Restorator 2007 Update 2
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Welcome to Restorator!

OVERVIEW
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Restorator is a resource editor for Windows. You can edit
resources directly in the executable, e.g. by opening a .exe
file. Main usage:
- For localizing (translating) programs:
  Restorator allows to localize entire applications:
  you can edit all resources that contain text, and translate
  them to different languages. Also, with an external image
  editor, you can translate texts that appear in images.
- As a resource editor:
  For developers - manage efficiently your .res, .dcr and
  other files containing resources
- As a skin editor:
  modify the user interface of Windows 32-bit programs
  and create your own custom application

Restorator makes it easy to view, extract, and change resources like
images, icons, text, menus, dialogs, version, sounds, animations, and
many more. Among the file types understood by Restorator are exe, dll,
res/rc (resource files), ocx (Active X), scr (screen saver), dcr (delphi
component resource) and many other file types. See the help for a
complete listing.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003 (should work with Vista, too)
- a browser of your choice for the help and tutorials


TRIAL VERSION
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This is the trial version. It is limited to a 30-day trial period.
See purchase.html for information on purchasing Restorator. It contains
links to the secure online order process.

The trial version of Restorator and ResPatches may be distributed
freely without charge. Anyone distributing Restorator for any kind of
remuneration must first contact the author for authorization. If you
want to sell ResPatches, royalties apply. Contact bome.com for
details: http://www.bome.com/Restorator/contact.php


QUESTIONS, PROPOSALS, PROBLEMS, BUGS
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In case of any problems, please try to seek help on your own first:
- go through Restorator's tutorials
- read Restorator's help
- read the FAQ

For bugs and proposals, or if you are a registered user seeking help,
contact bome.com directly at
http://www.bome.com/Restorator/contact.php


UPDATES
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Latest updates can be downloaded at
http://www.bome.com/Restorator/


LICENSE AGREEMENT
=================
When using Restorator, you must agree to the license agreement which
is included in Restorator's distribution as the file license.txt. It
is also displayed during installation.


ILLEGAL COPIES WARNING
======================
Restorator is not Freeware: if you obtained a copy of Restorator without
paying for it and without a 30-day limit, DO NOT USE IT. Such "cracked"
versions are reported to not work correctly, and may even cause data loss
on your hard disk.


THANKS
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to Niels, Hugo, Piet, Romain, Rob1, Ruebner, Deelight, Komputer Swiat,
all beta testers.
And to Jordan Russel for the excellent installer InnoSetup.


Restorator is (c) 1999-2007 by Bome Software/Florian Bomers
For GIF reading, this software is based, in part, on the work
of Anders Melander.
Portions of the code are partially based on the work of the
Independent JPEG Group.
This software is distributed with the UPX exe packer/unpacker;
thanks for the authors for this useful application.
For PNG reading, this software is based, in part, on the work
of Gustavo Huffenbacher Daud.
