1. Purpose of this Program

DazzlerMax is an award-winning full-featured multimedia authroing tool to create interactive presentations, computer based training, testing instruments, knowledge management front-ends, interactive games, or just about any type of general purpose multimedia application. Content developed in DazzlerMax can be distributed royalty free on PCs or the web as a 100% java applete. 

DazzlerMax comes in two flavors: Deluxe or Standard. Your download includes both flavors. This is the complete tool except for the ability to package your presentation for distribution. This trial versions expires after 30-days. The matrix below gives you the feature set included in both versions. 

Features common to both Deluxe and Standard:

100% Drag and Drop object-oriented authoring allowing you to create presentations the way you think 
Requires NO PROGRAMMING 
Supports button, keystroke, mouse click, hyperlinks, hot spot, timer(delay), drag and drop, and media location responses to control flow and user navigation 
Launch other applications within DazzlerMax 
Creates its own installation program or package content for the Web as 100% Java Applets (No plug-ins needed) The power of Java™ can be yours without having to write a single line of Java code! 
Intelligent background loading feature optimized for web delivery 
Time your text, images and other objects to appear at precisely the proper moment as your media file plays for maximum effect 
Dozens of transition effects with TV Quality 3D Effects 
Creates screen savers 
Create cool mouse roll over effects. 
Define style sheets and templates to reuse your content. 
Built-in Screen Capture to create software simulations and training. 
Easy to learn with tutorials, user manual and help system. 
ROYALTY-FREE Distribution of your work 

In addition, Deluxe also includes: 

Read and write content to any ODBC Database, external files / FTP locations 
Built-in variables or create user-defined variables to track any type of data 
Control other applications via DDE 
Complete set of functions 
Use any Active-X control 
Supports conditional logic (i.e., branch anywhere based on the value of a variable, results of a function...) 
Make calls to external Dlls from within DazzlerMax 
Control the MCI interface 
Add menus to create a complete application 
Includes forms control (Text, list, check, radio boxes) for data entry and validation 
Grid responses for multiple selections 
Global Events to control presentation flow. 
Built-in macro recorder to repeat keystroke / mouse sequences 

2. Installation - Run the program Daz5Eval.exe from the extracted zip archive. This will run a normal setup routine. 

3. Status of Program - This is the full product except for the ability to package your content for Royalty-Free distribution.

4 Distribution Status - You may distribute this program freel The software license for acceptable usage applies. 

5. If you need technical support, please go to our web site at www.dazzler.net or send email to support@maxit.com or call 904-998-9521. 8-5 EST. 

It is also highly recommended you download the FREE JUMP-START training at:
http://www.maxit.com/dazzler/DazzlerMax_learning.htm
