      README
      ======

      GlawarDate API 2006-07-04 release
      ---------------------------------

Welcome to the GlawarDate release! This release includes
versions of the GlawarDate API implementation and documentation for the 
GlawarDate API.

Please see the FAQ at

     http://software.glawar.at/en/libraries/java/GlawarDate/



JDK Version notes
-----------------

The GlawarDate API supports JDK 1.4 or higher. Note that we have
currently tested this implementation only with JDK 1.4.



Contents
--------

    Included in this release are the following:

    DISTRIBUTIONREADME_EN.txt   Information of how to distribute the software
    LICENSE_EN.TXT              Software license
    README_EN.TXT               this file
    RELNOTES_EN.TXT             some release informations


    docs/javadocs/              The GlawarDate API javadocs
    lib/                        the jar file containing at.glawar.email



Requirements
------------

Note that the GlawarDate API requires GlawarStrings (2006-06-10 or higher)
package to be installed as well. Download the latest version
of the GlawarConstants from

     http://software.glawar.at/de/libraries/java/glawarstrings/

and install it in a suitable location.





Installation
------------

  UNIX/Linux
  ----------

  1. Unzip the GlawarDate_yyyy-MM-dd.zip archive. 
     (you may have already done this)

  2. Set your CLASSPATH to include the "date.jar" file 
     obtained from the download, as well as the current directory. 

     Assuming you unzipped GlawarDate_yyyy-MM-dd.zip 
     in /u/me/ the following would work:

      export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/u/me/GlawarDate_yyyy-MM-dd/date.jar

    Also include the "strings.jar" that you obtainted
    from downloading the GlawarString in your CLASSPATH as well;
    
    For example:

      export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/u/me/GlawarStrings_yyyy-MM-dd/strings.jar



  Windows
  -------

  1. Unzip the GlawarDate_yyyy-MM-dd.zip archive. 
     (you may have already done this)

  2. Set your CLASSPATH to include the "date.jar" file 
     obtained from the download, as well as the current directory. 

     Assuming you unzipped GlawarDate_yyyy-MM-dd.zip 
     in c:\download the following would work:

      set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;c:\download\GlawarDate_yyyy-MM-dd\date.jar;

    Also include the "strings.jar" that you obtained from
    downloading the GlawarStrings in your CLASSPATH as well;
    
    For example:

      set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;c:\download\GlawarStrings_yyyy-MM-dd\strings.jar



Problems?
---------

Our web page at http://software.glawar.at/en/libraries/java/GlawarDate/
has a pointer to the FAQ that includes information on protocols supported,
installation problems, etc. You'll also find information on how to
subscribe to our discussion-list or announcement-list for announcements 
of future GlawarDate API releases.

Enjoy!

The GlawarDate API Team