The Muppet Calendar 1.0 -- README file March 17, 1995 This file provides general troubleshooting information and technical information about editing the POWERUP.INI file for expert computer users. For general information about using the program, consult The Muppet Calendar User's Guide or the Muppet Screen Saver Supplement. TROUBLESHOOTING =============== Sample Calendars: When loading one of the nine sample calendars provided with The Muppet Calendar, open the workspace (.CCW) file and the necessary event list(s) are automatically opened. If the location of the associated picture files for a sample calendar (or any calendar you create) has changed, a dialog box appears, simply select the appropriate drive. Printing: If you are experiencing printing problems they may be related to one of the following issues: -3rd party printer drivers (i.e., those that came with your printer) may cause problems. If you are experiencing difficulties, install the corresponding printer driver from your Microsoft Windows disk set. -The generic HPIII printer driver may not print calendar text correctly on some printers. Consult your printer manual for emulations, and install the recommended printer driver. -Laser printers with less than 1 megabyte of RAM memory may experience problems printing multiple month calendars. -If calendar output looks poor, try decreasing the number of DPIs (dots per inch). Refer to your printer manual and to The Muppet Calendar documentation. -Also, try solving printing problems by exiting then restarting The Muppet Calendar. Screen Saver: If you experience problems with the Muppet Screen Saver, be sure that it is the only screen saver running. It is recommended that only one screen saver be running on your system at one time. Please consult the Muppet Screen Saver supplement to the User's Manual. If you have the In Your Face screen saver installed and configured to run at start up, you must remove the line: "load=sspath\face.exe" from win.ini (where sspath is the path where In your face is installed) in order to run the Muppet Screen Saver at startup. the In Your Face screen saver and Muppet Screen Saver should not be run concurrently. General: On machines configured with 4MB of memory, you may experience low memory errors when importing or displaying pictures. If this occurs, try exiting and restarting The Muppet Calendar. If these messages still appear, try removing some of the pictures or clipart from your calendar. Also, make sure that you are only associating clipart with your events. If you associate the photos (which are intended for use as "Big Pictures") with events, you will quickly use up lots of memory. In general, we recommend that The Muppet Calendar be run on machines with 8MB of memory or more. If PowerAlbum or any other SoftKey calendar product is installed on your system, choose "Custom Install" and make sure that the paths are as follows: Path of Programs = "C:\MUPPET" Path of Art = "C:\MUPPET\ART" Path of Filters = "C:\MUPPET\FILTERS" Once Installation of The Muppet Calendar is complete, be sure that you only run one SoftKey calendar program at a time. PowerAlbum 2.01, installed as part of The Muppet Calendar, contains many enhancements over previous versions of PowerAlbum. Please run the latest version of PowerAlbum. If the pictures The Muppets appears poor when displayed, make sure that you have an SVGA monitor, video card, and video driver installed that handles 256 colors. Refer to your Windows manual or video card documentation. If you begin to experience sudden changes in the performance of the program such as: -missing information in menus or dialog boxes -missing events -intermittent printing problems exit the program, try deleting the file $CCW_D02.CC$ found in C:WINDOWS\, then restart Windows. If you experience trouble changing fonts via the Font selection of the Format pull down menu, try double clicking on the text you wish to modify to bring up the Layout options. You can change the fonts from this dialog box. If errors occur when editing an event list that is sorted by date, sort the event list by name and try making the same changes. If you receive error #90 "Unable to paste event." Try keeping the event list open when you execute the Paste command. If calendars appear distorted when viewing a small calendar, try decreasing the Zoom percentage. If portions of the calendar seem blacked out, try exiting and restarting The Muppet Calendar. POWERUP.INI =========== There are several options that you can set or add to your POWERUP.INI file to optimize the performance of The Muppet Calendar. This is recommended for advanced Windows users only. The POWERUP.INI file is located in your Windows directory. Make a backup copy of the file before you start editing it. Use a text editor like Notepad to edit the file. Be sure to save your changes. You must exit The Muppet Calendar and restart it for the changes to take effect. NOTE: The POWERUP.INI file is also used by other SoftKey products, such as Express Publisher and PowerAlbum. You should leave any entries for those programs alone, or you may affect their performance. The default values and descriptions are listed below. The characters in brackets (e.g. [The Muppet Calendar]) define the section of the POWERUP.INI file where the entries are located. [The Muppet Calendar] BackgroundMax=1900 This sets the maximum size, in dots, for background pictures. If you experience problems when printing large background pictures, you may want to set this option to a lower number. Since the value is in dots, you may get a larger background picture on the screen than you do when printing. (Min=100, Max=2400) BigPictureBorderMargin=5 This sets the distance, in 1/100 of an inch, between the edge of a big picture and its border on all four sides. (Min=0, Max=100) BigPictureDescMargin=2 This sets the distance, in 1/100 of an inch increments, between a big picture (or its border, if selected) and a big picture title. (Min=0, Max=100) ClipboardFormats=2 This tells The Muppet Calendar which graphic file format to use when you choose Edit | Copy Calendar to place a calendar on the Clipboard. Some applications accept pictures pasted from the Clipboard better if they are bitmaps, others prefer metafiles. Enter 1 for Bitmap, 2 for Metafile, or 3 for both. If you are using a high resolution, 256-color video driver, you may experience problems with the bitmap format. In that case, you must use setting 2. ColumnWidthTestString=NNNNNN Enter a number of characters to specify how much space must exist to the side of small left- or right-justified event pictures in order to place the event text next to the picture. The Muppet Calendar uses the width of the group of characters in the event's font and type size to calculate the space. If you decrease the number of characters, more event names will appear to the side of small graphics, but they are likely to be heavily hyphenated. (Min=2 characters, Max=10 characters) EventMarginX=1 EventMarginY=1 These control the line space between events and the margins between events and the date box boundaries. The numbers are in 1/100 of an inch. If you decrease the number, events will appear closer together and closer to the date box boundary. (Min=1, Max=20) FooterMargin=5 This sets the distance, in 1/100 of an inch, between the bottom of the calendar and the footer. (Min=0, Max=100) HeaderMargin=5 This sets the distance, in 1/100 of an inch, between the bottom of the largest header element (either title, subtitle, title picture, or small calendar) and the top of the calendar. (Min=0, Max=100) Hebrew=Yes Set this to No to turn off the display of the Hebrew &fields in the &field dialog, and the Repeat Every Hebrew anniversary rules on the Repeat dialog. This does not affect the translation or use of Hebrew &fields and repeat rules that already exist in event lists or workspaces. HyphenZone=30 This is the size, in 1/100 of an inch, that the program leaves at the end of a line without trying to hyphenate words to fit in the space. If you decrease this number, The Muppet Calendar will hyphenate more words. (Min=10, Max=100) ImportExportDelimiter=, This sets the delimiter used when importing or saving to comma delimited files (CSV). You can set this to another character (like a hyphen [-] or a period), if desired. MidPointMargin=15 Used only for layouts with Big Picture on Top. Specify in 1/100 of an inch how much margin to leave in the middle of the page, below the big picture and above the calendar. This affects how far down the calendar will appear on the bottom half of the page, and how far up the big picture and its title (if any) will appear on the top half of the page. (Min=0, Max=100) MinColumnWidth=100 This sets the minimum width, in 1/100 of an inch, of event columns specified in the Layout Options/Event Display dialog. When using either automatic mode or a user-specified number of columns, the program will not make any columns smaller than this width. NOTE: This may result in the number of actual columns displayed being different from the number specified. (Min=0, Max=999) MinDiskSpace=512 This sets the minimum disk space, in kilobytes, needed in your Temp drive before The Muppet Calendar will start. (Min=0, Max=64000) MinFreeSpace=1024 This sets the minimum free memory, in kilobytes, needed before The Muppet Calendar will start. (Min=0, Max=64000) MinNoteHeight=14 This sets the minimum distance, in 1/100 of an inch, between lines in the ToDo areas of the two-page month, week schedule, and day layouts. The Muppet Calendar adjusts the distance based on form size, but the distance will get no smaller than this value. (Min=0, Max=99) MinResourceSpace=5 This sets the minimum amount, expressed as a percentage, of system resources that must be available before The Muppet Calendar will start. (Min=0, Max=99) MinWordLength=7 This is the minimum word length required under normal circumstances to have The Muppet Calendar hyphenate a word that does not fit on a line. If you decrease the number, The Muppet Calendar will hyphenate shorter words. (Min=3, Max=10) NoteLines=40 This option determines the number of dashed lines to print in the To Do areas of the 2-page month, work schedule, and day layouts. The total available area is divided by this number to yield the number of dashed lines. The distance between lines can be no smaller than the MinNoteHeight. PictureBorder=4 This sets the distance, in 1/100 of an inch, between event pictures and the cell borders or adjacent event text. (Min=0, Max=30) PrintFontsInBlack=Yes For black and white (non-color) printers only. This option controls how colored fonts print on black and white printers when the Print In Black And White checkbox in the Print dialog box is turned OFF (blank). If this option is set to Yes, all nonwhite fonts will print in black. If the option is set to No, then nonwhite fonts will be dithered by the printer driver which may result in their appearing very light or disappearing. PrintPreview=0 This controls the display of text in the small print preview calendars that appear in the Printing dialog box. The default setting of 0 turns off the display of text, showing only pictures and lines. A setting of 1 displays the text along with the pictures and lines. If you are using video drivers that were not supplied with Windows, you should leave this setting at 0 to avoid possible problems. Otherwise, you can use a setting of 1 to display the text. SecondLineIndentPercent=8 This tells the program to indent the second and subsequent lines of event names by the specified percentage of the column width. Decrease the number to leave a smaller indent. (Min=0, Max=50) SecondLineIndentMax=15 This sets the maximum distance, in 1/100 of an inch, that the program can indent second and subsequent lines of event names. The indent is controlled by the SecondLineIndentPercent discussed above. (Min=0, Max=50) [The Muppet Calendar Print Options] FudgeX=0 FudgeY=0 These adjust the printed output on each page to allow for minor printer adjustments and form alignment. You can enter a positive or negative integer to move the output in the X and/or Y direction in 1/100 of an inch. FudgeX moves the output left and right across the page; FudgeY moves the output up and down the page. Note that the paper width is defined on the Page Setup dialog box in The Muppet Calendar. (Min=-100, Max=100) [SHOWPICT] KodakPCDSizes=192,128,384,256,20000,20000,1536,1024,3072,2048 You normally should never have to change this setting. Kodak CD's contain each image in five different resolutions. The Muppet Calendar uses this INI setting to determine which resolution to use. This depends on the picture size needed on the calendar, and the resolution of your screen or printer. The numbers are pairs of x and y sizes (in pixels) that define the boundaries of each resolution. The Muppet Calendar uses the pair that is one size larger than the image requires. For example, if an image were 180 pixels across by 100 pixels down, the program would use resolution pair number 1 (192, 128). BigTif=No This option limits the size of the TIFF files that can be displayed or printed in The Muppet Calendar. If the setting is No, you cannot read in TIFF files larger than 1 Mb. Changing the setting to Yes allows you to read in larger TIFF files, but it may cause problems with some video drivers. If you want to use larger TIFFs and experience problems, try rerunning Windows Setup and choosing a lower resolution setting for Display. [Aliases] Roman=TimesNewRomanPS Modern=Arial MT These aliases are used to assign the fonts when you choose Workspace/New or open one of the event lists that ships with The Muppet Calendar. The aliases are only used when the program cannot find an alias for the Roman or Modern fonts in WIN.INI (when using TrueType) or ATM.INI (when using ATM). [Calendar Paper Stocks] Stock0=Letter - 8.5 x 11,C,P,0.00,0.00,11.00,8.50,1, 1,11.00,8.50,0.75,0.50,0.75,0.50,I Stock1=Legal - 8.5 x 14,C,P,0.00,0.00,14.00,8.50,1, 1,14.00,8.50,0.50,0.50,0.75,0.50,I Stock2=Wide - 14 x 11,T,P,0.00,0.00,11.00,14.00,1, 1,11.00,14.00,0.50,0.50,0.75,0.50,I Stock3=Pocket - 3.75 x 6.75,C,P,0.00,0.00,6.75,3.75,1, 1,6.75,3.75,0.50,0.35,0.63,0.35,I Stock4=Organizer - 5.5 x 8.5,C,P,0.00,0.00,8.50,5.50,1, 1,8.50,5.50,0.50,0.35,0.63,0.35,I Stock5=Two/page - 8.5 x 5.5,C,P,0.00,0.00,5.50,8.50,1, 2,11.00,8.50,0.35,0.63,0.35,0.25,I Stock6=Three/page - 6.75 x 3.66,C,P,0.00,0.00,3.66,6.75,1, 3,11.00,8.50,0.41,0.35,0.35,0.35,I Stock7=Four/page - 4.25 x 5.5,C,P,0.00,0.00,5.50,4.25,2, 2,11.00,8.50,0.41,0.35,0.41,0.35,I Stock8=InstaBook - 2/page,C,P,0.00,0.00,5.50,8.50,1, 2,11.00,8.50,0.35,0.63,0.35,0.35,I Stock9=InstaBook - 4/page,C,P,0.00,0.00,5.50,4.25,2, 2,11.00,8.50,0.35,0.50,0.35,0.35,I Stock10=InstaBook - 12/page,C,P,0.00,0.00,3.66,2.12,4, 3,11.00,8.50,0.35,0.40,0.35,0.35,I Stock11=A3 - 29.7 x 42 cm,C,P,0.00,0.00,42.00,29.70,1, 1,42.00,29.70,1.20,1.20,1.60,1.20,M Stock12=A4 - 21 x 29.7 cm,C,P,0.00,0.00,29.70,21.00,1, 1,29.70,21.00,1.20,1.20,1.60,1.20,M Stock13=A5 - 14.8 x 21 cm,C,P,0.00,0.00,21.00,14.80,1, 1,21.00,14.80,1.20,1.20,1.60,1.20,M Stock14=A4 InstaBook - 2/page,C,P,0.00,0.00,14.85,21.00,1, 2,29.70,21.00,0.75,1.00,0.75,0.75,M Stock15=A4 InstaBook - 4/page,C,P,0.00,0.00,14.85,10.48,2, 2,29.70,21.00,0.75,1.00,0.75,0.75,M Stock16=A4 InstaBook - 12/page,C,P,0.00,0.00,9.90,5.23,4, 3,29.70,21.00,0.75,1.00,0.75,0.75,M Stock17=Power Up M0030 - 8.5 x 5.5,C,P,0.00,0.00,5.50,8.50,1, 2,11.00,8.50,0.35,0.35,0.35,0.35,I Stock18=Power Up M0040 - 2.5 x 4.5,C,P,0.00,0.00,4.50,2.50,3, 2,11.00,8.50,0.35,0.35,0.35,0.35,I Stock19=Power Up M0401 - 3.75 x 6.75,T,P,0.88,0.00,6.75,3.75,1, 1,8.50,3.75,0.50,0.35,0.56,0.35,I Stock20=Power Up M0402 - 5.5 x 8.5,T,P,0.00,0.00,8.50,5.50,1, 1,8.50,5.50,0.50,0.35,0.66,0.35,I Stock21=Power Up M0701 - 3.75 x 6.75,C,P,0.00,0.00,6.75,3.75,2, 1,11.00,8.50,0.50,0.35,0.56,0.35,I Stock22=Power Up M0702 - 5.5 x 8.5,C,P,0.00,0.00,8.50,5.50,1, 1,11.00,8.50,0.50,0.35,0.66,0.35,I Stock23=DiscoverSoft - 5.5 x 8.5,C,P,0.00,1.50,8.50,5.50,1, 1,11.00,8.50,0.50,0.35,0.63,0.35,I Stock24=3 across test,C,P,0.00,0.00,3.66,8.50,1, 3,11.00,8.50,0.41,0.35,0.35,0.35,I Stock25=3 across test 2,C,P,0.00,0.00,3.66,8.50,1, 3,11.00,8.50,0.41,0.35,0.35,0.35,I These entries define your default paper stocks. If you have deleted or changed entries in the Page Setup dialog box in The Muppet Calendar and want to reset the values to the original ones, you can either copy the values from this file or delete all the Stock entries in your POWERUP.INI and reinstall The Muppet Calendar. You should not attempt to edit these values in the POWERUP.INI file. Choose Modify in the Page Setup dialog box to change the dimensions of a selected paper stock. ADDITIONAL OPTIONS ================== The following options may be added to the POWERUP.INI file. They introduce the features described below: Day1-Day7 Change these to rename the day names. Day1 defines the first day name, Day7 defines the last day name. New day names can consist of up to 20 characters. Example: Day1=Rest Day Day7=Play Day The above redefines the following: Sunday becomes "Rest Day" Saturday becomes "Play Day" HebrewMonth1-HebrewMonth13 Change these to rename the Hebrew month names. HebrewMonth1 defines the first Hebrew month name, HebrewMonth13 defines the last Hebrew month name. New month names can consist of up to 25 characters. Example: HebrewMonth5=MiddleMonth The above redefines the following: The fifth Hebrew month becomes "MiddleMonth" Month1-Month12 Change these to rename the month names. Month1 defines the first month name, Month12 defines the last month name. New month names can consist of up to 25 characters. Example: Month2=Cold Weather Month4=Springtime The above redefines the following: February becomes "Cold Weather" April becomes "Springtime" We hope you enjoy using The Muppet Calendar!!!