Dawn 4.5 beta 3 Readme
by Boris Zakharin

Full documentation is available in the help file once Dawn is installed
and on the web at http://www.internettrash.com/users/zakharin
I can also be reached by E-Mail at zakharin@seas.upenn.edu

New in this release:
-Integration of new formats supported into Dawn classic interface and 
 automation 
-Refined Wizard interface 
-Better duplicate handling 
-Bug Fixes

The VB6 runtime files needed for this program can be found at
this URL:  http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/win95/dll.html
See the installation instructions below for details

The Windows Installer files needed for this program can be found at
this URL: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~zakharin/Software/msi.html
See the installation instructions below for details

Dawn converts Address Books among various Address Book Programs.
Dawn is equipped with an extraction feature and 
automation. It can also sort adresses by E-Mail address or by Nickname. 
It is absolutely free to use
and distribute in the form seen here, but the source code is not freely
distributable.

Dawn works with the following programs:

-Netscape Communicator 4.x and up 
-Netscape Navigator 3.x 
-Internet Explorer / Outlook Express / Windows Address Book (WAB) 
-MS Outlook 
-Juno 
-Corel WordPerfect Address Book 8.x 
-Eudora 
-Pegasus Mail 
-Other programs which can use/import/export LDAP/LDIF, Comma Separated 
 Value (CSV), plain text, one per line or comma separated formats or 
 store addresses in a text file suitable for extraction 


System Requirements

PentiumŪ 90MHz or higher microprocessor 
Windows 95, 98 or later or Windows NT 4 or later 
VGA 640x480 or higher-resolution screen supported by Microsoft Windows. 
At Download time:
1.46 MB for the compressed Dawn file 
Approximately another megabyte if you need the Visual Basic 6 runtime files 
Approximately another 1.5 MB if you need the Windows Installer
402 KB for the upgrade version 
At installation time:
About 6 MB for Dawn files 
Approximately 2 additional MB if you need the Visual Basic 6 files 
Approximately another 2 MB if you need the Windows Installer
1.03 MB for the upgrade version 
After deleting install files:
3.1 MB for Dawn itself 
Approximately 1 additional Megabyite if you have installed the Visual Basic 6 runtime files 
100 KB for the upgrade version 
MS Visual Basic 6 files (if not already present) 
Windows Installer (if not already present)

Installing Dawn

An upgrade is available if you have Dawn 4.1 or above
Otherwise please uninstall any previous versions before proceding. 

  Obtain Dawn from a download site.
  If you do not already have VB runtime files:
    go to http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/win95/dll.html
    Find the VB 6 runtime files. At the time of this 
    writing the latest file is SIMVB6-5.ZIP
    Unzip it into an empty folder and run setup.exe
    Follow the instructions in those files
  If you don't already have Windows Installer (If you have Windows 2000 you do):
    go to http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~zakharin/Software/msi.html
    Download the appropriate version (Windows 95 or 98 or NT)
    Run the executable and follow instructions
  Uncompress the Dawn zip file into another empty folder
  Run setup.exe. Follow the onscreen instructions. 
  Dawn should now be available in the folder you chose under the Start Menu 

Note

Dawn does not come bundled with some essential files that many 
people already have.
The VB6 runtime files needed for this program can be found at
this URL:  http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/win95/dll.html
The Windows Installer files needed for this program can be found at
this URL: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~zakharin/Software/msi.html
See the installation instructions above for details

Full documentation is available in the help file once Dawn is installed
and on the web at http://www.internettrash.com/users/zakharin

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