README for Symantec Visual Page Trial Version 2.0 ================================================================= Copyright (c) 1998 by Symantec Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Other brands and their products are trademarks of their respective holders. Table of Contents: I. Welcome! II. Minimum System Requirements III. Installation Notes IV. General Notes V. User Tips VI. Known Problems VII. Contacting Symantec * * * * * * I. Welcome! ================================================================= Welcome to Symantec's Visual Page Trial for Windows 95 and Windows NT. This is a fully functional version of the retail product, but will time out 30-days after the first launch. Please take a few minutes to read this file, which contains the latest information regarding this release. The Visual Page templates, complete Active Desktop set, sample style sheets and Art Collection are only available in the retail product. * * * * * * II. Minimum System Requirements ================================================================= IBM PC or 100% compatible Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 or higher 486-66 MHz or above 20 MB free hard disk space VGA (256 colors are required for previewing Java Applets) 8 MB of RAM for Windows 95 12 MB of RAM for Windows NT * * * * * * III. Installation Notes ================================================================= Installing from Symantec's Web Site ----------------------------------- If you download the files from our Web site, please copy them into an empty directory. To expand the installation files, run the executable from File | Run, or at a DOS prompt. Once expanded, run SETUP.EXE to install Visual Page. If you choose not to download the full version of Visual Page, you may at any time download individual supporting files, such as the Tour (Getting Started) or Help. Place these supporting files; e.g. tour.bin, into the directory containing the installer and then run Setup.exe. Note: When downloading individual components (*.bin) Netscape Communicator may incorrectly append an extension to the file name. Once the file has been downloaded to your computer please rename the file to contain the appropriate extension; e.g. help.bin, tour.bin, or template.bin. We have included the User's Guide and Getting Started manuals in PDF format which are optimized for printing, because of this, some images may appear blurry when viewed through Acrobat Reader. Getting Started Tour and Templates ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Tour files are also available in uncompressed form on the retail CD in the \uncompressed\tour directory. The Getting Started and User's Guide are available in PDF format in the \documentation directory on the Trial CD. For the Web release of the Trial version, the UserGuide.pdf is installed to \visual page and the GettingStarted.pdf is installed to \visual page\tour. As with any new software, please install the trial version of Visual Page into a clean directory. Please do not install the trial version over an existing version of Visual Page. Installing the ACDSee Image Browser --------------------------------------- A shareware version of ACD Systems' ACDSee image browser with a 30-day license is included on the retail CD for the viewing of the Visual Page Art Collection. ACDSee can also be downloaded from: http://www.acdsystems.com/acd/acdsee32.html To add any of the images to your web pages, hold down the Control key while dragging the image from ACDSee to Visual Page. You will be prompted with the Save As dialog allowing you to choose an appropriate location for the image such as an image directory relative to your web pages, as opposed to a link back to the Visual Part Art directory, which may be on the CD. To use any of the images as backgrounds, copy the image into the appropriate directory (i.e. /images), open the Page Properties dialog and navigate to the directory. IV. General Notes ================================================================= Trial Time-out Mechanism --------------------------------------- The 30 day time-out mechanism in the Visual Page 2.0 trial version is instantiated the first time the application is launched. After 30 days, the 2.0 Trial version can not be made to run under that install of the Windows operating system unless the software is purchased. Visual Page Highlights --------------------------------------- To view the highlights main page, open highlights.htm located in the \Visual Page\Highlights directory. The highlights can also be viewed using your browser and is accessible from the Symantec Visual Page program group. Visual Page Getting Started Errata --------------------------------------- 1. On page 3-6 of Visual Page Getting Started, click Browse instead of New to add the ImportMe.html. To import this file, navigate to the Tour folder and open Importme.html. This file will add all the necessary files for you to complete the tour. Continue on Page 3-8, step #6. Before starting the Tour, you must open the Edit Preferences dialog box and select Run Java Applets in Preview mode. Next, you must create and add the home.htm file by selecting the Tour folder and selecting the New Page icon in the toolbar. Name the new page "home.htm". 2. In Visual Page Getting Started, on page 3-14, it states: "To preview the contents of the Home page, double-click on the file icon for home.htm in the Project Manager window..." It should read: "...double-click on the file icon for home.htm that is in the Walkthrough folder in the Project Manager window..." Using the Active Desktops --------------------------------------- Win98: Open the display properties in the Control Panel and select the Background tab. Click the button and navigate to the \Visual Page\Active desktops directory, open the desired theme directory and open the corresponding HTML file. Windows 95 and NT 4.0: Obtain and install the Windows Desktop Update from Microsoft which is included with Internet Explorer 4.0 and follow the above instructions. The Symantec Active Desktop is included in the Trial Version as an example of the Active Desktops included with the retail product. Cascading Style Sheets ---------------------------------------- Cascading style sheets and layers work best in the 4.0 browsers. Additional CSS information is available from www.w3c.org/style. * * * * * * V. User Tips ================================================================= Q: How do I retain my entries in the custom dictionary if I reinstall Visual Page to a different drive, directory or another machine? A: The Visual Page uninstaller does not remove the custom.pd file in the \Visual Page directory containing custom entries for the user dictionary. If you choose to install Visual Page into another directory or machine and wish to retain the dictionary, copy the custom.pd file into the Visual Page root directory of the new install. The installer will not write over an existing custom.pd. Q: I noticed after uninstalling Visual Page, the Visual Page directory was not deleted. A: The Visual Page installer logs all files installed with the exception of the initial spell checker's custom user dictionary, custom.pd. If you uninstall Visual Page, this file, and other files created after installation, are not uninstalled. Q: I'm using frames with mixed border widths. However, Netscape displays the entire frameset using the border width of the first frame. A: Netscape 4.0 and earlier uses the first border width value encountered and applies it to the entire frameset. Q: How do I run QuickTime Movies? A: In order to run QuickTime Movies in Visual Page, you must obtain the QuickTime software from Apple Computer, Inc. At the time this file was written, the QuickTime files are available at http://quicktime.apple.com. QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Q: Why won't my applets appear in preview mode? A: Make sure the "Run Applets in Preview Mode" preference item is checked and that you are running 256 or more colors. It is also not uncommon for vendors of Java applications to install any supporting virtual machine (VM) or Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler files into the system directory. Check your Windows and System directories (system32 for NT) for JAVAI.DLL and AWT.DLL. Rename the file(s) to *.SAV and relaunch Visual Page. Q: How can I determine why my applet won't run in preview mode? A: Place the HTML file in preview mode. Select Show Java Console from the View menu. All Java errors are displayed within this window. In many cases, it is likely that Visual Page is unable to find one or more supporting class files for the applet. This may occur if your applet contains a custom component. Create an environment variable for the Classpath variable. Point the Classpath variable to the zip file that contains the class file. In Windows 95, place a statement similar to the one below in the AUTOEXEC.BAT: Set Classpath=C:\directoryname\classfile.zip. In Windows NT Choose Start > Control Panel > System. Select the Environment Tab in the System Properties dialog box. Enter the word Classpath in the Variable field. Enter the path to the zip file containing the classes in the Value field. Q: How Do I create CSS contextual selectors within Visual Page? For example, I want to change the color of bullet lists, but only for those contained within numbered lists. A: This can be accomplished by assigning the desired style(s) to the first selector (i.e. OL) within the Style Sheet editor and then adding the remaining selectors in the source editor. For example: OL {Color : Red} Change to: OL UL LI {Color : Red} Q: Why do file names of broken links appear in lower case when I know the file name is upper or mixed case? A: The "broken" file name is only in the project file and does not affect any Java or HTML file. Since the reference to the real filename is missing, they are represented in lowercase by the Project Manager. Q: When I open a .DIB or .BMP in my project, it is opened as a .GIF file and saved as such when I close it. A: Since .DIB and .BMP are not Web image formats, Visual Page automatically converts them to the .GIF format. Q: When I make Netscape 3.x my default browser in the Viewers panel of the Preferences dialog, then later change the default browser to Netscape 4.x, Netscape 3.x still launches when I click on the Open in Viewer button. A: When Netscape 3.x was last run, it overwrote the Window's registry making itself the default browser instead of Netscape 4.x. The solution is to launch 4.x outside of Visual Page, causing it to become the default broswer. Q: I often receive two copies when printing through Netscape by using the Open in Viewer - Netscape Navigator (print) button. A: Netscape may be configured in the Window's registry such that if it is not running and the print function is invoked through Visual Page, Netscape will receive both a command line request and a DDE request causing two copies to print. The workaround is to already be running an instance of Netscape before using this feature in Visual Page. WARNING: Do not edit the Windows registry if you are not familiar with it. Q: Which version of Sun's JDK is included in Visual Page 2.0? A: JDK 1.1.5 Q: When adding several files, linking a default stylesheet, or when opening a project after I have modified my files outside of Visual Page, the application appears to hang and the Windows NT Task Manager shows a status of "not responding." Has Visual Page crashed? A: Adding several files, linking a default stylesheet to a large project or performing global site operations is an intensive process. Completion time is dependent on the speed of your machine and the amount of files processed. It is not uncommon for Windows to report the application as not responding during such operations. Q: Can I move or copy my project directory to another drive or directory? A: Yes. However it will be necessary to recreate the .vpp project file using the Project Wizard. You cannot copy .vpp files to other locations. * * * * * * VI. Known Problems and Workarounds ================================================================ o When converting 24 bit (true color or 16 million color) BMP files to GIF files, the palette may not be saved with the image. As a result the image may appear as a black square. We recommend you manually convert the image with an external program and then add the GIF to your HTML file. o Columns that span across multiple pages may not appear when printing from the Visual Editor. o CSS Image paths for images used as bullets are converted to relative paths upon saving for untitled documents. The Workaround is to title the page before saving. o Remote folders on a server can not be renamed. o Visual Page uses browser safe colors only when "Run Java Applets in Preview Mode" is unchecked in the Preferences. This the default setting. When this item is checked, the JDK 1.1.5 palette is used. o During installation of Visual Page, you may encounter a "Please insert disk labeled 'DLL Installations' and press OK" message. This message is produced by a Microsoft redistributable file called the Visual Page installer. You can click Cancel with no ill effects and the Visual Page installation will complete normally. o It is recommended that you install the application on Windows NT using an account with administrator rights. Doing this makes certain system DLLs are properly updated. Visual Page will install on NT without administrator rights, however it's possible these DLLs will not be updated since the system32 directory is locked. o Visual Page does not append the file extension to file names changed in the server tab of the Site Project window. When renaming files in the server tab of the Site Project window, you must include the proper file extension in the new file name. * * * * * * VII. Contacting Symantec ================================================================ o During the 30-day trial period we offer free and unlimited electronic support on Symantec's news server at: service.symantec.com. o Please refer to the newsgroups under: symantec.support.devtools.pc.visualpage Note: your company's firewall may prevent you from accessing this service. o Web based discussion groups that do not require news reader software are available at: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/news/index.html o Support is also available on the Usenet newsgroup: comp.lang.java o Send bug reports to: Support_javawin@symantec.com * * * * * * Thank you for using Visual Page! We are confident you will find it to be a valuable Web page development and site management asset. Sincerely, The Symantec Internet Tools Team HolyBiblesSearch:
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