Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 01:12:55 -0600
Originator: cakewalk@lists.colorado.edu

Introduction To WinSysEx

What's It Do?

WinSysEx is a Shareware program that lets you create dialog boxes that send 
system exclusive messages from your computer to a MIDI device or Window's 
clipboard.  You enter groups of system exclusive messages into WinSysEx's 
editor, giving each group a descriptive name. WinSysEx creates a SysEx Dialog. 
The SysEx Dialogs listbox, located in WinSysEx's main window, lists your 
dialogs and  allows you to pick one to run or edit. Double-click on a name in the 
list to run the SysEx dialog.  When you click the SysEx dialog's Send menu item, 
WinSysEx sends the group of system  exclusive messages out the MIDI port.


WinSysEx Features

 	Lets you easily define input-controls: Spin controls, Text controls, 
		Scrollbars, Check boxes, and drop-down Combo boxes.
 	Creates dialog boxes, automatically inserting your input-controls.
 	Supports binary operations: AND, OR, PLUS, MINUS, SHIFT LEFT, SHIFT 
RIGHT.
 	Lets you enter numbers in hexadecimal, decimal, or binary format.
 	Intermediate results of calculations are performed with 32-bit signed accuracy.
 	Supports complex checksums calculations at runtime.
 	Allows Local and Global variables.
 	Lets you save your dialogs to disk.



WinSysEx's Limitations

WinSysEx is not a bulk data dump manager.  It has no provision to receive 
MIDI data; it only transmits.  A patch editor and librarian created with WinSysEx 
would probably not be as elegant as a program dedicated to that purpose. It 
won't be as elegant because of the way WinSysEx automatically positions the 
input-controls in the SysEx dialogs.  On the other hand, you can define 
input-controls very quickly and easily.


Data Storage

After you edit a group of SysEx dialogs, you can save them to a *.WSX file and 
reload  the file at any time.

You can also save the SysEx dialogs to *.WSD data files. When you work with 
WSD files, you can save and restore the values of input-controls as you change  
them while the dialogs run.


System Requirements

To use WinSysEx, you need:

 	Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or greater
 	A MIDI interface or sound card installed in your computer
 	A Windows Multimedia driver for the MIDI interface
 	A synthesizer or other midi device that can be controlled with system exclusive messages


Contacting the author


Please feel free to contact me at any time via CompuServe or US Mail with any 
questions or suggestions you have. For the quickest response, contact me via 
CompuServe Mail and you can ususally expect a reply within 24 hours.


Author:	Don Strenczewilk
CompuServe ID:	72617,132
Mailing address:	72 Knapp Ave.
	Rochester, NY 14609-1127


If you write a WSX file for a particular synthesizer or other MIDI device, please 
send it to me and I'll forward it to anyone else who wants it. By the same token, 
before you write a WSX file for your synthesizer from  scratch, check with me to 
see if I already have a WSX file that might help.



WinSysEx is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware  
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware  principle 
works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an 
ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The 
ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP 
member, but does not provice technical support for members' products. Please 
write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or 
send a CompuServe message via Cmail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.