PolyView Version 2.42 by Polybytes.

PolyView is a shareware graphics viewer, file conversion, and printing
utility for Windows NT and Windows 95. PolyView supports the majority of
the popular image formats available on Windows and Unix systems.

PolyView is authored and copyrighted by:

	PolyBytes
	3427 Bever Avenue S.E.
	Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403

	e-mail polybytes@kagi.com

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INSTALLATION:
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If you have polyv252.zip:
   1. Unzip polyv252.zip in a temporary directory area.
   2. Run setup.exe by double-clicking on it from the Explorer or File Manager.
If you have polyvupd.zip:
   1. Unzip polyvupd.zip in a temporary directory area.
   2. Copy polyview.exe and polyview.hlp to your
      "\Program Files\Polybytes\PolyView\Program" directory, replacing the files
      that are already there.

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RELEASE NOTES:
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Version 2.53
   Fix: Problem with interpolating 24 bit images with display mode set to
        256 colors.
Version 2.52
   Fix: Problems with interpolation which make minor improvements for 24
        bit/pixel images, and major improvements for 8 bit/pixel images.
Version 2.51
   Add: Option to turn off device dependent bitmap generation.
   Add: Option to create new window from some filtering actions.
   Add: Neon filter to Special Effects.
   Fix: Problem with output format in Format Conversions window when
        the user is unregistered.
Version 2.50
   Add: Batch file format conversions. (Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0)
   Add: Various image manipulation filters, including sharpening, softening,
        edge enhance and detection, negative, and special effects filters.
   Add: Duplicate Image command.
   Add: Improvements to 1 and 4 bit/pixel image handling.
   Add: Additional 1 and 4 bit/pixel save formats.
   Add: Optimizations to improve speed of initial image display.
   Add: Refresh option on thumbnail pane.
   Add: Sort button on slide show dialog.
   Add: Optional higher quality print routines.
   Add: Progress bar options.
   Add: Enhanced printing on monochrome printers.
   Fix: Explore window folder size limitation on Windows 95.
   Fix: Problem with "Add All" button functionality on some Windows 95 systems.
   Fix: Restored old behavior of keeping child windows maximized.
   Fix: Print Visible and Print Preview Visible image boundaries were 
        incorrectly calculated.
   Fix: Corrected a condition which could leave a file open when it was not
        recognized as any valid format.
   Fix: Double-clicking a file in the slide show dialog now correctly performs
        an Add operation.
Version 2.40
   Add: Image format support for more than 20 new formats.
   Add: Slide show dialog converted to Windows 95 standard to take advantage
        of drag and drop for slide show building and ordering.
   Fix: Corrected problem with image manipulations not being saved properly.
Version 2.30
   Add: The Explore window (Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 with Shell Technology
        Preview, Windows NT 4.0)
   Add: Windows 95 compliant setup and uninstall procedures.
Version 2.21:
   Add: Transparent Color dialog for specification of GIF transparency.
	File type used for the last file exported is now remembered as the 
	starting type for a new export.
   Fix:	Incompatibilities with Windows 95 taskbar during full screen modes.
	Errors occurring during manual slide shows were not ignored.
	Improved recovery from certain varieties of GIF file corruption.
	Image sizing and full screen behavior when the PolyView toolbar is
	floating instead of docked on a window edge.
Version 2.20:
   Add: Image resolution changing with smoothing.
        Interpolated zooming.
        Slide show errors can now be ignored.
   Fix: Mark created windows as modified so "Save on exit prompt" will occur
        if configured to do so.
Version 2.19:
   Add: Printing (for registered users)
        Print preview (for registered users)
   Fix: Behavior with screen resolution changes under Windows 95
Version 2.18:
   Add: Individual image timing during slide shows.
        24 bit gray scale images written to PNG 8 bit gray scale.
        GIF file exporting.
        Progressive JPEG file exporting.
        Separate open and save(export) directory paths.
        MRU file list operations(purge, purge on exit, variable size).
   Fix: Browsing properties dialog problem.
Version 2.17
   Add: Export to PNG files. (Registered users only.)
        Reading of progressive JPEG files.
        Restored ability to write 8 bit images to JPEG files.
        Added Randomization of slide shows.
Version 2.16

   Add: PNG file viewing.

   Correct: Image sizing now correct for side positioning of toolbar.

Version 2.15

   Correct:

        Fixed a bug which prevented the file-open dialog from working
        correctly.

Version 2.14

   Add:

        File saving to 8 bit RLE bitmap format.

        File saving to 16 bit bitmap format.

        Multiple file selection from file open dialog.

        Saving user entered comments to JPEG files.

        Implementation of a registration key system to provide certain
        features only to registered users. Note that ALL features of
        PolyView which were available prior to this change are still
        fully functional.

Version 2.13

   Correct:

   	Implemented command line parsing to handle file dragged from
        Explorer to PolyView shortcut.

        Corrected behavior when one or more slideshow scripts are dragged
        and dropped on PolyView.
 
Version 2.12

   Add:

      Display of filenames during full screen modes.

Version 2.11

   Add:

      File:Image Properties command.

      Image context menus from right mouse button.

   Correct:

      File handle release error on JPEG files.

Version 2.10

   Add:

      Support for 1, 4, 16, and 32 bit BMP files, including 4 and 8 bit RLE.

      Copy and Paste of bitmaps to and from the Windows clipboard

      Scripted slide shows

      Background operation of image manipulation of file saving activities.

Version 2.00

   This version adds file saving and conversion capabilities and thus
no longer uses the image configuration files created by previous versions.
All the .PVI files created by PolyView can be safely deleted.



