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The FAQ (frequently asked questions) give answers to frequently asked questions covering xCOMPOSER.
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Q 01: What is xCOMPOSER.pro?
Q 02: What are the requirements to use xCOMPOSER.pro?
Q 03: What are the advantages of xCOMPOSER.pro V3.0?
Q 04: Which kinds of presentation are supported?
Q 05: What means the term "installation-free" presentation?
Q 06: Which system requirements are required to view the presentations?
Q 07: How much space is used by the created presentations?
Q 08: What is the difference between XPP and EXE format?
Q 09: Which media does xCOMPOSER.pro support?
Q 10: Is it possible to create screensavers with the xCOMPOSER.pro?
Q 11: Is there a programming language available with xCOMPOSER.pro?
Q 12: Which kinds of operating system (OS) are supported?
Q 13: What is the current version and what are future plans?
Q 14: Cannot find an answer. What should I do?

xCOMPOSER.pro is a software to create multimedia presentations. You can arrange video clips, audio, images, pictures, cliparts, panoramic images and animations. As a result you will get executable presentations as well as screensaver applications or CBT (computer based training) applications.

Any presentations consists out of several pages containing elements like text or images. With a few clicks you can implement interactive features. This makes it very easy to control video clips or send eMail. Complex algorithms and calculations may be realized with the script language xSCRIPT.

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they are quite low .. For xCOMPOSER.pro and its presentations you will only need a PC with Windows® 95 or newer installed on it. A Pentium® or compatible x86 processsor should be used. The graphics adapter should display atleast 256 colors but 65.000 are much better. The installation requires approximately 20 MByte free disk space. A CD-ROM drive is required to do the install from a CD.

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There are many advantages. First of all - xCOMPOSER.pro is very easy to use. You will not need additional training in order to create complex and fascinating presentations. Usually multimedia authoring systems are quite complicated. xCOMPOSER.pro is not.

Presentations created with xCOMPOSER.pro and saved as executable file will not need any additional software or installation to run. Only Windows 95® or newer will be required on the computer. That way you can distribute the presentation easily to nearby all PCs without having the problem that the presentation will not run due to missing or wrong packages like DirectX® or whatever.

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You can save three different kinds of presentations. Most popular is it to save an executable file (*.exe) which will run on nearly every PC. Screensaver applications for Windows® are also supported. They get the extension (*.scr). In certain cases it is a problem to distribute EXE or SCR files due to security reasons. In this case it is the best way to save the multimedia presentation as a plain data file with the extension (*.xpp). Such a file cannot be run standalone. You will need xVIEWER to play XPP presentation files. xVIEWER is available for free.

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With xCOMPOSER.pro you can save multimedia presentations as an executable file. Similar to other software normally a installation would be required to run the presentation on a particular computer. Presentations created with xCOMPOSER.pro do not. All parts required to run the presentation are inside the presentation file. The only one thing needed is a PC with Windows® 95 or newer installed on it. Additionally no file will be copied to your hard disk if you run the presentation. This is very important due to several reasons. There are many computers not allowing the user to do any installations. Because xCOMPOSER.pro presentations do not need any kind of installation they can run nearly everywhere.

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For executing the created presentations you will need only a 486 CPU or higher, and a graphics adapter with at least 256 colors. For playback you need the operating system Windows95 or higher and for using video clips the corresponding AVI-Codec / MPEG engine from Windows. DirectX or similar components are not required.

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Very few. While saving the presentation as executable file (*.exe), the viewer part needs only about 450 kbyte. The remaining space is completely available for the data of the presentation.

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It is common to save presentations as executable file (*.exe). This ensures the execution without installation on most existing PC's. The EXE-file contains the viewer and the presentation. Alternatively you can store the presentation also as pure data file (*.xpp). This file must be played by xVIEWER.

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xCOMPOSER.pro supports video, audio, images, cliparts, texts and panoramic images. This sources are supported in a wide range of file formats.

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Yes, every presentation can directly be saved as screensaver. Please remember, that no interactive features reacting on mouse or keyboard can be used, since they will terminate the screensaver automatically.

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Yes. For realizing complex presentations the internal programming language xSCRIPT is available. xSCRIPT is based on BASIC, it works object-orientated and is event driven. Especially for complex mathematical calculations and expensive graphical effects xSCRIPT is an effective tool.

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Currently all versions from Windows® 95 up to Windows XP® are supported. This includes Windows95, Windows95 OSR2, Windows NT 4.0, Windows98, Windows98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows XP. Presentations and xCOMPOSER.pro itselve will work with these operating systems.

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Since autumn of 2003 xCOMPOSER.pro version 3.0 is available which replaced the version 2.0 from 2001. Additionally there is - also since autumn 2003 - our new product available: xCOMPOSER.office version 1.0.
A xVIEWER for Macintosh and Linux is not currently there.

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Please send questions, ideas and comments to: support@xCOMPOSER.com

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