PhotoAdvent 2.0 for Windows 95/98
by Rob Adams - InstantWorld Software


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Welcome!

Thanks for trying PhotoAdvent!

PhotoAdvent is an Advent Calendar for your computer. It comes with 25
built in pictures, and allows you to personalize the calendar by 
importing your own pictures. It's a fun Christmas activity for everyone,
and ideal for families with young children. 

The program opens on a snow scene with 25 numbered boxes.  You click on 
the dates in order to expand them and then click and drag your mouse to 
gradually reveal the pictures hidden behind the dates.  Although
PhotoAdvent is not a screen saver, certain entertaining things do happen
when PhotoAdvent is left idle for a period of time.  

PhotoAdvent is a fully functional Advent Calendar and no limitation is
placed on your use of the program with the built-in pictures.  Importing
features in unregistered copies of PhotoAdvent, however, are limited to
the first 5 dates of the calendar.  Registered users may import pictures
for all 25 of the dates in PhotoAdvent.


PhotoAdvent is a copyrighted shareware program.  It may be distributed,
provided that it is not modified and that the original documentation 
accompanies it.  (See Distribution and License Requirements below for 
full details on distribution.)


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To Install PhotoAdvent:

Double-click on the file "PHOTOADVENT2_W95_INSTALL.EXE".  This
application will unzip and install PhotoAdvent and its related files. 
The default installation folder is "C:\Program Files\PhotoAdvent."  You
will have an opportunity to change this if you wish.

The expanded size of the PhotoAdvent files is around 1 MB.  The
additional files installed include a more detailed read me file,
extensive help in HTML format, and a "Register" program, which will
allow you to register PhotoAdvent.


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System Requirements:

Minimum System Requirements for Windows 95/98: 

       System:        Windows 95, Windows 98. 
       Processor:     486 or better, Pentium strongly recommended. 
       Memory:        8 Mb RAM 
       Monitor:       640x480, 16 bit Color ("High Color") 
       Disk Space:    Around 1 MB. 
       System Tools:  Requires the file "VBRUN300.DLL".
       VBRUN300.DLL, which allows Visual Basic applications to run, is
available freely from our web site as well as from Simtel and various 
on-line services such as AOL. 



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How to uninstall PhotoAdvent:

If, for some reason, you decide you don't want to keep PhotoAdvent, you
may remove it by simply deleting the PhotoAdvent folder and its
contents. 

Windows:     Drag the PhotoAdvent folder to the Recycle Bin. 

Caution:  Before you do this, make sure to remove any copies of pictures
you may have placed in the PhotoAdvent Import folder. Otherwise, they
will also be deleted when you empty the Recycle Bin or the Trash.


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Distribution & License Requirements

PhotoAdvent is a copyrighted shareware program.  PhotoAdvent is not
"public domain". The software and all included images and sounds are
copyrighted material to which InstantWorld Software reserves all rights.


*  In all cases where PhotoAdvent may be distributed, it must be
distributed unmodified with all of the original accompanying
documentation.

*   PhotoAdvent cannot be sold, either by itself or in combination with
any other product, without the express written permission of
InstantWorld Software.

*   PhotoAdvent may be posted on an information service which charges
its users for general connection time and downloading, but it may NOT be
posted to an information service which will charge for the specific
right to download PhotoAdvent, without the express written permission of
InstantWorld Software.

*   Publishers and distributors of software collections may not
distribute PhotoAdvent without the express written permission of
InstantWorld Software.  Exceptions to this stipulation are organizations
to which InstantWorld Software itself has directly submitted the
PhotoAdvent software for such purposes.  Publishers interested in
including PhotoAdvent in their products should contact InstantWorld
Software for permission as well as for up-to-date versions and
information.

*  Individuals may copy and distribute PhotoAdvent provided that:
	1.  The program is not modified in any way.
	2.  All the documentation that accompanied the original package (as
downloadable from our web site) is included.
	3.  No charge is made for the distribution beyond the costs the
individual incurs in making the copies.
	4.  No registration code is copied or distributed with the program.

*   Registered users will be given a registration code. This
registration code is not transferable and may not be shared or
distributed.


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Legal:

Use PhotoAdvent at your own risk. The program, and any support from
InstantWorld Software, are provided "as is" and without warranty,
express or implied.  In no event will InstantWorld Software be liable
for any damages, even if InstantWorld Software is advised of the
possibility of such damages, or for any claim by you or any third party.


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Contact Information:

Web:     www.photoadvent.com

E-mail:  support@photoadvent.com
         instantworld@kagi.com 
