Short: PageStream 3.1 Pre-Release Beta 2 Patch Author: SoftLogik Publishing, Inc. Uploader: support softlogik com Type: text/dtp Architecture: m68k-amigaos WELCOME TO THE PAGESTREAM 3.1 PRE-RELEASE BETA 2 UPDATE! ------------------------------------------------------- TO UPGRADE FROM 3.1 BETA 1 (ENGLISH): You need only pgs31b21.lha. TO UPGRADE FROM 3.0i (ENGLISH): You must have BME 2.0f installed. If you don't have this version, download pgs3itu2.lha (TuneUp 2) before installing beta 2! - If you installed 3.0i from an online patch, you need: pgs31b22.lha and pgs31b23.lha. - If you installed 3.0i from disk, you need: pgs31b22.lha and pgs31b24.lha. TO UPGRADE FROM 3.0i (GERMAN): There will not be German betas of 3.1. If you wish to use the English beta until the German 3.1 version is released, these patch files will upgrade your 3.0i German installation to 3.1 beta 2. - You need pgs31b22.lha and pgs31b25.lha. IMPORTANT! This update requires disk 1 of your original PageStream3 disk set. It will not be modified by the update. You must have sufficient free hard drive space to use this patch. 4MB of free space is recommended. If you're not sure what version of PageStream or BME you have installed, run it and check the version number in the About requester. Note that 3.1 beta 1 shows up as just 3.1 in the About requester. MORE IMPORTANT!! After you have downloaded the required files, decompress them. If your version requires two files, decompress both to the same directory. Double-click the 3.1Beta2 icon to display the contents of this directory. Double-click the Install-Beta2 icon. If have a verison older than 3.0i, you must upgrade to it first. You must also have BME 2.0f installed before installing this patch. BME 2.0f was included in TuneUp 2 (PGS3ITU2.LHA). If you didn't install that tuneup, you must do so before upgrading to 3.1 pre-release beta 1. EVEN MORE IMPORTANT!!! This version of PageStream 3.1 is a BETA version. Do not use this: - If you are uncomfortable using beta software - You need to do production work - You don't know how to backup and reinstall 3.0i in case you need to use it for production work We do not guarantee that this version is usable for production work. Heck, no software's warranty guarantees its merchantability or fitness for any type of work. But this is a beta, and we really mean it. So if after installing this beta you find out that it won't print, or that it crashes, or that little dancing panda bears appear on the screen when you try to draw a box, don't complain that you didn't back up 3.0i. The ONLY reasons you should be using this version are: - You think that finding bugs in pre-release versions is a good idea because the final version will be better as a result of your testing. - You absolutely can't wait any longer to try 3.1. - You didn't back up 3.0i when you installed 3.1 beta 1 and have been counting the days until beta 2. ;-) USING THIS PATCH IF YOU HAVE 5MB OR MORE OF FREE RAM, you can decompress the archives to RAM and not worry about memory limitations. IF YOU HAVE 4MB OF FREE RAM, you can decompress the archives to RAM, but you must delete the archives from RAM before running the patch. (Copy them somewhere safe in case you need them again!) IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN 4MB OF FREE RAM, you must decompress the archives to a hard drive directory because you'll need all your RAM for the patch. A drawer called "3.1Beta1Update" will be created when you decompress the patches. All three archives contain this Read.1st! file, so your decompression program will ask if you it is ok to overwrite the first Read.1st! file; this is normal. Double click on the Install-3.1Beta1 icon in this drawer to begin. YOU SHOULD KEEP A COPY OF THE PATCH FILES UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED THIS UPDATE IN CASE YOU NEED TO RUN IT AGAIN. If you delete them after decompressing them, and something goes wrong during patching, you will have to download them again! If you have adequate hard drive space, simply select the PageStream3 directory and choose Copy from the Workbench's Icon menu to make a complete duplicate of your PageStream3 directory. If you have a problem with the patch, you will have a backup to restore. TECHNICAL NOTES: this update will patch the PageStream3 and BME program files in your PageStream3: directory. Every other file changed from 3.0i is included. If you purchased an add-on module such as the TrueType font engine, it may be patched to be compatible with this version. LOW MEMORY NOTES: If you do not have enough memory to install this patch (the patch utility will fail if there is not enough free memory), you can conserve memory by decompressing the patch archives to your hard drive instead of to RAM:. If the patch fails due to low memory, you will not be able to use PageStream3 until you have successfully installed the patch because you will then have a mixture of 3.1 and earlier files. If you need to run the patch manually, decompress the PGSpatch.LHA archive found in the pgs31b11.lha file. Use the spatch utility from this archive. The command syntax is: spatch -oPageStream3:PageStream3.1 -pPageStream.pch PageStream3:PageStream3 The first parameter is the new version, the second parameter is the patch file name (include the path if required), and the third parameter is the currently installed version of PageStream3. Delete the old PageStream3:PageStream3 file when you're done and then rename the new version to the normal name (ie, PageStream 3.1 to PageStream3). If you have previously compressed the PageStream3 or BME program files with something such as PowerPacker, you will probably not be able to use this patch, even if you decompress them. UPDATE OPTIONS: If you want 3.1 beta 2 on disk, you can order it from SoftLogik sales for just $10. SOFTLOGIK ON THE NET Don't forget to visit our web page at http://www.softlogik.com. Email info@softlogik.com to get an automatic reply with the latest news and joining instructions for our technical support mailing list. THE CONTENTS OF THIS ARCHIVE ARE COPYRIGHT 1996 SOFTLOGIK PUBLISHING CORPORATION. (EXCEPT FOR SPATCH WHICH IS COPYRIGHT 1995 SAS INSTITUTE AND LHEX WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY COMMODORE.) THIS ARCHIVE CAN BE DISTRIBUTED AS LONG AS IT IS LEFT INTACT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES! 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