INTERNET GRAPHICS FINDER  (Software Version 3.0)
Copyright (C) SkibbySoft 1999

README TEXT:

INTRODUCTION:

"A Better Way To Find Graphics On The Internet!"

Internet Graphics Finder (GRIF) is a 32-bit Windows application 
that provides a better way to find graphics on the Internet. 
It can also view, enhance, print and save pictures from the Internet.  
Multiple image thumbnails are viewed at one time in the GRIF Gallery. 
GRIF supports image file formats JPG, GIF (animated) and BMP.  

Image Search Options Include:

  1) Keyword Search - Enter a keyword and search the Lycos, AltaVista
         or Yahoo image archives for the exact picture you need.

  2) Predefined Image Categories - Display the pictures contained on
         the best graphics web sites we've found.  All predefined sites 
         offer public domain images!!

  3) Multi-level Web Site Searching - Predefined sites that offer multi-
         level Internet image pages.  Allows drilling down through
	 web site links to help find images.

  4) Extracts Images From any Entered Web Address - Enter a URL
         from your favorite graphics web site and GRIF will download 
         and display the image in the GRIF Gallery.  (NOTE: Please 
         respect the use of images that are not in the public domain.)
                        
INTERNET PROVIDER REQUIRED
You must have and be signed on to an ISP (Internet Service Provider)
before you can run Internet Graphics Finder.  America Online, Prodigy, 
CompuServe and other online services will also work as Internet 
providers as long as you log into their service first.

PARENTAL DISCRETION WARNING
Internet Graphics Finder does not contain any Parental Discretion 
controls at this time.  It will not filter offensive images from 
being displayed and downloaded.  Use this program at your own 
discretion.

IMAGE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION
The search and pre-set scan sites used by Internet Graphics Finder use
web pages that contain Public Domain images.  The public domain status
could change at any time.  When you save a web image make sure you can 
legally use the image before doing so.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

 * Microsoft 32-bit OS - Windows '95, '98 or Windows NT 
 * A hard disk with approximately 7 Meg of hard disk space
 * Pentium 60 or higher CPU recommended
 * A minimum of 8 Meg of RAM; 32 Meg or more recommended
 * Internet Access Provider and a connection to the Internet
 
INSTALLING GRIF:

*Make sure all unnecessary programs are closed before installing
Internet Graphics Finder.

If you received one install file:

  1) Run GRIF##SETUP.EXE (self extracting file) or GRIF##SETUP.ZIP 
     (PKZIPed file) from Windows START to start the install.  

If you received 3 installation disks:

  2) Run GRIF##SETUP.EXE from disk 1 to start the install.  If running
     from your hard drive, make sure all installation files
     (GRIF##SETUP.EXE, GRIF##.W02, GRIF##.W03) are in the same directory.

The following files are installed in the same directory:

    Internet Graphics Finder.EXE - Internet Graphics Finder Program    
    GRIF.HLP		- Internet Graphics Finder Help File
    README.TXT 		- Program and Setup Information File
    REGISTRATION.TXT 	- Registration Information File
    LICENSE.TXT		- License Information File
    INSTALL.LOG		- Installation Information File
    FILE_ID.DIZ         - Info file used by Distributors
    UNWISE.EXE          - Run this file to uninstall GRIF

The following files are installed in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory:

Common Visual Basic Windows System Files:
    MSVBVM50.DLL	- VB V5.0 Runtime Module
    STDOLE2.TBL		- Required OLE File
    COMCAT.DLL		- Required OLE File
    ASYCFILT.DLL	- Required OLE File
    OLE32.DLL   	- Required OLE File
    OLEAUT32.DLL	- Required OLE File
    OLEPRO32.DLL	- Required OLE File
    MSVCRT.DLL		- Required OLE File
    MFC42.DLL		- Required OLE File
    CTL3D32.DLL		- VB 3-D Control 

Visual Basic Controls:
    LTOCX10N.OCX	- LEADTOOLS ActiveX Control
    LTDLG10N.OCX	- LEADTOOLS Common Dialog Control
    IMGSRCH30.OCX	- SkibbySoft Image Search Control
    COMDLG32.OCX	- VB Control for common dialogs
    COMCTL32.OCX	- Tree and View Control
    CCXLIST.OCX		- Local List Control
    CCXTREE.OCX		- Local Tree Control
    TABCTL32.OCX	- Tab Control

Lead Graphics Controls:
    LFBMP10N.DLL	- Windows and OS/2 BMP file support.
    LFGIF10N.DLL	- GIF file support.
    LFCMP10N.DLL	- JPG file support.
    LTEFX10N.DLL	- Paint effects support.
    LTFIL10N.DLL	- File read and write support. 
    LTIMG10N.DLL	- Image processing support.
    LTKRN10N.DLL	- LEADTOOLS kernel
    LTDIS10N.DLL	- LEADTOOLS Display support. 
    LTDLG10N.DLL	- LEADTOOLS Common Dialog support. 

The OCX controls should be registered during Graphics
Discovery installation.  If you experience any problems 
registering the LTOCX10N.OCX or IMGSRCH30.OCX controls, 
first try unregistering and re-registering the control, 
as shown below using the Windows Start - Run option:

REGSVR32 /U <filename>.OCX
REGSVR32 <filename>.OCX

If you experience an error running the program after installation,
here are some other files that may need to be re-registered using
REGSVR32.EXE after installing GRIF:
OLEAUT32.DLL
OLEPRO32.DLL
    
GRIF was written with Visual Basic Ver 5.0 which requires a 
runtime DLL called: MSVBVM50.DLL.  This should be installed 
during GRIF installation.  If not, you can downloaded it from 
most online services and from Microsoft's web site on the Internet.  
If you have installation problems, send me an Email at: 

America Online  Skibby
CompuServe      73042,3371
Internet Email  Skibby@SkibbySoft.com 
		Skibby@aol.com       
Web Site        http://www.skibbysoft.com


UNINSTALL

To uninstall Internet Graphics Finder, use the Add/Remove Software Wizard 
on the Windows 95/98/NT Control Panel or run the UNWISE.EXE program in 
the GRIF directory. 


GETTING STARTED:

To begin using Internet Graphics Finder, click on the Internet 
Graphics Finder icon in Program STARTUP or double click on 
Internet Graphics Finder in Windows Explorer.  Enter a search value
of the type of image you are looking for (ex: cat) and click the GO
toolbar button.  This should return a list of found images and the
thumbnails should arrive shortly after that. 

HTML coding can come in many varieties.  GRIF tries to extract as 
many image and page links as possible from the HTML source, but can 
still miss some links if the HTML tag is coded in a way GRIF cannot 
recognize.  If you find an HTML page that GRIF misses the image
links or have a favorite Graphics Page you want to the GRIF 
predefined web sites drop us an email at Skibby@SkibbySoft.com.

See GRIF.HLP for more information on using the program.  

There is no program manual available for this program.  All the 
information is in the program's Windows Help files.   

Please visit our web site for more information about GRIF and our
other Graphics Utility programs that offer even more graphics
functions.

WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 3.0:

* HTML page links are now returned which offer multi-level search/scan.
* Added Local search and view of images on the PC or network.
* Added image enhancement features to the image viewer.
* Added new Search Site: Corbis.Com.
* Added more pre-set scan sites.
* Added program settings screen which allows search/input list editing.
* Added search criteria help button.
* Added Tree and Gallery re-size splitter bar.
* Added STOP search/scan button to toolbar.
* The number of search/input items saved increased from 20 to 40.
* Fixed one column Gallery display.
* Fixed Save As cancel error.
* Other misc. program fixes. 

Internet Graphics Finder Copyright  1999 by SkibbySoft.  All Rights Reserved.