Most of Fineware Products are programmed using Microsoft's Visual Basic.  

Application's written in this programming language require the presence of a small group of files (runtime modules) on the user's machine.  In order to reduce your download time, Fineware offers it's products with a choice of download options.

Option #1:  All Inclusive Installation Set.  It contains the most recent version of the required runtime modules.

Option #2: Application Only. This saves approximately 1 megabyte over the All Inclusive Set.  If you know that your set is up to date, then this is the version you download.

Option #3: Sub-divided Application Only Installation Set.  This is only offered on products where the installation is large (over 2 megabytes).  It is useful if you has a slow internet connection or if general internet conditions are poor.  

INSTRUCTIONS: 

(1) Select the Download Page of the product desired using the buttons on the left.

(2) You are asked to complete a short questionnaire before downloading the program.  This is entirely optional. Fineware uses the information to learn about how the public learns of our products and to gauge download activity.

(3) If you are not sure if your runtime modules (see above) are up to date, Fineware offers a small test program which will examine your system and see if your version is up to date.  Click here (90k) to download the Test program.  If your files are not up to date, then click here (1.1 megabyte) to download the latest version of VBRUN60.EXE.

(4) Press the Download Program Button and you will see a page listing your download options as described above.  Select the option desired by clicking on the download program's link.

(5) Before the download begins, you will be given a choice of opening the file from it's current location or saving it to disk.  You want to select the "Save to Disk" option.

(6)  Fineware recommends that you select the Windows Desktop as the location to save the downloaded installation set.  This makes it easy to find and once the installation itself has completed then you can delete the downloaded files.

(7)  Launch the downloaded installation set.  You will be prompted to select where you want the application to be placed.  The default is under the Program Files directory on the C drive in a sub-folder named Fineware (C:\Program Files\Fineware\).

8)  The installation includes a direct link to the program's Help file as well as to the Uninstall procedure.  

9)  To Launch the Application, Use the Start Button, then Programs, then Fineware, then the name of the application.