BMPsqueezer installation notes

BMPsqueezer is shareware written by Colin Mummery who can be contacted at equitysoft@iname.com and whose homepage is www.kagi.com/equitysoft.

The BMPsqueezer zip file name indicates the date that the product version in the file was built in day/month/year order. The JAR file contains the following files:

BMPsqueezer requires that the Java 2 virtual machine be installed on your machine (Sun calls this the JRE). This is available free at Sun's website. The program is packaged into the single executable JAR file called "Squeezer.jar". This can be run by either double clicking on it in Windows (or a single click in Solaris) or alternatively with the command
      java -jar Squeezer.jar
The executable JAR file is self-contained and should not be tampered with. This JAR file cannot be run as an applet in a browser, instead it must be run as a standalone application (similar to a '.exe' file on a PC). It can be placed in any directory on a users machine. When it runs it will create two directories as subdirectories to the directory where it resides. These are called "props" and "applets". The directory "props" contains files for saving session information as well as registration information. The others are default directories for saved archives. Erasing any of the directories is not critical as they will automatically be recreated however they also contains registration information so the registration code may have to be re-entered.

The user manual for the product is accessed via the help menu and it might be best if this is looked at first.

The minimum recommended PC for the product is a Pentium 233 with 24 MBytes of RAM. It is written entirely using the Sun Java 2 JRE and users must have this installed on their machine.

Known issues

When scolling a large image in Internet Explorer it may be that the image tends to get "cut up". This is remedied by pressing the refresh button.

Paying for BMPsqueezer

BMPsqueezer is shareware and the idea is that you have 30 days to play with it and after that you should either register the software or delete it from your machine. To encourage payment, created applets will only function for 72 hours while the software is unregistered. In addition, while the software is unregistered the text "Evaluation software" will appear in the frame title.

Registration is done through the KAGI software registration service. The small Windows program included can be run to generate a form that can be e-mailed, faxed or posted to Kagi. They should then automatically issue a registration code which is entered through the option in the help menu. If a code isn't forthcoming then e-mail the author to find out what's going on. If payment must be made by credit card over the phone ring Kagi in the US on (510) 658-5244 (5 dollar surcharge for phone orders). For more information about paying as well as online registration go to the EquitySoft purchase page.

The policy on new revisions of products

Products are regularly updated with new features. My policy is not to charge any fee for new releases which may only include bug fixes, cosmetic changes and minor functional changes. In general therefore, the original registration code that you receive on paying the initial license fee should be kept and reused after downloading a new product version. Do not pay for another license unless you're sure it's absolutely required.

Bugs and feedback

Bugs should be sent to EquitySoft@iname.com and product news can be found at http://www.kagi.com/EquitySoft. All feedback is most welcome.
© 1998, 1999 all rights reserved, Colin Mummery.