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NOTES ON WINDOWS WITH MULTIMEDIA EXTENSIONS
===========================================

This document describes information you need to know when
running Windows with Multimedia Extensions or installing
the multimedia extensions from the CD-ROM.
It contains important information that is not 
included in the on-line Help or HyperGuide. These topics
are covered:

  *  Windows operating modes

  *  Display driver settings

  *  When device-driver assignments become effective

  *  Running TSR programs during setup

  *  Using Windows with Multimedia screen savers

  *  Working with CD-ROM drives

  *  Working with the MSCDEX CD-ROM driver

  *  Calibrating joysticks

  *  Using Sound Recorder with Excel 3.0

  *  Learning about Windows applications in HyperGuide

  *  SYSTEM.INI file settings

  *  WIN.INI file settings


OTHER ON-LINE DOCUMENTS
=======================

The following are other on-line documents that contain important
information not included in the on-line Help:  

3270.TXT	Information about using specific non-Windows
		3270 emulation applications.

NETWORKS.TXT    Information about running Windows with specific 
                network configurations.

PRINTERS.TXT    Information about particular printers and fonts 
     		that help you configure them to run in the 
    		Windows environment.

SYSINI.TXT      Procedures for modifying SYSTEM.INI settings 
SYSINI2.TXT     (for advanced users only).
SYSINI3.TXT

WININI.TXT      Procedures for modifying WIN.INI settings 
WININI2.TXT  	(for advanced users only).


WINDOWS OPERATING MODES
-----------------------

Windows runs in three operating modes: real, standard, and 
386 enhanced. Of these operating modes, the Multimedia 
extensions augment the capabilities of Windows standard and 
386 enhanced modes with sound, photographic-quality images,
and animation. The Multimedia extensions are designed 
for data intensive applications and minimally require a 80286 
PC platform with a 10 MHz clock cycle for performance 
considerations. 

You can run Windows 3.0 in real mode; however, you will be 
unable to use the Multimedia extensions while using Windows 
real mode.


DISPLAY DRIVER SETTINGS
------------------------

MCGA256 Driver
--------------
When setting up the display driver for Windows with 
Multimedia, the SETUP program and the Display application from 
the Control Panel adjust several entries of the SYSTEM.INI 
file. For the MCGA256 video driver, the 386grabber entry 
in the [boot] section of SYSTEM.INI  is assigned the driver 
vga.gr3 and may not update parts of a DOS box window properly. 

This may be solved by changing the line in system.ini from

     386grabber=vga.gr3

to

     386grabber=v7vga.gr3


Using a Display Driver with VRAM II
-----------------------------------
The VRAMII video card uses the VGAPAL.DRV video driver
shipped with Windows with Multimedia. You can use either
this video driver or the video driver that comes with the
card.

The drivers MMV7VGA.DRV and V7VGA.DRV do not support
this video card; they support the VRAM I card.


WHEN DEVICE DRIVER ASSIGNMENTS BECOME EFFECTIVE
-----------------------------------------------

Windows with Multimedia loads its waveform, MIDI,
joystick, and timer drivers at boot time. You can install
and change these driver assignments at any time with the
Drivers Control Panel application; however, Windows with
Multimedia doesn't make these changes during the current
Windows session. Instead, it records the changes for the
next session of Windows. To recognize driver 
changes once they've been recorded, close and restart Windows.


RUNNING TSR PROGRAMS DURING SETUP
---------------------------------

When you run SETUP for Windows with Multimedia, avoid 
invoking TSR programs while the installation is running. 
That is, don't interrupt the installation by starting 
TSR programs.


USING SCREEN SAVERS
-------------------

The Multimedia extensions for Windows include screen saver 
applications, which you can install from SETUP and from the 
Screen Saver Control Panel application.
For information about Screen Savers included with the Multimedia 
extensions, see the HyperGuide section entitled Appearances, in the 
Control Panel Concepts. The Control Panel is part of the Main Group in HyperGuide.

Third party screen saver applications also exist and can
conflict if they are loaded concurrently in Windows. The
main symptom of a conflict is that the system fails to
recognize keystrokes and mouse movements once the Screen
Saver assumes control of the system. To remedy this
situation, you must disable one of the screen savers.

To keep the Multimedia extensions Screen Saver, remove
the third-party screen saver from the files listed in
the "load=" entry in the [windows] section of the WIN.INI
file. WIN.INI is located in your Windows directory. 

To keep the third party screen saver, you must make two edits:

1. In the WIN.INI file located in your Windows directory, 
   remove SCRNSVR.EXE from the "load=" entry in the [Windows] 
   section.

2. In the SYSTEM.INI file located in your Windows directory, 
   remove the file name assigned to the "SCRNSAVE.EXE=" entry 
   in the [boot] section.


WORKING WITH CD-ROM DRIVES
--------------------------

To avoid problems, don't change discs in the CD-ROM drive
while in the middle of an operation (for example, getting
a directory listing, playing an audio segment from the CD-ROM,
or playing an audio CD with Music Box).

The MS-DOS COMP utility doesn't work when comparing files
on a CD-ROM.


WORKING WITH THE MSCDEX CD-ROM DRIVER
-------------------------------------

Be careful when installing the CD-ROM driver MSCDEX.EXE
from the Windows DOS Prompt. MSCDEX doesn't check to find out whether
it has already been loaded before loading itself. Thus, you
might encounter situations in which multiple versions of MSCDEX
are loaded on top of one another. To make sure this doesn't occur, 
always install MSCDEX from an AUTOEXEC.BAT file before starting the
Windows graphical environment.

MSCDEX can't be loaded into high memory (for example, using
LOADHIGH in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file).


CALIBRATING JOYSTICKS
---------------------

Don't use the Joystick Control Panel application to
calibrate a joystick while running a game or other
application that uses the joystick.


USING SOUND RECORDER WITH EXCEL 3.0
-----------------------------------

The Sound Recorder accessory can be used for Object Linking
and Embedding (OLE) with applications that support OLE.
Microsoft Excel Version 3.0 allows you to use Sound Recorder
to embed up to 32K of data. You can link to data larger than
32K if the 32K limit on embedded data is too small.


LEARNING ABOUT WINDOWS APPLICATIONS IN HYPERGUIDE
-------------------------------------------------

The Quick Looks topics in the HyperGuide on-line documentation
system show how to use the programs provided in the Windows
graphical environment with multimedia extensions. For easy
access to these topics, you may want to copy the files that
contain them from the Windows with Multimedia CD-ROM to your
hard disk. (These files may be compressed on the CD-ROM; see
the instructions in the preceding section for copying compressed
files.) Use the following procedure:

     1. Copy the Quick Look help files from the CD-ROM to your Windows
        directory. The Quick Look help files have "QL" as the last
        letters in their base names. If compressed, these files
        have extensions of .HL$. (For example, PMQL.HL$ is the
        compressed help file for the Windows Program Manager.)
        Otherwise, they have extensions of .HLP. If these files are
        are compressed, you must rename these files so they have
        extensions of .HLP after you expand them. (For example, you 
        must rename PMQL.HL$ to PMQL.HLP after you expand it.)

     2. Copy the file named QLHD.HL$ (if compressed) or QLHD.HLP (if
        uncompressed) from the CD-ROM to your Windows directory.
        This file contains the Table of Contents for the Quick Look
        topics. If this file is compressed, you must change the
        filename to QLHD.HLP after you expand the file.

     3. Copy the file named QUIKLOOK.IC$ (if compressed) or QUIKLOOK.ICO
        (if uncompressed) from the CD-ROM to your Windows directory.
        This file contains the icon for the Quick Look topics. 
	If this file is compressed, you must change the filename
        to QUIKLOOK.ICO after you expand the file.

     4. Add a new program item to any Program Manager group for the
        Quick Look topics. Specify QUIKLOOK.ICO as the icon file for
        the new program item. Specify the following command line for
        the program item:

            winhelp qlhd.hlp

Now, anytime you want to learn how to run any Windows application,
simply select the Quick Look icon you created in step 4. Follow
the instructions in HyperGuide to learn about the application.


SYSTEM.INI FILE SETTINGS
========================

This section describes settings in the SYSTEM.INI file that
are specific to the Windows graphical environment with Multimedia
Extensions.


NEW SECTIONS
------------
The following sections are added to the SYSTEM.INI file when
Windows with Multimedia Extensions is installed:

Section             Purpose
-------             -------

[drivers]           Lists drivers for Windows with
                    Multimedia.

[mci]               Lists Media Control Interface (MCI)
                    drivers for Windows with Multimedia.

[mmsystem]          Lists options used by MMSYSTEM.DLL. 

[Multimedia.Setup]  Lists audio and display drivers selected
                    during setup of Windows with Multimedia
                    Extensions for use by the Setup program
                    and the Display application in the Control
                    Panel.

[BOOT] SECTION SETTINGS
-----------------------
The [boot] section contains a list of the drivers and
Windows modules that Windows uses to configure itself each
time you start it.

------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


[DRIVERS] SECTION
-----------------
The [drivers] section lists installable device drivers for
Windows with Multimedia Extensions. These drivers do not
include Media Control Interface (MCI) device drivers, which
are listed in the [mci] section of the file.

Entries in this section have the following format:

  device_type=driver_name [parameters]

The device_type is the type of device, and the driver_name
is the filename for the device driver installed for that
device type. Parameters that are specific to a device driver
may follow the driver_name. Alternatively, these parameters
may be given in a section with the same name as the device
driver:

	[driver_name]
	keyname=value
	.
	.
	.

The following sections describe the settings that
Windows with Multimedia Extensions adds to the [drivers]
section. Follow these steps to change any of the settings:

  1. Choose the Drivers icon from the Control 
     Panel.

  2. Choose Add to add a new device driver, or select
     a device type from the Installed Drivers list to modify
     or remove the current driver.

  3. Choose Setup to select options for the driver.

  4. Choose OK.

------------------------------------------------------------
joystick=<filename>
  Windows with Multimedia provides: IBMJOY.DRV
  Purpose: Specifies the joystick device driver.
------------------------------------------------------------
midi=<filename>
  Purpose: Specifies the MIDI device driver.
------------------------------------------------------------
timer=<filename>
  Windows with Multimedia provides: TIMER.DRV
  Purpose: Specifies timer device driver.
------------------------------------------------------------
wave=<filename>
  Purpose: Specifies waveform-audio device driver.
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


[MCI] SECTION
-------------
The [mci] section lists MCI device drivers for
Windows with Multimedia Extensions. If more than one
device of a given type is installed, the keyname has
a number as its last character.

Windows with Multimedia adds the following settings to
the [mci] section:

------------------------------------------------------------
CDAudio=<filename>
  Windows with Multimedia settings: MCICDA.DRV
  Purpose: Specifies the filename of the MCI driver
           used to control audio compact-disc players..
  To change: Choose the Drivers icon from the Control 
           Panel. Choose Add to add a new
           videodisc driver, or select CDAudio from
           the Installed Drivers list to modify the
           current driver. Click Setup to select options
           for the device driver (for example, the device
           number for the CD player). Then choose OK.
------------------------------------------------------------
Sequencer=<filename>
  Windows with Multimedia settings: MCISEQ.DRV
  Purpose: Specifies the filename of the MCI driver
           used to control playback of MIDI
           sequences.
  To change: Choose the Drivers icon from the Control 
           Panel. Choose Add to add a new driver, or
           driver, or select Sequencer from the Installed
           Drivers list to modify the current driver.
           Click Setup to select options (if any) for the
           device driver. Then choose OK.
------------------------------------------------------------
Videodisc=<filename> [<com-port>]
  Windows with Multimedia settings: MCIPIONR.DRV COM1
  Purpose: Specifies the filename of the MCI driver
           used to control external videodisc players.
  To change: Choose the Drivers icon from the Control 
           Panel. Choose Add to add a new
           videodisc driver, or select Videodisc from
           the Installed Drivers list to modify the
           current driver. Click Setup to select a COM
           port for the videodisc player. Then choose OK.
------------------------------------------------------------
WaveAudio=<filename> [<buffer-size>]
  Windows with Multimedia settings: MCISEQ.DRV 4
  Purpose: Specifies the filename of the MCI driver
           used to control recording and playback of
           waveform audio files. It may optionally specify
           the number of seconds (an integer in the range 2
           to 9 seconds) of audio the driver should buffer
           during playback or recording.
  To change: Choose the Drivers icon from the Control 
           Panel. Choose Add to add a new driver, or
           driver, or select WaveAudio from the Installed
           Drivers list to modify the current driver.
           Click Setup to select options (for example,
           buffer size). Then choose OK.
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


[MMSYSTEM] SECTION
------------------
The [mmsystem] section includes options used by
MMSYSTEM.DLL.


Windows with Multimedia puts the following settings in the
[mmsystem] section:

------------------------------------------------------------
StackFrames=<number>
  Defaults: 3
  Purpose: Specifies the number of stack frames used when
           new instances of MMSYSTEM.DLL are called. Modify
           this setting if you find yourself running out
           of stack space when running Windows with
           Multimedia.
  To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
------------------------------------------------------------
StackSize=<number>
  Defaults: 1536
  Purpose: Specifies the number of bytes in each stack
           frame used when new instances of MMSYSTEM.DLL
           are called.
  To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


[MULTIMEDIA.SETUP] SECTION
--------------------------
The [Multimedia.Setup] section records information about the
currently installed audio and video hardware from users'
input during setup. Anytime you run Setup after the initial
setup, and anytime you select the Display application from the
Control Panel, these programs use the information given in
this section.

Windows with Multimedia adds the following settings to
the [Multimedia.Setup] section:

------------------------------------------------------------
audio=<filename>,<port>,<interrupt>,<dsp-version>
  Windows with Multimedia uses: SNDBLST.DRV,210,3,none
  Purpose: Specifies the device driver for the audio device
           the user specified when setting up Windows with
           Multimedia. For the SoundBlaster audio board,
           the extra parameters specify the port number, 
           interrupt, and Digital Signal Processor (DSP) 
           version. The DSP version  is either 105
           (Version 1.05), 150 (Version 1.5), or 200
           (Version 2.00).
  To change: Rerun Setup.
------------------------------------------------------------
display=<filename>
  Windows with Multimedia uses: MMV7VGA.DRV
  Purpose: Specifies the device driver for the video card
           the user specified when setting up Windows with
           Multimedia.
  To change: Rerun Setup.
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


SECTIONS FOR WINDOWS WITH MULTIMEDIA DEVICE DRIVERS
---------------------------------------------------
As noted earlier in this file, for any device driver described
in the [drivers] section of SYSTEM.INI, parameters may
be defined in a section with that device-driver name.
The following device-specific sections define parameters
for the default device drivers provided in Windows with
Multimedia Extensions:

	[ibmjoy.drv]
	[sndblst.drv]

The following sections describe the entries that may
appear in these sections. (Additional sections may appear for
other audio, video, or peripheral devices installed on the
system.)

------------------------------------------------------------
[ibmjoy.drv]
axes=<2-or-3>
timeout=<hex-number>
  Defaults: axes=2
            timeout=0x3000
  Purpose: The axes option specifies whether the joystick is
           two-dimensional (2) or three-dimensional (3). The
           timeout option is a hexadecimal value specifying
           how many times the joystick driver is polled before
           the system determines that a joystick is not installed
           on the system.
  To change: Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
------------------------------------------------------------
[sndblst.drv]
port=<hex-humber>
interrupt=<number>
DisableWarning=<Boolean>
  Defaults: none
  Purpose: The port option specifies the port number for
           the SoundBlaster audio card. This is the port
           where the jumper on the card is set. The interrupt
           option specifies which interrupt the SoundBlaster
           uses. The DisableWarning option, if enabled, displays
           a warning message if an MS-DOS application running
           from the Windows DOS Prompt tries to access the
           SoundBlaster port given in the port option or the
           interrupt given in the interrupt option. This
           option is enabled by default.
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


WIN.INI FILE SETTINGS
========================

This section describes settings in the WIN.INI file that
are specific to the Windows graphical environment with Multimedia
Extensions.


NEW SECTIONS
------------
The following sections are added to the WIN.INI file when
Windows with Multimedia Extensions is installed:

Section                  Purpose
-------                  -------

[sounds]                 Associates specified sound
                         files with corresponding
                         sound names.

[mci extensions]         Defines filename extensions the
                         Multimedia Player uses to list
                         different types of files (for
                         example, movie files or MIDI
                         sequences).  Extension names do
                         not include the preceding periods.


[WINDOWS] SECTION
-----------------
The following setting in the [windows] section is
affected when Windows with Multimedia Extensions is
installed:

------------------------------------------------------------
Load=<filename(s)>
  Windows with Multimedia setting: SCRNSVR.EXE
  Purpose: Specifies one or more applications that are to be
           run as icons when Windows is started. This
           value is a list of one or more filenames of
           applications, or documents that are associated
           with an application, each separated by a space.
           When Windows with Multimedia Extensions is
           installed, the Screen Saver application is
           loaded each time Windows is started.
  To change: Use Notepad to edit the WIN.INI file.
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


New Settings
------------
The following new settings appear in the [windows] section 
when Windows with Multimedia Extensions is
installed:

------------------------------------------------------------
ScreenSaveTimeOut=<seconds>
  Default: 300
  Purpose: When Windows with Multimedia Extensions is
           installed, specifies the number of seconds that
           must elapse with no activity before the Screen
           Saver application runs.
  To change: Choose the Screen Saver icon from the Control
            Panel window.
------------------------------------------------------------
ScreenSaveActive=<number>
  Default: 0
  Purpose: When Windows with Multimedia Extensions is
           installed, specifies whether the Screen Saver
           application is active (any value other than 0)
           or not (0).
  To change: Choose the Screen Saver icon from the Control
            Panel window.


[SOUNDS] SECTION
----------------

The [sounds] section associates sound files with specific sound
names.

The [sounds] section can contain settings of the following
type:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
<soundname>=<pathname>
  Default: none
  Purpose: Specifies the pathname of a sound file that will be played
           when a sound name is accessed by programs.  If the pathname
           is blank, no sound file will be played for the sound name.
           The format for the sound file must be Microsoft Waveform.
           Sample sounds of this format are provided in the resource
           directory with the .WAV extension.

           The following sound names are defined at installation:

           Sound name         Played when
           ---------------    --------------------------------------------
           SystemStart        Windows with Multimedia Extensions is booted

           SystemDefault      Nonspecific warning sounds are played or
                              a System sound does not have a sound file
                              
           SystemAsterisk     The asterisk warning sound is played

           SystemExclamation  The exclamation warning sound is played

           SystemHand         The hand warning sound is played

           SystemQuestion     The question warning sound is played

           SystemExit         Windows with Multimedia Extensions is
                              exited

           Alarm              The Alarm Clock application plays an
                              alarm

           Quarter Hourly
           Chime              The Alarm Clock application plays a
                              sound on the quarter hour

           Half Hourly Chime  The Alarm Clock application plays a
                              sound on the half hour

           Hourly Chime       The Alarm Clock application plays a
                              sound on the hour

  To change sound entries: Choose the Sound icon from
           the Control Panel window. For Alarm Clock
           sounds, choose the Alarm Clock icon from the
           Accessories program group.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

[MCI EXTENSIONS] SECTION

The [mci extensions] section defines filename extensions
that the Multimedia Player application recognizes for
different multimedia types. When the user selects a
particular type of multimedia file, Multimedia Player
displays files with the extension defined for that type
in the [mci extensions] section.

Windows with Multimedia adds the following settings to
the [mci extensions] section:

------------------------------------------------------------
<extension>=waveaudio
  Default: WAV
------------------------------------------------------------
<extension>=sequencer
  Default: MID, RMI
  Purpose: Specifies the extension that Multimedia Player
           recognizes for MIDI files.
------------------------------------------------------------
<extension>=animation
  Default: MMM
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
