DIRCOMPA.EXE Shareware and installation notices
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Have you ever wondered which files were changed on your disk when
you tried out the latest program? Which files in the Windows\System
directory got overwritten so that your favorite software will throw
a fit next time you run it? DIRCOMPA.EXE may be a solution to your
problem. It keeps records of what is in a directory at any time
that you run it, and can compare to information stored before. It
also allows you to attach comments to files so that you are not
limited by the 8 letter DOS convention. 

DIRCOMPA.EXE is distributed as shareware you are granted a limited
licence to run this program five times, which should be sufficient
to evaluate its usefullness. After that you must either purchase
the software or discontinue using it. In order to purchase
DIRCOMPA.EXE send a check or money order for US$10.00 payable to
Helena Birecki, 3001 Ross Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303. In return you
will get a registration code that will remove the nag screens that
appear after you run the program five times . 

Send any comments, requests for help or bug reports to the above
address Att: DIRCOMPA.EXE. 

Installation:

DIRCOMPA.EXE was developed with Microsoft's Visual Basic 3.0 and
requires the VBRUN300.DLL (which can be downloaded from many BBSs)
to be in the Windows directory. DIRCOMPA.EXE should run on any
machine that runs Visual Basic 3.0 programs. 

To install DIRCOMPA.EXE just copy it to any directory you want to
run it from. If you do not already have the VBRUN300.DLL then copy
it to the Windows directory (or to another directory on the PATH) as
well. If you do not already have it then copy the CMDIALOG.VBX file
from this archive to the same directory you put the VBRUN300.DLL
in. DIRCOMPA.EXE is now ready to run. You can install it's icon to
the PROGRAM MANAGER by a standard process. 


Warranties:

There are none, either expressed or implied.  We do not make any
claims as to the usefulness of the programs and functions included
for any particular purpose.  Niether are we responsible for any
loss incurred by their use.  Any rights not specifically granted in
this document are reserved. 

Distribution:
 
You are free to distribute this ZIP file, but only if it contains
all the original files, and you do not charge for it (you can
recover the cost of the media that the software is distributed on,
distribution and publication expenses). 

List of files in this ZIP:

README.TXT      this file
REGISTER.TXT    registration form
FILE_ID.DIZ     brief description
DIRCOMPA.TXT    program user's guide
DIRCOMPA.EXE    executable file
CMDIALOG,VBX    Visual Basic distributable file 
 
