H2Omarker ReadMe file

H2Omarker is shareware written by Colin Mummery who can be contacted at equitysoft@iname.com and whose homepage is www.kagi.com/equitysoft.

The H2Omarker product is delivered in a single ZIP file. The ZIP file name indicates the date that the product version in the file was built in day/month/year order. The ZIP file contains the following:

The H2Omarker program packaged as a single JAR file called "H2O.jar"
This readme file
A changes file
The license agreement
A registration program that runs under Windows

Running the software

The product can be run under Windows or Solaris by double clicking (or clicking) on the file "H2O.jar". The product requires the Java 2 runtime be installed which is free and can be downloaded from Sun Microsystems. (Java 2 is also sometimes referred to as Java 1.2 - it's the same thing).

On other platforms the following Java command can be used:

    java -jar H2O.jar

At the time of writing Java 2 is not available for the Macintosh. See Apple's Java page for more details.

Windows specific installation

At this stage the product is not provided in a form that creates the appropriate "start" menu entries and program icons for Windows. It is best to set aside a folder for the product and put the unzipped files into that folder. Custom installation is planned for the future.

H2Omarker directories

When H2Omarker is run there are two directories that are created in the same directory as the "H2O.jar" file. These are:

"myimages" - which is the default directory for saving images
"props" - this directory contains various system files

Known issues

The font example display will show the correct font family but not always the correct variant
Text watermarks are not always exactly centered horizontally

Paying for the software

The evaluation period is the standard 30 days given for most shareware. After that period payment should be made using the KAGI shareware payment service. The best way is to run the enclosed Windows program that generates output that can be e-mailed, faxed or posted to KAGI. If payment must be made by phone there is a US$5 surcharge and it can be done by ringing (510) 658-5244 in the US. Alternatively payment can be made over the internet by going to the EquitySoft pricing page. While the software is not registered created images will have an unregistered message placed in the top left corner.

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.

Replacing an old version with a new version

If you want to keep all your existing applet files then replace only the old version of "H2O.jar" with the new version. However some session settings will be reset.

Feedback

Any feedback about bugs or feature requests should be sent to the author, Colin Mummery at EquitySoft@iname.com. All feedback is most welcome and carefully read.