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 *	Legal	-	'Comedy'
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 *	The author of this software accepts no responsibility
 *	for damages resulting from its use and makes no
 *	warranty or representation, either express or implied,
 *	including but not limited to, any implied warranty of
 *	merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
 *	This software is provided "AS IS", and you, its user,
 *	assume all risks when using it.
 *
 *	!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 *	!! THIS SOFTWARE IS FREEWARE !!!                          !!
 *	!! READ THE FILE 'LICENSE.TXT' BEFORE USING THIS SOFTWARE !!
 *	!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Synopsis:

'Comedy' adds a context menu extension to the Win95 shell
that allows any file to be loaded into an editor of your
choice.


Installation requirements:

-	Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or higher
-	about 84 KB free disk space ;-)



Introduction
------------

'Comedy' is an acronym for 'COntext Menu EDitor utilitY', i.e. 'Comedy'
simply adds an entry to the Explorer's context menu which is displayed
when right-clicking on a file in the Explorers right pane, any file
in any folder of the Win95 shell or within the shell itself.
This Shell Extension was created as we found it annoying to go through
the Shell's 'Open with'-dialog that comes up when double-clicking on a
file with an extension not registered with an application or pressing
<SHIFT> when activating the context menu and manually selecting 
'Open with...'. Its main purpose is to provide an easy way to access
any file with an editor of your choice.



Installation
------------

Just extract the files from the .zip archive and start the setup 
utility that will perform the setup process for you. (REMARK:
When installing under NT, you must have administrator privileges
to install 'Comedy' correctly.)
The setup program will do the following things:

- copy the files 'comedy.dll', 'comedy.cpl' and 'comedy.reg' to your
  Windows' system directory

- add the following information to your machine's registry (the
  following is taken from 'comedy.reg'): 

	[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ProXima\comedy\1.0]
	   "Editor"="notepad.exe"
	   "chain"=dword:00000000
	   "ignore"=dword:00000000

	[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{DCA76BE0-DCEB-11D0-B5F2-0000B43A8ACF}]
	   @="COntext Menu EDitor utilitY"
	[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{DCA76BE0-DCEB-11D0-B5F2-0000B43A8ACF}\InProcServer32]
	   @="comedy.dll"
		 "ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

	[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
	   @="comedy"
	[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\comedy]
	   @="{DCA76BE0-DCEB-11D0-B5F2-0000B43A8ACF}"

	[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved]
	   "{DCA76BE0-DCEB-11D0-B5F2-0000B43A8ACF}"="COntext Menu EDitor utilitY (c) ProXima Engineering"


Configuration
-------------

After having installed this software correctly, you will find a 
'Comedy' applet in the Control Panel of your computer which allows you to 
configure 'Comedy'. Configuring 'Comedy' means:

1. Choosing the editor to use with comedy

To choose an editor for comedy, simply enter its filename in the edit
field of the control panel applet labeled 'Editor' or browse though your
files pressing the 'Browse...' button. 

2. Checking whether multiply selected files should be sent to a single
   editor instance

Sending multiple files to a single editor instance means that ONE
editor is invoked for ALL selected files rather than starting one
for each file selected

3. Checking whether registered file types should be ignored

Ignoring registered file types means that 'Comedy' doesn't open such files
using the editor chosen in (1), but invokes the program associated with these
files.

NOTE:	

On NT, the settings mentioned above affect ALL USERS, and you
must have administrator privileges to change them !!!
If not all users share the same PATH environment, it is better
to enter the full path to the editor to use with comedy !!!


Deinstallation
--------------

Use the 'uninst.exe' utility that is shipped in the archive.

IMPORTANT:

DO NOT ONLY DELETE THE FILES MENTIONED ABOVE UNLESS YOU HAVEN'T REMOVED
ALL ENTRIES THE SETUP PROGRAM MERGED INTO THE REGISTRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Comments and Suggestions
------------------------

Do not hesitate to send us your comments and suggestions. If you submit a bug
report, please remember to indicate the program version number, as well as the
operating system you are using (Windows 95 or Windows NT). Please enclose a
brief description of the bug you encountered and of the way to reproduce it.

You can either write us sending your message to

		ProXima GbR
		Ingenieurbuero fuer Software-
		Entwicklung und Consulting

		Wilhelmstr. 24/1

		74072 Heilbronn, Germany


 or use the slightly more modern way:

		Phone:	+49 7131 99 170-0
		Fax:	+49 7131 99 170-20

		CompuServe:	106571,2155
		EMail:		proxima@proxima.de
				ProXima_Engineering@compuserve.com
		WWW:		http://www.proxima.de


Revision list
-------------

V1.0		initial state			jk		27-Jun-1997

V1.0a		minor revisions/documentation	jk		30-Sep-1997

V1.0b		fixed registry access rights	jk		15-Oct-1997
		bug that occured when running
		under NT & user is not in admin
		group
		 
V1.0c		fixed problem with non-windows	jk		12-Jan-1998
		editors & blanks in filenames