			    ESPN Sports Shorts                                                  
			    and Icon Hear-It Too.
			by Moon Valley Software Inc.
			     
			   Version 1.00 - Floppy

Welcome to ESPN Sports Shorts!

Please read through this Readme.txt file.  It contains important information
about installation and other information not available when the help files 
were created. 

	    ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !  BEFORE INSTALLING:  ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

If you are using an anti-virus program, such as the one that comes with
DOS 6.0, you may have to temporarily disable it before installing 
ESPN Sports Shorts.  If you receive error messages during install, please check 
and make sure that your anti-virus is not active.  After installation is 
complete, you can re-enable your anti-virus.  The actual functioning of
Icon Hear-It will not be affected, only the installation.

If your are using DOS 6.0 Double Space, Stacker, SuperStor or any other 
hard disk compression software, you may need to have more disk space 
available than the installation asks for.  This is because many of the
files included with ESPN Sports Shorts are already in compressed file format 
and will not compress further.  If you receive error messages during 
installation regarding decompressing, copying or reading files, you may 
have to free up additional hard drive space and try again.

If you are using a screen saver, you should disable it before installing.
If the screen saver turns on during the installation it could 
slow down the process considerably.


				Installation 

Hard disk space requirements:

	2.8 MB of free hard disk space in your Windows directory
	1.2 MB of free hard disk space for program files
	1.1 MB of free hard disk space for sound files
	Total of approximately 5.1 MB

To install ESPN Sports Shorts, from Microsoft Program Manager or Norton's 
Desktop for Windows 2.0 or above:

	1.  click on File... 
	2.  then click on Run... 
	3.  type X:\INSTALL on the Command Line, type X:\INSTALL
	     (where X is the drive letter for your floppy drive) 
	4.  follow the on-line prompts.

				
				  MSVIDEO.DLL

ESPN Sports Shorts requires MSVIDEO.DLL dated 11/19/93 to be installed in your
windows\system directory.  If you get errors such as:

MCIAVI.DRV requires newer version of MSVIDEO.DLL.  

This means that there is an old version of MSVIDEO.DLL somewhere on your 
hard drive.  Search for all copies of MSVIDEO.DLL on your hard disk and 
make sure the only one you have is the same as the one on the ESPN 
Sports Shorts floppy, and it should be in the windows\system directory.
If it isn't then copy it over from the floppy. 
 
Note that if the install program finds an old version msvideo.dll in either
your windows directory or your windows\system directory it renames it to 
msvideo.old.  So you can always retrieve it if you need.


				Icon Do-It Users

Icon Hear-It Too replaces Icon Do-It during installation.  Since Icon
Hear-It Too contains all the functions of Icon Do-It plus more, you can simply
erase Icon Do-It from your hard drive.  To do this simply erase all the 
files under the Icon Do-It directory, then erase the Icon Do-It directory.  
Finally, delete the Icon Do-It icon from the program manager.


			      Icon Hear-It Users

Please Remove Icon Hear-It from memory (by clicking on the Remove 
Icon Hear-It menu item) before installing ESPN Sports Shorts to 
avoid any possible conflicts.  Don't forget to remove the Icon Hear-It
icon from the Startup group or from the load line if you have Icon Hear-It 
automatically starting.

If you are upgrading from a previous release of Icon Hear-It, your old 
sound and icon assignments are left intact.


			       DOS 6.0 Users

Please be aware that Memmaker, DOS 6.0's upper memory manager is not 
meant to be run with Windows.  If you are loading Memmaker in your 
autoexec.bat or config.sys, you may wish to consult your DOS 6.0 manual
about using Memmaker with Windows or switch back to the EMM386.EXE 
located in your Windows directory.

				 Shell Programs 

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

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


			      Norton Desktop Users

Icon Hear-It 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 should not be run from the menu bar, but 
should be run in the button window.

 
		    Have Icon Hear-It Start Up Automatically

To have Icon Hear-It start up automatically each time you start Windows, you
can drag the Icon Hear-It icon to the StartUp Group or place the 
Icon Hear-It command line in your 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, 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 animations 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 Hear-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 3.0 has 16 timers and 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 Hear-It, for example,
uses 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 may run.
The higher the animation percentage, the faster the animation 
will play.  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

If you do not hear any sound please try assigning the sound again.  
If that doesn't work, check and make sure that the TASOUNDS directory exists
beneath ICONHEAR.  The TASOUNDS directory CANNOT be moved, nor can 
the files beneath it be deleted.  You will lose your talking applications
if Icon Hear-It cannot find these sound files.

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 move any of the files in HEARITFX without damaging
Icon Hear-It.  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 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 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 supports all .wav files.  You can use other .wav files 
with Icon Hear-It by clicking through the directory list boxes to the 
directory that contains your .wav files. 



			   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. 

Make sure you are not trying to play 16-bit or stereo sound on a card that
will only play 8-bit or mono sounds. 

If you have a sound board installed (i.e. Sound Blaster, Pro Audio Spectrum, 
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

1.  Do you have Icon Hear-It automatically loading?  Icon Hear-It must
    be in memory for the animations to play.  See the section titled
    Have Icon Hear-It Start Up Automatically earlier in this file

2.  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.

3.  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 the command line or path, 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.


			    Adding Push Buttons

If you add a push button and give it a sound, you will see it in the 
Track All Icon Hear-It Sounds window.  But, if you unattach the sound, 
the push button will be removed from this list.  The preattached push 
buttons will always remain in the list whether you unassign their 
sounds or not.


			    Speaker Driver Setup

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

			     Interface Problems

If the drop down menu is not refreshing or you are getting other 
"goofiness" on your monitor, try switching video drivers to the ones
that come bundled with Windows.  If that solves the problem, contact 
the manufacturer of your video driver and ask for an update.  The video
driver can be changed from within Windows from the Windows Setup.  Be 
warned, you will probably be asked for certain Windows install disks
during this process and may want to have your original set of Windows
disks handy.
