| Back to Educational software Please note that this version of Quiztime is designed for the 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista (including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP). It has not been tested on Windows Vista and probably will not work correctly on that operating system. If you are using one of the obsolete 16-bit versions of Windows (such as Windows 3, Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups), you are advised to request the Windows 3X version of Quiztime.
CONTENTS OF THIS FILE - OVERVIEW
- REQUIREMENTS
- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
- CONDITIONS OF USE AND DISTRIBUTION
- DISCLAIMER
- BYPASSING EMAIL FILTERS
- FILES INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE
- INSTALLATION
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- Manual Installation
- UNINSTALLING HABUtil
- USING QUIZTIME FOR THE FIRST TIME
- FURTHER INFORMATION
OVERVIEW Quiztime is a flash card, Trivial Pursuits-type program designed to enable students to test themselves using tests chosen or written by their teacher. Quiztime is suitable for use for grades 5 and above.
REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS 95, 98, ME, XP
(a Windows 3.1 version ia also available)
COPYRIGHT NOTICE Quiztime and all accompanying files are copyright© (2000, 2002) to the author Henry Bartlett 237 Peel Street
LAUNCESTON
Tasmania
Australia 7250
email: habitsoft@gmail.com and may not be copied, decompiled or changed in any manner except as authorised by the copyright holder.
CONDITIONS OF USE AND DISTRIBUTION You may use Quiztime version beta 2 free of charge for as long as you wish except that if you find it useful, you are requested to contact the author by postcard or email to the address above to let him know that you are using Quiztime. Suggestions (preferably constructive) as to improvements are welcome. All information received in this way will be held in strict confidence and not used for spam nor made available to others. You may make copies of the downloaded version of Quizmaster version beta 1 for use within a single school or similar institution and elsewhere by teachers or other employees of that institution but you may not make copies for other use. If others outside of your school wish to use Quiztime, they should themselves apply by using the form on the HABIT website. This is so that we can try to make sure that outdated versions are not being circulated. Users of Quiztime who have suggestions about improvements or who find any problems in the use of Quiztime are invited to contact the author. (see above)
DISCLAIMER The author disclaims all warranties as to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The author has tried to ensure that programming errors in Quiztime have been reduced to a minimum and that the program functions correctly but the author cannot be held responsible for any losses sustained through the use of Quiztime.
BYPASSING EMAIL FILTERS In recent years, many users of email have had serious problems with viruses and other malicious programs being sent as attachments to emails. As a result. many providers of email services now routinely block any email with an attachment containing a program file, even in zip files. But I have found that most email filters will pass a zip file containing program files which have had the .exe file extension changed to something else. I now rename all my program files that are to be sent by email by changing the ".exe" file extension to ".dix". But this does mean that the recipient must change the extension of each such file back to ".exe" before the program can be used.
FILES INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE Readme.txt - this file
Install.dix - an installation utility (renamed).
Install.dat - data for Install.exe
Quiztime.dix - the renamed program file
Quiztime.hlp - a Windows Help file.
Quiztime.ini - configuration file for Quiztime.exe
Trial.rec - sample student file
Cities.qiz - sample quiz file
Acidbas.qiz - sample quiz file
Heat.qiz - sample quiz file
INSTALLATION The Install.exe utility in this package makes installation very easy. All you have to do is to run Install and either accept the suggested folder or enter a different folder name. The files will be copied to the correct locations. You can run Install as follows: - Select or create a temporary folder. (C:\temp is suggested)
- Unzip the Quiz32.zip archive file to this folder and rename the ".DIX" files as follows:
Quiztime.dix to Quiztime.exe
and Install.dix to Install.exe
- Click on the Start button, select "Run" and enter the command-line
[your temporary folder name]"\install"
eg "C:\temp\install"
and click on OK.
- The install utility will prompt you for the name of a folder to hold the Quiztime files.
Use the path suggested unless you have a good reason not to (eg. you are already using a folder named C:\program files\Quiztime)
You can also use the Browse button to find a suitable folder.
You will have the option of installing Start Menu shortcuts for the files.
When you click on the OK button, the files will be installed to the folder you have chosen.
MANUAL INSTALLATION - Select or create a temporary folder. (C:\temp is suggested)
- Unzip the Quiz32.zip archive file to this folder and rename the ".DIX" files as follows:
Quiztime.dix to Quiztime.exe
and Install.dix to Install.exe
- Create a folder to hold your QUIZTIME program files
(C:\Program files\Quiztime is suggested).
- Create a subfolder of this QUIZTIME folder and name it "Datadir".
- Find the folder containing the extracted (and renamed) files and copy the files
Quiztime.exe,
Quiztime.hlp,
Quiztime.ini,
and Readme.txt to your new QUIZTIME folder
- Copy the files
Trial.rec
Cities.qiz
Acidbas.qiz
and Heat.qiz to the new Datadir subfolder
- Create Desktop or Start Menu shortcuts in the normal manner.
UNINSTALLING Quiztime If you installed Quiztime to a new folder, simply delete the Quiztime folder and all of its contents, otherwise, find and delete the files Quiztime.exe, Quiztime.hlp, Quiztime.ini and any *.qiz and *.rec files that you installed or created with Quiztime. Delete any Quiztime shortcuts on the desktop and in the Start Menu.
USING QUIZTIME FOR THE FIRST TIME - Logging on to test yourself:
Log on as a Contestant, using the name "Me" and a blank password.
- Logging on to manage, edit or write quizzes:
Log on as the Quizmaster, with a blank password.
- NOTE on the Help file
Contestants have access to only a small part of the help file. If you open the Help file by clicking on it, you see only the Contestants' part of the file.
To read the remainder, log on as Quizmaster and click on the Help button in the Quiztime Setup dialog.
FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, contact Henry Bartlett
email: habitsoft@gmail.com
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