BVS Solitaire Collection 4.0 for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
* January 2003
Copyright (C) 1996-2003 by Boris Sandberg, BVS Development.
All Rights Reserved.
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BVS Solitaire Collection 4.0 is an award-winning collection of
320 solitaire games and it includes a lot of solitaire variations 
you won't find elsewhere.

Requirements:
    Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
    4MB free RAM
    Pentium or 486
    256 or more colours (16bit or better colour recommended)
    Resolution of 800x600, although most games work in 640x480.

Features:
    * 320 Solitaire Card Games
    * 95 original games not found elsewhere. It's the largest
      collection of original solitaires
    * more than 2 billion possible starting positions 
      for each game
    * "You Are Stuck" feature lets you know if there are 
      no more legal moves to be made
    * "Show Next Move" command allows to check available moves
      to make
    * support for both Drag-and-Drop and Point-and-Click methods to move cards
    * sound
    * selectable card backs
    * customized card sets for registered users
    * empty foundation pile indicator
    * any BMP or JPEG image can be used as a custom card back
    * selectable backgrounds
    * convenient user-customizable toolbar
    * multi-level undo/redo
    * statistics for multiple players
    * log of played games
    * score history graph indicates your performance 
      and progress in playing selected solitaire game.
    * publishing statistics to the BVS Solitaire Collection
      Web site
    * instruction guide to each solitaire game
    * restart play feature
    * shuffle selection feature
    * automatic card moving	
    * save game position along with undo/redo history	
    * automatic game saving on exit
    

This program is shareware. 
You can play only 22 solitaire types instead of 320 ones 
in registered program. Register to get the registration code that 
will allow you to unlock all disabed solitaire variations in the 
shareware version of BVS Solitaire Collection.

When you register you will receive BVS Solitaire Plus Pack, which 
adds the following additional features to your BVS Solitaire 
Collection:

- 27 additional excellent backgrounds are available in background 
  selection dialog. 

- additional card sets can be selected using Card Sets tab of 
  Options|Options dialog (This tab is visible only if you have 
  Plus Pack installed).

- - additional card backs. 


FOR WINDOWS NT USERS --
BVS Solitaire Collection requires at least NT 4.0 Service
Pack 3.

                       -- HOW TO ORDER --

This program is shareware. Continued use of BVS Solitaire Collection
beyond the 45-day evaluation period requires registration.
Some features of this program are disabled until you register it. 
To order, print out the registration form in the help file and 
send $19.95 to:

Register Now!
Dept# 1265-3
PO Box 1816
Issaquah, WA 98027
United States of America

Important: For orders by mail customers should include an additional
$2.50 per order.

You can also register with a credit card on the World
Wide Web at http://www.bvssolitaire.com
Registration price for Online ordering is $19.95 without any additional
payments.

The registration code will be sent to you by Email immediately after 
we have received your registration. 

The registration code is personal and indicates ownership of
a legal version of this product.  The distribution of 
registration codes is strictly prohibited.

Please, use the "Register" option in the game menu after obtaining 
the registration code.


                 -- HOW TO GET THE LATEST VERSION --

The latest version of BVS Solitaire Collection can always be 
found on the World Wide Web at http://www.bvssolitaire.com

   -- UPGRADE FROM BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2, 2.xx,3.xx and 4.xx--
Registered users of BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2, 2.xx ,3.xx & 4.xx can 
upgrade to this version for free.  If BVS Solitaire Collection 3.3
detects a registered version of BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2, 2.xx, 3.xx
or 4.xx on your system, it will convert your settings and 
statistics into BVS Solitaire Collection 4.0 for you. If you are 
a registered user and BVS Solitaire Collection 4.0 does not 
detect your registration, send your registration information
(name, address, email, registration code) to 
support@bvssolitaire.com for your update.


                    -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT --                 

Technical Support is available by email to 
support@bvssolitaire.com

                    -- RELEASE HISTORY --
January 05, 2003         -- Version 4.0
                    New features:
                    BVS Solitaire Collection now allows you to change 
                    the size of card set. Several card sizes are supported: 
                    small, normal and large.  
                    Random card set selection. 
                    New-style toolbar. 
                    Graphics speed improvement.
                    "Tip of the Day" dialog.
                    New "Alter game layout to fit game window" option on 
                    Miscellaneous page of Options|Options dialog.
                     
                    10 new games were added: Fifteen in a Row, Forest 
                     Glade, Friday the Thirteenth, Giza, Kings and Aces, 
                     Kingsley, Kingsley II, Napoleon the Great, Perseverance, 
                     Snake.

June 29, 2002         -- Version 3.3
                      New option on Miscellaneous page of Options|Options 
                      dialog allows to customize card animation speed.

                      10 games were added:  Bob's Scorpion, Boomerang,
                      Bouquet, Box Kite, Colonel, Open Crescent, Solid Square,
                      Spider One Suit, Spider Two Suit, Two Rings


January 11, 2002         -- Version 3.2
                       Run Demo command was added to Play menu. 
                       Use this command to run a game demo for selected 
                       solitaire variation. Demo game will make it easier for
                       you to understand the rules.

                       43 games were added:  Amazons, Arizona, Barrier, 
                       Buffalo Bill, Busy Aces, Crescent, Double Fourteens, 
                       Double Rail, Downhill, Falling Star, Four Ways, Gallery, 
                       Gaps, Golf, Harp, House in the Wood, House on the Hill, 
                       Jamestown, Journey, Long Trip, Malaren, Milligan Harp, 
                       Mrs Mop, Ninny, Obstacle-Race II, Persian Patience, Poker 
                       Solitaire, Pyramid Golf, Queen of Italy,Reverse Order, 
                       Saratoga, Seven in a Row, Single Rail, Sixes and Sevens, 
                       Solitaire Piquet, St. Helena, Super Flower Garden, Swallows, 
                       Swiss, The Wish, Total Pair, Twenty Four Fans, Victoria

August 29, 2001         -- Version 3.1
                       Toolbar can be docked to any side of the
                       program window. Toolbar position is saved
                       on exit.
                       Create Snapshot and Restore Snapshot commands were added to 
                       Play menu.
                       Random Game command was added to Game menu.
                       Show card shadow option. It's turned on by default.
                       View menu item was added. It contains the following commands:
                          - Statistics
                          - Log      
                          - Hi-Scores
                          - Score History
                          - TopScores on the Web

                       67 games were added:  Alhambra, Ali Baba, 
                       American Toad, Big Forty, Black Widow, 
                       Block Ten, British Square, Captive Queens, 
                       Club, Concentration, Criss-Cross, Dealer's Dozen,
                       Deuces,Devil's Bridge, Double Canfield, Dutch 
                       Windmill, Famous Fifty, Floradora, Florentine,Forty 
                       and Eight, Four Seasons, German Patience,
                       Giant II, Horizon, Imperial Guards, Intelligence, 
                       Kimberly, Kingdom, Knotty Nines, Little Spider, 
                       Little Windmill, Lucky Thirteen, Marriages, 
                       Midshipman, Open Scorpion,Open Spider, Osmosis, 
                       Patriarchs, Peacock Tail, Peek, Perpetual Motion, 
                       Precedence, Prisoner,Red and Black, Royal Cotillion, 
                       Royal Rendezvous, Selective Canfield, Seven Devils, 
                       Shady Lanes, Simple Pairs, Simple Simon, Simplicity, 
                       Square, Squared Away, Strategy, Superior Canfield, 
                       Superior Canfield II, The Plot, Thirty-Nine Steps, 
                       Tower of Pisa, Travellers, Triangle, Trusty Twelve, 
                       Twilight Zone, Wasp, Will o' the Wisp 

April 8, 2001         -- Version 3.0
                       BVS Solitaire Collection now supports both 
                       Drag-and-Drop and Point-and-Click methods to 
                       move cards.
                       New page tab "Today" (Statistics) was added
                       to Statistics dialog box.
                       Toolbar option was added. It allows you to get 
                       quick access to most useful features of 
                       BVS Solitaire Collection. You can also customize 
                       this toolbar using new Toolbar page of 
                       Options|Options dialog or toolbar context menu. 
                       Toolbar can be dragged and docked to the top side 
                       of a program window, or be left floating.
                       New option on Miscelanneous page of Options|Options 
                       dialog allows to disable statistics gathering.
                       New sound events were added.

                       10 games were added: Double Klondike, Fan, 
                       Inside Out, Monte Carlo, Mount Olympus, Phalanx, 
                       Scorpion, Spider, Spiderette, Take Fourteen.   
 


December 5, 2000  -- Version 2.7
                       Highlight completed foundation option allows 
                       to mark completed foundations as shadowed 
                       during the play.
                       Games selected by using "Select Shuffle" 
                       command, "Restart Game" command and saved 
                       games don't count in Statistics.
                       Customized card sets for registered users
                       of BVS Solitaire Collection. You have to
                       download and install BVS Solitaire Plus Pack
                       to activate this feature. 
                       20 games were added:  Calculation, Cotillion,
                       Dutchess, EastHaven, Five Piles, Four Kings, 
                       Hayfield, Ingenuous, Limited, Picture Gallery, 
                       Picture Gallery II, Pythagor, Robert, Royal 
                       Marriage, Shifting Depots, Simple Addition, 
                       Snowball, Tournament, Westcliff, Zigzag Course

June 10, 2000  -- Version 2.6
                       Score history graph indicates your 
                       performance and progress in playing selected 
                       solitaire game.
                       Log dialog shows the information about each
                       game you have played. The list can be sorted 
                       by any column. Every record in the log can be
                       commented. You can replay selected game. 
                       Clear button (in Clear Statistics box)
                       allows to have an option to clear 
                       statistics for selected games and players.
                       Recently Played Games Group added in Select
                       Solitaire... dialog box. This group contains
                       a list of 15 last played games.	 
                       30 games were added:  Avenue, Baker's Game,
                       Batsford, Blind Alleys, Blondes and Brunettes,  
                       Bureau, Canister, Castles in Spain, Congress,
                       Depot, Double Toad, Fortune's Favor, Good 
                       Measure, Granny's Patience, Guard of Honour,
                       Guards Collar, Locked Cards, Polish Patience,
                       Rainbow, Scotch Patience, Sheaf, 
                       Spanish Patience, Stalactites, Swedish
                       Patience, Terrace, Toad, Trefoil, Vague,
                       Whitehead, Yeast Dough

February 20, 2000  -- Version 2.5
                       Show Next Move command allows 
                       to check available moves to make.
                       New Ctrl+Left mouse button click shortcut 
                       for easy play. You can use it to let 
                       a card or a group of cards be moved 
                       automatically.
                       Any BMP or JPEG image can be used as a 
                       custom card back.
                       You can just minimize 
                       BVS Solitaire Collection to make the 
                       current game paused.
                       29 games were added: Agnes, Blockade,
                       Beleaguered Castle, Beleaguered Castle II,
                       Blockade, Chessboard, Citadel,
                       Constitution, Cruel, Eight Sages, 
                       Favorite, Fortress, Giant, Intrigue,
                       King Solomon's Cave, Klondike,
                       Klondike II, Kosynka, Kosynka II,
                       Overage, Scarf, Scarf II, Somerset,
                       Star, Stay-at-home, Steps, Streets and
                       Alleys, Thumb and Pouch, White Scarf

October 24, 1999  -- Version 2.4
                       Improved Select Solitaire... dialog box;
		       Customizable Favorites Group in 
                       Select Solitaire... dialog box;
                       11 games were added: Ants, Baker's Dozen,
		       Chameleon, Four Leaf Clovers, Fourteens,
                       Impatience, Maria, Old Friend, Raglan,
                       Russian Solitaire, Storehause.

June 27, 1999     -- Version 2.3 
                       Empty Foundation Pile indicators show base
                       cards.  
                       Fading Background in vertical or horizontal
                       direction. Publishing statistics to the 
                       BVS Solitaire Collection Web site
                       25 games were added:  Aces Up, Boulevard,
                       Caprice, Colorado, Complicated, Confusion, 
                       Corona, Courtyard, Deck, Divorce, Doublets,
                       Even and Odd, Grandfather, Napoleon's Square,
                       Nestor, Pairs, Pyramid, Quadrangle, Royal
                       Family, Six By Six, Strip, Thirteens,
                       Twelve Sleeping Maids II, Twenty, Vertical

February 14, 1999 -- Version 2.2
                       65 games version. 10 games were added:
                       Accordion, Alternations, Brigade, Cornfield,
                       Eight Off, Lucas, Martha +, Streets, Vassal,
                       Voracious.
                       Re-designed winning dialog box, save game 
                       position along with undo/redo history,
                       automatic game saving on exit, pause feature,
                       improved help information.

December 12, 1998 -- Version 2.1
                       55 games version. 9 games were added: 
                       Alternative, Barricade, Beautiful Lutecium,
                       Braid, Difficult Sequence, Eight Sphinxes,
                       New Manner, Peppy, Stairs.
                       Autoplay option for each game can be turned on
                       and off during play from Options|Autoplay menu 
                       item. 

October 5, 1998   -- Maintenance release. (Version 2.01)

September 23,1998 -- Version 2.0
                       46 games version. A lot of new features: sound, 
                       multi-level undo/redo, selectable backgrounds, 
                       automatic card moving, restart feature, 
                       shuffle selection and more...

April   21, 1998  -- BVS Solitaire Collection release (version 1.2)

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