INTERNET GRAPHICS FINDER  (Software Version 4.0)
Copyright (C) SkibbySoft 2002

README TEXT:

INTRODUCTION:

"A Better Way To Find Graphics On The Internet!"

Internet Graphics Finder (IGF) is a 32-bit Windows application 
that provides a better way to find graphics on the Internet. 
It can also view, enhance, print and save pictures from the Internet.  
Multiple image thumbnails are viewed at one time in the IGF Gallery. 
IGF supports image file formats JPG, GIF (animated) and BMP.  

Image Search Options Include:

  1) Keyword Search - Enter a keyword and search multiple major
         image archives for the exact picture you need.

  2) Predefined Image Categories - Display the pictures contained on
         the best graphics web sites we've found.  All predefined sites 
         offer public domain images!!

  3) Multi-level Web Site Searching - Predefined sites that offer multi-
         level Internet image pages.  Allows drilling down through
	 web site links to help find images.

  4) Extracts Images From any Entered Web Address - Enter a URL
         from your favorite graphics web site and IGF will download 
         and display the image in the IGF Gallery.  (NOTE: Please 
         respect the use of images that are not in the public domain.)
                        
INTERNET PROVIDER REQUIRED
You must have an ISP (Internet Service Provider) before you can run 
Internet Graphics Finder.  America Online will also work as an Internet 
provider.  Make sure you log into the ISP before running IGF.

PARENTAL DISCRETION WARNING
Internet Graphics Finder does not contain any Parental Discretion 
controls at this time.  It will not filter offensive images from 
being displayed and downloaded.  Use this program at your own 
discretion.

IMAGE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION
The search and pre-set scan sites used by Internet Graphics Finder use
web pages that contain Public Domain images.  The public domain status
could change at any time.  When you save a web image make sure you can 
legally use the image before doing so.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

 * Microsoft 32-bit OS - Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP
 * A hard disk with approximately 10 Megs of hard disk space
 * Pentium 60 or higher CPU recommended
 * A minimum of 16 Meg of RAM; 32 Meg or more recommended
 * Internet Access Provider and a connection to the Internet
 
INSTALLING Internet Graphics Finder:

*Make sure all unnecessary programs are closed before installing
Internet Graphics Finder.

If you received one install file:

  1) Run IGF##SETUP.EXE (self extracting file) or IGF##SETUP.ZIP 
     (PKZIPed file) from Windows START to start the install.  

If you received 4 installation disks:

  2) Run IGF##D.EXE from disk 1 to start the install.  If running
     from your hard drive, make sure all installation files
     (IGF##D.EXE, IGF##.W02, IGF##.W03, IGF##.W04) are in 
     the same directory.

The following files are installed in the same directory:

    Internet Graphics Finder.EXE - Internet Graphics Finder Program    
    IGF.HLP		- Internet Graphics Finder Help File
    README.TXT 		- Program and Setup Information File
    REGISTRATION.TXT 	- Registration Information File
    LICENSE.TXT		- License Information File
    INSTALL.LOG		- Installation Information File
    FILE_ID.DIZ        	 - Info file used by Distributors
    UNWISE.EXE         	 - Run this file to uninstall IGF

The following files are installed in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory:

Common Visual Basic Windows System Files:
    MSVBVM60.DLL	- VB V5.0 Runtime Module.
    STDOLE2.TBL		- Required OLE File.
    COMCAT.DLL		- Required OLE File.
    ASYCFILT.DLL		- Required OLE File.
    OLE32.DLL   		- Required OLE File.
    OLEAUT32.DLL		- Required OLE File.
    OLEPRO32.DLL		- Required OLE File.
    MSVCRT.DLL		- Required OLE File.
    MFC42.DLL		- Required OLE File.

Visual Basic Controls:
    LTOCX10N.OCX		- LEADTOOLS ActiveX Control.
    LTDLG10N.OCX		- LEADTOOLS Common Dialog Control.
    IMGSRCH31.OCX	- SkibbySoft Image Search Control.
    COMDLG32.OCX	- VB Control for common dialogs.
    MSCOMCTL.OCX	- VB Controls including Tree and Listview.
    TABCTL32.OCX		- Tab Control.

Lead Graphics Controls:
    LFBMP10N.DLL		- Windows BMP,CUR,ICO file support.
    LFGIF10N.DLL		- GIF file support.
    LFCMP10N.DLL		- JPG,CMP file support.
    LFPCX10N.DLL		- PCX file support.
    LFPNG10N.DLL		- PNG file support.
    LTEFX10N.DLL		- Paint effects support.
    LTFIL10N.DLL		- File read and write support. 
    LTIMG10N.DLL		- Image processing support.
    LTKRN10N.DLL		- LEADTOOLS kernel
    LTDIS10N.DLL		- LEADTOOLS Display support. 
    LTDLG10N.DLL		- LEADTOOLS Common Dialog support. 
    LTTWN10N.DLL		- LEADTOOLS twain support. 
    COMDLG32.DLL        - Windows Common Dialog support.

The OCX controls should be registered during Internet
Graphics Finder installation.  If you experience any problems 
registering the LTOCX10N.OCX or IMGSRCH31.OCX controls, 
first try unregistering and re-registering the control, 
as shown below using the Windows Start - Run option:

REGSVR32 /U <filename>.OCX
REGSVR32 <filename>.OCX

If you experience an error running the program after installation,
here are some other files that may need to be re-registered using
REGSVR32.EXE after installing IGF:
OLEAUT32.DLL
OLEPRO32.DLL
        
IGF uses an Image Search component that relies on a certain format
from the web pages being returned from the search engines it
scans.  If you are not getting images returned from a search site
IGF uses, please visit the downloads section of the program 
web site at http://www.skibbysoft.com/GRIF.htm to get free updates 
to the IGF Image Search Engine.  

IGF was written with Visual Basic Ver 6.0 which requires a 
runtime DLL called: MSVBVM60.DLL.  This should be installed 
during IGF installation.  If not, you can downloaded it from 
most online services and from Microsoft's web site on the Internet.  
If you have installation problems, send me an Email at: 

Internet Email  Support@SkibbySoft.com 
	        Skibby@aol.com       
Web Site        http://www.skibbysoft.com


UNINSTALL

To uninstall Internet Graphics Finder, use the Add/Remove Software Wizard 
on the Windows Control Panel or run the UNWISE.EXE program in 
the IGF directory. 


GETTING STARTED:

To begin using Internet Graphics Finder, click on the Internet 
Graphics Finder icon in Program STARTUP or double click on 
Internet Graphics Finder in Windows Explorer.  Enter a search value
of the type of image you are looking for (ex: cat) and click the GO
toolbar button.  This should return a list of found images and the
thumbnails should arrive shortly after that. 

HTML coding can come in many varieties.  IGF tries to extract as 
many image and page links as possible from the HTML source, but can 
still miss some links if the HTML tag is coded in a way IGF cannot 
recognize.  If you find an HTML page that IGF misses the image
links or have a favorite Graphics Page you want to the IGF 
predefined web sites drop us an email at Skibby@SkibbySoft.com.

See IGF.HLP for more information on using the program.  

There is no program manual available for this program.  All the 
information is in the program's Windows Help files.   

Please visit our web site for more information about IGF and our
other Graphics Utility programs that offer even more graphics
functions.

WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 4.0:

* New Image Search Sites.
* Fix Local Search for new Windows OS.
* Other misc. program fixes. 

Internet Graphics Finder Copyright © 2002 by SkibbySoft.  All Rights Reserved.