			       Icon Hear-It Too!                                                                                                     			       Version 1.0
			       February 25, 1994

Welcome to version 1.0 of Icon Hear-It Too!

Please read through this readme.txt file.  It contains important information
not available when the manual was printed.

				Install Program

If you already have a version of Icon Hear-It on your system, make sure 
that it is not running before you install Icon Hear-It Too.

The install program shells out to DOS to decompress its program and
data files.  Don't be alarmed to see a DOS window pop up.  We do this 
because we are able to get better compression ratios and squeeze more stuff  
on to the disks for you!

			       Windows 3.0 Users

Icon Hear-It Too does NOT support Windows 3.0.  If you do need
Windows 3.0 support please call Moon Valley Software at 602-375-9502.


                              Icon Hear-It Too Users

If you are upgrading from a previous release of Icon Hear-It Too, your old
sound and icon assignments stored in a file called IHEARIT.INI in your 
Windows directory will remain unchanged.


                                 Shell Programs 

Icon Hear-It Too is designed to run with Norton Desktop for Windows, version
2.0 and 3.0 and Windows Program Manager only.  Under other shell programs 
Icon Hear-It Too may not function properly.

Under Options from Icon Hear-It Too, a new item has been added that tells 
you which shell Icon Hear-It Too is currently running under.  If this 
shell is incorrect, reinstall Icon Hear-It Too through the correct shell.


                              Norton Desktop Users

Icon Hear-It Too is fully compatable with Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0 
with the exception of customized menu bars.  If you are running a 
customized menu bar Icon Hear-It Too should not be run from the menu bar,
but should be run in the button window.


 
                    Have Icon Hear-It Too Start Up Automatically

To have Icon Hear-It Too start up automatically each time you start Windows,
you can drag the Icon Hear-It Too icon to the StartUp Group or place the 
Icon Hear-It Too command line in you win.ini file.  The command line should
look something like this:

 load=C:\ICONHEAR\IHEARIT.EXE

The drive letter or directory name may be different depending on where you
installed Icon Hear-It Too, but the EXE file name should be the same.


                                Animated Icons

The number of animated icons currently being played, the animation speed 
and the number of frames can greatly affect the operation of Windows and 
Windows applications.  
Other than the maximum discussed below, there is no "rule" for the number 
of animations you can have running concurrently.  5 animated icons may
stress a 286-12 computer with a 256K video card, but 25 may not stress 
a 486-33 with a 1MB card!  Icon Do-It should not "crash" or lock up your
computer even if you do reach your hardware limits.  

Maximum Animations Possible
---------------------------
The number of currently running animations is limited to the number of 
available timers. Each icon animation uses one Windows' "timer".  
Windows 3.1 currently has 32. Be aware, however, that many other programs
also use timers.  Screen savers, calendars, clocks and anything else that
moves on the screen without human intervention probably uses a timer.

The cursor animations (Curtoons) supplied with Icon Do-It, for example, use
a Windows timer.  If you decide to use one of the cursor animations this 
will reduce by one (1) the number of icon animations that you will be able 
to run at once.

Icon Animation Speed
--------------------
Basically, the faster you have an animation running, the more system 
resources and display memory are being used and the slower Windows will run.
The lower the animation speed (in milliseconds), the faster the animation 
will play.  At animation speeds over 300 milliseconds, this slow down is not
really noticeable.  As you add more animations this slowing may become
more obvious.

As mentioned, the amount of RAM and video display memory available as 
well as processor speed will determine how many icon animations are able
to run before you notice system degradation.


                           Not Hearing Any Sound

Check your SYSTEM.INI file and make sure the following lines are included under 
the [boot] section:

sound.drv=mmsound.drv
drivers=mmsystem.dll.

You can erase all or some of the files in HEARITFX without damaging
Icon Hear-It Too.  But, you will lose any of the preattached sounds whose
file you have deleted or moved.  However, after relocating this directory 
you can reattach these sounds.

If you are running Windows on a network and are not getting any sound:

	1.  Go into Main, Control Panel, then Drivers.
	2.  Check to see if Sound Driver for PC-Speaker is listed.
	3.  Add the Sound Driver for PC Speaker by clicking on Add
	4.  Click on Unlisted or Updated Driver (the first choice)
	5.  Click OK
	6.  You will be prompted for a drive and directory name, type in
	    the drive letter and path you installed Icon Hear-It Too to.  
	    (Eg.  C:\ICONHEAR)  If you can't remember the drive and path, click
	    on Browse to help refresh your memory.
	7.  You will be given a choice of two drivers, click on Icon Hear-It Too Wave
	    Driver #1 for PC Speaker.  
	8.  Click OK.
	
You will then be asked if you want to restart Windows, Click Yes.

Icon Hear-It Too supports all .wav files.  You can use your own sounds 
with Icon Hear-It Too by clicking through the directory list boxes to the 
directory that contains your .wav files and following the instructions
outlined in the User's Guide for attaching sounds.


                               Sound Board Not Being Used

Sound boards are supported in Windows 3.1 and above ONLY.  If you are using Windows 3.0
the sounds will not play through your sound board.  

If you have a sound board installed (i.e. Sound Blaster, Ad Lib, 
Thunder Board, etc) and are using Windows 3.1 and the sounds are still being played through
the PC Speaker:

	1.  Go into Main, Control Panel, then Drivers.
	2.  Check to make sure your sound board drivers are installed.
	    You will see the name or the manufacturer's name of your sound board
	    and some reference to "wav" if your drivers are properly installed.
	    (If you do not see your sound board listed, refer to your sound board
	    documentation for instructions on installing the sound driver into 
	    Windows 3.1. then continue to step 3).
	3.  Remove the Sound Driver for PC-Speaker.  

You will be prompted that this sound driver is required by your system,
do you really want to remove it.  Click Yes.  You will then be asked
if you want to restart Windows, also Click Yes.



             Icons Not Sticking from One Windows Session to the Next

The problem you are experiencing with non-sticking program icons probably has 
to do with the icon Description in Properties.  Windows 3.1 reads spaces as part 
of the description, so _Word_Perfect (where _ is a space) is not read the same as 
Word_Perfect.  The problem with this is you can't see trailing spaces, so Word_Perfect
would not match Word_Perfect_ _ _!  The fix for this is to go into File from Program 
Manager, click Properties and retype the Description and hit ENTER..  DO NOT 
click OK or move the mouse cursor from the last letter in the description.  This 
will eliminate any trailing blank spaces.

Non standard characters in path or command lines may also cause icons not to stick
from one session to the next.  If you have " or ( or any other "strange" character in either of
the command line, try changing to a strictly letters and numbers command line.



                    ERROR #105 or #305 during Installation

Sometimes anti-virus programs will think that the installation program is a virus.  This is not
true.  To enable the installation to run properly you may have to temporarily disable your
anti-virus program, then run the install program, the re-enable it.  Just to be safe, you may
want to virus scan our installation diskette and your hard drive before disabling your virus
checker.


                            Speaker Driver Setup

The Speaker Driver Setup push button in the Options Window works ONLY with 
the speaker driver installed with Icon Hear-It Too.  When loading, if
Icon Hear-It Too detects a sound board or speaker driver already on your
system, it will not allow you to use it Speaker Setup.


                       DOS Applications that Use Sound

If you have attached a sound to an icon for a DOS based application
that uses sound, you may get an error messager saying your sound card 
is in use by another program.  This is happening because the DOS
application accesses the sound board directly and if it is in use
by Windows, (which it would be if it was playing the sound attached
to the icon) it cannot be accessed again by DOS.

If you unassign the sound attached to the icon, you should be able to use
sound in your DOS program.  You may also have to experiment with unassigning
the CLOSE sound or any other Window Event that might be invoked when you 
run the DOS program.



