August 22, 2006

ABC Image Browser 4.8 by J3 Technologies - Read Me

If you like ABC Image Browser, please buy it.


Welcome to the ABC Image Browser 4.8 Read Me. This document contains last-minute product information and updates to the ABC Image Browser documentation. For product usage and troubleshooting information, go to http://www.j3technologies.net/abc.

This document is divided into the following sections:

Registration

System Requirements

Installation Instructions

Installation Notes

Troubleshooting Issues



Registration

ABC Image Browser is shareware. You may upgrade for free from any previously purchased 4.X version of ABC Image Browser. If you have not previously purchased ABC Image Browser, you may use it for as long as you like, but you will be periodically reminded to buy it. At any time during your trial you may purchase ABC Image Browser by clicking on "Register..." in the "Help" menu within the program and following the instructions.

We are no longer using Softwrap as one of our payment partners. If you have purchased ABC Image Browser using Softwrap, please contact support@j3technologies.net to get the Registration Key for the updated version.

For help with purchasing or using the application, please contact support@j3technologies.net or visit http://j3technologies.net/abc. You must have purchased ABC Image Browser to receive e-mail support for using the application.


System Requirements for ABC Image Browser 4 for Windows

The installer creates temporary files during installation so the actual hard disk space required during installation may be greater than the values listed below. The number and size of the images that are open at one time also affect the actual memory and hard disk space requirements.

- Processor: Pentium II-class (Pentium III or equivalent recommended)
- Operating System: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
- RAM (Memory): 128 MB (256 recommended)
- Available Hard Disk Space: 15 MB
- Recommended Screen Resolution: 1024x768
- Recommended Screen Color Depth: 24-bit (True Color)



Installation Instructions

Installing and Uninstalling ABC Image Browser 4 for Windows

To install ABC Image Browser 4, follow these steps:

- You MUST HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHTS on Win NT, Win 2000, and Win XP systems or the installation process will fail.
- Make sure you have at least 25 MB of available disk space for installation of ABC Image Browser 4. The application itself requires less than 7 MB.
- Download the latest version of ABC Image Browser from http://j3technologies.net/abc. Be sure to download the file into a directory that you can remember.
- Install ABC Image Browser 4. Open the Windows "Start" menu, click "Run...", "browse" to the location of the setup file you downloaded. Select the setup program, click "Open", and click "OK".

To uninstall ABC Image Browser 4, follow these steps:
- From the Windows "Start" menu, select "Settings", "Control Panel", "Add/Remove Programs"
- Select ABC Image Browser 4.0 and press the "Add/Remove..." button


Installation Notes

The installation process adds "Browse" to the list of actions you may perform on a supported image file through the Windows shell. You may optionally set or unset ABC Image Browser as the default handler for any image that it supports at any time after the installation by clicking on "Options|Preferences" in the main application menu, then clicking the "File Types" tab and checking or un-checking any of the listed file types.

List of supported file types:
- .jpeg .jpg .jpe (JPEG Bitmap)
- .bmp .dib .rle (Windows Bitmap)
- .ico (Windows Icon) (READ-ONLY)
- .cur (Windows Cursor) (READ-ONLY)
- .png (Portable Network Graphics)
- .wmf (Windows Metafile)
- .emf (Enhanced Windows Metafile)
- .gif (CompuServe Bitmap)
- .pcx (PaintBrush)
- .jp2 (JPEG2000)
- .j2k .jpc .j2c (JPEG2000 Code Stream)
- .tif .tiff .fax .g3n .g3f (TIFF Bitmap)
- .tga .targa .vda .icb .vst .win (Targa Bitmap)
- .pxm .ppm .pgm .pbm (Portable Pixmap, GreyMap, BitMap)