********************* MidiPlus 2.15 by Haris I. Volos *********************

MidiPlus ReadMe File Contents
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What is New in the several versions of MidiPlus.
MidiPlus Overview
MidiPlus Features
MidiPlus Installation
MidiPlus and MP3 
About distributing MidiPlus.
About MidiPlus Shareware & Registration
Contact information
Disclaimer
Acknowledgement


What is New in the several versions of MidiPlus.
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What's new in this Version?
MidiPlus 2.15 is the next version of MidiPlus 2.01
* MidiPlus colors & fonts now can be customized.
* Added MidiPlus Assistant Help File.
* Added MidiPlus Quick Start window.
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What's new in Version MidiPlus 2.01? 
* Added Import from MidiPlus 1.xx function, located at Song Function Quick Menu.
* Minor bug fixes.
What's new in this Version?
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What's new in Version MidiPlus 2.00 Final? 
* MidiPlus from this version is released as Shareware.
* Some bugs were fixed.
* Haris I. Volos the author of MidiPlus accepted as a Developer 
Member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).
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What's new in Version MidiPlus 2.00 PreFinal? 
* Command line support improved.
* Drag & Drop support added.
* A New Play List Wizard added.
* ZIP file support improved.
* MidiPlus options window improved.
* MidiPlus Tip of the Day added.
* Bugs were fixed.
* MidiPlus goes Shareware, please read below.
* This PreFinal version will stop completely working 1 Nov 99 because final version will be released very soon.
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What's new in Version MidiPlus 2.00 Beta 3? 
* Help file added and updated.
* Now you can specify a default folder for saving your Play Lists.
* Minor bugs were fixed.

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What's new in Version MidiPlus 2.00 Beta 2? 
* An MP3 Plug-in is distributed with MidiPlus for Playing MP3 files.
* MidiPlus code is optimised to use fewer resources.
* Several internal issues where optimised.
* Now you can register MidiPlus as the default player for playing Mp3 files.

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What's new in Version MidiPlus 2.00 Beta 1? 

* MidiPlus can play MP3 files if you have Microsoft Windows Media Player 5.2 installed.
* MidiPlus can play files in Zip file (still in testing)
* Bugs where fixed and functions/features improved.

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What's new in Version 2.00 Preview?
A cool face lift to the interface.  
* The lists are saved to the disk as files instead to Windows registry 
* MidiPlus now has its own internal volume control. 
* Several features regarding the lists and songs where improved. 
* Quick access to the most basic functions for editing the songs in a list 
* Added Zip file support (Not ready) 
* The drag and drop support is not working (for the moment) and maybe some
  other minor functions.
* The help file is not included and there is no documentation about this
  version.

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What's new in Version 1.55a?
* Minor bug fixes
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What's new in Version 1.55?
* MidiPlus logo background changed because wasn't displayed well in some 
  screen colors configurations.
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What's new in Version 1.54?
* If you select from songs list the same file that is opened MidiPlus doesn't
  open it again.
* Now you can specify to MidiPlus which paths to save.
* Now you can specify how many songs or lists will drop down when you click
  the song's or list's list box.
* Play lists window can be resized making play lists editing easier.
* MidiPlus now has a new logo.
* A splash screen was added to MidiPlus.
* MidiPlus now is created using Delphi 3 instead of Delphi 2. Delphi is a
  powerful tool from Borland for creating applications as reliable and fast
  as C++ applications.
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What's new in Version 1.53?
* Some fonts that where changed in version 1.50 were changed back to the
  old ones.
* Some bugs in version 1.52 where solved.
* MidiPlus now remembers the last open and save path.
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What's new in Version 1.52?
* MidiPlus now has a "Save As" ability.
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What's new in Version 1.51?
* MidiPlus now shrinks a large filename so it can be displayed correctly.
* MidiPlus now remembers the last 10 songs you have opened in the open mode.
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What's new in Version 1.50?
* MidiPlus overall look improved.
* New Internet explorer like buttons.
* New options added to the command line support.
* AWE32/64 control panel support.
* MidiPlus now remembers the last 5 songs you have opened in the open mode.
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What's new in Version 1.04?
* A bug in version 1.03 fixed.
* Stop button can be set to go to the beginning of the song.
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What's new in Version 1.03?
* Some problems of the help file were solved.
* The toolbar now is smaller.
* Added Midi Reset support.
* Now MidiPlus can start playing the play lists as soon as it starts up.
* Now MidiPlus can remember the last song opened in each play list when you
  switch between the play lists or from Random to normal order play. 
* File Drag and Drop support.
* Some bugs were fixed.
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MidiPlus Overview
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MidiPlus is media player for Windows that has the same abilities like Windows 
Media player, plus optional use of play lists, many useful features and a nice 
user interface.

Use of Play Lists is the main feature of MidiPlus. You can have as many lists 
you want and as many songs on each list as well. You can play the songs in their 
original order or randomly and if you want to hear a song again use the one 
click away "Repeat Once" or "Repeat for ever" functions.

MidiPlus offers you the functions you need to easily create and maintain your 
lists. You may create your lists using either the 'New Play List Wizard" that 
offers you all the capabilities of MidiPlus or the Quick Function Menus that are 
a click away, or using the classic "Play Lists" window. 

One of the newest capabilities of MidiPlus is the auto creation of the lists 
from a specified directory or ZIP file. The only thing you have to do is to 
specify a directory or ZIP file to MidiPlus and add or remove as many files you 
want from the directory or ZIP file and let MidiPlus take care for the changes 
to the lists.

Last but not least and as useful as the other features is the Drag & Drop 
support letting you drag files to MidiPlus for playing or adding them to a list. 
Additionally some key features are: Midi Reset function, advanced command line 
support, toolbar, Minimize to tray and other useful features.
MidiPlus can play MIDI, WAV, AVI and other file types that Windows Media Player 
can play e.g. MP3 (If you have Windows Media Player 5.2 or above installed)

MidiPlus has received very good ratings from major Internet software archives, 5 
Star Editors Pick from ZdNet's Hotfiles.com,  4 cows rating from Tucows,  top 
download in Softseek and other software sites. Haris I. Volos recently accepted 
as a Developer member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).

MidiPlus Features
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Some of MidiPlus other features are:
 * CD-player-like interface
 * No repeat, repeat once, and continuous repeat functions
 * Two Modes: Open and List Mode.  In Open mode, it works like the
   Windows Media Player, opening and playing one file at a time. In
   List mode, you put together lists of multiple MIDI files to play
   back-to-back, creating as many lists as you want.
 * The program can be minimized on the system tray and can be easily
   made your default MIDI player
 * MIDI, WAV and AVI files support in the same list.
 * Random play.
 * You can use a Toolbar for controlling MidiPlus.
 * Volume Control support.
Please look at MidiPlus help for more information.

MidiPlus Instalation
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MidiPlus runs in all computers that are running windows95/98 or windows NT4.
However a Pentium with 32MB RAM is recommended.

To install MidiPlus run the midip215.exe


MidiPlus and MP3
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MidiPlus can play MP3 files if you have Microsoft Windows Media Player 5.2 or above installed.

MidiPlus distribution 
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 MidiPlus can be distributed in any medium (CD-ROM, Floppy Disks, BBS,
Internet etc.) Freely as long that MidiPlus is distributed in its original 
form (with out any changes) AND NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO CHARGE ANYTHING FOR MIDIPLUS without prior having written permission from the author.
 Software Magazines and Software sites can distribute MidiPlus freely, but the author prefer to be notified by e-mail the article mentioning MidiPlus and the link to it (for Software sites).
For any questions feel free to contact the author at e-mail: midiplus@hivolos.com.cy

About MidiPlus Shareware & Registration
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MidiPlus 2.15 is distributed as Shareware with a registration fee of
15$ USD. The user should evaluate the program for 30 Days and then if he want to continue using it he must register it.
MidiPlus unlike some other shareware programs WILL NOT loose any of its functionality during the evaluation period.

Registration information is available at MidiPlus Help file, at reginfo.txt and
at MidiPlus Home page at: http://www.hivolos.com.cy/midiplus/reginfo.html

Contact Information
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 For any suggestions, bugs, errors, complaints and additional information you
can send an e-mail to midiplus@hivolos.com.cy with the MidiPlus name and the
version you are using in the subject line e.g. MidiPlus 2.15.
 You can also visit MidiPlus home page at URL:
http://www.hivolos.com.cy/midiplus/

PLEASE IF YOU ARE HAVING A PROBLEM DESCRIPE IT WITH FULL DETAILS AND ALSO
INCLUDE THE VERSION NUMBER OF MIDIPLUS YOU ARE USING, THE TYPE OF WINDOWS
YOU ARE USING (95/98 or NT) AND YOUR COMPUTER CONFIGURATION E.G. PENTIUM WITH
32MB RAM AND OTHER INFORMATION YOU THING IS USEFULL.

Disclaimer
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This program is provided as it is without any warranty.
The author is not responsible for any kind of damage to any life form,
object, information and data caused by any version of this program.

If you do not agree with this statement, please remove MidiPlus from your
computer immediately.

All trademarks, brand names and product names mentioned in this ReadMe file
and help files and Home Page of MidiPlus belong to their respective owners.


Acknowledgement
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If you're interested in programming with zip and unzip DLL, you can find them
on Delphi Super Page - http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/delphi/
Find Info-Zip's Home Page at - http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/
Also many thanks to all the people who have given feedback and encouraged
me in developing this program.
