Thank you for trying ES-Plot version 1.1b

Copyright (C) 2000 Steven Folkman. All rights reserved.


Brief Program Description:
ES-Plot is a simple plotting program designed for engineers and 
scientists that create ASCII text files with data.  The primary 
goals of ES-Plot is to quickly produce a plot of data stored in
a text file.  It is limited in the number of plotting options 
provided and it is not intended to be a general purpose plotting
package.  Is a good tool for purposes it was intended for.


Installation:
To install the program, simply double click on the program setup.exe.
This will run an installation program.  It will also create an
uninstall command under the START/Programs/ES-Plot 1.1b menu.
Running the uninstall option will completely remove the program 
from your system.  


ES-Plot is Freeware:
This is a fully functional shareware program.  You may use the 
program freely, but note the following:

This software is provided "as-is," without any express or implied warranty.
In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages arising from the
use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications and redistribute it, provided that the 
following conditions are met:

1. All redistributions in any form must retain all occurances of the
   copyright notice and web site addresses that are currently in
   place (for example, in the About boxes).

2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
   claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software 
   in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
   be appreciated but is not required.

3. Modified versions in source or binary form must be plainly marked as
   such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.


Contacting the Author:
Comments and suggestions about the program are requested.  If you
are have problems, send a detailed email message to: 
	stevef@mae.usu.edu
	http://www.mae.usu.edu/faculty/stevef/prg/ESPlot/index.html



Program Modification/Update History

Version 1.1b Changes

10/17/02 - Fixed bug in titles and axis labels over 80 characters in length.
           Also fixed email and web page address in help.

Version 1.1a Changes

06/15/02 - Changed email and web page addresses

Version 1.1 Changes

08/11/01 - Fixed errors in Legend dialog box text descriptions. 

06/13/01 - Zoom-In and Zoom-All features added.

06/07/01 - Added import feature for reading in data files with more control.

Version 1.0b Changes

4/5/01  - Fixed bug uppercase filename for template files from the command line.

2/2/01  - Added 2 more curve colors, allowing a total of 9 to be selected from.
          Also fixed the dialogs to allow this to occur.

1/31/01 - Changed the maximum number of curve names displayed in the Legend 
          to 12 and fixed input to allow 200 curves to be read in.

Version 1.0a Changes

10/03/00 - Fixed bugs preventing plots of very large data files to be created.

09/20/00 - Increased the maximum number of characters per record in the input
           file to 2048.  Fixed bug for selecting a curve with duplicate 
           points.  Added wait cursor to display while plot is created.

Version 1.0  Changes

07/31/00 - Initial Distribution Released.

