------------------------------------ CPT-Diagrams 1.1 Win32 version, MS JVM (jview) or Sun's Java JDK/JRE 1.1 or 1.2 required. Shareware, runs in demo mode until registered. Freely distributable. Updated: 20-Jan-1999 ------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION ----------- The Crossword Power Tools (CPT) is software for creation of crosswords from scratch. CPT-Diagrams is a program from the CPT kit. Its main and unique goal is to generate diagrams - the layout of black and white cells of the crossword grid. It's unique in the sense that we don't know any other crossword related program able to do this automatic generation. Features: - Generates diagrams in different styles; - It has several algorithms for generation with parameters; - Supports over 20 conditions for the properties of the generated diagrams; - Data management modules can handle without problem crossword sets containing tens of thousands diagrams; - Built in queries over the crossword sets; - Includes the CPT-Editor which allows browsing and editing files in many data formats, filling and printing crosswords in your own language. There is HTML documentation and you can find more details there. The supplied diagrams, grids and crosswords are generated by the CPT programs and are free. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------- - Supported OS: Win 95, Win 98, Win NT 4.0 (for Linux there is a separate distribution); - Requires 1 MB of disk space and 32 MB RAM; - This is Java program and Sun's JDK/JRE 1.1.3 or greater or compatible is needed. The Sun's Java Runtime Environment is available for download at: http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/jre/ (Win32 version 1.1.7B is about 5 MB) Please, look at our JavaFonts.txt for tuning your JDK/JRE installation. NOTE: JRE 1.2 on Win 95/98 has problems with non ANSI characters and if you want to display international characters, use 1.1. For Win NT JRE 1.2 is fine and you can use all native fonts. If you prefer MS JVM (JView), but your version does not support JNI (it gives "...UnsatisfiedLinkError"), take the new one from: http://www.microsoft.com/java/vm/dl_vm31.htm (vm31 version is 6.4 MB) NOTE: MS JVM is faster but supports limited number of character encodings and you might get an error message by CPT like "...Converter not found!" and the converting of crossword encoding to another is disabled. INSTALL ------- 1. Extract this zip file into temporary directory. 2. Run "install.bat" from the temporary directory. This will start the wizard and according to your choices, the CPT-Diagrams program will be installed. 3. If you encounter Java errors when running "install.bat", try commented out lines in the file. 4. The installation progarm (install.class) is a self-extracting class file whose contents get extracted during the installation and two directories will be created: - the target one you choosed for the installation; - \ITJ directory for the uninstall program (see UNINSTALL below). 5. During the installation you will be asked for a License Key, if you don't have, leave the field empty - the program will run in Demo mode. In this mode some of the saving and printing operations are disabled (you can run the generator, the editor, the print-preview, you can save your work in text files, but the exporting to other formats and creating/saving libraries are locked). 6. If you have problem running CPT-Diagrams, check/modify the generated cpt_d11.bat file to reflect your JDK/JRE environment, especially if you install a new version of JRE after you install this program. UNINSTALL --------- To uninstall, do one of the following: 1. Click on the uninstall icon added to the start menu or desktop folder. 2. Go to the Add/Remove Programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel and remove the program. 3. Run in command line \ITJ\juninst \UnInst where is the installation directory, and for NT is: c:\winnt\Profiles\ and for Win 95 is: c:\windows If you have installed a new version of JRE after the installation of this program, check/modify juninst.bat in your \ITJ sub directory. After the uninstallation the ITJ directory will not be removed because it serves all CPT packages. If you don't have any other CPT program, you can delete it. LICENSE AND REGISTER -------------------- Check out the license.txt and register.txt for license and register information. CONTACT ------- We are very interested in receiving your comments, suggestions, and bug reports at our email: cpt.software@usa.net