SR/Z3950 application software version 1.0, August 1993.

 (C) Software Kinetics Ltd.

 Software Kinetics Ltd. has granted a licence of this software to the
 National Library of Canada.

 The National Library of Canada grants to the user a royalty-free
 non-exclusive licence in perpetuity to use, modify, improve, reproduce
 and sell the software.

 The software is provided to the user "as is" without warranty of any
 kind. Neither Software Kinetics Ltd. nor the National Library of Canada
 warrants, guarantees or makes any representations regarding the use,
 or the results of use of the software in terms of accuracy, reliability,
 or otherwise. The entire risk as to results and performance of the
 software is assumed by the user. Neither Software Kinetics Ltd. nor the
 National Library of Canada shall be liable for any direct, indirect,
 consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use of the
 software.

OVERVIEW

CanSearch is an experimental demonstration implementation of the origin 
role for both the ISO 10163 Search and Retrieve (SR) application protocol 
standard and for the ANSI Z39.50 Information Retrieval (IR) protocol standard.

This experimental implementation does not correctly display the full ALA 
character set.  See the User Manual for more details.  It offers only 
rudimentary record display and file handling functions.  A priori knowledge of 
options supported by target systems will often be required for effective use
of this software.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

CanSearch software requires the following hardware and software:

     - Microsoft Windows 3.1
     - 386 or better processor
     - 4Mb of memory
     - TCP/IP Access using the WINSOCK standard. A current version of 
       one of the following packages is recommended;
          - Super-TCP for Windows from Frontier Technologies Corporation
          - ChameleonNFS TCP/IP for Windows from Net Manage
     
These files should have been included in your compressed arhive file
'cansrch.taz'.

     UAEP     TXT      
     UAEP     ICO     
     UAEP     EXE    
     IR       CFG    
     USERS    EXE    
     TARGETS  EXE    
     UAEP     URL    
     UAEP     RC     
     UAEP     RES    
     UAEP     HLP    
     USR      INF    
     TARGET   INF    
     Z3950    USR    
     GUEST    TGT    
     XWI320   DLL    
     XWI320TE DLL    

These files are found in the same directory as cansrch.taz.
     README   TXT    
     LICENCE  DOC    
     REGISTER TXT

This compressed postscript version of the user's manual can be found in
the same directory by the name 'userman.psz'.

GETTING STARTED

To make CanSearch accessible from Windows perform the
following steps:

      1. The file README.1ST contains instruction on how to 
         uncompress these files.
      2. Start Windows 3.1
      3. Ensure that no file group windows are open.
      4. Select "File"/"New" from the Program Manager menu.
         The "New Program Object" dialog should appear with
         "Program group" selected under new.  Press OK.
      5. Type "CanSearch" in the Description field and
         press OK. This should create a program group with
         the name you typed in.
      6. Select "File"/ "New" from the Program Manager menu.
         The "New Program Object" dialog should appear with
         "Program item" selected under new.  Press OK.
      7. Select browse from the "Program Item Properties" dialog.
         Select the File marked "C:\" from the directory menu then
         scroll that same list, if necessary, and select the directory
         marked  "irtool". Then, again from the same list, select
         the directory "origin".  Then select the directory "bin". At 
         this point the file "uaep.exe" should appear in the "File Name" 
         window.
      8. Select the "uaep.exe" file. You should return to the "Program 
         Item Properties" dialog.
      9. Change the "Description" field to read "CanSearch"
     10. Select OK. The program CanSearch should appear in your new 
         program group.
     11. To print the user manual simply send the uncompressed postscript
	 file to any postscript printer.

Comments or Problems

Send comments or problems to:

     BUG-KERNEL@SOFKIN.CA

If you are experiencing a problem please indicate the following:
     - Any error message that was displayed in full
     - The circumstances leading up to the problem.
     - The system hardware and software you are using that
       is relevant to the operation of CanSearch.


Registration

If you intend to implement, modify or repackage any of the software components
and wish to be kept informed of the software fixes as they are made available,
please complete the registration form contained in the file "register.txt" and 
send it to the contact person named there.