SmartSuite Release 3.0 for Windows Product Updates (README.TXT)

**CONTENTS**

A.  Before You Run the SmartSuite Install Program
        1.  Making Install Efficient
        2.  Installing in a WINOS2 Session
B.  During SmartSuite Install
        3.  Installing on Computers With Multiple Configurations
        4.  Ignoring a Size Field
C.  After SmartSuite Install
        5.  Reading Individual Application README Files
        6.  Deleting an Extraneous Directory
        7.  Updating SMARTCTR.INI
        8.  Using a Desktop Utility
        9.  Using the SmartSuite Guided Tour and ScreenCam Movies
       10.  Creating Your Own Bitmaps


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1.  Making Install Efficient
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To maximize the efficiency of Smartsuite Install, you should run the DOS
command CHKDSK /F on the drives in which you are planning to install
SmartSuite.  Doing so will reclaim lost clusters on your hard drive(s).
Run CHKDSK with Windows not loaded, and before you run Install.  You do not 
have to convert the lost clusters to files.


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2.  Installing in a WINOS2 Session
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If you are going to install SmartSuite in a WINOS2 session, be sure to 
set the DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT to at least 4 megabytes for the session 
so that SmartSuite Install does not run into any memory problems.


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3.  Installing on Computers With Multiple Configurations
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The SmartSuite Install program may offer to modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, 
by adding a line to load the SHARE utility and by updating the PATH 
statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (it can also add Notes to the path, 
if you have Notes installed).  If Install offers to update the path, and 
you choose Yes, Install will modify only the first path statement it 
encounters.  If you use a release of DOS that supports multiple 
configurations, and your AUTOEXEC.BAT file contains multiple path 
statements for multiple start-up configurations, Install may not modify 
the correct path.  The same concern is true if you have a dual-boot setup.

After you install SmartSuite, examine AUTOEXEC.BAT to verify that 
Install modified the path for the configuration under which you will run 
the SmartSuite applications.


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4.  Ignoring a Size Field
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During SmartSuite Install, in the "Select SmartSuite Applications to 
Customize" dialog box, there is a list box that includes a size field.  
That field shows the default size of an application.  If you customize 
an application and delete features, the dialog box doesn't update the 
size field, even though the application now requires less disk space.


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5.  Reading Individual Application README Files
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After you install Smartsuite, you can read the README files of the individual
applications for more information.  Those README files reside in each
application's directory.


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6.  Deleting an Extraneous Directory
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Under certain conditions, SmartSuite Install creates an empty directory 
called \LOTSHARE\SUITE.  You can delete that directory, as it is not needed 
by the SmartSuite applications.


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7.  Updating SMARTCTR.INI
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If you reinstall a Lotus application, but place it in a different location, 
the LOTUS.INI file is updated to reflect the change but the SMARTCTR.INI 
file is not updated.  The result is SmartCenter can no longer find 
the reinstalled application on its icon palette.

For example, if you had a copy of Ami Pro on the C: drive, and you then
reinstalled Ami Pro onto the D: drive, SmartCenter would not find Ami Pro.

There are three solutions for this situation:

1.  If you changed the location of the application while SmartCenter was 
running, click the application's icon.  The "Problem Starting Application" 
dialog box will appear.  Click Change Application.  Enter the new 
command line path and working directory for the application.  Click OK.

2.  If SmartCenter was not running when you changed the location of the 
application, start SmartCenter.  Click the SmartCenter menu icon.  
Choose Customize SmartCenter.  Highlight the application that you want to 
change and click Change Application.  Enter the new command line path and 
working directory for the application.  Click OK.  Select the check box
for the application, to display it on the icon palette.  Click OK.

3.  The third solution is to delete SMARTCTR.INI and then reinstall 
SmartCenter, using the SmartSuite Install program.


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8.  Using a Desktop Utility
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If you are using a developer utility that does background monitoring of 
Windows desktop activity, such as Winsight, you should avoid clicking 
outside of the Customize Lotus SmartCenter dialog box.


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9.  Using the SmartSuite Guided Tour and ScreenCam Movies
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The SmartSuite Guided Tour uses the MS Sans Serif font, which comes 
with Microsoft Windows.  In the unlikely event that you do not have the 
MS Sans Serif font loaded and you also do not have the Adobe Type Manager 
(ATM) running, you will receive a message telling you that you need to 
load the MS Sans Serif font.  If you don't have the MS Sans Serif font 
loaded but you do have the Adobe Type Manager (ATM) running, you will 
receive the message: "Invalid property value."  You can ignore the message, 
but you do need to load the MS Sans Serif font.

The SmartSuite Guided Tour files are in a SmartCenter subdirectory called 
[name]\TOUR, for example, \SMARTCTR\TOUR.  If you want to save disk space, 
you can delete the files from that subdirectory after you have watched the 
tour to your satisfaction.

Some of the SmartSuite Help cards contain movie icons.  Clicking one of 
these icons will play a ScreenCam movie of the steps in the Help card.  
If you have removed these ScreenCam movies from your hard disk, or if you 
didn't install ScreenCam movies when you installed SmartCenter, you will not 
get a message informing you that Help can't find the movies.  The only 
indication is that the movie will not appear.

NOTE:  Portions of the Guided Tour copyright Microsoft. 


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10.  Creating Your Own Bitmaps
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Lotus suggests the following if you want to create your own bitmaps for
the SmartCenter icon palette.

*  Make a copy of the bitmap template file.  The template file name is
   USERDEF.BMP, and it is located in the SMARTCTR directory.  Make sure 
   to rename the file.  For example: 
   COPY C:\SMARTCTR\USERDEF.BMP  C:\SMARTCTR\MYPIC.BMP

*  Bitmap file names cannot begin with a number.  Thus, MY123.BMP is a valid
   file name, but 123MINE.BMP is not.

*  Your bitmaps should be no larger than the size of the template, 
   which is 24 x 42 pixels.

*  To create an 18 x 18 pixel bitmap, use the upper left portion of 
   your template.

*  To create a 24 x 24 pixel bitmap, use the bottom part of the same 
   template.

*  Do not use the upper right portion of the template.

*  Use a light gray background; don't change the template.

*  Don't add a 3D beveled edge: SmartCenter automatically adds a 
   3D edge when it places your bitmap on the icon palette.

*  Save your bitmap file as a 16-color bitmap.

NOTE: The icon palette can display no more than 32 icons.

