BMPsqueezer installation notes

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

The BMPsqueezer zip file name indicates the date that the product version in the file was built in day/month/year order. The JAR file contains the following files:

This file
A changes file
The license
The BMPsqueezer JAR file executable (Squeezer.jar)
A windows .bat file to run the JAR if double clicking the JAR has been disabled

BMPsqueezer requires that the Java 2 virtual machine be installed on your machine (Sun calls this the JRE). This is available free at Sun's website. The program is packaged into the single executable JAR file called "Squeezer.jar". This can be run by either double clicking on it in Windows (or a single click in Solaris) or alternatively with the command

      java -jar Squeezer.jar

The executable JAR file is self-contained and should not be tampered with. This JAR file cannot be run as an applet in a browser, instead it must be run as a standalone application (similar to a '.exe' file on a PC). It can be placed in any directory on a users machine. When it runs it will create two directories as subdirectories to the directory where it resides. These are called "props" and "applets". The directory "props" contains files for saving session information as well as registration information. The others are default directories for saved archives. Erasing any of the directories is not critical as they will automatically be recreated however they also contains registration information so the registration code may have to be re-entered.

The user manual for the product is accessed via the help menu and it might be best if this is looked at first.

The minimum recommended PC for the product is a Pentium 233 with 24 MBytes of RAM. It is written entirely using the Sun Java 2 JRE and users must have this installed on their machine.

Known issues

When scolling a large image in Internet Explorer it may be that the image tends to get "cut up". This is remedied by pressing the refresh button.

Bugs and feedback

Bugs should be sent to EquitySoft@iname.com and product news can be found at http://www.kagi.com/EquitySoft. All feedback is most welcome.