This is the README file for FrendSoft TextEdi 1.2 THIS IS FREEWARE but you are not allowed to change the program, to distribute it without the License Agreement or to take money or other values when forwarding this program to other users. The License Agreement is included in the help file which is a windows help file (*.chm). The help file can be started by clicking the corresponding menu or button in TextEdi program or by double clicking the windows help file in the installation folder. Thank you for and good luck when using this program! CONSIDER: =========== For portability and courtesy reasons, the installation does not set TextEdi 1.2 as standard for text files. Please choose yourself which files you want to be opened by double clicking them with TextEdi and set this once by right clicking (left handers inverse) the mouse on an icon of a file or on a file in explorer with the desired ending (e.g. *.txt), click then on properties down in the popup menu and click there on Change button at right of Open With statement. Set then TextEdi as standard by searching the TextEdi.exe in the folder where it is installed and selecting it as new standard program. Original Features: ================ The original design includes a window background image visible as frame when file is open and in menu bar. ->If opened but not used, the program window fades and later even gets iconic with a remark in a text balloon. It can be reopened clicking the icon. ->It can display and change several settings actually valid on the computer, like culture, language, encoding. ->There can be set all font families with styles and, sizes installed on the PC and all colors for font and background available on the PC. ->There are predefined font / background styles possible to choose from the menu with simple clicks. ->All settings are remembered when closing the program. That means one can set size and aspect of the editor in the widest possible range and remember these settings to have them available with next usage at start. ->Especially there are also remembered the settings for encoding, language and culture. So this program can be used to edit text in different encoding, language or with different culture (insert date format depends on that) than those set in a moment or as standard on the used computer. All these settings can be certainly also easy and quick, adapted to the immediate needs. With this it makes sense to use FrendSoft TextEdi parallel to other text editors, which can have or use other language / culture / encoding settings (if possible to switch) in the same time on the same computer. With most of editors it is generally not possible to remember these settings and they will always start with the standard set on that computer, and not all settings can be changed even after start. ========================================================================================================= => So even when having other text editors, using FrendSoft TextEdi can make sense and bring advantages. ========================================================================================================= Problems: ======== If the installed program does not work, then probably you will get a message like: ".Net minimum Version 2.0 Service Pack 2 is necessary to be installed." or "Initialization failed" or "Program wrong configured, please reinstall". Please reinstall then the program and choose the option with installation of .Net 2.0SP2 or .Net3.5 and/or with VCRediStart installation! The Windows Installer might be necessary to update too, include then in installation. The delivered version of Installer 4.5 is the newest available and will improve your system generally, if not already installed. All these installations are freeware, but takes online time to get the necessary installations from the Internet. You can remove the program by clicking the right mouse button (left handed inverse) and choosing "Remove" from the appearing menu (e.g. Windows 8) or by opening the System / Control window and choosing there the page Software or Programs (e. g. Windows XP) or you can go to the installation folder and double click the file unins000.exe. In any case the program will be completely removed from your computer. It is maybe possible to reinstall without removing before, but indicated to remove the old installation first. Installation: =========== The installer for FrendSoft TextEdi 1.2 installs, if chosen this way, the VCRediStart files package, means the Microsoft Visual Studio runtime libraries. These are necessary to be installed on systems not having them or Microsoft Visual Studio already installed. There are 3 installer files: Beneath TextEdi itself the first installs, if chosen, only the libraries mentioned above, the second additionally .Net2.0 SP2 and the third additionally .Net3.5. Both versions installing .Net too can install also the Windows Installer 4.5 necessary for all operating systems not having updated to Windows Installer 3.1 or higher to install .Net. The framework .Net is necessary for TextEdi to work and is already installed on most systems with windows updates or other programs needing it or, like with Windows 8, because being already part of the operating system. Hardware Requirements: ==================== -> Pentium CPU or higher (486 not tested) ->128 MB RAM. -> 3.9 MB free hard drive space, if .Net is already installed. -> 28 MB free hard drive space, if .Net 2.0 SP2 is chosen to be installed too. At least this version of .Net is required for the Software TextEdi 1.2 to run. ATTENTION: .Net 3.0 is also not compatible, but .Net 3.0 SP1 or higher will do it too. .Net2.0 SP2 will not install if you have a newer version of .Net (but the program will work with that version) or if you have an older operating system not accepting .Net 2.0 SP2 (some versions of Windows NT and Windows 2000 or Windows 98 or older). -> 201 MB free hard drive space, if .Net 3.5 is chosen to be installed too, instead of .Net 2.0 SP2. ATTENTION: .Net3.5 will not install if you have a newer version of .Net (but the program will work with that version) or if you have an older operating system not accepting .Net 3.5 (some versions of Windows NT and Windows 2000 or Windows 98 or older). -> Additionally 1.8 MB when VS runtime environment or a sufficiently new version of Microsoft Visual Studio are not installed. You can choose then to install the VS runtime environment too. -> Additionally 1.7 to 3.0 MB, depending on the operating system running on your PC, if Windows Installer version 3.1 or higher is not yet installed on your PC. You can choose to install the windows installer too. The TextEdi installation program will take care to install in the necessary order. -> 205.9 MB maximum drive space required, when installing the Windows Installer 4.5, .Net 3.5, VCRediStart (works for Windows XP and higher Microsoft operating systems) and certainly FrendSoft TextEdi 1.2, which will be installed in all chosen variants. There are 3 installation files for making it possible to download less than 209 MB to install TextEdi. One including only TextEdi and the runtime libraries, the other 2 including also .Net 2.0 SP2 or 3.5 respective. Software Requirements: ================== -> TextEdi supports the following 32-bit Microsoft Windows versions: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and maybe also other versions (at least some versions of Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 do not accept the necessary .Net installation, older versions not tested). Being .Net based, only Microsoft Windows operating systems are yet supported. The program runs in 32 bit mode also on all 64 bit machines and with all mentioned operating systems, even when being 64-bit systems! -> The following Software has to be installed on your computer for that FrendSoft TextEdi can run properly: (all this software is included in the FrendSoft TextEdi 1.2 installation file) -> VCRediStart files package or Microsoft Visual Studio -> .Net 2.0 SP2 or higher (included .Net 2.0 SP2 and .Net 3.5, install as desired). For installing one of the delivered .Net packages, Windows Installer 3.1 or higher is required. Delivered in this installation Windows Installer 4.5, working already with Windows XP and all higher Microsoft operating systems, maybe also with Windows 2000, but there in most versions .Net 2.0 SP2 or higher not possible to install (incompatibility with system 32 files like kernel32). What is Improved in Version 1.2: ============================ 1. The program remembers culture and language settings, so that it starts always with the same chosen settings, not depending on what is set on the computer used. 2. The font family and font size entries were not updated when choosing a font family or size from the pre-defined possibilities in the menu Format -> Font -> Size or Format -> Font -> Type. This was fixed and the entry will be updated! 3. The font size entries for decimal sizes were corrupt when choosing special combinations of cultures and languages with different decimal representations. This was corrected and the font size setting should work now in all cases. 4. Some right to left languages are triggering the right to left setting of the editor. 5. The help file was improved. 6. Made insertion of page numbers when printing selectable. ================================================================================================================ (C) FrendSoft (R) 2013 - 2014