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CombineZM Help

To Install CombineZM

Please note the following restrictions/requirements for CombineZM to run properly, and legally.

Please abide by the terms of the GNU Public License which applies to this software.
This version requires Windows Media Player 9 or later to process movies
The program only runs under Windows XP and ME (as far as I know) (and sometimes on Windows 2000 without the ability to take pictures).
More than 512 MB of RAM memory is recommended.
The program has problems when path or file names contain some accented characters.
Pictures being processed must reside on the same computer as CombineZM.exe, i.e. don't try to process pictures over a network.
To take pictures from attached cameras, the camera must have a WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) driver installed
To control external devices additional 'device driver programs' are required.

Where possible please make sure you have the latest version by checking the date in the 'About Box', the latest version is dated 18th of November 2007.

If you have trouble downloading any of the files below I have mirrored them at the CombineZ Yahoo group, for group members, in the Files section under CombineZM Binaries

CombineZ Yahoo Group

For new users with Windows XP or Vista the recommended route is now to install CombineZM by downloading and running the:-

CombineZM Package

The default location for installation is "C:\Program Files\Alan Hadley\CombineZM", a shortcut is placed on the desktop and an entry in the Start menu.

Unless notified otherwise you will be able to install updates to an existing installation by replacing 'CombineZM.exe' with a newer version. This means you only need to download a smaller file and copy it into the installation location, "C:\Program Files\Alan Hadley\CombineZM" by default. From time to time you may wish to add to or alter the contents of this folder, e.g. to add a new Macro Set you have received, or to access the contents of the 'CZTemp' folder etc. so it is worth remembering where the program is installed.

To remove CombineZM from your computer first visit 'Add Remove Programs', if you installed the package, on the control panel, then delete the installation folder.

For help installing or using the program and to meet other users try the Yahoo group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/combinez

If you wish to install CZM on a Windows 2000 system, there will be no camera functions, follow the CZ5 instructions but use CombinezM.exe instead of CombineZ5.exe i.e. just create a folder to hold 'CombineZM.exe' 'fftw3.dll' and 'gdiplus.dll' and run the program from there.

Click CombineZM.exe to download the latest version of this file, replace the file with this name in the instalation folder with this one in order to update CZM to the latest version. In a similar way CZBatch.exe can be downloaded and saved to the same folder to enable Batch Processing. If you would like to download the CombineZM Package above again and reinstall it you will get shortcuts to the Batch Processor on your desktop and in the Start menu. Remember to visit the Control Panel/Add Remove Programs first and remove the old CombineZM installation first.

If you are a programmer, or just curious the source code is available as a Visual C++ .NET workspace.

The program uses the following Copyright resources.

Windows operating systems Copyright Microsoft.
Windows Media Player 9 or later Copyright Microsoft.
Windows Image Aquisition (WIA) Copyright Microsoft.
Various Visual C++ .dll files Copyright Microsoft.
Fastist Fourier Transform in the West (fftw3.dll) Copyright MIT, GNU Public Licence