
XWorkplace 0.9.17 README

(W) Ulrich Mller, Feb 7, 2000

Last updated February 4, 2002


0. CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
========================

    1. INTRODUCTION

    2. INSTALLATION

    3. UPGRADING

    4. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT

    5. GETTING STARTED

    6. KNOWN LIMITATIONS

    7. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER

    8. CONTACT


1. INTRODUCTION
===============

    Welcome to XWorkplace V0.9.17.

    XWorkplace is a complex set of replacement classes for the
    OS/2 Workplace Shell to enhance the WPS's behavior in many
    ways.

    This README has additional information which is not included
    in the XWorkplace User Guide. Please read through all of this
    before installing.

    After installation, you can find this README in the main
    install directory.


    About this release
    ------------------

    It's been a long while since the last public release
    (V0.9.14 was released in August 2001), so naturally
    lots of things have changed. V0.9.16 fixed _many_
    bugs and added quite a few more features which I wrote
    when I got tired of bugfixing. V0.9.17 is a small
    maintenance release to fix some issues people had
    with V0.9.16.

    For details, refer to the "Version Notices" in the
    "XWorkplace User Guide". To extract the documentation
    only, see "2. INSTALLATION" below.


2. INSTALLATION
===============

    XWorkplace must be installed using WarpIN. After all files
    have been copied, WarpIN will restart your Workplace Shell
    to make sure the changes become active. A reboot should not
    be necessary.

    WARNING: It was reported that the Workplace Shell hangs itself
    up after the restart if you have the "Automatic lockup on
    startup" setting enabled. In that case, disable that setting
    before allowing WarpIN to restart the WPS.

    ---> In any case, before installing, MAKE A WPS BACKUP.

    If you are still unsure whether you should use XWorkplace at
    this point, you can select the "Documentation" package in this
    archive only. This way can then read through XWorkplace's
    documentation first and decide then whether to actually install
    all of it. To install later, simply double-click on XWorkplace's
    .WPI archive again.


3. UPGRADING
============

    Upgrading from XWorkplace
    -------------------------

    IMPORTANT: If you are installing while the WPS is running
    (which is most probably the case), WarpIN will show you
    confirmation dialogs about various files that are currently
    in use, most importantly, XFLDR.DLL. This is natural because
    those modules are locked while the WPS (and thus XWorkplace)
    is running.

    In those dialogs, you MUST select "Unlock (DosReplaceModule)",
    or your installation will not be fully updated.

    If you get this message for a help file (.HLP extension), the
    XWorkplace help file is currently held open by the WPS.
    Unfortunately, with OS/2, it is impossible to unlock data files
    automatically. To unlock the help file, while the "locked"
    dialog is showing, simply open any standard WPS help panel
    (e.g. by clicking on an empty space on the desktop and
    pressing F1), which will unlock XWorkplace's help file.

    Besides, you will probably get a notification message that
    XWPDAEMN.EXE is running and must be killed. Have WarpIN kill
    that program (which is the XWorkplace Daemon).

    If upgrading doesn't work, have WarpIN remove the installed
    XWorkplace version first, restart the WPS, and install the
    new version then.


    Upgrading from XFolder
    ----------------------

    XWorkplace is the successor to XFolder (the last XFolder
    version was V0.85).

    XWorkplace and XFolder cannot coexist, since XWorkplace
    provides all the features of XFolder 0.85 plus many bugfixes
    and even more features.

    As a result, if XFolder is installed, XWorkplace will
    disable your XFolder installation.

    You should install XWorkplace to a directory OTHER than
    your existing XFolder directory to make sure no file
    conflicts occur. Several people have reported that
    installing to the same directory can hang your WPS.

    XWorkplace can take over your existing XFolder 0.85 settings,
    if present. You will be prompted for that during the first
    WPS restart after installation. However, many new settings
    have arrived, so many will be initially disabled.

    If you prefer to go back to your existing XFolder installation
    later (after all, this is a developer's release), have WarpIN
    de-install XWorkplace and install XFolder again, using
    INSTALL.CMD in your XFolder directory. Your old XFolder
    settings remain untouched by XWorkplace.


4. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT
============================

    This archive contains XWorkplace National Language Support
    (NLS) for English only. Even though XWorkplace is prepared
    for supporting additional languages, there are no other
    NLS packages available yet. These will be added to a later
    release.


5. GETTING STARTED
==================

    In any case, after installation, open the new "XWorkplace Setup"
    object first and go to the "Features" page. This is the most
    central place to enable XWorkplace features. Press the "Help"
    button there to get more information.


6. KNOWN LIMITATIONS
====================

    Please check the BUGS and FEATURES files in this package also
    before reporting bugs or suggesting features. Thank you.


7. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER
=================================

    Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Ulrich Mller,
                            Martin Lafaix,
                            Paul Ratcliffe,
                            and others.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as contained in
    the file COPYING in the installation directory.

    The full source code is available. See XFLDR001.INF for details.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    For details, refer to the "Notices" section in XFLDR001.INF.


8. CONTACT
==========

    We have created two mailing lists at yahoogroups.com for contact.
    Please use these lists from now on for questions, suggestions,
    and bug reports.

    For XWorkplace users:
        xworkplace-user@yahoogroups.com

    For XWorkplace developers and those who are interested:
        xworkplace-dev@yahoogroups.com

    For details, see "Notices" --> "Contact" in XFLDR001.INF.

