VisualWorks(R) 7.7 ReadMe
Copyright Cincom Systems, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved.


PURPOSE OF THIS README FILE

This README provides pointers to crucial information about this
release of VisualWorks.


DISTRIBUTION CONTENTS

Refer to the /vw7.7/filelist.txt file for a complete listing of
files included with this distribution.

Some non-commercial distributions, such as CDs included with
magazines, may lack some files due to size constraints.  Any
missing files can be downloaded from:

     http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com

Then follow the "Download" link.


DOCUMENTATION

VisualWorks documentation is provided with this release in a set of
PDF files.  For a catalog of these documents, open /vw7.7/Welcome.pdf
in an Adobe Acrobat Reader.

A Full-text search index on these documents is provided for Adobe Readers
that support the feature.  Due to changes in the index file format, you
need Adobe AcroReader 7 to use these files. The files doc/index.pdx and 
all those under doc/index/ comprise this index, and may be deleted on 
systems lacking support for the feature.  You may need to add the index 
file to your reader's index list.  Select Edit -> Search -> Select Indexes, 
and add doc/index.pdx.

Installation instructions for this release are provided in the
Cincom Smalltalk Installation Guide (/vw7.7/Install.pdf or /vw7.7/Install.txt).

Additions, deletions, and special notes about this release are
provided in the VisualWorks 7.6 Release Notes (doc/ReleaseNotes7.7.pdf).
Release notes for previous releases are included as well in separate pdfs.

Additional information is provided in various readme.txt files.  For
example, there is a readme.txt file in each of the /vw7.7/bin/
subdirectories, containing specific information on the virtual
machines for each platform.


7/22/09   bb