NOTE: The best way to view README.NOW in the OS/2 System
Editor (E.EXE) is to maximize the editor window and turn
on Word Wrap in the Options menu. The best way to print
README.NOW is to open this file in a full-featured word
processor, select the entire file, and format the text in
10 point Courier before printing.


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HyperACCESS Beta #1 for OS/2 2.X -- A Brief Users' Guide
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Contents

    Unpacking HyperACCESS

    Installing HyperACCESS

    An Overview of HyperACCESS

    Known Bugs and Omissions


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Unpacking HyperACCESS
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(If you received HyperACCESS Beta #1 directly from Hilgraeve on a diskette, skip this section.)  Beta #1 is provided on CompuServe as a single file, named HAPMB1.EXE, which is a self-extracting executable file containing the HyperACCESS program files in compressed format. After you download HAPMB1.EXE from CompuServe, you need to execute it to generate the files necessary to install and run HyperACCESS. Here's the procedure:

1.  Open an OS/2 window and change to the drive and/or directory containing HAPMB1.EXE.

2.  Type HAPMB1 <destination>, and then press ENTER. Replace <destination> with the drive and/or directory where you want the HyperACCESS files to be copied. We recommend that the destination be a floppy drive containing a blank, formatted 1.2M or 1.44M diskette. That way, you can use this diskette to install HyperACCESS on each of the PCs that you use for testing.

3.  Once the HyperACCESS files have been copied to the drive and/or directory specified above, use a text editor to read the README.NOW file in that drive or directory, for further instructions on how to install and use HyperACCESS. (README.NOW is the file you are reading now.)


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Installing HyperACCESS
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Before you can use HyperACCESS, you must install it as described in this section. If you received HyperACCESS Beta #1 directly from Hilgraeve on a diskette, you may proceed with installation right away. If you obtained HyperACCESS Beta #1 by downloading the file HAPMB1.EXE from CompuServe, you must first unpack that file as described in the previous section.

To install HyperACCESS, you need to run the HyperACCESS setup program as follows:

1.  Open an OS/2 window, and change to the drive and/or directory containing the HyperACCESS files.

2.  Type SETUP, and then press ENTER.

3.  When Setup asks for a path, type the drive and/or directory you want HyperACCESS installed into. (It must be different from the drive and/or directory containing Setup.) Click OK to continue.

4.  Type your name, company, address, and serial number (use the number SD3A12009C), and then click Continue. HyperACCESS files will now be copied to the drive and/or directory that you specified.

5.  When the necessary files have been copied, HyperACCESS loads and presents additional dialogs to complete the installation and default configuration.

6.  Due to a bug in the setup program, the first time you run HyperACCESS you must run HSETUP.EXE to configure HyperACCESS.  To do this, select Run from the Automation menu, and then select HSETUP.EXE.  Follow the instructions in the subsequent dialogs.  Once this is accomplished HyperACCESS will be ready to use.

NOTE: For the purpose of this beta test, you may install and use this beta software on up to five PCs. Please understand, however, that if you wish to continue using HyperACCESS after the beta test ends, you will need to purchase one HyperACCESS license for each machine on which HyperACCESS will be used.


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HyperACCESS -- An Overview
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HyperACCESS for OS/2 2.X is a general-purpose communications program for accessing remote computer systems of all kinds through a modem. It is a 32-bit OS/2 program for file transfer and terminal emulation, with a graphical user interface similar to award-winning HyperACCESS for Windows.

Though our early announcements referred to this program as HyperACCESS for Presentation Manager, HyperACCESS/PM, or HA/PM, it will actually be released as HyperACCESS for OS/2 2.X. (While the term Presentation Manager is quite familiar to long-time OS/2 users, IBM's decreased use of this term in recent years makes it less familiar to new OS/2 adopters, and less appropriate as part of a new product name.) Please help us by referring to the product by its new name -- or you may call it just HyperACCESS or HAOS2.

HyperACCESS's user interface is quite self-explanatory, so you should have no trouble running it without documentation (which is fortunate, because the manual isn't ready yet). To place a call, simply double-click the desired system in the Phonebook, or select the system and click the dial button. To add a new system, select File/New, or choose the New button.

You'll find many of HyperACCESS's unique features and benefits pretty obvious. It's easier to use, supports more modems, and has a more graphical user interface than competing programs. Other features that set it apart may be less obvious. Here are some points to watch for:

o  View the Phonebook 3 ways (click the Icon-Stats-Details button)

o  Super backscroll. Each system has its own backscroll (saved even between sessions!), so you can scroll back at any time to view information that has already left the terminal screen.

o  Context menus. Use the right mouse button on the terminal screen or backscroll buffer, to pop up handy menus of frequently used options.

o  Launch Pad(TM). Forget about using awkward on-line editors. Click the drop-down button (lower right corner of terminal screen), compose your message, then click the Send button.

o  Records and repeats your actions (click the "Take 2" Record button to begin, and select Stop! when done). Generates a ready-to-execute C program that you can assign to a button or use as an automatic logon.

o  Language Coupled(TM). Automate or customize your communications using our built-in C interpreter or the external language of your choice -- Rexx, Microsoft C, you name it! HyperACCESS has a complete Application Programming Interface, so you can drive it using virtually any programming language. (For a description of its API, download the API docs from Hilgraeve's BBS.)

o  Powerful Host mode (not included with Beta #1). Callers can log on, leave you messages, and upload or download files, while you're not even there -- or while you're using other applications!


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Known Bugs and Omissions
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We are already aware of (and hope soon to correct) the following bugs or omissions, so there is no need for you to report these problems:

#XXXX -- Support for long filenames (HPFS) has not yet been implemented.

#XXXX -- Host mode is not yet included.

#3792 -- Double-clicking the Phonebook window's system icon closes the program, while double-clicking the program's system menu icon does not.

#3797 -- Features in the Properties/Description dialog that are intended to let user import icons are not working.

#3804 -- The Properties/Communications dialog's Port Type pulldown should list OS/2 Shared Port.

#3810 -- After a session is opened and the backscroll buffer loads, the session window's title bar fails to indicate that the session window has the focus.

#3811 -- Sometimes when you move focus to a field within a dialog box, you can no longer see the underline that indicates an accelerator key.

#3812 -- When using the floating button bar, if you click a button overlapping the Phonebook, focus shifts to the Phonebook.

#3813 -- Once you change from the default button size, you can't change to a floating button bar.

#3908 -- ATM fonts show up in the font selection box, but do not work properly.

#3909 -- When you click the right mouse button in the Launch Pad, then select Find..., focus does not shift to the Find dialog as it should.

#3910 -- If you have a session set up as direct cable, it still asks for a phone number when you tell it to connect.

#3914 -- If you minimize the program during a file transfer, it does not hide the file transfer dialog as it should.

#3917 -- During a Zmodem download, one of the characters in the "Storing as" filename is often garbled.
