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                              Filter 1.00 (beta)

                        (C) Juan M. Aguirregabiria 1994

                            First version 11-06-94
 
                            Last revision 11-20-94

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Files
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README          This file
FILTER   WRI    Documentation in Write 3.1 format
FILTER   EXE    The program
FILTER   HLP    The help file
RUN      EXE    An auxiliary program by the same author
SELICON  DLL    A utility library by the same author
SELICON  HLP    The help file for SELICON.DLL
BC402RTL DLL    A support library
BIDS402  DLL    A support library
OWL202   DLL    A support library
CTL3DV2  DLL    A support library (to be located in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM dir.)
EQUAL    AWK    An AWK example script
4AWK     BAT    An example batch file
AWKSHELL BAT    An example batch file
FILTER   INI    An example initialization file


Installing Filter
=================

1. Copy all files in these package to a directory.

2. The CTRL3DV2.DLL file should be moved to the WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory, but 
only if there is no newer version of the same file located there. 

3. The BC40RTL.DLL, BIDS40.DLL and OWL200.DLL libraries can be located in the 
FILTER directory, in any directory on your PATH or in the WINDOWS/SYSTEM 
directory. So, the easiest way should be to leave them in FILTER directory, but 
the wisest one would be to check if your already contains a version of these 
libraries and then move or delete them as appropriate. 

4. Install FILTER.EXE as usual in Program Manager (or whatever Windows shell 
you are using). You can add after the Filter program file specification an 
optional configuration file. If no configuration file is indicated, FILTER.INI 
(in the Windows directory) will be used. An explicit configuration file will be 
located in the Windows directory if no explicit path is included in its 
specification. For instance, if your Windows directory is C:\WINDOWS and 
FILTER.EXE is on the PATH, FILTER.EXE SORT.CFG will use C:\WINDOWS\ SORT.CFG as 
configuration file. If you use an explicit configuration file, you might also 
want to change the icon used to represent it. You would probably select the 
same icon here and in the Icon entry of the Control dialog box. By itself, 
Filter is only a multiple file editor. You also need one or several external 
programs. 

You select the utility program when running Filter, from the Control dialog 
box. The program will remember your selection. In order to use Filter as a 
shell for different programs, use a different configuration file for each one. 
You simply add the configuration file name after the Filter program file 
specification when running it from Program Manager's File|Execute command or 
when installing it in a Program Manager group, as indicated before. 

