AppletPainter ReadMe file

AppletPainter is shareware written by Colin Mummery who can be contacted at equitysoft@iname.com and whose homepage is www.kagi.com/equitysoft.

This is version 1.0 of the AppletPainter product which is delivered in a single ZIP file. The ZIP file name indicates the date that the product version in the file was built in day/month/year order. The ZIP file contains the following:

The java bytecode packaged as a single JAR file
This readme file
The license agreement
A registration program that runs under Windows

Running the software

The product is run by double clicking (or clicking under Solaris) on the file "AppletPainter.jar". Alternatively the following Java command can be used:

    java -jar AppletPainter.jar

Although the majority of applets created use Java 1.1 and run in MS IE 4.0 or Netscape 4.06, AppletPainter itself is written using the Sun Java 2 JDK and users must have at least Java 2 (also known as Java 1.2) installed on their machine to create the applets. The Java 2 VM is available free at Sun's website.

Known issues

Windows doesn't allow the applet width to be reduced to a very small size.
Combo-Box cannot be selected with a mouse click, use the shift selection button in the toolbar.
Text box component isn't always repainted properly when inserting text.
The QuickTime for Java component still has bugs.

Win98 Display problems

If you use a Windows98 PC and the AppletPainter windows are not repainting properly then right click on the desktop and select 'properties'. This gives you the Display properties dialog. Select 'Settings' then 'Advanced' and turn down (or off) the graphics acceleration. This problem do not exist for the applets created with AppletPainter.

Paying for the software

The evaluation period is the standard 30 days given for most shareware. After that period payment should be made using the KAGI shareware payment service. The best way is to run the enclosed Windows program that generates output that can be e-mailed, faxed or posted to KAGI. If payment must be made by phone there is a US$5 surcharge and it can be done by ringing (510) 658-5244 in the US. Alternatively payment can be made over the internet by going to the EquitySoft pricing page.

The policy on new revisions of products

Products are regularly updated with new features. My policy is not to charge any fee for new releases which may only include bug fixes, cosmetic changes and minor functional changes. In general therefore, the original registration code that you receive on paying the initial license fee should be kept and reused after downloading a new product version. Do not pay for another license unless you're sure it's absolutely required.

Replacing an old version with a new version

If you want to keep all your existing files then replace only the old version of "AppletPainter.jar" with the new version. Some session settings will be reset when this is done.

Feedback

Any feedback about bugs or feature requests should be sent to the author Colin Mummery at EquitySoft@iname.com. All feedback is most welcome and carefully read. Requests for the addition of new components are welcome.