README file for wFortune V1.03 distribution (Simtel.Net version)
http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~timj/wfortune/
Tim Johnson <timj@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
24th October, 1998

WHAT IS IT?

    People who have used Unix or Linux systems would probably know 
    about the 'fortune' command that prints out a random epigram.
    wFortune is not a port of this program, but it performs the same
    basic function.  When wFortune is run normally, it will display
    a window containing a random epigram.

WHATS NEW?

    All programs within this distribution are now compiled in VB5.

    wFortune can now append a file _after_ the fortune, as well as one 
    before the fortune when making signature files.
    It can also convert end of line characters in the fortune text to 
    be compatible with HTML or RTF output files (ie, it adds "<BR>"
    or "\par ")

    wfPanel is a new application that is a control panel for wFortune.
    It allows configuration of multiple wFortune INI files and automatic
    running of profiles.

INSTALL

    Before installing wFortune, you need to make sure you have the 
    Visual Basic V5 runtime files installed.
    The VB5 runtime files needed for this program can be found at
    this URL:  http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/win95/dll.html

    Onve these are installed (or if you already have them), just run 
    the Setup.exe program.

NOTES

    wFortune is a 32bit Windows program, so it won't run on Win3.1.

    See the file wFortune.txt for a detailed explanation of how 
    to use the program.


LEGAL STUFF

    wFortune, and all associated programs are
    Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Tim Johnson

    This product includes software (strfile.exe) developed by the 
    University of California, Berkeley and its contributors.

    The following warning was included with the Unix fortune files:
     "The fortunes contained in the fortune database have been collected
     haphazardly from a cacophony of sources, in number so huge it
     boggles the mind.  It is impossible to do any meaningful quality
     control on attributions, or lack thereof, or exactness of the quote.
     Since this database is not used for profit, and since entire works
     are not published, it falls under fair use, as we understand it.
     However, if any half-assed idiot decides to make a profit off of
     this, they will need to double check it all, and nobody not involved
     of such an effort makes any warranty that anything in the database
     bears any relation to the real world of literature, law, or other
     bizzarrity."

    THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
    INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS,
    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT
    OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
    LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
    NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
    CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
