Introduction to Rosary v6.0b
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Have you ever had difficulty remembering which prayers and meditations to say when 
praying the Rosary?  Never more!  With Rosary v6.0 for Windows at your side to guide 
you, praying and remembering the Rosary has never been easier!  
Rosary v6.0 for Windows is a complete set of prayers and mysteries
for the Rosary.  Using a graphical interface, the program guides 
you through each of the 5 decades of the Rosary, and all prayers 
and meditations in between.   It keeps track of which of the three 
sets of mysteries need to be said by the system date, but the 
program also allows you to change the current mystery on the fly.
In addition, you can use Rosary v6.0 to keep track of novenas, 
say the “Pro-Life Rosary,” and say the “Chaplet of the Divine Mercy” 
(copyright (c), 1993, by Divine Helpers-permission pending).  When 
you exit the program, Rosary stores the day number of a novena, 
the last prayer said, and any novena intentions you might have 
entered.

Installing the program
======================
Rosary6b.EXE is a self-extracting archive produced by Wise 
InstallBuilder.  It will install all of the program-related files
in the directory of your choosing, plus two required system 
files in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM (or equivalent).

1.	If you do not already have the files necessary to run 
Visual Basic 6.0 programs, you must first download them from 
the Internet.  The files (collectively known as Visual Basic 
6.0 Service Pack 3), are encased in a ZIP file,  available 
from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp
?ReleaseID=12704&LangID=20&LangDIR=en-us&OpSysID=9800&
Search=Product&Value=729&Show=Alpha&Start=&Page=0)  
(this link takes you direcytly to the download page; you
can also download this file during the Rosary setup process)


	My apologies for the inconvenience--there are 
complications involved with distributing VB runtime files.  
There is a SETUP program contained within the Visual Basic 
6.0 Service Pack 3 which will automatically install the 
necessary files in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory 
(installs only newer versions of the files).  

	To run the setup program once you download it, create 
a temporary directory to receive the Visual Basic Service 
Pack 3 files.  From DOS:

	md \vb6temp
	cd \vb6temp
	vbrun60sp3

From Win95:

	a.	Open Windows Explorer
	b.	Create a new folder (e.g., “vb6temp”)
	c.	Double Click the self-extracting program
		vbrun60sp3.exe
	d.	Double Click the file SETUP.EXE or use the Control 
		Panel’s “Install New Software” program. 

3.	Create a temp directory for the the ROSARY setup program (e.g., “C:\ROSARYTMP”).
4.	Unzip the file Rosary6b.ZIP into this directory.
5.	Double-click the file SETUP.EXE or use the Control Panel’s “Install New Software” 
	feature.

Program status
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Rosary v6.0b is freeware.

Distribution status
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Distribute freely.

Contacting the author
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Email:  voltz@ovnet.com or voltz@ppse.org
Snail:  125 N. 8th St.
        Martins Ferry, OH  43935
Web:    http://ppse.org

