StringFinder Version 1.0
Copyright (C) 1995 Andrew Wesolowski
All Rights Reserved

---> Description:

     StringFinder is a Windows utility for searching BBS Filelists
     offline and managing lists of files that you want to download.
     It has the following features:
     - Allows you to search through, up to 5 BBS filelists offline
       (eg. ALLFILES.ZIP/FILELIST.ZIP, CDROM988.ZIP etc.). Note that
       the unregistered version of StringFinder is limited to 
       searching one BBS filelist.
     - Search results are displayed in 'block' format. The filename,
       size, date and file description are displayed for each
       occurrance of the input search string located in the BBS
       filelist.
     - Allows you to easily access NEWFILES.DAT in any QWK formatted file.
     - Allows you to display other files, should you want to update 
       your download file list with the filenames from this 'other' file.
     - Allows you to save and edit multiple download filelists that can
       be used as input files to your communications package.
     - Allows you to cut and paste to the clipboard, any file names
       found in either the search results or the current download file
       list.
     - Allows you to edit either the current search result file, the 
       current download file list, or the NEWFILES.DAT file, using Notepad.
 
---> Installation Information:
     - Two external files are required to run StringFinder:
       > VBRUN300.DLL	Visual Basic's run time direct link library.
	 This file can be downloaded from your BBS (VBRUN300.ZIP).
       > PKUNZIP.EXE	PKware's unzip executable.
	 This file can be downloaded from your local BBS (PKZ204G.EXE
	 or later version). Place PKUNZIP.EXE in your path. This will
	 allow you to use the 'extract NEWFILES.DAT from QWK file'
	 feature of the software.
     - Run SETUP.EXE to install StringFinder. This executable will:
       > Create the STRFND10 directory on the specified drive.
       > Copy the appropriate files to the STRFND10 directory.
       > Copy VBRUN300.DLL to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
       > Copy STRUNZIP.PIF to the WINDOWS directory.
     - Prepare your BBS filelists for searching by StringFinder.
       > There will be an example BBS filelist set up in STRFND10
	 (EGFILE.TXT) that you can play with until you download
	 your favorite BBS's filelist (for example, try searching on
         "editor" or "file manager").
       > Download your favorite BBS's filelist. These files are
         usually named "ALLFILES.ZIP" or "FILELIST.ZIP". You can
	 also download any CDROM filelists if applicable, from your
	 BBS.
       > If your BBS sys op keeps this entire file as a 'text' file,
	 you are all set. Just specify the file's exact pathname on
	 the StringFinder File Locations window when you first start 
	 StringFinder.
       > If your BBS sys op keeps the filelist in directories (DIR1,
	 DIR2 etc.), then simply copy all the 'DIR*' files to  a 
	 file called ALLFILES.TXT. This can be done from DOS with the
	 command: COPY DIR* ALLFILES.TXT (You may then want to delete
	 all the DIR files with the command: ERASE DIR*  )
     - Run StringFinder for the first time.
       > The StringFinder File Locations window will be displayed the first
	 time you run StringFinder. Here you can specify the input files
	 you wish to search through, as well as the name of the output 
         'search results' file.
       > StringFinder will update your WIN.INI file in your Windows
	 directory, to save pertinent information that will be used by
	 StringFinder each time you start it up.
       > Try StringFinder's search capabilities using the sample BBS
	 file list- EGFILE.TXT.
       > Try StringFinder's QWK packet handling features using the sample
	 QWK packet- EGFILE.QWK.
     - Use the context sensitive Online Help to fully explore 
       StringFinder's features.


---> System Requirements:
     Windows 3.1  or later.


---> File Names and Sizes:

     FILE_ID.DIZ       368      Brief description for bulletin boards.
     SETUP.EXE      29,713      StringFinder setup program.
     STRFND10.EXE   56,872	StringFinder executable.
     STRFND10.HLP   34,235      Complete documentation in Windows
				help (HLP) format.
     STRUNZIP.PIF      545	Facilitates extraction of NEWFILES.DAT
                                from QWK formatted files.		
     EGFILE.QWK     72,109      Sample QWK packet.
     EGFILE.TXT     33,084      Sample BBS file list.    
     LICENSE.TXT     3,380      License information.
     README.TXT      5,252      Introductory information.
     REGISTER.TXT    1,811      Registration Information.
     VENDOR.TXT      1,897      Information for Shareware distributors.
     CMDIALOG.VBX   18,688	Required for StringFinder execution.

---> Uninstall Information:
     To completely remove the StringFinder installation from your system,
     do the following:
     > Delete the StringFinder 1.0 Window's Group
     > Erase the STRFND10 directory and it's contents.
     > Erase STRUNZIP.PIF from the WINDOWS directory.
     > Remove the [StringFinder] section from the WIN.INI file.