HTML TADS --------- HTML TADS is copyrighted (c) 1997, 1998 by Michael J. Roberts. All Rights Reserved. Please read the license file LICENSE.TXT. If you're reading this file, it means that you've extracted files from an archive containing the TADS Debugger for Windows 95/NT. This archive contains the following: - The TADS Debugger executable for Windows 95/NT - A license file (LICENSE.TXT) describing restrictions on copying these files In order to use this program, you'll need the TADS compiler, which is available separately. You may also want to obtain the TADS Author's Manual, and the HTML TADS run-time system, which are available separately. If you downloaded this archive, you may be able to find all of the other TADS software in the same place where you found this archive; otherwise, you might want to checking for these files via FTP at ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE -- COMCTL32.DLL If HTML TADS crashes when you select the "Options" item of the "View" menu, you probably have an out-of-date version of ComCtl32.DLL. HTML TADS makes use of a system DLL called ComCtl32.DLL. This DLL is shipped as part of Windows 95 and NT, but HTML TADS is not compatible with certain older versions of the DLL. If you have installed Internet Explorer versions 3 or 4, you'll probably have the correct version of the DLL; if not, you can download the DLL from the Microsoft web site. To determine if you have the correct version, use the explorer to open your C:\WINDOWS folder (or whichever folder contains your Windows system files), and open the SYSTEM folder (or SYSTEM32 folder on Windows NT). Right-click on the file COMCTL32.DLL, and select the "Properties" menu item. Windows will display the properties dialog for the file. Click on the "Version" tab in the dialog. Look at the "File version" string - this will look something like "4.71.1712.3". Make sure that this version starts with at least "4.70" - if it's lower, you have an older version of the DLL that won't work correctly with HTML TADS. You can get the newer version from the Microsoft web site. Download this file: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/com32upd.exe After downloading the file, double-click it to run the installation program, which will install the upgraded DLL for you. Note that HTML TADS automatically checks to make sure you have the correct version installed and warns you at startup if you don't. Although you can choose to continue running after this warning, we strongly encourage you to upgrade your ComCtl32.DLL before running HTML TADS. I'd like to thank Klywarre (The Avatar) [aka: James Mallette] for tracking down this DLL problem.