28/07/2005                                            	    Version 1.1
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Title		: GP2TrackBrowser
Filenames	: GP2TRACKBROWSER.EXE ..... the program file
                  GP2FORM.TXT ............. this document
                  DEUTSCH.LNG ............. German language file
		  ENGLISH.LNG ............. English language file
                  README.HTML ............. readme file
                  MAINWINDOW.JPG .......... image for readme.html
                  ICON.GIF ................ image for readme.html
		  PREVIEWICONS.JPG ........ image for readme.html
Author		: Oliver Kirsch
Email Address	: oli@unprofessional.info
Homepage	: http://www.gp2.unprofessional.info
Description	: GP2TrackBrowser is a little tool that can be used with 
		  Microprose GrandPrix2. With this program you can scan 
		  folders for Track-Files (*.dat) and view their GP2Info 
		  (Name, Country, ...) and a track-image. You can select 
		  a preview-image view with small track-images or the 
		  detailled view, which is a (sortable) list with all 
		  information provided with this track. This program 
		  gives you the possibility to create a set of 16 tracks 
		  which can be "exported" to a gp2lap.cfg-file to use 
		  this set in the game (when using gp2lap).
Other Works	: Some tracks
Thanks to	: Maxime Labelle for the GP2 Track File specification,
		  Addie Walti for the CmdLib
		  All the people who made this tool neccessary
                  The people who tested v1.0/v1.1 beta :)

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* Construction *

Base		: new from scratch 
                  (pedantically: my GP2TrackBrowser 1.0 ;))
Editor(s) used	: Visual C#.Net
Known Bugs	: 
                  Track-Loading: The program has sometimes some problems
                   loading some track files. Some tracks are not read at 
                   all (eg. the Bahrain 2004 track, maybe because it was 
                   created by the "IsoHannula GP2 TrackEditor for Windows 
                   ver 0.600"???), some are read in a wrong way (eg. the 
                   original Estoril track, which has a long straight in 
                   my program after the last track sector. Looks a bit 
                   ugly, but I just didn't find the reason...). But most 
                   of the tracks I have on my PC are loaded correctly.
                 Speed: Although program's speed was improved in v1.1 
                  it's still not the fastest program... Especially 
                  scanning a track for the first time will take some time. 
                  When you're scanning the tracks, be patient. If a track 
                  can not be scanned, you will get an error message, but 
                  this can take some seconds. When you finished scanning, 
                  and you click in the track list, it may also take some 
                  seconds to work, same thing can happen when you change 
                  the "view mode".
                 gp2lap.cfg: I had no problems, but I guarantee for 
                  nothing. Before you overwrite your only specially 
                  configurated gp2lap.cfg backup it! Or save it from 
                  GP2TrackBrowser with a different filename. 
                  You know this...
                  If you notice any bugs or anything else that looks 
                  strange to you, I'd be happy if you'd notice me at 
                  oli@unprofessional.info.
Build Time	: About 3 Days (v1.0) and one day for v1.1 


* Other *

 See readme.html for help


* Installation *

  No "real" installation is needed for GP2TrackBrowser. Just extract the 
  zip file to any folder and make sure you have installed the Microsoft 
  .Net FrameWork v1.1, avaiable at 
  http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/a/c/aac39226-8825-44ce-90e3-bf8203e74006/dotnetfx.exe, 
  on your PC! You may also need a file named "mscoree.dll" which is 
  avaiable at http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?mscoree.
  When you first run GP2TrackBrowser you will be asked to 
  locate your GP2.exe. This is neccessary to "calculate" the relative 
  path for your selected track files which will be used in an exported 
  gp2lap.cfg.The program will create a registry folder 
  \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GP2TrackBrowser and store some information 
  in it. If you like to uninstall GP2TrackBrowser, delete the files you 
  once extracted and delete this registry folder using regedit (or whatever).


* Copyright / Permissions *
   2005 Oliver Kirsch (oli@unprofessional.info)
  You may redistribute this package as long as it's kept complete and 
  unchanged and no fee is charged!


* Disclaimer *
  The contained files are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, 
  either expressed or implied. The author will NOT be held responsible 
  for any losses incurred.
  This is NOT a Microprose product!


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Oliver Kirsch