) should take care of moving the files around.


 README   TXT    This File
 README2  TXT    ...continued...
 WSETUP   EXE    The Windows-based setup program.
 WSETUP   INF    Information file for the setup program.
 WB__VER  ???    A dummy file.  ??? is the current version number.
 WBINXZ   EXE    More of the setup program.

 The following files *might* be in a WINBATCH subdirectory.

 WINBATCH EXE    The main WinBatch EXE file       <Put in DOS Path>
 WWWBATxx DLL    A required Dynamic Link Library  <Put in DOS Path>
 WWWDLANG DLL    Language strings.       <Put in same dir as WWWBATxx.DLL>
 WINMACRO EXE    The main WinMacro EXE file       <Put in DOS Path>
 WINMACHK DLL    A required Dynamic Link Library  <Put in DOS Path>
 WWWDEALR DLL    A required Dynamic Link Library  <Put in DOS Path>
 BROWSER  EXE    A handy file viewing utility

 WILDOC   MAN    The disk-based technical reference for the WIL languagge.
 WINBATCH MAN    The disk-based manual.

 DOSPASTE WBT    Sample WBT file.  How-2 paste to DOS apps.
 STONES   WBT    Sample WBT file.  "Stones" game -- Can you count?
 STONES   WTX    Text file used by STONES.WBT for instructions
 ZOOMER   WBT    Sample WBT file.  Runs apps from ProgMan as maximized.
 SOL      WBT    Sample WBT file.  Solitaire with a timer.
 PKUNZIP  WBT    Sample WBT file.  PKUNZIP shell.
 PKUNZUP  WDG    Dialog box definition for PKUNZIP shell.
 INTACTV  WBT    Sample WBT file.  Allows for interactive commands.
 SYSINFO  WBT    Displays system information.
 INIEDIT  WBT    Easy INI file Editor.

 PLAYMIDI WBT    Sample WBT file.  Plays MIDI files.
 MCITEST  WBT    Sample WBT file.  Allows interactive control of
                 Multimedia devices.
 PLAY_CD WBT     Sample WBT file.  Plays Audio CD's.

 GLOBAL   WDF    Sample Macro definition file.  For ALL applications.
 NOTEPAD  WDF    Sample Macro definition file.  For NOTEPAD app only.
 SIMPLE   WBT    Sample Macro file.  Just a simple little WBT file.
 STRANGE  WBT    Sample Macro file.  Just a strange little WBT file.
 RUNGEN   WBT    Sample Macro file.  A generic WBT file launcher.
 RUNPARM  WBT    Sample Macro file.  A special WBT file launcher.
 RUNPARM  WLS    Sample ASCII file of assorted WBT files with parameters.
 OPENALL  WBM    Sample Macro file.  Opens Notepad filebox as *.*
 DATETIME WBM    Sample Macro file.  Inserts date/time into notepad.

 WEXPAND  EXE    File expander for manual installs (disk versions only)
 WEXPAN1  EXE    File expander overlay             (disk versions only)


               HOW TO INSTALL WINBATCH

 >>>AUTOMAGIC INSTALL

 Use our WSETUP.EXE program, which will copy the files for you and install 
 a WINBATCH group in the program manager with various sample files.  
 To use our WSETUP.EXE program...   (Manual install instructions below)

   1) Close down all extraneous Windows applications.

   2) Double-Click on the WSETUP.EXE program

   3) When the setup program asks for a directory, specify initial directory,
      or accept the given default (C:\WINDOWS).


 NOTE:  If you are updating from a previous version, and made any of the
        WinBatch files READ-ONLY, remove the read-only attribute from
        the files before running setup.
        (Or else the setup process will hang)

 >>>MANUAL INSTALL

 The manual install is not actually recommended, but here is a little
 information you may need if you insist on doing a manual install.

 Any file ending with a underscore "_" MAY be a compressed file which needs
 to be expanded with the provided WEXPAND.EXE program before use.  (This is
 mostly done with the disk based version of the product, not the ZipFile
 version)  E.G.
       WEXPAND.EXE WINBATCH.EX_ WINBATCH.EXE
    
 For the basic installation, all you have to do is get the following files
 into a directory mentioned in your DOS path statement.
     WINBATCH.EXE
     WWWBAT10.DLL
     WINMACRO.EXE
     WINMACHK.EXE
 and
     GLOBAL.WDF
     NOTEPAD.WDF

 You will probably also want any file whose extension begins with W, as in
 *.W*


 Please see the README2.TXT file for more information.